My Sexy Saturday: Playing Doctor

Thanks for taking the time to stop by my blog and reading an excerpt from my debut release from Entangled Publishing, PLAYING DOCTOR, releasing tomorrow!

Back of book blurb:

When a fellow RN jokingly predicts that Beth Roberts will meet a tall, ripped and totally lick-o-licious stranger who will fulfill her deepest desires, it’s supposed to be from across a crowded room, not giving CPR to a wedding guest. Given her tragic love life, Beth has no desire to become involved again, but who could have predicted the ponytailed doctor with the mischievous smile would break through her defenses?

Dr. Gabriel North blamed himself for his wife’s death. Now, after two years of battling guilt and meaningless hookups, he’s ready to move on. When he sees the sexy brunette at his friend’s wedding, his attraction is swift and strong, and he wastes no time in pressing his advantage. One night with the woman who makes him feel alive again isn’t enough, but gaining her trust is going to take more than medical school has prepared him for.

“Oh, God.” The image he painted, pushing over the desk, driving into her…her pussy clenched.

“Ah, fuck! Squeeze me like that again,” he panted. “Just…hold on to me.” Widening his stance, Gabe grasped Beth’s hips and lifted her, angling his pelvis up as he brought her back down hard on his shaft. Then he did it again.

“Gabe, that’s…oh, I…just don’t stop!” Each pause was punctuated with another lift and thrust. 

“No way in hell. Just don’t scream when you come.” And then he moved, lifting, lowering, rotating his hips to find that sweet spot that drove her wild.

It started in the soles of her feet—that sizzle of electricity signaling her orgasm. It snaked up her legs, curled around her inner thighs, and with a low keening sound, Beth buried her face in Gabe’s neck and welcomed it as it speared her clit with an orgasm that clung to every inch of Gabe as he drove into her. He was right with her, his breath a harsh hiss against her ear as he thrust deep and held her tightly against him.

The soft brush of Gabe’s lips over her sweat-dampened temple was in stark contradiction to the choppy breaths lifting his chest against hers. “I’ve missed you, missed this,” he whispered hoarsely. 

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Today I'm featuring multipublished author and my awesome critique partner, Cathryn Fox!

Cathryn is a wife, mom, sister, daughter and friend. She loves dogs, sunny weather, anything chocolate (she never says no to a brownie) pizza and red wine. She has two teenagers who keep her busy with their never ending avtivities, and a husband who is convenced he can turn her into a mixed martial arts fan. Cathryn can never find a balance in her life, is always trying to find time to go to the gym, can never keep up with emails, Facebook or Twitter, and tries to write page-turning books that her readers will love. Cathryn also writes Young Adult novels under the pseudonym, Cat Kalen, and co-writes paranormal romance as, Taylor Keeting.

You can visit Cathryn at her wedsite, Facebook

Check out the new Box Set, UNRAVELED, eight new delicious tales of passion, featuring Cathryn, Sara Fawkes, Julia Kent, Opal Carew, Vivi Anna, SarahCastille, Lauren Hawkeye, and Dair St. Dennis.

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And keep an eye out for her holiday release November 26th, SILK, part of the Whispering Cove series.

Unwrap a little holiday wickedness...
Whispering Cove, Book 8

The pleasures of Christmas. Love. The two things Jon Wilson doesn't think he deserves, thanks to a holiday accident that took his parents. Under pressure from his uncle, Jon returns to Whispering Cove for the annual festivities, but he's counting down the hours until he can hop a Christmas Eve plane back to his Miami medical practice.

Chef, Lila Sheppard left the big city and its fast-talking men for Whispering Cove, hoping to settle down with a nice, small-town boy. Until Mr. Picket Fence appears, though, she's not opposed to a tango on the wild side. When Jon shows up--gorgeous, hot and temporary--she figures Santa has delivered her Christmas present a few days early.

Soon they're heating up the cold wintery nights, but as they get lost in each other's arms, Lila begins to realize their brief affair has become something more. Yet, she wonders if there's enough magic in Whispering Cove to show Jon that love can heall all hearts...and that there's only one place he belongs.

Warning: contains enough passion t melt ice and turn any blustery winter night into a hot, sultry holiday.

Buy it on Amazon and B&N

Getting Ready For The Launch!

The 25th will be here before you know it!

