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Author: Jory Strong | Website
Jory has been writing since childhood and has never outgrown being a daydreamer. When she's not hunched over her computer, lost in the muse and conjuring up new heroes and heroines, she can usually be found reading, riding her horses, or hiking with her dogs.
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Inked Magic
From the New York Times bestselling author of Healer's Choice comes the story of a woman with the power of touch. Skin doesn't lie to her. It is her gift, sometimes her curse. She feels what others felt, and sees the things held in their memories... With the touch of her palms to the skin of a crime victim, San Francisco tattoo artist Etaín can see the faces of the guilty and draw them. Changeling elf but unaware of it, at odds with her police captain father and FBI agent brother, magic and gift have put her in the path of two compelling men. Cathal Dunne, the son of an Irish mob boss, needs Etaín's help finding the rapists who left his cousin for dead. Eamon, a powerful elf lord, is determined to make her his consort-wife. Her gift once made permanence impossible when it came to a lover. Now, as she approaches the transition to fully Elven, her survival depends on keeping two. One of the men is willing to share her. The other isn't-until the search for a sexual predator turns deadly, and only by paying magic's price will there be any future at all.
Demon Familiar
Pulled from the void by a binding spell, demon essence becomes mortal-familiar, and Ianthe forms, yielding to her preference for the female shape. She longs to live a human life, to love as a human, and while she’s escaped the dark realm and the lord she called master, she can’t escape her nature.
Incubus, succubus, Ianthe is able to shift between male and female forms, though both aspects need to be fed. She could have any man, but it’s Homicide Detective Miguel Torres she wants, the man who unknowingly summoned and bound her. Their attraction is intense, immediate, and Miguel believes he’ll never want another—until he meets Ian, Ianthe’s mysterious twin.
Attempting to withstand needs and urges denied since childhood, Miguel buries himself in Ianthe’s lush body as he battles his attraction to Ian. Then drowns in shame when he succumbs to it—only to have the murder of a gay teen force him to revisit the past…before he loses his future.
Reviewer: Trish
Review: Oct 24, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Erotic Romance, Demons
OMG he touched the medallion! Only question now is will he not only accept Ianthe, the demon succubus, but her alter ego Ian who is a demon Incubus as well?
Ianthe passes thru the dimension to where Miguel is. He is the one who is her mate. He is the one who touched the medallion that Khemirra pulled from the neck of Scholes after he made Ianthe torture her while her mate Connor watched.
Now Ianthe not only
Conner's Wolf
Homicide detective Conner Stern doesn’t know what Khemirra Reis is running from, only that he’s damn determined to find out. Right after he lays her bare beneath him and works the beautiful obsession out of his system.
Sexual satisfaction first, revealing her secrets second—that’s the plan—except Khemirra is battling a fascination of her own. Her rational mind says stay far, far away from the gorgeous cop who doesn’t want anything to do with the supernatural. But after Conner catches up to her and shows her with heated kisses and carnal demands just how perfect they can be together, the wolf part of her nature is convinced he’s the right mate.
Conner wants her trust. She needs his help. But Khemirra doesn’t know which of her secrets Conner will hate more—that she killed a man, or that she’s a werewolf. Unless love overrides all else, they’ll lose any chance of a future together.
Reviewer: Angibabi4
Review: Jul 6, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Erotic Romance, Fantasy
Khemirra is on the run. Magic has revealed her secret to a man obsessed with wolves and werewolves. In the process she lost control and killed a man, the one who used magic to reveal her secret. Now she's on the run rearing the man obsessed by her and her own werewolf nature.
Conner meets Khemirra while she's running. He knows she's running, but not what she's running from. At their first encounter he finds
Primal
Four all-new stories of primitive desire- with a never-before- published novella of the Breeds.
#1 New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh returns to her sensual world of the Breeds in an all-new novella that explores just how savage, and how far, a man is willing to go in the name of desire. Plus three other stories of irresistible passions from three masters of hot paranormal romance.
Reviewer: Karla
Review: Jan 20, 2011
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Bleeding Heart by Michelle Rowen is a short story that takes place after her novel Nightshade. Jill is infected with a substance that makes her blood poison to vampires and sought after by those who want it. Lucky for her she has Declan Reyes a half vampire/human who feels little to no emotion. The perfect protector for Jill but there is only one problem. Jill wants Declan to be very…emotionally involv
Ride to Ecstasy
Novella -
A desperate escape from the water planet of Qumaar lands Karena on Adjara, a closed desert world where the scarcity of women means each has at least two mates. It’s her face lovers Zyan and Kaeden see when they undertake a vision quest to find the female meant to be theirs.
Aroused beyond measure, awed at discovering she can communicate with horses, they’re more than ready to stake their claim in a carnal sharing of pleasure. But while capturing her body and enslaving it with passion is easy, happiness will depend on capturing her heart—and making her a willing prisoner to destiny.
