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A Great Review!

Gwen from The Good The Bad & The Unread did an awesome review on my Samhain book, Show Me, along with Show Me’s companion story, Shelley Bradley’s Watch Me.

She gave both books such wonderful reviews that I thought I’d share a snippet or two from her review:

Review of Shelley Bradley’s Watch Me:

I enjoyed the heck out of this book. It was a cute story and a neat premise. I haven’t read any books where one of the main characters was a professional ballroom dancer and I found the details of that interesting. Now, don’t get me wrong, I wouldn’t know a foxtrot from a boxing match, but I found the details of being a professional anything interesting.

Review of my book, Show Me:

This book was as much fun as the first, but didn’t have as much of an edge, though I cared about these characters more and her writing is just smooth as silk. I love Jaci Burton’s erotic scenes – they’re second to none. Oh my goodness – I get all embarrassed reading her sex scenes when I’m in public – my face gets all hot. It’s pathetic. Nobody can see what I’m reading, but I blush nonetheless.

Both books are very much worth the time and money to read. These two writers are in a short list of authors who can write erotic romance without making it seem oogie or peurile, AND still carry a plot (!). Highly recommended reading.

Doesn’t that rock?

Please check out the entire review of both books here.

and thank you Gwen! :doglick:

Show Me is currently available as an ebook at Samhain. Check it out here.

Watch Me is currently available as an ebook at Samhain. Check it out here

Contest Winners, Guest Blogging and Misc.

Thanks to everyone who helped make Shannon’s birthday so fun! I had Shannon draw a winner from those who posted on the blog that day. The winner is CHRISTY H! Christy, please email me at jaci @ jaciburton. com to claim your print copy of GOING THE DISTANCE!

I’m guest blogging over at WRITEMINDED today, and the Writeminded gals are giving away a copy of SURVIVING DEMON ISLAND and WILD WICKED & WANTON! Go check it out!

I was interviewed by Kelly Para over at Publisher’s Marketplace (thank you Kelly!). You can find the interview here, so please go take a look.

Busy Saturday here. We’re picking up Buddy from the vet’s office this morning (surgery went fine and he’s doing great). We have a pen all set up for him so he can’t run around and hurt himself this time. Hopefully recovery will go well. The Oklahoma football game is this morning too, so we’ll be hanging on the sofa glued to the television (and praying Satellite tv doesn’t go out…it’s storming like crazy here today!). Tonight is Nascar. And I have a novella to finish this weekend, so laptop will be..literally..on my lap the entire time.

Hope y’all have fun weekend plans! We’re stuck in the house because of the rain, but at least we’ll be entertained by sports and a whining dog. :giggle:

A Birthday Gift For Shannon Stacey (And A contest!)

So today is my friend Shannon Stacey’s birthday. And as a gift to her, I thought I’d share her brilliance with the rest of you.

Shan is an incredibly talented author. She writes in just about every genre. (pauses to think which genre Shan HASN’T written in yet…..doesn’t think there is one). She has an amazing voice. She can be funny, she can be dark, she can be sexy. The woman has it all.

I think you should give her books a try. Trust me when I say you won’t be disappointed. Read on while I share her books with you. (There’s a contest at the end)

If you love action adventure and suspense, you need to read the Devlin Group series. Lucky for you, the first two books are available in a print combo from Samhain Publishing. Trust me, you will devour these in one sitting. Non stop action and true nail biters. Plus romance. Woo hooo!!!

The Devlin Group: A rogue agency unhindered by red tape and jurisdiction.

72 Hours

Grace Nolan walked away from the Devlin Group carrying Alex Rossi’s child and a bullet in her shoulder. But a ghost from the past has kidnapped her son, Danny. The ransom-Alex Rossi. To get Danny back, Grace has to return to the life she’d left behind.

With vengeance for his mother’s murder nearly at hand and a deadly substance on the loose, the last thing Alex Rossi needs is to find himself at the business end of Grace’s gun. Now the clock is ticking as they race to save a child and stop a madman bent on destruction.

