tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-45083935699054414722024-03-14T04:02:08.689-04:00Fantasy Unbound with Rachel HaimowitzRachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.comBlogger176125truetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-60486047298250838342012-05-11T19:50:00.000-04:002012-05-11T19:50:47.704-04:00Visiting Kinky Ever After TodayI know I've been soooooper quiet round these parts, but that's good news in a way, since quiet = busy. I'm wrapping up edits on <i><a href="http://www.rachelhaimowitz.com/power-play-awakening.html" target="_blank">Power Play: Awakening</a></i> with Cat Grant (yeah, a bit uncomfortably down to the wire on that one, I know), and I've started a new project in the Belonging Verse. I'm only about 6,000 words into it so far, and I'm not quite sure what shape it's taking or where it's going, but it follows a freeman with a heavy load on his shoulders, and I'm pretty sure he'll be auctioning his virginity to pay the bills >:D<br />
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Anyway, more on that as it develops, but it may be a bit slow. In the meanwhile, Devon from <i><a href="http://www.rachelhaimowitz.com/master-class-master-class-1.html" target="_blank">Master Class</a></i> is being interviewed today in the <a href="http://www.kinkyeverafter.com/" target="_blank">Kinky Kiss and Tell</a> event. Wanna learn Nicky's weirdest habit? (It's pretty weird.) Go check it out! :-)Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-4863135584774882662012-04-09T05:29:00.000-04:002012-04-09T05:29:22.199-04:00It's Party Time! Celebrate & Win a Nook!Today's the official release day of <a href="http://www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/power-play-resistance" target="_blank">Power Play: Resistance</a>, the 90,000-word kinkapalooza (Part 1 of 2) I co-wrote with Cat Grant. To celebrate, we're going on a little blog tour round the interwebs, showering prizes at every stop. We'll be giving away backlist books and/or swag at each site we visit, and at the end of the tour, one lucky commenter will win a classic Nook pre-loaded with six titles from me and Cat.<br />
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April 9 - <a href="http://joyfullyjay.blogspot.com/">Joyfully Jay</a><br />
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April 10 - <a href="http://wowfromthescarfprincess.blogspot.com/">Jody Faltys</a><br />
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April 11 - <a href="http://eroticaforall.co.uk/">Erotica for All</a><br />
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April 12 - <a href="http://wcguest.blogspot.com/">Long and Short Reviews</a><br />
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April 13 - <a href="http://amaras-place.blogspot.com/">Amara's Place</a><br />
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April 14 - <a href="http://dawnsreadingnook.blogspot.com/">Dawn's Reading Nook</a><br />
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April 16 - <a href="http://alliwantandmore.blogspot.com/">All I Want and More</a><br />
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April 17 - <a href="http://top2bottomreviews.wordpress.com/">Top to Bottom Reviews</a><br />
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<div>Hope to see you there!</div>Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-86477410528938634012012-04-05T23:42:00.001-04:002012-04-05T23:45:23.391-04:00New Release, Woot! :DAnd we're off! (A day early, even--horray for Riptide!) You can <a href="http://www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/power-play-resistance" target="_blank">download it now at the Riptide site</a> only (and at Amazon, B&N, ARe, etc. on Monday), and it still counts as a pre-release until 12 AM Monday morning, so it earns you an entry into Riptide's Free Books for a Year drawing, too :-)<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">When a sizzling back-alley encounter cues Jonathan in to Brandon’s deep-seated submissive side, he makes the man an offer: Give me six months of your life, and I’ll open your eyes to a whole new world. Brandon doesn’t care about that; all he wants is the three million dollars Jonathan’s offering so he can buy the construction company he works for. But he soon learns that six months on his knees is no easy feat, and shame and pride may keep him from all he ever wanted—and all he never dreamed he had any right to have.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br />
</i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>Join me and Cat Grant for exclusive excerpts, interviews, behind-the-scenes peeks, and—of course—prizes at the <a href="http://www.riptidepublishing.com/riptide-book-tours-news" target="_blank">Power Play: Resistance Virtual Book Tour</a>, April 9 through 18, 2012!<o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><br />
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Last weekend, I attended the <a href="http://rainbowbookfair.org/" target="_blank">Rainbow Book Fair</a> on behalf of Riptide Publishing. It was actually more fun this year than last year, which I didn't think was possible, so next year, if you find yourself able to make it down to NYC for the day, definitely do--you won't be sorry!<br>
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Lots of amazing things and amazing people, authors as well as readers. It's so wonderful to talk to folks, and especially interesting to connect with people who don't read ebooks or maybe even have computers, who come to the Fair to look for stories about people like themselves finding well-deserved happiness and love, to hear their joy and finding so many gems, to see people wheeling out whole <i>suitcases </i>full of reading material to last them until the next Fair. I seriously could gush about the RBF forever, so I'm just going to stop myself now and share some photos with you instead, beneath the jump. (As always, click to embiggen.)<br>
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<a href="http://rachel-haimowitz.blogspot.com/2012/03/rainbow-book-fair-recap.html#more">Read more »</a>Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-11424843575773918932012-03-29T12:21:00.001-04:002012-03-29T12:22:39.450-04:00Teaser Thursday - Blowjob Sneak Peek!Hello all! If I can ever find the cord for my camera, I'll have Rainbow Book Fair pictures for you soon. In the meanwhile, I'm doing edits on <a href="http://www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/power-play-awakening" target="_blank">Power Play: Awakening</a> and came across a blowjob scene I really liked. Thought it might be fun to share :-D So, er, hotness beneath a jump for very NSFW-ness.<br>
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<a href="http://rachel-haimowitz.blogspot.com/2012/03/teaser-thursday-blowjob-sneak-peek.html#more">Read more »</a>Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-14715203433301330362012-03-17T11:00:00.000-04:002012-07-25T05:28:39.747-04:00Huge Sale at All Romance Ebooks Today Only!Hello all! Just popping in to say <a href="http://allromanceebooks.com/" target="_blank">ARe</a> is holding a 50% rebate sale today only, site-wide. That means every one of <a href="http://www.allromanceebooks.com/storeSearch.html?searchBy=author&qString=Rachel+Haimowitz" target="_blank">my titles</a> comes with a 50% rebate, and so does <a href="http://www.allromanceebooks.com/storeSearch.html?searchBy=publisher&qString=Riptide+Publishing" target="_blank">every one of Riptide's titles</a>. Riptide titles are almost never discounted, so if you've been eyeballing one (or two, or ten ;-p) for a while now, today's your chance to pick it up at a rare discount.Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-31933982416321407692012-03-10T08:20:00.000-05:002012-03-10T08:20:24.975-05:00Cover Prettiez!For mine and Cat Grant's second book in the Power Play series, <a href="http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/power-play-awakening" target="_blank">Power Play: Awakening</a>, releasing on June 11. Beneath the jump for mild raciness (well, okay, for shibari and a hint of butt). Click to embiggen. Trust me, you want to :-D<br>
