Loving the Beast is out now! This is the epilogue novella of Blake and Erin from the Beauty series. These two are hotter than ever, which is a fitting final story for them.
“We’ll put on a show, beautiful. One for just you and me.”
If you haven’t read the Beauty series yet, you can start with Beauty Touched the Beast for free as part of the Red Hot Beginnings boxed set. Or you can head straight to the Beauty series compilation, which contains the prequel short story Beauty Touched the Beast and the next three novellas, to get the series Nina’s Literary Escape calls “Sweet, poignant and sinfully erotic.”
Red Hot Beginnings is a boxed set of fourteen first-in-a-series romances. And the best part is, the boxed set is free!
Some of the stories are short, like Beauty Touched the Beast, which is my entry, and Seek by Clarissa Wild. Others are full-length novels like Liv Morris’s Adam’s Apple and Cora Seton’s The Navy SEAL’s E-Mail Order Bride. All of them are super hot and free in this set for a limited time.
Please feel free to share the word about the Red Hot Beginnings boxed set. We want everyone to have a chance to one-click before it’s gone.
My next release is coming up fast. Loving the Beast, the Beauty epilogue novella, comes out on April 28th. Less than 10 days! You can pre-order your copy on Amazon, B&N, and iBooks.
Better When It Hurts has a blurb and cover now! Have you ordered your copy yet? This is Blue & Lola’s story…
Five years ago we lived in the same house. He was the ultimate bad boy. And my foster brother.
Now he’s back. Tougher, harder, meaner. All of it aimed at me, because I was the one who sent him away. It’s payback time. He wants his pound of flesh, and I am helpless to say no.
And if you haven’t started the Stripped series yet, what are you waiting for? 😉
Here’s what people are saying about the books:
“It’s gritty, edgy, and sexy, served to you in the well-written, absorbing style that Skye is so talented at delivering. I can’t wait to get my hands on the rest of the Stripped series.” – Shameless Book Club
“A jagged, layered and enthralling adventure that weaves darkness and light with precision and purpose.” – the lusty literate
“It’s dark, mysterious, sexy, and I loved every page of it! There were twists and turns that I never saw coming! I love when an author is able to keep me guessing until the very end of the book.” – Book Fancy Book Blog
“Love The Way You Lie was heartwarming, exhilarating and tantalizing with just the right tinge of darkness.” – Warhawke’s Vault
I’ll do anything to get safe, even if that means working at the scariest club in town.
I’ll do anything to stay hidden, even if it means taking off my clothes for strangers.
I’ll do anything to be free. Except give him up. When he looks at me, I forget why I can’t have him. He’s beautiful and scarred. His body fits mine, filling the places where I’m hollow, rough where I am soft.
He’s the one man who wants to help, but he has his own agenda. He has questions I can’t answer. What are you afraid of?
You.
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“I’ve always been a fan of Skye Warren ever since I read Wanderlust. Her writing is flawless and tales captivating. Love The Way You Lie is no exception. 5 Stars.” – Pepper Winters, New York Times bestselling author of Tears of Tess
Books in the Stripped series
½. Tough Love (prequel)
1. Love the Way You Lie
2. Better When It Hurts
3. Pretty When You Cry
Praise for Skye Warren:
“Skye’s ability to make me feel like I am part of this dramatic, dark, and twisted story is so f-ing fantastic I can only sit here and beg for more.” – Fictional Candy
“Author Skye Warren weaves a complex, deep, and haunting tale that has a raw and gritty mixture of violence and moving tenderness.” – Jersey Girl Sizzling Book Reviews
“Great edge-of -your-seat writing, touching emotional introspection, and enlightening… even in it’s darkness.” – Maryse’s Book Blog
I have a new release out… this one came as a surprise, even to me! When I first conceptualized my new Stripped series, Love the Way You Lie was the first book. But after I’d finished writing it, the heroine’s sister Clara kept tugging at me. And so I wrote a prequel.
Tough Love is short, sweet, and available now!
A story about the sacrifices we make for love…
I sneak out of my room every night. My father’s guards don’t see me. My sister doesn’t see me.
No one sees me, except him.
