Anthology, Captured... Heart And Soul

Title: Captured… Heart And Soul Anthology

Authors: Kayden McLeod, Ashlynn Monroe and JT Seate

Rating: Five Siren Stones

Genre: Romance

Keywords: Valentine’s Day, M/F, Romance, Time Travel, Greek Goddesses, Dance, Spain

Word Or Page Count: 173

ISBN E-Book: 978-1-920484-74-3

Price: 5.99

Publisher: Silver Publishing

Buy-Link E-Book: http://silverpublishing.info/product_book_info/coming-soon-c-2/captured-heart-and-soul-anthology-p-202

Buy-Link Print: http://silverpublishing.info/product_book_info/coming-soon-c-2/captured-heart-and-soul-anthology-print-p-241

Tagline:

A Valentine’s Anthology brought to you by the Silver Publishing Authors

Summary:

Valentine Arabesques and Adagios by JT Seate- Matthew is a hardworking ballet student. Danielle is the ballet instructor happy to have an alpha male in her troupe. Before an upcoming Valentine’s Day performance, their passions flare in the secrecy of her studio. Two heated rendezvous lead Danielle on a quest that takes her to a village in Spain where a shocking revelation awaits. There she experiences the sweet life in such a way as to change her fortunes forever. Who says life can’t successfully imitate art?

Martyr of the Flaminian Gate by Kayden McLeod- In the time of the Roman Empire, it was declared that no solider would marry to distract him from battle and duty to the Emperor. Jacobus de Voragine hears these orders, but does not heed them. He seeks out the priest, Saint Valentine to wed him to Petronia. This decision of ultimate devotion causes them both unimaginable adversities, which will try their eternal love in more ways than they could possibly imagine.

One Night in Aphrodite's Panties by Ashlynn Monroe- Dateless again for Valentine's Day, Zoe Lane's annoyingly dating endowed sister regifts a book to her. It's an intriguing book that seems to be written by the goddess Aphrodite. Aphrodite is annoyed. Mortals no longer worship her and the thankless holiday leaves her exhausted. Zoe’s bitter feelings mirror the goddess’s own and soon Zoe receives an offer she literally can’t refuse. For the first time in her life, she feels completely free to express her sexuality. Finding herself in the goddess’s panties…err…shoes; Zoe learns being the goddess of love isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Review:

Captured....Heart and Soul features three great stories and is very well written.

In A Night in Aphrodite’s Panties, Ashlynn Monroe has created a wonderfully fun and loveable character in Zoe Lane. She had me laughing one minute and cheering Zoe on the next. As Zoe decides to dive into the book her sister pass off on her as a gift, she is shocked and at somewhat at a stage of shock when she encounters the goddess Aphrodite. At first Aphrodite is extremely mad and tired of mortals taking her for granted. She decides to let Zoe switch places with her for the night. In the process they both discover things about each other that they never knew.

Kayden McLeod, draws you in to the timeless love story of Jacobus and Petronia. Their love story is so heartfelt and makes you truly believe in soul mates and happily ever after. I truly enjoyed The Martyr of the Flaminian Gate. As you start your journey with Jacobus and Petronia in the Roman Empire, you see the hardships they must face with their beautiful daughter, Aelia. Together, father and daughter jump to the current year to find the struggles Petronia faces alone, while she is fighting to remember what has happened and who she is. But with the support of Jacobus, she will be able to rekindle a love that was once considered lost.

In, Valentine Arabesques and Adagios, by JT Seate, you are drawn into an excellent story where life can be so close to art. Danielle is dance instructor, who finds herself so very attracted to her younger student Matthew. When they start preparing for the upcoming dance production, their passions ignite and spiral toward a sensual dance of intimacy that will have you daydreaming for days to come. When Danielle ends up in Spain, she comes to terms with these things happening in her life that can change everything she once knew, to something she could never have dreamed of.

Captured...Heart and Soul is a fantastic combination of three great authors who will not disappoint. All the stories are so well written, it will definitely have you wanting to check out all these authors have to offer.