A standalone set in the world first discovered in The Joining and Passion’s Song, both published in Ellora’s Cavemen anthologies.
Reader Advisory: If you love M/M, Zyan and Kaeden seriously steam up the pages, both before and after finding Karena.
Reviewer: Chris
Review: Nov 9, 2010
Genre(s): Sci-Fi / Fantasy Romance, GLBTQ, Menage / Multiple Partners
Nothing more than a commodity on her world, and a pretty useless one at that, Karena has been working to escape her dismal future. Able to escape just in time she finds herself stranded on a desert world where the men outnumber women. She is to be fought over until she accepts two mates and will never be allowed to leave the planet. When two men reach her before any others, she’s shocked and relieved to
Healer's Choice
In a post-Apocalyptic world where supernaturals have emerged from hiding, ancient, unseen enemies play a game that began at the dawn of human civilization. War is coming and neutrality isn’t an option. For Were shapeshifters, a healer’s gift holds the key to their survival…
Born into a world of violence and paid-for-sex, Rebekka longs for a family of her own and dreams of freeing those trapped in the shapeshifter brothels of the red zone. A witch’s prophecy claims she’ll one day use her gift to heal the Weres made outcast by their mixed human-animal forms. But Rebekka knows all too well that everything comes at a cost.
Made a pawn in a game she can barely glimpse, by beings whose motives she can only guess, she must navigate a dangerous course that might well cost her life. With her gift changed in terrifying ways, a plea to save five children sends her into the arms of Aryck, a Jaguar enforcer—and into territory controlled by pure Weres.
It’s a place where humans and outcasts aren’t welcomed. Where dead ancestors watch from the shadowlands and have the power to judge and punish the living. It’s a place where plague threatens and the fate of the Weres hangs in the balance. And where the choices Rebekka and Aryck make are paid for with their hearts…if not their souls.
Reviewer: Kyraninse
Review: Aug 15, 2010
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy
This latest installment in the this series just keeps racheting the suspense and drama higher. Rebekka and Aryck's story is compelling, fascinating, and kept me on the edge of my seat for the entire book. Rebekka is compassionate and strong without being weak or wishy washy about it. I admired her for keeping to her morals despite what it might cost her. This story brought her to vivid life and I was sorry to
Divine Redemption
While a standalone, Divine Redemption is a loose sequel to Death’s Courtship.
Their connection was instant, their attraction intense. Reincarnated souls reunited though neither consciously realize the depth of their bond. Temperance and Demetri love each other. Lust after each other. But a third waits, someone who will complete an already near-perfect union.
Thanos wronged them in a previous existence and, as the mortal son of Dionysus, was punished for it by the Fates. He’s had lifetimes to repent, eons to witness the rebirths and deaths of the two people who have come to mean everything to him.
Now the Moirae have finally reunited the three of them, giving Thanos a chance to rekindle an ancient flame. For their part, Tempe and Demetri must choose him freely. While Thanos must avoid retracing old steps—and betraying his lovers once again.
Reviewer: Kyraninse
Review: Sep 1, 2010
Genre(s): GLBTQ, Menage / Multiple Partners
Divine Redemption was a short, hot read. If seen from a perspective of simple entertainment, it definitely hit the spot. The premise was interesting and the characters appealing.
However, perhaps it was a short story, I found that Strong did a lot more telling rather than showing, which made for some choppy reading. It seemed like this was a story idea that would have benefited immensely from being expanded
Healing Seduction
For years Lucca and Quade have shared women and enjoyed games of sexual dominance. While she was married, Kiera was off-limits, even in their fantasies. Now that she’s single, guilt and loyalty keep them from acting on their desire.
At twenty-six, Kiera has been a widow for almost as long as she was a wife. Before pain and loss stripped her bare and changed her, she’d never craved the things Lucca and Quade want in the bedroom. Now she does. She knows they love her. But for them to have a future together, she needs to break through their emotional barriers.
Unknown to them, she’s got a plan. And if it works, Quade and Lucca won’t be able to resist her healing seduction.
Note: Set in the Crime Tells world, with brief cameos from Lyric (Lyric’s Cop), and Calista and Benito (Calista’s Men).
Reviewer: Chris
Review: Feb 15, 2010
Kiera was as happy as a woman in love can be. And then one day her husband was killed, and she died too. Inside. Now that he’s been gone for two years, she’s beginning to show signs of life again. Intrigued by the relationships her friends share with their men, relationships of shared women and sexual dominance, she decides to join the living by pursuing an interlude. The men she really wants are
Spider-Touched
The author of Ghostland continues her tale of a postapocalyptic world where supernatural beings have emerged from hiding.
