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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

Kneel by Eden Butler

Title: Kneel

Series: God of Rock #1

Author: Eden Butler

Genre: Erotic Romance

Release Date: November 28, 2017

Blurb

Dash Justice wrote the songs everyone sings.

His face hangs on every girl’s wall. But Dash wasn’t always a rock God.

Once, he was just Jamie, the boy I loved.

But when my name, sung from his lips promises I was good for only one thing, all sweet thoughts of him die.

Now his excuses mean nothing. His promises are weak and I’m about to show the world that even rock Gods can be brought to their knees.

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I am a liar. My words were poison and everything I touched got filthy. Except Iris.

She was the best part of who I was. The only bright spark in my dull, gray world.

But denial made me stupid and a cruel insult destroyed everything I hoped to have with the girl of my dreams.

Now I will crawl on my knees and grovel because sometimes, even rock Gods have to beg.

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Author Bio

Eden Butler is an editor and writer of Mystery, Suspense and Contemporary Romance novels and the nine-times great-granddaughter of an honest-to-God English pirate. This could explain her affinity for rule breaking and rum.

When she’s not writing or wondering about her possibly Jack Sparrowesque ancestor, Eden patiently waits for her Hogwarts letter, edits, reads and spends way too much time watching rugby, Doctor Who and New Orleans Saints football.

She is currently living under teenage rule alongside her husband in southeast Louisiana.

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Monday, May 2, 2016

Thick & Thin by Eden Butler

Title: Thick & Thin (Thin Love, #3)

Author: Eden Butler

Genre: NA | Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 25, 2016

Pre-Order → Amazon

Synopsis

My love was thick.

Her faith was thin.

Somewhere in the middle is where life found us.

I claimed her when I was a boy.

I held her until I was a man.

She was my first thought every morning, my last smile at night, and a million memories in between.

Then one night, with her warmth still lingering on the sheets, Aly King walked away from me, from us, from our life.

They say time heals all wounds, but not for me.

Not when my heart is empty.

Not when there is nothing but a sea of meaningless faces wherever I go.

It always comes back to her.

Aly needs reminding of how drunk our love made us, before she forgets completely.

Before we lose our chance.

Before we are irrevocably broken.

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About Eden Butler

She is currently living under teenage rule alongside her husband in southeast Louisiana.

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Thursday, January 7, 2016

Crimson Cove by Eden Butler

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Title: Crimson Cove
Author: Eden Butler
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: December 31, 2015

Add to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/27385330-crimson-cove

Synopsis:

Ten years ago Janiver stole a kiss from the meanest boy in school.

He never forgot.

Senior year.

One minute before the tardy bell rang, Bane Illes would slip through the door.

He never smiled.

He never spoke.

Each day, that dark, dangerous boy gave Janiver Benoit a glance. And when she could not take another
quiet stare, or the warmth that look sent over her skin, she took from Bane something he’d never give
freely—one lingering, soul knocking kiss.

Ten years later, her family needs her, and Janiver will have to face the one person she promised herself
she’d never see again.

The dangerous wizard that might make leaving Crimson Cove the last thing she wants to do.

MY REVIEW: I love Eden Butler's books, and this one was no different. This one is a paranormal romance - witches and wizards - (what's not to love). Although it is fast paced in the beginning - you still feel the strong bond between these two characters. I love Bane - and the way he respected and was is always there for Janier. Secrets are revealed and so worth the read. Great story - you will love it, I couldn't put it down!

BUY LINKS:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B018PP9926
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AUTHOR BIO:

Eden Butler is an editor and writer of New Adult Romance and SciFi and Fantasy novels and the nine-

times great-granddaughter of an honest-to-God English pirate. This could explain her affinity for rule

breaking and rum. Her debut novel, a New Adult, Contemporary (no cliffie) Romance, ͞Chasing Serenity͟

launched in October 2013 and quickly became an Amazon bestseller.

When she’s not writing or wondering about her possibly Jack Sparrowesque ancestor, Eden edits, reads

and spends way too much time watching rugby, Doctor Who and New Orleans Saints football.

She is currently imprisoned under teenage rule alongside her husband in southeast Louisiana.

Please send help.

