Fantasy Romance for Mother's Day

Historical Fantasy Romance at an Introductory Price for Moms!

Sale ends May 30th. Do not delay downloading your copy of The Maiden Bride for this limited time offer of only 0.99! (Reg retail price is 2.99 and Free to Read on Kindle Unlimited)

The Maiden Bride

Endicott heirs have always taken Stark maidens for their brides. 

A blood oath forged eight centuries ago promised Helen Stark to Lord Weathersky Endicott in marriage from the day she was born. A poor girl with few prospects, the sinister implications of the ancient alliance are lost on Helen. The nineteen-year-old orphan bride-to-be arrives at Cragmoore Castle eager to meet her betrothed, sensibly trading love for the security of an arranged marriage.

Weathersky has other ideas—and a secret power. The handsome and brilliant Endicott heir is a warlock who has mastery over everything but love. He craves unlocking its secrets but he never will if he enters into a loveless marriage. The warlock has been studying arcane texts, seeking to break the oath and escape his fate. 

But eight hundred years of supernatural rule is not easy to overthrow. Weathersky finds he is drawn to Miss Stark to the point of passion. Is what he feels when he is alone with the maiden bride love or mere magic? Their wedding is in three days and Helen becomes more desirable with each passing hour. The blood oath is calling to him....

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The Maiden Bride is the third title in Catherine Lloyd’s My Guilty Pleasure series, standalone historical romances of emotionally-charged forbidden love. The novel contains scenes, language and themes intended for a mature audience. 

Heat Level: Warm to Spicy 

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My Guilty Pleasure Series Titles

The Pirate Lord     The Dark Regent

Kindle eBook Sale for St. Patrick's Day!

We have our green on all this week!

And to celebrate, The Dark Regent is on sale March 15 to March 22 on Amazon.com for $0.99! (reg. price $2.99) This is a Kindle Countdown Deal that you won't want to miss.

A forbidden love more powerful than either of them.

Eighteen-year-old Fawn Heathcote resisted her uncle’s advances for as long as she dared. Captain Crispin Wolfe, the rakish half-brother of Fawn’s aunt, became obsessed with his niece-by-marriage from their first meeting. From the moment he moved into the London mansion, he’s had one aim in mind—to bed her. Night after night, the captain visits her bedchamber, in the hope of being admitted. Fawn has always refused. Until one night, Wolfe arrives to deliver a devastating message and she realizes only her tormentor can save her. Fawn’s resistance to Crispin’s seduction gradually breaks down under his protection and, caught in his web, she soon discovers a secret side to her captor.

The Dark Regent is the second title in Catherine Lloyd’s My Guilty Pleasure series, standalone historical romances of emotionally-charged dark forbidden love. The novel contains scenes, language and themes intended for a mature audience. Sensitive readers are strongly cautioned.

Sizzling Historical Romance

Announcing the My Guilty Pleasure Collection

Here is what the reader can expect:

1. Standalone novels that don't require a commitment to a long series--one and done. 
2. Emotionally intense historical fiction. Addictive (betcha can't read just one)
3. A variety of settings and situations to explore those oh-so-familiar romantic tropes we adore. 
4. Great price. 2.99 or read it in Kindle Unlimited (KU)
5. Page-turning (not door-stopping) plots. 
6. Heroines who are neither feisty nor passive but real women who have a major problem on their hands.
7. Heroes who are neither alpha nor beta but real men who were doing just fine until she came along.

My Guilty Pleasure Titles

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More to come in 2018! Happy Valentine's Day and good reading!

Smashwords 2017 Summer Sale Blowout

Cottage, beach, lake or mountain or even backyard pool--it is summer in the northern hemisphere and we don't know about you guys, but we're clocking off early. We don't have the time or money to go on vacation, so we're taking a staycation.  We're hitting the patio with a stack of ebooks, a pitcher of sangria (the friendliest way to consume cheap wine) and letting the stress melt away. Click on the link below to be taken to Smashwords Sale Page for Romance titles and shop till you drop!

July Summer/Winter Sale on Smashwords!

TONS of eBooks are deeply discounted or free on Smashwords throughout July. The selection is massive. Try out genres you've always been curious about but couldn't afford to indulge. Twenty bucks will buy you a lot of ebooks that are yours to keep.

Smashwords sells ebooks in all digital formats for ereaders of all stripes--even the older models are supported and the customer service is outstanding. 