NOW RELEASED: Demonic Pandemonium

The Cornwall Coven, Book Three; Demonic Pandemonium

Kayden McLeod

Buy-Link:

http://silverpublishing.info/product_book_info/new-release-c-1/demonic-pandemonium-p-171

Genre: Erotic Paranormal Romance (Vampires, Demons, Angels)

Sub-Genre: Horror

Publisher: Silver Publishing

Website: http://silverpublishing.info/

Heat-Rating: Four Flames—Fiery

Tagline:

Sex, blood and rock and roll

Summary:

Pandora is a half-demon, alone in the world and good as abandoned, with a mother who barely tolerates her and a father who is unable to be with her nearly often enough for her tastes. She keeps to herself, and tries not to associate with others often, lest they discover her secret—until she meets Kevlar Cornwall. The two collide in ignorance of one another, but the sexual-attraction is indisputable and cannot be ignored, growing more profound with every passing moment. It blinds them to the lurking danger hiding just around the corner, out to end both their lives and everyone either of them have ever known or loved.

Excerpt One (RATED: PG)

Prologue

There are many types of people in this world.

And I have no idea what type I would be classified under. I walk through life always unsure of my next move and how it would affect others. Because everything I did rippled outward and long ago realized I had to limit my association with the “outside world”, relying on no one but myself.

I couldn’t rely on my family, friends or enemies for guidance of any sort; forever alone and doomed to always be. Such was the case with my kind—though I wouldn’t know, since I didn’t associate with them either.

What am I? A demon.

Hell, I couldn’t even fit into that category. I was half-mortal, a thing cursed to be complicated and dangerous—even to myself. I couldn’t do normal things, normal people did, mostly since all it would take is one wrong word or action, and all of a sudden I would turn into a monster that made everybody else quake in fear. A Frankenstein, but of a different sort.

And I was the only one on earth.

I had a human mother who hated me, and a demon father who I rarely saw or talked to. Creatures of the lower realms weren’t allowed on this plane without a direct access pass. And even then, it was sketchy.

So what was life like for me? Shit. Absolute uselessness.

You’d think it would be enough to drive a person just a little batty. But no. There’s more.

I was an author by profession. I had an agent, an excellent career—or I’d had anyways. It isn’t as good as it sounds.

Within the past few days, I’d realized my chosen path in life wasn’t as great as I’d cracked it up to be. My agent, Sam, proved to be ripping me off; stealing my work right from under my nose.

The most important book of my existent too boot. Well, to me anyway. The novel would be published, but it sure as fuck wasn’t by me. Sam Poetize was an underhanded slime-ball who had worked on my behalf since the beginning of my writing days. He made me believe in him for believing in me. But that came to an end.

Trusting him was one of the biggest mistakes I could’ve made.

One of; but definitely not the worst.

Oh no, that would be reserved for the day I’d been born, if you asked my mother, Lillian.

I lay in bed, staring at the ceiling while I thought of this, when the radio came on instead of an alarm clock, at exactly six-forty am. Loud noises hurt my overly sensitive ears.

Nickelback’s Burn It To The Ground blared through the speaker.

When it ended, one of the disk-jockeys of the Jeff O-Neil Morning Show, Charis’ voice filled the room. The program was a favourite of mine with their causal banter and favoured rock; but not the deep concern that weighed her careful words.

“It continued last night,” Charis began. “The murder count is now up to ten.”

“Ten?” Jeff repeated.

“The police are cautioning the people of Vancouver to be on the look out, and to report anything suspicious.”

“What did they find this time?” Scotty inquired.

“The witnesses on scene were reported saying a severed arm was found in one part of an alley, and a leg on the other side of Hornby Street. No weapon was found or determined.”

I sat up in bed, listening closely. I lived only a few blocks from there.

This would cause hysteria. Pandemonium. Something deep inside stirred at the thought of so many terrified people. I shivered, and then thrust aside the part of me that relished the distinct possibility. My human part was appalled, and since I resided on earth and not—well not on earth, that would be the emotion I stuck with.

I’d seen this as nothing more than a serial killer the news named him—or her.

Yet these murders held a far greater meaning in relation to me, and the lives surrounding mine. I just didn’t know it then.