AUTHOR SOCIAL LINKS:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/eden.butler.10

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Blog: http://edenbutlerwrites.wordpress.com/

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7275168.Eden_Butler

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GIVEAWAY INFO

Eden is offering up the following prizes. Giveaway ends January 12th at 11:59 PM CST.

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(3) Signed paperback copy of Crimson Cove (US only)

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(1) $50 gift cards for either Amazon or B&N, winner's choice (International)

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Thursday, December 31, 2015

Crimson Cove by Eden Butler

Title: Crimson Cove
Author: Eden Butler
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: December 31, 2015

Synopsis

Ten years ago Janiver stole a kiss from the meanest boy in school.

He never forgot.

Senior year.

One minute before the tardy bell rang, Bane Illes would slip through the door.

He never smiled.

He never spoke.

Each day, that dark, dangerous boy gave Janiver Benoit a glance. And when she could not take another quiet stare, or the warmth that look sent over her skin, she took from Bane something he’d never give freely—one lingering, soul knocking kiss.

Ten years later, her family needs her, and Janiver will have to face the one person she promised herself she’d never see again.

The dangerous wizard that might make leaving Crimson Cove the last thing she wants to do.

Buy Links - Amazon | Amazon UK

Crimson Cove - Excerpt

A small breeze picked up against the water and I closed my eyes, trying to push back the sensation of longing I felt when Bane’s scent lingered in the air. Did the lines push us together or some other mystical force draw us closer despite the expectations laid at both our feet? I had no clue where that inclination came from, didn’t much care, if I was being honest. But out here under the bright moon, with the lines humming behind us and Bane standing close enough that I could feel the heat of his body, nearly feeling the whisper of his breath on the back of my neck, that closeness felt like a weight I thought I’d dropped years ago.

It never left you, the lines sang, and in my mind I imagined that tone was a bit smug.

Still, it wasn’t wrong. But it was pointless. The truth was useless when reality serves up a generous helping of impossibility. Which made Bane’s closeness and that gravitational pull of him almost impossible to ignore.

At my side, the wizard kept his attention on the sky and, possibly, on that quick, steady buzz of magic pulsing from the lines. Bane closed his eyes, tilting back his head to give his face to the moon as though the beams of light warmed his skin. He was so ruggedly beautiful, so impossible to resist that I had to remind myself we weren’t alone, the others would likely notice if I stood there staring at him helplessly for so long. But before I brought my attention away from those sharp features and the subtle, soft hint of stubble along his jaw, Bane grinned, a slow, amused twitch of his mouth and then he glanced at me as though he found it the height of funny to catch me gawking.

͞Your eyes are telling secrets, Jani.͟

͞Hardly,͟ I tried forcing an eye roll I didn’t mean. Bane wasn’t buying it. He didn’t seem overly concerned that the others stood some distance from us or that Cari or her bored brother were likely spying on us. Bane, in fact, somehow stood closer, arms crossed so that his elbow brushed against my bicep.

͞It doesn’t mean anything, you know.͟

͞What doesn’t?͟ My question came out too quickly, the words too clipped as he inched closer. He liked to torture me, I knew that, but I’d never seen him enjoy dolling at that torture so openly.

͞The attraction you feel.͟ Bane shot his thumb over his shoulder. ͞The lines, the raw feel of them—without the Elam they aren’t buffered and we are all feeling it.͟ He nodded grinning as two witches snuck off into the forest alone. ͞It’s in our nature, Jani. The lines unhindered, raw, they just bring it from us.͟ He’d drank whiskey from a canteen he edged out of his pocket. The rich hint of it came off his breath when he stepped closer. It made my fingers shake. Bane was easily five inches taller than me and as he crowded closer, he used that height to his advantage with his breath fanning over the top of my head and his chest touching my back. ͞They’ll only get stronger.͟ It wasn’t anything I hadn’t already guessed, but that claim coming from him, with that air of seduction in his tone, made me realize, finally, what that might mean. Uninhibited magic influencing every magical creature; no voice of reason to temper our behavior should we get too close. God help me, I’d cave, and from how eager Bane was to get close to me, I had a feeling that’s exactly what he wanted.

͞What is it about you, Jani?͟

He’d said my name like that once, right after he’d confessed he wasn’t sure what I wanted. But one look, one real, honest examination of my expression and Bane had guessed. I wanted him, and my name falling from his mouth in that throaty, eager whisper was all it had taken to unravel my hesitation.

