Also…the good news: Got word today that the release date for Eternal Rider (the first Lords of Deliverance book) has been moved up! It'll now be released in March instead of April. Yay! of course, that means I need to get my butt in gear!

So hop over and say hi, and don't forget to vote in the poll on the right!

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To celebrate the first anniversary of International Heat, we've set up a Global Warming blog tour and invited some friends to join the party. And what sort of party would it be if we didn't have prizes?

During the week of March 13-17, we invite you to visit our blogs as we will each post a special red-hot excerpt, cover or review for you. (I have a Sin Undone excerpt below!) Simply leave a comment at each blog you visit. Visit them all and your name will be thrown in the hat for a special drawing. Four winners will be chosen and they will be announced here on March 18. It's that simple.

What are the prizes?

Prize one:

Waiting for Wednesday ebook by Mari Carr

Autographed print copy of Dream Machine by Jayne Rylon

Only Yours ebook by J.R. Patrick

Prize two:

Choice of ebook backlist by Jambrea Jo Jones

Death, The Vamp and his Brother tote bag, plus winner's choice of Lexxie Couper ebook.

Choice of backlist title by Dawn Montgomery

Prize three:

Bath and Body gift bag courtesy of T

Choice of backlist title and a package of TimTams from Jess Dee

Rodeo Heat by Desiree Holt

Prize four:

Choice of backlist title from Amanda Young

$10 gift card to Amazon courtesy of Valerie Tibbs

Choice of backlist ebook from Vivian Arend

Blog tour (you don't need to go in order, but you do need to comment at all of them to be eligible for a prize.)

Mari Carr

Desiree Holt

Viv Arend

Pearl's House of Romance

Jambrea Jo Jones

Z.A. Maxfield

J.R. Patrick

Carol Lynne

Jayne Rylon

Lexxie Couper

Dawn Montgomery

Valerie Tibbs

Larissa Ione (That's Me!)

eBook addict

Amanda Young

Rhian Cahill

Nicole Austin

Jess Dee

Selena Illyria

Lila Dubois

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And now…my excerpt! This is from Sin Undone, which is the fifth book in the Demonica series, and will be out August 31st!

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“I’m not going home with you.”

“We’ll talk about it while I’m patching you up.” Con jerked his thumb toward the back. “Go.”

Grudgingly, Sin climbed between the front seats and ducked through the hatch-like door separating the cab from the box section of the ambulance. A dull red light illuminated the space, and the same Haven spell symbols from UG were scrawled on the walls, but other than that, it could have been a human ambulance.

Her leg throbbed as she worked her way down the narrow isle between the bench seat and the stretcher, but that wound wasn’t nearly as bad as the pain spreading through her arm. She didn’t have to look to know a large gash had split her dermoire across her biceps. The pain had struck suddenly, but she’d borne it in silence, the way she always did. As an assassin, she never gave her victims the luxury of a scream, so she figured she didn’t deserve one any more than they did.

She didn’t deserve for the gash to be treated, either. She’d allow Con to mend her leg, but her arm was off limits.

Con jerked black rubber shades down from rollers over each window. Every sliver of outside light was snuffed, obviously a necessity when transporting vamps and other light-sensitive demons during the day. “Take off your pants.”

“Wow. Not one for foreplay, are you?”

He turned to her with lethal grace despite the limitations of the cramped compartment. “I spend hours on foreplay,” he said, his voice a slow, sexy drawl. “What about you?”

Heat flooded her face. Somehow, he knew the answer, knew she’d never engaged in foreplay in her life. For her, sex was fast food, not gourmet cuisine.

“Foreplay is overrated.” The gash in her arm screamed with pain as she shed her pants and hopped up on the stretcher. She left her thigh and ankle holsters in place, though, because they weren’t going anywhere.

“Then you’re not doing it right.” Con snapped on some surgical gloves, somehow making the sound and the action erotic. “You’ve had shitty lovers.”

“You were one of my lovers,” she pointed out, but he didn’t take the bait.

“Once. And there is something to be said for a hard, fast fuck.” His voice became a mesmerizing purr. “But there’s nothing like taking the time to slowly peel off every article of clothing, to kiss every inch of your lover’s skin as you do it. To lick all the sensitive places until they quiver. To explore all the textures of your partner’s body with your fingers, your mouth.” His fangs flashed as he added, “Your teeth.”

Hunger gripped her so fiercely she had to struggle to breathe. Yet somehow, she managed to speak calmly, as if Con’s graphic words hadn’t affected her. “The end result is the same. An orgasm. So why waste all that time? In the hour it takes you to lick someone from head to toe—” God, seriously? Want. “—I could have had half a dozen orgasms.” Assuming she was with some fictional male who could come that many times too — or a Seminus demon, whose ejaculate left females climaxing over and over, even if he left the room.