Perhaps if I’d been more cautious and aware of my surroundings, the signs of my own demise would have shown themselves to me before it was too late.

But that was wrong.

It had been too late for a long time already.

Rie McGaha, Written In Stone

Title: Written In Stone

Author: Rie McGaha

Rating: Four Siren Stones

Genre: Historical Romance

Sub-Genre: Paranormal Romance

Keywords: Vampires

Word Count: 41,990

ISBN E-Book: 978-1-920468-53-8

Price: $5.99

Publisher: Silver Publishing

Buy-Link: http://silverpublishing.info/product_book_info/male-female-historical-c-82_52_64/written-in-stone-p-106

Reviewer: Mona

Blurb/Summary:

Gavin Stone is a wealthy man and never has a problem finding women to accompany him on the dance floor or the bedroom, but there's something different about Gavin. His eyes are too bright, his skin is too fair and he keeps strange hours. Angela Elliott is young and beautiful but an accident that killed her husband and unborn child also left her in a wheel chair. Angie believes she'll never love or be loved again. At a dance that Angie's caretaker forced her to attend, Angie remains in the back ground but Gavin Stone notices the beautiful young woman anyway and asks her to dance. When Angie refuses him he takes his leave but can’t get her out of his mind. When the two meet again, Angie is in a very precarious position and Gavin comes to the rescue. He then learns of her disability but continues to hide the truth about himself. That is until circumstances come together and Angie finds Gavin in the arms of another woman.

Review:

I feel that Written in Stone was a superbly written book. Editing was well done, but the cover confused me at first. It was not until the end that I realized who the lower couple was. Other than that I could picture Angie and Gavin as the cover models. I believe that it fit perfectly into both its genre and sub genre.

The romantic dance between the two was very believable. It unfolded at just the perfect pace to combine all levels of the story. I enjoyed that the heroine was not perfect in the traditional sense. It was wonderful to watch them work out the issues that arose! A very emotive story, one that will have me looking for more from this author!

Release Of Carnal Magnetism

The Cornwall Coven, Book Two; Carnal Magnetism

Kayden McLeod

http://www.kaydenmcleod.com/

Genre: Erotic Paranormal Romance (Vampires, M/F)

Publisher: Silver Publishing

Buy-Link:

http://silverpublishing.info/product_book_info/new-release-c-1/carnal-magnetism-p-160

Heat-Rating: Five Flames, Explosive

Pre-Release Reader Review:

http://kaydenmcleod.blogspot.com/2010/08/pre-release-reader-review-carnal.html

“Kayden McLeod spins a tale in Carnal Magnetism that sucks you in at the beginning and doesn’t let you go. You won’t be able to put down this entrancing story of a vampire family formed from need, but able to stay together because of love.” –Review by, Stacey Krug

Tagline:

Trust only works when it’s both ways

Summary:

The RedLine is the perfect haven for a man of Ryder’s extensive desires and tastes. He uses the women of the club, much like they do him, with little care to know anything more than names, sometimes even less than that. His reputation for open-minded, tantalizing sex is renowned, and willing victims for this particular vampire are never at a shortage. At least until Catalym crashes into his life, taking over from the moment they’d met. And it isn’t long before her past life’s tribulations follow her, including a dangerous ex-boyfriend who hides far more than Ryder or his friends ever guess.

Excerpt Three (RATED PG):

Manuel Martinez stepped into the light, none to happy to find himself in the middle of a war for one woman and her brother, who had every right to be here.

The Californian Cornwalls however, did not have the same welcome as we did in this fight.

Judo snarled viciously, spittle flying from his mouth. He reeled around and stalked towards me. He knew his time was now severely numbered.

“I want my woman back.” He screamed down at me.

He picked me up by the skin of my neck. His brutal fingers of the other hand closed around my throat, and choked me in his grip that nearly crushed my larynx with very little effort.

I summoned power and sent it out like a paper-thin sheet of energy to curl just under his grasp and push back at him. It wasn’t much, but it at the very least stopped him from completely crushing my throat.

For all my skill, I would never compare with the likes of Judo and Manuel. I would never match their ages of two millennia. Well, not least for another fifteen hundred years or so, but then they would be almost four thousand.

