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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

NOW LIVE: Getting Naughty by the Naughty Literati




Twenty Tantalizing Tales - Contains 20 Contemporary Romance Stories from bestselling authors writing as the Naughty Literati.

Alice’s Sheikh ~ Suz deMello
A virginal English noblewoman finds herself under the complete control of an autocratic sheikh–an unexpectedly sexy one who will do whatever he must to have her.

Step Benefits: Cinderella Scandal ~ Nicole Austin
It was a onetime indulgence—a random encounter between strangers. A good girl’s dirty little secret with her bad boy stepbrother. Anything else is forbidden. Or is it?

Buying Adam ~ Marianne Stephens
Under false pretenses, Jessica wins Adam at a Charity Bachelor auction. Secret desires for each other ignite into passionate lovemaking. Will the truth divide them?

The Loch Ness Monster, Romeo, and Julio ~ Berengaria Brown
Fraser Campbell and Cameron MacDonald are sent to Glasgow on business. Cam’s determined to see the Loch Ness monster. Fraser just wants Cam.

Chasing Flavorgasms ~ Francesca Hawley
When food blogger, Taylor Simmons writes a scathing review of his restaurant, John “Doc” Holliday challenges her to return so he can give her the flavorgasm she’s been chasing her entire life.

My Wish Come True ~ Tina Donahue
Baby, it’s hot inside…
For Laurel, Christmas so sucks. She’s out of a job, money, and luck until her neighbor Scott plays Santa. This tall, dark, and sexy hunk delivers sweet decadence and holiday magic that makes being bad oh-so good.

The Lake by Moonlight ~ Katherine Kingston
Julie Forrester returns to Lake Como in Italy to evaluate some paintings for a former professor–and to re-evaluate her relationship with the man.

Naughty Balls ~ Suz deMello
Two college basketball players find themselves alone on V-Day evening.

Step Benefits: Dirty Princess ~ Nicole Austin
I’m sure there’s a rule in the friend code that makes lusting after your bestie forbidden. But if giving in to this off-the-charts chemistry is wrong, I don’t want to be right.

Back in Your Arms ~ Marianne Stephens
Liz blames Brian’s family for the loss of her family’s Inn. Seeking revenge, she contracts Brian to restore it. Will rekindled love spark between them?

Chocolate-Coated Reunion ~ Berengaria Brown
Jake refuses to talk to Matt after he was very late on Christmas Eve. Matt’s determined to reconnect with Jake on Valentine’s Day.

Silent Sky ~ Regina Kammer
I watched in horror as the twin towers collapsed, trying to remember if I’d told Scott I loved him before he left for New York.

Hot Buns ~ Marianne Stephens
Angela offers to pay Vinnie to use his bakery ovens until hers are delivered. For financial reasons, he agrees. Being near her threatens his determination never to forgive her betrayal. When the truth surfaces, both must share the blame. Can smoldering love between them flame into passion once again?

The Ride of Her Life ~ Tina Donahue
Maddy’s so desperate for fun, she’s signed up for speed dating. Ew. Before she can ditch the event, Ben, her sexy driver, arrives. After one sinfully hot kiss, they’re breaking all the rules, and then some, on a sensuous spring night.

Fireworks At The Lake ~ Berengaria Brown
Andrew didn’t want to spend the Fourth of July long weekend with the people from the office so he goes to Lake Superior instead. There he sees Luke, a blond Viking who arouses every craving for love and lust inside him. But can he overcome his low self-esteem from when Rory rejected his love and open his heart to another man?

Step Benefits: Royal Brat ~ Nicole Austin
Loving two men, my stepbrothers, got me exiled to a foreign country. Without them I’m lost and alone, cast adrift on turbulent seas without a compass or rudder. In order to finally be together we’ll have to navigate a course through the landmine infested waters of my traumatic past.

