Thankful Thursday

I’m in Washington, DC today for work but that doesn’t stop Thankful Thursday from happening, and by the stars and stripes I am very grateful for Stuart Reardon. I mean, honestly, who wouldn’t want to wake up next to that smile and that body?! Enjoy my lovelies, and may Friday come quickly!

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Thankful Thursday

Wanted to make sure we all got to stare at some hotness this Thursday (even though it’s my Friday this week because I’m going camping all weekend with friends!). However, the evils of Thursday cannot be ignored even when I don’t have to go to work on a Friday. It just makes Friday all the more glorious and therefore Thursday’s unwelcome delay all the worse. Luckily, there is this gorgeous hunk to distract us until Friday arrives, and I get to dance in the woods. Love you all, and I hope you enjoy your weekend and this fall weather!

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Thankful Thursday

Happy Halloween my lovelies! I hope all of you are planning to have as fun of a night as this guy is. I’d definitely like him to trick or treat in my neighborhood! Yum… he’d get a lot more than candy from me.

Ahem! Well, if you’re looking for a fun read this All Hallows’ Night, maybe try out my story about witches who have to bed and then kill a man to gain their power, “The Rite”! Or try my new dark paranormal romance, “Fae”! Both links are below.

The Rite – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00WFISK9S
Fae – http://www.amazon.com/dp/B015SCVAR6

Everyone be safe and enjoy your nights!

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Thankful Thursday

Oh yessss, it’s Thursday my lovelies, and you know what that means – a hot guy! For those just now joining us, I post hot guys on Thursdays because it’s the worst day of the week. Like the evil step-sister of Friday, always showing up first at the party and annoying the hell out of everyone while Friday is locked in a closet somewhere shining shoes, or, whatever. Either way, this guy’s smile and his gorgeous body are welcome in my bed anytime! We can just stare at him until Friday picks the proverbial lock and arrives on our doorsteps.

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Trick or Treat…

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Trick or Treat…

Why, hello lovelies. It’s Halloween time (and my favorite season of the year) and that means a special treat for each of you! No tricks, I promise!

My dark paranormal romance ‘Fae’, the first book in my new ‘Daughters of Eltera’ series, is on a special sale this week! It’s only $0.99 cents for the next two days, then it will be $1.99 all the way through Halloween.

It’s full of gods and goddesses, dark themes, curses, and a man doing his very best to not be wicked anymore so he’s worthy of the woman he can’t stop watching. Interested? Well, here’s your chance.

Unfortunately, once all of the ghouls and goblins go away so does this deal so grab it before it disappears!

US: www.amazon.com/dp/B015SCVAR6/

CAN: www.amazon.ca/dp/B015SCVAR6/

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B015SCVAR6/

If you’ve already grabbed a copy, please do me a big favor and write a review on Amazon (and Goodreads if you like!). It will help me so much to let others know about this new story.

Hope you enjoy this little treat, and that everyone enjoys their All Hallows’ Eve!

Thankful Thursday

IT’S HOT GUY THANKFUL THURSDAY! (barely) This is because Thursdays suck, because they are a lesser, more teasing version of Friday. I almost didn’t make it under the wire as I was flying through the air/in airports for like 9 hours today, then had to do bridesmaidy drinking things when I finally landed. BUT this delicious dose of hotness is Marlon Teixeira and I want to lick him. His eyes in the pic where he’s dressed are unbelievable, and his abs are… yummy. Hope you enjoy this my loves (even if you see it on Friday morning!).

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Thankful Thursday, a new tradition!

Thursday is my least favorite day of the week because it’s like the enemy of Friday, and Friday is awesome. So, to cheer myself up (and hopefully you as well) I’m going to start posting a hot guy every Thursday. I think I’ll call it Thankful Thursday, because I am so very thankful for the photo of this guy. And coffee. So it’s like a two for one. *HEART* Enjoy, lovelies!

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NEW RELEASE! The More The Merrier 2 is out!

 

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I come bearing some very good news, lovelies – there’s a new anthology out called ‘The More The Merrier 2’ and it’s available RIGHT NOW! If you’ve been following me for a while you may remember I was in the first The More The Merrier with my story ‘The Invitation’ (which I hope to one day write a follow-up story to so we can hear more about Saif and Cara and Ben), but for now we’re back in the fun land of menage erotica with seven HOT stories from some of my favorite authors!

My story, ‘Reunited’, actually leads off the anthology. It follows Megan as she goes back for her high school reunion and runs into her very hot, dominant ex-boyfriend AND a mutual friend of theirs. Aaaand let’s just say both of them are very happy Megan decided to attend. Want to know more? Like, what exactly you can do when stalking the halls of your alma mater with two hot men?

