RT Booklovers Convention
As you may know I was at the RT Booklovers Convention last week. I had a great time! I met new author friends and new reader friends and new blogger friends. I participated in an awesome reader panel about LGBTQ romance. My Nine Naughty Novelists and I also did a panel discussion about group blogs/writing groups, sharing what we've learned over the last five years together. And I attended the Giant Book Fair - it was crazy but I was so happy to meet readers and even sell some books!

After the convention I stayed an extra couple of days with author friends Erin Nicholas and Jennifer Bernard (aka Juniper Bell) and we had some fun touring around. Here are some pics of my week:


On the swamp tour - I actually held an alligator! Okay, a baby, but still...

Big gator...
Our guide was a crazy Cajun - he dove into the water and wrestled with the gators...

The bayou was exactly how I pictured it from the many romances I've read set there.
Another bayou pic...

Lafayette Cemetery in the Garden District
One of the beautiful old houses in the Garden District...

Another Garden District house...
Me at the Giant Book Fair.

Erin and I on our way to the Samhain Saints and Sinners party...
The table I sponsored - it turned out beautiful!
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NOLA Giveaway!
To share the fun I'm having in New Orleans this week, I'm giving away a NOLA gift pack! This includes a print copy of Nine Nights in New Orleans ( A collection of short stories set in NOLA by each of the Nine Naughty Novelists) a box of Magnolia Company Pralines, Pat O'Brien's hurricane cocktail mix, a limited edition Nine Naughty Novelists shot glass ( ) and a bottle of Zydeco Gator hot sauce! Leave a comment to enter. Will draw the winner Sunday!

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RT Booklovers Convention
It's coming up soon! I'm leaving for New Orleans next week for the RT Booklovers Convention and I can't wait to meet up with author friends, editors, and especially readers!




Here's where you can find me:

Wednesday May 15
Mardi Gras Party (walking with the Samhain float)

Thursday May 15 4:00
Menage a Blog: The Nine Naughty Novelists Talk Group Blogging
Panel Discussion

Friday May 16 1:30
Cover Model Karaoke presented by Nine Naughty Novelists, International Heat and the Smutketeers

2:45
LGBTQ: Top to Bottom, In and Out, Soup to Nuts
Panel Discussion

Saturday May 17
11:00 Giant Book Fair

6:30 FANtastic Day Party

Of course I'll be around at lots of other events and parties,or possibly in the bar :-)  but those are the places I'll be for sure. If you can't find me, send me a message on Facebook or Twitter, I'll have my phone on me at all times!



#AmazonCart


So here's a cool thing. Amazon now has a way to add things to your Amazon shopping cart from Twitter. Once you link your Amazon account and Twitter, if you see a Tweet with an Amazon link (like, say...a book!) you reply to the Tweet adding the hashtag #AmazonCart, and it adds that item to your cart. You haven't bought it - but it's there for you when you want to. Can't wait to try this out!

 http://www.amazon.com/gp/socialmedia/amazoncart/ref=pe_859730_118138820_pe_button/1


A little update from me...


I’ve been working hard but not accomplishing much. After I finished my last book a week or so back, I went back to look at the hockey book I finished back in February to get reacquainted with my hockey guys so I could start the next hockey book! And I made a few changes, adding in some things I’d thought out. THEN I ran into some $##%&( technology issues - I was working on my laptop one day then when I went to my office computer the Word doc wouldn’t open! It was corrupt. And even though I have learned my lesson and always, always save things to two places, for some reason this time I didn’t. I did have the version of it before I made the changes, but then I had to go through it again and try to remember what I changed. AND THEN for some reason it happened again. Now I’m blaming the USB drive I was using - other random docs in it are corrupt too. WTF? After the third time of making those changes I was pretty annoyed. Anyhoo…it’s done and now I’m ready to move on to book 2. I know who my hero is and thought I’d found the girl for him, but then decided no, she wasn’t quite right. So I had to take a couple steps back and give that more thought. I think I’ve got her now! Hoping to start writing tonight.
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Q & A
 I've had so many awesome emails and messages from readers this week about Sweet Obsession! Yay! Also some questions. (Oh, and yet another email asking for more Heller brothers hockey books!) 






So in case others have the same questions I thought I'd post here too...

Book 2 in the Windy City Kink series will be out October 7 - All Messed up. We will meet up again with Jack and Sasha briefly...and Kevin.

Lots of you want to know about Kevin! Well, some may be disappointed to know he doesn't get his own book. I wasn't sure if the romance world was ready for Kevin! But we do meet up with him again more in All Messed Up and definitely in Book 3.

