21 Days of Love – Coming in February!

Link Posted on January 25, 2016

“Love knows no bounds, has no limits, and accepts no barriers.
The love of a Savior so merciful and kind, and to all of your lover’s faults it makes you blind.
The love for a newborn child, so gentle and sweet.
The love between a man and woman so passionate, so full of heat.
Love pulls the strings of your heart, and love will never be tamed.
When it captures you in its embrace, no one can be blamed.
Crossing the barrier from enemy to friend…Love knows no bounds.”
~ Chelle Ramsey

#SampleSunday | An Excerpt From The Aris Effect

Link Posted on January 24, 2016

Aris pushed her pencil across the paper, bringing to life the vision in her mind earlier that morning. She would have sketched it sooner, but Luke happened and she got distracted. Most of her idea was still in her head though, and she was able to get it out as she worked quietly on the sofa in Troy’s apartment. Nate sat across from her on the carpeted floor as he toyed with a few ideas of his own while Troy wasted time delivering the latest installment of his soapbox series, “Dating Is Bullshit And I Hate It.”

Nate managed a perfunctory nod of support at the appropriate intervals but, after a while, Aris felt Troy’s eyes traveling over to her in anticipation of some kind of response to his self-important tirade.

“Hol’up…” Aris stopped sketching and peeked under a sofa cushion expectantly before patting the pockets of her jeans several times and finally shrugging her shoulders indifferently. “Damn, man. Fresh out of fucks. Check back later though. I usually re-up after dusk.”

“Your empathy knows no bounds, baby doll.” Frustrated, Troy stopped pacing and collapsed on the opposite end of the sofa. “I can always count on you.”

With a snort of amusement, Nate shook his head. “She’s like a dude that way.”

“Whatever,” Aris replied, picking up her tablet to search for images. Looking at the results, she squealed in excitement and scooted closer to Troy. “Check it out,” she said to him, shoving the tablet in his face.

He barely glanced. “Derivative.”

“Isn’t everything?” She rolled her eyes and frowned. “Stop being yourself and really look at it.”

Troy grabbed the tablet from her hands and studied the screen closely. After a few beats, he passed it back to her with a slight nod. “Yeah, I can see why you’re feelin’ it but I had something else in mind.”

Nate looked up in question. “Let me see.”

The trio spent the next hour debating the overall direction of the project along with use of color and prosthetics to achieve their creation. After several rounds of arguments and Aris bullying them with her incessant opinions and inclinations, they were finally able to reach consensus.

Aris threw her hands up, wiggling in celebration.

Troy grabbed one of her arms and pulled her into a bear hug. “Anybody ever told you how much of a pain in the ass you really are, baby doll?”

“Once or twice.” Aris looked up at him and smiled brightly. “But I’m always right though.”

Nate laughed. “You are seriously overestimating your superpowers, buddy.”

“Correction,” Troy added. “A super pain in the ass.”

“Screw y’all.” She wiggled again. “I’m worth it.”

Being in love?
REALLY loving someone??
Two totally different things…

Aris Collier is a masterful artist but, when it comes to the art of love, she couldn’t be further from her comfort zone…

For Luke and Aris, it’s all fun and games until their work and general differences get in the way. Soon, Aris is falling from cloud nine into the reality of a live-in life with Luke where she’s failing forward almost every day. On the flip side, Aris is thriving in her new career. It’s much easier to navigate and a lot less complicated…especially the synergy she finds with Troy Murphy, her partner-in-art whose mere presence begins to undermine her life with Luke.

As Aris struggles to maintain a practical balance, she learns that loving Luke Donovan is effortless…but maneuvering the nuances of a real relationship? Not so much. It’s a simple truth that she quickly discovers the hard way, forcing Aris to either confront the contradictions within herself or continue to take unnecessary gambles that just may end up costing her the love of her life…

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DECEPTION by Shakir Rashaan

Link Posted on January 8, 2016 Updated on January 8, 2016

Today, Author Shakir Rashaan is stopping by to give us a little taste from the next installment in his Kink P.I. Series! 🙂

Check out the excerpt below and be sure to pre-order DECEPTION @ Shakir’s Blog by midnight tonight to receive your autographed copy before the official January 12 release… Happy Reading!