He’s the son of a mafia foot soldier. My father is the boss. I shouldn’t even know Giovanni. And I definitely shouldn’t kiss him. Our relationship is doomed to fail, but that won’t stop me from trying.
Not every girl wants to be a princess. I just want to be free.
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TOUGH LOVE is a prequel to the Stripped Series. It ends on a cliffhanger…
½. Tough Love (prequel)
1. Love the Way You Lie
2. Better When It Hurts (June 2015)
You can start reading here or with book one, LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE.
Praise for Skye Warren:
“Skye’s ability to make me feel like I am part of this dramatic, dark, and twisted story is so f-ing fantastic I can only sit here and beg for more.” – Fictional Candy
“Author Skye Warren weaves a complex, deep, and haunting tale that has a raw and gritty mixture of violence and moving tenderness.” – Jersey Girl Sizzling Book Reviews
“Great edge-of -your-seat writing, touching emotional introspection, and enlightening… even in it’s darkness.” – Maryse’s Book Blog
I have a new preorder available! Want more Erin and Blake? LOVING THE BEAST is a Beauty epilogue, a sexy and sweet and emotional novella to cap off the series…
Since their forbidden beginning, Erin and Blake’s relationship has been marked by deep sensuality and intense emotion. Each challenge only makes them stronger, and Blake is ready to take his new fiance to meet his family. And to meet hers.
Home holds secrets for them both. A dark legacy threatens everything they’ve worked to build. When old debt comes between them, both Blake and Erin must fight to protect each other–and their love.
And before that comes out, I’ll be releasing my new dark book! LOVE THE WAY YOU LIE does not have a pre-order, but it will release on March 12th.
If you’re a blogger, I started a newsletter just for you! Find out about cover reveals and sales, get release day packets, and sign up to get ARCs here.
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My next release is titled Love the Way You Lie and it releases on March 12th!
A dark romance about the lies that lead us down…
I’ll do anything to get safe, even if that means working at the scariest club in town.
I’ll do anything to stay hidden, even if it means taking off my clothes for strangers.
I’ll do anything to be free. Except give him up. When he looks at me, I forget why I can’t have him. He’s beautiful and scarred. His body fits mine, filling the places where I’m hollow, rough where I am soft.
He’s the one man who wants to help, but he has his own agenda. He has questions I can’t answer. What are you afraid of?
I’m going to be the featured author in the Goodreads BDSM group for their monthly chat. You can come ask questions about my books, chat with me and other readers, and win books.
The Goodreads BDSM group is a great place for recs so it’s worth joining, if you’re not already a member. I actually credit them with my start because they picked one of my first books as a monthly read way back when.
Be sure to join SOON though, because they have to manually approve every member due to Goodreads rules and the awesome dirtiness that’s inside. You’ll want to have plenty of time to get in before the chat on Thursday!
Thank you so much for your support of the Take Me boxed set! You pushed it all the way up to #36 on Amazon by buying and sharing the set. All the authors, and myself, are hugely grateful. And if you didn’t buy it you can still get the set, but only through the end of February.
I’m also writing to tell you about a brand new bundle. This is a little different than the boxed sets that you’re used to. This is a site called StoryBundle that’s quite popular in the science fiction/thriller/other genres, but this is the very first Erotic Romance StoryBundle. So it’s an honor to be a part of it, along with New York Times bestselling author Selena Kitt and other authors.
The way it works is you get to pick your price, give some of it to charity, and unlock bonus books. I have On the Way Home included in the set, which is my new adult dark romance. Here’s what readers had to say about that one:
“On the Way Home has so many aspects that I love in a book: suspense, steamy sex, ruthless crime bosses, a military leading male, and dark, gritty, and twisty romance. I highly recommend this to readers that enjoy their romance with a dark, edgy, and suspenseful twist.”
– Tattooed Book Review
“So Clint and Della have to be the hottest pick me up at the airport and bring me home to kink me hookup ever…I loved On the Way Home!”
– She Hearts Books
“ON THE WAY HOME is yet another extraordinary story from Skye Warren and I loved every moment of it.”
