Entice Me
Luscious Love Stories
The Authors from Romance Books 4 Us
Cindy Spencer Pape, Marianne Stephens, Jean Hart Stewart, Janice Seagraves,
Gemma Juliana, Denyse Bridger, Rose Anderson, Paris Brandon, Cara Marsi
Genre: Romance Bundle
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This sweet through hot collection of love stories includes contemporary, period, and historical romance, otherworldly romance, and romance with a touch of magic by Award-winning and Bestselling Authors: Cindy Spencer Pape, Marianne Stephens, Jean Hart Stewart, Janice Seagraves, Gemma Juliana, Denyse Bridger, Rose Anderson, Paris Brandon, and Cara Marsi.
BELTANE LION by Cindy Spencer Pape
Genre: Historical Romance
Rhodri of Llyan has returned from the Crusades a cursed man. On the way home to Wales, a young friend is sorely injured. Rhodri seeks the aid of village healer, Selene, whose gift for healing is as uncanny as her beauty. Selene’s magic can cure wounds, but she isn’t sure she can break the curse or heal the wounds on Rhodri’s heart?
Originally published in a shorter form by The Wild Rose Press as Beltaine Bargain ©July 2007
Cindy Spencer Pape firmly believes in happily-ever-after and brings that to her writing. Award-winning author of 19 novels and more than 40 shorter works, Cindy lives in southeast Michigan with her family and a houseful of pets. When not hard at work writing she can be found dressing up for steampunk parties and Renaissance fairs, or with her nose buried in a book. Cindy lives in Michigan with her family and a houseful of pets.
Fun Facts:
1. I was once cursed by a real gypsy.
2. I’m a cat lover and cat whisperer. I can’t imagine life without a cat, or two.
3. I’m a self-proclaimed TV junkie. The beginning of every fall TV season is one of my favorite times of year. Don’t judge.
4. As an eighteen-year-old, I had to dress up like a great big Easter bunny, complete with feet, and walk around Sears where I worked and give out candy. Most humiliating experience of my life.
5. I exercise an hour a day. (Boring, right?)
6. I attended a multi-national family reunion in Australia in 2002 and now I’m in touch with relatives all over the world. These relatives are from my father’s family, and as far as we know, we’re the only family in the world with our surname (my maiden name).
7. I’m a former corporate drone and cubicle dweller.
8. Growing up, I wanted to be an anthropologist and am still very interested in anthropology. I get excited every time an anthropologist thinks he may have found the “missing link.”
9. I love to cook, and now that I no longer work a fulltime job outside the home, I can indulge my love of cooking. I collect recipes and have three binders of recipes and counting.
10. Several of my stories involve characters who are chefs, bakers, or caterers.
11. I’ve had a dozen short romance stories published in the confession magazines. I no longer write for them, preferring to publish my short stories myself.
12. My writing has been influenced by the romantic comedies from the Thirties and Forties I watched on late-night TV growing up.
13. My favorite movie is one I’m sure most people haven’t heard of: “The More the Merrier,” 1943, with Jean Arthur and Joel McCrea. McCrea was so yummy. I love the plot.
14. I’ve always loved reading (no surprise there). Reading opened a whole new world to me. When I first learned to read, I’d devour anything I could find to read, even cereal boxes.
15. My comfort food of choice is red wine and potato chips.
16. My favorite song is “Light My Fire” by the Doers.
17. I can’t dance. When I’ve had a little too much to drink, I will dance. My dancing isn’t any better, but I don’t care.
18. I saw George Harrison at the Concert for Bangladesh at Madison Square Garden in 1971.
19. I’ve wanted to be a writer almost my entire life, in addition to being an anthropologist. Life got in the way, and I didn’t seriously pursue writing until rather late. It took me ten long, hard years before I sold my first book, A Catered Affair, to Avalon Books.
Regarding the Isle of Capri, where Capri Nights is set:
20. On my first visit to Capri when I was twenty, I had two dates in one day with two different guys who worked at my hotel. One of the guys is the inspiration for Alessandro in Capri Nights. Guy number one, a cute dark-haired Italian, took me to the top of a small mountain where he proceeded to get fresh with me. I whacked him with my purse.
21. I was supposed to meet Guy Number One later that evening for another date, but I didn’t want to. I decided I didn’t like him. Trying to avoid him, I cautiously exited the elevator that evening into the hotel lobby. I peeked out from the elevator and saw a tall, dark-blond Italian guy watching me from behind the desk. That was Joseph, my inspiration for Alessandro. Joseph asked me what I was doing and I explained I was hiding from the other guy. Joseph assured me the guy wasn’t around, then he asked me to meet him, Joseph, later that night on the roof of the hotel. I agreed because I liked him and I liked how protective he seemed when he assured me he’d let me know if the other guy came around. I didn’t whack Joseph when he got fresh with me.
22. I was very sad to leave Capri and Joseph the next day. He and I wrote to each other for a few months. Then, I had a new boyfriend so I quit writing to Joseph. I found him recently on Facebook and was shocked to see he’s an actor and lives in New York City. No, I did not friend him. I’m happily married so it didn’t seem right to friend an old flame. Plus, I want to keep the fantasy from that magical time on Capri in my head.
