A Little Spark
Sami Lee	New Releases	erotic romance, new releases	3 Comments
If you've been living under a rock you might not know that I had a release day yesterday. Otherwise I'm sure you've seen me going on an on about it on social media, because Rob McConnell's book is available for purchase and I'm thrilled. I fell in love with Rob while writing Burning Up for the Down and Dirty boxed set, and I'm so glad to see his story finally on sale. Rob is a seriously nice guy, but hella sexy too. I DO believe nice guys can be sexy–don't you?
Resisting a gorgeous firefighter bent on seduction could prove the ultimate challenge.
Firefighter Rob McConnell doesn't believe in love at first sight, until he meets Sierra Lawson and his common sense goes up in flames. The woman sets his heart alight the instant he meets her, and he could swear the feeling is mutual. But Sierra has one rule that makes a relationship between them unworkable—she doesn't date firefighters. Still, Rob thinks the spark between them deserves a chance to grow and he'll use every seductive talent he has to convince Sierra to take a chance on love.
Sierra doesn't believe in taking chances. Her late fiancé took them on the job as a cop and wound up dead. Knowing she can't go through that kind of heartache again, Sierra vows never to date another man in a dangerous profession. But when hunky firefighter Rob bursts into her life, her list of rules looks set to burn up like dry kindling. The man is temptation personified. An affair seems inevitable.
Guarding her heart? Impossible.
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Two things woke Rob McConnell at 3:46 in the morning. The sound of a woman screaming and the acrid smell of smoke.
He shot out of bed, his firefighter instincts on full alert. Yesterday, he'd spent the better part of a ten-hour shift working with his crew and several others to dampen a factory fire before it spread to the surrounding industrial area. They'd managed to douse the flames without any loss of life, but they weren't always so lucky. Screaming and smoke tended to make Rob spring right into action.
He was yanking on a pair of jeans in two seconds, bolting out of his bedroom in three. He stopped in the darkened hall, listening for the roar of flames. It took him a moment to realize there was no roar, and that the woman's screams weren't the come-and-save-me-I'm-burning-to-death kind. They were more of the Oh-God-baby-yes-I'm coming-I'm-coming variety.
Rob groaned and rubbed at his eyes with the heels of his hands. His housemates were at it again. Blair Bowman and Leo Chatfield—otherwise known at the fire station as Blue and Chats—were working their way through all the women in Ashton Heights and a few surrounding suburbs who were willing to take both of them on at the same time. Unfortunately, there were a lot of women to choose from.
Ordinarily, Rob wouldn't care what his two workmates did in the bedroom. He wasn't a complete stranger to the delights of three-way action himself. But the walls in the old Queenslander the three of them shared were paper thin. The noise was affecting his sleep.
Pushing out a sigh, Rob walked into the kitchen to grab the milk from the fridge. Just as he was about to lift the carton to his lips, he detected that scent of smoke again. The screams might have been nothing to worry about, but that persistent smell was a concern. He followed it to the open kitchen window, which faced the kitchen window of the neighboring house. Through the glass, he saw a telltale orange glow emanating from inside.
Rob dropped the milk carton, spilling the contents all over the linoleum floor. Ignoring the mess, he yanked the fire extinguisher off its wall bracket and bolted toward the sliding glass door that led to the back patio. He ran down the stairs three at a time, vaulted over the fence between the two properties and leapt up the back stairs of number nineteen. He banged on the glass of the house's back door, trying to rouse the single mother and three kids who lived inside.
Through the glass, Rob could see the fire had already consumed the toaster on the bench. As he watched and banged furiously on the door, the flames leapt from the toaster to a nearby tea towel and set it alight.
Where the hell were their smoke alarms? Fuck it, he thought. He couldn't wait for Cheryl to wake up. He lifted the fire extinguisher and rammed the base of it into the door. A crack appeared in the glass immediately. With only one more blow, the whole sheet exploded. Glass fell everywhere, leaving shards on the inside and outside of the house.
A woman screamed, the sound ear-splitting. Rob didn't even look at her as he leapt over the broken glass and headed for the kitchen. He lifted the fire extinguisher and released the safety switch. Rob gave it a few good long bursts, spraying at the flames until he'd buried the small blaze in white foam.
When the noise of the extinguisher died down, silence fell. Outside, a dog barked. A few screen doors creaked as they opened. The commotion had obviously gotten the attention of the neighbors. Rob's heart rate began to calm as the adrenaline eased out of his system.
It sped up again at the sound of one shrill question. "Why in the world did you do that?"
Rob's head whipped around and he got his first real look at the woman who'd screamed earlier. A woman who was definitely not Cheryl, the forty-something mother of three who lived at number nineteen. This woman was not forty, probably wouldn't be for at least fifteen years. And if her hips had born any children, they sure didn't show a sign of it. She was trim and slender with long hair that fell in straight dark strands all the way to her tiny waist. Which wasn't far because she was short.
She was short, cute and really ticked off. Which ticked Rob off. Fortunately, his annoyance distracted him from the other things he was feeling. His first glimpse of the woman had knocked the breath from him and he felt like he'd been sucker punched.
Sigh. I love him!
I hope you check out Giving Off Sparks.
Blackthorne ~ Available Now
Lexxie Couper	Uncategorized	Leave a comment
"And all that's left is the ghost of your smile…and the whispers in the night…"
Okay, not really, but with the release of Blackthorne, the Heart of Fame series has come to an end. For those that have been with me from the beginning of this journey through Nick Blackthorne's world, I thank you. For those new to the Heart of Fame series, I hope you enjoy Blackthorne (it totally can be read as a stand-alone).
