Wednesday, March 10, 2010

The Magic of the First Contract

March 10th is the two year anniversary of my first contracted ebook, ALL SHADES OF BLUE PARADISE, from Siren BookStrand. In celebration I’m posting this author discovery by the amazing historical romance author, Lindsay Townsend.
Yep, there is definitely that magical rush of excitement when the very first contract comes through, when you see it in black and white... in this case, on my computer screen.
It’s as if for those precious moments you’re lifted somewhere... higher, freer... your feet aren’t touching the ground... you’re floating... you’ve won that big prize... WOW!
And, even though you know, this is just the beginning and the road won’t be all that easy... still, that otherworldly sensation prevails... yay! wahoo! yippee!

Author discovery: All Shades of Blue Paradise by Savanna Kougar

Destiny and love can be denied for only so long...

Except for her daring equestrienne competitions, Lady Sheridan lives a quiet life caring for her family's estate, staving off financial ruin and keeping her brother's misdeeds from ruining his marriage and the life of her beloved nieces. Despite all his desperate efforts, Baron Zaggry has never discovered why his Sherfantasy broke their engagement. Now, his ruse successful, Sheridan is finally his, his slave lover. He has ten years worth of denied pleasures to make up for, to savor however he erotic chooses.


I savoured every delicious word of Savanna Kougar's ALL SHADES OF BLUE PARADISE. Kougar is a powerful, sensual writer, a poet of language, and the world she creates is richly textured, sensual and voluptuous, with its own language, beliefs and symbols. Blue is the colour of life, of love and of so much more in this alternate world of warring, sensual aristocrats. The pleasures and pains of slavery and of mastery are fearlessly and seductively explored and I was enchanted throughout. Sheridan is a beautiful, complex, caring woman of great dignity, compassion and courage. She is always graceful under pressure - and what seductive pressure Baron Zaggry tempts and teases her with! This is a kind of war between the sexes where all desires are admitted to and expressed but where the 'victor' of each encounter is always magnanimous. Their powerful relationship kept me guessing throughout and utterly enthralled. To be slave-dressed by a man like Zaggry ...what a wicked, delicious fantasy!

This is the revelation of a decadent, disturbing world, a world of high politics and high stakes, where the fates of many are discussed at elegant yet deeply erotic soirees. In the midst of this sensual, abandoned world, the love between Zaggry and Sheridan remains absolute, although the cruel misunderstanding that has been deliberately engineered between them by their enemies remains until almost the very end of the novel, offering a satisfying conclusion of one of many threads. The end of All Shades of Blue Paradise is also a beginning as another contest has been arranged, with Sheridan about to compete with an enemy and Zaggry determined to protect her.

I await the next book in this intoxicating series with keen anticipation.

Lindsay Townsend

Siren-BookStrand Author of ~

FLAVIA’S SECRET
BLUE GOLD
BRONZE LIGHTNING
A SECRET TREASURE
HOLIDAY IN BOLOGNA

Kensington Author of ~

A KNIGHT’S VOW
A KNIGHT’S CAPTIVE
A KNIGHT’S ENCHANTMENT

Plus! Her other books ~ MEDITERRANEAN ROMANTIC SUSPENSE NOVELS

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Join Baron Zaggry and Lady Sheridan in the World of the Blue Pearl Moon

All Shades of Blue Paradise [World of the Blue Pearl Moon, Book I]
An aristocratic world of fiercest passion ~ Despite his past betrayal, Sheridan becomes the Baron’s slave lover to save her brother.
~ available from Siren-BookStrand Publishing ~

1 comment:

Savanna Kougar said...

Blue Paradise kisses...