Win three ebooks!

Did that title get your attention?

Cool. Because winning is easy.

All you need do is hop on over to Limecello’s blog, read the blog post by Lexxie Couper, Vivan Arend and myself and then leave a comment. You’ll go into the draw to win one of three ebooks from each of our backlists.

Oh, and while you’re at Lime’s blog, have a look at her homepage article, entitled: A Humanitarian Crisis: What We Can Do To Help.

Lime is raising money for a very worthy cause indeed. And no, you don’t have to donate anything, all you need to do to make a difference is leave a comment on that post.

Jess

Happy 5th Birthday Aspen Mountain Press

Hey there

I’m guessing if you’re reading this post you’re stopping by as part of the Aspen Mountain Press celebratory tour. WELCOME!

AMP is celebrating it’s 5th birthday – with some awesome prizes. One of those prizes… *ahem*… a Kindle. Another? An e-copy of my AMP book, Visiting Paradise.
Winning is real easy. Just read the blog, post your comment and move on to the next blog. Oh, and there is one essential other ingredient: HAVE FUN!

Remember, the blog tour officially starts on the 1st of Aug!

Visiting Paradise is a short story, set in the gorgeous Whitsunday Islands in Queensland, Australia. It’s no coincidence the book was set there. It was written a couple years after we holidayed on one of the islands, and had an absolutely amazing time! The Whitsundays are made up of 74 tropical islands, and each one is more beautiful than the next. Some are completely uninhabited, some have only one hotel on them, and some are more built up with several hotels and shops, private homes, etc.

The above images are of (from left to right) Daydream Island, Hayman Island and Whitehaven Beach. Look out for some of these in the book!

When we first planned the holiday, we had decided to rent a boat and cruise around the islands for a week. We’d been told that was the best way to see the whole area. There are several places were you can rent 4 or 6 sleepers (or larger boats), which gives you the ability to make your own way around the islands. But then real life happened and got in the way, and well, that never trip never took place. I never got over that disappointment. I decided then and there that if I couldn’t do the trip myself, I’d have to have a couple of my characters undertake it. And thus Joe and Beth were born…

Visiting Paradise: The Blurb

Beth Brown needs a holiday. She’s burnt out, single and madly in love with the man who pays her salary, Joe Bastion. Much as she’d like to act on her feelings, Beth’s learned the hard way not to sleep with the men she works for.  As far as she is concerned, Joe is off limits.
Sometimes, to get what you want, you have to chase hard. And  Joe wants Beth  He’s organized the trip of a lifetime for her. Beth’s about to set sail into paradise, and she has no idea Joe’s the one who’ll be taking her there.

Visiting Paradise: An Excerpt

He braced himself to catch her weight and she landed with a gentle thud against his chest.

She gaped at him.  “Joe-”

There was no time for explanation.  Her breasts cushioned his ribs, her legs were pressed against his and her mouth was open, exposing flashes of pearly-white teeth and the tip of her pink tongue.  For the life of him, he couldn’t answer.  He lowered his head to hers.

“Joe,” she gasped again, just before their lips met, and it did him in.  She said his name in the same breathless, fuck-me voice she’d used the night before.  He molded his lips to hers and slid his tongue into the hot, wet cavern of her mouth, taking full advantage of her open-mouthed astonishment.

The shockwave of awareness that jolted between them almost bloody electrocuted him.  The instant his tongue touched hers, she melted. Collapsed against him.  Tiny purring sounds escaped her as her body relaxed.  Her lips softened and she responded to his kiss with a hungry acceptance of inevitability.

This was where their relationship had been heading from day one.

Her kiss reverberated through him.  Heat curled through his stomach and inched lower, its fire consuming his oxygen.  He couldn’t breathe.  It wasn’t just his physical response to her.  Something else was at play here, something deeper, something more personal.  Much more personal.

The loneliness that had been his lifelong companion began to crumble and Joe, unused to experiencing anything beside the dull hollow in his heart, registered surprise as emotion began to churn in his chest.