– The Romance Evangelist
The StoryBundle also includes several other books, including Temptation by Selena Kitt which was one of the first erotic books I ever read–in a previously published version, that was actually pulled by Amazon because it’s so taboo! She revised and expanded the book. If you’re looking for something crazy hot that will push your boundaries, this is it…
Today is release day for my new boxed set, Take Me: Twelve Tales of Dark Possession. It has an all-star line up of some of my favorite authors in dark romance. You may remember Pepper Winters and Pam Godwin from the Make Me set last year. And new this year are Jenika Snow, Lynda Chance, CD Reiss and more.
The important thing to know about this set is that it’s only 99 cents for release week. So it’s important that you one-click it right now AND tell your bookish friends about it so they can get the deal too.
Surrender to desire with 12 books by the hottest names in dark romance, including…
CD Reiss – Spin
Jenika Snow – A Beautiful Prison
Pepper Winters – Destroyed
Skye Warren – Trust in Me
Kendall Ryan – Unravel Me
Anna Zaires & Dima Zales – Twist Me
Shay Savage – Otherwise Alone & Otherwise Occupied
Amber Lin & Shari Slade – Three Nights with a Rock Star
Pam Godwin – Deliver
Lynda Chance – Marco’s Redemption
Gemma James – Torrent
Even if you’ve read my book Trust in Me before, I’ve added a brand new prologue and epilogue to it! I’m also asking that if you’ve read one or more of the books in the set already, to consider leaving a review on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or any of the sites you use.
As you may know, the book in the boxed set Take Me is TRUST IN ME. I wrote a brand new prologue and epilogue to go in the set. I also spent some time looking at that book and that series–and the fact that Hear Me never really fit in.
Plus the old name, Dark Erotica, was kind of misleading because people would always ask me if it had an HEA. Which they do, because I write romance. Really, really dark romance
I’ve officially removed Hear Me from the series. It’s now a standalone dark romance novella. I also wrote a new chapter for Keep Me Safe. And I expanded TRUST IN ME. It’s now a novel, yay!
The new series name is Dark Nights:
1) KEEP ME SAFE – prequel novella
2) TRUST IN ME
3) DON’T LET GO
If you haven’t read this series, you can start with either KEEP ME SAFE or TRUST IN ME. Both are available now with their fancy new covers and content. or you can pre-order the Take Me boxed set to get TRUST IN ME delivered to you on Feb 3rd.
If you have already read the series, you can ask Amazon to push an update of the book to your devices. I’ll also add the new content only to my group soon to make extra sure my existing fans who’ve already read the books can get it: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1569845016592572/
Thank you so much for reading and supporting my books!
I have a couple awesome things to share with you! First and foremost, a new release! His for Christmas is a sweet and sexy holiday novella featuring a tortured billionaire and his new secretary–who’s hiding a secret.
Here’s the blurb:
I stand very still, holding a pen I shouldn’t be touching, in the office of a man I’ve never met. The man who’s standing behind me now. The man who has his hand on my hip.
He’s my new boss.
I could fight him, but then he might ask questions. He might find out about my criminal record, the one I didn’t mention on the job application. So I let him make me come, but he wants more. He needs more, and for some reason I want to give it.
But if he finds out about my lie, I’ll be out on the streets—or back in jail.
I wrote this one for my fans who wanted more sexy non-capture stories from me! And I kept the price low at 99 cents so everyone can enjoy Gage and Lia’s story <3
The other piece of news is quick but fun. I've started a Facebook group that will have exclusive giveaways, book discussions, and more. The group is called Skye Warren's Dark Room and you can join here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1569845016592572/
Yesterday marked one week since Prisoner went out into the world!! Since then I’ve gotten so much lovely feedback from readers and reviewers!