As for the Heller Brothers - I'll never say never...but I do have another hockey series in the works, book one is finished and books two and three are semi-planned...so stay tuned!



New contract!
It's official! The contract is signed for Playing With Fire (Windy City Kink Book 3). Release date should be January 2015 - stay tuned for cover reveal and further details!
Sweet Obsession...


Sweet Obsession has gotten some lovely reviews so far! Yay!






Night Owl Reviews 4 1/2 Stars!















I’ve been thinking about something that was written in one of the reviews of Sweet Obsession about Sasha.


I’m kind of an old lady. My twenties were quite a few years ago, but I know in my twenties, even as a married woman, I was still figuring out a lot of things about sex. I did not know that BDSM existed. Maybe the world has changed since then. Is BDSM so mainstream now that young women in their twenties know all about it and understand it? I get that Fifty Shades of Grey may have opened people’s eyes to some things, but that wasn’t a really deep exploration of BDSM. Is it not realistic that a young woman who fantasizes about certain things tries to deny what she really wants because it’s been drilled into her head that they’re bad, wrong and dangerous? That letting a man hit you is abuse? That putting yourself into a vulnerable position with a man and allowing that is the height of stupidity?


Maybe those of us who read a lot of BDSM romances think that everyone else in the world gets this. But I don’t think that’s the case. I bet there are a lot of people who don't get BDSM and do believe it's dangerous and wrong. And I think Sasha learning to accept that part of herself despite all those years of feeling shame and guilt was a more difficult journey than just one day admitting what she really wants and needs.

I think there are all kinds of sexual hang-ups that people work a lifetime to overcome, to not be ashamed of. I bet there are things some people never overcome and live their whole lives feeling ashamed of. I don’t think it’s a matter of just snapping out of it. What do you think?

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Inspiration
I posted this pic in the release party the other night, but here it is for those who missed it...my inspiration for Jack in Sweet Obsession...


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Sweet Obsession is now available!
Wine her, dine her. . .then untie her. 

Windy City Kink, Book 1




Sasha Bendel is a bundle of nerves as she knocks on the door of a Gold Coast penthouse. Her landscape design business took a hard hit when one of her biggest clients defaulted on his payment, and she desperately needs this rooftop garden design project to get back in the black. 

But when her potential client answers the door, she's stunned. It's her old high school boyfriend, the one her wealthy parents ran out of her life when they were discovered engaging in some youthful exploration of bondage and discipline. 

Twelve years ago, Jack Grenville let Sasha's powerful father intimidate him into giving up the love of his life. With the help of a sensei, he's overcome his obstacles and accepted his sexual dominance. Now he's back in Chicago to claim what's his--Sasha. 

One look at Jack brings back all the forbidden desires Sasha's put on lock-down since that shameful night. No way can she turn down this money-is-no-object job. . .but can she resist Jack's no-knots-barred determination to recapture her heart? 

Warning: This book contains a woman with a sweet tooth, a man with a sweet obsession, a cupboard full of bondage rope, and some not-so-sweet kink.




Sweet Obsession has already gotten some great reviews!

Cocktails and Books 5 Cocktails!


"...a delicious story that drew me in from the moment I started reading it.  The story is compelling, the characters are believable and down to earth and the sex scenes are realistic, provocative and scorching hot.   There are also some interesting secondary characters that I hope to see in future books.  Thank you, Kelly Jamieson for another amazing story."

Night Owl Reviews 4 1/2 STARS



"The chemistry between Jack and Sasha is scorching. The sex scenes were blistering…I had a hard time putting this book down. I loved it. Overall, this was a fantastic book. I can’t wait for the next book in the series."


Ripe for Reader 4 ½ STARS 

"Ms. Jamieson very beautifully describes the internal struggle faced by Sasha in particular…This novel also holds one of the most beautiful Shibari scenes I have ever encountered, mostly described by using the senses. It absolutely gave me goosebumps!!  An insightful, revealing and sensory indulgence!”




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Sweet Obsession Release Party!
Join me on Facebook on Tuesday April 1/14 at 6:00 CST for my Sweet Obsession release party!



Games, fun, prizes!

Books to be given out during the party:





And the "grand prize"...a KINKY gift basket, including:

Japanese silk love ropes/cuffs (with Japanese rope bondage booklet!)
Soy Harvest massage candle
Kama Sutra Honey Dust (kissable body powder)
Sample of "Good Head" lube
Nipple Nibbler
BJ Blast Oral Sex Candy
Small bottle of Kinky liqueur




I look forward to seeing you there!

 
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Giveaway!

