18 & Over Book Blogger Follow #25

 <center><a href="http://readingbetweenthewinesbookclub.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad3/folksohana/RBtWBC%20Memes/Follow.jpg"width="200" height="300"/></a></center>18 & Over Book Blogger Follow is a weekly feature that begins on Fridays and runs through the weekend, hosted by Crystal from Reading Between the Wines. This is a Friday blog hop with the objective to find and visit other book blogs that share the same interest as you, namely books geared towards the 18 & over crowd, and make some new friends!

How to join in:

-You should run a book blog that features and reviews mostly adult reads, some Y.A.’s are okay but 18 & over adult reads should be your majority.

-Make a separate post for the 18 & Over Book Blogger Follow on your blog.

-Copy the html for the button above and place it at the top of your post.

-List & answer the ‘Question of the Week.’

-Place your name and blog title in the linky below and the url for a direct link to your post

-Visit the other blogs on the list and say 'Hi!' Following each blog is not mandatory but I know it is always appreciated, and if someone comments saying they’re a new follower it’s polite to follow back. J It’s always nice to spread the 18 & Over Book Blogging love!

-Contact me (readingbetweenthewines10 at gmail dot com) with any questions!

Question of the Week: Has a book ever left you feeling depressed? If so, make sure to share what it was and why.

Mythological Romance: Out of Olympus series by Tina Folsom (Guest Post)

Today I would like to welcome back romance author Tina Folsom who is here to help us celebrate Mythology Romance with her Out of Olympus series! 

Greek Gods are naughty and live for fun and games

by Tina Folsom

I see Greek Gods as the ultimate hedonists. They live for pleasure, entertainment, and fun. Nothing they do is to be taken too seriously. There is so much mischief hidden within the pages of Greek Mythology that they probably contain several dozens of romantic comedies that only need to be extracted. And really, that’s what I did with A Touch of Greek and its sequel A Scent of Greek.

In A Touch of Greek, I picked Triton, the son of Poseidon and made him into a playboy, a seducer, a womanizer who just can’t help himself. He loves women, and that’s his downfall. He angers Zeus by seducing his current mistress and is punished by being exiled to the mortal world. Not everything I write about Triton is rooted in actual Greek mythology. It’s true that he’s the son of Poseidon and that he’s a water god, however, he never took a wife. He’s often depicted as half man, half fish, but I got around that problem by writing in my book that his lower half only turns into a fin when he swims in the ocean. Because for sure, we can’t have a hot hero who hasn’t got hunky legs and ... well, you know, the right equipment to pleasure his lovely lady.

Tour: Forbidden Magic by Jennifer Lyon (Review/Hop/Giveaway)

Today I am excited to be a part of Jennifer Lyon's book tour for her latest release in the Wing Hunter Slayer series, the e-novella Forbidden Magic! Below you will find my review on this title, info on the book/author, a giveaway and all the other blogs participating in the tour today! Enjoy J

Forbidden Magic 
(Wing Slayer Hunters #4.5)
by Jennifer Lyon 
ebook
Published April 15th 2012 (first published April 1st 2012)
Courtesy of author and IOBT

Wing Slayer Hunter, Ram Virtos, must find his soul mirror witch and convince her to mate with him before his Thunderbird tattoo kills him. But while that witch might be able to save Ram’s life, it is the mysterious Ginny Stone who inflames his passion. 
Ginny has been deeply fascinated by Ram for months, but dared not act on it or she’d be torn from her mortal life on earth and thrust into her dreaded destiny as a half-breed angel. But when her beloved brother’s soul is at stake, she must do the one thing she both fears and desires…
Take Ram to her bed.

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Crystal’s Thoughts: 
The Wing Slayer Hunters series has fast become a new paranormal romance favorite of mine. You can check out my thoughts on the first four novels on GoodReads. Blood Magic, Soul Magic, Night Magic and Sinful Magic

Mythological Romance: Forgotten Goddesses by Stephanie Julian (Guest Post/Giveaway)

Please give a warm welcome erotic romance author Stephanie Julian who is joining us with her Goddesses from her sexy & magical series, Forgotten Goddesses! 

Wouldn’t it be great to be an all-powerful deity?

People would worship at your feet. They’d throw gold and jewels and nubile young guys or girls at you. You could do whatever you wanted and no one could tell you no.

Sounds great, right?

I was a huge mythology geek in high school. I took Latin for four years. I had a great teacher, Miss Rurode (who still teaches), who also chaperoned trips to Europe for the students. I went to Italy three times and Greece once, all with Miss Rurode. Those trips were amazing. Sure, some of my friends went because they could drink legally for 10 days but I went for the history and the scenery.

The Roman Forum. The Coliseum. Pompeii. The Parthenon. I had the most amazing time walking through museums filled with ancient artifacts.

Fast forward twenty years and I’ve got this idea: I want to write a paranormal romance series with a unique mythology. But what pantheon? The Greeks and Romans have been done.

Then I hit on the Etruscans. They’re also from Italy but predate the Romans. In fact, the Romans incorporated much of the Etruscan mythology into their own. But what happens to the old gods and goddesses when the new ones come along?

Mythological Romance: Platinum Passion by Jennifer Lynne (Guest Post/Giveaway)

As our Spotlight on Mythological Romance continues I would like to welcome author Jennifer Lynne who is joining us with the first book in her Gods of Love series, Platinum Passion! 

Aphrodite's children: The erotes as gods of desire

Ancient Greece has always been of interest to me, even when I was in the early years of high school. The accessiblity of those Greek gods and their interaction with the humans around them, their volatile natures and dangerous passions burning so close to the surface – all were  fascinating drawcards for a teenage girl with a vivid imagination.


When I was searching for an appropriate mythology that might work for an erotic romance idea called Gods of Love, a series of short, stand-alone novellas with a common theme, it was inevitable that I would look to the heights of Mount Olympus – the home of the Olympian gods – for inspiration. I found a group of winged gods called the erotes, and researching their myth has indeed been heavenly territory – especially for an erotic romance author!


As with most mythological beings, there are many different versions of the erotes myth. The one that resonated best with me is that they are the children of Aphrodite and aspects of the primal god of desire, Eros. I was fascinated by the idea that eros, or "desire", is such a complex emotion that its various aspects could only be personified across several beings rather than contained in one.

Sexy Snippets: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

  <center><a href="http://readingbetweenthewinesbookclub.blogspot.com/"><img border="0" src="http://i916.photobucket.com/albums/ad3/folksohana/RBtWBC%20Memes/SexySnippets-1.jpg"width="200" height="300"/></a></center>Tuesdays have never been so sexy!Sexy Snippets is a weekly feature hosted by Reading Between the Wines for the 18+ crowd. To join in just grab the button, post a sexy paragraph or two from your current read and share the author & title so other participants can add the book to their TBR list if they like. Then add your post to the linky below so everyone can follow along. Have a sexy good time!