Please help me in giving a warm welcome to the Wednesday Daring Time guest author, Shayla Black and win a book by leaving her a comment. Tomorrow evening, one commenter will be chosen to win:
U.S. residents–choice of one signed copy of
Wicked Ties
Decadent
Tempt Me With Darkness
Dangerous Boys and Their Toy (download)
Bound and Determined

For those who live outside of the US:
Download of winner’s choice:
Decadent
Tempt Me With Darkness
Dangerous Boys and Their Toy

WANTED FOR KIDNAPPING: A bubbly blonde with a penchant for trouble. May be armed (with good intentions) and dangerously seductive…

Kerry Sullivan is running out of time-and patience. With her brother wrongfully accused of embezzling millions, she can’t face one more humiliating hang-up from the man she’s begging for help. Rafael Dawson may be one of the top electronic security experts in the country — and the only man who can prove her brother’s innocence — but his phone manners are appalling. Damn Yankee. Too bad kidnapping the man isn’t an option. Or is it?

There’s nothing Kerry wouldn’t do for her brother. There are lots of things she longs to do to Rafe Dawson when he’s lying tied-up and naked in her secret hideaway. Rafe is certainly something to look at, but Kerry’s brother’s life is riding on her pulling off the impossible: getting this man who’s always in control to lose it. But when the tables get turned, Kerry finds herself at Rafe’s mercy. And the only way to get her way is to let him have his way — with her…

Learn more about Shayla
Purchase Bound and Determined
Read an Excerpt of Bound and Determined

Reviews

***Top Pick***
“Shelley Bradley has outdone herself with this highly entertaining read. Falling in love should be so much fun!” — Romantic Times Magazine

“BOUND AND DETERMINED is a flawless story that grips a reader from page one and doesn’t let up… Ms. Bradley’s imaginative storylines and irresistible characters keep her readers coming back for more… Don’t miss it!” — Road to Romance

“BOUND AND DETERMINED had me laughing out loud one minute and reaching for a glass of ice water the next… a definite Perfect 10.” — Romance Reviews Today

“A searing, frolicking adventure of suspense, love and passion…A must read!” — New York Times Bestselling Author Lora Leigh

“Innovative and exhilarating, Shayla Black continues to take erotic romance to dizzying new heights.” ~ Night Owl Romance

Shayla’s Interview

Thank you for joining us, Shayla!

BK: What is sure to distract you from sitting down and working/writing?
The sound of anyone in my house playing Guitar Hero or Rock Band 2, a really good book (of course), need for caffeine, the phone ringing (which I swear some days is constant), IMing with my friends.

BK: What are you working on presently? What about upcoming releases?

SB: I just finished edits yesterday for SEDUCE ME IN SHADOW and am now starting on those for POSSESS ME AT MIDNIGHT. Then I’ll begin work on the long-awaited book for Luc Traverson, DELICIOUS. My pub schedule for the next 12 months looks like this:

July 7: STRIP SEARCH ““ Berkley Heat
August: “Fated” ““ A free Doomsday Brethren novella, Simon & Schuster website
September 29 ““ SEDUCE ME IN SHADOW ““ Pocket Books
October 27 ““ POSSESS ME AT MIDNIGHT ““ Pocket Books
March 2, 2010 ““ DELICIOUS ““ Berkley Heat

BK: Wow. That’s quite a schedule, Shayla. Your fans will be ecstastic. 🙂
What’s the best compliment you ever got on your writing or a book?

SB: I’m always glad when readers and reviewers say they enjoy my book, but I love to hear that I made readers FEEL. To me, the trick of erotic romance isn’t just to arouse someone with your words, but to also arouse their feelings. When someone tells me I made them smile, laugh, cry and pant all in the same book, I’m happy.

BK: Since Daring Time is a time travel, I’m asking all the guest authors–if you could time travel to any time or place—the past or future—where and when would you go to, and why?

SB: I could never narrow it down. The intellectual curiosity in me makes me want to travel through history and see what it was really like in Regency London or to meet a real Viking, hang out in the Old West, etc. The other part of me is dying to know what will become of my friends and family in the years to come, whether there’s any truth at all to the whole 2012 thing, see what music is like. I’m horribly curious about everything, and visiting both the future and past holds great appeal.

BK: The voracious curiosity of a writer’s mind, I suspect. 🙂 Thank you so much for visiting today, Shayla, and taking the time to tempt us with your thoughts and writing.

Hey all. Just a quick notice that Sandy M interviewed me today over at The Good, the Bad and the Unread. She’s giving away three prizes to commenters:

**A brand new, signed, advanced copy of Daring Time *Band playing* (Sorry about the festive music, it was a surprise advanced copy I received unexpectedly last night. I was excited. Obviously, given the band.)
**A download of Flirting in Traffic
**A signed copy of Wicked Burn

So if you are of a mind, go on over and leave a comment to qualify to win!

