October New Release Monday

Welcome to New Release Excerpt Monday – As always, your hostesses Alexia Reed (R), and Kendal Ashby (R) and Leslie Wright thank you for stopping by!
Every first Monday of the month, we’ll be linking you to EMers’ new releases and giving away some great new books.

Ah October. That wonderful month between Summer and Winter where the leaves are changing colors and the holidays start to come one after another. Which holiday is your favorite? Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas? And Why? Comment below and you will be entered to win one of the AWESOME gift baskets!

This month’s Reader Basket is great! We are giving away 2 basket of books (6 books per basket!!!) WOW! Simply post a comment below to be entered to win.

BASKET #1
Melody’s Song by Kendal Ashby
Song of the Nile by Stephanie Dray
Interview with a Gargoyle by Jennifer Colgan
Devil’s Harvest by Margery Scott
Turn-Down Service by Lolita Lopez
Second Chance at Love by Angel Graham

BASKET #2
When Darkness falls (The Dark Lines Book 2) by Jo Ramsey
Dark Sins & Desert Sands by Stephanie Draven
Shattered by Jennie Marsland
Heaven is for Heroes by PJ Sharon
Sweet Irish Kiss by JoAnne Kenrick
Soaring like Eagles by Sandra Markle
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Melody’s Song

All her life, Melody Cupid has accepted the fact she’ll be forced into the family business as a Love Muse. Then she’s given her first assignment. Instead of making her Charge’s heart flutter for someone, she finds she’s being sent to help Nathan Peterson discover his true career path as a writer. Even though she believes the Senate is making a mistake by sending her, she gives it her all and soon finds herself in danger of breaking the golden rule of being a Muse by falling in love with her Charge. With only two weeks to complete her assignment, Melody must choose between giving up the life she’s just beginning to build in the mortal world with Nathan or sacrificing her heart to live up to the family name.

Check out Kendal’s website: HERE

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Song of the Nile

Sorceress. Seductress. Schemer. Cleopatra’s daughter is the emperor’s most unlikely apprentice and the one woman with the power to destroy his empire… Having survived her perilous childhood as a royal captive of Rome, Selene pledged her loyalty to Augustus and swore she would become his very own Cleopatra. Now the young queen faces an uncertain destiny in a foreign land. The magic of Isis flowing through her veins makes her indispensable to the emperor and against a backdrop of imperial politics and religious persecution, Cleopatra’s daughter beguiles her way to the very precipice of power. She has never forgotten her birthright, but will the price of her mother’s throne be more than she’s willing to pay?

Check out Stephanie’s website: HERE

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Interview with a Gargoyle

Melodie McConnell’s night shift couldn’t get any more bizarre. First, a commotion behind the bakery lands her in the arms of a slimy demon. Then she’s swept into hiding by a demon hunter…and discovers she’s been swallowed whole by a world she never knew existed. In the decade since he inherited a centuries-old family curse, darkness has ruled Blake DeWitt’s life. By day he’s encased in the form of a hideous stone gargoyle. By night, desperation drives him to search for the Witch’s Cabochon, a gem with the power to permanently lift the curse. He’s seconds away from claiming it when the dying demon transfers it to a human woman whose beautiful body is no match for its wild, darkly sexual power. And whose innocent attempts at seduction he finds hard to resist. As the demons swarm closer, they find safety in each other’s arms. Until Blake discovers the only key to his freedom…and must face a soul-rending choice.

Check out Jennifer’s website: HERE

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When Darkness Falls (The Dark Lines Book 2)

Fourteen-year-old Blake Walker is the “weird kid” at school. As an adopted foster child, he has never forgotten what his birth mother put him through because of his psychic abilities. Because of that, he’s determined not to let anyone get close enough to him to discover what he can do. But keeping his distance from Faith Carlisle isn’t easy. A new girl at school, Faith doesn’t seem to care what people say. She persists in trying to get to know him. When he gives in and becomes her friend, Blake discovers that Faith has abilities as well. And she’s not the only one; Eli Tyler, one of the popular jocks, is gifted, too. With his surprising new friends, Blake discovers a threat: a dark presence occupying an abandoned house in town. Through a website he finds Topher James and Callie Monroe, two older teens who have fought this darkness before. With their guidance, Blake must defeat the dark entity before he and Faith are lost forever.

