Release day ~ GIVEAWAY ~ and Ella Jade’s blog hop!

I know, right?

To celebrate the release of May Day, my second book from Ellora’s Cave, and to wish Ella Jade the very happiest of birthdays, I’m participating in her Birthday Blog Hop.

Ella says: We’re giving away a $100 Amazon or Barnes and Noble (Winners choice) Gift Card. All you have to do is leave a comment on any/all the blog posts and leave your email address. The more places you comment the more chances you have to win.

Fun, right? I’m giving away an eBook copy of May Day to one lucky commenter. (Be sure to leave your email address to be entered in the grand prize drawing from Ella – you can spell it out if you’re concerned about spammers and such.)

In May Day, Marcy gets a little, um, excited when she’s watching a scene from Y Tu Mama Tambien. And what I’d like to know is this ~

What’s your favorite steamy movie scene? Something really unforgettable that raises the temperature of the room by a few degrees. I’d love to add it to my movie list if I haven’t seen it.

Then keep on hopping to loads of other great authors’ sites for more chances to win. Happy Birthday to Ella, happy release day to me, and good luck to you!

Also ~ if you haven’t yet participated in Kate Deveaux’s fantastic giveaway, you totally should. She was here just yesterday to share a blush-inducing excerpt from Academy of Love and to give away all sorts of goodies, including a Victoria’s Secret gift card, eBook, and necklace. Pop on over to Samantha Holt’s awesome blog, too, to read a completely different excerpt from May Day and to learn a little more about Marcy and what she’s got going on.

Here’s an ADULTS-ONLY excerpt from May Day ~

I start to pick up my novel, but think better of it. The breeze and the heat are making me drowsy. I lay still with my eyes closed and imagine feeling as adored as the woman in Y Tu Mamá También. It’s not my usual fantasy, the one where I’m partying with Duran Duran on their yacht off of Monaco. This one is way more crude and so realistic I can smell the jasmine in the air. I’m outside and it feels like a sauna—each breath sears my lungs and burns me from the inside, like drags from a clove cigarette. I get a rush from the dry heat, better than nicotene. I’m wearing a thin, short sundress, just as the woman in the movie did, with no bra, and dancing in a Mexican courtyard with a man whose name I don’t even know. He’s got on some cheap cologne, something obvious and brash from a drugstore, and the scent mixes with his sweat and it might as well be called Pure Sex. I can smell how much he wants me. There’s traditional Latino music playing on this tinny little portable stereo. It’s not terribly loud, but it’s exuberant and I love it just because it’s something to dance to. He’s behind me, twisting his hips in some sort of exotic Latin move, and pressing his erection into my back. I let him. I hear the click-click of dominoes on tables and the chattering of strangers and, somewhere, the barking of a dog. And now he’s stroking my sunwarmed shoulder and hooking the spaghetti strap of my dress in his finger. He’s sliding it down slowly, giving me time to stop him. I don’t. That flimsy cotton moves over my breast and down to my elbow, and I’m dancing topless with him now for everyone to see. He covers my breast with his hand and whispers filthy things in Spanish into my ear. I nod, not even caring what he’s saying. The words don’t matter—I know perfectly well what he wants. Now he’s moving his other hand down my thigh and beneath the hem of my dress. His palm is calloused and it scratches my skin a bit. The old Mexican men stop playing dominoes to watch us, and the old women scowl and turn away. He slips his fingers between my legs and pushes one inside—I’m so wet that I can barely feel it—and rolls my nipple between the fingers of his other hand. The world doesn’t even exist for anyone but us.

Scorching Menage on the Beach

Is it starting to heat up where you are? I don’t know about you, but I’m good and ready for bikinis, poolside parties, and maybe even a beach trip or two. I’m delighted to take part in the Caliente Blog Hop that Four Seduced Muses has put together and to celebrate all things hot and spicy.

Leave me a comment below and let me know which of my books you’d like to win ~ and you’ll be entered in my drawing for that very book. 

*Note: Curse of the Tiger will be available for prerelease on May 27th, so you can certainly choose that one if you like and I’ll send you a copy as soon as it’s available.

To enter in the Grand Prize drawing (over $80 worth of ebooks, gift cards, and swag!) please enter a Rafflecopter giveaway.

Here’s a little taste of my Ellora’s Cave Exotika release, Sand, Sin and Tequila, that’ll get you in the mood for an uninhibited trip south of the border:

“Where’d you get the Don Julio?” Ramsay asked her. “From the duty-free shop in the airport?”

“Oh, no,” Jess shook her head, rummaging about in her beach bag. “Jorge the bartender brought it to me. He brings me all kinds of good stuff. You just have to know how to tip here and the waiters will bring you anything you might want.”

“See, Ram?” Arden said reproachfully. “I told you we should have been tipping more.”