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<a href="http://rachel-haimowitz.blogspot.com/2012/03/cover-prettiez.html#more">Read more »</a>Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-35332292232847001322012-03-01T15:14:00.000-05:002012-03-01T15:14:48.016-05:00Winners!I have two winners to announce today: the winner of my Nook contest, and the winner of the free books from the Leap Year Blog Hop.<br />
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Blog hop first. Congratulations to <b>menina.iscrazy</b>! You've won three free books.<br />
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And the winner of the Nook is . . . <b>Judi Pech</b>!<br />
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I'll be emailing you both to work out the details, and to everyone else who entered the contests, thank you so much for participating! If you did enter one of the contests and you'd like a little swag packet as a "thank you for playing," just drop me an email at metarachel (at) gmail (dot) com with your address and I'll put one in the mail to you.<br />
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Until next time, folks!Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-78600677412826151652012-02-28T23:59:00.008-05:002012-02-28T23:59:00.040-05:00Win Tons of Prizes with the MFRW Leap Year Blog Hop!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aMw2lMUTbuc/T02QbYm3UdI/AAAAAAAAAtw/mAXK-RaX9jY/s1600/LeapYearBlogHop.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-aMw2lMUTbuc/T02QbYm3UdI/AAAAAAAAAtw/mAXK-RaX9jY/s1600/LeapYearBlogHop.png"></a></div><div><br>
</div>Today is a rare occurrence round these parts for two reasons. For one, it's a leap year, and I'm celebrating with a lovely group of authors by joining in a blog hop and giving away some free books. I've put up all my first-in-series stuff: <a href="http://www.rachelhaimowitz.com/counterpoint-book-i-of-song-of-the-fallen.html" target="_blank">Counterpoint</a>, <a href="http://www.rachelhaimowitz.com/anchored-belonging-book-one.html" target="_blank">Anchored</a>, and <a href="http://www.rachelhaimowitz.com/master-class-master-class-1.html" target="_blank">Master Class</a>, and you can win just by commenting on this post. There are lots of other great prizes to go around too, so be sure to visit all the other blogs on the hop!<br>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0YQJZX6wkuE/T02TJ9Ra4CI/AAAAAAAAAt4/GIbRgd2a23o/s1600/PP1_500x750.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-0YQJZX6wkuE/T02TJ9Ra4CI/AAAAAAAAAt4/GIbRgd2a23o/s320/PP1_500x750.jpg" width="213"></a></div><div>My other rare occurrence is that I finished the first draft of a novel today--Power Play: Awakening, the sequel to <a href="http://www.rachelhaimowitz.com/power-play-resistance.html" target="_blank">Power Play: Resistance</a> and the final novel in the two-book BDSM kinkapalooza that is the Power Play series. That happens more than once every four years, thank God, but not so much that it isn't worth a moment's celebration :-) So to my lovely co-author Cat Grant and to all you lovely readers out there, I say <i>Yay! </i>and <i>Thank you for sticking it out with me</i>. I wish I could celebrate by showing you cover pretties for PPA (to the left are some cover pretties for PPR, so you can see why I'm so anxious to see what our brilliant artist will come up with next!), but how about a brief snippet of sneak-preview smut, instead? :-D</div><div><br>
</div><div>Its, erm, pretty smutty--and also D/s; our poor sub is getting covered in clothespins--so, sneak peek beneath the jump. Before I cut to that, though, just a quick note that I'll be drawing the winner of the Nook from my Valentine's Day Spread the Love contest at the same time I draw the winner of the three free books for the Leap Year Blog Hop contest :-) Now then, smut beneath the jump!</div><div><br>
</div><div></div><a href="http://rachel-haimowitz.blogspot.com/2012/02/win-tons-of-prizes-with-mfrw-leap-year.html#more">Read more »</a>Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-80740490131807240822012-02-14T03:14:00.000-05:002012-02-14T03:14:00.085-05:00Spread the Love, Save 25% at Riptide, & Win a Nook!<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SmIgLpsYIEs/TzoUmsKsurI/AAAAAAAAAsY/4Wx1AgDKHc0/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SmIgLpsYIEs/TzoUmsKsurI/AAAAAAAAAsY/4Wx1AgDKHc0/s1600/images.jpg" /></a>Happy Valentines Day to you all! I've lots of love to spread today, and every time I look at where I am and what I'm doing and how much fun I'm having all because you amazing, wonderful, generous, enthusiastic readers out there, I just want to spread some more <3<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">So, three fun things going on today:</span><br />
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<span style="text-align: left;">1) Today's the last day to enter my drawing for a classic Nook pre-loaded with all my titles. </span><a href="http://rachel-haimowitz.blogspot.com/2012/02/win-classic-nook-pre-loaded-with-all-my.html" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank">Rules are here</a><span style="text-align: left;"> :-)</span><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">2) If you leave a comment on this blog post sharing why you love to read romance, I will send you something fun. Might be swag, might be a free ebook, might be a shiny new paperback romance in need of a loving home.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">3) <a href="http://riptidepublishing.com/" target="_blank">Riptide Publishing</a> is holding its first-ever sale today! For today only, until 11:59 PM EST, every title on the Riptide website is 25% off. No coupon codes needed, no limits, no restrictions. Even the pre-sale titles are on sale. And guess which title<i> </i>was just this evening made available for pre-sales? You guessed it!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">That's all for now, folks. I'm off to work on the second Power Play novel, but I promise to re-emerge from the writing cave to draw a winner for the Nook contest later this week.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Happy Valentine's Day, my lovelies!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<b>So first, the prize:</b> I'll be giving away a classic Nook, pre-loaded with all my titles, on Valentine's Day.<br />