The past few months have been hectic: editing, picking out a cover that's just right, gearing up for the launch of PLAYING DOCTOR.

The past few days have been filled with preparing for guest blogs, and my thanks go out to all the wonderful bloggers and fellow authors who were kind enough to play hostess to me. I've also spent quite a bit of time building my website, ROMANCING THE PAGE, at:  http://www.janmeredithauthor.com/

Stop by and have a look!

Worth The Wait

Exciting changes are happening at Entangled Publishing, and with those changes comes a delay in the release date for Playing Doctor--but all for the best reasons.

Unfortunately, until these new and exciting changes are announced by Entangled, I can't say anymore, except that it's exactly what I had hoped for!

Sneak Peek Sunday

This is an unedited excerpt from my upcoming release with Entangled Publishing's Ever After imprint titled, Playing Doctor.

Tilting her head, Beth peered up at Gabe through her lashes, curled her lips into a taunting grin, pleased when his Adam’s apple bobbed in his throat.

“I don’t think so,” She informed Caroline with a throaty purr. “Gabriel is busy tonight, and will continue to be…for as long as likes.” And as those words left her mouth, Beth realized she actually meant them, and with that knowledge, she reached out, drove her fingers through his hair, cupped her hand at the base of his skull and pulled his mouth down to hers.

Surprise. She felt his brief pause of shock as their lips met, and then his mouth encompassed hers, shifted and possessed.

Heat. Had a man’s mouth ever felt so hot? Firm, yet soft?  Demanding, yet giving?

His hands came up, framed her face. He tilted her head and took the kiss deeper, sealed his lips over hers. His tongue grazed her lower lip, seeking permission. Her own darted forth, invited him in.

More. She wanted more. Her fingers fisted in his hair, tugged. His groan slid past her lips, over her tongue. Blood pounded in her ears, flooded her sex. The sounds of the wedding reception dulled into a low drone, and nothing existed except Gabriel’s mouth on hers…and Caroline’s frustrated exclamation.

Playing Doctor has found a home!

I'm happy to announce that my debut book, Playing Doctor has found a happy home with Entangled Publishing, and has a tentative release date of September with their Ever After imprint!


This little book has come a long way from the two paragraph blurb for the M&B Medical pitch in February of 2012. [see earlier post].

In June of last year, I sent the first three chapters to Heather Howland, who asked for the full upon completion. It took me a while to get it just the way I wanted it. I worked on it during Entangled Smackdown with Heather and her wonderful assistants, Sue and Tahra, who gave a great 20-page critique.

In the meantime, I was doing a writer's workshops on Savvy Authors using the first chapter of PD for the class, and the editor of Total E-Bound [who was conducting the class] asked to see the manuscript. I thought it would be a good opportunity to get feedback, and so I sent it to her. Much to my surprise, I was offered a contract for the book. This was a good thing, but I had my heart set on Entangled!

On February 25th of this year, I sent the completed manuscript to Entangled, not to the Brazen imprint as I had originally intended, but to the Ever After imprint, as it just felt right to end the story as a novella, and it was forwarded to Heather Howland. On March 15th, I accepted a contract with them!

Now, as I anxiously await the first round of edits, I'm working on the book for the secondary characters of Playing Doctor, Ian Montgomery and Eve Winters, titled, Educating Eve.

When It Rains...

You've heard the old saying, "When it rains, it pours..."

Sometimes that's a good thing, and sometimes it can cause horrendous stress. As you know, I've been working on a book, Playing Doctor [originally titled, A Doctor In The House] off and on for a year. Throughout that year, it's caught several editor's attention. It made it through the Harlequin M&B Medical pitch, with an eventual rejection, but with a wonderful 2-page feedback letter from Flo Nicoll with the invitation to write something else and submit it. Revamped, it made it through the HQN Blaze pitch with a request for the partial manuscript. A few months ago it also caught the eye of Heather Howland of Entangled Publishing with a request for the full manuscript upon completion.

Over the past few months, I've tweaked, twiddled, and fiddled with the manuscript, and just before submitting it, it caught the eye of an editor conducting a writer's workshop with Savvy Authors. [I was using the first chapter for the class] She asked to see the manuscript.

The past two weeks, some wonderful things have been happening. Great things.


Stay tuned to this station for further developments!