Eshani!

Congratulations, Eshani! People are going to be envious of your signed Bikini:) Please email me at bethkery@aol.com with your address, and I will forward the information to Lacey.

My thanks go out once again to the lovely and gracious Toni Blake/Lacey Alexander. Nice lady.

Up next for tonight and tomorrow–talented author Shayla Black!

Don’t forget to sign up for the Daring Time Contest going on all month in preparation for the release of my time travel/erotic romance, Daring Time. Even if you don’t have a blog, or know a widget from a what’s-it, there is a way to enter. Just read the rules!

Blodeuedd!

Congratulations, Bloduedd! I’ll be sending your name and email to Lacey!

Thanks to everyone who participated! Tomorrow’s guest author is Lacey Alexander/Toni Blake! Look for feature starting tonight, with a giveaway of The Bikini Diaries tomorrow (Tues) evening!

Hi All! I’m busting out of my skin with excitement about the upcoming release of Daring Time.

And here’s a bit about the reason for the party, my May 5 erotic romance/time travel, Daring Time.

Also, don’t forget to enter the DARING TIME Contest.

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Nothing would keep him from her. Not even the barrier of time…

He sees her, wants her, needs her…

Chicago Detective Ryan Daire has many secrets: a love for Shakespeare, an appreciation for the all the finer things in life, and an absolute lack of restraint in the bedroom. Now he has an even bigger secret. In every shifting shadow of the sprawling mansion he’s recently inherited he can see her—tempting, ethereal, and untouchable. Hope Stillwater inhabited that mansion in 1906. Raw desire has formed a conduit between these two passionate souls who are separated by the barrier of time.

Now he has to have her.

Intoxicated by each other’s presence, Ryan and Hope are closer than ever to crossing that inviting boundary between two worlds. But there is one grave danger: Ryan’s job has put him on the trail of a depraved criminal in an investigation that’s risking Hope’s eternal fate and happiness. Now he must do whatever it takes to change history, protect Hope from harm, and set his own desires free.

Read an Excerpt

What people are saying about DARING TIME

An intense and erotic journey though time.
— 5 Angels and a Recommended Read from Fallen Angel Reviews

A hauntingly beautiful and enduring love story.
— 5 Bookmarks from Wild on Books

Daring Time takes readers on an imaginative and scintillating trip back in time. A truly unique and original story.
— 4 Stars from Romantic Times

Joyfully Reviewed—a truly entrancing read that will keep you turning the pages well into the night.

Daring Time is an invigorating fast-paced romantic time travel/police procedural– 5 Stars, Reviewer Harriet Klausner

I’m going to kick off the daily portion of the contest with a giveaway to one commenter on this post of the time travel DVD Somewhere in Time. (Major romance, tear-jerker.) Leave a comment, and win a copy this evening (Sunday.) Return tomorrow to chat with Lacey Savage, and qualifty to win a copy of her newest Nothing to Fear.

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THIS CONTEST IS OVER

1. The contest runs through 5/8. The prize pack winners will be announced on May 8th, 2009.

2. To enter, copy the code (click on ‘share’) of the graphic above and post it to your blog, Facebook, Myspace, Website, whereever you want to share it. Add a link to my blog from your blog, Facebook, Myspace, wherever you put the graphic, and say “Click here to enter the DARING TIME CONTEST.

You may use a smaller version of the graphic, if you prefer, for one of your sidebars. Just change the height and width in the code to “180” by “150”. (Thanks Ann Aguirre, I learned that from one of your past contests.)

3. Come back here and reply to this post with a link to your blog entry or wherever you’ve posted the graphic and your answer to the following question: If you could time travel anywhere, to the future or the past, where/when would you go and why?

4. If you don’t have a blog, or if you are having difficulty posting, you can still enter the contest. Here’s what you can do: Blog about the DARING TIME contest on your Facebook, Myspace page or post about it in a yahoo group. Just leave a comment about where you posted it and provide a link. No Facebook, Myspace or group? Then get creative. Share the contest with two friends, and leave a comment about who you told. Tell your book club about the book and the contest. This will have to be on the honor system. The whole point of the contest is to spread the word about DARING TIME, so if you can convince me in some way that you did that, you’re in! Don’t forget, no matter how you spread the word, be sure to leave a comment with links and information, and answer the “˜where/when would you time travel to?’ question. If you have not entered correctly, you will not be in the final drawing, so please follow the instructions.

5. The Grand Prize and Second Place Prize will be given away on May 8th. Everyone who enters the contest correctly will be in the running for the two prize packs listed in the graphic. Authors are eligible to win as well!

You will always find the DAILY prize just below the contest post.