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<b>How do you enter?</b> Simple! All you have to do is leave a review on any one or more of my books on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or All Romance Ebooks, then email me at metarachel (at) gmail (dot) com with the subject "Nook Review Contest" and the URL of your review or reviews. Each review earns you an entry into the contest, so yes, leaving the same review at all three stores will earn you three entries. (Please remember to be logged in at B&N when you leave your review so I know who to give credit!) If you've already reviewed a title, even if it was months ago, that counts too! Just email me the URL so I know to throw your name in the hat. You can find my Amazon titles <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/Rachel-Haimowitz/B0046OY9LC/?ie=UTF8&tag=rachehaimo-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957" target="_blank">here</a>, my B&N titles <a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/rachel-haimowitz?keyword=rachel+haimowitz&store=allproducts" target="_blank">here</a>, and my ARe titles <a href="http://www.allromanceebooks.com/storeSearch.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<b>Now for some fine print.</b> The contest will close at midnight EST on February 14, and I'll do the drawing no later than February 18 (it may take a few days to collate and confirm all the entries). Free titles are excluded from the contest. Please respect the loving spirit of the contest and do not send me links to 1- or 2-star reviews. ARe does not allow you to leave reviews on titles you did not purchase there. Don't forget the subject line in your email or I may not see it. I will ship worldwide, so if your local Amazon shop is not Amazon.com, please feel free to leave a review on .uk or .de or .fr or the like, and those entries will count.<br />
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Thank you, and I love you all! :-)Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-84513686602361711952012-01-18T23:17:00.000-05:002012-01-18T23:17:15.166-05:00Traveling the World with Stephanie Draven, Laura Kaye, and Leia Rice<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">A Sexy World Trip for One:</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Travel the World with Three Erotica Authors</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i>While Harlequin is known primarily for romance, they also offer hotter fare. Today, authors Stephanie Draven, Laura Kaye and Leia Rice are here to tell us about the unique settings of their books.<o:p></o:p></i></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z0iW66JY90c/TxeXh2g-lvI/AAAAAAAAAsA/WSyg_kSzEYo/s1600/TheFeverAndTheFury.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-z0iW66JY90c/TxeXh2g-lvI/AAAAAAAAAsA/WSyg_kSzEYo/s200/TheFeverAndTheFury.jpeg" width="126" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Stephanie Draven</b>: <span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fever-Fury-ebook/dp/B0068742US"><i>The</i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fever-Fury-ebook/dp/B0068742US"><i> </i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fever-Fury-ebook/dp/B0068742US"><i>Fever</i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fever-Fury-ebook/dp/B0068742US"><i> </i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fever-Fury-ebook/dp/B0068742US"><i>and</i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fever-Fury-ebook/dp/B0068742US"><i> </i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fever-Fury-ebook/dp/B0068742US"><i>the</i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fever-Fury-ebook/dp/B0068742US"><i> </i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Fever-Fury-ebook/dp/B0068742US"><i>Fury</i></a></span> is a contemporary paranormal erotic novella set in Budva, Montenegro, near Greece. I chose this location for a few reasons--not the least of which is that it’s known as sort of a place for sinners. Without an extradition treaty to the United States, it has become a sort of wild resort beach town, complete with bright blue ocean and terracotta rooftops. I would love to be sitting under a beach umbrella listening to the ocean during the day, then climb up into the old fortress of the old city where open air theatre takes place under the starlit sky to enchant visitors. It seemed like a very sexy and very hot place to set an erotic novella and I enjoyed every minute of it.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BvtShJJAlWc/TxeXgRg1ERI/AAAAAAAAArY/bSK6lcqI71I/s1600/InTheServiceOfTheKing.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BvtShJJAlWc/TxeXgRg1ERI/AAAAAAAAArY/bSK6lcqI71I/s200/InTheServiceOfTheKing.jpg" width="126" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Laura Kaye</b>: <span style="color: #f3f3f3;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Service-King-ebook/dp/B006IIX0N2/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><i>In</i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Service-King-ebook/dp/B006IIX0N2/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><i> </i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Service-King-ebook/dp/B006IIX0N2/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><i>the</i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Service-King-ebook/dp/B006IIX0N2/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><i> </i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Service-King-ebook/dp/B006IIX0N2/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><i>Service</i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Service-King-ebook/dp/B006IIX0N2/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><i> </i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Service-King-ebook/dp/B006IIX0N2/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><i>of</i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Service-King-ebook/dp/B006IIX0N2/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><i> </i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Service-King-ebook/dp/B006IIX0N2/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><i>the</i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Service-King-ebook/dp/B006IIX0N2/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><i> </i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Service-King-ebook/dp/B006IIX0N2/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><i>Vampire</i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Service-King-ebook/dp/B006IIX0N2/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><i> </i></a><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Service-King-ebook/dp/B006IIX0N2/ref=ntt_at_ep_edition_1_3?ie=UTF8&m=AG56TWVU5XWC2"><i>King</i></a></span> is an erotic vampire romance novella set on the cliffs of County Antrim in Northern Ireland. This story is the first in my new Vampire Warrior Kings series, and each will tell the story of one of the seven remaining warrior kings and be set in a new exotic location (the second story, which I’m writing now, is set in Moscow, Russia!). Kael was the first of my heroes to speak to me, though, which is why I started the series in Ireland. One of my goals for this series is to weave in the unique culture, history, and material culture/architecture of each featured location into the series, and Castle Dunluce, a real historical site, and the wealth of Celtic symbols (for tattoos), both offered a rich pool to draw from. I’ve never been to Ireland, but it’s on my bucket list of places to visit, particularly as I can trace some of my ancestral roots back to southern Ireland.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4BoNWXh_GMI/TxeXiJJSowI/AAAAAAAAAsI/pDIzNwsgo9M/s1600/TheRevolutionaryMistress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-4BoNWXh_GMI/TxeXiJJSowI/AAAAAAAAAsI/pDIzNwsgo9M/s200/TheRevolutionaryMistress.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Leia Rice</b>: My novella takes place in Revolutionary France, which I find to be such a daring and passionate time in history. Emotions were already peaked then, and people from all over France pushed for change and found it, albeit violently. You’d think it would be hard to write erotica set during a war, but I love the dynamic of it. Soldiers and patriots, Royalists and Citizens. There are so many facets that you can explore and manipulate into really sexy and dramatic situations. <b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">===<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>About the Authors:<o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-da7aYyRy22U/TxeXhIT8C3I/AAAAAAAAAr4/JR7vC6HUS0c/s1600/steph-white-headshot.