@AuthorAJAdams AJ Adams Author Spotlight!

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AJ Adams novels are all self-standing and although some feature the same families, you need not read them all - although it would be awesome if you did!

The Degas Girl

Organized Crime. Dark Romance

Serenity Bishop is a work of art. Her skin a canvas, decorated with the scars of her evil captor’s twisted abuse. But her tormentor, Angelo, is about to lose control.

Zachary Schiavelli is an art thief and forger. His handsome face is merely the mask that hides a cold, calculating man whose own childhood of abuse has honed him into a remorseless killing machine.

Zachary is about to take an intense disliking to Angelo.

In a violent tale of mob rule where violence begets violence, an unlikely alliance between two forces of nature is about to change the face of organized crime. When Serenity and Zachary collide, it’s an unstoppable force meeting an immovable object, and everyone around them is about to get caught in the crossfire.

A complete novel with no cliffhangers.

A violent tale of mob rule and dark romance. Warning contains explicit scenes of dubious consent, graphic violence and sex. Adults only.

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He wore jeans and a turquoise T-shirt. The colour made his eyes look blue instead of green. I wasn’t fooled by his looks and his gentle ways. This man had a will of iron, and by the way he looked at me, I could see he was just as determined to control me as Angelo. He just used his tongue instead of his fists.

I’d go along with it, because anything that kept me out of the hole meant I had a chance to escape. I’d pretend to be docile, and as soon as he fell asleep or took his eye off me, I’d make a run for it.

He looked me over, frowning slightly. Suddenly I wondered if he was changing his mind. Maybe he wasn’t going to let me eat. Maybe it was a game. Maybe he’d show me the food, and then tie me up and leave me to starve while he stuffed his face. I was trembling at the thought.

          

Beast

Fantasy, Dark Romance

He stuck the knife in the ground and stripped off his leathers. The tunic came off, revealing a long, lean, muscled torso, covered in tattoos. Snakes ran up and down his arms, his pecs and his shoulders. A skull blazed on his chest.

Then he was pushing apart my legs, settling between my thighs, leaning over me. He smelled of smoke, leather and musk. It was terrifying, like being at the mercy of an animal.

Falsely accused, Wynne is determined to clear her name. However, a trip to petition the Steward at Brighthelme turns disastrous when the Beasts, fearsome warriors from the frozen north, raze the city. When Wynne is carried away, she’s determined to regain her freedom but Rune, her captor, has other ideas.

Beast is set in Prydain, an imaginary place that combines Anglo-Saxon England with Medieval England, the Teutonic Kingdom and the Viking Age. This story contains kidnapping, dubious consent and graphic violence, however, it is a love story rather than a dark romance. It is a standalone novel; no cliff-hangers.

Warning: This book contains explicit scenes of dubious consent, graphic violence and sex.

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Helpless

A Belial MC novel

Fracas Macintyre has been in and out of trouble all her life but this time it’s worse than ever. In debt to a loan shark, she’s caught up in a war between the Alistairs, nicknamed The Irish Mob, and Belial’s Disciples, England’s nastiest MC. Kidnapped and at the mercy of Caden Winslow, Fracas is convinced that life is going to get very nasty indeed.

Caden Winslow is an ex soldier used to taking care of business. When an Alistair henchman steals his beloved Busa, he simply takes one of theirs hostage and expects a simple trade will solve the problem. However, Caden is about to be pulled into a war.

Warning: This book is a dark romance. It contains explicit scenes of dubious consent, graphic violence and sex. It is for adults only.

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I opened the boot, and at the sight of the girl, Crush began grinning. “Hey, is that for me, too?”

“You can go fuck yourself!” The little tart blew up instantly. “You evil bastard, let me go!”

“Whoo! I like her!”

Crush is a man who enjoys performing to the stereotypical outlaw biker image. This time I could see he meant it, and so did the girl. She opened her mouth, spotted Crush’s cut and went very quiet.

