The Release of SILK AND STEEL by Lindsay Townsend

Oh Kittens all, who adore historical lust and love, especially in the time of ancient Rome, this is the ebook for you! No one does it better than Lindsay Townsend.
The Kougar has read the two excerpts featured at Siren-BookStrand... let’s simply meow and yowl a big X-cited yum of approval ~ http://bookstrand.com/product-silkandsteel-15448-192.html ~

Blurb ~

Decimus buys beautiful, red-headed Corinna from Silvinus Cato, a nominal Christian and her cold Roman master. Corinna, also a Christian, is terrified to be sold to a hired killer but finds Decimus to be an honorable, caring man - and overwhelmingly sexy.

Their lovemaking introduces her to passion she has never known before, and love-spanking that she finds deeply erotic. Happy for the first time in her life, she is horrified when her former master, Silvinus Cato, comes to Decimus' house with devastating information. Decimus, whom she is beginning to care for deeply, has killed Joseph, the holy man who converted her to Christianity. Silvinus Cato says she must be like Judith in the Bible and kill Decimus in his sleep. Corinna is appalled and suspicious. Why does Silvinus Cato want Decimus dead? And what should she do?
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Yes, my loveliest KitKats, the Kougar has become delightfully spoiled by the sunsets on her tame prairie. They seem like gifts from the Divine. The luminous wash of colors from her panorama view range from sheer tints to flaming neon. In a world of craziness and ever-increasing insanity, the Kougar’s very being is indeed, grateful.
She is also grateful for the small bounty of her tiny garden. Tomatoes, monster cucumbers, finally some green peppers, jalapeno peppers and her adorable baby pumpkins, which have taken over part of the fence.
Maybe next year moi will be able to improve her set up and grow even more fresh veggies and fruits... purring maybe.
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Omy, omy, the Kougar is listening to ‘VAMPIRE CHICKEN’ a song by an actor in The Green Mile, Doug Hutchinson, who has created an internet vampire series ~ Vampire Killers ~
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Two Colorado earthquakes recently in the Pike’s Peak area that didn’t appear to make the national news... one was over magnitude three and the other over magnitude four... hmmmm...
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Just for the cowboy lovin’ big cats ~ a sneaky peekie THE LAST WRITTEN PARAGRAPHS-snippet from BRANDED BY THE TEXANS...

“Hey, beautiful, there’s a message arriving.”
She nodded, her cheek brushing his shoulder. Straightening away from his chest, Kylie felt him lift her before him. “Bathroom,” she murmured, spinning around.
He caught her waist, so fast it stunned her briefly. There was no way to fight his Titan-muscled arm, either. “What?” she demanded.
“Not too long, darlin’, or I’m coming in after you. I like you sittin’ on my lap.”
Defiance flared hotly inside her. “It takes as long as it takes.”
Drawing her backwards, he nuzzled behind her ear, near her lobe. Sensually, he stroked his nose along upwards and Kylie shivered inside, adoring what he did to her. “Not too long,” he rasped. Lazily he nibbled down the side of her neck, then slowly removed his arm.
“Now that’s persuasion,” she muttered, moving away from him.
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Now ~ FIRST! just for the big cool cats ~

Happy Courtship on another Earth

X-Serial Flash in Two Hundred ~ Sylva and Zeke’s story continues....

Part 237 ~

Sylva glanced around avidly as Zeke followed the owner toward the display window. “A girl in a candy shop,” she answered Zeke’s inquiring gaze, smiling. Despite the looming situation with Ranson, Sylva figured she may as well enjoy while she could. Besides, a part of her just wanted to live a little. Okay, a lot. She’d always had a yen to live life to the fullest. She’d even given it her best shot. Yet, somehow she’d always fallen short, no matter how many times she’d picked herself up, dusted herself off. Yep, life on her Earth was out of kilter.