 



1 - $15 Amazon GC
2 - $5 Amazon GC

1 - set 3 ebooks REAL LOVE Series by Melanie Codina: 
LOVE REALIZED, LOVE RESISTED, LOVE REQUIRED 

3 - ebooks by Nina Levine: 
Choice of STORM or FIERCE

2 - signed Swag packs Nina Levine-
 International

10 - ebooks CRASH by Nicole James

1 - ebook New H.E.A.T. Series by Nicola Claire: A FLARE OF HEAT

2 - ebooks DARE TO LOVE by Carly Phillips

2 - ebooks Kit Rocha's BEYOND JEALOUSY 
from Book Loving Pixie

1 - $5 Amazon GC by Adriane Leigh (Author of WILD & RIDGE)

1 - ebook ALL OF ME by Gina Sorelle

1 - $2.99 ebook Reader's Choice 
from Read and Share Book Reviews Blog

1 - ebook TRAGIC DESIRES by A.M. Hargrove

1- set four ebooks Bantorus MC by Debra Kayn: 
BREATHING HIS AIR, ACHING TO EXHALE, 
SOOTHING HIS MADNESS, GRASPING FOR FREEDOM

1 - ebook BEAUTIFUL ADDICTIONS by Season Vining 
+ Beautiful Addictions T-Shirt!

3 - ebundles by Mary Ann Rivers: 
THE STORY GUY & LIVE (Burnside #1) 
  
1 - e-set of IGNITE & INCINERATE by Tessa Teevan

1 - ebook SWEET OBSESSION by Kelly Jamieson
New Windy City Kink Series #1 

1 - ebook BLINDNESS by Ginger Scott

ENTER HERE

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Two weeks till Windy City Kink!
Yay! In only two weeks Sweet Obsession will be available!



I'm super excited about the release because it's the first book in a new series -- Windy City Kink. Now fear not, my books aren't all that kinky. :-)  But each couple in the series explores a slightly different fetish or kink. As always, my books are romantic and emotional and maybe even have a little humor. And hot. Yeah, hopefully hot.

Also there's one guy who appears in all three books who's a very unique character! I don't want to say too much because I want you all to meet him and hopefully love him.


The books are all set mainly in Chicago. I say mainly, because there is some travel involved in Book 2 and Book 3.

Book 1 Sweet Obsession is Sasha and Jack's story. I'll be talking more about them closer to release day, but they're an interesting couple. I didn't even know there was a name for their unique teenage exploration, but my editor told me about "lighters" - people who have an interest in BDSM even before puberty.

Book 2 All Messed Up is Mallory and Joe's story. They meet in the airport when their flight gets delayed - a moment (or a night) out of time. They'll never see each other again...riiiiiight. All Messed Up will be out in November.

Book 3 Playing with Fire (Warning - don't get attached to the title; I'm told I may have to change it) is Paige and Raff's story. Paige and Raff are both trying to escape their past, but Paige resists since Raff reminds her too much of her past. This book is planned for a January release.

Watch for cover reveals and more details about the series!
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You Really Got Me blog tour


This week I'm on tour! Talking about You Really Got Me...the kind of BDSM romances I write, the setting, making wine, the "guilty pleasures" in the book...

 

Blog Tour – You Really Got Me by Kelly Jamieson

 
http://www.authorsangels.com/2014/01/30/blog-tour-you-really-got-me-by-kelly-jamieson/

 


Check out the YOU REALLY GOT ME Blog Tour – Kelly is giving away a grand prize –  Bondage in a Box from Babeland

2/10/2014 Confessions of 2 Book Lovers  Redheads Review it Better What’s On the Bookshelf 

2/11/2014 Read More Romance Tattooed Book Review Kinky Book Reviews 

2/12/2014 Cocktails and Books Readers Confession deal sharing aunt 

2/13/2014 The Book Enthusiast  The Pleasure of Reading Today Smut Book Club 

2/14/2014 Dirty Girl Romance All Is Read with LexyPat Nina’s Literary Escape  Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews


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Introducing...Hockey Romance



Hey everyone! I have some great news to share with you about a fantastic new group I'm part of.

http://www.hockeyromance.com


If the Winter Olympics have you all a flutter and daydreaming about seriously sexy athletes then wow, have we got a treat for you! Yes, come on over and check out our amazing new website showcasing the best the romance world has to offer in hockey fiction, HockeyRomance.

Hockey Romance focuses on hot hockey players in the world of fiction, following their bad boy antics both on and off the ice. Ranging from sweetly romantic to down-and-dirty kinky, the Hockey Romance website caters to every need and taste. Read about the women who tame these testosterone-overdosed guys, find out if the players are as skillful in the bedroom as they are on the rink, and what really happens in the locker room!

All heat levels and pairings are represented, so no matter if you like M/F, M/M, kinky, sweet – one of our authors will have you covered!

