Stalk Your Favorite Divas Day

It's the first of the month! Yea! We all survived another month. WE ROCK!!! And I think we deserve to stalk some really awesome authors, don't you!

So let me get you some deets for all 8 of the Decadent Divas, in alphabetical order, and you can get your stalk on!!!!

Anna Alexander - Live for the day. To hell with the rest.
Website - http://www.annaalexander.net/
Newsletter Sign Up - http://eepurl.com/Q0tsz
Facebook Profile - https://www.facebook.com/anna.alexander.94
Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Anna-Alexander/282170065189471?fref=ts
Twitter - https://twitter.com/AnnaWriter
Amazon Page - http://www.amazon.com/Anna-Alexander/e/B008IAKLOO/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1405779268&sr=8-1

Jennifer Kacey :) - A little bit dark, a WHOLE lotta naughty!!
Website - http://www.jenniferkacey.com/
Newsletter Sign Up - http://jenniferkacey.us7.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=f09bd32b8c279cebcc930950e&id=2a45c210e8
Facebook Profile - https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.kacey.7
Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/jenniferkaceyauthor
Twitter - https://twitter.com/JenniferKacey
Pinterest - http://www.pinterest.com/jenniferkacey/
Google Plus - https://plus.google.com/106178492240974222102/posts
GoogleReads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6941549.Jennifer_Kacey
Amazon Page - http://www.amazon.com/Jennifer-Kacey/e/B00GXHUB30/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1391472636&sr=1-2-ent
Instagram - http://instagram.com/jennkacey#

Cait Miller
Website - http://www.caitmiller.com/
Facebook Profile - https://www.facebook.com/caitmiller1
Twitter - https://twitter.com/caitmiller
Google Plus - https://plus.google.com/+CaitMiller/about
Amazon Page - http://www.amazon.com/Cait-Miller/e/B0037IL3DU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1406760977&sr=8-1

Rebecca Royce - Anything can happen. Expect that it will.
Website - http://www.rebeccaroyce.com/
Newsletter Sign Up - on the home page
Facebook Profile - https://www.facebook.com/rebecca.grimaldi
Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/pages/Rebecca-Royce/172551376131638
Twitter - https://twitter.com/rebeccaroyce
Pinterest - http://www.pinterest.com/rebeccaroyce/
Google Plus - https://plus.google.com/108786974175570506922/posts
GoogleReads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3005246.Rebecca_Royce
Amazon Page - http://www.amazon.com/Rebecca-Royce/e/B004E50FPW/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1398956403&sr=8-2-ent

Chandra Ryan - Dark Fantasies for Dark Times
Website - www.ChandraRyan.com
Facebook Profile - https://www.facebook.com/chandra.ryan
Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/Author.ChandraRyan
Twitter - https://twitter.com/ChandraRyan
Google Plus - https://plus.google.com/107057969987761507824/posts?cfem=1
GoogleReads - https://www.goodreads.com/Chandra_Ryan
Amazon Page - http://amzn.com/e/B009J0KPYI

Erin Simone
Website - http://erinsimonebooks.com/
Facebook Profile - https://www.facebook.com/erinsimonebks
Twitter - https://twitter.com/SimoneErin
Amazon Page - http://www.amazon.com/Erin-Simone/e/B00ESQSFEU/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1406760573&sr=8-1

Sabrina York - Her Royal Hotness
Website - http://sabrinayork.com/
Newsletter Sign Up and *cough* tiara contest - http://sabrinayork.com/sabrinas-contest-and-newsletter/
Facebook Profile - https://www.facebook.com/sabrina.york.14
Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/SabrinaYorkBooks
Twitter - https://twitter.com/sabrina_york
Pinterest - http://www.pinterest.com/sabrinayork/boards/
Google Plus - https://plus.google.com/116846162493579915896/posts
GoogleReads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5817917.Sabrina_York
Amazon Page - http://www.amazon.com/Sabrina-York/e/B00856PDEO/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1382929432&sr=8-2-ent

Okay, get to it!!! Have fun, kids. :)

 

The books in the Members Only Series can be found here...

Together In Cyn

Haleigh's Ink

A Very Menage Christmas

Duke's Valentine

Orgasm University

Stand Alone

Buried Permission

Jennifer Kacey is a wife, mother, and business owner living with her family in Texas. She sings in the shower, plays piano in her dreams, and has to have a different color of nail polish every week. The best advice she’s ever been given? Find the real you and never settle for anything less.

Website - http://www.jenniferkacey.com/
Blog – The Decadent Divas - http://www.thedecadentdivas.blogspot.com/
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/jennifer.kacey.7
Facebook Author Page - https://www.facebook.com/jenniferkaceyauthor
Twitter - https://twitter.com/JenniferKacey
Amazon Page - http://www.amazon.com/Jennifer-Kacey/e/B00GXHUB30/ref=s9_simh_gw_p351_d9_al1?_encoding=UTF8&refinementId=618073011&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=0G8ZPDQJVKJPKXNBRY10&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1688200382&pf_rd_i=507846
Goodreads – http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6941549.Jennifer_Kacey
Pinterest - http://pinterest.com/jenniferkacey/

Perfectly Imperfect

Tortured heroes... love em or hate em they are playing just as large a role in romance novels today as the were 20 yrs ago. In fact, it may even be more common. Whether their torture has been physical or mental or even both, they are as popular ever. What has changed though is the way they deal with their issues. The eighties tortured hero was more likely to be the strong silent be a bastard to the heroine type with maybe a little forced seduction thrown into the mix. In today's version there is still an element of that but they are more likely to get an ass kicking from the heroine and a 'get thee to a shrink or don't come back near me' ultimatum.
Is this a reflection of how women and society in general feels? Or is it just another victim of political correctness?
Personally, I think it's a little of both. Either way I still love reading and writing a good tortured hero and yes, I own a lot of those eighties book with men who are bastards as slightly guilty pleasures. They are a bit like chocolate though, one or two leave you wanting more but too many will make you sick.

Then there is the cross over, that other sub-genre of books which seems to have gained in popularity.
The Hurt Hero.
The heroes of these books have been injured in some way or have some kind of 'imperfection', whether it be scarring, visually or hearing impaired or in a wheelchair. Sometimes they are healed by the end of the book, sometimes not and not all of them are tortured. So what is the appeal of this kind of hero? In my search for the tortured hero I've read many of these books and the appeal, to me at least, is their vulnerability and ultimately their strength in dealing with whatever cards have been dealt to them. It does however take a very talented author to write it well. The first book I read in this genre and still my favorite is A Man Like Mac by Fay Robinson.
It seems that many publishers are still not sure of the reception of a hero who is less than perfect and if the book even makes it to print, many times the book blurb will make no mention of it and certainly not the cover art. Yet, I know I am not alone in their appeal since all you need do is search Amazon or Google to find other people's lists of books which fit the theme. In fact the book I plan to start after my current WIP will feature a blind hero.
So how do you feel about hurt heroes? Do you love, or hate a tortured hero? Who are your favorites?



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Let me hear an "Oh yeah...." for all our Decadent Divas...

So...would you like to hear a dirty little secret?

Come a little closer to the screen...
Right there....Mmmm

The Decadent Divas is now online and ready to curl...your....toes!

Please welcome all 8 of the Decadent Divas who will be bringing you pages worth of naughty fun for your reading pleasure.

Without further adieu let me introduce...

Erin Simone

Jennifer Kacey

Rebecca Royce

Cait Miller

Sabrina York

Chandra Ryan

Ditter Kellen

Shelbie Knight

We can't wait to share our own individual form of naughty with you.

Decadently Yours,