Demon of Envy by Jennifer Lynne - Spotlight and giveaway

This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Jennifer will be awarding a $25 Amazon Gift Card, plus a signed print copy of GODS OF LOVE (1-3) and a set of the GODS OF LOVE cover postcards to a randomly drawn winner via the rafflecopter at the end of this post, during the tour (International Giveaway).

Phthonos, god of envy and jealousy, has been given a second chance at life and love in the mortal realm. He is desperate to make up for the mistakes of his past. But is Thon more demon than god? And if the demon Envy wins out, how will this lonely god ever find room in his heart for love?

Olivia is an ordinary woman living an ordered life, but at thirty-two true romance appears to have eluded her. Everywhere she looks people are in relationships or falling in love, but her career as an administrator and her charity work are enough to keep the demon of envy at bay.

Or so she thinks…until the moment he turns up on her doorstep with a demand that rips her life and her heart wide open and leaves her at risk of eternal torment.

DEMON OF ENVY is the fifth novella in the GODS OF LOVE series, but each story is designed as a stand-alone with the Greek gods of desire as a common theme. The series can be read in any order.

Now enjoy an excerpt:

"You want me to walk through the fires of Hell to save you? Phthonos, you ask too much."

"Not to save me, Olivia. To save yourself." The dark tone of his correction shivered down her spine in a sensation that was equal parts fear and desire. She knew this was a dream; had relived the sleep-induced fiction every night this week. She needed to wake up before the bit where he started to burn, where she reached toward him and…oh God, the flames were consuming him already. It was too fast, too powerful…his beautiful face twisted in pain, the clear green eyes flashing desperation as he stretched out a clutching hand…she leaned in, connected with his fingers, and the greedy flames engulfed her too…

For the sixth time that week Liv sat bolt upright in bed, the scream still lodged in her throat and the bedcovers in a twisted mess around her legs. Sweat coated her body. Not the heady exotic scent of post-coital perspiration, either. No. This was the sharp acrid scent of sheer terror, of illness. Of something wrong at her core.

She reached for the brown hair tie on her wrist and snapped it. Once. Twice. A third time. Count to three, then snap again, over and over, the rhythm so familiar by now she didn't need to think. Gradually her heart stopped its uncomfortable thumping and her breathing began to even out. The anxiety attack was receding.

One last snap of the wrist band, the one for luck that she always had to finish with, and she was back in control once again. A swift kick with her left foot removed the sheet and she climbed wearily out of bed before turning back to straighten the tangled covers. Phthonos. Whoever the heck you are, whichever little piece of my imagination that you sprang from, you need to let me get some sleep, hon.

Copyright 2014 Jennifer Lynne

Jennifer Lynne lives in Melbourne, Australia, and writes short contemporary erotic romance, mostly with paranormal/fantasy elements. When she’s not writing what her family and friends call “porn for chicks” and what she prefers to call “super-hot romance for intelligent readers”, she is working in the admin day job, running around after two teenage daughters and trying to find time for her lovely new husband.

Jennifer is published with Red Sage and Breathless Press. Over the past two years she has also embarked on an indie journey with the publication of her GODS OF LOVE romance series featuring erotic Greek gods and modern-day mortals in need of sexual healing.

Find her on the web at:

Website and blog: http://www.jenniferlynne.com.au

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jennifer-Lynne-Romance-Author/297504180262670

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/JenniLynnAuthor

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Jennifer-Lynne/e/B004VUPGDG

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Virtual Book Tour and Giveaway: Educating Ethan by Jennifer Lynne

Today we're welcoming author Jennifer Lynne to the blog on her tour with Goddess Fish Promotions for her contemporary erotic romance, "Educating Ethan".

The author is giving away a $20 Amazon GC to one randomly drawn commenter during the tour. So comment today AND follow her tour (if you click on the banner over there on the left, it'll take you to a list of her tour stops) -- the more you read and comment, the better your odds of winning. You could be introduced to a great new author AND win a GC!

I asked the author to share some things we'd never guess about her .... take it away, Jennifer!