Oh, yes, it’s hot in here!

And with a host of talented authors to keep stoking the fire with new romantic and sexy stories, love and lust is only a click away. Between us we have an impressive library of tempting and titillating books to warm even the coldest nights. So while you’re watching the sure-to-be-awesome hockey tournament in Sochi and shouting for your team, feel free to wonder just what’s below those layers of padding, and then pick up a novel from a Hockey Romance author and get up close and personal with a sexy player of your own.



Hockey Romance Authors


Cassandra Carr is a multi-award winning romance writer. When not writing she enjoys watching hockey and hanging out online. Cassandra's books have won numerous "Best Book Of" awards and her novella Unexpected Top was nominated in the E-book Erotic Romance category of RT's Reviewers' Choice Awards.

She thinks the best part of being a writer is how she writes about love and sex while most others struggle with daily commutes, micro-managing bosses and cranky co-workers. Her inspiration comes from everywhere, but she'd particularly like to thank the Buffalo Sabres, the hockey team near and dear to her heart.


An advocate of happy endings, Jami writes sexy romantic comedy, sports hero
romances, and equestrian fiction. Jami lives on a small farm near Puget
Sound with her Green Beret-turned-plumber husband, a Newfoundland cross with a tennis ball fetish, a prince disguised as an orange tabby cat, and an
opinionated Hanoverian mare.

Jami works in IT for her day job and is a former high school business
teacher and dressage rider. In her spare time, she maintains her small farm
and socializes whenever the opportunity presents itself. An avid boater,
Jami has spent countless hours in the San Juan Islands, a common setting in
her books. In her opinion, it is the most beautiful place on earth.



Catherine Gayle is a bestselling author of Regency-set historical romance and contemporary hockey romance with a New Adult feel. She’s a transplanted Texan living in North Carolina with two extremely spoiled felines. In her spare time, she watches way too much hockey and reality TV, plans fun things to do for the Nephew Monster’s next visit, and performs experiments in the kitchen which are rarely toxic.



Lily Harlem is an award-winning author of contemporary erotic romance. She lives with her husband in the UK and since leaving a career in nursing writes full time. She is published by houses on both sides of the Atlantic including Ellora’s Cave and HarperCollins and also self-publishes her work.

Her Hot Ice series regularly receives high praise and industry nominations and she’s never happier than when she’s dreaming up the next story for her bad-boy heroes of fictional hockey team the Vipers. Usually when writing she’s accompanied by a cat on her lap and a dog at her feet, both rescued from the shelter and constant companions.


Kelly Jamieson www.kellyjamieson.com

Kelly Jamieson lives in Winnipeg, Canada and is the bestselling author of over thirty romance novels and novellas. Her writing has been described as “emotionally complex”, “sweet and satisfying” and “blisteringly sexy”. If she can stop herself from reading or writing, she loves to cook. She has shelves of cookbooks that she reads at length. She also enjoys gardening in the summer, and in the winter she likes to read gardening magazines and seed catalogues (there might be a theme here...) She also loves shopping, especially for clothes and shoe, and of cours, watching  hockey games.


Vicki loves worn jeans, belly laughs, anything romantic, Greek mythology, New York Rangers hockey, comic books and coffee. (Not necessarily in that order.) She shares her life with her husband, her daughter, one dog, two cats, a steer named Mooka, and a flock of assorted domestic fowl. She is a proud Torquere Press and Secret Cravings Publishing author. When not writing romantica tales, she can be found enjoying her day with her menagerie in the rolling hills of Pennsylvania with a cup of fresh java in hand.


Toni Aleo is the author of the Nasvhille Assassins series.

When not rooting for her beloved Nashville Predators, she’s probably going to her husband’s and son’s hockey games and her daughter’s dance competitions, taking pictures, scrapbooking, or reading the latest romance novel. She lives in the Nashville area with her husband, two children, and a bulldog.

Suzan Butler http://suzanbutler.com

Suzan Butler is a romantic fiction author with a penchant for Dr. Pepper, ice hockey, and world domination.

She lives in Texas under a not-so-secret identity with two monsters, writing books and planning the next step in her evil plans into the twilight hours of the night because that’s when it’s quiet in the house.

Bianca Sommerland http://www.im-no-angel.com

Bianca Sommerland was born and raised in Montreal, Quebec. When not reading neurotically or writing as though the fate of the world rests on her keyboard, she is either watching hockey or teaching her daughters the beauty of a classic, steel pony while reminiscing about her days in Auto Body Mechanics.

Her time is balanced with utmost care between normal family life, and the internal paranormal realm where her characters reside. For the most part, she succeeds.