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MASTERING THE BEAST

Erotic Paranormal Rom-Com

Book Three - Taming the Beast

AMAZON

Surrendering is...

the only option she requires.

Feisty Female Demon Meets Her Match With

THREE Bad Boy Demons

A Lusty Trip to Hell

Off-The-Charts Sex

Cast Includes a Spell-Challenged Witch,

a Good Fairy Who Likes to be Bad,

A Voodoo Priestess Who Removes Memories,

and a Sexy-As-Sin Genie Who Loves

to Get Down & Dirty

No one believes that under the tough attitude and schoolgirl fashion sense, reformed demon Zoe burns for a man, love and sex. She keeps those urges on ice and well hidden. She sold her soul for a guy once, and all it got her was a one-way ticket to Hell.

Her job, keeping supernatural creatures in line at From Crud to Stud, is all work and no play. Until she’s saddled with a trio of new enforcers who ooze so much sexual heat she’s afraid to be on the same planet with them.

Stefin, Anatol, and Taro try to contain their laughter as their adorable new boss tries to lay down the law. Apparently, no one told her they don’t take orders. They give them. And they’re determined to smooth her rough edges and tame her beast with acts so wanton they’ll make her scream—for more.

Talk about all hell breaking loose. Surrender won’t come easily, but given their devilish charm and her aching need, her journey to submission is one done deal.

Warning:

Contains an unholy trio of demons who don’t like to take turns. Break room…snacking. After-hours…training sessions. In other words, a sensual ride on the pleasure express. Features m/f/m/m sex in every flavor except vanilla. Bring. It. On.

PRAISE FOR MASTERING THE BEAST

4.5 Stars

"These strong compelling characters seduce readers with their hot and sexy story while anticipation of Zoe's surrender builds throughout the well written, fast paced and smooth flowing plot."

Literary Addicts

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4.5 Stars

"Oh man! What a hot little number this is. Mastering the Beast is book three in the Taming the Beast series by Tina Donahue. This is Zoe's story and it's hot, hot, hot! "

The Jeep Diva

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4 Stars

"I have been really enjoying this series - and would recommend that you read them in order to fully appreciate the crazy! There is so much fun, madness, friendship and erotic action in these books that they are a breath of fresh (occasionally sulphurous) air. Thank you Ms. Donahue for another hit!"

Wicked Reads

5.0 out of 5 stars Fuel for your fantasies!!!!

You've got three hotter than hell guys, pardon the pun, and a hot chick that doesn't see her own 

beauty, Then you throw in her friends/family that helps her to get her hearts desires including sex

that is hotter than hot, and you have got a great read that keeps you swiping the pages and

waiting for your kindle fire to actually melt down!!! Can't wait for the next book!!!

                                                                                                               - Kindle Customer

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVED IT!

The erotic romance when they leave the office will having you sighing. But will Zoe agree 

the right guy just might be worth it? Has she finally found lasting love and if so with whom? 

2 thumbs up for an funny erotic love story that will keep you turning the pages til the very

last one. I Highly Recommend the series.

                                                                                                             - Barbara Barber, Amazon

TEASERS

Excerpt:

      Footfalls rang in the hall.

Three guys strode into Becca’s office, their movements fluid and assured. Each looked thirty or so, in mortal years, and had dressed in black, their shirts silk, their boots and pants elegant, like bouncers wear at an elite club.

No one was dancing in here, especially Zoe.

A faint sulfur scent emanated from the unholy trio. Flames flared briefly in their eyes.

Demons. The trouble she’d sensed earlier.

She froze, too stunned to move or speak.

The guy in the middle was easily six-three and nicely muscular, his blond hair shoulder-length. His rough good looks, bronze complexion and stubble put the va-va-voom in virile. Sin filled his light gray eyes, his mood dangerous and predatory.

Her belly fluttered.

He winked.

Disquiet and lust rolled through Zoe. Her legs went watery.

The guy on the right proved equally tall and powerfully built. Beautiful, he had rich-chocolate skin, dark eyes and long hair worn in dreadlocks.

Those babies would feel awesome gliding across her naked boobs and thighs—until he screwed her over like every other male had done.

She steeled herself against his allure.

He smiled.

A freaking dimple dented his right cheek, his grin an unusual combination of boyish mischief and raw sensuality.

Her pussy creamed.

Hot didn’t begin to describe the last guy’s masculine features, deep-blue eyes and thick auburn hair. Those wavy locks trailed past his ears and curled on his neck. His stubble called to everything female within Zoe, as did his height, big body and the assured way he regarded her.

The guys’ enticing sulfur odor enhanced their musky scents, making the mixture wanton and unashamed. Their impressive cocks pushed against their flies.

She bet each of their rods jutted from blond, black or auburn curls.

The room spun.

“Guys.” Becca lifted her reddish eyebrows. “This is Zoe.”

The introduction seemed to come from far away, Becca’s voice muted by the ringing in Zoe’s ears. She tried to respond but only managed an odd noise, part grunt, mostly a groan.