Zeke eyed the frothy pink frock that looked as if a breeze could carry it away. His Sylva would look divine wearing it. Subtly, he nodded to Bethanne and she placed it on a separate hook. “I believe this is the white lacy one that caught your fancy, Mr. Vintorr.” With a proud smile Bethanne held up the gossamer floating frock. “This is one of Victoria’s designs. I believe it would fit your wife perfectly, if I’m any judge.” Zeke grinned to himself at Bethanne’s pretend modesty. She had the best eye he knew for what fit a woman’s figure.
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TO BE CONTINUED...
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Part 1 - 15 ~ see blog ~ January 15th Cometh, then Part 15... and before...
Part 16 ~ 236 ~ see the Kougar’s prior bloggies... or the Passionate Ink forum, the FREE READS page ~ http://passionateink.org/forum ~
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HAPPILY EVER AFTER blog ~
IT’S HERE!!! ~ *The ROOM theme*
Friday ~ Bekki blogs ~ Room Within a Room ~ the intimacy of falling in love...
Thursday ~ Jane blogs ~ Room to Breathe, Room to Grow ~ this is a gorgeous trip to Umbria, Italy.
Tuesday ~ Chelle blogs ~ THE ROOM ADDITION ~ how that makes a hero.
Monday ~ Bekki blogs ~ BACKYARDS as a room.
Sunday ~ Linday blogs ~ KITCHENS ~
Saturday ~ Lindsay blogs ~ The Bath-House ~ time travel back to ye olde bathhouses.
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THE PINK BLOG ~ THE HEROINE’S HAVE ARRIVED !!! ~
Friday ~ Linda Swift ~ Her blonde strong heroine.
Thursday ~ Jane blogs ~ A Girl’s Best Friend ~ you must read the Pixie scene!
Wednesday ~ Keena Kincaid blogs ~ From secondary character to not-so-spunky heroine ~read her beautiful medieval excerpts.
Tuesday ~ Lindsay’s Heroines
Moi’s comment mew-sings ~
Lindsay, everyone has beautifully expressed what's true about your heroines and your skillful brilliant writing.
One reason I find your heroines so appealing is because they represent their times in the sense that they overcome and live, not merely exist. And they are tough, physically and mentally, or they learn to be.
Thanks for sharing Ahhotpe. She's a wonderful anti-heroine! And she's so Egyptian. You must have lived during that time.
As women why shouldn't we write what we know... ourselves.
I have to agree with Linda. It's really tiresome when the focus of a story or a movie is solely on the man or men... which occurs all too often, imho.
Oh, big deal, who cares about fiction that constantly makes the male sex the center of the universe. Why isn't woman and man, as portrayed together, the center of their universe?
Monday ~ Chelle’s Strong Women and Helen Reddy sings.
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SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS blog ~
Friday ~ Serena blogs about the joy of school supplies and more time to write.
Thursday ~ Guest blogger ~ Pat Cunningham ~ STUPID THINGS TO THINK ABOUT
Wednesday ~ Guest Blogger ~ Mel Tescho ~ meet her gargoyle hero.
Tuesday ~ the Kougar blogs ~ 2013 Celebration... He grabs my waist.
Monday ~ Francesca blogs ~ Our State Fair...
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For the next part of the Never-Ending Story ~ RomanticSynonmous ~
Still stunned at the deep,. sexy voice and the words it spoke, Kallyn was even more shaken as the ground rumbled from the force of mighty hoofbeats, and the sky buzzed with a fleet of helicopters.
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Volcano’s Angelic Forecast for this week ~ Siren-BookStrand blog ~

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No! Internet Two... Resistance is victory...
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HATE!!! > DTV> it’s a ripoff.
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Have a Happy Summer...
May your most romantic dreams come true...

Tomato smooches from the Kougar...

New Cover Art ~ SILK AND STEEL

Hey, Monday-surviving KitKats, this is the lovely, impressive cover art for romance author, Lindsay Townsend, her latest historical romance coming from Siren-BookStrand ~

"SILK AND STEEL is set in ancient Rome and features a former toga girl (Corinna the bath girl) a gladiator (Decimus the Thracian) and the Flavian Ampitheatre when it was new. (The Colosseum.) "

For Lindsay’s page click ~ http://bookstrand.com/authors/lindsaytownsend ~
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It’s raining on the tame prairie this evening, my Big Beautiful Cats. So far, slow and gentle, after the initial whip of wind and rain. So good for the Kougar, since it makes it easier to keep her tiny jungle-like garden watered. Moi planted a wee bit too closely... course, she was lucky to get anything planted at all. The result, peering through the thick layers of foliage.
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Tuesday, the Kougar is blogging at SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS ~ yep, the bull has two more *naughty* flashies... and moi briefly discusses the meaning behind the upcoming Solar Eclipse, July 21-22.
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Just for the cowboy lovin’ big cats ~ a sneaky peekie X-snippet from BRANDED BY THE TEXANS...

