Updates and whatnots...

Now that Shot In The Dark is out, I'm working on the next book in the Mercenary series.

Mike and Carol's story.

It has a tentative release date of April 29th, so keep your fingers crossed I can hold to that schedule.

At the end of March I'll re-release an old title, Genie In A Bottle, but I've renamed it to The Genie. Cover artist is working on the cover as I write this and as soon as she's done I'll post it here.

Hope everyone is having a great weekend!!

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Trista

Also in print

Burning Submission also finally has it's print debut!

Check it out today on Amazon 

Now out!!

Finally, I new Mercenary book...:) Available now on Amazon!

                                                              Click here to purchase...:)


Blurb:

The assignment was a simple one. Hide Danika. Brock even knew the perfect place. Unfortunately protecting Danika was far from simple.

First, there was her stubborn nature and smart mouth. Second, there was his attraction to her. And third, was the number of people out to get her.

From Turkish hit men to the C.I.A. everyone seems to want to get their hands on Danika.

What started as simple favor for her father turns into a fight to save the world, but Brock only has thoughts of saving Danika. He’ll risk his own life, even the life of his team, to save the woman who’s come to mean to world to him. Even if it means he only gets her back to hold her while the world implodes around them.  

Now available!

It's Only Physical has been released and is now available on Amazon!!




Click here  buy.

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Trista

New release coming soon!

Here's the cover for the next book in the Mercenary series, Shot In The Dark.

This is a crossover between the Mercenary series and Crime and Punishment and will be available at the end of the month!!

I'm so excited!!

Check out the hot cover...:)




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Trista

Road trip!!

My husband and I have been looking for a new camper for several weeks. I knew what floor plan I wanted. I also knew the length. Unfortunately, I couldn't get it in Tennessee. For some reason, in Tennessee, if you want 40 feet or bigger, you can find it. Anything smaller than that and it's a no go.

Apparently, Texas isn't the only state who has a saying of 'go big or go home'.

So, hubby and I had to travel all the way to Iowa and Cheyenne Camping Center to get the camper we wanted. A fabulous place by the way. I would highly recommend it if you want a camper. They even gave us a bottle of champagne..:) It's a shame we're not drinkers...lol



And they also do the walkaround in a heated warehouse. Which was perfect considering it was 18 degrees up there the day we picked it up.



The camper we were looking for was a 35 foot, super lite 5th wheel with a rear den. This is what a rear den looks like.



The reason I wanted a rear den was for one, it would seat six comfortably, but it also has opposing slides and sofas. We have two grown kids that still like to go with us and are too big for bunks, so the opposing sofas are perfect. They both make a bed, so they each have their own.

The drive home went well. We stopped halfway and camped in a Walmart parking lot. My first time to do that and other than the traffic noise, it wasn't too bad.

After getting it home, our biggest challenge was getting into the pole barn, which is where it will sleep when it's not on the road...:)






Do you know what happens when you put a camper in a pole barn with inches to spare and then hit the leveling jacks so it's level while it sits?

Massive panic!!

As the auto jacks leveled, they lifted the camper, forcing the vent cover between two rafters. It missed hitting those rafters by a half inch. We know because my brother climbed onto of the camper and crawled through the rafters to make sure there hadn't been any damage...lol

Talk about a close call! From now on, it will just sit in there unlevel. It'll be fine.

Phew! Can't wait for our first camping trip!!

New release....sort of.

It's taken me over a year to get all my EC and Loose Id books re-released. Now i'm working on my Liquid Silver books. The first to be re-released is a book titled, It's Only Physical.

Here's the new cover. Isn't it hot?? :)

It's Only Physical will release at the end of January.

One month after that, A Shot in the Dark will release at the end of February.

A Shot in the Dark is the next book in the Mercenary series. It's also a crossover and will included a very sexy character from the Crime and Punishment series, Master Delacroix...:)

I still have ten more books from Liquid Silver to release, but I'll scatter them in with new releases that I plan on putting out this year, which will include Mike and Carol's story from the Mercenary series, a new menage from the Entwined Fates series, and an interesting mixture of horror and erotic that I've been working on called Dark Desires.

I'm hoping to make 2019 a much more productive year. Keep your fingers crossed I can keep up..:)

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Trista

upcoming re-releases

I have a few more books to re-releases that I've gotten the rights back to.

Leave Me Breathless and Shutter will be first.

Then Master Delacroix.

I've also got a couple of new ones coming up in there as well.

Dangerous and The Master's Game.

It's looking like it's going to be a busy year..:)

Trista

Sweetest news

I'm working on a new book called Sweetest Sin. It will be a crossover book that will combine both the Mercenary series and the Crime and Punishment series by returning to Atlanta and Nathan Delacroix's BDSM club.