Thank you for having me here at It's Raining Books for my tour stop today. Here are ten things that I don't think you'd ever guess about me (though there's quite a bit out there on the net if you know where to look!):

1. When I was a child I visited the beach with my family, and went exploring in a cave while the tide was out. I poked my head up through a hole in the low cave roof and found I was right next to where the family was picnicking. After surprising them all, and sharing a good laugh, I went to duck back down and found myself stuck. I remember screaming madly for a snorkel while my parents tried to manouveur my head back through the hole, wondering when the tide would be back in and how long I could hold my breath. Funny now, but a nightmare at the time!

2. My favorite flower is a gerbera. I think they look like happy flowers, and I love the brightly colored ones – especially orange.

3. I played softball for many years as a child and young teenager. Short stop and first base were my usual positions, and I have a couple of little trophies that still sit on one of the shelves in my study.

4. I'm afraid of storms, especially thunder and lightning. I think it may stem from a storm I lived through as a child, when a large eucalypt tree fell on our house, while we were in it (the house, not the tree!). The tree landed across my parents' bed and demolished the front corner of our home. Luckily we were cowering in the back half at the time. What a mess. But afterwards it was very exciting to be the centre of attention when all the neighbors came out and saw what had happened. But I am very nervous during a storm even now - we had one today, actually, and the cat and I were as jumpy as each other. She hid under the coffee table. I wasn't quite that undignified!

5. I don't like chocolate. There, I said it! I will occasionally have some dark chocolate, but can certainly live without it. I'd much rather have cheese, dip, nuts and potato crisps to nibble on.

6. I worked for one night as a flower seller visiting restaurants. That job only lasted one night because the third place I went to, some guy picked me up and put me over his shoulder and said he'd buy me instead. I was seventeen at the time, and too meek to grab his balls and twist those suckers, which is what I'd do if someone tried that now! I finished my shift, got picked up by my mother (we don't get our driver's license until the age of 18 where I live) and promptly burst into tears. Quitting was a huge relief.

7. My first car was a 1973 Toyota Corolla coupe – mustang yellow. It was old and I practically had to help carry it up hills, but I loved that little car.

8. I did macrame as a teenager. I cannot believe I am admitting that on the internet, but yep, I did. Made lots of hanging basket holders for my long-suffering family.

9. My aunt, who lived in England before her passing, was invited to Sean Connery's BAFTA after-party and I happened to be in England at the time. She asked me to come shopping with her so we could pick out a dress for her to wear. That was fun, but I wish I'd been able to tag along to the party!

10. Lucky last – green is my favorite color.

Giveaway Question:

I've bared some of my deepest secrets today! Now I'd love to hear from you about a childhood memory, or anything else you'd like to share. Don't forget that all comments on my post here at It's Raining Books will go in the draw to win a $20 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card. Winner will be announced at the end of my blog tour on Mar 30th.

If you'd like to follow my tour, next stop will be my author interview on Mar 28th at http://myfoolishwisdom.blogspot.com

Thank you again for having me visit today!

Ida Deloraine intends to build herself a new life and a new career in catering, after a painful divorce. When the much younger Ethan Holt moves in across the street, an innocent flirtation quickly becomes serious when the two realise their age difference is no barrier to all-consuming passion.

But Ethan is the exact opposite of what Ida is looking for in a sexual partner. He is young and vibrant, with his life and his dreams still ahead of him, whereas hers are all in the past. Can Ethan, who is fighting his own demons in the form of a car accident, failed marriage and forced career change, convince Ida to overcome the past and live for the moment?

And just who is educating who in this cougar encounter?

Jennifer Lynne is a multi-published author who writes sensual and erotic romance from her home in Melbourne, Australia. She has two novellas published with Red Sage, including Seducing Serena in Secrets Volume 28 Sensual Cravings, and Pandora's Gift. Her first sensual romance with Breathless Press, Educating Ethan, will be out in February. Jen lives in hope that readers will continue to enjoy her novella-length tales of love and lust!

Find Jennifer on the web at:

http://www.jenniferlynne.com.au/blog
http://twitter.com/#!/JenniLynnAuthor
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Jennifer-Lynne-Romance-Author/297504180262670
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3228070.Jennifer_Lynne
Buy Link: http://www.breathlesspress.com/educating-ethan