“Trust me,” he murmured, “the wait is worth it. You’ll get all those, but they’ll be better. Hotter. A-fucking-mazing.”

Sin went utterly wet and achy. Even if her succubus needs weren’t creeping up on her, Con would have jumpstarted things.

“Put pressure on your laceration.” The abrupt change of tone and subject made her blink, but he turned away to paw through the glass-faced cabinets and toss supplies next to her on the gurney.

Still dizzy with the images he’d put in her head, she grabbed a paper towel from the dispenser behind her and held it to the bleeding wound. A trickle of warmth ran down her arm and into her palm, and she covertly tucked another paper towel inside her coat sleeve. Then she entertained herself by watching Con’s fine ass hugged by black BDU pants. When he swiveled around back to her, she got a kick out of the way his gaze went to her bare thighs and black silk thong that was now damp with her arousal.

The longer he stared, the faster her heart beat, the more her belly fluttered.

The hotter it got inside the damned ambulance.

When his silver eyes finally snapped up, they’d darkened to a rich, smooth pewter, the hunger in them stark and undeniable, which was no surprise given what they’d just been talking about. For just a moment, she wondered if he’d act on his need…

Talking about the hybrid classic books! Wondering…have you read any? Do you plan to read any?

Any books you'd like to see hybridized?

Come join us!

Also, recently Lore and Wraith have had awesome news, but I'm excited to announce that Shade is no longer feeling left out, because his book, Desire Unchained, won the CAPA award for Best Paranormal Romance 2009 at The Romance Studio!

WTG, Shade!

In other news…my editor just informed me that Ecstasy Unveiled hit #8 on the Borders Romance bestseller list! Again, another huge thank you to everyone who bought a book from there! I think this is the first time I've been on that list, so, yay!

Also, today I'm over at Dear Author with my first sale story. Which is actually my second first sale story…

And ultimate coolness…over at BookReaderTimes is a giveaway for Ecstasy Unveiled! Pop on by!

One more thing…if you're waiting on a prize you won that I'm supposed to be sending out, please be patient. I'm at the screaming end of a deadline, so once I get it done I'll get some of the packages out. Plus, I'm waiting on author copies of Ecstasy Unveiled, so I can't send out any of those until I get them.

Thanks again, everyone!!!!

So I have links!

First, in case I haven't mentioned it, I have a Cafe Press store where you can get the coffee mug I've posted in pics on my blog. I need to put that link up on my sidebar eventually. Anyway, here's the link to Larissa Ione's Underworld Store

Today I'm at Blackraven's Erotic Cafe with tips on writing!

I'm also over at RR@H to chat about demon heroes…and there's a contest!

I'm chatting about my favorite shows and how they're always getting cancelled over at Pop Culture Divas!

Over at Smexybooks, there's a review and a contest!

*** Updated to add: I'm over at Emma Peterson's with an interview and a chance to win a book from my backlist. If you already have all my books, you can choose a Demonica tote instead! Click here!

And did I tell you that I got a sneak peek at Sin's cover? *swoons* It's awesome! I also have back cover copy to show you really soon! That'll help give you an idea what the book will be about. I'm having so much fun with it!

Okay, gotta get back to Sin. Hope everyone is having a great day!

Thanks for making Ecstasy Unveiled's release day so awesome! To top it off, I got a sneak peek at Sin Undone's cover, and I can't wait to show you. It's the best yet. Absolutely incredible, and I'm SO happy!

Anyway, today I'm over at Bitten By Books with a video interview. (I sound like such a dork.) I'd love for you to stop by — I'm giving away an iPod shuffle (green, just like Sin's in her book) with a gift certificate, a Demonica tote and goodies, and a Demonica coffee mug.

Hope to see you there!

Would love for you to come see me!

First up…Lore (Ecstasy Unveiled) and Chris (Hard To Hold) are interviewing each other in a two-day Demon/SEAL event! And we're giving away stuff. Including demon and SEAL duckies! Come see what happens when you stick a demon and SEAL in a room together!

Next, I'm over at the fabulous Beth Kery's with an interview and a giveaway! And while you're there, don't forget to enter her BIG contest, in which you can win $100 gift certificate! Come on over!

I'm also over at the Witchy Chicks blog talking about things like Egypt! The Witchy Chicks blog is run by some awesome authors, so come check it out!

Also…this is the bag I've been giving away as prizes on several blogs — it's a neat tote/boat bag, so if you see a bag listed as a prize, that's it below! (includes the pens and bookmarks, but unless specified in the contest, not the duckie or notebook)