Check out Jo’s website: HERE

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Devil’s Harvest

When surgical resident Taryn Hayes becomes the prime suspect in a renowned physician’s murder, the only person who can help her is Luke Dawson, a private investigator searching for information about a friend’s sudden death. Taryn, a believer in facts, and Luke, a man who trusts his gut instincts, clash as their investigation leads them to a link between the two cases. At the same time, they can’t deny opposites attract. But will they survive long enough to catch a killer before he strikes again, and to find out if their chemistry is merely physical, or something more?

Check out Margery’s blog: HERE

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Dark Sins & Desert Sands

Wrongfully accused and broken by torture, an American soldier transforms into a mind-controlling minotaur bent on revenge… Escaping a hellish Syrian prison, U.S. serviceman Ray Stavrakis emerges with uncanny powers and an eerie ability to morph into a mythical Minotaur, half-man, half-bull. Only one woman can prove his innocence and soothe the savage beast inside–the same woman who’d driven him to the brink of insanity with her cool-eyed interrogation and her hot-blooded sensuality. But Vegas psychologist Layla Bahset has no memory of Ray or her past. Only a feeling of being stalked by a nonhuman predator. Is it Ray…whose eyes condemn her soul even as his hands ignite her body? Or is another evil force hunting her down like prey? Now nothing can stop Layla from remembering what she really is…and what her evil creator has planned for her and her soldier lover…

Check out Stephanie’s website: HERE

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Shattered

Liam Cochrane no longer belongs. He lost his youth and his brother on the battlefields of Europe. Now he’s home in Halifax, Nova Scotia, trying to dull his pain with liquor and the occasional willing woman. He’s become a stranger in the North End neighbourhood where he grew up. Alice O’Neill has never belonged. Able to read notes, but not words, she dreams of teaching music – and of Liam, who has held her heart for years and never known. But Liam has shadowy ties in England that he’s revealed to no one, and in that fall of 1917, Halifax is on a collision course with fate. On December 6, a horrific accident of war will devastate the city’s North End. What will be left for Liam and Alice when their world is shattered?

Check out Jennie’s blog: HERE

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Heaven is for Heroes

Smart and athletic seventeen year-old Jordie Dunn has a bright future planned, but when tragedy turns her life upside down, she begins to question not only her future, but the facts surrounding her brother’s death in Iraq. The military’s account that his best friend and fellow Marine, Alex Cooper, is at fault, is a notion she refuses to believe. Alex was the careful one–the shy, protective, computer geek she’s had a crush on since the ninth grade, and she knows better than anyone that her troubled brother had a dark and reckless side—a secret she’s kept for far too long. With no memory of the incident that killed his best friend, nineteen year-old Alex Cooper returns home, shattered and facing a difficult recovery. Determined to go it alone, he pushes Jordie away. No longer the freckle-faced tom-boy who followed him and Levi around as a kid, she has become a beautiful and stubborn young woman who believes in him far more than he deserves. While Jordie’s unique approach to rehab pushes Alex to extremes, the two discover that their childhood friendship has grown into more. The attraction has Jordie’s head spinning and her heart soaring, but Alex struggles to deal with his guilt, his loss, and the nightmares that continue to haunt him. Even though Jordie is determined to help him heal, and even more determined to find the truth, what she doesn’t expect, is to find love.

Check out PJ’s website: HERE

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Turn-Down Service

Rosie’s made many bizarre discoveries during her years as a hotel maid, but a special request for private turn-down service accompanied by sexy, outrageously expensive lingerie? That’s a first. Desperately in need of a little spontaneity, Rosie shows up at Jack’s door as requested and quickly realizes the sinfully delicious Brit has something rather kinky in mind. He wants her complete submission. Inexperienced, Rosie finds the idea of giving up control to this handsome stranger scary—and exhilarating. If she yields to Jack, he’ll show her the wildest night of her life. Spanking, wax, ice, bondage, sex toys—nothing is off limits. But Jack’s skillful hands awaken the wicked, wanton slut slumbering deep within Rosie, and suddenly one night just isn’t enough.