For those that are sad the series has come to an end (I know there are at least one or two of you out there) don't worry. While the series may be finished, there are still plenty of stories to be told in the Heart of Fame world.
It All Began With Tropical Sin…
A long time ago I wrote a novella called Tropical Sin. It was part of the Bandicoot Coveseries, along with books from Jess Dee and Vivian Arend. In Tropical Sin, the readers got to meet a disallusioned rock star called Nick Blackthorne. Nick was only ever meant to be in that one book. But he wouldn't shut up and before I knew it, I was writing his story, Love's Rhythm, the first book in the Heart of Fame series. Who would have thought there would be 7 more to follow…
And so we come to the last book of that series. Book Eight. Blackthorne. For those of you who have been with me from the beginning of the series, this is Josh's book. Josh, who we first met as a 15 year old small-town country boy who'd grown into his teenage years without knowing who his father was. Suffice to say, I shed quite a few tears while writing this book.
Rhythm is in his genes. She is in his heart.
Caitlin Reynolds doesn't care if the rock star lookalike trying to get into her bar is who he says he is. Sticking to the rules is a big reason the Chaos Room is the hottest velvet rope in Sydney.
Okay, so he's freaking hot, but she's been ignoring her hormones since her fiancé left her to go be a doctor in Somalia and then went missing.
After a shattered knee ended his promising soccer career, it seemed only natural for Josh Blackthorne to follow in his father's rock-god footsteps. Now he's a megastar, lusted after by women—and men—the world over. But he's been in lust with Caitlin since he saw her picture years ago.
When Caitlin realizes Josh is who he says he is, she's the first to make it right. But no matter how badly his seduction makes her want to melt into his arms, there's a ghost hanging over their heads. A ghost who turns out to be not so legally dead after all…
Contains a rock star who's livin' the dream and livin' it large, a self-made businesswoman with a weakness for a cheeky smile, and a red-hot battle of tormented wills. May stimulate a desire to throw your panties onto the nearest stage.
A Snippet
He kissed her silent. Stole the rest of her ridiculous statement with a soft brush of his lips over hers.
No tongue, not even enough pressure to really feel. Just a feathering of his skin against her skin, just a lingering melding of their breaths.
He held her, aligned their hips, pressed the steel pole of his erection to the soft curve of her sex and silenced her protest with a kiss softer than the caress of a butterfly wing.
For a perfect moment, Caitlin forgot the weird reality of her life and lost herself in that kiss.
For a perfect heartbeat-long moment.
And then it was over.
He drew his head away from hers, seeking out her eyes with his gaze. "Or maybe," he whispered, his voice a little shaky, "you just wanted me to do that?"
Pressing her palms to his chest, Caitlin pushed him away.
Heat filled her cheeks. "Boy, have you got an ego. I didn't want you to do that."
Liar.
Josh seemed to agree with the traitorous little whisper inside her head. He let out a low laugh, an entirely devious sound her body reacted to with entirely too much need. "Ego or not, I think you did. And I think you liked it as much as I did."
You can buy Blackthorne now from Samhain Publishing, Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo and iBooks
Sami Lee	Coming Soon, New Releases	coming soon, cover goodness, erotic romance	6 Comments
I see you Jess with all your sexy new covers. They are very gorgeous I must say. But I can't let the New Cover Queen title go unchallenged. I too have some new covers that I want to show you, for books 1 and 2 in my new series entitled Ashton Heights Fire. The series is a spin off of my novel Erica's Choice, and will involve lots of yummy two on one and one on one lovin' starring super hot Aussie firefighters. What more could you want?
Book 1 is Burning Up
Burning Up is the story that was included in the Down and Dirty Boxed Set, and it's now available as a single release.
One woman, two sexy firefighters and a whole lot of mischief.
Pam Spencer is sick of looking for love in all the wrong places. Sure, she wants a solid relationship, but if steamy casual sex is on offer, who is she to turn it down? Especially when the offer comes from not one, but two smokin' hot firefighters.
Steve Waller has a serious thing for Pam, but she seems more interested in his mate Rob McConnell. When they both realize Pam is open to a threesome, they jump at the chance. Too bad Steve really wants Pam all to himself. But love can't blossom out of a crazy one night three way. Can It?
Burning Up is available now at Amazon Barnes & Noble Smashwords iBooks
And you want to know what book cover 2 is don't you? The follow up to Burning Up is called Giving Off Sparks.
Firefighter Rob McConnell doesn't believe in love at first sight, until he meets Sierra Lawson and his common sense goes up in flames. The woman sets his heart alight the instant he meets her, and he could swear the feeling is mutual. But Sierra has one rule that makes a relationship between them unworkable—she doesn't date firefighters. Still, Rob thinks the spark between them deserves an opportunity to grow and he'll use every seductive talent he has to convince Sierra to take a chance on love.
Giving Off Sparks will release on October 30, but you can preorder it now from Amazon Smashwords iBooks
Woohoo! I'm so excited about releasing this series. The books have been such fun to write and I hope you have fun reading them too.
New covers to show off
Jess Dee	Coming Soon, Thursday Thought	Aussie Author Showcase, Australian romance, coming soon, cover goodness	2 Comments
I have received some stunning new covers over the last few weeks.
They're for the first three books in my new series, Sunday Night Dinner Club.
Thought I'd share them with you, because…well, I love them passionately and feel they need to be shared. Often.
Party of Three, Sunday Night Dinner Club, Book 1, releasing 21 Oct, 2014. Also available as part of the Down & Dirty box set.
Table for Two, Sunday Night Dinner Club, Book 2, releasing 21 Nov, 2014.
Dinner at Eight, Sunday Night Dinner Club, Book 3, releasing 20 Feb, 2015