To know that you’ll have to grab a copy of The More The Merrier 2! Only 99 cents for a limited time, and FREE on Kindle Unlimited. I’m including a little sneak peek below, just because I love you guys.

Rave reviews are already coming in and it’s doing amazing right now. #1 in an erotica category and #1219 out of ALL kindle books! Check it out:

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The More The Merrier 2 Links : Amazon US  |  Amazon UK  |  Amazon CA  |  Amazon DE  | or borrow for FREE with Kindle Unlimited

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Now let’s see what Megan is up to in ‘Reunited’!

The alcohol had been flowing for over an hour and the other attendees were dancing and singing along to the greatest hits from their years in high school. It was like one giant flashback to her senior year, with Eric’s hands on her hips and Colby rocking it out in the open space to their left. He started singing along to All-American Rejects, grabbing the hand of a woman dancing with friends as he serenaded her, telling her he’d keep her his dirty little secret. She blushed and laughed loudly, and soon he was surrounded by the other women who all started dancing and cheering him on.

“He’s got no shame,” Eric laughed and spoke directly into her ear. His breath against her cheek sent a shiver over her skin.

“Did he ever have shame? I think he was born without that functional part of the brain.”

“Well, I was a brain surgeon for a while… I could check.” He was grinning when she leaned back from him and slapped his shoulder. In a flash his hand was around her wrist and he’d flipped her around so she was against his chest, but he had her arm pulled slightly up behind her back. Somehow he managed to keep dancing, his other hand keeping her hips in beat with him as he restrained her with ease. A memory of him pinning her to the narrow bed she’d had in her parents’ house emerged and a frisson of heat pulsed down her spine to nestle itself between her thighs. “Now, that wasn’t very nice, Megan.”

Her mouth went dry as his voice purred out her full name and she was ninety percent sure that the hard press against her back wasn’t something in his pocket. She felt seventeen again, excited and unsure about what to do next. She tried to swallow to regain her voice, but all she managed was a breathy, “Eric?”

“Do you want me to let go?” His grip tightened slightly and a barely audible moan slipped from her before she bit down on her lip. The blush in her cheeks spread, and she felt like the whole dance floor had to know what was going on. It had to be obvious they weren’t just dancing, and she’d always been terrible at keeping her face straight. All it would take was one person glancing over, just one person noticing the vice-like grip he had on her wrist, or the way he lifted her arm just a little higher so her body angled back against his in an effort to ease it. Her anxiety crashed into the arousal humming under her skin, because Eric had been the first guy she’d ever really wanted – the first guy she’d played even the tiniest bit rough with. He’d been the one to make her crave it, to crave more, but it was something she’d never been open about outside of a few relationships.

“I’ll keep YOU my dirty, little secret!” Colby appeared in front of her, singing at an obscene volume, and Eric instantly released her wrist as Colby continued dancing like some extra from Magic Mike. As he rolled his hips and leaned back pulling up his shirt to expose a carved set of abs, the women to their right exploded into cheers and hollers. “My turn, Megster! Dance with me!”

Interested? Check out ‘The More The Merrier 2’ to find out what happens!

Want a little taste of ‘Fae’?

Ha! Don’t we all. (My mind is perpetually in the gutter.)

So, Fae came out last week and I was so deep into the editing of the many drafts of this book that I never gave you guys the sneak peeks like I normally would on my blog. Anyone who has been following my blog knows my summer was FUBAR. I couldn’t get a handle on anything because I over committed and had too many damn projects! The good news is the writing is finally back on track.

Here’s an update from my post earlier in the summer where I listed all of my crazy projects (and so you can see everything that happened):

  • Of Fog and Fire (Parts I & II) was completed and is live on Amazon!
  • Fae (Daughters of Eltera Book 1) is ALSO done! Available on Amazon too!
  • I gave you guys a little Christmas in July surprise with a free Kindle edition of Christmas at Purgatory
  • Chapter 5 of my Literotica series ‘The Wild Ones’ was finally fucking posted. I know, about fucking time, JB.
  • There is also another upcoming anthology (to be released in October) from The Erotic Collective featuring a brand new story from me! (That will be in another blog)

My point is, all ^that shit^ kept me fucking busy. I still have one more commitment on my plate, but one commitment is one I can handle. It’s a book for a publisher who I’ll name at a later date once they have the manuscript, and actually … you know, accept it. I also already started Chapter 6 of The Wild Ones, so all you lovely Lit fans can get yanked off that cliffhanger I left you on. (Don’t worry, I won’t let you fall).

The best part of all of this is that I can finally breathe again and get back to a normal schedule without staying up to crazy hours while holding down my full-time day job like a fancy adult, and keeping up with my family, friends, my Dom, and trying not to let my house explode with incomplete chores.

To thank all of you lovelies for putting up with me and my ridiculousness, I wanted to give you a little sneak peek of my latest release ‘Fae’ which is the first book in the Daughters of Eltera series. It’s dark / paranormal romance. Yes, there’s sexy times, but it focuses more on these beings, their history, and their struggle to keep faith with a goddess who is just as screwed as they are. I’m already a fan (after all the story has been in my head for a decade), but I hope you’ll be one soon too!

Remember, I love you all. I love your messages, your tweets, your FB messages, your Lit comments – all of it. It keeps me going when all I want to do is curl up with a bottle of wine and watch Netflix for 12 hours. It makes me open my laptop and keep going. So, please, keep them coming.

Now I’ll shut up and give you a nice long excerpt…

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An hour or so later Fae woke up to a sharp boot kick to her ribs. She gasped, wincing as her eyes opened, and she heard Ebere’s voice scream off to her left, “Sir! Please!”

“What the fuck are you doing down here?” The gruff voice belonged to Butler and Fae looked up at him as she crossed an arm over her stomach and used the other to push herself up. She didn’t even remember falling asleep, but the Oblivion was still raging in her system. Unfortunately, it didn’t do anything to dull the pain – it just made her care a little less about it.

“She brought us laundry! From the East wing!” Mei-Li spoke up this time and Butler just sneered at them before grabbing Fae by the hair and pulling her to her feet. She stumbled as he yanked her towards him, but his grip on her kept her upright.

“Tell me, Fae, where are you supposed to be?” The sinister tone of his voice almost sounded happy as he asked. She wanted to just tell him to punish her, to get it over with, but no, he had to make a point first.

“Upstairs. East wing.” She gritted her teeth to stifle the smart-ass comments she wanted to make, because she really doubted Butler was supposed to be looking for her. Nikola had already delivered a punishment for her defiance that morning and it was unlikely he’d given Butler permission to hunt her down again.

“Why aren’t you there?”

“I brought the laundry down.” As soon as she answered, the other girls started speaking to back her up but Butler just snapped his fingers to silence them.

“What should you have done once the laundry was delivered?” His lips brushed against her ear as he leaned close to her, and a shudder moved through her.

“I should have gone back upstairs, sir.”

“That’s right,” he growled out the words and then shoved her forward, bending her over one of the machines. He lifted the hem of her dress, and someone started to plead with him as he held her down by her hair.

“Sir! Please, it’s -”

“Shut up! The next girl that talks gets twice what Fae here is getting for leaving her assigned area.” The sound of his belt unbuckling made her flinch in preparation. An instant later the leather cut through the air and the first lash across her ass was a bright spike of pain inside the delirium of the Oblivion. The next line of fire went across the tops of her thighs, and she bit down hard to stay silent.

I’ve had worse. I’ve had worse. This is nothing.

It was the mantra that got her through so much, and even as he laid line after line across her ass, she swallowed the little yelps that tried to slip by. It was a searing heat that broke through the warm fuzz that had filled her and replaced it with the aftershocks of each blow. She refused to beg for him, to let him hear her plead, because she knew that’s what he loved most. The last few were as hard as he could deliver, and she pressed her cheek hard against the metal, gripping the back of the machine and pushing out breaths to fight the urge to cry. Her skin felt blistered. Even the slight shifting of her muscles revealed how bruised she was, and she knew he reveled in punishing her because he never got in trouble for it. Who cared what he did to her when she was a blank slate the following morning?

It was probably why Butler had hunted her down.

Even if she had been upstairs he would have found some small error, some tiny mistake to punish her for. As the pounding of her heart in her ears faded, she could hear sniffling from the other end of the laundry room on top of Butler’s harsh breathing.

“Get on your knees,” he released his grip on her and stepped back. Fae stood up carefully and knelt even more gently, keeping her ass off her heels. She could see that Butler’s cock was hard in his pants, and she tried to ignore the three girls huddled together in the corner of her eye. “Go on, slut, you know what to do.”

“Mei-Li! Sobeska! Ebere!” Lena’s irritating voice rang out from the hallway, “Do you girls not understand what time it is? If you miss -” her words stopped short as she stepped into the doorway, and Fae hated the blush that flooded her cheeks. Lena took in the scene, and then tried to stifle the smile on her lips. “Ah, Butler, sir, I didn’t know you were here. I didn’t mean to interrupt you.”

“No interruption, I was just reminding Fae of the house rules, and the consequences of breaking them.” His fingers wound in her hair and he pulled her forward until he rubbed her cheek against the front of his pants. She clenched her fists tight to keep herself from doing something incredibly stupid. Like twisting his balls until he screamed like a girl, or breaking every finger of his hand and then driving a coat hanger through his abdomen as she spit in his face.

