Thursday, April 24, 2014

Camden's Knife, Near-Future Novel, Just Published by RAB


"Tense, involving, Camden’s Knife is a smart near-future thriller with a startlingly real sense of plausibility. In a world that's falling apart, can one ordinary person make a difference? Tremendous stuff! Kavanagh can write!”

      Hugo Award-winner David Wingrove, author of the Chung Kuo series and the Roads To Moscow trilogy

Riverdale Avenue Books is thrilled to publish Camden’s Knife by John Patrick Kavanagh, an up-dated version of the science fiction classic Sixers that best-selling author Scott Turow called “Terrific.”

In this near future pop-culture-filled dystopian novel, America is under the dark cloud of a new envirus, Camden-Young’s Disease. Unleashed five years earlier from an explosion at a genetic engineering laboratory, the stealth envirus has laid waste to 74% of Caucasians between puberty and their early thirties while the other 26% are mysteriously immune. From flu-like attacks to excruciating fevers, hair loss, blindness, insanity and death, there is no cure; the only respite available being the Febrifuge Blue line of pharmaceuticals controlled by the Southern United Enterprises conglomerate used to treat symptoms of the target population while also used recreationally by the fortunate Sixers.

Dr. Arthur Camden, dispatched from the company a year earlier by the powerful and merciless executive Trisha Lane, believes a formula for a cure (which would destroy SUE’s incredibly lucrative money machine) is contained in a pair of notebooks seized when he was fired. For their return, Camden’s willing to exchange four ounces of the otherwise unobtainable distillate CY6A4 he purloined just before he was dismissed that Lane craves to manufacture an experimental potion of unimaginable potential.

David Stonetree, Lane’s new administrative assistant, becomes the middleman between the players in this high-stakes chess match, spurred on by the fact that his partner Sharon has just been diagnosed as a CYD-positive. Torn between Lane’s seductive wiles and Camden’s selfless decency he finally takes a stand that could cost him his job and possibly his and Camden’s lives.

John Patrick Kavanagh revisits his masterful novel Sixers, updating it to perhaps 20 years from our present-day, adding compelling new characters, situations, fascinating details and an even more powerful climax.

“I loved this book when I read it 25 years ago, and it has stayed with me ever since,” said Publisher Lori Perkins. “Give me a virus novel with social implications and I am
sold.”

The story continues in Kavanagh’s sequel, Weekend At Prism, with many of the characters returning in Las Vegas for the $100M World Standoff! Tournament and “the biggest rock concert ever held in the history of the Universe.”

Praise for Sixers:


“Terrific,”  - Scott Turow, best-selling author of Presumed Innocent and Burden of Proof

“(a) well-wrought debut…both engaging and fun to read.” – Publisher’s Weekly 

“A stunning debut novel…skillfully crafted…gripping and disturbing…an important new voice.” – Rave Reviews

“A writer to reckon with…engrossing and well-written.” - West Coast Review of Books

“This is a brave, wonderful book.” – Arthur Shay, Speaking Volumes

Saturday, April 12, 2014

Spanking Stories, a Lesbian Sherlock Holmes and FemDom Erotica at April Between the Covers Erotic Reading



Riverdale, New York – April 9, 2014 – Riverdale Avenue Books, the innovative hybrid publisher, will host erotic writers Cassandra Park, D.L. King, and Debra Hyde as readers for their signature erotica and erotic romance reading series “Between the Covers” at An Bael Bocht Café. The monthly series features best-selling authors the second Monday of every month, as well as their signature Dirty Word Raffle for free books and prizes.

The April reading will feature the work of D.L. King, who will be reading from her recently published short story collection, Her Wish is Your Command: Twenty-One Erotic FemDom Stories; Debra Hyde, Lambda-Award winning author of Of White Snakes and Misshapen Owls, the first in the Charlotte Olmes mystery series, and Cassandra Parks, whose previous work included It’s Supposed to Hurt and My First Spanking.