If they chose to live that long.

I couldn’t do anything about him lifting me from the ground. Even if I deadened my weight, he had enough strength to throw me around like a rag doll. My fingers crushed his.

Only his one hand held me up. I brought my legs up to shove at his chest with my feet and he merely stumbled back, but his fingers couldn’t grip me properly from the impact of my lower body. His arms just were not long enough.

I hit the ground again, and rolled my feet over my head to come to a semi-standing position. I crouched, ready to spring at the slightest provocation.

Milindya stood stock-still with her back to the wall while she watched us. Her eyes skittered from us to the newcomers. Even though this time I held some of her favour, her selfish mind wasn’t on the fight at hand, but leaving with the winner.

Within my peripheral vision, I saw Manuel simply walk through the protection circle, the magic flowing around him like water that could never keep him out. A psychic backlash from the mixing of opposing energies blew over me as Judo struck.

He slammed into a shimmering cage that manifested around him. The opaque and almost pearl toned spell was something I had never before encountered, but with Manuel that didn’t surprise me.

With a lot of barrier spells, there was a trigger which would disintegrate them, but I wouldn’t have the slightest clue how to figure out the lock to either enclosure.

I almost expected Judo to fly through the other side of the cage, but he didn’t. I watched Judo’s mouth move, but I couldn’t hear anything.

“He is effectively soundproofed, just as the cage we’re in. It is just another layer deeper,” Manuel assured me.

He didn’t hide what he was and the difference was compelling, much like it was with all of our firsts. He was but a promise to us, what we will become if we could survive humanity and the Council who ruled us.

“You are not happy.”

“When my brethren act against our people, I tend to get a little pissed off,” Manuel said in answer to the unspoken question. “I do not know what has happened to him in all of this time. He has left our fold and rarely contacts any of us.”

Black and not the atypical red fire leapt in his eyes while he watched Judo. Deadly power emanated from him. He was a time bomb ready to blow, but only he would know exactly when that would be.

I found Marcus’s cold eyes through the first barrier. Their jaded depths bored into mine. He demanded I do something, to implore immediate action. I didn’t need to hear the words he thought, our friendship had taken us past that. He would not accept less, and frankly neither could I.

“This man who has harmed my woman, and fully intends to again is your brother?” I asked incredulously.

“Not in the sense you’re thinking. We were made at the same time, for just the same purpose. We were cursed together, and survived it the same way. But, that is where any familial relationship ends.”

“Judo knows our reason for existence better than any of you do, yet he is going against everything we used to be. He tried to a force a hand that was never his to begin with, one he knew he couldn’t have. There are so many infringements made by him and his Coven that I am tempted to execute the lot of them right now,” Manuel thundered in a remarkably controlled manner. It was only his eyes that even hinted to what he was really feeling.

His bottomless eyes met mine and they spoke volumes of knowledge and power that he had acquired over the last two thousand years. Even at my age, I had to be in wonder of him.

“And what of Catalym?” I demanded.

I needed to know the Council wouldn’t find fault with her or her brother. They didn’t deserve the order for punishment or the demand to go Rogue the Californians being here threatened. If that happened, she would be hunted and killed like an animal, by the best hunters our kind had to offer this part of the world. And it was our territory she was in.

We could be sanctioned to make the kill. It could be demanded of me. Both my team and I had developed enemies in the Council here over time, as we never came completely to heel. To give them a way to get vengeance, they would most definitely take it.

Now that was a disturbing thought.

“I would never allow that to happen.”

I nodded stiffly.

“Catalym is as of a pure heart as they come and a very special woman. I am relieved that after such brutal treatment, she has come out so strong and brave. She is exactly as Corrine and I had expected her to be when she arrived. She loves you Ryder, and whether you have figured that out yet or not, you love her. You value her above any other being because of these traits. You think it is too soon, but you remain thinking in human terms. That is the mistake you seem to be making repeatedly.” Manuel smiled, and it warmed his face slightly, to take away from the predator ready to exact revenge. “I know it’s very hard to separate who we really are and who we have to pretend to be.”