BOOK BLURB:

Go deeper into the fetish community of Atlanta originally brought to you in Shakir Rashaan’s Obsession—the first book in the Kink, P. I. series—as Detective Dominic Law navigates the grit of the streets to solve crimes that have crossed over the line of outrageously erotic…

“What the eyes see, and the ears hear, the mind believes…”

Dominic Law is a modern-day Renaissance man, with a plethora of techniques and skills at his disposal. His first couple of cases as a private investigator taught him that everything…and everyone…is not what it seems. His latest cases are no less complicated. One involves a murdered submissive, leading his firm to weed out the real killer from among five jilted lovers—and dominants—with an ax to grind. But will someone unexpectedly plunge the case deeper into confusion? The other investigation brings to surface an issue that is at the center of debate in the fetish community: consent.

Deception takes you back to the streets and dungeons of Atlanta’s fetish community, twisting the cases to their final conclusions and guiding you through the minds of the principal players of Kink, P.I.

EXCERPT:

If this pace kept up, she would surely pass out.

Hearing the tiger-like growling as her body endured the savage fucking that she begged to continue, her eyes widened with delight as she felt the right hand of her lover begin to close around her throat. Her climax would be imminent, and there would be nothing that she could do to stop it once it arrived.

Not that she would stop it, of course, unless she was commanded to do so until her lover reached the pinnacle first.

She gasped as her eyes rolled in the back of her head, feeling the pressure of the back of her head against the headrest. Her lover didn’t miss a beat the entire time, which saddened her in a way; there would never be a repeat performance.

She wanted to delay the end, but her lover’s grip around her throat made that nearly impossible. She wondered, even in her highly aroused state and while still getting her brains fucked out, how many women had that hand choked out before she happily succumbed to its expertly tight grip.

The fact that that grip was adorned in a leather-clad glove only pushed her deeper into the abyss.

She’d experienced breath play before during sex, and with the one she was with now, she had no doubt that she would not be in harm’s way because she’d done it before with blissful results.

Seeing such a beautiful face before blacking out wasn’t so bad, she figured. She could always float in the fantasies that she would have while she was under.

She never even flinched when she began to see stars and felt that she was slipping into the darkness. She knew she would only be there for a few moments, only to be brought back into the light.

As she stared one last time at her lover before she closed her eyes to travel to that blissful space between pain and pleasure, she took comfort in knowing that it would be the first thing she saw the moment she returned from the abyss.

There was only one problem…

She never returned.

ABOUT SHAKIR RASHAAN:

Shakir Rashaan is the author of the bestselling Nubian Underworld series as well as the Kink, P.I. series (Obsession, Deception, and Reckoning) and several anthology credits, including Zane Presents Z-Rated: Chocolate Flava 3. Rashaan is also developing other projects under the pen name P.K. Rashaan. He currently resides in suburban Atlanta with his wife and two children. You can see more of Rashaan at ShakirRashaan.com

CONTACT INFO:
*NOTE: Please be advised of NSFW content on Twitter & IG*

WEBSITE/BLOG:  www.ShakirRashaan.com

FACEBOOK PROFILE: https://www.facebook.com/shakir.rashaan

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/shakirrashaan

INSTAGRAM: http://instagram.com/shakirrashaan

PURCHASE BOOKS:

SIMON & SCHUSTER / STREBOR BOOKS
Book 2 – Deception  |  Available For Pre-Order (January 12 Release Date)
Book 1 – Obsession  |  Available Now in e-book and paperback

AMAZON
Book 2 – Deception  |  Available For Pre-Order (January 12 Release Date)
Book 1 – Obsession  |  Available Now in e-book and paperback

BARNES & NOBLE
Book 2 – Deception  |  Available For Pre-Order (January 12 Release Date)
Book 1 – Obsession  |  Available Now in e-book and paperback

BEJEWELED: A Beautiful Blend by Chelle Ramsey

Link Posted on January 7, 2016

Author Chelle Ramsey is back again to celebrate her latest release in The House of BeJeweled Series! 🙂

Check out the excerpt below and purchase your copy today…Happy Reading!

BOOK BLURB:

Olivia believes she can have it all. A successful business and a loving husband. But his ex-wife is not ready to walk away, and continues to threaten any chance he and Olivia might have at happiness. When Olivia discovers she’s being stalked, secrets her mother took to the grave come creeping out.

The baby Nikki and Carlos have been planning is finally on the way. One problem…the paternity is at question, and Carlos is in the dark. To protect her secrets, Nikki’s ready to sever ties to both men that hold the key to her heart. But one half of her heart won’t let go, and the other half is willing to fight until the end. The birth of her child may lead to the death of her marriage.

