Dragons-Fighting Heroines, What-Not-To-Do-On-First Date and other reads you Must Check Out!

I’ve been waiting exactly a year for you guys to meet Alex Caruthers. She’s the star of my new release Dragons Prefer Blondes. She’s a tough chick, with a big mouth, and I absolutely love her. Well, I love her almost as much as I do her main man Jake. He’s fairly close to the perfect man – a smart hottie with lots o’ muscles.

In my head, and hopefully on the page, he comes across as an alpha male, but he
doesn’t necessarily shove it in your face. He’s cool with letting a woman be
all she can be, and he’s so supportive. But he definitely has opinions on
things, and he and Alex butt heads quite often.

Here’s the official blurb: Alex Caruthers is a sassy socialite who knows when
it’s time to turn in her dancing shoes and kick some serious dragon booty. But
when Ginjin—the dragon warrior who’s tried to kill her numerous times—chooses
her as his mate, Alex finds herself in a situation that’s too hot to handle.
For help she turns to Jake, head of Caruthers security—and a total hottie in a
suit—and asks him to pose as her boyfriend. Their relationship might be fake,
but Alex can’t deny that one touch from Jake makes her burn hotter than any
dragon could.

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A lot of my friends have great books out this month, so here we go!

One of my all-time favorite people, and one heck of a beautiful diva, Jill Monroe, is in the Endless Summer anthology for Harlequin Blaze. She tells me that her story Wet and Wild is about "Daredevil Rookie of the Year Andrea 'Drea' Powell, who needs a sponsor. Superstar pro Kirk Murray needs a flashy new surfer to back. The explosive results heat up the competition…and the bedroom!" Jill shares this anthology with the awesome Julie Kenner and Karen Anders. She’s loud, a little crazy and I absolutely adore Dakota Cassidy and her books. Her latest, Kiss & Hell, almost gave me hernia I laughed so hard. Here’s the blurb: Delaney Markham doesn’t just see dead people, she hears them too. And FYI— communicating with tortured souls all day can really wreak havoc on your love life. Sans boyfriend, Delaney makes the best of her gift by holding séances to make ends meet—that is until one incredibly annoying ghost just won’t go away.

Besides being sinfully hot—in a college professor sort of way—all signs point
to Clyde Atwell being much more than the ordinary spirit. In fact, he’s a
newbie demon whose first assignment is to take Delaney back down to hell with
him. Yeah, like that’s going to happen on the first date.

Cynthia Eden says, "My latest book, Midnight's Master, is the third book in my paranormal Midnight trilogy, and it focuses on the all powerful demon Niol. Niol was supposed to be the bad guy of the trilogy, but readers really responded to him, and I had to write a book telling his story. Does the bad boy become good? Well, not exactly. But, this time, Niol does meet his match in a stubborn reporter, a woman who isn’t afraid to face the darkness inside of him." I am loving the cover of Allegra Gray’s Nothing But Scandal. Yummers. When her father dies, Elizabeth Medford must make some drastic decisions, one of which is destroying her reputation so that she doesn’t have to marry a vile man. She wants to include the delectable Alex Brainbridge, Duke of Beaufort, but he’s not so sure he wants to be involved. Kate Douglas says, "Wolf Tales VIII has just released—it’s actually two separate stories that come together with a surprising conclusion as the six new Chanku are split up—three to Montana to be mentored by Anton Cheval and the pack, and the other three to Colorado where Millie and Ulrich will take on their training. I really had fun with Millie’s story—she’s my age (no spring chicken!) and I paired her with a young man in his twenties in need of some ‘hands on’ training. I love writing erotic paranormal, but this was my first ‘older woman/younger man’ story, and I have to admit, it was a LOT of fun!” You go girl! JoAnn Ross has a new one out. "Breakpoint is the fourth in my High Risk series featuring former Spec Ops heroes, a series that’s especially personal to me because not only have I ‘adopted’ several deployed troops over the past few years through Soldiers’ Angels, my husband also has a nephew on his second tour in Iraq, and another who's served in Iraq and is currently deployed as a Medi-evac in Afghanistan. (Coincidentally where the mission that went disastrously wrong and changed all the High Risk men’s lives occurred.) So, every day while writing, I'm thinking of all of them." Love at First Flight is Marie Force’s latest. "Juliana isn't looking for love. . .When she meets Michael in an airport,” says Marie. “Juliana's been dating Jeremy for ten years. While Jeremy is taken in by the lure of other women, Michael offers Juliana everything she's ever wanted. Michael is going to his engagement party...But with one look at Juliana, his beautiful but manipulative fiancée fades to the background." Leigh Court has sexy Victorian novella, The Bet, out this month. “As a historical romance author,” she says “I'm noted for dropping my characters into impossible situations and then stepping back to watch how they deal with it (while falling in love in the process, of course)! This particular story was inspired by the fascinating discovery that during the sexually repressive Victorian era, Richard Francis Burton introduced the Kama Sutra to England. Can you guess what situation I threw my characters into in The Bet?” Here’s a look at Michele Dunaway’s Bachelor CEO, Chase McDaniel had it all planned out. He'd work his way up in the family business and become CEO. Except the heir to McDaniel Manufacturing just got a rude awakening. His soon-to-retire grandfather is ordering him to take a year off and wind out what he really wants. Chase knows what he doesn't want-- gorgeous, talented Miranda Craig taking his job. But this job is a dream come true for Miranda. She has no intention of stepping aside...even if Chase is the sexiest man she's ever met and there's that little issue of falling in love... Until next time... Candy

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Candy is a nationally syndicated entertainment columnist, who has interviewed just about every celebrity there is in Hollywood and written thousands of articles. She is the author of the Charmed & Dangerous series including Charmed & Ready Charmed & Dangerous, Charmed & Deadly, and Like A Charm. Her latest series, the Carruthers Sisters, fight crime in their Pradas. The first two books The Demon King and I, and Dragons Prefer Blondes are available now!

Her non-fiction prose includes Joss Whedon: The Genius Behind Buffy, and essays in Alias Assumed: Sex, Lies and SD-6, and Five Seasons of Angel. She's also the entertainment critic providing the latest on TV, film and celebs for the radio station 96.3 KSCS. And she's the managing editor for FYI Television.

You can visit Candy daily at her blog or her website