“You can’t have her. She’s my collateral.” I pulled her towards me, snapped through her ankle ties with the box cutter and threw her over my shoulder. She muttered furiously, but she’d stopped fighting. I could feel her raise her head and look over the crowd of gathering Disciples. She shivered and went limp. I guess she didn’t like the look of the party.

Crush was still curious. “Collateral for what?”

“Alistair’s man took my Busa.”

“You’re shitting me!”

The Bonus

A Zeta cartel novel

Organized Crime. Dark Romance

Chloe is a seasoned drug courier who finds herself in the wrong place at the wrong time. Facing a lingering and painful death at the hands of the Zetas, Mexico’s most brutal cartel, she persuades their enforcer to claim her. Has Chloe made a huge mistake, or will her choice prove her salvation - and his?

Warning: This book contains explicit scenes of dubious consent, graphic violence and sex.

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Deliverance

Action, adventure, Organized Crime.

Dark Romance. BDSM

Mac is all set for an undercover job when an old friend lands him with Pepper, a human trafficking victim of a Moroccan-Turkish crime syndicate. Unable to turn her away, Mac now has two missions: to infiltrate a terrorist training camp in the Sahara and to be a Master for Pepper.

Warning: contains graphic violence and sex.

Standalone novel, no cliffhangers

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Songbird

A Zeta cartel novel

Organized Crime. Dark Romance. BDSM

When cartel boss Arturo Vazquez discovers his girlfriend Gina is a DEA rat and his deputy Escamilla is staging a take-over, Arturo fixes his problems by killing everyone - except for Solitaire, Escamilla’s unwilling mistress. Solitaire is intelligent, tough, and shares Arturo’s interest in BDSM. Arturo falls head over heels but someone is leaking information - and the evidence point at Solitaire.

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“You’re the big boss.” She looked up at me and smiled. She was dressed in a cheap cotton shirt and jeans that should be on the burn pile, but that smile was pure gold. This girl had guts.

“I told José he was a fool to try and cheat you,” she said. “I wasn’t part of it, and I don’t work for you. I was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.”

She’d heard about our policy protecting bystanders. Of course it doesn’t apply to anyone whose eyewitness testimony can put me in a courtroom. Well, try to put me in a courtroom. In Mexico nobody would dare accuse me, and I’ve enough resources in England to guarantee a police investigation would come to nothing, but it’s not my style to take chances. Solitaire would be going into the ground along with Escamilla.

“Mr Vazquez,” Solitaire gave me her best smile. “I don’t expect something for nothing.” She dropped her voice. “You’d like me,” she whispered. “I’ve heard about you. We’re the same.”

“Are we?”

“Yes, I can make you very happy.” She brushed my hand over her cheek and then kissed my palm. “I’m a very good girl,” she said quietly. “Unless you prefer a naughty one?”

She sucked my thumb, and I was instantly rock hard.

Dirty Dealings

A Zeta cartel novel

Organized Crime. Romance

I could’ve fucking strangled her. She knew it too because she stepped away quickly. “Touch me and I’ll have you!” she snarled.

“Bruja mala leche! What the fuck do you think you’re playing at! You can’t push me around!”

“Sure I can.” Her eyes were slate grey, the same colour as the sky, and just as cold. “I need help, and you’re going to give it.”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

“I’ve got a situation. I need someone who isn’t afraid of murder and mayhem.”

I should have charmed her, offered to help and maybe it would have settled it, but I was too mad to even consider it. “Help you? Over my dead fucking body!”

She shrugged. “We can do it that way, too.” She took out her phone. “I’ll call you soon, hopefully within the hour. If you still refuse, I call Smith.” The eyes were hard. “I’d rather not shop you, because I hate that bastard, but I will if you make me.”

I gave her my number. I mean, I wanted to kill her, but in London they notice things like bodies in the street. Especially if you’re careless enough to do it in broad daylight next to a cop shop.

Quique is having a bad time. Back in Mexico his marriage has fallen apart and his wife has made him a laughing stock by cheating on him. Now he’s in London and finding himself out of his depth with a complex commercial deal. To make things worse, Natalia Truelove, a chef and pub manager, is blackmailing him. Quique is ready to commit murder and he’s pretty sure who his first victim will be.