Becca edged closer. “Zoe, this is Anatol.” She gestured to the black hunk with the dimple. “Stefin.” The blond god in the middle winked again. “And Taro.” The blue-eyed hottie regarded her intensely. “They’re our new enforcers.”

Each looked in charge already, their stances saying they wouldn’t budge one damn inch for anyone, especially a female demon.

Becca offered a nervous smile. “You’ll be working with them from now on.”

Working with or for, as in taking orders, yearning helplessly then losing out as she had with the last man in her life?

      Like hell.

 

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Back to the Routine

  

        Hello, gentle readers! Hope you are all well and staying safe!

        Well, my company has gone home and the house is once more quiet. I’m back to my routine, which was totally thrown to the wind while my son and daughter-in-law were here (they kinda blow in like a hurricane and I am tired. Hahahaha! Even the dogs slept the entire day they went home).

        It’s all good though.

        It was a lovely visit and really perked up the DH’s spirits, for which I am grateful. Perked up mine, too. We did a lot of things the DH and I don’t normally do. We’re homebodies. They definitely are not. My daughter-in-law is the type of person who doesn’t sit still (I understand that…I don’t sit still very often. I’m always doing something around the house). She likes finding things to do and going to places that are a bit out of the ordinary. And those things and places are always fun. She says she’s building memories and she is.

        My son and I made a huge batch of spaghetti sauce (with meatballs and sausage, which they took home with them. We also made lasagna. Yum!). That was his request because he didn’t remember all the steps (it’s a process and very time consuming) and he wanted to be able to make it in the future. We had a lot of fun doing it (he took pictures of all the steps). While we did that, the DH and our daughter-in-law sat on the back patio and just…talked. A lot. He enjoyed that very much.

        I’m not sure if I’ve said it to anyone here, but I adore my daughter-in-law and have from the very first moment we met (when you know, you know. We’d be friends even if she wasn’t married to my son). She’s kind. Sweet. Compassionate. Intelligent. Beautiful in both her looks and her heart. She also has a backbone made of steel. I admire her for that. I, too, have that backbone! Sometimes, it’s the only thing we have to get us through the tough times. That, and stubbornness can overcome just about anything.

        She’s very much like the heroines I write. They’re all strong, stubborn women with very definite ideas about who they are and what they want, yet they lead with kindness. And love. A lot of love.

        Speaking of strong heroines, I need to get back to Wife Unexpected. I’m a little behind on word count but it’s fine (the words have been percolating in my head). I wouldn’t have given up this visit for anything in the world.

        Stay well! Stay safe! And remember to spread kindness wherever you go! 

Marie

The Joy of Foreign Editions

In 2019 I received an email that almost went straight to my spam folder. The person contacting me purported to work for a publisher interested in publishing my High Seas series in French and distributing it around the world. Fortunately for me, I gave it a second look.

It was indeed an offer from J'ai Lu Pour Elle to publish my books. A writer friend said, "Foreign rights are like a smiling stranger speaking a language you don't know shoving money in your pocket." As an author, you don't have to do the work. The book is already published in English, the non-English publisher hires translators and markets it, and et voilà. My agent handled the nuts and bolts of the finances and I have to say, when I was in a writing dry spell during COVID those French sales helped keep me going. My books were now available to readers literally all over the world, because Lingua Franca is still a thing: Viet Nam, Morocco, other parts of Africa, Europe, the Caribbean, and, of course, Canada. Lots of people outside of France are francophones. 

One blip in this joy is that I was supposed to fly to Paris for a conference where I'd be able to meet my new readers. Sadly, the conference was scheduled for spring of 2020 and the pandemic shut everything down. I'd even been learning French with Duolingo! But we make plans and life interferes. C'est la vie 

That's not my only foreign rights sale. Early in my career I received another suspicious looking email, this time from a German publisher. I checked it out, discovered it was legit, and had my first three books published in German by Heyne. Their cover art for my historical romance Smuggler's Bride remains a favorite of mine. The killer flamingo looming in the background just screams, "It's Florida!" and I love it. 

I even had a foreign rights sale to Estonia. I'm guessing those long winter nights make for a lot of reading time. The neat thing about the Estonian editions is that they included footnotes explaining some Florida and US history to help the readers. 

I love all of my foreign editions, but when it comes to cover art, I have a special spot for Tourmentes (Tome 2) - Cœurs au large (High Seas 2--Castaway Dreams). It captured the essence of the story, and the joie de vivre of Daphne dancing on the beach with Pompom makes me smile every time I see it.

I'm still practicing my French lessons every day because some day I'll get to take that trip to Paris and see my French books in their elegant setting. Until then, I'm giving all of the suspicious emails a second glance, because who wouldn't love to have a nice person shove money in your direction? 

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Darlene Marshall writes award-winning historical romance featuring pirates, privateers, smugglers, and the occasional possum. She loves working at a job where business attire is shorts and a shirt festooned with pink flamingos and palm trees. She lives in North Central Florida, a convenient location for putting the convertible top down and researching sites of great historical significance, which also happen to be at the beach and serve mojitos.