Easing her back from his body, Dono stroked his hands from her butt toward her begging mound. At the same time, Dash plunged his cock deep and bucked his hips forward. With his steam-hot balls between her thighs, Dash caressed his palms from her shoulders and trapped her butt cheeks with his hands, larger than Dono’s.
“You’re gonna give it to me, aren’t you, little wild thing?” Dash’s words were as rough as sandpaper and nearly as harsh as his breathing.
Shit, they both turned her on like no one and nothing else, except Dillon
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Now ~ FIRST! just for the big cool cats ~

Happy Courtship on another Earth

X-Serial Flash in Two Hundred ~ Sylva and Zeke’s story continues....

Part 205 ~

Sylva decided the safest item, so far, was bath gel... so it was labeled. Opening the rounded jar, beautifully colored by graduated rings from royal purple to a sunset fiery pink, she sniffed. The delicate fragrance held notes of rose and ginger, plus other floral scents she didn’t recognize. Setting the jar down, she dipped her fingertip in, then rubbed it on her arm. A surprising amount of lather bubbled up. “Cool,” she whispered. Hoping it was an all-body wash she carefully applied small amounts, bathing herself. So relaxed she could hardly stand it, Sylva floated and wondered about Zeke.

Zeke pocketed the messager after sending inquiries to everyone he could think of, for any info on what Ranson was up to. In the meantime, he had a wife and a honeymoon waiting. And sundown wasn’t that far off. After tapping his knuckles on the door frame, Zeke strolled toward his languidly floating bride, who emerged from the water, then reclined like a goddess beauty holding court. “Not ‘that’ jar.” he teased. “Why? What’s wrong with it?” Her genuine worry made him regret his words. “Only that it will make you that more fetching to your husband. Plundering you becomes irresistible.”
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TO BE CONTINUED...
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Part 1 - 15 ~ see blog ~ January 15th Cometh, then Part 15... and before...
Part 16 ~ 204 ~ see the Kougar’s prior bloggies... or the Passionate Ink forum, the FREE READS page ~ http://passionateink.org/forum ~
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HAPPILY EVER AFTER blog ~
Friday ~ Bekki Lynn blogs about the beauty of rocks and romance.
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THE PINK BLOG ~
The HEROES are coming ~ TWO WEEKS of heroes ~ the last week of July and first week of August.
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SHAPESHIFTER SEDUCTIONS blog ~
Tuesday ~ The Kougar ~ Longest Solar Eclipse... “possessiveness I’ve never known”
Saturday ~ Paris blogs about a writing technique to block out your scene.
Friday ~ Serena blogs ~ How exhilarating and exhausting is it to write a menage scene?
Thursday ~ Suzanne Rock, our wonderful Guest blogger ~ moi’s comment ~
Hi Suzanne, thanks so much for being here today.
Humphrey Bogart and James Dean, so cool. I would never have thought of blending those two.
Maltese Falcon and Rebel Without a Cause, two of my old fave movies.
I'm naughtily curious. Since both of them are smoking, does your hero smoke?
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For the next part of the Never-Ending Story ~ RomanticSynonmous ~
~ She still held the diamond pouch and she reached inside, fingering one of the largest red diamonds. A vision flashed before her eyes. ~
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Weekly Angelic Forecast from Volcano

Straight from the Carnal Cherub himself...

Angelic Forecast ~ #46

For the following week be not deceived. Like a planet-wide game with The Trickster in charge, deception rules on the world stage and off the world stage. If there are decisions you can put off, do it. If there are decisions which must be made follow your gut instinct or your gut hunch, and ask the Divine for assistance.
Be especially wary of those you do not know personally, yet seem almost too friendly. Also, be careful of those extra good deals, which may not turn out so incredibly wonderful.
This is a week to enjoy the home front, if you can. It is also a week to send your blessings to any and all in need. For, with the solar eclipse on the 22nd of July, there may be some natural catastrophes and/or other huge sad events.

Angelic blessings from Volcano & Sedona

MORE... Volcano’s Angelic Forecast for this week ~ Siren-BookStrand blog ~

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No! Internet Two... Resistance is victory...
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HATE!!! > DTV> it’s a ripoff.
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Have a Happy Summer...
May your most romantic dreams come true...

Silky rain kisses from the Kougar...