One test has the power to determine the truth. One test will change their lives forever.

Deception will bring separation, and destiny will mend two broken hearts. And in the end, everyone must work together to create a beautiful blend.

EXCERPT:

“I don’t think it’s anything to worry about, Ivy. He’s just a harmless homeless man. They do travel around, but maybe it isn’t the same person you saw at the Buckhead location,” Raymond assured Olivia over dinner that night.

“I don’t know, Ray. He not only looked like that man, but he sounded like him, as well. There was something about his eyes. I know I’ve seen him before,” she debated.

Raymond speared a chicken breast chunk with his fork and put it in his mouth. He wore a thoughtful expression, and his mind appeared to be a million miles away.

“What is it, Ray?” she asked, setting her fork down on the side of her plate. She removed her napkin from her lap and walked into the kitchen to grab the pitcher of tea from the refrigerator.

Walking back into the dining room, she noticed that her husband was still far off in thought.

“Hey, what’s on your mind?” she asked again, refilling his glass with tea and then her own.

“I’m heading out of town this weekend,” he murmured, and then took a sip of his tea.

“What?” she asked, looking up from her task, inadvertently spilling a few drops.

“I said, I’m heading out of town this weekend,” he repeated, a little firmer and louder than she thought was necessary.

“To Boston?” she asked quietly, wiping her spill with a paper towel.

His trips back to Boston to visit his ex-wife and kids had become more frequent lately. He had visited two weekends prior. She believed the only reason he hadn’t gone last weekend was because he had to speak at a seminar for fire professionals. Each time he returned home, he came back in a bad mood.

“Yeah.”

“Why do you have to keep going up there, Ray?” Olivia whispered. She suddenly had lost her appetite and removed her plate from the table.

As she entered the kitchen she turned to look back at her husband through the breakfast nook. She thought she saw a glimpse of guilt on his face.

“They’re my kids, Ivy. I thought you understood that. How else am I going to see them?” he asked, frustration overtaking his expressions.

“I do understand that, Ray. But I also understand that you haven’t fought for your rights. Why don’t you take her to court? She cannot keep battling you and refusing to allow you time with them unless you return to Boston,” Olivia argued back.

“I told you once before I don’t want to drag her to court. She might’ve been crap as a wife, but first and foremost she’s the mother of my kids. And I will give her the respect she deserves for that, if for nothing else.” He scooted his chair back and grabbed his plate to bring it into the kitchen where she stood. From the looks of his plate, she wasn’t the only one who had lost their appetite.

ABOUT CHELLE RAMSEY:

An original Georgia Peach, Chelle Ramsey is a fiction author, writing stories to encourage, empower, entertain and strengthen readers. Many of her stories are based in her birthplace of Atlanta or her husband’s hometown of Cincinnati, where readers can relate to local hot spots and events. She wants her readers (women and men) to become empowered to rise above adversity, with faith in God, and belief in themselves.

Chelle holds an MBA in Human Resource Management, which she puts to use in her property management role by day, while she writes her fiction novels by night. Her most important roles are those of a wife and mother of three. During her “me time,” she loves listening to music, and becomes enraptured with the enthralling stories of Terry McMillan and Nora Roberts. She especially relishes trying to solve the engaging mysteries of James Patterson and Stuart Woods while eating a bowl of her favorite butter pecan ice cream. Chelle resides in a rural community of Atlanta, GA and enjoys writing, family time, and watching NBA games with her husband. 

CONTACT INFO:

BLOG:  www.chelleramsey.com/beautifully-inspired-blog

WEBSITE: www.chelleramsey.com

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorChelleRamsey?ref=hl

FACEBOOK_NOVEL:
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-House-of-BeJeweled-Novels/385049478363422?ref=hl

TWITTER: https://twitter.com/ChellesBooks

EMAIL: cmichelleramsey@gmail.com

INSTAGRAM: https://instagram.com/chelleramseybooks/

GOODREADS: https://www.goodreads.com/goodreadscom_Chelle

PURCHASE BOOKS:

AMAZON: Chelle Ramsey Books

PAPERBACK: Book 1 – BeJeweled: The Flight of an Angel

PAPERBACK: Book 2 – BeJeweled: What a Tangled Web We Weave

KINDLE: Book 3 – BeJeweled: A Beautiful Blend