Check out Lolita’s website: HERE

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Sweet Irish Kiss

Shaun Bell, a divorced workaholic, spends all his time tending bar in his Irish Pub. He’s ready to love again, but the women who visit his bar are only after his infamous Irish cocktails. At the advice of his darts team, over a tanker or two of Beamish, he applies to 1Night Stand to get back into the swing of things and enjoy the company of a woman specially selected for him by Madame Evangeline. Rachel Taylor has issues. Her father broke her mother’s heart with his cheating and Rachel swore never to let that happen to her, but one ruined relationship after another and she’s realized she’s got to get over being closed off to men. Perhaps a one-night stand is just the baby step she needs to begin to build trust again. A match seemingly made in heaven…until morning rolls around and Shaun can’t bring himself to say good-bye. Can he win her over with his secret weapon, a Sweet Irish Kiss, or is Rachel still too scared to love?

Check out JoAnne’s blog: HERE

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Serendipity House

Sylvie was a pleaser. She did as her mother pleased, and she did as her fiancé pleased. Then she did as she pleased. Determined to take back her life, she heads to the hills instead of the altar on her wedding day. Coming across a quaint, country inn with an intriguing name, she impulsively checks in. Peopled with an odd assortment of characters, the inn has clearly seen better days; even the regulars have a bit of wear on them. When Alex arrives and is strangely comfortable vacationing among the geriatric set, Sylvie tries to ignore him. But Alex will not be ignored, pushing her buttons until she admits, if only to herself, that she’s falling for him. Not until she’s hired to manage the inn does she learn he’s not the businessman he pretends to be, but a streetwise PI hired by her ex to find her. Adding insult to injury, he buys the inn and asks her to help restore it to its former glory, not an easy task with someone sabotaging their efforts. Forced to work together, both learn about relationships, expectations, and acceptance—among family members as well as strangers who become like family.

Check out Joyce’s website: HERE

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Between Friends

***RELEASE OCT 19th*** For months, LA fashionista Whitney Montcrief has secretly lusted after her roommates, super sexy trauma surgeon Mick O’Loughlin and rough, tough and drop dead gorgeous SWAT Sergeant Eddie Dillon. Eddie craves Whitney’s touch. Her sweet smile tempts him like none other–and it terrifies him. He’s been burned once before and has no desire to relive the pain of rejection. His heart walled off, Eddie denies himself the very thing he wants most. But Mick is tired of tiptoeing around the obvious sexual attraction between the three of them. He wants Eddie and Whitney in his bed. He’s ready to play with fire, even if that means dragging Eddie, kicking and screaming, right through the flames behind him.

Check out Lolita’s website: HERE

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Second Chance at Love

A tender, yet spicy novelette, Second Chance at Love is the story of two women who have loved and been hurt before. In Second Chance at Love, we get a look at the beginning of a romance that began online, and how both Dana and Alex begin their relationship, which includes Domination and submission. The story follows them through their first phone call, their first date and then follows another day in their life when everything changes.

Check out Angel’s website: HERE

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Soaring like Eagels

In discovering a grandfather she didn’t know she had, 12-year-old Kate also finds a new life that’s far different from anything she ever dreamed of. After her mother’s sudden death, Kate is faced with living with an aunt and taking care of her spoiled children. Instead, when she learns that her long-dead father’s father is alive, she runs away and finds him in an obscure cabin on Snowbird Mountain in North Carolina. To Kate’s surprise, her grandfather Tsan is a full-blooded Cherokee. At first, Tsan rejects Kate. However, circumstances change after Tsan is shot while trying to stop poachers from capturing eagles on the mountain. Kate’s stubborn persistence and determination to help him convinces Tsan to let her stay—at least for the summer. He teaches her to live in the wilderness following traditional Cherokee ways and she helps him come to terms with the dramatic rift within his family. Together, the two raise an eaglet orphaned by the ruthless poachers. When the poachers return for more eagles, Tsan and Kate know they must try to save the majestic birds, but at what cost to their own lives?

Check out Sandra’s blog: HERE

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