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-da7aYyRy22U/TxeXhIT8C3I/AAAAAAAAAr4/JR7vC6HUS0c/s200/steph-white-headshot.jpg" width="150" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Stephanie Draven </b>is a multi-published award-nominated author of myth-inspired paranormal romance. Writing for HQN Nocturne, Stephanie’s Mythica series asks the question: <i>What if the monsters of ancient mythology still walked the earth...and what if you found out that you were one of them? </i>Currently a denizen of Baltimore, that city of ravens and purple night skies, Stephanie lives there with her favorite nocturnal creatures–three scheming cats and a deliciously wicked husband. And when she is not busy with dark domestic rituals, she writes her books.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KZfHubwYeKY/TxeXggwtCfI/AAAAAAAAAro/jRiIWcf_iZE/s1600/LauraKayeAuthor.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-KZfHubwYeKY/TxeXggwtCfI/AAAAAAAAAro/jRiIWcf_iZE/s200/LauraKayeAuthor.jpg" width="133" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Laura Kaye</b> Voted Breakout Author of the Year in the 2011 GraveTells Readers’ Choice Awards, Laura is the bestselling and award-winning author of a half-dozen books. <i>Hearts in Darkness</i> is a finalist for the EPIC eBook Award for Best Novella, <i>Forever Freed</i> won the NJRW Golden Leaf Award for Best Paranormal of 2011, and <i>North of Need</i>, the first book in the Hearts of the Anemoi series, was named GraveTells’ Best Book of 2011 and won their 5-STAR Gold Heart Award, and won Sizzling Hot Read of the Year at Sizzling Hot Books. Laura lives in Maryland with her husband, two daughters, and cute-but-bad dog, and appreciates her view of the Chesapeake Bay every day.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</u></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xfof9g52C3E/TxeXg65saAI/AAAAAAAAArw/KbYEXKwgbIk/s1600/LeiaRice.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="150" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Xfof9g52C3E/TxeXg65saAI/AAAAAAAAArw/KbYEXKwgbIk/s200/LeiaRice.png" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b>Leia Rice</b> is an avid lover of everything Parisian, Ancient Grecian and Ancient Roman. She wishes that women would still wear the pretty dresses and petticoats that they did back in the 18th century, but she’s well aware how much of a pain they must have been. Leia writes historical fiction, romance and erotica in these areas, because she cannot get enough of each respective time period.<b><o:p></o:p></b></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MyChQBuApaA/Tw-1txR4ccI/AAAAAAAAArA/eQhSs2FAR1E/s1600/BlogHopKindleEntryForm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MyChQBuApaA/Tw-1txR4ccI/AAAAAAAAArA/eQhSs2FAR1E/s320/BlogHopKindleEntryForm.jpg" width="294"></a></div>Given the theme of today's hop, I almost did something horror-related, but in the end decided to post a preview of mine and Cat Grant's upcoming pair of novels releasing this spring, <i>Power Play: Resistance </i>and <i>Power Play: Awakening. </i>(Which, who knows, might horrify some of you after all ;-p) If you scroll down to the previous entry, you can see the first of our ridiculously amazing cover art, custom-painted courtesy of <a href="http://riptidepublishing.com/">Riptide Publishing</a>. And if you click beneath the jump, you'll see, well, something <i>distinctly </i>not safe for work. And also, of course, the link to the next blog in the hop, which you'll need to make your way to the entry form for the day's big prize--a shiny new Kindle! (If a little guy-on-guy kink play isn't your thing, scroll down past the excerpt to find the next hop link.)<br>
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<a href="http://rachel-haimowitz.blogspot.com/2012/01/friday-13th-blog-hop-stop-win-kindle.html#more">Read more »</a>Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-64561064233388362782012-01-11T13:01:00.000-05:002012-01-11T13:01:53.219-05:00Drop-dead Gorgeous New Cover Art!Hello my lovelies! I have been sadly neglecting this little corner of the internets lately, and for that I apologize. But I assure you, it's because Fun Things Are Afoot. In other words, I've been writing. And writing, and writing, and writing. And also editing a lot, because, wow, the <a href="http://riptidepublishing.com/">Little Publishing House That Could</a> has taken off like a, well, runaway train, and it's full of happy readers and happy authors and just generally keeping all of us kind of insanely busy.<br>
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But the other thing that's been eating my time (and my brain) these days is--no, it's not zombies, <a href="http://karigregg.com/">Kari</a>, shut up--a massive pair of contemporary BDSM novels I've been co-writing with the lovely <a href="http://catgrant.com/">Cat Grant</a>, she of <i><a href="http://www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/once-marine">Once a Marine</a> </i>fame. The first book, <i>Power Play: Resistance</i>, clocks in at 90,000 words of crazy-hot vaguely dubconny nonstop kinkgasm, and is currently in edits for an anticipated Spring 2012 release (Aprilish, hopefully). The second book, <i>Power Play: Awakening</i>, is currently at 32,000 words and rising, just as kinktastic as <i>Resistance</i>, and also happens to feature a chapter-long cameo by Devon and Nicky of <i><a href="http://www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/master-class-master-class-1">Master Class</a> </i>and <i><a href="http://www.riptidepublishing.com/titles/sublime-collected-shorts-master-class-2">SUBlime</a> </i>fame. We're aiming for a summer release for this one--the idea being not to keep you waiting more than a couple months between Book 1 and Book 2--so apologies in advance if things remain a little quiet on the blogging front.<br>
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Although, I will be back here in two days as part of a Friday the 13th Blog Hop where we'll be giving away a Kindle to one lucky commenter :D<br>
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Anyway, you're here for the <i>Power Play: Resistance </i>cover art. And boy is it a doozie.<i> </i>I think it may be my favorite yet. Of kind of anything ever, actually. It's beneath the jump. Don't forget to click to embiggen.<br>
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<a href="http://rachel-haimowitz.blogspot.com/2012/01/drop-dead-gorgeous-new-cover-art.html#more">Read more »</a>Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-46105439722940195332011-12-23T21:59:00.000-05:002012-07-25T05:30:13.762-04:00Happy Holidays!To all you fabulous folks out there in the blogosphere--my friends, my colleagues, my editors, my co-authors, my business partners, and most of all my readers--I wish you all the joy in the world. Whatever you may or may not celebrate, whomever you may or may not celebrate it with, I hope you find the season restful and happy.<br />
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And if not, hey, hold out hope--at least the days are starting to get longer again ;-)<br />