23. My heroine in Capri Nights, Cat, is a chef. As I said before, I love writing about chefs, etc. I love using food metaphors and analogies in my “cooking” stories. The food I have my characters eat in the story is some of the same food I ate on my last trip to Italy a few years ago. My husband and I visited Capri on that trip, and we went to the Blue Grotto, same as Cat and Alex in my story.
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©August 2015. Rose Anderson writing as Madeline Archer
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OPERATION MAN HUNT by Marianne Stephens
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Chris Carlisle needs a man and Tony Davis becomes her goal. He learns the hidden reason for her enticing attempts to capture his attention. Both can’t deny the mutual, lusty attraction. Will true love follow?
Chris Carlisle needs a man and Tony Davis becomes her goal. He learns the hidden reason for her enticing attempts to capture his attention. Both can’t deny the mutual, lusty attraction. Will true love follow?
Marianne Stephens writes sensual and highly sensual mainstream romance and nonfiction books. Her other pen name, April Ash, writes erotic romance books. Publishers include, Ellora’s Cave, Secret Cravings Publishing. Self-published books are at Lulu.com and CreateSpace.com. All books are available at Amazon, B&N, and many other book retailers. She writes with The Naughty Literati as Marianne Stephens.
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Email Marianne: Marianne@mariannestephens.net
Email April: april@aprilash.net
Marianne also runs a promotional website for author and industry representatives at http://www.romancebooks4us.com, a blog at http://romancebooks4us.blogspot.com, and a yahoo group: https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/romancebooks4us.com/info
DESIRE’S DILEMMA by Jean Hart Stewart
Genre: Historical Romance
When Lady Valanna meets her new guardian, The Marquis of Tendale, she finds her attraction to him overcomes her feeling of resentment for his neglect. When she discovers that neglect was due to dreadful war injuries, the attraction deepens. A former spy for Wellington, Marcus knows his injuries from almost fatal torture will keep him forever from marriage to the girl he has long loved.
Even as Marcus fights to keep revealing his love, Valanna admits hers. Valanna is determined to break his resolve, but Marcus’ honor stands between them. How can these two ever reconcile their differences, and find happiness?
What possible twist of fate can help these despairing lovers?
Writing claims my heart, and one of the best decisions I ever made was when I decided to write full time. I’m pretty ordinary really. But I had the chance to travel a lot when my husband did, and fell in love with England. Since I grew up on tales of King Arthur, when my kids were older and I retired from real estate, I turned to a much-desired career of author. I’m now on my 34th book, and loving every minute I can spend at the computer. But let’s not get on the subject of computers! I just switched from a PC to a Mac and the Mac is much smarter than me!
All my heroes are strikingly handsome, of course, with a flaw or two the heroine gets to correct. Writing has always been my joy and I’m so lucky that readers actually buy my stories!
Author Media Links:Website http://www.jeanhartstewart.com/ Amazon Author’s Page http://www.amazon.com/Jean-Hart-Stewart/e/B0035GJ13S/
WERECAT LOVE by Janice Seagraves
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Morgan isn’t expecting romance when she accompanies her friend for a week of skiing, but when she meets Jared all bets are off.
Jared has secrets that he doesn’t mind sharing with a special lady, and he hopes Morgan is that special someone. When his past and present collide it’s worse than he imagined, and he’s forced to run for his life.
Janice Seagraves grew up with a deep love of science fiction and adventure stories. Always the consummate artist, she traded in her paint brush for a laptop to write breathless life-affirming novels that celebrate enduring love.
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RIVIERA RENDEZVOUS by Gemma Juliana
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Amalie flees when she runs into danger on the cruise ship she calls home, but soon realizes she can’t afford a ticket to fly home. Xandros is more than the shipping agent everybody thinks he is, and he’s had his sights on Amalie for months. So when she suddenly becomes a stranded damsel in distress, he is quick to suggest a solution.
Gemma Juliana Bio
Multi-published author Gemma Juliana writes romance and mystery in many genres from contemporary to paranormal. When not at her desk, Gemma loves to cook for family and friends, collect sparkly stones, and travel the world. Her muse demands large doses of coffee and chocolate.
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SOMETHING MOOR by Denysé Bridger
Genre: Contemporary Romance
An unexpected trip to Ireland takes Caragh McCarthy back to her ancestral home, and the past collides with the present when car trouble strands her on the moors of Country Tyrone. When Kelan O’Shea comes to her rescue, a 300 year old injustice might yet be set right, and a promised future can be fulfilled.
An unexpected trip to Ireland takes Caragh McCarthy back to her ancestral home, and the past collides with the present when car trouble strands her on the moors of Country Tyrone. When Kelan O’Shea comes to her rescue, a 300 year old injustice might yet be set right, and a promised future can be fulfilled.