“It goes against everything I’ve come to believe,” I replied softly.

“But, what if what you believe isn’t true in everybody?” He retorted.

“I already know it’s not.”

“Then what’s the problem?”

My eyes flicked to Judo, and Manuel nodded.

“Balance will come in time. It will not always be this way Ryder, you must adapt. Something Judo failed to do.”

Confliction filled me, and Marcus’s eyes haunted me. I shook my head, not willing to pursue this any further right now. I was confused enough, and I didn’t need this man’s help to make it worse. I could manage that all on my own.

Serena Yates, Workplace Encounters 1; The Elevator Mechanic

Title: Workplace Encounters 1: The Elevator Mechanic

Author: Serena Yates

Rating: Five Siren Stones

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Sub-Genre: GLBT (M/M)

Word-Count: 30,000

Price: $4.99

Publisher: Silver Publishing

Buy-Link: http://silverpublishing.info/product_book_info/the-elevator-mechanic-p-86

Reviewer: Cia

Blurb:

Joe Taylor isn't interested in anything beyond casual sex - until he meets Bill Evans.

Joe is a quiet elevator installer who longs for a more stable life than having to change work sites and teams all the time. He doesn't want a relationship, though. When he runs into Bill Evans, his priorities begin to change.

Bill is about to open his own fitness center at the new super mall north-east of Philadelphia where Joe currently works. The two men are immediately attracted to each other, and when they meet again at a gay club at the end of the work week, the sparks fly. Bill suggests a casual arrangement for weekend sex, which suits Joe initially.

But when the sex gets hotter by the weekend, and Joe begins to be attracted to Bill beyond the physical, will they be able to make a relationship work?

Review:

The Elevator Mechanic by Serena Yates was one hot quick read.

There’s something about blue collar workers that is enticing. Joe is the more effeminate of males, possessing keen intelligence and intuitive skills for his job. Unfortunately, he lacked the self confidence to stand up for himself. This is the same characteristic that had Joe sitting on the sidelines of love.

Until he meets Bill, an entrepreneur with dreams and plans of his own. Both men have issues from their childhood that make them wary of long term commitment, the kind where emotions are bared for anyone to see.

When an accident happened on the job, Bill needed to decide what was more important, showing love, allowing it to grow or putting its existence on the back burner. Joe had to find it in himself how to deal with a bully, and finally stand his ground.

The emotional growth of this couple was splendid, and the skyrocketing sensuality was heart melting. The culmination of both made for a fantastic read!

Serena Yates, Workplace Encounters 2; The Chauffeur

Title: Workplace Encounters 2: The Chauffeur

Author: Serena Yates

Rating: Five Siren Stones

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Sub-Genre: GLBT (M/M)

Word-Count: 30,000

ISBN: 978-1-920484-52-1

Price: $4.99

Publisher: Silver Publishing

Buy-Link: http://silverpublishing.info/product_book_info/new-release-c-1/the-chauffeur-p-174

Reviewer: Cia

Blurb/Summary:

Physically scarred ex-model Kyle Anderson leads two lives: he is a chauffeur by day, and an exotic dancer by night. His performance attracts the attention of Nick Giddings, a factory worker visiting the club to forget his worries.

Kyle was kicked out by his parents when a car accident on his eighteenth birthday left his face scarred. Now he works for his uncle's limousine rental company, but the pay is too low for him to become financially independent. So, he dons a mask and works as an exotic dancer most evenings.

Nick has been kicked out of school for a prank he didn't commit, and rejected by his parents. He is too proud to sell his body, so ends up working for a fast food chain until he can secure a job as a forklift driver. Meeting a gorgeous exotic dancer is just the icing on the cake. But when he is laid off, all his dreams come to an abrupt end...

Review:

Kyle is a young man who’d made mistakes that put an end to the life he knew it. This showed him the cruelty of being used, which endeared me to him. From there, Kyle’s life seemed to spiral out of control. Between his two polar opposite professions and his uncle, life wasn’t easy.

When Nick came into Kyle’s life, his world turned topsy turvey. He found a man he wanted to be with and found in him, his own strength by leaning on the other man.

