TT: 13 Promotional Avenues For Romance Authors

January 31st, 2008 by Amanda Young

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13 Promotional Avenues For Romance Authors
1. Affaire de Coeu Magazine
2. Author Island
3. Bella Online
4. Between Your Sheets
5. Coffee Time Romance
6. Myspace
7. Romance Club
8. Romance Sells
9. Romance Junkies
10. Romance Studio
11. Romantic Times Magazine
12. Smart Bitches, Trashy Books
13. Two Lips Reviews


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Pyromancer is a Two Lips Recommended Read!

January 26th, 2008 by Amanda Young

Two Lips Recommended Read - Rated 5 Lips!
“Pyromancer is a burning hot read you will not regret picking up!”
Reviewed by Tina
http://www.twolipsreviews.com/content/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2881&Itemid=36  

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What Amanda Means …

January 26th, 2008 by Amanda Young

What Amanda Means


You are usually the best at everything … you strive for perfection.You are confident, authoritative, and aggressive.

You have the classic “Type A” personality.You are confident, self assured, and capable. You are not easily intimidated.

You master any and all skills easily. You don’t have to work hard for what you want.

You make your life out to be exactly how you want it. And you’ll knock down anyone who gets in your way!

You are very intuitive and wise. You understand the world better than most people.

You also have a very active imagination. You often get carried away with your thoughts.

You are prone to a little paranoia and jealousy. You sometimes go overboard in interpreting signals.

You are balanced, orderly, and organized. You like your ducks in a row.

You are powerful and competent, especially in the workplace.

People can see you as stubborn and headstrong. You definitely have a dominant personality.

What’s Your Name’s Hidden Meaning?

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TT: 13 Blogs I Read

January 24th, 2008 by Amanda Young

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13 Blogs I Read
 Author of Erotic Romance

AuthorMBA Blog
Beyond Her Book (PW)
Dear Author
Dlisted
EREC
Gay Sex Tips (no, this isn’t porn)
Goat Rodeo
Karen Knows Best
Perez Hilton
Samhain Blog
Slash & Burn
Smart Bitches

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The first review for Pyromancer is in…

January 19th, 2008 by Amanda Young

…and it’s fabulous!
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Rated 4 Nymphs!
“I love well written stories where the author seamlessly integrates the normal and paranormal portions of a characters life into a cohesive whole, and Ms. Young does that very nicely in her newest book, Pyromancer. Her descriptions of Christian’s uncertainty and fear of hurting someone is very well depicted, allowing the reader to almost feel his pain and loneliness. The same goes for the well-described feelings that Tanner experiences after the death of his father and the unpalatable life he’s been forced into for survival. Yet her best part of this story is the growling relationship between these two men and how hard they fight each other to find the love they are both looking for, each afraid to expect or hope for too much. But watch out once they get together…fire, heat, and blistering hot passion that draw them like moths to a flame.”
~Reviewed by Mystical Nymph
http://literarynymphsreviewsonly.blogspot.com/2008/01/pyromancer.html  

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What I’ve been reading…

January 18th, 2008 by Amanda Young

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Blue Ruin by Katrina Strauss

Derek Graves’s desire for the perfect sexual “prisoner” has left him with a dark reputation and a string of jilted lovers. He needs a partner who wants the pleasure and the pain he can give. After his search lands him on the wrong end of the fantasy at the hands of ruthless predator, Derek returns to his accustomed hunting ground of Blue Ruin with one purpose in mind: revenge.

He gets it, but he also ends up rescuing the predator’s next intended victim, a homeless blue-haired waif who is just Derek’s type. He brings the incoherent young man home, needing to find out what he saw, and ensure he won’t tell anyone. The scenario couldn’t be more perfect to service Derek’s dominant fantasies –

Shane “Blue” McGowan wakes up groggy, blindfolded, and chained to a stranger’s bed. Upon finding himself in luxurious surroundings, the cunning Blue realizes two things: he has no desire to return to a life on the streets, and his handsome captor stirs strange and unfulfilled longings in him.

Manipulating the terms of his own “imprisonment,” Blue swings a place to stay in exchange for his silence about a second stranger left beaten and unconscious behind Blue Ruin. To sweeten the deal, Blue agrees to become Derek’s submissive. But as their relationship progresses, Derek finds himself wondering whether Blue is truly at Derek’s mercy, or is Derek at his?

 

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Falling by Cameron Dane

Cain Hawkins is a master at suppressing his desires. After all, he’s been doing it for over one hundred years. What Cain wants more than anything is a man to love, but he knows that no matter how much he craves it, it can never be. Because Cain is a Naverto demon, and to desire another man is more than forbidden, it is an act that will bring about his execution. So he keeps to himself, working with abused horses on a small patch of land, all on his own. But then his brother makes a request that Cain cannot refuse.

Luke Forrester just wants a job and a place where he can recover from the brutal beating he took at the hands of his former boss. He dreams of a place where he can work with the horses that he loves so much. The fact that he’s had a crush on Cain Hawkins, his best friend’s brother-in-law, for more than two years threatens everything. But Luke’s determined not to screw things up. He will do the work and prove to Cain that it wasn’t a mistake to hire him, and he won’t allow the fact that he desires something more with Cain to interfere with his work one bit.

But working and living in such close proximity can test the best of intentions, and when one kiss leads to something much, much more, Cain must open himself in a way that he never has before. He must trust Luke completely and tell him everything about who and what he is. And together, they must find a way to fight for Cain’s humanity and save him from his demon clan before he is found out and they are ripped apart forever. .

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TT: 13 hot men

January 17th, 2008 by Amanda Young

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13 Hot Men 
1.
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2. Wentworth Miller w18_jpg.jpg
3. Jonathan Rhys-Meyers j2_jpg.jpg
4. Billy Zane z9_jpg.jpg
5. Ryan Reynolds r4_jpg.jpg
6. Hugh Jackman j26_jpg.jpg
7. Gale Harold h23_jpg.jpg
8. Thomas Jane j44_jpg.jpg
9. Chris Evans e2_jpg.jpg
10. Matthew Fox f12_jpg.jpg
11. Ryan Gosling g8_jpg.jpg
12. Vin Diesel z.jpg
13. Colin Farrell zz.jpg

 
All photos courtesy of www.iballer.com

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New Reviews…

January 15th, 2008 by Amanda Young

shameful2x3.jpgRated 4 Stars!
“Shameful is the second in the Missing in Action series and boy does it pack a punch! Ms. Young continues to be an author I look for in romance and I am on the edge of my seat for the next Missing in Action story.”
~Reviewed by LT Blue
www.justeroticromancereviews.com  

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“Miss Young has gifted her readers with another delightful story…”
~Reviewed by Pam
http://www.mybookcravings.com/pam_candyman.htm

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More Cover Yumminess: GWM Wanted

January 14th, 2008 by Amanda Young

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The cover for my novella, GWM Wanted, just came in and I couldn’t wait to share it with you all. Frauke, from Croco designs, did the artwork and I think it’s just wonderful. This story is part of the Husbands and Wives (or in my case, Husbands and Wives Husbands) series I penned with Anne Douglas and Michelle Cary.

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A Yummy New Cover: Eye Candy

January 13th, 2008 by Amanda Young

I just received a scrumptious new cover for my upcoming release, Eye Candy. Isn’t it fabulous?

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