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</div>Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-6625456915702571522011-12-20T16:08:00.001-05:002011-12-20T16:09:03.253-05:00Release Day! Break and Enter :DAfternoon, folks! It's been a busy winter round these parts--today is release day for my third new title in two months, <i><a href="http://store.samhainpublishing.com/break-enter-p-6570.html">Break and Enter</a></i>. It's a fast-paced, funny, cyberpunk romp starring two rather manly men (an ex-Special Forces penetration tester and a paramedic) getting up to all sorts of mayhem and sexiness. It's also the first title I've co-written in this genre; I had the tremendous pleasure of creating this story with my dear friend, business partner, and Siamese brain twin, <a href="http://aleksandrvoinov.com/">Aleks Voinov</a>.<br />
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Our blurb and cover, let me show u it:<br />
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His latest series of break-ins are proving…difficult. Sentinel Tech’s security is cutting-edge, and the cops are hounding his ass. He sees only one reason why his employer hasn’t called off the dogs: someone inside is stealing data for real and setting him up to take the fall.<br />
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Paramedic-cum-tech-phreak Bear keeps scooping an increasingly battered Cyke off the sidewalk, and each time, his fascination for the fugitive and his mysterious ’ware grows. So does the attraction that makes him reluctant to turn Cyke in. Every time they touch, barriers fall. Before long, they're both laid bare.<br />
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Cyke can handle losing blood, even losing consciousness. What he can’t afford is to lose his heart. Distractions like that get people killed—and if he succeeds in unlocking Sentinel Tech’s ugly secrets, he won’t be the only one in the line of fire.<br />
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Product Warnings<br />
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This book contains mechanical eyeballs, multimillion-dollar hand warmers, pushy mind probes, a man too stubborn to quit when he’s bleeding, an underpaid paramedic whose services are needed entirely too often, and circuit-scorching cybersex…without a computer.<br />
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It's a little bit of a departure for me--still gritty, but not dark at all, and the boys get their HEA. I hope you'll check it out. And since Samhain discounts all their new releases by 30% in their opening week, you can get this novella <a href="http://store.samhainpublishing.com/break-enter-p-6570.html">directly from them</a> for just $2.45 this week! Click the link to read an excerpt and see if this one's for you :-)<br />
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/shameless plug :D<br />
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Happy holidays, my dears!Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-20446068077648872432011-12-16T11:01:00.001-05:002011-12-16T11:02:01.071-05:00Guest Blog with JK Rose: How Romance Stole My HeartWe have a guest-blogger here today at Fantasy Unbound. Please give a warm welcome to JK Rose, who's here to talk about how romance stole her heart :-)<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal">Thanks so much for having me on your blog today, Rachel. I thought I'd talk a little bit about how I came to read and write romance and why I love it. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I write and typically read traditional male/female romance, though I haven’t always read romance. I had been one of those believers that romance wasn’t really literature. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Funny how one’s perspective changes dramatically when she sits down to write and accidentally produces a romance novel. Hmm. How does that happen? <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Well, first she reads all four Twilight books. (Yes, I know. They are romances.) Then she reads Anne Rice’s Vampire Chronicles, followed by Bram Stoker’s Dracula and Charlaine Harris’ entire Sookie Stackhouse series. This all happens in an eight-week period. After that she thinks, “I can do this. I have a great idea for a vampire story.” And she starts writing. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It would take a year from the start of that first draft for me to realize I write romance. And more importantly, I really, really like romance. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’ve chalked this delayed reaction up to the fact that we all learn something new everyday and some of us might be slightly denser than others! <span style="font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">In any case, I’ve now read numerous romances, almost all of which are paranormals with vampire heroes. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I love the happy ending in every story. I even enjoy a happy-for-now-ending. I’m not someone who requires all the loose ends be tied up in one perfect package. I’m okay with a couple unanswered questions. It lets me continue to work the story out in my own way. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I don’t require a hard as nails heroine. That’s not to say I can tolerate one who won’t stop crying or who can’t manage to work her way out of a paper bag, but she doesn’t have to kick the shit out of everyone around her. I <i>want</i> the hero to save her. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I’m very traditional in my perspective on male/female roles. My husband takes care of the outside of the house. I keep the inside clean. He takes out the trash. I grocery shop. Works fine for me. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">With that said, I love Super-Alpha heroes. I love Christine Feehan’s Dark Series. I haven’t read the entire series. I pull out one of the books when I’m in the mood for “Caveman Love.” Literally, those men walk up to the heroine, conk her on the head and drag her away. Then, they bend over backward for her and would willingly die to keep her safe. I just love that. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">You should know that in real life, my husband doesn’t have it half as easy. There’s no conking and getting his way. In real life, my husband is a gentleman and wouldn’t try to act like a caveman. At least, he wouldn’t expect to get away with pulling Caveman on me. He’s a pretty smart guy. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">But in fantasy, I love the over-the-top hero, the one who attempts to control every detail, the one who’s not only respected by other men, but even feared, the one who’s in charge of everything. That is until our heroine arrives on scene. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Powerful men are sexy. There’s no denying that. Women and men are drawn to power. You never read about the hero being some nerdy guy with greasy hair cowering under his desk. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Instead, heroes always know what’s about to happen, what might happen, what should happen, and how it will all be handled when it does happen. Until the heroine shows up. She pops into his life and upturns his world. It’s awesome. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">His attempts to keep control are thwarted, sometimes intentionally and sometimes not. His suave, macho persona is reduced to chaos or confusion or just total frustration, and he’s forced to work around her until he learns to work with her. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">We get to watch as his tough outer shell cracks, and she weasels her way into his heart. We get to see him become a better man by loving her. We learn about his weaknesses in a way that makes him seem stronger, and that just makes him all the sexier. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">It’s the intimacy of romance that makes it so wonderful, and not just the sexual intimacy. Emotional intimacy makes reading romance fulfilling, exciting. We relate to it. We get lost in it. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Dark Prince is by far one of my favorite romances. Mikhail is very powerful, very, very alpha. Yet Raven holds her own with him, completely intrigues him. He sees how fragile she is as she struggles with her abilities, needing to be independent and accepted, and he wants to protect her, to care for her, to love her. Raven’s power over Mikhail’s heart makes him a better man and ultimately a better leader. His love makes her stronger. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">For all the hokey, super-alpha, caveman love of Dark Prince at the core are a heroine and the hero, longing to be accepted and loved, each of whom makes the other better. And this is exactly why I love romance. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Tell me about your favorite heroes and heroines. What about them has won your heart?<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fDmeZtWAtOs/TutqzTsxGuI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/3puNwOpSBgU/s1600/kim.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-fDmeZtWAtOs/TutqzTsxGuI/AAAAAAAAAoQ/3puNwOpSBgU/s200/kim.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">After trying her hand at many, many things- from crafting and art classes to cooking and sewing classes to running her own handbag business, Jordan finally figured out how to channel her creativity. With an active imagination and a little encouragement from her husband she sat down and began to write, each night clicking away at the keys with her black Labrador, Dino curled up under the desk. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Jordan’s a member of Rhode Island Romance Writers, as well as RWA National, and the New England (NEC), Connecticut, and Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal (FFnP) Chapters. <o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Her first book, Perpetual Light, releases in Winter of 2012 from Crescent Moon Press.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Find Jordan on her website at </span><a href="http://www.jordankrose.com/"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">www.jordankrose.com</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Follow her tweets on </span><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/jordankrose"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">https://twitter.com/#!/jordankrose</span></a><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Friend her on Facebook at </span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jordankrose">https://www.facebook.com/jordankrose</a></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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On the plus side, the food was great, the weather was warm, the seas were . . . well, stormy, quite frankly, pretty much nonstop, but I do so love a very rocking boat when it isn't making me nauseous (which is about half the time), and the company was wonderful (I was traveling with my brand-spanking-new stepmother, who is as awesome as they come). And even though I had a big pile of edits to do for <a href="http://riptidepublishing.com/">Riptide</a> while I was away, doing them on a deck chair overlooking a tropical island is way better than my kitchen table.<br>
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Oh, and just a quick housekeeping note, as well: since Riptide Publishing has acquired Guiltless Pleasure Publishing, <i>Counterpoint </i>is now <a href="http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/counterpoint-song-fallen-1">available for sale on the Riptide site</a>, yay! Which means you can earn bonus bucks if you purchase it there (they'll be working soon, I promise :-p), and while none of the story's content has changed, it does have a shiny gorgeous new Riptide layout. Right now it's only available in PDF, but in about a week, it'll be available in Epub, Mobi, and HTML too, and all the copies on third-party sites like Amazon will switch over from the GPP layout to the RP layout.<br>
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And now, apropos of nothing, some eye candy of the kind you've all come to expect from me, beneath the jump. It involves cats and actor crushes and I think it's my new favorite thing ever.<br>
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<a href="http://rachel-haimowitz.blogspot.com/2011/12/back-from-vacay-with-new-book.html#more">Read more »</a>Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-86952410285761793892011-11-22T09:31:00.000-05:002011-11-22T09:31:21.381-05:00Be Gentle, It's My First Time: Guest Blog by Alex WhitehallWe have a very special guest at Fantasy Unbound today: a lovely fan and friend of the M/M romance community, Alex Whitehall. (You may recognize Alex from his review blog, <a href="http://creative-whimsy.blogspot.com/">Between the Covers</a>, and if you don't, go check it out!)<br>
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Last week, Alex went to the GeekyKink event, a kink convention for those who might also be inclined to quote Douglas Adams or Star Wars at you. I'm a bit jealous, as this con was in my backyard (about 40 minutes from where I live), but I ended up being in California and unable to attend. I asked Alex if he'd be so kind as to do a write-up when he got back, and he obliged. So I'll shut up now and turn the floor over to Alex:<br>
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From Nov 4-5 I spent my time in a little New Jersey town at <a href="http://thegeekykinkevent.com/">The GeekyKink Event</a>.<br>
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This was my first time wandering into the world of a kink event, so I have no idea if this was tame compared to others or just about on par. I've also never played before, was going alone, knew no one there, and am painfully shy. I'm not actually sure how I conned myself into going, but its a safe bet it's Rachel's fault. [Editor's note: Of course it was >:-D]<br>
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Of course, if I hadn't gone, then I would never have experienced the following, so maybe it was worth it!<br>
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There were tons of events, demonstrations, and classes scheduled, plus meet-ups for like-minded folk, an after-care room, and some specialty events that I was too bashful to even glance at. I mostly stuck to the classes (see descriptions after jump).<br>
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The classes were educational and the classrooms and hallways were very tame nudity-wise. One class (sensual knife play) had women without tops on and the caning had two women in bra and panties. All very tasteful. I'm sure there were other parts that were kinkier (and involved less clothing), but I didn't venture there and it was built as such that you'd kind of have to go looking for them.<br>
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So for the curious, it's definitely a safe place to attend, no one will molest you (um, unless you want them to, I guess!), and it's fun, no matter what your aim is for attending (to get your kink on or to get educated).<br>
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While the kink community came across as very tight knit and many people already knew each other, a lot of the staff made it a point to strike up conversation with me (and they actually remembered my name!). <br>
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Plus I went shopping ;) Of course there was all sorts of kinky things to be purchased, most of which were out of my price range, and if I had a partner, I may have been more tempted to buy something aside from this adorable amigurimi:<br>
