Sarah Masters's Blog, page 3

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Hot on the trail of a story, Carter Nicholas can't believe his luck at encountering the one woman he's never forgotten. He's come a long way from being a wall-hugging geek. Now he gets all A's between the sheets. But can he convince Alana he's her sure ticket to an unforgettable night—and maybe much more?

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Oh my LORD, have I been busy. Since Friday last week I've been working on cover art. I like to get them done for the month so I haven't got anything on my mind waiting to be created. A quirk of mine, because I hate to-do lists. I have a to-do list now, but it's all writing related and nothing is pressing or has a deadline. Phew! I have the urge to write, to get a couple of books finished, but to be honest, the urge isn't so bad that I'm at the grumpy stage. I also revamped a couple of blogs. Both turned out well, so that's cool.


I'm behind on writing a couple of reviews, so I must get to that too. My first writing job on the list is getting my two chapters written in the new book with Jaime Samms. The Dreaming currently sits at nearly 68K, and I think we'll reach our prediction of 80. I love that book. It's full of weirdness and has a baddie or two, the lovers, Barry and Tag, and an abducted woman whose life changes beyond her imagining. I also need to finish my lion shifter as Sarah Masters—I think I left them hiding from the baddies outside London Zoo. The Victorian het needs finishing, and they were left in a saucy situation. My vampires were left getting ready for a fight scene. In The Dreaming, the woman now needs to act well out of character and do something she would never have contemplated before—but if she doesn't, there are grave consequences. All such different scenarios. Only The Dreaming appeals at the moment, so tomorrow I'll start on that.

I got a contract for a short story and saw the mock cover today, which is absolutely LUSH! Dara, the artist at Decadent is a marvel. I wrote a short story for their 1Nightstand anthology, and each book will also be sold as a standalone. Fab!

Me, Tess MacKall and Regina Carlysle have started up a newsletter. It'll go out around the first of each month, starting February. If you'd like the scoop on what we're up to, you can join HERE.

Well, I'm off to finish a cover today and then spend the day reading. Have a great day, loves!

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Well, last week I had a writing frenzy and wrote a chunk on a new WIP and also penned two short stories. I've subbed both the shorts and must get back to the longer book. I know where I want it to go, so that's cool, it's just that I have some WIPs on my mind. I know I must finish them but, you know what? I just don't want to. I've not been in the mood to write them for a long time. Every so often I'll add a few hundred words, but beyond that…meh, they're just not doing it for me at the moment. So, they can stay in a file until the urge to write them comes back—if it ever does.

I was 38 yesterday. I don't usually mention my birthday, but this year I decided to stop being such a pleb and smile on the day I was born. I let Facebook pronounce the day I arrived in this world and was staggered by the amount of birthday greetings I received. Amazing. I spent the day writing one of those shorts I mentioned. I was going to read, but I did that today instead. I've been reading a couple of series for the Miz Love site and I'm loving them both. Anny Cook's Mystic Valley Series and Lynne Connolly's Richard and Rose series. Both amazing sets of books, and once I come to the end of these sets I'm going to be lost.

I went on a raid-the-sales spree with my eldest daughter on Friday. We had much fun in town pretending we were rich and only looking at the sales racks to pass the time, when really we were rooting around for lots of bargains. We found some, oh yes indeed, and had a great time.

And that's about it, really. What have you been up to?

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Battling housework, Sandi wonders if the spark in her marriage has disappeared. When her husband interrupts their hot-shower lovin' to take a call from work, she's positive the magic is gone.


In an attempt to spice things up, she gets a makeover and sets a date with her hubby for a night of passion and romance. There's only one problem—Roberto doesn't show. But all is not lost. Alejandro, a silver-tongued Latin loverboy wrapped in an expensive suit, volunteers to keep her company for the evening. He says all the right—and deliciously wrong—things, leaving Sandi no choice but to see him again…and again and again.

One by one, Alejandro strips away her inhibitions, pushing her to act out her darkest fantasies, desires so private she's never mentioned them to anyone, not even her husband. Blindfolds, bondage with silk ropes, sex on the roof—nothing is off limits. But everything is not as it seems. The game's afoot—a love game—rekindling the scorching-hot passion in Sandi and Roberto's marriage.

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Finish current manuscripts by the end of January.

Write a detective thriller novel by the end of April.

Write Frost's novel and Croft's novel (characters from Scared/Grave Findings) by this time next year.

Complete three books with Jaime Samms by this time next year (yes, we can do this, Jaime!).

Lose 26 pounds by June.

A book in the Cougar Challenge series.


After working with sexy consultant Verill Harper for three months, Lacey Rezanov can hardly keep her hands to herself. And it seems Verill feels the same way. As soon as his contract with her company ends, he has her in a hold she has no desire to break.