I'm hoping to have it out later this spring. Hoping...lol. We all know how life gets in the way. Seems like life gets in my way more often than not, but I'm determined to keep the fire burning. Which is probably a good thing considering how cold it is here..:)

Stay warm everyone..:)

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Trista

New releases...

Declan is the next book in the Crime and Punishment series and will release sometime tonight. Yay!!

 Blurb:

F.B.I. agent, Declan Reed can’t believe his luck when he sees sexy Jillian Drance standing in the middle of his BDSM club looking like a lost puppy.

She agrees to one night only. She doesn’t have time for relationships and doesn’t want one. A demand that suits Declan just fine until he realizes that one night wouldn’t be nearly enough.

Jillian isn’t interested in a relationship with any man, much less a man who’s life is in constant danger. Unfortunately, she can’t stop thinking about him and the way his dominating personality makes her feel.

Just when Declan is starting to break down her walls, the serial killer he’s been after turns his sites on exasperating Dom. Can Declan catch the killer before the killer catches him?

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While I'm waiting for Declan to publish on Amazon, I've started working on the next book in the series, Sweetest Sin.

Sweetest Sin will actually combine two series. The Mercenary Series and Crime and Punishment. A cross over of sorts..:)

I'll keep you posted on the progress, and in the meantime, if you haven't read the series here are the links to the books in reading order.

Topping the Domme 

Master Delacroix

Theirs To Share

Burning Submission

The Master's Den

Coming in print...

Just one of the books coming soon to print..:)

Also available in print...

Topping the Domme

Social Prey

Coming soon...

Finally after more than 2 years, I've finished the next book in the Entwined Fates series, The Master's Den.

Daniel Delacroix's story coming soon!!

The mob is embedded in Daniel's investment firm and he'll do most anything to get them out. But when the niece of the cartel leader using his company to launder money offers to help him, Daniel hesitates.

Nicole wants to see her uncle pay for his crimes, but getting Daniel to trust her enough to let her in is proving much harder than she thought. In truth, who could blame him, but Nicole doesn't give up easily.

Can the two work together before the clock runs out? Or will her uncle discover his niece's game and take THEM out?

                                               

Theirs to Share..:)

Now available...And check out that new cover!! :)

Review for Dominating Miya..:)

Dominating Miya 

by Trista Ann Michaels 

Publisher Blurb

Alex believes his world of BDSM sex would scare the hell out of Miya, not to mention she’s his best friend’s baby sister. Miya believes otherwise and shows up at his sex club to prove him wrong. Determined to prove himself right, Alex will use every toy and trick at his disposal, and then some. When he realizes just how perfect they are for each other, he'll also realize he may have gone too far.

Review

Convincing a stubborn man that she can be the submissive he needs is a tall order but Miya is determined to show Alex they fit. But what if they don’t? We return to Trista Ann Michaels’sci-fi world in Dominating Miya. The children of the characters we came to love in her Entwined Fates series are taking their turn fighting for a forever love. With Miya, Ms. Michaels gives us a strong female character who loves a Dom. She isn’t sure she can let go of enough control to truly submit but she wants the chance to try. Alex has found safety within his friendship with her brother and father and he is equally determined not to allow his feelings for Miya destroy that; two strong characters on a collision with love, who will win? I loved seeing Miya come into her own even as Alex fought her. She questioned her needs and her ability to hand over control to Alex even as she dealt with a situation in which she had no control. The dichotomy between the two was an interesting to say the least. And poor Alex sometimes didn’t know whether he was coming or going. He has feelings for Miya but she is his best friends little sister. How does he look past their connection? I thought Ms. Michaels does a wonderful job of layering their competing feelings even as she races toward a resolution. This story was fast paced and well developed. I thoroughly enjoyed it and am looking forward to more from this author.

Five Shooting Stars

Adult Education..:)

Check out my new cover. Adult Education...available November 1st.

Jonah...excerpt

“Why can’t politicians keep their hands and dicks out of the cookie jar?” Jonah grumbled.

Sidious snickered as he opened his office door and stepped inside. “A question I’ve asked myself a dozen times or more.”

Lord Jonah Marcone stepped into his Uncle Sidious’s office on Daego and drew in a deep breath of air. He’d always loved this space. Entering into it never failed to put him at ease with the large windows overlooking the lake behind it and the fireplace with an actual wood burning fire flickering inside it.