Warning: Dirty Dealings contains strong adult language and themes as well as graphic violence and fully depicted love scenes.

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I write cartel and crime romances, with twisted dark heroes and feminist arse kicking heroines.

My real name is Ellen Whyte. In my non-novel life I'm a syndicated author who has published roughly 3500 articles and 10 non-fiction books with publishers that include Pearson and Marshall Cavendish.

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@JeffKonis The Conversations We Never Had by Jeffrey H. Konis Book Spotlight!

The Conversations We Never Had, by Jeffrey H. Konis, tells the tale of a grandson who had taken his grandmother for granted, but didn’t realize it until it was too late. It is a memoir / historical fiction novel based on the authors own relationship with his grandmother.

“My father remembers nothing about his real parents. They were dead by the time he was nine. Olga, his mother's younger sister, not only survived the Holocaust, but was able to find my father at his hiding place – a farm in Poland – and later brought him to America to raise as her own. In all that time, he never asked her any questions about his parents,” says Jeffrey. “Years later, I moved in with Olga for a period of time, but I allowed history to repeat itself – a classic mistake – and failed to ask her the same questions my father avoided. Olga has been gone for more than twenty years, along with everything she could have told me. I am left with a sense of guilt and profound regret, wishing so badly that I could go back and have a second chance to get to know her better and learn more about my family from the only person in the world who knew them and remembered them.” 

The Conversations We Never Had is a chronicle of Jeffrey's time spent with his Grandma "Ola" and an imagining of the stories she might have shared had he only took the time to ask the questions. It is a heartwarming story that will leave you eager to spend time with your family and learn more about them before it’s too late.

Praise

“Jeffrey H. Konis won my heart from the very first page and had my eyes glued to the pages throughout the entire narrative…The Conversations We Never Had is a book that will warm your heart and lead you toward the pursuit of love and gratitude for those who are part of your journey to yourself. Beautiful and inspiring, this book is highly recommended!” – 5 Stars, Romuald Dzemo for Readers Favorite

Read an excerpt here

About the Author

After practicing law for many years, Jeffrey H. Konis left the profession to embark on a career as a high school social studies teacher. His first book, From Courtroom to Classroom: Making a Case for Good Teaching, offers a unique perspective for teachers who seek to inspire their students to learn for the sake of learning.

His latest work, The Conversations We Never Had, was released in May 2016.

Jeffrey loves reading, collecting fine art photography, soccer – especially Liverpool F.C. – travel, and his family most of all. He currently resides in Goshen, New York with his wife, Pamela, and sons, Alexander and Marc.

Readers can connect with him on Facebook, Twitter, and Goodreads.

She Bites by Roger Arsht and Caitlin Hawker Review!

           

Robyn Sparks may be every animal-lover’s favorite vigilante. Compassionate veterinarian by day, she’s converts to animal activist at night and exacts punishment to the cruel men whose animals find their way across her surgical table in various conditions of burnt, broken, and bloody. Having seen enough, Sparks decides to make it stop. For good.

           

“Not the usual paranormal, zombie, undead tale this: instead this is a story that blends animal abuse and human response in a manner that sends chills up the spine – and a few seeds for nightmares.” - Grady Harp, Top 100 Amazon Hall of Fame Reviewer

           

She Bites is one part social platform, and two parts horror. The reader doesn’t quite want to root for Robyn Sparks, who is first introduced to us dismembering a human corpse in her surgical office, and covered in the blood of her recent murder. But you find yourself rooting for her anyway, as the authors take you into the darkest side of dog fighting, revealing the horrors that the general public doesn’t know about.

“We toned it down a bit,” says Hawker. “We didn’t want to make people sick.” But most readers will need to squint their eyes as they read through a few scenes anyway.

           

“Robyn is a very dark super hero,” says Arsht “but if you said to us she was a super hero when we started writing the book we’d say no, she’s psychotic, she’s a sociopath, she’s a murderer. Then you get to the point later where you realize she’s indeed a super hero.”