“Prisoner had me hooked from their very first meeting with her head in a book checking out the goods. This was a wild ride from beginning to end and I loved it.” – She Hearts Books
“The action is heart pounding. The sex is extraordinary. The plot line is fascinating. The characters are full of life and multidimensional. This story. Sigh. These authors pairing up created something truly beautiful.” – Fictional Candy
“Prisoner is terrific and frightening, sexy and dangerous, sweet and heavy on messed up, tortured characters. ALL LOVERS of Dark Erotic Thrillers must read this book!” – Mistik Ink
“Prisoner is captivating, emotional, and raw. I can’t wait to read it again. This might just be my favorite book of the year.” – Wicked With Ink
“Wow! This hunk of a male with a hunted past was a force to be reckoned with. I understood the allure of him and his raw sexual appeal. After peeling the layers back, I understood him, and just like Abby, I wanted to fix him.” – Pearls and Peacocks
“This is a great read it will have you hooked from the beginning…I highly recommend you get it now and read it is just that good.” – Summer’s Book Blog
“Prisoner is a thrilling and engrossing read that will leave you desperate and feverishly flipping pages to find out what happens next. I highly recommend this if you’re looking for something absolutely engrossing and just plain great. It’s sexy, hot, a bit dark, and fascinating.” – Sinfully Sexy Books
Plus, we made it to #171 on Amazon, which means a lot of people have come over to the dark side…
Speaking of dark, Prisoner also got recommended on the USA Today HEA blog as a must-read, calling it “dark yet very engaging.” Yay! You can read the full article here.
Many, many thanks to everyone who read, reviewed, and shared Prisoner this past week. Annika and I truly appreciate those who’ve already done so and continue to help spread the word. Today is Halloween, so what better time to read something dark and scary and sexy? 😉
It’s cover reveal day for my next book! Prisoner is a dark romance novel written by myself and NYT bestseller Annika Martin. I *really* love this one and I’m so excited to share Grayson with you guys. Here’s the blurb…
He seethes with raw power the first time I see him—pure menace and rippling muscles in shackles. He’s dangerous. He’s wild. He’s the most beautiful thing I’ve ever seen.
So I hide behind my prim glasses and my book like I always do, because I have secrets, too. Then he shows up in the prison writing class I have to teach and he blows me away with his honesty. He tells me secrets in his stories, and it’s getting harder to hide mine. I shiver when he gets too close, with only the cuffs and the bars and the guards holding him back. At night, I can’t stop thinking about him in his cell.
But that’s the thing about an animal in a cage—you never know when he’ll bite. He might use you to escape. He might even pull you into a forest and hold a hand over your mouth, so you can’t call for the cops. He might make you come so hard, you can’t think.
And you might crave him more than your next breath.
I’ve just gotten back from the RT Book Convention which completely wiped me out. However, I am so happy to pop up out of hiding to tell you my new release is available!
ON THE WAY HOME has dark suspense elements and a hot military hero. Here’s the blurb:
Clint
For eight months I’ve been deep under cover as a special operator in the Army. On the plane ride home, all I want is a hot shower and a long sleep. But a Dear John text message leaves me stranded. I need a ride and a place to stay, and the pretty stewardess is more than willing.
Della
It’s supposed to be a simple trade—the passenger in seat 34B for my sister. But the sexy soldier is more than I can handle in all the best ways. He trusts me, but I can’t save him. No one can. Sometimes trouble has a way of following you home.
On the Way Home is a dark new adult romance intended for readers over eighteen.
“Thrilling, suspenseful, sexy as hell. Skye Warren can simply do no wrong.” – Book Bellas
Though just as sexy as ever, I think this book is less dark than my usual, so it can appeal to a wider audience. I would hugely appreciate anything you could do to help me spread the word about this book. That includes tweeting, blogging, and telling a friend about it.
Thank you so much for reading and sharing and all of your support!
A quick post today with the winners from the Valentine’s Day Gift Hop…
For my post, which had a $50 Amazon gift card, the winner was Regan Nicole from Lipstick Lesbian Reviews.
And for the grand prizes, the winner of the Kindle Paperwhite was Dovile on Harley Baker‘s post, who said Pretty Woman was her favorite romantic movie. (I love it too!) On the BookSwagger post, Sue said her favorite genre to read was contemporary and won the new adult digital gift basket. Which is cool, since they’re all contemporary! 😉
Thanks to everyone who participated in the hop. I hope everyone’s Valentine’s Day was lovely and very hot!