“Between the Covers” features a unique dirty word raffle where each participants is encouraged to write their favorite dirty word on a piece of paper (with initials because dirty minds think alike). The April 14th reading will feature raffle prizes from hipsandcurves.com corsets (a $150 value), DudeWipes, as well as books by the authors and much more.

The reading series is held at Bael Bocht Café, near the Riverdale Avenue Books’ company’s headquarters, to entice erotica lovers located in upper Manhattan, the Bronx, Westchester, New Jersey and Connecticut to attend. The writer-friendly Irish café, An Beal Bocht, 445 W. 238th St. is a wonderful location, accessible by the No. 1 train.

“Authors of erotica and erotic romance don’t often get the chance to read at the local bookstore or library, so we are pleased to offer an opportunity for them to mingle with their fans, “ said Lori Perkins, Publisher of Riverdale Avenue Books and an a erotica author herself. “And since Fifty Shades of Grey has sold 300 million copies world-wide, we know there are a lot of fans out there.”

For more information on this series, please visit http://betweenthecoversnyc.wordpress.com

Friday, April 11, 2014

LGBT Classic Queer Theory, Gender Theory Re-Released by RAB's Magnus Books



Riverdale, NY – April 4, 2014 – Riverdale Avenue Books/Magnus just published Queer Theory, Gender Theory: An Instant Primer by activist and gender theorist, Riki Wilchins.

Queer Theory is a one-stop, no-nonsense introduction to the core of postmodern theory, particularly its impact on queer and gender studies. Nationally known gender activist Riki Wilchins combines straightforward prose with concrete examples from LGBT and feminist politics, as well as her own life, to guide the reader through the ideas that have forever altered our understanding of bodies, sex and desire.

"The re-release of Queer Theory/Gender Theory back will make accessible to a whole new generation of students, academics, activists and plain ordinary people the central ideas around the gender system, queerness and postmodernism that have ignited countless debates and dominated the headlines for the past decade, and continue to do so today!” said Author, Riki Wilchins.

This is that rare postmodern theory book that combines accessibility, passion, personal experience and applied politics, noting at every turn why these ideas matter and how they can affect your daily life.

About the Author

Riki Wilchins is an author, activist and gender theorist. The founding ED of GenderPAC, she is the author of Queer Theory/Gender Theory: An Instant Primer and co-editor of GenderQueer: Voices from Beyond the Sexual Binary. Her work has been published in periodicals like the Village Voice and Social Text, as well as anthologies like Feminist Frontiers, Language Awareness, and The Encyclopedia of Identity. She has been profiled in the New York Times and Time Magazine selected her one of “100 Civic Innovators for the 21st Century.” She lives in Washington, DC.

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

24 Hour Birthday Sale on my RAB Titles

Thank you for all your birthday wishes. I am enjoying the day, but I would love to ask you to pay it forward, so if you could buy a book or give a review on Amazon, Goodreads or our RAB website to one of our RAB authors, I would be most grateful.

However, I don't want to break your bank, and I want you all to read my stuff too (I am actually shy about promoting my own work, believe it or not), so I put one-day sales codes on my two books on the RAB website so you can buy ELECTRO DELUXE (the first erotic short story I ever wrote about that very special relationship between a woman and her vacuum cleaner) and STILL HUNGRY FOR YOUR LOVE (my second volume of zombie romance stories) at half price (which mean $.49 on the short and $4.99 for the book), but the deals is only on the RAB website (because I control it).



So if you want to buy Electro Deluxe, type in the code HBLP

http://riverdaleavebooks.com/books/2071/electro-deluxe


And if you want to buy STILL HUNGRY FOR YOUR LOVE, type in the code HB 

http://riverdaleavebooks.com/books/4096/still-hungry-for-your-love-further-adventures-in-zombie-romance


Thanks for celebrating my birthday with me!


Friday, April 4, 2014

Sexy Time Travel Romance The Sorcerer King and the Fire Queen Just Pubbed at RAB



Riverdale, NY – April 4, 2014 – Riverdale Avenue Books just published the sexy time travel paranormal romance The Sorcerer King and the Fire Queen by Ana Lee Kennedy which is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, RiverdaleAveBooks.com, and other online retailers.