           

When police detective Jack Williams walks into Sparks’ veterinarian office with his hurt therapy dog, Lizzie, the two connect. Jack, fighting his own demons from a case gone bad, is attracted to the vet who helps him with his beloved pet. Jack and Robyn recognize in each other the wounded look of an abused animal, and are perhaps drawn together because of it.

           

The tension created by the romantic relationship of cop dating serial killer lends another source of urgency to this book. Will she tell him what she does? Will he find out before she kills him too? Both are fascinating main characters.

“When Roger was talking about writing this book about a vet, I thought it would be interesting to pair the darkness of a psychopathic mind with the empathy that has to come of someone in the field of working with animals,” says Hawker, who has always been interesting in studying human psychology.

           

The book blends the voices of both authors in a seamless fashion. Written with the professionalism of a high school English Teacher (Arsht), paired with a self-proclaimed “dark” persona in Hawker, the book is a great read.

           

“Roger comes across as not being very dark, and he’s sort of just as dark as I am,” says Hawker. “He just hides it better!”

           

They duo started working together when Arsht approached Hawker about her dark side. “She was a student of mine in high school, about 10 years ago,” says Arsht. “What she wrote horrified me. I don’t think there was a teacher in high school or college that she didn’t horrify with her writing.” But Arsht also knew there was talent there, and looked her up years later. He asked her to add a different voice to the story he was already working on, A Slam Dunk, another book that discusses social injustice: the corruption and violence in professional sports and its athletes.

                       

So Hawker added her voice and a collaboration was born.

           

She Bites is a dark read, but it’s interspersed with animals, such as Jack’s therapy dog and the various pets who come through Robyn’s clinic, giving it a touch of the warm fuzzies. There’s also some subtle humor, giving another fresh breather in an otherwise harsh world.

           

Arsht and Hawker visited numerous shelters and did a lot of research as well as hired a professional researcher to learn more about the world of dog fighting. What they learned horrified them. “It’s worse than you think,” says Hawker. Both are dog-lovers, and Arsht has been a volunteer for the Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue for numerous years and has an adopted dog.

           

They hope this read will not only entertain readers, but also give insight into a cruel world that remains hidden enough that it still flourishes across the United States and the world.

“Dog fighting is a cruelty-for-profit industry.” – Matt Bershadker, President & CEO, ASPCA

She Bites, (ISBN 978-1-48082-221-4, 2015, Archway Publishing, paperback $15.99 and Kindle $3.99, 224 pages, available on Amazon orhttp://www.pumpkinnoir.com/

View the book trailer here: http://bit.ly/SheBitesBookTrailer

About Roger Arsht

Roger Arsht is a mild-mannered high school English teacher by day, but dons his writerly cloak after class and pens the darker side of life. His noir thrillers ask some hard questions about corruption and violence in the world, and what to do about it.

Roger wrote his first novel A Slam Dunk, when, while watching sports, it became illogical to him that a man could don a uniform on Sunday and be a hero, then the rest of the week engage in illegal activities or violence. Knowing his book needed a darker element of writing, he contacted a former student of his, who was loaded with talent, but also horrified him with her scary stories. Caitlin Hawker stepped up to the job and a collaboration was born.

When he’s not writing or hanging out in high school (his favorite place to be,) Roger loves to fish, golf, travel and cook, not necessarily in that order. He and his wife have two grown sons, and live in Park City, Utah with their Golden Retriever rescue dog, Pumpkin.

About Caitlin Hawker

Caitlin Hawker is a self-described “dark” person who loves horror movies and the study of humanity’s darker side. It took her awhile to learn to read and write, until her dad described to her that letters were pictures, and then suddenly it all made sense. Now a prolific writer, she began penning noir fiction in high school, in typical dark, brooding teenager fashion, which scared her teachers. What was a hobby later turned into a career when Roger Arsht walked into the college bookstore where she was working and asked her to help him write a book.