This was right.  This was meant to be.

He pulled back, needing to look at her, to see if she felt the same way.

Her eyes were dazed; her chest rose and fell unevenly.  “Joseph…”  She breathed his name.

“Jesus, Beth.  You have no idea how long I’ve wanted to do that.”

“You shouldn’t have.”  Had she not been so languid in his arms, he might almost have believed she meant it.  But her fingers toyed with the nape of his neck and her nipples had pebbled into tight beads beneath her damp top, her response at odds with her words.

“I can stop.”  His offer was reluctant, especially so as her luscious lips parted and her eyelids drift shut.

“You should.”  There was ambivalence in her voice.  She took a deep breath.  “Please…don’t.”

She reached blindly for his mouth and pulled herself into him.  As their lips touched, he groaned.  Why had it taken so long to reach this point?  All that wasted time.  He’d waited his whole life to meet the woman who could end his solitude, and when he finally did—she made him wait some more.  Made him suffer under the assumption she didn’t care, didn’t want him.  But she did.

He kissed her harder, crushed his mouth against hers, allowing all his suppressed passion to surface in his kiss.  She whimpered in response and before he realized it, he’d untied the straps of her bikini top.  It dropped to the ground between them and Joe pulled her closer, relishing her naked flesh against his, the soft, round breasts squashed against his chest.

The kiss was so sweet and so hot, it twisted his gut and played havoc with his balls.  He groaned out loud.  “You’re tormenting me, Bethy.”

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So…interested in winning a copy of Visiting Paradise?

All you need to do is comment on which island you’d love to holiday on, or have already holidayed on. Or, if you’re not an island person, just lemme know what your dream holiday would be. It’s that simple.

Wondering where to go next? Check out MT Albright. You can find his blog here.

Good luck!

Jess

Tour Rules:
1) Tour Starts: Monday, August 1, 2011 at Midnight (EST)
Tour Ends: August 7, 2011 at Midnight (EST)
Final Celebration is August 7th from 6pm-11pm (EST) at the AMP Community Loop.
Grand Prize: a Kindle (Wi-Fi, Graphite, 6″ Display with New E-Ink Pearl Technology) is the Grand Prize. Drawing will take place and be announced on August 7, 2011 on the AMP Community Loop at 11pm (EST). Only comments posted before 10pm (EST) on August 7, 2011 are eligible to win the Kindle. Winner will be notified by email on August 8, 2011 if they are not present on the Loop for the announcement.
***Individual winners from author contests will be drawn and posted August 8, 2011 on their individual sites.***
2) Participation at every blog on the tour is not required but the more blogs a person comments on, the more chances they have to win. If a person comments on one blog, they are entered into the Grand Prize Drawing once. If they comment on ten different blogs, they will be entered into the Grand Prize drawing ten times. Only one comment per blog per person will be entered to win the Grand Prize.
3) The winner of the Grand Prize must be a resident of the United States with a US mailing address. Non-US winners will be eligible for $50 US in Aspen Mountain Press books from the AMP Website.
4) Prizes at individual author blogs are completely at the discretion of the individual authors and are not in association with Aspen Mountain Press and its prize system. To enter the contest on any given blog, you must follow their contest rules and objectives.
5) By commenting on any blog in the tour, the participant is agreeing to these rules and policies.
6) All prize winners will be chosen randomly by using Random Line Picker.

Your chance to win an ebook from my backlist

Yep, I thought that blog title might get your attention.

So, wanna know how you can win an ebook?

Well, it’s really simple actually. Limecello is running a series of Tuesday Teasers on her blog. She’s posting never-before-seen excerpts from some of her favorite romance authors.

And…guess who’s featured today?

That’s right! Me.

Okay, so technically, it’s not me who’s featured, it’s my book: Full House.

Now, if you head on over the the post: Teaser Tuesday: Full House By Jess Dee, you’ll see Lime has included a little contest. And the winner of the contest can choose an ebook of their choice from my back list.