Saving Sophia ~ Suz deMello
“It doesn’t matter” is cynical Sophie Fortune’s motto. Then her best friend is killed and Sophie herself is attacked. Can Detective Inspector Nick Wendell keep her safe and heal her heart?

Window Display ~ Regina Kammer
The apartment in Zurich was supposed to be the perfect disruption-free place to finish my dissertation. Trouble is, my room came with a very distracting view.

Dear Santa…I Want A MAN For Christmas ~ Marianne Stephens
Frustrated with untrustworthy men, Melissa orders a man doll. When delivery guy, Nick, shows up, she has second thoughts about how to satisfy her needs.

Fist Me ~ Berengaria Brown
Maeve nearly fell off her barstool when sexy Taryn asked her to fist her. But is it the right thing to do? 

*These titles have been previously published in earlier Naughty Literati boxed-sets.*


REVIEW
Alice's Sheikh by Suz deMello - Alice's well known parents are found dead, with needles in their arms 
in Trevi Fountain. When the children meet with the Estate Attorney, they find out a caveat to their 
inheritance. We follow Alice in this story, her brother taking the title handed down by their father. 
 There is another sibling. They have to 'do' something for someone else to get their inheritance. What 
does Alice decide to do? What helps her make that decision? When she is at Barr Aghrib, the King's 
brother brings his girlfriend over from Rak'hat. Not knowing who the girlfriend is, she is surprised to 
see her friend of 10 years, Noor. When Alice receives word that her order she has placed has come in 
in Rak'hat, the Sheikh flies her over in the helicopter. While they are there, they stay at the Palace of 
the Kings of Rak'hat. Noor's father is the current King. When Harry, the Sheikh of Aghrib, takes Alice 
to another room to talk with her, what happens? By the time they are ready to head back to Aghrib, 
what is their situation? You are going to have to read and find out. I laughed when I saw what 
happened. This is however a very passionate filled romance.                                                                                                                                                                

Step Benefits: Cinderella Scandal by Nicole Austin - Carly is on a flight to see her mother at Spring 
Break in Denver. She is flying from NY where she goes to university at NYU. She's struggling to get 
her bag into the overhead compartment which folks have not left her enough room for her bag. Nolan 
comes up and stands behind her, helping her shove her bag into the overhead bin. Who is Nolan? What 
does he do? Why is he going to Denver? Carly is going because her mother has some news for her. At 
one point during the flight, she gets up to go to the restroom and things heat up between her and Nolan 
as she tries to climb over him. He is in the aisle seat and her the window seat of the same row.  What 
 happens as she is washing her hands? When the flight lands, Nolan gets her bag down for her and then 
leaves. What happens when she meets up with her mother outside of baggage claim after bundling up? 
Things are a little freaky at times in this story. Especially when Carly's ex-boyfriend stalks her to 
 Denver and tries to get back with her after a post on FB. Read this to see what happens.                                                                                                                                                                              

Buying Adam by Marianne Stephens - Adam's family owns and runs the company he works for. He 
has just come back from Europe to find something on his desk that enrages him a bit. When he storms 
into his mother's office, what happens? After her assistant helps Adam with some things, she's heading 
 to lunch when his mother calls her into the office. What does his mother ask Jessica to do? Angela, 
Adam's ex-fiancee tries to get control of him for the weekend, what happens that prevents her from 
doing so? What do Jessica and Adam do? What happens when Adam takes his mother's checkbook 
from her desk to balance it for her over the weekend? What happens when he listens to 9 missed voice 
mails from his mother? What does he find in her checkbook? What does Jessica say when he confronts 
her? Read and find out!                                                                                                                                                     

The Loch Ness Monster, Romeo, and Julio by Berengaria Brown - Who are Fraser and Cameron? What 
kind of a relationship do they have if you can call it that? One of them wants more, but the other one 
will not let it happen, why? Where are they from and where are they going? What convention are they 
 going to? When one wants to go to Scotland during a couple of free days and the other wants to go to 
Paris, we clearly know where they go from the title of the story. What happens at the Loch? When they 
go to a pub on the second night of their time in Scotland, they go to the same one they ate at the night 
before. What happens while they're there? What are they gold about Glencoe? This story has some bits 
of real life history in it. Fun read.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