When she isn’t writing, she makes costumes and dabbles in art. Caitlin is a connoisseur of all things weird, and loves to collect facts. Her latest discovery is that the last duel in France was with hot air balloons and shotguns, which ended up setting a field full of sheep on fire.

She and her husband live in Salt Lake City, Utah, and Caitlin is planning for the day when she can get a dog. 

Media Contact: For a review copy of She Bites or to arrange an interview with Roger Arsht and Caitlin Hawker, contact Scott Lorenz of Westwind Communications Book Marketing at scottlorenz@westwindcos.com or by phone at 734-667-2090. Follow Lorenz on twitter @abookpublicist

            Excerpts from She Bites

The smile died on Dougie’s lips when he pushed open the operating room door. Robyn turned at the unexpected sound with questioning eyes as well as a few smudges of blood on her face. Her gloves were soaked, and her scrubs were so drenched that she looked like something from a slasher film.

The smile that creased Robyn’s face as she prepared to dismember Blevins would have chilled the blood of anyone unfortunate enough to witness it. After locking the door to the operating room, something she would never neglect todo again, she approached the corpse. “Trust me, Mr. Blevins, this won’t be pleasant. Well, not for you, anyway.”

Robin could tell the instinctual side of Jack knew to fear her, knew that he was seconds away from his death, yet something else fought that urge, forced him to meet her gaze dead on. That intrigued her, made the predator inside her long to break him and terrify him.

Robyn’s date was a burly man whose fake tan made him resemble a jaundiced Oompa-Loompa.

Jack awoke to the sound of Lizzie whining. She pawed at the sheets as he opened his eyes. He’d been dreaming again. The sheet beneath him was soaked with sweat, and the covers were on the floor in a knot.

It has been the same almost every night since his injury: the nightmares that he never could remember, the midnight rupturing of a healed wound, and the giant black hole in his memory. Everyone around him knew what had happened and yet no one would look him in the eye when he asked about it.

“And the dog?” Dr. Oliver lifted a piece of paper from the file, reading it intently. “He has a therapy animal, isn’t that right?”

“Lizzie’s more than a therapy dog, she’s the only friend he wants.”

Geraldine Smyth-Anders was no spring chicken, but through the wonders of Botox, rhinoplasty, and chemical peels, she resembled an expressionless, twenty-one year old mutant.

“That new officer found a dog burned in a dumpster. That wasn’t the first or only one. Chief, we are dealing with a dog fighting ring.”

Something primal inside Robyn rumbled with pleasure, burning in the strange, secret places that screamed for blood. The urge to shatter his skull tweaked at her nerves as strongly as an unfed heroin addiction.

For the first time in her career, Robyn felt fear spike through her as she found herself pinned between the metal door and the snarling, spitting face of a dog large enough to snap her in half. 

They were hellish eyes, burning with an intense cold soullessness that made her feel foul and violated. But it was more than that; they were the eyes of the perfect predator, eyes that were far too familiar. They were the same ones she saw in the mirror every night.

 The Review   

       

Robyn Sparks is a veterinarian who is passionate about animals and dogs in particular. She spends her days taking care of those dogs after they have been brought in after having been injured by abuse and dog fights, which she abhors. At night she is a hunter of the people who abuse these animals and gives them the justice that they would not get in the courts if caught. 

Police Detective Jack Williams has seen horrors of his own and is recovering from wounds he received from a serial child killer. Not only does he have physical wounds but psychological wounds as well after witnessing the killer kill a child. The only companion he can handle being around is the dog, Lizzie. that belonged to the murdered child. Jack meets Robyn the first time when Lizzie becomes ill. 

Both of these people are tortured souls who need to heal. Can they together or will they be torn apart by what Robyn does? This story reminds me of the Dexter series, in that Robyn does terrible things but for the right reasons! Even though you could say that what she does is a crime, sometimes stopping the evil that people do to animals, is ok. The story takes on the real life topic of dog fighting and how terrible it really is. I really enjoyed the story and how the relationship between Jack and Robyn plays out. I would love to see this become a series! 

I received a copy of the book for review purposes.