Denysé Bridger: As an award-winning, best-selling author, Denysé Bridger writes about a multitude of things, always with a touch of romance, passion, and fantasy. Her heroes tend to be alpha men who are willing to do whatever it takes to win the heroine’s heart and trust, while her heroines are strong, emotionally courageous women who put their hearts on the line for the men they love. Passionate, honourable characters drive Denysé’s stories, in whatever genre you find them in.
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Heart of Stone by Madeline Archer
Genre: Fantasy Romance
The story opens with the notorious witch hunts in 17th Century Salem, Massachusetts.
As formal education for women lacks substance in 1904, Neila Flannigan leaves Ireland to attend Radcliffe women’s college in America. Shy and introverted, Neila passes her lonesome hours making sketches of the Harvard grounds and sending them home to her father. A chance encounter with a kindly old Irish woman inspires her to sketch a statue in an old, unused building. Desperately lonely, Neila ends up sharing her thoughts and feelings with a man carved in stone. Some days it feels like he listens.
As formal education for women lacks substance in 1904, Neila Flannigan leaves Ireland to attend Radcliffe women’s college in America. Shy and introverted, Neila passes her lonesome hours making sketches of the Harvard grounds and sending them home to her father. A chance encounter with a kindly old Irish woman inspires her to sketch a statue in an old, unused building. Desperately lonely, Neila ends up sharing her thoughts and feelings with a man carved in stone. Some days it feels like he listens.
©August 2015. Rose Anderson writing as Madeline Archer
Known for crafting characters that stay with you long after the last page has turned, Rose Anderson is a multi-published award-winning author and dilettante who loves great conversation and delights in interesting things to weave into stories. Rose also writes across genres under the pen name Madeline Archer. No matter which pen name she uses, Rose chooses descriptive words as carefully as an artist might choose a color.
As a self-described “persnickety leisure reader”, Rose especially enjoys novels that feel like they were written just for her. “It's hard to explain, but if you have ever read a book that felt like you alone knew what the author was getting at, then you’ll know what I mean. I tend to sneak symbolism and metaphor into my writing. You might say it's a game I play with myself when I write. I just love when readers email to say they've found something.” These hidden insights are her gift to her readers. Rose hopes readers will feel her stories were written just for them, for that’s the truth.
As a self-described “persnickety leisure reader”, Rose especially enjoys novels that feel like they were written just for her. “It's hard to explain, but if you have ever read a book that felt like you alone knew what the author was getting at, then you’ll know what I mean. I tend to sneak symbolism and metaphor into my writing. You might say it's a game I play with myself when I write. I just love when readers email to say they've found something.” These hidden insights are her gift to her readers. Rose hopes readers will feel her stories were written just for them, for that’s the truth.
She lives with her family and small menagerie amid oak groves and prairie in the rolling glacial hills of the upper Midwest.
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I’ll BE SEEING YOU by Paris Brandon
Genre: Period Romance
Jack Howland, part of an elite group of special OSS agents can’t resist the pull of the moon or widowed USO hostess, Lulu Lane. Their paths cross again after the war but will the truth about what he is send her screaming into the night or back into his arms?
A lover of action-adventure movies and vintage clothing, Paris can be found most days bent over her keyboard, creating worlds where a wolf shifter saving the woman he loves from a Nazi war criminal, is all in a day’s work.
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CAPRI NIGHTS by Cara Marsi
Genre: Contemporary Romance
A San Francisco sous chef discovers she might have bitten off more than she can chew when a yummy Italian man stirs up a recipe for romance on the delicious Isle of Capri.
Sous chef Cat Connors has spent a lifetime feeling like a stale cracker on a plate of fancy hors d'oeuvres among her stepfamily. But when she travels from San Francisco to the sunny Isle of Capri, she’s determined to finally shed her dowdy image and spice up her life. She has big plans for her future as a chef. Those plans don’t include a yummy Italian with a mouth-watering body and a smile that melts her insides like gelato under the hot Capri sun.
When Alex Viteli retreats to his villa on Capri to escape the notoriety and legal troubles brought on by his family, the last thing he needs is a beautiful, tempting dish of a woman. Alex may be the scion of a wealthy Italian family, but that won’t matter if he can’t cook up a scheme to clear his father’s name and keep himself out of prison.
Though they fit together like strawberries and chocolate, Cat and Alex may not have time for more than a quick bite of romance. Cat’s future is in San Francisco. Alex can’t leave Italy. But the sultry Capri nights might tempt them both to savor just one more sweet taste of love.
An award-winning and eclectic author, Cara Marsi is published in romantic suspense, paranormal romance, and contemporary romance. She loves a good love story, and believes that everyone deserves a second chance at love. Sexy, sweet, thrilling, or magical, Cara’s stories are first and foremost about the love. Treat yourself today, with a taste of romance.
When not traveling or dreaming of traveling, Cara and her husband live on the East Coast in a house ruled by two spoiled cats who compete for attention.
Author’s Note: Thank you for reading my story. I hope you enjoyed this romantic trip to the Isle of Capri. I’ve visited Capri twice, and it is indeed bewitching.
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