Chasing Flavorgasms by Francesca Hawley - What happens when a foodie who writes reviews and 
rates restaurants regularly gets an experience like none she has had before, given the chef that is 
cooking the food? Who is Taylor? Who is Kath? Who are Chris, Jodi, and John? You really need to 
read this Flavorgasmic experience, because God knows right now I wish I had been Kath and Taylor 
on their second trip to Holliday's. Read and see what I mean. HAWT and HOT!!!!!                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

My Wish Come True by Tina Donahue - Who is Laurel Austen and what has happened to her on this 
particular night? What is the shriek she keeps hearing? Where does she live and what draws Scott 
Quinn to be pounding on her door on this particularly snowy evening? What kind of work do each of 
them do professionally? Reading about how differently their Christmas traditions were growing up 
surprised me. This is one of those HEA Christmas stories we all wish we could have. You'll have to 
read it to see what I mean.                                                                                                                                                                                     

The Lake by Moonlight by Katherine Kingston - Julie is in the art world, she can appraise art. She has 
been called by Professor Antonio Farnese to assess a group of paintings. Why did he ask for her 
specifically? What does she think is going to happen? What does she want to happen? She finds herself 
in Milan, ready to see the artwork and the professor. Imagine being in Milan, with a beautiful view 
from the house of the Professor of the lake and the flotilla of ships/boats that float there and move 
about. Can they find an everlasting love?                                                                                                                                             

Naughty Balls by Suz deMello - It is Valentine's Day, all the sweethearts are out and about doing the 
V-Day thing, and Penny is wishing her roommate to have a good night. She is a women's basketball 
player for their University. She decides to head to the gym to practice. When she gets there she finds 
Oscar there practicing as well. He's only the best ball player of the men and the most 'wished' after. 
What is he doing there? Why is he there if he has a girlfriend? What happens with Penny and Oscar? 
Read to find out.                                                                                                                                                                                             

Step Benefits: Dirty Princess by Nicole Austin - We meet a young woman named Hallie and a man 
named Ry. When Hallie gets an early morning, well 2:00 p.m. phone call from her mother, why is she 
still in bed? What does she tell her mother? What news does her mother have that causes her to call 
Hallie? When Ry's father calls him, what happens? Where does Hallie end up taking off to? Who are 
Vi and Lucille? What happens when Hallie gets back? Read and see. Lots of grins from me on this one.                                                                                                                                                                        

Back in Your Arms by Marianne Stephens -  Brian appears to be a general contractor of sorts in a small 
town. Years before, his father was the banker in that town, and a girl he loved, Liz and her parents 
owned a B&B there in town. The bank had to foreclose on it. One day, Mrs. Morton comes in, wanting 
to buy the former B&B, and has stipulated in the contract that Brian be on hand every day, he does the 
work, and oversees everything. Who is this Mrs. Morton that comes in, and is making him jump 
through all these hoops to get this former B&B back to it's glory days?                                          

Chocolate-Coated Reunion by Berengaria Brown - Who are Clauson and Matt? Who do they work for? 
 Who is Jake? What does Clauson do to Matt at 4:37 on the night before the holiday? What events 
happen that keep Matt and Jake from being able to meet up on Christmas Eve? What does Jake feel 
when he keeps getting just text messages from Matt? What did Clauson dump on Matt? What happens 
when Matt finally leaves work and heads for the bus? Why does he have to go back to work? How long 
does it take Jake to finally agree to get together with Matt? What happens when they finally talk? Read 
and find out!                                                                                                                        