In this novel, Ruby Nutter thinks she has a normal, boring life — well, except for her fiery powers that always seem to create chaos and hysteria wherever she goes, if she lets anyone know about them.

She can’t even keep a boyfriend because she scares them away. And sex? What sex?

Seeking answers, she decides to go on a road trip with her best friend, who just happens to be the spitting image of Marilyn Monroe, to finally silence the voices and stop the images in her head.

Thrown into a quest to solve her crazy dreams and visions, Ruby finds herself thrust into a paranormal war that goes back millennia. With it comes a reawakened love that forces her to remember her beloved Sorcerer king, a love that must conquer all things to keep the world safe.

Best-selling erotic romance author Trinity Blacio said of this novel, "I read this story in one sitting and couldn't put it down. It's one of my favorite books and will read it again, again and again..."

About Ana Lee Kennedy

Ana Lee Kennedy loves writing stories steeped in lore, history, mythology, and her wicked sense of humor. Although she is known to pen hot paranormal and contemporary stories too.

After many actual dreams of traveling the world, Ana Lee hopes to do so soon with her husband and young son, and their first stop will be England. When she’s not writing, she can be found in her flower gardens or at one of the local lakes playing with her son and their creepily intelligent Labrador retriever. She resides in the U.S. with her family, Sir Creepy Dog, two almost-as-smart felines, and a pair of pet ducks.

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Third Cat Shifter Erotic Romance in Masters of the Cats Series Just Pubbed




Caging the Bengal Tiger” by Best-Selling Author Trinity Blacio Just Published by Riverdale Avenue Books

Riverdale, NY – March 31, 2014 – Riverdale Avenue Books publishes the third book of the paranormal ménage, Masters of the Cats series, from best-selling erotic romance author Trinity Blacio. Caging the Bengal Tiger is now available on Amazon, Barnes & Nobles, RiverdaleAveBooks.com, and other online retailers.

In this book, Bengal tiger shifter Lacey must deal with the life changes that have happened in her female clan as they are wooed by an alien race of alpha shifters and pursued by an even deadlier race of shifter demons.

“Trinity Blacio’s Masters of the Cats series just gets hotter and hotter, and there’s nothing as hot when these female cat shifters go into heat.” said Lori Perkins, Riverdale Avenue Books Publisher. “This is such an amazing shifter series. I’ve never read anything like it.”

Caging the Bengal Tiger starts three months after all the cat-shifters have had their lives changed by meeting a new race of compatible, but alien, shifters. Lacey hasn’t decided whether or not it was for the good. Could her life actually change for the better? Was it possible that the three males who kept following her around were truly hers? Could she really trust them? Was this true love? Or were they trying to cage the tiger seeking revenge?

Isaac Featherstone, Dan Edwards and Anthony Jefferson will fight anyone who harms their woman, including family. Isaac knows they need to collar their Lady Cat, but with betrayal still fresh on all their minds, is she going to trust them with her love? Were they ready to take up the mantle of leadership?

Surrounded by enemies all around them, Isaac, Dan, and Anthony try to protect Lacey the only way they know, showing her that they were not going anywhere. They were there to stay, and her men would not let her down like so many others had. They would prove their love by showing her that she could trust them no matter what is thrown their way.

The first chapter of the next installment in this series, Betsy’s Story: New Ties and New Loves, Book Four is included as a bonus at the end the book.

Also available from Riverdale Avenue Book in the Masters of the Cats series are Collaring the Saber Tooth, Book One and Dee’s Hard Limits, Book Two.

About Trinity Blacio

Trinity Blacio is the best-selling author of 30 erotic romance novels. She has been writing professionally for a decade and her work covers the spectrum of dark fantasy and erotic ménage. Trinity lives in Welllington, OH, with her two children, Cheyenne and Rudy and her two cats, Smokey and Missy. She loves to hear from readers and fellow writers and runs a Yahoo group: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/publishingtrove/.