So, what are you waiting for? Go. Win yourself an ebook.

Oh, and good luck.

Jess

PS – hope you enjoy the excerpt.

Back from RT 2011

Yep, I’m home, and would love to post a long newsy blog about RT, but honestly, jet lag is setting in (in a big way) and the computer screen is swaying before my eyes.

So, instead of telling you everything now, and messing up the blog post, I’m gonna take the liberty of directing you to Jayne Rylon’s Blog.
She has some brilliant piccies up that just highlight the amazing time we had.

I promise to return in a couple of days, when my thoughts are clearer, and Full House has released, and tell you more.

In the meantime, click here for Jayne’s blog.

Jess

Global Warming Blog Tour Winners

CONGRATS TO ALL THE WINNERS FROM THE BLOG TOUR,  AND THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR FABULOUS COMMENTS!!!

Jess

Prize one winner: Anna H

Waiting for Wednesday ebook by Mari Carr

Autographed print copy of Dream Machine by Jayne Rylon

Only Yours ebook by J.R. Patrick

Choice of backlist ebook by Rhian Cahill or ARC of Coyote Home

Prize two winner: Andrea B

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

Autographed copy of backlist print title by Nicole Austin

Prize three winner: Heather P

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

Choice of backlist ebook from ZA Maxfield

Prize four winner: Fran L

Choice of backlist title from Amanda Young

$10 gift card to Amazon courtesy of Valerie Tibbs

Choice of backlist ebook from Vivian Arend

Choice of backlist ebook from Carol Lynne

Autographed print copy of Texas Surrender by Claire Thompson

You will be contacted by each author about your prize.

Meet Hunter, Jay and Julia from Going All In

Greta, over at her blog “I do not want to wait, I want the book now!” has interviewed the three characters from Going All In, Jay, Hunter and Julia.

For a chance to meet them, and to win a choice of ebook from my backlist, hop on over to Greta’s Place, read the interview, and leave a comment.

Jess

Romance Writers of Australia Blog

I’m happy to tell you that Sandie Hudson, from the Romance Writers of Australia, has interview me on the RWAustralia Blog.

Sandie is a writer herself, and has done wonderful things promoting Australian romance writers, Australian erotic romance and ebooks worldwide!

You can check out the interview here:

http://romanceaustralia.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/author-spotlight-jess-dee/

Jess

Major contest over at International Heat

So, I’m not sure if you know, but this weekend is the big Lori Foster event in the States. Five of the members of International Heat will be there, and four won’t. If, like me, you’re one of those who is not going, don’t despair. We have a way for you to enjoy the weekend too….

International Heat is giving away a cool prize…

We’ve put together an amazing bag of goodies for one lucky commenter. All you have to do is leave a comment on any of the IH posts dated between the 30th of May and Sunday the 7th of June. On Monday, June 8th we will draw a winner! The more days you post, the better your chances of winning.

You might be asking yourself what’s in the bag. Okay, I’ll tell you! Drum Roll… It’s a tote bag with Val’s lovely IH logo on front and it will be choc a block full with surprises from Lori’s event. To sweeten the deal, each of the IH women have thrown a lovely treat in from their part of the world. There might even be ebooks from the IH authors. But how will we get them all in the bag? Hmm…. you’ll have to leave a comment and hope you’re the winner to find out.

Just check out International Heat at:

http://internationalheat.wordpress.com

GOOD LUCK!

Jess

New Blog Launch

I am very excited to tell you about a brand new blog we have just launched.

It’s called International Heat, and it features a host of erotic romance lovers – from all across the world.

International Heat is the brainchild of Viv Arend. She’s roped fellow authors Mari Carr, Jambrea Jo Jones, Lila Dubois, Rhian Cahill and me into joining her in this cool new venture.

But wait! There’s more. See it’s not only about authors. It’s about Artists (Valerie Tibbs), Editors (Sherry Ricardo) and Reviewers (T) too.

So what are you waiting for. Hop on over to our new blog and say hi!

Jess