Catherine Lloyd titles on sale:

(Click on the title to be taken to the sale page)

Grab Dark Redeemer Historical Romance Boxed Set Edition for $1.25 (reg $4.99)

Grab Mandrake Falls Four Seasons Romance Boxed Set Edition for $1.25 (reg $4.99)

N J Dorrian titles on sale: 

(Click on the title to be taken to the sale page)

Snap up Girl on a Wire for $1.50 (reg. $2.99) 

New Historical Romance Release! Arrrrg--Pirates!

The Pirate Lord 

A new Historical Romance novel for Kindle by Catherine Lloyd launches today at 2.99 and is available to read in Kindle Unlimited! (Fair warning, this special launch price ends in June so get it while you can.) CLICK this link to BUY or BORROW through Kindle Unlimited.

Wow, this book was fun to read and check out the gorgeous cover by Stunning Book Covers. So inspirational! We were swept away to Cornwall and an Atlantic Ocean crossing aboard the Black Adder. Here's a brief synopsis of this racy pirate romance novel: 

THE PIRATE LORD ~ Aristocrat. Rogue. Spy.

A curate's daughter with an iron will to survive. A ruthless pirate with a secret identity. Bronwyn Barlow and Captain Jon Stag clash wills aboard the Black Adder. With the life of Bronwyn's little brother at stake, a deal is struck--join the pirate captain in his bed at six bells each night that the Black is at sea. Set against the backdrop of a mad king and a revolutionary war in a far-off land, Bronwyn and Jon enter into a passionate world of discovery that leads to love and heartbreaking separation. 

The Pirate Lord is a standalone full-length novel and it is definitely on the steamy side so be warned: this ain't your grandmother's romance (although some of those were quite shocking...). The love story is intense, as we've come to expect from Miss Lloyd. We hope Bronwyn and Jon steal your hearts (a pirate pun!) as swiftly as they stole ours.

CLICK this link to BUY or BORROW through Kindle Unlimited!

Happy reading!

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Free eBook on Amazon

Just For You this Spring ... The Man of the House by Evelyn Ellis is FREE on Amazon from April 25 to April 29!

The first installment in the Man of the House Trilogy:

The Man of the House

Set in 1879 London, England. The Man of the House is the first novella in a series about the wholesome Dr. Jekyll and his depraved alter-ego, Mr. Hyde. Orphaned at a young age and raised in workhouses and foundling homes, nineteen-year-old Molly Knight takes a position in the household of Dr. Jekyll and his wife, Felicity, as governess to their two young children. Molly senses something is not quite right in the Jekyll household and is soon drawn into a sensual forbidden relationship with the evil Mr. Hyde when she discovers Dr. Jekyll’s hidden laboratory. When Felicity Jekyll goes missing, Molly must choose between her secret love for Dr. Jekyll and the rescue of his wife.

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Man of the House is part of Evelyn Ellis’s Victorian Seduction and Surrender Series, erotic romance novellas and short story collections of villainous Victorian men and the young virginal women they seduce. The Man of the House is an erotic romance—a love story written for adults. It contains scenes, language and themes intended for a mature audience. Sensitive readers are strongly cautioned.

The rest of the trilogy is in Kindle Unlimited and can be borrowed or purchased for 0.99. Priced right for a quick fun read. For a little R&R: Download the books, pour a glass of cold white wine and enjoy! Happy Spring!

What's in a Book Cover?

Victorian Villains Saga

With genre fiction, the cover plays an important role in telling a reader instantly what they are going to get. Cover design is truly tricky. The Victorian Villains Saga got the bum's rush the first time around. It was time to give the covers a little more thought and pull the look together. Finding historical models is incredibly difficult. But then so is establishing a Gothic tone without veering off into vampire territory. 

In the end, we opted to go for the classic Gothic Romance look from the paperbacks our moms used to buy at the supermarket checkout. A softer patina, red lace at the corners and a uniform font pulls the set together. 

Victorian Villains will be available at Barnes and Noble, Apple, Kobo and Smashwords in May. We look forward to introducing the series to new readers.

Thank you to all of the readers who have followed along for the past year and emailed their comments and kudos. Catherine will be back with a new sizzling historical romance just in time for summer.

Man of the House Trilogy

If you haven't done so already, check out Evelyn Ellis's Man of the House Trilogy in Amazon Select until June. All three Victorian Erotic Romances are for sale at 0.99 or for borrow through Kindle Unlimited.

The trilogy is a hot variation on Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. What would you do if your kind employer turned into a lascivious beast every night and you were the only one who could control him? Furthermore, what would you do if you were in love with your employer and the only way to be with him was through the beast? Molly Knight, a nineteen-year-old governess is about to find out....

The Man of the House

The Man of the House Pays a Call

The Man of the House Returns