But Alex has a secret of his own, and it may be the ultimate betrayal.

On the Edge

Tony Casavetti emerges from an undercover assignment only to be summoned to NYC by Charlotte, the Devlin Group’s executive administrator. But when he arrives, he finds out she may be ruthlessly efficient, but his assumption about her being matronly was dead wrong.

Charlotte Rhames has it all-looks, wealth, and the respect she craved. But an attack on the Group throws her back into the pit of sex, money, and murder she’d crawled out of.

With Tony’s life at stake, how far is she willing to fall?

Do you love historicals? Then you must try Taming Eliza Jane. Western and comedy. What a combo! And only Shan can do it like this. Trust me, you have to read this one.

When a man sets out to tame a strong-willed woman, he’d best hang on to his hat.

Will Martinson, the town doctor, already has a heap of troubles on his plate, what with a pregnant whore, an ailing friend and a sheriff with a bad habit of shooting people. The last thing he needs is a strong hankering for a woman who thinks it’s her duty to turn a man’s life upside-down.

Eliza Jane Carter is a woman on a mission. She’s going to improve the lives of the women in Gardiner, Texas before moving on to the next town. But when her finances take a turn for the worse and her chaperone heads for the hills, Eliza Jane is stranded in a town full of riled up menfolk, a gun-happy sheriff and one handsome doctor who makes her question everything she ever believed about the love between a man and a woman.

If you have a love of traditional romance, then Forever Again is for you. So sweet and satisfying, you’ll fall in love with Travis and Gena.

Fifteen years ago, Gena Taylor and Travis Ryan were forced into a marriage neither wanted, the price they paid after one night of passion. But what he believed to be a lie forced Travis to walk out of her life shortly thereafter, crushing Gena’s dreams of a happily ever after with the only man she’d ever loved.

Fifteen years later, Travis and Gena meet again. Only now, she owns the inn he’s considering for his wedding – to another woman. And this time, she’s guarding her heart carefully. She’s not going to allow him to hurt her—or their daughter.

Despite their resolve to keep things impersonal, the past comes rushing back and feelings they both thought long dead rise from the ashes. But there are other lives at stake now, including that of the child Travis once thought was a lie.

And if you love dark paranormals, then Kiss Me Deadly is a must buy! You’ll fall madly in love with Khail, just as I did. Just. Yummmm……

When Khail lays his fatal touch on his next victim and she doesn’t die, he’s faced with a human immune to his deadly power who has seen him shift form—and he’s able to have physical contact with a woman for the first time in centuries.

Falling for a shapeshifting messenger of Death wasn’t on Bridget Sawyer’s agenda, but things are about to get even more complicated. The Unkind is determined to claim her.

How about rockin comedy? Shan’s story in Going The Distance is an absolute riot. (And hey…bonus, I have a novella in this print book too! :giggle:)

Twice Upon A Roadtrip By Shannon Stacey

When the going gets tough, Jill Delaney gets going…in the other direction.
This time the other direction has Jill hitching a ride with the senior center’s Spring Fling tour to Orlando. Screwed out of a promotion, she’s ready for some fun in the sun before it is time to balance her checkbook again.

Ethan Cooper just wants to get his mother settled into her new job so he can pick up the pieces of his own life. But first Mom’s got a little vacation planned. Now Ethan has to survive a trip with a busload of retirees and one sexy but infuriating blonde, then he’s home free.

But when they find themselves stranded and alone, Jill and Ethan are faced with making their own way south. Fighting scorching sexual desire and each other along the way, they give in and indulge in a little vacation sex—which doesn’t mean they have to fall in love. After all, Jill’s not ready to be domesticated, and Ethan’s convinced she’s not his type.

In honor of Shan’s birthday, I’m giving away a copy of GOING THE DISTANCE to one person who comments today. So let’s wish Shan a Happy Birthday! Tell me which of these books interest you. Have you read Shannon Stacey yet?

And please do check out her books. She’s brilliant! :boobie:

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SHAN! :heart: