 | Title: Beauty Dates the Beast
 Sexual Content: Scenes of sensuality. A few graphic sex scenes. Sexual assault. References to rape Rating:
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WANTED
Single human female to join charming, wealthy, single male were-cougar for a night of romantic fun—and maybe more.
Me: The tall, sensuous, open-minded leader of my clan.
You: A deliciously curvy virgin who’s intimately familiar with what goes bump in the night. Must not be afraid of a little tail. Prefer a woman who’s open to exploring her animal nature. Interest in nighttime walks through the woods a plus.
My turn-ons include protecting you from the worst the supernatural world has to offer. Ready for an adventure? Give me a call.
Vampires and doppelgangers need not apply.
BEAUTY DATES THE BEAST, the first book in the Midnight Liaisons series by Jessica Sims (aka Jill Myles) is exactly what I hoped it would be based on the cover and description: super sexy, super fun, and full of super hot shifters.
Bathsheba is a human pencil pusher working at a paranormal dating service. She is fiercely protective of her younger sister Sara and has gladly sacrificed her own personal happiness in order to keep Sara safe from a werewolf pack that hunts them both. When a cancelled date puts her job and safety in jeopardy, Bath is forced to step in and ends up on a date with Beau, a were-cougar who made my Alpha loving heart race. Supernatural politics, past vendettas, and an unnatural paranormal danger threaten to extinguish the sparks that fly between these two, but Beau refuses to let go of what he wants, and Bath is finding it harder and harder to remember why she keeps running.
If you’ve read Jill Myles’s Succubus Diaries series, you know she excels at blending humor and romance in a way that elevates both. Under her new pseudonym, Jessica Sims, that same trademark blend shines throughout BEAUTY DATES THE BEAST but with a greater emphasis on romance. There is also a strong suspense element kept me up way into the wee hours of the night. Plus, I loved that the romantic tension started hot and stayed that way thanks to a very sexy twist on shifter mythology which I won’t spoil.
If you’re a paranormal romance fan you’re going to love BEAUTY DATES THE BEAST. This has all the ingredients that make up a classic romance novel, but with a paranormal twist that heightens everything. The future books in the Midnight Liaisons series will feature new characters and new romances. Based on the ending of BEATY DATES THE BEAST, I’m betting that Bathsheba’s sister Sara and a certain were-bear will be up next. Can’t wait.
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Our guest today is Jill Myles, the author of sexy fun Succubus Diaries paranormal romance series following drab museum docent Jackie turned bombshell succubus who is torn between two equally hot guys: a vampire and a fallen angel, and finds herself caught up in the epic battle between the forces of good and evil. The latest book, MY FAIR SUCCUBI, is coming out on December 28th, and to celebrate, Jill’s amazing publisher has provided a spectacular giveaway:
3 complete sets of the Succubus Diaries (GENTLEMAN PREFER SUCCUBI, SUCCUBI LIKE IT HOT, and MY FAIR SUCCUBI) by Jill Myles. See details below.
Ch-ch-ch-changes
by
Jill Myles
Life can’t remain stagnant forever, with the same people in our lives, doing the same things every day. Time passes, things change. It’s how reality works, and it’s how a fictional universe should work too. Characters have to grow and change, and people move in and out of their lives.
Anyone that’s writing a series can tell you that changes are some of the hardest – and yet most rewarding – parts of the story. No one likes to read a story in which no storylines resolve, and yet you can’t resolve everything or else what’s the point in reading further, right? You have to make changes. Big ones and small ones. Relationship changes, job changes…bigger changes.
I actually discussed (okay, whined) about this with my good friend Ilona Andrews. I wasn’t sure what direction I could take my characters and still make readers satisfied with the direction they were going. I was afraid to break my characters out of the mold they were in for fear of disappointing someone. Ilona, wise sage that she is, said something that made me change the way I think. She said, “It’s your world. You created it, you can break it. And then you can rebuild it again.”
Holy shit, I can break stuff. I can do whatever I want!
It was like the floodgates opened, y’all. Suddenly there was no storyline that was too small, no plot twist too scary. Things didn’t have to turn sunny-side up for my heroine all the time, as long as the plot moved in the right direction. Sure, the character might not like the changes, but no one’s asking her anyhow. ;)
The best, most compelling novels put the characters (and the readers) through the wringer. Look at Jim Butcher’s Dresden Files. He’s not afraid to make changes. Look at Ilona’s Kate Daniels series. Big, big changes happened in Magic Bleeds, and the story is going to keep spiraling out from there. Another series I read recently was Karen Marie Moning’s Fever series, and that one was mind-blowing in how much she ripped away from the main character. She tore her down and rebuilt her brand new again, and it was amazing and page-turning and brutal and delicious to read.
That’s what I want to give to my readers. Jackie goes through some changes in MY FAIR SUCCUBI. Small ones at first, then spiraling outward. Her world is going to change, and I’m pretty happy about that. There’ll be some consequences – there always are – but you can’t grow without change, right? And I definitely want her to keep growing. The first book in the series, GENTLEMEN PREFER SUCCUBI, was like a toe-dip into the deep end of the pool, and I’m waiting anxiously to have her dive in. And that day is coming very, very soon.
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Jill Myles has been an incurable romantic since childhood. She reads all the ‘naughty parts’ of books first, looks for a dirty joke in just about everything, and thinks to this day that the Little House on the Prairie books should have been steamier.
After devouring hundreds of paperback romances, mythology books, and archaeological tomes, she decided to write a few books of her own – stories with a wild adventure, sharp banter, and lots of super-sexy situations. She prefers her heroes alpha and half-dressed, her heroines witty, and she loves nothing more than watching them overcome adversity to fall into bed together.