Silent Sky by Regina Kammer - Jennie and Scott meet at her 30th Birthday party when her friends 
throw a "Bring a Single Guy" party for her birthday. He's late, due to working on class work for his 
MBA. What happens next between them is something I think most little girls dream about finding. 
Suddenly, her world is turned upside down as 9/11 hits. She watches the second tower crash down. 
What happens to her? What happens to Scott? Is he one of the lucky ones or does she lose her chance 
for kids and loving the love of her life for the rest of their lives?                                                                                                                                                        

Hot Buns by Marianne Stephens - Who is Angela Regino and why is she at Vinnie Calano's? Who is he 
to her? What happened 5 years ago between their families? What business propositiondoes she have 
for Vinnie? What happens on the first night of the agreement between them? What does she get out of 
the agreement? How does it benefit Vinnie? Are these two star-crossed lovers? Are they more? 
Are they less? Read and find out                                                                                                                                                   

The Ride of Her LIfe by Tina Donahue - Maddy is on her way out for a date, well, a speed dating event. 
She calls for a ride, similar to an Uber car. What happens to her during the trip that causes her not to 
make it to her event? This truly is a love story in the making. A fun, and quick read.                                                                                                                                                    

Fireworks at the Lake by Berengaria Brown - This was a quick read. Andrew and Luke are both single 
men at the beach, eyeing each other, but too nervous to make the first move. Once the tide starts 
coming in, one of them speaks to the other. It is the Fourth of July weekend, fireworks will be 
 happening that night in the sky. Will fireworks be going off for these two strangers as well? You really 
need to read this one to find out.                                                                                                                                 

Step Benefits: Royal Brat by Nicole Austin - We find a young woman named Mackenzie standing 
outside of her childhood home, feeling dread. Why is she feeling dread? Why is she even there? Who 
are Sawyer and Grady? What is happening at the house when Mackenzie gets there? Why did 
Mackenzie end up in England? What happened? While parts of this story are heartbreaking for me to 
 read, I understand Mackenzie some more when we come across Gail's purpose in her life. I will tell 
you this one is extremely hot and erotic! Whew! Where's the fan?                                                                                                                                      

Saving Sophia by Suz deMello - Who is Sophia? What does she do for a living? Who is Tink? When 
the police knock on Sophia's door bright and early in the morning, what do they want? What has 
happened? Was it one of Sophia's siblings or someone else she knows? When she takes over working at 
a shop for a friend, as she leaves one night about 6:00 p.m., something happens to her. What is it and 
who did it? Who is Nick? What has he vowed to do? What happens when a man named Duff shows up 
on Sophia's doorstep? What does she think? What does she do when he leaves at noon and she's around 
a whole bunch of other people? This was a cute little romance.                                                                                                                                                       

Window Display by Regina Kammer -  Imagine working on your PhD, traveling from California to 
Switzerland to get away from things and find a quiet place, while watching a friend's cats when they 
are away on a trip, and meeting the one that would turn out to be the love of your life. What would you 
do? Say? Think? Want? Would you move there to live with the love of your life, or would you beg for 
them to come home with you? What would you do? Read this story and see what Laurie does.                                                                                                                                               

Dear Santa...I want a MAN for Christmas by Marianne Stephens - For years, Melissa has gotten 
nothing that she has asked for at Christmas. Others always thought they knew better what she needed 
or wanted. This year, she decides to buy something for herself. What does she buy? When Nick shows 
up at her door with a box, he asks if she would like his help in setting Rex up. What is Rex? When she 
has to call Nick the next day because there is a problem with Rex, what truths come out? This is a 
sweet, but naughty Christmas tale.                                                                                                                                                    

Fist Me by Berengaria Brown - This story starts off with a very interesting order or command if you 
will. Between two women, Maeve and Taryn. Taryn being the one that gives the order. Who is Ben? 
Which one of the girls is or was dating him? What is it that is found out about Ben and his lady? What 
is she asking her friend for and why? You're going to have to read this story to see what happens.                                                                                                                                                                 

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