Marshall has worked as a broadcast and print journalist, news anchor, radio station owner, obituary writer, and a few other odd jobs. She became a novelist because there were fake people in her head having adventures, so it was either write it down or check into therapy. She’s never been a pirate, but the day is not yet over.

Her books have been published in English, German, French, and Estonian, and she’s Membership Director of Regency Fiction Writers, and Section Leader of Erotic Writing at the LitForum.com.

Represented by Barbara Collins Rosenberg of The Rosenberg Group.

Swimmin' in a Pool of Writing Funk Gunk

 

Wayyyyyy back in the day, I was in a Blog Chain with several other amazing authors. Basically, someone would choose a topic for the chain and we’d all post our take on it and link to each other. I was going back through a bunch of old posts and came across this one…which is very timely considering the writing funk I am currently in. The question asked was:

When you're in a pool of writing funk, how do you get out?

My response (slightly tweaked to reflect my current status):

This question is horribly timely as I am currently trying to hose off the gunk of the funk as we speak. Now, first of all, I need to point out that it is not my writing that gets me funky. Oh sure, when the rejections pour in, it dampens my mood a bit. And mostly because I get those “good” rejections; the ones that say “you are a great writer and this is a great story, it’s just not quite right for us right now.” It’s harder to be that close and not quite make it. My favorite was when one of my dream agents told me “it’s not you, it’s me.” Had me rolling on the ground.

(Update: I now have the most amazing agent on the planet. Absolutely worth the wait!)

Anyhow, my writing funks tend to happen as a side effect to what is going on in my Real Life. Writer’s block never lasts for long. I just work on something else or go do a load of dishes. I always get GREAT ideas when I’m doing dishes. But if I’ve been cooped in the house with the kids for months on end with no break, or if I’m stressed over anything else going on in my life, or just not feeling well…..my Real Life funk spills over into writing territory and becomes (dunh dunh duuuunh) WRITING FUNK.

How do I get out of it, you ask? I take a writing break. I read…a LOT. I will usually pick one of my favorite series and will read all the way through. Or find a new series and just let myself enjoy reading for a few days without the guilt of knowing I should be working on my own books. I am working on keeping my breaks to a few days, but most of the time, they will last several weeks. And occasionally longer. Sometimes I just really need that reset.

I also load up on romcoms and British comedies. Two of my favorite British comedies are the shows Vicar of Dibley and Absolutely Fabulous. I love watching movies like Fools Gold and The Holiday and Pure Luck. When I get in a funk, I want to laugh. Here are a couple clips of my favorite funnies for you (if I figure out how to post the video, I'll change it from the links) :) …

Absolutely Fabulous
Vicar of Dibley

And of course, my wonderful friends are great at pulling me out when I’m about to go under. I start sending out hordes of desperate messages. My weekly chat sessions with my writing bestie and collab partner Lisa Rayne, and my monthly chats with Lexi Post and our other writer buddies help SO much. Talking things out with peeps who understand the pain is incredibly helpful.

When things are really really bad, I tend to shut down a bit, stay away from everything and everyone, and that is when the hordes of messages start coming my way. I don’t know how I ever got through the day without my writing family. They are a true Godsend.

And of course, a daily funny fix from some choice memes always help….here are a few of my favorites….

 

Company's Coming!

 

Hello, gentle readers! Hope you are all well and staying safe!

Company’s coming! Our son and daughter-in-law are coming to visit next week so what have I been doing?         Cleaning. 

Of course, I am. 

Because that’s what I do. That’s not to say I haven’t been cleaning all along. Saturdays and Sundays are my chore days where I attempt (notice I say attempt) to clean the entire house…except for the spare/guest room.

We don’t have much company coming from out of state so the spare/guest room has become the repository of all the things we don’t know where else to put. 

Case in point. Suit cases. 

Now who in the world needs six suit cases? I certainly don’t. Hubby and I haven’t really gone anywhere since my son and his wife got married a couple years ago (hubby has some medical issues so traveling is difficult).

So where are all those suit cases stored? 

You guessed it. The spare room. 

There are other things in there, too. Things I haven’t seen or looked at in months so…I did a major cleaning and gave things to Goodwill or just threw them out. I don’t need all that (and isn’t it amazing how much stuff you can collect without even realizing it?). We’ve been in this house for thirty years and the hubby is kind of a pack rack (heck, we have still have stuff from when we moved to Arizona from New Jersey over forty years ago…it’s difficult to get him to part with things because, you know, ‘I might need it’. It’s an ongoing battle.

The spare/guest room now looks ready for company. New sheets on the bed, new throw rug on the floor, fresh flowers on the dresser. Nice and comfy.

Which brings me to the writing. I’ve hit 52K words in my current work in progress, Wife Unexpected (only 30 or so left to go) so as long as I was on a cleaning spree, I decided to ‘clean’ my book as well. I have edited and edited again, getting rid of all those filler words my editor dislikes. It’s much ‘cleaner’ now.

And that’s about all for me…got a lot to do and I’m running out of time. Stay well! Stay safe! And remember to spread kindness wherever you go!

Marie

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