For One Dark Knight by Ava James

A friend is a little busy so I told her I would help by posting a little about her new release!

AVAILABLE: Tuesday, September 29th

Past the suitable age for marriage, Lady Isobel longs for her life to begin. When the chance to flee the clutches of her misery arises, she sets out on a journey to her dower lands and childhood home. But no road is without its perils, and she soon finds she needs someone by her side. Sir Robert de Gever’s duties become vastly more complicated when Lady Isobel stumbles into his life in need of rescue. Questions arise and secrets run deep, leaving desire and suspicion to war within him. Intrigue awaits the pair, and conspirators abound. Is the bond of one dark night spent together strong enough to save them from their fears?

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Excerpt:

He wished he could keep her locked away—far, far away. The woman looked as though she were arming herself for battle. Her sweet smiles changed the instant the last of the men quit the room.

“What is the matter?” Isobel asked with a clipped tone.

“What is the matter?” Robert began his counterattack in falsetto. “Where should I start? My men have all left their posts, and training, to come to the beck and call of the devilish temptress besieging Durham .” He watched her eyes grow wide as he spoke. How was it that even now, he could think of nothing but her lips?

“Devilish temptress? If I tempted any man, it was in no way intentional, and in every way a result of the man’s baser interests.” Isobel took a challenging step toward him. She accused him with her eyes and her words. “Furthermore, if it weren’t for yer noble act of imprisonment, I would not be here!”

Robert stepped closer to her. Her feminine scent wafted into his nostrils. She easily broke his train of thought. The aroma that lingered about her intoxicated his senses. Beyond doubt, she was a foul temptress! With every attempt to ignore her, he failed miserably. Each time he was in her presence she distracted him. If it was not her beauty that caught his attention, it was her voice and words. The woman drew him in and he did not care to be so affected by her. He needed to reign in his thoughts and focus. Focus, focus. In a much calmer voice he said, “Would ye rather I left ye to be ravished by those Saxon mercenaries?” He took another step closer to her as he spoke. He watched her gaze fall to his lips. Her pink tongue crossed her own bottom lip, and a blush came to her soft cheeks. God’s wounds, he felt too much for this lady. She drew away.

“Ravished by those Saxons is not what I want.” Her voice weak, and unusually breathy, he wondered just who she’d like to be ravished by.

His own errant mind conjured up dangerous visions of her naked body slick against his own. He couldn’t help himself, so he asked just what he’d been wondering. “What do ye want?”

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Winner and other News

I emailed the individuals who entered my contest and let the winner know. I hope they like the notebook!

Other news….I got the cover for my November 16 release, Dreams. It is part of an anthology! I don’t know how long some of you have been reading my blog, but Dreams is the story I worked on and submitted to Samhain. It was turned down and when I took a fresh look, I could see why. I reworked it and Total E-Bound picked it up for the anthology. I’m VERY excited. I’m hoping we can get enough people to buy it that it goes to print!  How exciting would it be for the first story I wrote to be my first print book?! 

I share this anthology with some great authors. I’m very excited. 

Contest Announcement!

UPDATE: The link is live!!!  http://www.extasybooks.net/ebjmsite/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=ebook_flypage&product_id=6515&category_id=&manufacturer_id=&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=44

Hello all!

I have a release on September 15th with eXtasy!  It is a short, but a story that I had to tell and I have a feeling I’ll be revisiting my characters.

Heart Song: Finding love in loss

Blurb:  Rafe lost his love, but did he really have it to begin with? He finds out more than he bargained for after the death of his ex-lover. Will he ever find the love he is looking for?

Now for the contest! On my release day, September 15th, if you buy the story and send me your receipt I will put you in to a drawing to win a small notebook with the cover of Heart Song on the front! Send the receipt to jambrea@jambrea.com I’ll post a reminder the day before and the day of my release!

Good luck and I hope you enjoy Heart Song.