My fingers rubbing against my eyelids, another breath against the top of my head and the sweet, warm bourbon scent brought my awareness away from the never-dimming desire to kiss him. He was twisting magic, working me over on purpose. Bane let the lines take him over, just a bit. His control was waning as he moved his fingers through the ends of my hair.

͞You’re more open out here, this close to the lines, aren’ t you?͟

͞We all are,͟ I told him, curling my arms around my waist like I could really protect myself from him.

͞They’ll get stronger,͟ he said, taking one wavy strand of hair off my shoulder to curl around his finger. ͞They’ll get stronger and you’ll want to lose control.͟

Eyes closed tight, I saw what that loss of control would look like. Something erotic and inappropriate involving that large wizard behind me and lots and lots of fallen red maple leaves sticking to our naked skin.

I blinked, stepped out of his reach to block that imaginary scenario. ͞That is not going to happen.͟

͞Why not?͟ he asked, moving in front of me, keeping me from retreating further away from him.

I arched an eyebrow and smiled. ͞Why do you think, Mr. Iles?͟

His shoulders fell and the tension crowded around his features again when my small words pushed reality right back into his mind. One low grunt and Bane turned his head, attention back on the crowd in the clearing. ͞You know how to ruin a moment, don’t you?͟

͞Was that a moment?͟ I teased, trying not to laugh when Bane started working his jaw.

His gaze flashed back at me and some of that irritation lessened the severity of his expression. ͞Could have been.͟

Sometimes Bane let a little emotion—real emotion that has nothing to do with teasing or trying to bate me into a reaction—pass in his eyes. I saw it just then. It was sincerity, maybe a little longing, but I couldn’t stop and give it much weight. How could I when that would lead to nothing but disappointment?

I cleared my throat, bringing my eyes down to the ground where I kicked a rock with the tip of my boot. ͞I don’t think your fiancé would have appreciated any moments you might have wanted with me.͟

͞Probably not,͟ he said and the humor in his voice was forced, as though he’d noticed the real emotion had snuck in for a moment and he needed to tamp it down quickly. Bane put back on that dominant, in-control mask and moved his head, trying to catch my eye. ͞But that doesn’t mean they won’t happen anyway.͟

͞That’s a little selfish of you, don’t you think?͟ When he squinted at me as though he were confused, I clarified. ͞You engaging with moments not reserved for the witch you’re supposed to marry.͟

͞Maybe, but you know, Miss Benoit, I’m not married yet.͟ He stepped even closer, bringing my hair back between his fingers. ͞And when the right moments come, I generally don’t care who they’re with.͟

It was a lie, one that I saw clearly through his arrogant demeanor. But Bane walked away from me then, looking back only once as though he wanted me to see the promise in his expression with the low glance of his eyes over my body and that thick bottom lips between his teeth. That expression, that promise he gave, was a challenge he wanted me to take. But as he climbed back up the hill and greeted several of members of the Birmingham coven, I knew the challenge would be unmatched. Just like us, it’d be the game I’d refuse to play with him.

About Eden Butler

Eden Butler is an editor and writer of New Adult Romance and SciFi and Fantasy novels and the nine-times great-granddaughter of an honest-to-God English pirate. This could explain her affinity for rule breaking and rum. Her debut novel, a New Adult, Contemporary (no cliffie) Romance, ͞Chasing Serenity͟ launched in October 2013 and quickly became an Amazon bestseller. When she’s not writing or wondering about her possibly Jack Sparrowesque ancestor, Eden edits, reads and spends way too much time watching rugby, Doctor Who and New Orleans Saints football. She is currently imprisoned under teenage rule alongside her husband in southeast Louisiana. Please send help.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2015

Thick Love by Eden Butler

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Title: Thick Love (Thin Love, #2)
Author: Eden Butler
Genre: NA | Contemporary Romance
Release Date: August 31, 2015
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Add to Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23601135-thick-love

Synopsis:

He doesn’t ask their names.

He doesn’t deserve to know them.

Ransom Riley Hale's friends think his life is charmed: first string as a freshman on a championship-winning college football team. A father with two Super Bowl rings. A mother with platinum albums and multiple Grammies under her belt. But that brilliant shine on the surface hides the darkness beneath; it's all Ransom has ever known.