His Aunt Mikayla had decorated the house based on her home world of Earth, which is also where Jonah’s mother was from. His mother, however, preferred the modern look of their home on Tillarus, but she loved the peace and tranquility of the moon Daego, which is why he’d spent a good chunk of his childhood here. He and his twin sister, Jacqueline were even born here. Right in this very house.

This house was the family center. It’s where they came to relax, to celebrate a birthday or big event. Mikayla even had an addition built so they had plenty of room for even more family, which seemed to be growing every time Jonah turned around.

His aunt and uncle had shown that family isn’t just who you’re born to. It’s who you pick up along the way, which was proven when they made Devlin and his sister, Rhianna part of the family. Although they don’t have the same name or even the same blood, Devlin and his family, as well as his sister Rhia and her family are just as much a Marcone and welcome here as the main family members.

There was constantly someone coming and going, but Sidious and Mikayla both loved it. If they wanted time to themselves, they would go somewhere else and leave the monstrocity of a house for the family to enjoy. It’s what it had been built for.

Unfortunately, Jonah wasn’t here for relaxation.

“Does the Senator have any idea who’s blackmailing him or why?” Jonah asked as he took the seat across from his uncle’s desk.

“The why is the legislation that Christian and Alex have been working on,” Sidious replied.

“The bill that will limit the powers of the Regent?” Jonah asked.

Sidious sat back in the chair and ran a hand through his shoulder length platinum hair. “That would be the one. It would seem someone, my guess is the Regent, doesn’t want a cap on his powers, so he’s blackmailing senators to gain their support to squash it.”

“Are we sure it’s the Regent and not the corporate elite that stand behind him?” Jonah asked.

“You assume it’s the corporate elite that control the Regent, when it actuality, it’s the Regent who pulls the strings. He tells them what he wants for his support of whatever bill they want passed that might further their business.”

Jonah snorted. “I thought the Regent was suppose to watch out for the average person, to do what’s best for the people, not the corporate elite.”

Sidious’s lip curled. “In a perfect world. Unfortunately, this position appears to corrupt men.” His uncle studied him. “What we need is someone who is incorruptible.”

Jonah grinned. “What you need is a miracle.”

“Are you saying if you had the position, you could be corrupted?”

“I’ve grown up in politics my entire life. I’ve been groomed to take over as ruler of Tillarus once my father retires. I’ve had the luxury of seeing first hand how a good ruler takes care of his people. I’ve also seen good men ruined by greed. I hate the whole nature of politics. I say what I mean and mean what I say, just like dad. I don’t pander. I don’t believe in political spin. I do believe that I would always put the people first, but there’s not enough money in the galaxy for me to take on that job.”

Sidious smiled. “Can’t say as I blame you.” His uncle’s smile died and worry clouded his gray eyes. “The corruption is getting out of hand. Christian was hoping this new bill would limit the Regent’s power, putting more of it in the hands of the Senate, taking it away from just one man and putting it in the hands of the majority.”

“That’s a problem in and of itself,” Jonah replied. “Not that the power lies with the majority, but just getting the majority to agree on a course of action. I’ve heard Jonah complain for months now about bipartisanship being dead and how it’s nearly impossible to get anyone to agree on anything. It’s become a do-nothing government. Even if you expose the Regent, what then? Who’s to say the next Regent won’t be just as bad?”

Sidious sighed and tapped the top of his desk. “So you’re suggesting we leave him be? Let him continue on, using executive orders to further his power and agenda?”

Jonah rubbed his hand over the top of his head in frustration. “No. That wouldn’t work either.” Jonah stood and began to pace around the room. “The problem is the position. It’s too corruptible, too many favors exchanging hands. Even a good man could be overwhelmed by it all, swayed.”

“I agree. When your father and I finally took the dictator down and reinstated the Senate, the Regent was primarily only supposed to be a figurehead. All the power was in the hands of the Senators. Over the years, the power has slowly shifted to now it mostly resides with the Regent. It needs to go back to the way it was.”

“Which is what Chris’s bill is supposed to do,” Jonah said as he leaned on the back of the chair. With a sigh, he continued. “So basically, I need to find the proof that the Regent is behind it.”

“Any ideas where to start?” Sidious asked.

“Follow the money,” Jonah replied as he pushed back off the chair and stood straight. “Where did the Senator send it?”

“He hasn’t yet.”

Jonah grinned. “Perfect. All I have to do now is get with Aspen and have her tag it, then we can see where it goes.”

“Your Uncle Taron will kick your ass for getting his daughter Aspen involved in this.”

“She’s a freakin’ hacker. A damn good one. If anyone can tag that currency transfer it’s her. She tags it, we track it and then hopefully, I can link wherever its going to the Regent, proving he was behind it.”