I’m so pleased to share with you guys Make Me: Twelve Tales of Dark Desire. There is an AMAZING line up of authors here. I have to tell you that I completely felt the love with this group of authors. Their talent and success levels are off the charts, but everyone was incredibly sweet and humble as we put this together.
I’ve also been feeling the love from bloggers, who have been enthusiastic in spreading the word of our pre-order and gracious in letting us schedule guest spots for release week.
And lastly, I’ve been feeling the love from readers, who debuted the pre-order at number #19 in the overall Kindle store, which is… frankly… magical. It’s since gone down a little, though it’s still doing well–and we still have a month before release. But there’s special pre-order pricing going on, so it makes sense to order your copy now.
Here’s the blurb for the set:
Take a trip to the dark side with 12 books by some of the hottest names in edgy romance, including USA Today Bestselling authors CJ Roberts, Eliza Gayle, and Aleatha Romig!
Pam Godwin – Beneath the Burn
Skye Warren – Wanderlust
Claire Thompson – Enslaved
Cari Silverwood – Take Me Break Me
Annabel Joseph – Comfort Object
Aleatha Romig – Consequences
Shoshanna Evers – The Man Who Holds the Whip
Annika Martin – The Hostage Bargain
Jasmine Haynes – Take Your Pleasure
Eliza Gayle – Play With Me
Pepper Winters – Tears of Tess
CJ Roberts – Captive in the Dark
These e-books would cost over $40 if purchased separately. This set will only be available for a limited time, so order your copy now!
Isn’t that line-up wonderful? I could not have asked for a better group of authors to hang out with. And there’s still time for you to get the special pre-order pricing here.
Now, let’s talk about those gifts, shall we? Because the prizes for this hop are stunning. There’s a Kindle Paperwhite!! And a new adult romance bundle which includes my compilation, The Beauty Series. Every comment along the hop enters you for the grand prizes.
For my stop on the bloghop, I’m giving away a $50 gift card to Amazon! You could pre-order Make Me fifty times! No, wait, that’s now how it works. You can pre-order Make Me AND buy a lot more books.
Leave a comment below and then use the Rafflecopter to enter! Which book or author in the MAKE ME limited edition set do you most want to read?
Be sure to visit the other authors and bloggers on the hop for more prizes, more fun, and more love to go around! (And don’t forget to pre-order Make Me on Amazon or Barnes & Noble so you don’t miss the 99 cent pre-order price!)
As part of their 12 Days of Christmas bundle deal, All Romance Ebooks has the Beauty Series compilation on sale for 50% off. If you haven’t read it yet, now is the time to grab your copy. And if you have read it, you can pick up another one for a friend. All Romance has a handy gifting button. Everyone could use some sexy Professor Blake in their lives 🙂
And as of this morning, the Beauty box set is actually a bestseller on ARe, so that’s awesome!
Remember, the sale is only for one day. You can grab the deal here.
Don’t Let Go is available now on Amazon! Here is the blurb:
“Beautiful. Poignant. Complex. Haunting.” – Leila DeSint, author of the London Brown series
Junior FBI Agent Samantha Holmes is assigned the case of a lifetime, along with an enigmatic new partner, Ian Hennessy. She’s determined to prove herself to the bureau legend, but late nights and stolen moments lead to more than respect. They lead to desire, and soon she’s fallen for the one man forbidden.
Together they hunt for the FBI’s most wanted man. A criminal. A psychopath. But when they get close, Samantha may end up prey instead. She must face her dark past to stay alive—and to protect the man she loves.
Don’t Let Go is a dark erotic novel that contains dubious consent and captivity. Not intended for those under eighteen or those uncomfortable with the subject matter.
Plus some early reviews have already come in. See what people are saying:
“Perfectly dark, gritty, emotionally, fulfilling, amount in each word till the end.” – Amber’s Reading Room
“My mind is completely blown! Who knew I could feel this way about Carlos? I love this author even more for what she was able to accomplish.” – Sweet Spot Book Blog
“Skye Warren, I hope you can hear me loud and clear when I say: “BRAVO!” Thanks for your wonderful dark erotica series, I’ll never forget the whole twisted, thrilling and intense story and its amazing characters.” – Darkest Sins
You can go read it now on Amazon or start here with an excerpt…
There were lies people told you. Like when the case worker said, You’re going to love your new home, Samantha.