Yet Nick’s own problems compounded their future. Only by putting their heads together did they find alternate choices to benefit them both, a surprising twist that wasn’t as it seemed.

I enjoyed this read and would recommend it to my friends as top notch!

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NOW RELEASED, Masquerade, Erotic Paranormal Romance

Masquerade

Kayden McLeod

Buy-Link:

http://silverpublishing.info/product_book_info/new-release-c-1/masquerade-p-95

Erotic Paranormal Romance (Werewolves, Vampires and Zombies)

Silver Publishing

Heat-Rating:

Three Flames, Boiling

Tagline

What lies behind the façade isn’t always what it seems

Summary

Abigail claimed the land of North Vancouver as her own, sharing it only with a clan of vampires, the Jericho Coven, who accepted the werewolf into their territory without qualm. Within their numbers is one, Cyrus Jericho; a suave, brooding vampire who isn’t quite as he appeared. He declares Abigail for his own the moment they meet, despite the fact that another werewolf pack is in British Columbia looking to claim Abigail into their midst, no matter what they must do to see that goal complete.

Excerpt (Rated PG)

Cyrus stood alone at the bar when Ada walked back into the party with Dina and who he now assumed to be the party-planner, Abigail.

He liked to think himself suave and not so easily ruffled, but that single moment in time, both proved wrong. The moment he laid eyes on the she-wolf, he went weak in the knees and a fine sweat worked over his body.

And that was from across the room.

He stared at his hand that shook ever so slightly. And to make matters worse, Ada made eye contact with him and smiled, making a beeline straight for him with the wolves in tow.

It would be a very rough night.

“Cyrus, may I introduce you to Abigail Weber, the party-planner,” Ada said in a smooth voice that revealed nothing of her increased heart rate pounding in his ears, signifying her anxiety.

He discreetly sniffed the air, but what he came up with blew his mind. The wolf is in heat. When his mind filtered this information to him his cock hardened, making him crave the party-planner like nothing else. Not even the whiskey he treasured like a favored lover came even close.

The worst impact to his libido had to be how Abigail reacted to him. Her breath shuddered into her lungs, heart thumping and going far faster than Ada’s. Her hand curled around her black clutch, holding it tightly to her stomach, right over her womb.

Cyrus was thrilled to know he wasn’t the only one affected.

Her exquisite beauty! It rivaled and surpassed any female in the room, regardless of race. Even with her mask covering the top half of her face, he could still see it, the perfect lines of her face – and her body; it was enough to drive the sanest man mad.

“Hello, milyi,” he replied softly, and he swore she sighed at the sound of his voice.

“Ahh, Cyr, such a charmer,” Dina smiled gratefully.

Dina knew something he didn’t, though this didn’t surprise him. Surely a normal occurrence, one he had long since accustomed himself to. She was a strange animal, to say the least, but that was his Dina.

“You know him?” Abigail whispered to her friend.

“Very well. We have known each other for years.” Dina didn’t meet her eyes when she said it. Protecting him no doubt, as much as herself.

“Cyrus, I highly recommend you ask our Abby for a dance,” Ada asked – an order under the guise of a request. And keep an eye on our new friends. This most recent development, I am sure you have noticed by the state of your pants, has not gone undetected by them. I was foolish enough, not taking into account her going into heat. It will spur them on even more.

Then kick them out.

Cyr, the point of knowing what they do, and when they do it is still important to me. Abigail will fight to the death for her territory. And I outright refuse to leave her alone for this coming battle. Sabern wants her, badly. I can smell it on him. And while Abby is a strong wolf, she can’t take them all on, even though she will without thought or question. And if they threaten us, she will lay her life down in protecting our Coven for taking her in. I cannot stand that thought. I know there is much about your past life you have not told us and I do not pry now, but I have a feeling you are capable of adequately defending her.

Now that was definitely true. He looked Dina in the eye over Abigail’s head, seeing the cold expression she hid from everyone else, the feel of friendliness leaving her for a brief moment. Dina had full intentions of protecting Abigail. She cherished this rare, real friend in her life, and what these vampires didn’t know about his long-time companion, would and could, kill the rival pack.

And the same could be said about him.