Encouraged by the sassy women of the Tempt the Cougar blog, Lacey has the fling of her life with this younger man. They only have a month before Verill is due to set off on an around-the-world bike ride. Can they cram all that passion into a few weeks? No.

Verill wants Lacey more than any other woman he's ever met, but she won't agree to come with him. This isn't just a pleasure trip and he can't cancel. The heat is turned way up when Lacey poses with Verill and his mechanic Dene at a photo shoot to promo the tour. Even that can't persuade Lacey to change her mind. Can anything?

The gangster: Frost hires thugs to kidnap young boys and sells them to punters, making thousands in the lucrative sex trade. He needs taking down, but is anyone out there strong enough to do it?

The employee: Croft works for Frost, looking after the young boys held in captivity. He had been abducted himself, but Frost decided to employ him instead. Will Croft always do Frost's bidding?

The witnesses: Russell and Toby needed finding. They'd witnessed far too much. Frost isn't about to let them spill the truth on what he's really doing on the outskirts of London.

One sex ring, two lovers, and a host of other people, all bound together. All scared.

BUY NOW!

This past fortnight I've been a bit quiet because the review site I run, Miz Love Loves Books, took off. It had been up a while, but suddenly word about it got out and we had a flurry of books come in. We've all been busy reading, and I've been busy maintaining the site and putting the reviews up. I was kept occupied with the promo offer of putting authors' book covers on the site with links to the buy pages. I also took time out to read too—a couple of ebooks and some prints I'd wanted to read for some time. Having a break from writing has been nice.


I also created two covers for Total E-Bound and will show them off once they are on the coming soon page. I was nervous about starting with a new publisher and agonised for a bit over my covers, but the publisher liked them and so did the authors, so I feel less afraid and more at home now I know my cover style is liked.

As for writing…well, you know how it goes sometimes. The urge to write disappears, and I've finally learned not to fight that. I do other things instead that fulfil my creative desires, and so long as I'm "doing" something I'm not going to fret over the lack of words. I sold over 30 books this year in my various names and have written close to 400K, which is mad now I look back on it, and I wonder how I managed that. So I think I've written enough to be going along with and when the urge comes back I'll finish the three books I have which are near completion, a revision of another, and begin yet another that has been brewing in my head since I wrote Scared.

I got a wonderful review of His Beautiful Wench today that made me cry (in a good way) and the reviewer asked that I write a secondary character's story, something I hadn't considered—nor did I think anyone would want to know more about her. But now it's been mentioned, of course, the plot bunny is boiling, and I may well write Matilda's story next year.

Also this week I've had two short, free tales come out, Christmas ones, so if you're interested in those, one written by Natalie, one by Sarah, you can get them here: Caught Naked and Wanton and Wicked.

Well, Christmas is rapidly approaching, but to me this is like any other week. I've been very busy and haven't had time to think about the weekend. I only just remembered I needed to get the turkey out to defrost and that I have still to buy potatoes, carrots and some beer. So, after putting up this post, I think I need to get into some form of Christmas spirit and get along with all things festive.

May you all have a great Christmas, loves!

One hundred grand to babysit bad boy Logan "Phoenix" Taylor on a paradise island—seriously, how bad could he be?


Frankly, it didn't matter. Not when it would make my dreams of going to nursing school possible. I wasn't even expected to talk to him, just hang out in a luxurious villa on a private beach and study. Simple, right?

But I hadn't counted on Logan being so deliciously bad that he was oh so good. And when the temperature cranked to boiling point, he knew just how to satisfy the deepest, darkest part of my soul and give my body exactly what it needed. Amongst the sand and waves, we transported each other to an exquisite world of pleasure where only we existed, only we mattered.

But the heady mix of emotions and lust couldn't keep things from spiraling out of control back in reality, where I had to keep the secret that I'd been hired to entertain him…even if it shattered my delicate heart. Even if it cost my destiny.

Book 5 in the Mystic Valley series.


When ex-soldier Poussé receives an unexpected job offer from the mysterious Waterloo Group, she doesn't question the providential timing. Twelve hours later she wishes she had, when she's captured by two sexy blue-skinned warriors—Jonson and Mali of Mystic Valley.

Mali and Jonson make her an offer she can't refuse—become their bond mate. Positive she can use the new relationship to escape, Poussé accepts, but she doesn't count on the physical changes the bonding creates or her constant desire for Jonson and Mali. Their tender touches, hot kisses and even hotter sex get under her skin—which is turning blue! As they pursue other escaped team members, she learns real love and desire have no color barriers…and carnal games are best indulged with two hot bond mates.