“Babe!” Ramsay protested. “We’re great tippers, trust me. I know these resort employees deserve it. I just wouldn’t have guessed that an entire premium bottle of tequila was on the bar menu.”

Jess cleared her throat and held up three shot glasses. “Also courtesy of Jorge,” she announced. She pulled a thick, dog-eared paperback from her bag to use as an improvised table. Arden’s eyes widened when she saw the cover. Two nude women were embracing, their full breasts pressed together, and another woman stood to one side with her bare leg wrapped around one woman’s thigh. The title, Tangled up with Tina, curled across the top of the book in ornate red font like an X-rated beacon for smut.

“Looks like entertaining reading,” Arden quipped, blushing as Jess carefully poured three tequila shots.

“Huh?” Jess asked. She recorked the liquor bottle and followed Arden’s gaze to the novel’s cover. “Oh, yeah. It’s pretty hot. I like women, so it gets me all turned on. You’re welcome to borrow it if you like. I’ve got some other great reads back in my room.” She handed Arden and Ram their glasses and held her own up in front of her. “Although, watching you and your husband together in the ocean got me pretty excited too,” Jess added with a chuckle. “Bottom’s up!” she said brightly, and tossed back the tequila.  Self-consciousness prickled uncomfortably at Arden at the realization that she and Ram had been observed at their most intimate by a total stranger. Jess’s casual attitude was contagious, though, and Arden’s embarrassment dissipated.

Arden shot a glance at Ram. He nodded and touched his glass to hers. They swallowed the strong, heady liquid. Arden pursed her lips as the heat spread through her throat and belly. “Yum,” she said appreciatively. “I didn’t know I liked straight tequila.”

“Well, the good stuff’s fantastic, and the bad stuff’s undrinkable,” Jess informed her matter-of-factly. “Fortunately for us, Jorge supplies me with only the best from the Aventura bar.”

“Because you know how to tip him,” Ram offered, licking tequila from his lips.

“Exactly!” Jess said cheerfully. “Just ask Jorge. I’m an excellent tipper. Ya’ll want a second round?” She lined up the three glasses again and poured.

They raised their shots and clinked them. “To new friends!” Ram said.

“To drinking good tequila on the beach!” Arden added.

“To hot girl-on-girl romances!” Jess offered. They swallowed their drinks.

Arden suspected that Jess was referring to her racy beach literature, but her stomach fluttered as she watched Jess’s slender neck move with her swallow of tequila. Could Jess be thinking about a little hot romance action with me? she wondered. She did say she likes women…

Let me know which of my ebooks you’d like to win, and then keep on clicking to the other steamy sites on the Caliente hop. The hop ends on May 12.

Best of luck, and thanks so much for stopping by.

xxx ~ Bebe

The Benefits of Insomnia

I was in a weird haze for most of last night, thanks to the combined effects of a steroid shot, afternoon nap and cold meds. My sniffles had progressed to a full-blown and miserable sinus infection, so I went to the doctor Monday morning. (YAY!) And got on the get-well train immediately. (YAY!) I took a three-hour nap with the wiener dog in our outdoor swing, all padded up in a down blanket, and it was bliss. (YAY!)

And then I went to bed… and slept, like, a total of twenty minutes. Maybe. (BOOOO!!!) Combined with two nighttime visits to our youngest son for a potty break and nightmare soothing, and I’m on the groggy side of things today.

However!

The upside of the insomnia and cold-med-haze was that I pretty much plotted out my next story, and even made mental notes of some minor themes and images I want to include. I can’t WAIT to get started on it. It’s going to be a ghost story with a bit of a dark side.

I’ve finished the blurbs and cover requests for May Day, Beds and Blazes, and Bent out of Shape. I already have the release dates for Beds and Blazes, book 2 of the Prescott Woods series:

Preorder: 23rd August 2013

Prerelease: 6th September 2013

General Release: 4th October 2013

I’ll share the cover art as soon as I have it for these three.

This Thursday the charming Deryn Pittar will join me for Full Exposure. I LOVE getting to know other erotic romance authors and learning about their craft. Be sure to let me know if you have any suggestions for interview questions – I just know these authors want to reveal themselves to you completely.

I just signed up for the Caliente Blog Hop that Four Seduced Muses are putting on. Be sure to visit on May 6-12 to enter my giveaway for YOUR CHOICE of one of my eBooks and to hop on over to the other fabulous contributors. There will be an awesome grand prize, too, which is still to be announced:

Before I head out to power nap with the doxie, I’ll leave you with the robin update. There are now FOUR little eggs in that nest!! I didn’t have my camera with me when I last saw them, so you’ll have to take my word for it. Right now mama is on that nest every second, giving me the stink-eye if I move too quickly.