Despite the shadows he walked in, once there was a blinding light fracturing the darkness. It brought the promise of hope and happiness. He’d been careless, filled with pride and stupidity and lost that light. Ripped it from the world.

Now, the shadows are dimming again. Aly King surges into his life threatening to pull him from the darkness. She is everything Ransom can never be again. Her light feels too warm, promises him that there is more waiting for him beyond the shadows.

But the shadows are relentless, resurfacing when he thinks he is safe, and Ransom knows he must keep Aly from them too before he pulls her down into the darkness with him.

My Review:

Alright ladies and gents, where do I begin. I must say this was a great book, it wrangled so many emotions from me. Which is hard for me to say because not all stories I read make me feel so much. Only certain authors do that to me -Eden Butler is one of those. I was angry, frustrated, sad, so many times I wanted to kick Ransom or knock him over the head to beat some sense into him. It is an emotional story and the author does great job of setting up the story. Read it you wont' be sorry.

Pre-Order Links for THICK LOVE:

Amazon → http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0147IA3RK
Amazon UK → http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0147IA3RK
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iTunes → https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/thick-love/id1032757041

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Author Bio:
Eden Butler is an editor and writer of New Adult Romance and SciFi and Fantasy novels and the nine-times great-granddaughter of an honest-to-God English pirate. This could explain her affinity for rule breaking and rum. Her debut novel, a New Adult, Contemporary (no cliffie) Romance, “Chasing Serenity” launched in October 2013 and quickly became an Amazon bestseller.

When she’s not writing or wondering about her possibly Jack Sparrowesque ancestor, Eden edits, reads and spends way too much time watching rugby, Doctor Who and New Orleans Saints football.

She is currently imprisoned under teenage rule alongside her husband in southeast Louisiana.

Please send help.

Author Social links:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/eden.butler.10
Twitter: http://twitter.com/EdenButler_
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/edenbutlerwrite/
Tumblr: http://edenbutlerwrites.tumblr.com/
Blog: http://edenbutlerwrites.wordpress.com/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7275168.Eden_Butler

BLOG TOUR GIVEAWAY INFO

Eden is offering up the following prizes. The giveaway ends Sept 8th at 11:59 PM CST.

• (1) $20 gift card (Amazon or B&N) (Intl)
• (1) Signed set of Thin Love series (US only)
• (1) eBook set of Thin Love series (Intl)

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Thursday, May 7, 2015

Cover Reveal Catching Serenity by Eden Butler

Title: Catching Serenity (Seeking Serenity, #4)

Author: Eden Butler

Genre: NA | Contemporary Romance

Release Date: July 14, 2015

Cover Designed by Steven Novak of Novak Illustration

NOTE: Catching Serenity will be multi-media with illustrations by R.N. Laing

Synopsis

It began with a look.

Just one, thrown my way. A mad, dizzying rush of desire cracking across the patio, bouncing around my friends, ignoring everything but the heat bubbling between his eyes and mine.

That’s when Quinn O’Malley came into my life.

We were inevitable.

We were senseless.

He wrecked me.

He saved me.

I still haven’t recovered.

Sayo McIntyre didn’t want the complications that came with Quinn O’Malley.

But life doesn’t care what we want. It gives us what we need.
CATCHING SERENITY is the last full-length novel in the Serenity Series.

••• Books in the Seeking Serenity Series •••

••• About Eden Butler •••

When she’s not writing or wondering about her possibly Jack Sparrowesque ancestor, Eden edits, reads and spends way too much time watching rugby, Doctor Who and New Orleans Saints football.

She is currently living under teenage rule alongside her husband in southeast Louisiana.

Please send help.