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He needs a name, any suggestions?<br>
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<a href="http://rachel-haimowitz.blogspot.com/2011/11/be-gentle-its-my-first-time-guest-blog.html#more">Read more »</a>Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-30213959656457629322011-11-18T08:25:00.000-05:002011-11-18T08:25:12.187-05:00Crescendo Release Day & Print Book Giveaway!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://stormmoonpress.com/images/crescendo_popout.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://stormmoonpress.com/images/crescendo_popout.jpg" width="220" /></a></div>Howdy folks! Today's the big day--<i><a href="http://www.rachelhaimowitz.com/crescendo-book-ii-of-song-of-the-fallen.html">Crescendo's</a> </i>official release day! It's now available at Amazon, ARe, and other major retailers, as well as at Storm Moon Press, of course. And can I just say? Nervous and excited author is nervous and excited. A lot of people have been waiting for this book for almost <i>fifteen months</i>. I worked on this series for <i>three years</i>. I'm very anxious to see if readers find it the satisfying conclusion to the story that I did. One reviewer's posted so far, and it was a <i>lovely </i>review (thank you, <a href="http://t.co/rq8Vj9MS">M/M Good Book Reviews</a>!), but I'll still be holding my breath for at least a couple weeks.<br />
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While I'm suffocating myself, I thought I'd also celebrate and say "Thank you" to all you amazing, wonderful, spectacular readers by giving away a print copy of <i>Crescendo</i>. They won't be out until December, but when they arrive, I'll sign one and put it in the mail to one lucky commenter on this post. I'll draw a winner next Friday.<br />
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Some other news as well. As you've probably noticed, it's been a bit quiet round these parts lately. Between Riptide and my own writing, I'm starting to have trouble keeping up with the blog. I still very much want this to be a place where people can come and enjoy themselves, and I'll update at least once a week, but the schedule's going to start getting a little less regular.<br />
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Also, did a ton of updates on my website today. Lots of new info for my two new releases (<i>Crescendo </i>and <i>Master Class</i>), and also some new bits on the upcoming works page, mostly about the Kinkapalooza novel I'm co-writing with Cat Grant. We only started putting words to paper less than two weeks ago, but Cat and I have already accidentally won NaNo :-p Almost 60,000 words in already, and no signs of the end yet. This book is gonna be a friggin' <i>doorstop </i>of kink. Very, very excited about it; it feels amazing to be writing again after taking so much time off to focus all my energy on Riptide.<br />
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Hmm, I think that's it for now. I'm at a couple different places today: you can read a nice excerpt from <i>Crescendo </i>and maybe win a copy of <i>Counterpoint </i>at <a href="http://t.co/rqzek5GL">Laura Kaye's blog</a>, and I have a guest post at <a href="http://naughtyinthebackseat.com/boysblog/2011/11/guest-post-rachel-haimowitz-author-of-crescendo/">Naughty Boys in the Backseat</a> on the only-half-immortal problem. (Trust me, it's a big problem :-p)<br />
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If you've already read <i>Crescendo</i>, do let me know what you think, even if you hated it. If you haven't, say hello anyway to get yourself entered in the giveaway. I'll ship anywhere in the world.<br />
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Hugs and love to you all--I'm feeling particularly bouncy today :DRachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-30675822840675772582011-11-11T19:44:00.000-05:002011-11-11T19:44:13.651-05:00New Book in the WorksHappy Friday, folks! I'm thrilled to say that after all the time-eating (but wonderful!) craziness of <i>Crescendo </i>edits and launching fifteen books at once for Riptide, I have actually begun to <i>write again.</i><br />
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O. M. G. does that feel <i>great.</i><br />
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Last week I escaped the power outages in Jersey by fleeing to Cat Grant's place in lovely Monterey, CA. (See: this:)<br />
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And Cat and I have been hashing out the plot of a Big Kinky Book for a while now--a sort of grudgingly willing total power exchange situation between a rich experienced Dom who no longer believes anyone will ever want him for anything but his money and a struggling construction worker whose submissive side is buried so deeply he may or may not actually <i>be </i>submissive . . . but for the right incentive, he's willing to find out.<br />
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Cat and I have banged out almost 25,000 words on this already--close to 100 pages!--and we're just getting getting started on act 2. Looks like this'll turn out to be a nice meaty novel, and I'm so excited by it, our boys won't even let me sleep at night. They just keep whispering in my ear, <i>"Hey, how about trying </i>this <i>with us?" </i>or <i>"Wouldn't [insert deliciously pervy thing here] be naughty and fun?" </i>And of course I can never say no to my boys.<br />
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I have to fly home in half a week, but here's hoping that by then, we'll have gotten out another 10K of pure pervy play. At the rate we're going, we might even have this thing finished by the end of the year. Very exciting all around, and <i>oh holy crap </i>does it feel amazing to finally be doing what I should be doing again: putting fingers to keyboard and abusing the fuck out of hot hot men ;-pRachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-70730496523884529312011-11-07T17:53:00.000-05:002011-11-07T17:53:39.343-05:00Guest Blog: Paradise 21 with Aubrie Dionne<div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">Evening, folks! Today we've got a guest author, Aubrie Dionne, who's here to share an excerpt from her new sci-fi romance from Entangled Publishing, <a href="http://www.entangledpublishing.com/paradise-21/"><i>Paradise 21</i></a>. As always, let's start with a blurb and cover art.</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit;"><br>
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xf2-jKyw__E/TrhfYv4ekMI/AAAAAAAAAmk/UfmZ-ZmSbf8/s1600/Paradise+21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Xf2-jKyw__E/TrhfYv4ekMI/AAAAAAAAAmk/UfmZ-ZmSbf8/s1600/Paradise+21.jpg"></a></div><div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; display: inline ! important; float: none; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;"> </span><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Aries has lived her entire life aboard mankind’s last hope, the New Dawn, a spaceship traveling toward a planet where humanity can begin anew—a planet that won’t be reached in Aries’ lifetime. As one of the last genetically desirable women in the universe, she must marry her designated genetic match and produce the next generation for this centuries-long voyage.</i></div><div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><br>
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">But Aries has other plans.</i></div><div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><br>