Held prisoner by humans, his angelic memory and power lost because of the sigil-inscribed collar around his neck, Tir dreams of freedom and hungers for vengeance. He's sworn he'll never lie with a mortal, but when Araña removes his shackles and helps him escape his captivity, she melts his icy control and leaves him burning with desire. She's a temptation he can't resist—an unknowing enemy who might well enslave him more thoroughly than the chains he's worn for centuries.
Powerful forces have brought them together to serve a greater purpose, but learning the truth of what they are will destroy them—unless their love is strong enough to overcome the dark legacy of a battle that began with the birth of mankind.
Reviewer: Kyraninse
Review: Sep 24, 2009
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance, Urban Fantasy
Jory Strong does not disappoint with a strong new novel in this paranormal series.
I really do enjoy seeing how she's rendering the age-old conflict between the angels, the demons, and everything else that goes bump in the night. To a certain extent, I feel that I'm not seeing enough of the big picture fast enough. She reveals snippets of the world so slowly as to almost be painful.
This series is a welcome
First Sharing
Laith d’Amato never thought to form a mate-bond outside his race, but when he sees Cyan Dupre, the human female the scientists on Belizair have matched him to, he’s more than willing to claim her. Exquisite. Feminine. Intoxicating. Dreams of sharing her with Rykken d’Vesti become a vision of certainty for Laith. Only by including Rykken in the mate-bond will there be hope for Belizair.
One look at Cyan and the mating fever of his race swamps Rykken. Without the wings of the Vesti and Amato she seems fragile, in need of a strong male to care for her. It’s not the Vesti way, but for the sake of friendship and the future of Belizair, Rykken will fight his genetic imperative and cultural upbringing. He’ll join with Laith in the first sharing of a human female.
Lethal grace and poetic beauty, Cyan finds it impossible to resist Laith and Rykken. They’re erotic fantasy and artistic inspiration—but loving them comes with a choice between doing what’s right for her heart or what’s right for her art.
Publisher’s Note: Published in print in the Forbidden Fantasies anthology.
Reviewer: Heather
Review: Aug 12, 2009
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Menage / Multiple Partners
Jory Strong’s latest release, First Sharing is a delightfully wicked short story that sets the stage and leaves you hungry for the rest of her Fallon Mates series.
This book is a wonderful introduction to this world and the people Ms. Strong has created and it leaves you wanting more. Ms. Strong’s characters are strong, believable and the sexual tension between them is scorching. After reading th
Zoe's Gift
A book in the Fallon Mates series.
One look at the human female who is his match and the mating fever of the Vesti ignites in Miciah, making it impossible for him to deny what he wants. To go to Earth and claim her, he must choose an Amato co-mate. For him there is only one choice, the bisexual Iden. It’ll mean breaking the cultural taboos of the Vesti, but for Zoë, he and Iden will become lovers.
Miciah intends to keep his sexual relationship with Iden a secret as they take Zoë together. Iden has other ideas. What neither of them can know is they’ve starred in Zoë’s dreams for a week, so when they show up in her reality, she welcomes the chance to explore their fantasies—and her own.
Miciah and Iden may have come to Earth to claim a mate, but taking her home with them will change Belizair forever.
Reviewer: Heather
Review: Jun 20, 2009
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Sci-Fi / Fantasy Romance, Menage / Multiple Partners
Jory Strong’s latest release in her Fallon Mates series, Zoe’s Gift is a beautifully passionate story of love and hope.
Ms. Strong’s works have always held great appeal for me and this book more than meets my dreams. Her characters are well fleshed out and the emotion she weaves throughout the story blend together seamlessly. The sexual tension and romance of this book captures your
Ghostland
A dazzling urban fantasy romance from a fresh new voice whose bestselling e-books have put readers "in a constant state of arousal."(Fallen Angel Reviews)
Welcome to a postapocalyptic world, where the afterlife holds beings that only the bravest can summon—or dare to desire.
Taken from her home and family, shamaness Aisling McConaughey must enter the "ghostlands" to save a wealthy man's mistress. But there's a price to pay for her power: She must summon the Djinn prince Zurael en Caym—and yield to his savage, sensual rage.
Zurael intends to kill Aisling after she's served as bait to find an enemy in possession of an ancient tablet. But the more he tastes her innocent spirit, the more he'll use his fiery touch to keep her hungry for his mercy—even as they weave an erotic spell that he cannot escape...
Reviewer: Kyraninse
Review: Mar 3, 2009
Genre(s): Paranormal Romance
Jory Strong has a deft and sure hand when it comes to combining the sensual with a strong fantasy backing. Unlike some others, the plot never plays a back fiddle to the sex, and her stories are the stronger for it. Even though it's the usual angel versus demon versus human sidekick, Strong brings a whole new world to life around an old concept and gives it a spicy twist.