The daily prizes will be awesome as well! I’ve got some wonderful authors who will be coming by my blog, talking about their latest or upcoming releases and giving away free books and ARC’s (advanced review copies) to commenters EVERY MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY, so be sure to visit daily. Scheduled authors will tell us about their books and give away a copy to one commenter per day.

Guest Author List:
4/6 Lacey Savage
4/7 Lacey Alexander/Toni Blake
4/8 Shayla Black
4/9 Surprise Giveaway
4/10 Fiona Jayde
4/11 Sierra Dafoe
4/13 Joanna Bourne
4/14 Lisa Marie Rice
4/15 Cynthia Eden
4/16 Julie James
4/17 Elizabeth Amber
4/18 Surprise Giveaway
4/20 Shelli Stevens
4/21 Elisabeth Naughton
4/22 Michelle Pillow
4/23 Eden Bradley
4/25 Anne Aguirre
4/27 Lauren Dane
4/28 Beth Williamson
4/29 Devyn Quinn
4/30 Megan Hart
5/1 Anya Bast
5/2 Denise Agnew
5/4 Dakota Cassidy
5/5 Beth Kery
5/6 Nalini Singh
5/7 Shiloh Walker
5/8 Larissa Ione
DARING TIME contest winner announced!

It’s very important that you return the next day to see if you won. If you haven’t contacted me within forty-eight hours of your name being announced, a new winner will be drawn.

That’s it! I hope you enjoy the contest, and thanks for helping spread the word about my erotic romance/time travel, DARING TIME which comes out May 5 from Berkley Sensation!

Having just finished a book, I’m kind of in tidy up and relaxation mode for a week or two. I began to go through a gift my husband recently gave me–several BBC movie collections. I picked two fantastic ones right off the bat: North and South and Daniel Deronda.

North and South is based on the 1885 novel by Elizabeth Gaskell. This story runs contrary to what you might expect from a novel from this time period, as it contans a very strong social element and takes place in a gritty, industrial town.

The title reflects the contrasts between the wealthier south of England and the industrial north, as well as the characters of the gently bred, middle class heroine Margaret Hale and the seemingly cold, hard ‘master’ of the local cotton mill, John Thorton. Ms. Hale is at first appalled by Thornton, thinking him brutal and callous to his workers. Despite his cold exterior, however, Thorton has his reasons for his actions and what appears as cruelty actually stems from concerns for his workers’ safety.

Thornton is a complex hero, driven by the necessity of caring for his mother and sister and terrified of financial ruin. At the same time, he longs for the beauty of knowledge and art. It is this part of him, perhaps, that falls in love with Margaret.

I liked Margaret very much. She was a strong heroine, smart and compassionate. Thornton proposes to her half way through the story. As in Pride and Prejudice he is rejected, and it takes Margaret a while to see his good qualities and to understand and love him.

The secondary characters in North and South are well drawn–my favorite being the mill worker Nicolas Higgins and his two daughters, whom Margaret befriends. It’s nice to see a strong, working class family in a late Victorian-era story. Higgins has a noble spirit, and he while he and Thornton start out being enemies, they come to respect one another’s strengths.

Just a side note–the musical score to this movie is beautiful and enriches the romance greatly.
Beth’s rating of North and South 4.0 stars

My second movie is Daniel Deronda. I will admit that I’ve never even heard of this George Elliot novel. I’ve read Middlemarch, although it’s never been a great favorite, so I wasn’t sure what to expect from the BBC movie.

I’ll state it succinctly–I was enraptured by Daniel Deronda.

The sets, costumes, the actors and actresses cast a spell on me. In tone, this movie couldn’t be more different than North and South. However, both stories have strong social elements to them. Daniel Deronda, played wonderfully by Hugh Dancy, is…well, good and beautiful. Not in a nauseating, sickening way, but in a noble, quiet and enduring fashion.

He contrasts greatly with the stunning, selfish Gwendolyn. He can’t help but be attracted to her sexual beauty anymore than she can help being attracted by his goodness. They are the inverse of each other, soul mates against all odds. Gwendolyn is a piece of work, to put it mildly, but once again, here is a complex, fascinating character reminiscent of a Scarlet O’Hara. And can this actress wear the period dress. OMG, she looks amazing.

Okay, enough gushing about dresses.

This is a movie about moral development and discovery of one’s true self. I suspect that the story itself was very, very good, but the BBC adaptation is really to be heralded. This movie is a treat for the senses. I was kept on my toes wondering if Daniel would fall for the splendid Gwen or the modest, soulful singer Mira. It felt a little bit like Ivanhoe with Rowena and Rebecca. I liked his choice, but tell me what you think if you catch the movie. I highly recommend it.
Beth’s rating of Daniel Deronda 4.5 stars