Erotic Romance Scavenger Hunt & ARe eBook Bucks Giveaway

Today I’m pleased to share a special event, The Erotic Romance Scavenger Hunt, a blog hop featuring nineteen authors, a ton of exclusive material and fantastic giveaways, and an amazing grand prize for one lucky scavenger hunter.

For the event, each author is hosting exclusive content for another author in the hunt. I’ve provided an exclusive preview excerpt from part 5 of my serial novel More Than Just a Good Book so be sure to keep any eye out for that.

I’m also giving away $15 in All Romance eBooks bucks to one lucky person here on my blog. See the end of this post for more details on that.

Just joined the hunt? Click here to start from the beginning.

SCAVENGER HUNT RULES: Hidden within each post on the hunt will be a single letter that is red. Jot those letters down because they’re part of the following mystery phrase you’ll need to unscramble:

_ _ _ _ I _ _     _ _ _ _ _ _ _     _ _ R     _ _ _ _

At the bottom of each post will be a link to your next stop on the hunt. Once you’ve completed the hunt, read all the fantastic exclusive material and entered all the individual giveaways, unscramble the letters you collected to reveal the mystery phrase. When you’ve uncovered the phrase, fill out the entry form in order to qualify for the grand prize. Grand prize is open internationally. You must be 18 or older to enter.

The hunt will only be open for 72 hours so play fast! Entries sent without the correct phrase or without contact information will not be considered. All entries must be received by May 28 at noon Central Time.

On with the hunt!

Today I have the pleasure of hosting the exclusive content for author Amelia June. Amelia has her first m/m title coming out in July with Torquere Press. Congrats, Amelia! I’m so glad to have you on the blog.

Amelia June writes steamy erotic stories and novels. She favors stories that leave little to the imagination and never uses words like “flower” or “manhood”. She has been writing since the age of five when she self-published her first novel “The Scary Gost.”

Amelia lives in the desert southwest with seven–yes seven–male creatures including two children, one husband, and an array of critters. She is a student of humanity, loves eavesdropping, and prefers chocolate to just about anything.

Find out more about Amelia on her WEBSITE.

NOW FOR AMELIA’S EXCLUSIVE MATERIAL!

Hi there! I’m Amelia. Thanks to my lovely host, Sloan, for hosting me on her website. I’m excited to be a part of the scavenger hunt.

Today I want to talk about my tarot card story, Pleasure’s Power. Based on my concept of the High Priestess card, Pleasure’s Power is a naughty fairy tale. All great stories start with once upon a time, right? In this time there is a prince, Peter, who loves his kingdom but cannot obey his mother the queen. There is a priestess, Jocasta, whose faith is strong though she has private doubts about the high priestess’s ability to lead. In between them lies the Goddess, who only concerns herself with pleasure and abundance. When the unlikely lovers meet on a bright spring day, the fate of the kingdom comes to rest in their hands. Can they unite crown and temple and please the Goddess? Or will they be separated by those who seek power over pleasure?

I had a lot of fun writing this story. Peter is less of a big bad alpha male and more of a sweetheart. He’s kind, thoughtful and shy around the pretty Jocasta. When push comes to shove, though, Peter shows his mettle. I wanted to talk about a man who could be gentle and tough all at once. Jocasta is his perfect match, too. She’s a priestess of the goddess, not a fainting maiden. She needs Peter’s genial warmth just as he needs her wisdom and strength.

Here they meet for the first time:

(excerpt copyright me, please don’t steal it)

Jocasta walked into the field an hour later, arms laden with baskets for the various herbs she was gathering in the forest. She had just about given up on finding any blooming night jasmine when she spotted some on the edge of the same clearing where a man napped. “Nice,” she murmured. Her slipper-clad feet barely made a rustle in the fallen leaves. Intent on the fragrant blooms, she shouted in surprise when an animal snuffed her hair.

“Oye horse, keep your snout off me. I have no clover on my head,” she said, pushing his nose away from her with more force than she intended. The horse whickered and blew a puff of air over her face. “Good thing you’ve been eating sweet clover,” Jocasta muttered, waving her hand in front of her nose. “Now where did you—oh!”

The man apparently hadn’t heard her scream. He still slept in the same spot, soft plants flattened under his weight. Jocasta spied his royal crest and took him to be a guardsman snuck off for a mid-day nap in the midst of duty. She grinned and walked over to the lad, who was handsome and sandy-haired, his body long and lithe. The bow and broken arrow lay forgotten next to him. She took a sprig of lavender from her basket and tickled the tip of his nose. At first nothing happened until the man inhaled. He snorted, sneezed, then blinked awake. She quickly hid the flower behind her back.

“Good day, sir.” She nodded her head toward him. “I noticed you sleeping and came to have a proper look.”

The man’s brows furrowed in irritation, as if annoyed at her. She thought to speak again when the man suddenly scrambled to his feet, his gaze wide and focused on a charm at her breast. “My lady,”his voice, a breathy whisper, competed with a breeze.

As she regarded him with amusement, he dropped to one knee and bowed his head.