</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">When her desperate escape from the New Dawn strands her on a desert planet, Aries discovers the rumors about pirates—humans who escaped Earth before its demise—are true. Handsome, genetically imperfect Striker possesses the freedom Aries envies, and the two connect on a level she never thought possible. But pursued by her match from above and hunted by the planet’s native inhabitants, Aries quickly learns her freedom will come at a hefty price.</i></div><div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4pt; margin: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"><br>
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</div><div style="color: #f3f3f3; font-family: inherit; line-height: 18.4pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; vertical-align: baseline;">Sound interesting? Check out the excerpt and video trailer, beneath the jump.</div><a href="http://rachel-haimowitz.blogspot.com/2011/11/guest-blog-paradise-21-with-aubrie.html#more">Read more »</a>Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-59677545181763190142011-11-04T17:43:00.000-04:002011-11-04T17:43:32.309-04:00Book Review: Counterpunch, by Aleks Voinov. 5 of 5 StarsApologies for the unexpected silence this week. I was in one of those "Snowtober" areas where the kids got an unexpected week off from school because three quarters of the state had no power. My solution to this was to pick up and fly to California to visit dear friend and fellow M/M author Cat Grant. I'll be hanging here for a couple weeks to catch up on sleep post-Riptide launch and get started on a big kinky book we're co-writing.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1310369453l/11292786.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1310369453l/11292786.jpg" width="208" /></a></div>In the meanwhile, I wanted to post a mini-review on Aleksandr Voinov's new novel, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11292786-counterpunch"><i>Counterpunch</i></a>, which released today. Full disclosure: I was a beta, and it's also set in my sandbox (this story is written in the same world as <i><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11292786-counterpunch">Anchored</a> </i>and <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11292786-counterpunch"><i>Where He Belongs</i></a>). That said, Aleks wrote such a beautiful novel I'm downright jealous of how well he handled my sandbox; he built a much prettier castle than I ever did!<br />
Here's the blurb:<br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>Fight like a man, or die like a slave. </i><br />
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Brooklyn Marshall used to be a policeman in London, with a wife and a promising future ahead of him. Then he accidentally killed a rioter whose father was a Member of Parliament and had him convicted of murder. To ease the burden on the overcrowded prison system, Brooklyn was sold into slavery rather than incarcerated. Now, he's the "Mean Machine", a boxer on the slave prizefighting circuit, pummelling other slaves for the entertainment of freemen and being rented out for the sexual service of his wealthier fans. <br />
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When Nathaniel Bishop purchases Brooklyn's services for a night, it seems like any other assignation. But the pair form an unexpected bond that grows into something more. Brooklyn hesitates to call it "love"—such things do not exist between freemen and slaves—but when Nathaniel reveals that he wants to help get Brooklyn's conviction overturned, he dares to hope. Then, an accident in the ring sends Brooklyn on the run, jeopardizing everything he has worked so hard to achieve and sending him into the most important fight of all—the fight for freedom.</blockquote><br />
This is classic Voinov at his finest: dark, gritty, morally ambiguous, dangerous, violent, and sexy as hell. All that plus a genuine romance! If you are a fan of any of these things, I cannot recommend this book strongly enough. When you're done with your first read, you'll want to read it again, and again, and again. Pure love.Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-80152994556405622712011-10-28T21:45:00.001-04:002011-10-28T21:47:09.756-04:00Release Day AND Launch Day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6iGTP0eHAXQ/TqtYtlvte-I/AAAAAAAAAlU/Xc69oOT_B9g/s1600/MasterClass_1182x1800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6iGTP0eHAXQ/TqtYtlvte-I/AAAAAAAAAlU/Xc69oOT_B9g/s320/MasterClass_1182x1800.jpg" width="210" /></a></div>Well, technically release day for my new BDSM novella, <i><a href="http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/master-class-master-class-1">Master Class</a></i>, is this Sunday, but it is available for download now directly at Riptide Publishing, along with seven other of our brand new <a href="http://riptidepublishing.com/titles">titles</a>, and I am so excited I could spit. (Or pass out; I haven't really slept much this week.)<br />
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I wanted to take this time to offer a quick thanks and congratulations to my partners at Riptide: Aleksandr Voinov, Chris Hawkins, and Tal Valante. This is it, guys--we did it :D<br />
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And I most especially want to offer my thanks to all of you readers and fans and blog tour partners out there who've made Riptide's launch such a success. I hope we can entertain you for many years to come.<br />
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Now if I may . . . our <a href="http://riptidepublishing.com/titles">now-available shiny</a>, let me show u it:<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xomFMDuSoi8/TqtZOC1WSVI/AAAAAAAAAls/wj0Dvupig60/s1600/Dark+Soul+1+1182x1800.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xomFMDuSoi8/TqtZOC1WSVI/AAAAAAAAAls/wj0Dvupig60/s320/Dark+Soul+1+1182x1800.jpg" width="209" /></a></div>Rachel Haimowitzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06006372617337483862noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4508393569905441472.post-49425751918477676082011-10-24T01:00:00.000-04:002011-10-24T01:00:05.364-04:00Free BDSM Drabble<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GFY389dSWjs/TqJbijqRuAI/AAAAAAAAAjE/2o_iSX7qS3s/s1600/MC+600x900.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-GFY389dSWjs/TqJbijqRuAI/AAAAAAAAAjE/2o_iSX7qS3s/s320/MC+600x900.jpg" width="213"></a></div><i><a href="http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/master-class-master-class-1">Master Class</a></i><i> </i>releases this Friday for those who've pre-ordered (it's <a href="http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/master-class-master-class-1">not too late</a>!), and this Sunday for those who haven't. At the same time, of course, comes <a href="http://riptidepublishing.com/">Riptide Publishing</a>'s official opening (OMG!), and I'm nervous and excited and terrified and thrilled all at once about both these things. Anyway, I thought, what better way to celebrate the upcoming release of my BDSM novella and seven other fantastic titles at my publishing house than to give away a little free fic?<br>
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So, beneath the jump for (very brief) mention of naughty bits, please find a little drabble featuring Devon and Nicky, the protagonists from both <i><a href="http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/master-class-master-class-1">Master Class</a> </i>and <i><a href="http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/sublime-collected-shorts-master-class-2">SUBlime: Collected Shorts</a></i>.<br>
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