“The link may be the hardest part. The Regent is a smart man. I’m sure its not going to be obvious.”

Jonah grinned. “But isn’t that why you came to me?”

Sidious laughed just as a beep came over his computer screen. He hit one of the keys on the keyboard and smiled at the screen. “Hey, Jack.”

“Hi, Uncle Sidious.”

Sidious’s brow creased into a frown as Jonah’s chest tightened with concern. He suddenly had an uneasy feeling and knew instinctively it had something to do with his twin sister, who Sidious was talking to on the computer.

“You okay, sweetheart?” Sidious asked. “You look tired.”

Jonah walked around to stand beside his uncle, just out of her line of vision, and studied his twin sister. She did look tired.

“I’m fine,” she said, faking a smile.

“Don’t listen to her, Sidious.” Jacqueline’s husband Haydrien appeared in the screen behind her. “She’s not been sleeping.”

“It’s nothing,” she said, waving her hand in dismissal. “My brother isn’t by chance there with you, is he? I called his ship, but he didn’t answer.”

“He’s here.” Sidiosu turned in his chair to look at him. He nodded his head to the screen and stood so Jonah could have the chair. “I’ll go get some coffee and let you two talk.”

Jonah nodded and sat down. If something had upset her, she would tell him and if she was tracking him down, something must have upset het. “Is Haydrien being an ass again?” Jonah asked, teasing his brother-in-law.

Haydrien bent forward slightly and stuck his middle finger up, making Jonah chuckle. “That’s not very kingly of you brother-in-law. You’ve been hanging around our cousin Shane too much, I think.”

Haydrien smiled as he dropped his hand and gave Jonah’s sister a pat on the shoulder. “She’s been a little upset, Jonah. See if you can calm her down.”

Jonah nodded as Haydrien turned and walked from the room, leaving he and his sister alone. “What’s going on, Jack?” he asked with concern.

“Do you remember when we were teenagers and I had that string of really bad nightmares right before you crashed your speeder and broke your legs?”

Jonah cringed at the memory. That had been one hell of a painful crash and recovery. Despite all their medical advancements, breaks like that took a while to heal. “Unfortunately, yes. Why?”

“I’m having nightmares again, but much worse. I wake up shaking and screaming. I can hardly breath. Jonah, I feel as though something awful is going to happen.”

“Jack,” Jonah tried to reason. “I know because we’re twins we have this weird mental connection, but you’re not psychic. Those nightmares were just a coincidence. Nothing more.”

She shook her head, dismissing what he said. “If you’re getting ready to do something for Uncle Sidious, please don’t.”

“Jack—“

“I have a really bad feeling, Jonah. Promise me you won’t do this.”

Jonah sighed. “I’m just going to meet Aspen. She’s going to do some hacking for me. That’s all.”

She stared at him, a look of helpless worry in her eyes. Jonah wanted desperately to make her feel better, but he didn’t know how. He couldn’t lie to her. She would know, just like he would know if she lied. He could tell this really concerned her. He could feel it in his gut, her tension, her fear. Now that he’d picked up on it, the sensations would continue to nag at him until she felt better. Despite their physical distance.”

“Jack, I promise. I have no intentions of going up against anyone.”

She shook her head just as Haydrien walked back into the room. “It’s not that. It’s something else. Something I can’t see, but its…its awful…painful. The pain is…”

She swallowed and Jonah frowned. He wanted to reach through the screen and hug her, but he couldn’t.

“I’ll be okay, sis. I promise.”

A single tear slipped from the corner of her eye and she gave him a nod of understanding before moving and allowing Haydrien to sit down. Haydrien touched her arm softly. “The cook needs to see you in the kitchen, love.”

She nodded silently and with her arms around her middle, hugging herself, she walked from the room, Haydrien watching her go. He turned back to the screen with a frown. “I don’t know what’s going on, Jonah, but she’s freaking the hell out. She wakes up screaming, crying, she can’t get back to sleep. Last night she didn’t even want to go to sleep at all. Has she done this before?”

“Once, but not that bad. It was right before I crashed my speeder. I had always thought it was just a coincidence. We can feel things about each other, but she’s not psychic, so I don’t know what the hell this is.”

“She’s not here and can’t hear us, so are you about to do something dangerous?”

Jonah shook his head. “Not from my view point. It’s strictly just a fact finding mission.”

Haydrien snorted. “Who are you looking for facts on, Jonah?”

Jonah sighed, but didn’t answer.

Haydrien shook his head. “My guess is what makes this dangerous is not what you’re doing, but who you’re looking into.”

“Maybe,” Jonah replied, although silently agreeing with his brother-in-law.