Then there are lies you tell other people. My father passed away. That was what I told people, even though he’d just turned fifty-two in a supermax prison. It was easier that way. Lies smoothed the way so we could go on pretending. They were the lube of life, and we all got a little messy in the process.
But the darkest lies were the ones you told yourself. They lurked in the shadows of your subconscious, undermining you and twisting your perceptions. They hid the answers in plain sight, right when you needed them most.
Spread out on my desk were piles of surveillance photos and notes taken over the past twelve months. I found it impossible to imagine that countless field workers and researchers had managed to miss his completely. Which meant this muddled collection of reports contained the information we needed. Hiding in plain sight.
Every image, from airport security cameras to public transportation cams to satellite imagery, showed a man with his head bent, facing down or away. As if he knew exactly where the cameras were, eluding us once again. The man looking the other direction, he could have been anyone. He probably was anyone, considering the pattern of times and locations didn’t add up. Carlos Laguardia wasn’t in a Chicago eatery known for mob connections one day, and then a Paris subway the next, and then a Florida University after that. We were grasping at straws—carefully planted straws designed to misdirect.
Only one image was different. A grainy black-and-white photograph showed a man standing still with people milling about him. Blurs brushing past a dangerous criminal. A monster. They’d run screaming if they knew all the things he’d done. I had chills just reading about it in this air-conditioned cubicle at the highly-secure FBI office.
Money laundering. Extortion. Murder. If there was a law against it, he’d done it. A wave of old pain washed over me. Men like that didn’t care who they hurt, whether it was the victims of their crimes or collateral damage.
I had been collateral damage once. Twelve years ago, I’d huddled under the coffee table when my father came home late, hands crusted with blood. I should have been grateful he hadn’t ever touched me, raped me, killed me. He did that to other little girls. And boys—he was an equal opportunity creep.
Until he finally made a mistake. A boy from my street had disappeared, and even at ten years old, I knew what it meant. I still remembered the heat of that August day and the cold bite of the chair beneath my legs. Static from the plastic seat zapped my skin while I waited in the police station. Horror and pity flickered over the policeman’s face as I told him my story.
I learned an important lesson then: criminals always make a mistake. Always.
If I could figure out Laguardia’s mistake, I’d have him. If I could find the little man with blue pants and a red striped shirt in this real life Where’s Waldo, he’d be mine. Unfortunately, the heavy stack of papers on my desk wasn’t talking.
Thank you! I’ll be putting up other buy links on the Books page as they become available.
Attention authors of sexy romance and bloggers! I just opened sign ups for my next bloghop, The Valentine’s Day Gift Hop!
The way it works is that each site offers a short post about Valentine’s Day and a small giveaway (like a book or gift card). There are also grand prizes (provided by me), and every comment on every stop is entered to win those. I’ve done gift cards in the past, but this time I’m doing a Kindle Paperwhite and a digital gift basket.
If you’re ready to play, sign up here: http://skyewarren.wpengine.com/hop/
Yours,
Skye Warren
PS. And please share this on twitter and Facebook and wherever, because the more authors and bloggers we get, the more fun it will be!
“We’ll put on a show, beautiful. One for just you and me.”
Five years ago we lived in the same house. He was the ultimate bad boy. And my foster brother.
A dark romance about the lies that lead us down…
Since their forbidden beginning, Erin and Blake’s relationship has been marked by deep sensuality and intense emotion. Each challenge only makes them stronger, and Blake is ready to take his new fiance to meet his family. And to meet hers.
Surrender to desire with 12 books by the hottest names in dark romance, including…
I stand very still, holding a pen I shouldn’t be touching, in the office of a man I’ve never met. The man who’s standing behind me now. The man who has his hand on my hip.
“Prisoner had me hooked from their very first meeting with her head in a book checking out the goods. This was a wild ride from beginning to end and I loved it.” – She Hearts Books
Clint
Welcome, lovely hoppers!