Speaking of birdies, did you know I’m on Twitter? You can follow me there ~ I’d love to follow you back ~ and we can tweet about all things romantical and literary.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

Thanks to all of you who dropped by during Carrie Ann Ryan’s Lucky in Love Blog Hop. As always, it was loads of fun, and I loved reading how you were lucky (or unlucky) in love.

With the help of the handy dandy Random Number Generator, I have found the winner of my $10 Amazon Gift Card. It’s none other than Ashley Anne Applebee. Congratulations Ashley!

The grand prize winners are here – huge congrats to them as well!

I’ve been doing some hopping around of my own, by the way…

Yesterday I was at Tory Richard’s Romance with an Attitude, sharing a steamy adults-only excerpt from Learning to Soar. Holy smoke, those patrons of Volare are a wild bunch–but Chloe doesn’t seem to be complaining, does she…?

And today I’m at Sandra Bunino’s Sexy Toy Tuesday with a different hot snippet from my wild tale of a sex therapy practice in a by-invitation-only nightclub.

You can find me on Facebook and Twitter if you’d like to stay on top of my releases, interviews and giveaways ~ I hope you have a fabulous luck-and-love filed week!

Lucky in Love Blog Hop

Woo hoo! It’s blog hoppin’ time again ~ day-um, that makes me feel lucky…

Love me some Mary Chapin Carpenter, don’t you? Thanks for hopping by ~ and congratulations, you’ve ALREADY WON a free read!

(well, okay, it’s free for everyone, but that doesn’t mean it’s not awesome, right?)

“At the Rainbow’s End” is an erotic tale of rainbows, gold and… leprechauns?? Yes indeed, and it’s set in Prescott Woods, Kentucky, so it’s a great (and FREE) way to get introduced to my wild enchanted woods.

I’m giving away a $10 Amazon gift card right here on this very blog, so just leave me a comment (with email, please, so I can find you!) about what makes you feel lucky today. Your comment will also enter you in Carrie Ann’s grand prizes:

1st Grand Prize: A $100 Amazon or B&N Gift Card
2nd Grand Prize: A Swag Pack that contains paperbacks, ebooks, 50+ bookmarks, cover flats, magnets, pens, coffee cozies, and more!

As for me, I feel lucky to be married to that wonderful man of mine and to be mama to my sons. And sure, parenting’s great and all, but I know I’m fortunate to have my honey to look forward to spending time with once my chicks leave the nest.

If you like the feel of Prescott Woods, in all its magical, erotic, and irreverent glory, check out Bubbles and Troubles, Book One of my Prescott Woods series. Belly dancing, gnomes, and one very hot subterranean spa await…

(pssst: not to spoil it or anything, but my main characters get lucky a time or two as well…)

Here’s a snippet of the book where Brock and Carmen are enjoying the special mud bath in Prescott Woods:

Carmen woke to see Brock’s face before hers and to feel his splayed hands slip-sliding over her breasts. She exhaled slowly. “It happened again, like in the hot tub over there,” she said, dazzled. “Something changed me. I don’t feel the same. What’s in this stuff? What’s going on?”

“A good thing,” Brock replied. He scooted her back against the unseen bench to expose her mud-coated chest. “What’s happening now, Carmen,” he whispered, “is a very good thing.” His hands, greased by the silky gloop, slid over her tits and plucked at her hardened nipples. Carmen closed her eyes and leaned into his caress. Her hair, flecked with brown, stood on end and her lips drew into a sensual pucker.

Brock pressed his spread fingertips into her skin and traced a path up to her neck and over her scalp, then down the back of her head and over her shoulders. Carmen smiled crookedly. “I’m sure I look like a filth monster,” she told him, “not to mention the fact that I’m forty years old and no spring chicken, but, God help me, neither of those facts bothers me a bit right now. Brock, you are the hottest man I’ve ever known. I adore the way you make me feel.”

Brock worked his massaging fingers down her back and beneath her ass. “You,” he said huskily, “are magnificent, Carmen. Mud is sexy, especially what we’ve got down here, and I promise you that age means absolutely nothing to me. The way you live, the way you love your town and your friends and your animals, they way you move when you’re dancing…”

He knelt in front of her on the floor of the bath and spread her knees. “I want you to enjoy this place,” he whispered.

Edited to add: Feeling EXTRA lucky this morning to read this awesome 5 star review from Julie’s Book Reviews for Learning to Soar:

I love this author’s stories. The characters are great. How Bebe comes up with some of these stories,  I will never know but they are always worth the read. My only issue is, I have to make sure my hubby is home when I read them. Talk about getting you hot!

General release day is TOMORROW…

Don’t forget to comment below to be entered to win my gift card, and follow my blog to learn about upcoming releases, read my Thursday Full Exposure interviews with erotic romance authors, and take part in contests and giveaways.

Good luck ~ and click here to keep on hoppin’!