“If you need help let me know,” Haydrien said firmly. “I may not be pirating anymore, but I still have connections, friends in low places.”

Jonah grinned at that last one. “I’ll keep that in mind. It won’t do any good for me to lie to her and tell her I won’t do it. She’ll know. Keep her calm, if you can. Try to get her busy doing something to keep her mind off it.”

“Are you kidding? Your sister can run circles around me. She’s already got so much going on, I can barely keep up with her. The people here love her, though. She’s always there for them.”

Jonah smiled. “She had a good teacher. She’s just like our mom.”

Haydrien smiled as well. “Krista is a good woman. I’ll do what I can with Jack, but…”

Jonah gave a nod. “She’ll worry no matter what. I’ll talk to you later, Haydrien.”

He hit the keyboard, closing down the communication. Were her nightmares something to be concerned about? He gave his head a shake. No. He refused to go down that path. They were just a coincidence, nothing more.  

* * * *  

“Asa? What are you doing here?”

Asa froze in her tracks and took a deep breath before turning to smile at her little sister Andrea. “I was looking for you,” she lied.

Andrea Morlick wasn’t an idiot. Asa had hoped to avoid her sister on this trip, since she had an uncanny ability to tell when Asa was upset. You’d think after all these years Asa would be better at hiding that, but she could never hide it from Andrea.

Shrewd hazel eyes so much like her own stared hard at her. Andrea looked so much older than her twenty-four years. She’d come so far in her life and career in such a short amount of time. Some of it had been hard work, but a lot of luck had landed her as the personal assistant to the Senate Regent Varn.

“If you were really looking for me you could’ve had me paged,” Andrea said with a frown. “What were you doing in Regent Varn’s office?”

Asa sighed and decided to somewhat tell the truth. “He… he hired me for a job.”

Andrea’s eyes narrowed. “What kind of job, Asa?”

Asa’s face heated, and she licked her lips as discomfort made her whole body tighten. Asa had done a lot of illegal things in her past to make sure her baby sister had all the best that life could offer. After their parent’s death in a transport explosion, Andrea had become Asa’s responsibility. The money their parents had didn’t last, so Asa had to make a living somehow.

She’d kept most of it hidden from Andrea. She’d moved them to Earth, gotten her sister in all the best schools, and it was two years into college that Andrea began to question just how Asa could afford it all.

She’d promised Andrea she would quit and she had. Until today.

Asa shook her head, silently begging her sister to understand and hopefully not ask too many questions. “It’s not what you think. It’s sort of a government job. The Regent just needs something retrieved for him. That’s all.”

“And why would he need you to retrieve it?” she asked with suspicion as she stepped closer so she could lower her voice. “Look, I’m not stupid. I know there’s a lot goes on behind the closed doors here, but I don’t want you involved in any of that, Asa. You promised me you would keep yourself out of trouble.”

Asa put her hands on her hips and frowned in aggravation. “You know, maybe you should question what your boss needs retrieved as opposed to who he asked to retrieve it.”

Drawing a deep breath and letting it out slowly, Asa counted to ten in her head. “I’m sorry, Andrea,” she said, hoping to put an end to this conversation. “It’s nothing illegal, I’m just familiar with its whereabouts. You know. The seedier side of the galaxy.”

Andrea glanced around before she spoke again. “You don’t have to do this stuff anymore. You took care of me all those years ago, let me take care of you.”

Asa shook her head. “This isn’t about money,” she murmured softly.

“Then what?” Andrea asked.

“Just trust me,” Asa pleaded. “Don’t ask him about this, just pretend you know nothing about it.”

“Asa—“

“Andrea please. Promise me you’ll stay out of this, let me do what he asked me to do.”

Andrea scowled at her older sister, making guilt eat away at Asa’s insides. It would’ve been so much better if they hadn’t run into one another.

“I have to do this. I don’t have a choice.”

“Oh, like that makes me feel loads better,” Andrea snarled.

“Damn it, Andrea. You weren’t supposed to see me!”

With that she turned to leave.

“Asa,” Andrea called as she began to chase after her.

Asa turned and walked backward as she spoke. “I love you, Andy. Remember that. Always remember that. And please, just do what I asked.”

She stepped into the elevator and quickly hit the button to shut the door, effectively cutting her sister off. Closing her eyes, Asa forced back the tears that threatened to spill over. She’d thought she could put her past to rest, that she could move on, but that wasn’t the case. She’d earned a reputation, one the Regent made clear he planned to utilize.

If she refused, he would kill her sister.

Her mission. Find Lord Jonah Marcone, steal back what Jonah had stolen from him, and return it to Regent Varn.