“Oh there’s no need for that when I stumble upon you in a field having a perfectly lovely nap. I only thought to send you back to your duties before you were noticed miss…” Her voice trailed off when her mind registered the necklace he wore and the particulars of the insignia on his chest. “Your highness,” her voice broke on a high note she disliked. “My apologies, I took you for a—well, never mind, but please rise. No need for you to bow to a lowly attendant.”

The prince raised his head and smiled at her, but didn’t rise from his knee. “My lady, I am the prince of the land, true, but your kind rule here and we all know it. Well, perhaps all but my mother. You keep the crops abundant and the game spry but plentiful.” At this he rolled his eyes, but didn’t explain about the getaway boar. “I know the full moon clasp at your breast to be a sign of elderhood within the temple, despite your young age. You must be quite powerful.”

Pride welled within her and a rush of heat filled Jocasta’s cheeks. “Still rise, you’re making me nervous down there.”
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You can see what happens to Peter and Jocasta in Pleasure’s Power from eXtasy Books.

I also want to brag that my first m/m title, The Ruby, will be published by Torquere Press in July! For news on my treasure hunting boys and everything else me, you can visit my blog at http://www.ameliajune.net or follow me on Twitter @ameliajune.

Thank you again for visiting, and good luck on the scavenger hunt!

Amelia

WAIT, THERE’S MORE!
SLOAN’S GIVEAWAY:

One lucky commenter will win $15 in All Romance eBooks bucks. To enter, leave a comment on this post stating you’d like to enter. My drawing closes when the scavenger hunt ends (May 28 at noon Central Time). After that, I’ll draw one random winner and will notify them via email.

Good luck!
Sloan

Ready to move on? The next stop on the Erotic Romance Scavenger Hunt is… Ava March!

 

51 thoughts on “Erotic Romance Scavenger Hunt & ARe eBook Bucks Giveaway

  1. Thanks for taking part in the scavenger hunt – it’s fun :D

    Please enter me in your giveaway too, thank you.

    ilona
    felinewyvern at googlemail dot com

  2. Awesome excerpt, would love to read the rest. It’s been a great scavenger hunt and I would love to be entered into your giveaway :)

  3. This is so much fun. Please enter me into the giveaway.

    proudarmymom32 at yahoo dot com

  4. Although my first word in the hunt is looking strange to me, this hunt is fun and it’s good to get to know authors that are new.

    strive4bst at yahoo dot com

  5. Thanks for the giveway and hunt! This a great way learn about new authors and books!

  6. Cool, never did a hunt but I start now. Count me in, please for your giveaway

  7. Can’t wait to read the book! I loves me a scavenger hunt so thanks for your participation and I wold like to enter your giveaway!

  8. Oh, another author lured over to the m/m genre!

    And of course I’m in for the contest. I need all the help I can get financing my book addiction :D

  9. Pleasure’s Power sounds like a fantastic read!

    Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
    elizabeth @ bookattict . com

  10. Love reading all the excerpts, count me in the drawing

    peggy1984 (at) live (dot) com

  11. This is great! Thanks Sloan! :)

    Please enter me in the giveaway!

    Doublemom2001(at) aol ( dot) com

  12. This hunt thingy is loads of fun and I’d like to enter too. Thank you very much!!!

    ennyk * gmx + de

  13. This is so much fun!

    Please include me in the giveaway!

    gratefulinhouston at yahoo dot com

  14. Well, it looks like I’ve discovered a new author! Pleasure’s Power sounds great; I’m adding it to my wish list.

    Thanks,
    Tracey D
    booklover0226 at gmail dot com

  15. These are wonderful posts. I am finding new authors and books everywhere.
    debby236 at hotmail dot com

  16. Loved the excerpt and now have yet another book on my TBR pile. I don’t think I will ever get thru all the books I want to read :)

    Please enter me into the drawing for the $15 All Romance eBooks bucks.

    loribooklover62 @aol.com

  17. This author is new to me but I enjoyed the excerpt! Thanks :-)

    smaccall AT comcast.net

  18. great post and thanks for being part of this fun blog hop

    caity_mack@yahoo dot com

  19. Great excerpt. Please enter me in the contest. Thanks for the giveaway.

    bn100candg(at)hotmail(dot)com

  20. what a great way to do a hop! Please enter me in the contest. thanks!

    mimirose41209 at hotmail dot com

  21. Fun hunt! Thank you for being apart of it! Finding tons of new authors and books! Cant wait to start reading! :) Thank you for the awesome giveaway too!
    shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com

  22. Thanks so much, everyone, for stopping by the scavenger hunt! I hope you had fun. A special thank-you to those of you who left lovely comments about my stories. So glad you’re enjoying them.

    I’ve randomly selected a winner of my individual giveaway of $15 in All Romance eBooks bucks. The winner is Trix (comment #20). Congratulations! I’ll be contacting you via email shortly.

    I hope those of you who are new to my serial story More Than Just a Good Book (which had an excerpt featured on the fantastic Mary Calmes’s blog) are enjoying Mark and Scott’s story. The next installment is coming out soon!

    Special thanks to Amelia June who provided content for my post, Mary Calmes for hosting my excerpt, and Miho Li for organizing and hosting this great event.

    Thanks again everyone. Hope you have a good one!
    Sloan

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