All is not as it seems, for t
Jewels of the Nile III
Adrift
Elayne S. Venton
The fates are on Lorie Walker’s side when she pulls long-term duty with the hunk of Space Station 5423, Dodd Henderson. Or maybe she’s not so lucky. Their space capsule is drifting in a black hole and the gauges are nonfunctional. The odds of survival are slim whether they try to break free of the void or await help. Dare they take the time, perhaps the only chance they’ll ever have, to explore the suppressed passion between them? Or will a diversion from their recovery efforts doom them?
Passion’s Song
Jory Strong
Aria’s life on the mining world of Iyon is harsh. Her future made bleaker when her father gambles her away in a dice game. Refusing to accept a prostitute’s fate, she flees into the night—and ends up in Raeder’s and Haven’s arms.
They’re a fantasy made flesh—or a nightmare waiting to happen. After a night of unparalleled pleasure, she learns of their origins and runs from them, only to realize she’s faced with a choice—listen to her heart, or to the rumors about the men who call the closed desert world of Adjara home.
Reader Advisory: Contains scenes of graphic male/male sexual interaction.
Private Lessons
Solange Ayre
Lonely widow Vanessa d’Aulaire reads Professor Robert Woodcock’s marriage manual and marvels at its absurd, inaccurate statements. Determined to set the professor straight, she invites him for tea, only to learn she was his teacher ten years ago. Rob’s schoolboy crush flares into a man’s passion as Vanessa tutors him in pleasuring a woman.
Vanessa’s stepfather is pressuring her to marry one of his friends. But how can she consider marriage to an elderly widower when her secret liaison with Rob fills her with sensual delight?
Return to Xander
Rowan West
Mia has ached for artist Xander since she broke up with him. She never expected to find him stripping at a club. Xander isn’t pleased to see Mia but that doesn’t stop him from having hot sex with her. When Mia shows up at Xander’s studio, she agrees to a challenge—she will stay and pose for portraits. Xander plans to paint her, use her, then throw her out. But old emotions return. Mia needs to convince Xander she will do anything to be with him or they’ll lose out on love.
Sorcerer’s Song
Cindy Spencer Pape
When Sorcerer Cian hears a siren’s song on a cool Toronto night, he has no idea his life is about to change forever. Lyra’s life has been a long cycle of loneliness and meaningless encounters with mortals. One night with Cian turns that life upside down. Can their night of passionate sex turn into a love that will last forever? Together they work to find a way, challenging even the gods themselves for their chance.
White Valley
Lacey Thorn
Dakota was devastated when she caught her fiancé with another woman, so she heads to what she thinks is familiar ground for a little rest and relaxation.
Sebastian and Dimitri Cordova are surprised when they stumble upon an unknown woman bathing in the bridal pool in White Valley. The sacred waters are used only to help prepare a woman for joining with her new mates—werewolf mates. Determined not to leave her to suffer a sexual awakening on her own, the brothers do what any good werewolves would do. They claim her as their own.
Reviewer: Tamazon
Review: Nov 30, 2008
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Anthologies
No matter what genre you enjoy the most this anthology will probably have something for you. As with most anthologies some stories are better and more detailed than others. But what one is your favorite will all depend all what floats your boat and what you are looking for in a story. Overall, I really enjoyed this compilation of stories and found a few authors to keep my eye on. The Ellora’s Cave antho
Drui Claiming
Book 4 in the Supernatural Bonds series.
Dragons. They huff and puff and burn the house down when they don't get their own way. They're possessive, dominating, and don't know the meaning of carefree because they're weighed down by all the treasure they feel compelled to guard. They're trouble but it doesn't change the fact that Marika has it bad for a certain silver-blond male named Xanthus whose dark, dark eyes have a lethal effect on her libido.
She wants him, but she can't have him. Dragons don't share and she comes from a long line of tree-hugging, multi-partnered Drui. There are threesomes, foursomes — and more. But there are no twosomes and she's already got one permanent man in her life, Tallis — a shapeshifting Sjen who is every bit as dominant and possessive as a dragon. It's a hopeless situation, or so it seems, until Fate intervenes and Marika decides to go for what she wants — both Xanthus and Tallis in her bed. And if the men want to do each other? She's all for it.
Reader Advisory: While every effort has been made to enable Drui Claiming to be read as a stand-alone story, it is set concurrent to Sophie's Dragon in the Supernatural Bonds series, and some story elements mentioned in Drui Claiming are explained in more depth in Sophie's Dragon.
Reviewer: Kyraninse
Review: Jun 11, 2008
Genre(s): Erotic Romance, Menage / Multiple Partners
Make no mistake, this was an intense scorcher of a story. I really enjoyed the relationship between Marika, Tallis, and Xanthus. I thought that Jory Strong brought in some interesting concepts to the usual mix of dragons and elves. However, I would have liked a little more story involving Tallis and Marika's beginning and a description of how their relationship began. I did think that since such a plot device
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