She wasn’t born with a pen in her hand, like most writers. Jill did stick the occasional crayon up her nose, but she eventually grew out of that.
Mostly.
Visit Jill Myles online:
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Want to read more from Jill?
Succubus Diaries
1. Gentlemen Prefer Succubi
2. Succubi Like It Hot
3. My Fair Succubi
Free Short Stories
Foreplay (Succubus Diaries prequel on the Pocket Website)
Zane’s Tale (Succubus Diaries #2.5 on the Pocket After Dark website)
Zombie Fairy Tales (anthology on Jill’s website)
3 complete sets of the Succubus Diaries by Jill Myles
Gentlemen Prefer Succubi, Succubi Like It Hot, and My Fair Succubi
Jackie was an ordinary museum docent until a mysterious vampire and a fallen angel made her into a succubus. Now a sexy immortal, she’s caught between an age-old war between angels, demons, and the immortals exiled to earth. When everyone else is choosing sides, which will she pick? The good guy or the bad boy? Maybe she wants both…
Jackie Brighton woke up in a Dumpster this morning, and her day has only gotten weirder. Her familiar B-cups have somehow become double Ds, her sex drive is insatiable, and apparently she had her first one-night stand ever...with a fallen angel. All she remembers is gorgeous Noah's oddly hypnotic blue eyes...and then a dark stranger whose bite transformed her into an immortal siren with a sexy Itch. With help from Noah, Jackie begins to adapt to her new lifestyle — until she accidentally sends Noah into the deadly clutches of the vampire queen and lands herself in a fierce battle for an ancient halo with the queen's wickedly hot righthand man. Who just happens to be the vampire who originally bit her. How's a girl supposed to save the world when the enemy's so hard to resist?
With a hot new figure, her dream job as an archaeologist, and two gorgeous boyfriends to scratch her seductive Itch — an angel and a vampire — Jackie Brighton is totally getting the hang of life as a succubus. Then she accidentally knocks the pizza guy unconscious with her touch. Great — she's cursed. After striking a deal to get the curse lifted by a crafty demon, Jackie and her best friend Remy take a road trip to deliver a cryptic message to the nation's oldest succubus. Unfortunately, neither of her jealous lovers is talking to Jackie right now, and due to the curse, she's desperate to get her Itch scratched very soon. Their journey gets weirder with every mile — demonic possession, a charming stalker, a cryptic warning — and when they get to New Orleans, Jackie discovers a dangerous catch to her supernatural bargain. Someone wants her dead — again. Can a brainy vixen in a miniskirt outsmart the forces of evil?
Living as a succubus has a bit of a learning curve, but with sexy fallen angel Noah to scratch her sensual Itch, Jackie Brighton is finally starting to feel ahead of the game. She almost doesn’t miss her gorgeous vampire master Zane—or his sinful, teasing mouth. She’s trying to convince herself of that, anyway. But Jackie’s past mistakes catch up with her, spinning her life out of control once more. Just as her friend Remy’s inner demon comes out to play, Noah and Jackie are arrested by the angelic Serim Council. When Jackie seizes the chance to escape, she falls right into Zane’s waiting arms. As she’s pulled into a game of cat and mouse between vampires and angels, she finds she must also choose between the two men in her life. Can she decide between Noah and Zane, or will she lose everything she’s ever wanted? Because there’s more at stake than just her heart. . . .
GIVEAWAY GUIDLINES
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Starts May 18, 2010 and ends June 18, 2010
Want some Foreplay? Delve into the prequel to the Succubus Diaries by Jill Myles!!
Review: For a limited time, Simon & Schuster is offering a free download of FOREPLAY by Jill Miles, which is a prequel to her Succubus Diaries series. If like me, you don’t have an eReader, and your eyes rebel at the idea of reading books on your computer screen, fear not. FOREPLAY is a super short story (only 17 pages) which I had no trouble reading.
The story introduces us to Jackie Brighton, all around frump and self proclaimed geek as she meets two men (a vampire and a fallen angel) and becomes a succubi. I haven’t had a chance to read Gentlemen Prefer Succubi or Succubi Like It Hot yet (I love her titles for this series. The next one is called My Fair Succubi and is coming on December 28, 2010) but even I can recognize that a cute premise about an ugly duckling turned swan heroine being pursued by lots of gorgeous paranormal guys is a recipe for a super fun series.
FOREPLAY is short but sweet, its really more of a teaser for the series, but it does give new readers a glimpse into the Succubus characters, and fans who have already devoured the first two books will get to find out exactly how Jackie ended up in that dumpster.
Sexual Content: References to sex.
Haven’t read the first two Succubus books? Find out what you’re missing. FYI the trailer is awesome:
Gentlemen Prefer SuccubiBook 1 of the Succubus Diaries — OUT NOW!
After a one-night stand with a fallen angel and a bite from a vampire, forgettable Jackie Brighton has been changed into a succubus. Now, she’s turned into a babe, needs sex to survive, and can puts people to sleep with a touch of her fingertips. Sounds great, right? Except for the fact that she’s caught between both the Heavenly and Infernal Host in an ancient turf-war, and now both sides want a piece of her…
How’s a girl supposed to save the world when the enemy is so hard to resist?
Read an excerpt from the book Gentlemen Prefer Succubi.
Succubi Like It Hot Book 2 of the Succubus Diaries — Out Now!
With a flirtatious new figure, her dream job as an archaeologist, and two gorgeous boyfriends to scratch her seductive Itch—an angel and a vampire—Jackie Brighton is totally getting the hang of life as a succubus.
That is, until she’s cursed…
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