“Of course, sir. The other girls are late for the evening meal, would you mind if I took them with me?” Lena spoke so sweetly as she pointedly ignored Fae on the floor.

“Go ahead, I’ll give this one her dinner personally.” Butler’s voice made her shudder, but she took relief in the fact that the other girls wouldn’t be here for what would happen.

“No! It’s my fault! I -” Ebere started to speak and Fae jerked away from Butler’s grip and shouted at her.

“Shut up, Ebere! Go with Lena!” Fae hated the hurt look that passed over the girl’s face, but if it meant she’d be safe and back in the female quarters, it was worth it. Butler slapped her hard for pulling away, and Fae swallowed against the urge to cry. She didn’t even touch her cheek because she didn’t want him to know how much it had hurt. Glancing up through her hair she saw Ebere standing with her fists balled at her sides.

“Come on, Eb.” Sobeska took her arm and pulled her past Fae, and Mei-Li followed them. Lena turned back and grabbed the doorknob as they all stepped outside.

“Sorry for the interruption, sir. Hopefully with your guidance she’ll learn some manners.” Lena smiled and Fae growled at her as she shut the door and left them alone.

“I don’t think you’re capable of learning manners, whore.” Butler grabbed her chin and yanked her head up painfully. “Are you?”

“No.” Fae kept her eyes on his as they widened slightly in surprise and then narrowed as his rage filled him.

She had never obeyed, and she wasn’t going to start now.

“That’s no sir.” He hissed it through his teeth and she pushed down the urge to spit in his face.

“No, sir.” She growled the words back at him and he returned his fingers to her hair, straightening up above her.

“I agree, you’re not capable of being anything more than the slut you were made to be. Now, you’re going to do your best as you suck my cock, or after I come in your throat I’ll just go talk to Nikola about what you did when you finished your chores.” His fist tightened in her hair, “And I’ll check the security footage to see who helped you finish all those rooms, because I know you didn’t do them alone. Then I’ll have you watch as they get exactly what they’ve earned.”

Ebere.

He knew exactly who had been helping her. Hell, Ebere had tried to confess to him. She wasn’t going to let Butler go after her too. Fae reached up and swiftly undid the button on his pants and tugged the zipper down. Then she slipped her fingers into the band on his boxers and paused, “I’ll do whatever you want, sir.”

“Show me.” He pulled her head forward and she yanked his pants down.

“Yes, sir.”

‘Fae’ is live on Amazon!

 

‘Fae’, the first book in my Daughters of Eltera series, is live on Amazon! For an author, I feel like I’m always at a loss for words when it comes to this book because it took me so long to actually release it. This was one of my early drafts when I started writing like a ‘real author’. Meaning, not just scrawling down random scenes I liked and never coming back to them. This started as a Nanowrimo attempt, and snowballed into a full-length novel with an entire world around it that I plan on spending years and years writing books for (as long as people like it?).

Actually, to be honest, I’ll probably keep putting out a book a year in this series (at least) because I love it so much. The first draft of this book was actually done before I even started writing Thalia’s trilogy. I did an epic rewrite of it over this summer, after it sat on a digital shelf for a few years, and I have to thank my lovely British editor and my good author friend, Myra Danvers, for helping me with editing the drafts that came after as I reworked it.

Working on something that’s lived in your head for that long can be hard. You know the characters too well, the story too well, and as an author you become so damn attached to it. BUT – the edits were worth it. The time was worth it, and I’m so much happier with this final version of the story than I ever was before. I’m also over halfway through book 2 in the series, and although it’s down the list on my to-write list, it will definitely happen. I like it too much, and I have too many friends invested in the universe to let it go!

It would mean the world to me for you to grab a copy and leave a review on Amazon to tell me what you think about it. Although it’s not erotica (closer to romance since it’s not as full of sexy time as my other books) and it has a paranormal element with the main character being a bad-ass immortal warrior, it’s still dark, and I hope you all give it a chance.

Here’s one of the first reviews that have come out from my beta readers, and it made me squeal with joy:

“I. Freaking. Loved. This. Book!!

From the first, it grabs you by the throat and refuses to let go. In typical Jennifer Bene style, it’s a little dark and gritty, but the leading lady is a full serving of awesome and you’ll find yourself cheering for Fae as her tale unfolds. How could you not love an ancient warrior gifted with her Goddesses’ touch? Fae is a woman who perseveres through the ages, in spite of incredible odds, and terrible circumstances.

And then she meets Kiernan.

Do yourself a favor and dive into Fae’s universe. You won’t be disappointed.”

In conclusion, Fae is up on Amazon. Here are the links, and I hope you enjoy it!

US: www.amazon.com/dp/B015SCVAR6/

CAN: www.amazon.ca/dp/B015SCVAR6/

UK: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B015SCVAR6/

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