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Wednesday, April 15, 2015

Shadows and Lies by Eden Butler

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">Title:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;"> Shadows & Lies (</span><a data-mce-href="http://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Lies-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00V5RTNGY" href="http://www.amazon.com/Shadows-Lies-Book-1-ebook/dp/B00V5RTNGY" style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;" target="_blank"><em>Shadows</em></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">, #1)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">Author:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;"> Eden Butler</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">Genre:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;"> Romantic Suspense | Mystery</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;" /><strong style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;">Release Date:</strong><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 24px;"> March 26, 2015</span></span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Synopsis</b></span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One lie can change your life.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A web of lies can destroy it.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Neil Ryan was a good Navy SEAL. He was an even better detective, but when an unmarked envelope lands on his desk, long-buried secrets are resurrected and Ryan questions everything he thought he knew about justice, including who killed his mother.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alex Black is a distraction Ryan doesn’t need—she’s loud, obnoxious and a common thief, but her eyes are haunting, her lips irresistible and Ryan happens to love her filthy mouth.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Alex is also the only one able to help Ryan find the leads he's missing. She's the only one who can lead him to the one person who has the answers he seeks, but following her could cost Ryan everything.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Secrets get told, lives get wrecked and in every shadow, the truth is hiding.</span></div>

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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“I’ve never seen you cruel before. Didn’t know you had it in you, Boy Scout.”</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“You know, lady,” there was a hum in my voice I didn’t recognize. Alex had put it there with just the low dip of her gaze, “you got all these ideas that you know me. You don’t.”</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Ditto.”</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Her eyes moved with the shake of my head, following the slow nod, the moment becoming something tactile, obvious as the heating air between our bodies that dampened our skin. Two looks, two held breaths and something had shifted. Hell, who was I kidding? It had started, brewing, way back, the second I grabbed her arm, stopping her from taking that wallet. It simmered when she snuck onto my balcony asking for my help. Now it crackled—that attraction, the symmetry in the breath that mingled between her mouth and mine.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Alex?” It was only her name falling from my mouth that moved her gaze off my lips, a small glance that was all the answer she’d give me. “I’m not a fucking Boy Scout.”</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There are times when you can’t think. Those are the clustered moments when the energy, the zing of the moment you’re in breaks apart any awareness you have. There is no logic in the swell of sensation or the liquid heat that drives one body closer to another. It’s the feel of warmth, the hope of touch that pulls you in no matter what your brain tries to make you understand about right and wrong, friend or foe. I wasn’t supposed to touch Alex Black. I wasn’t supposed to see her as anything but a mission. I was supposed to find her stalker and keep her safe.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But I had always done what was expected. Seems she had to, as well. The difference was that my expectations fell on the side of justice. Hers ran along the tracks of corruption. Both meant we survived however we could.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I didn’t think about the case or what had brought her to me in the first place, and what kept her coming back to me. I reached for her because I knew that’s what we both wanted. I touched her because she let me and once I had her against my chest, felt the smooth brush of her fingers on my neck, sensation shattered judgment.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The last sound I heard before I kissed her was the strangle of laughter falling into a moan. Hers, not mine. Alex was a woman—beautiful, sensual, parts that went in and out just like they’re supposed to, but she did not kiss me like any other hesitant, docile woman I’d ever touched.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She touched me like she was still hungry, like the meal we had just shared had not filled her. Like nothing would.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Eden </span><img alt="" border="0" class="alignleft" data-mce-src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ks3h4uAQYZVdrb85ZBmbiM3slMO8pmDl61nyDtM5LFzLaYfSTvyiq9nkihhAoV_WSIsvqsPZloPh05EYHbZ0UDQWPjrUbi5JrXp4vklBhsPvg8rBf0aIAq74buDa4NmRF_x-ZvwfdZQ/s1600/Eden+Butler+Pic.jpg" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5ks3h4uAQYZVdrb85ZBmbiM3slMO8pmDl61nyDtM5LFzLaYfSTvyiq9nkihhAoV_WSIsvqsPZloPh05EYHbZ0UDQWPjrUbi5JrXp4vklBhsPvg8rBf0aIAq74buDa4NmRF_x-ZvwfdZQ/s1600/Eden+Butler+Pic.jpg" height="152" style="float: left;" width="124" /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Butler is an editor and writer of New Adult Romance and SciFi and Fantasy novels and the nine-times great-granddaughter of an honest-to-God English pirate. This could explain her affinity for rule breaking and rum. Her debut novel, a New Adult, Contemporary (no cliffie) Romance, “Chasing Serenity” launched in October 2013 and quickly became an Amazon bestseller.</span><br />

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When she’s not writing or wondering about her possibly Jack Sparrowesque ancestor, Eden edits, reads and spends way too much time watching rugby, Doctor Who and New Orleans Saints football.</span></div>

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">She is currently living under teenage rule alongside her husband in southeast Louisiana.</span></div>

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