Welcome to Cover Lust, a weekly meme hosted by Book Lovin' Mamas specifically for showing off those Oh-So-Sexy book covers that we find ourselves drooling over. 

Some credit goes to The Book Queen for our inspiration with her Lusting for Covers Meme. 

To participate in the Cover Lust Meme: 

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~~ ~~Create a post on your blog showing off your Sexy Cover for this week.

~~ Make sure to submit your link below so everyone can check out your Cover Lust. 

That's it...very simple...and oh-so-sexy. 

We look forward to seeing all the Cover Lust you all post.

Anna
I love this series and the covers never seem to disappoint me! :) I CAN NOT wait to read Steele's story!

Forged In Steele
(KGI #7)
by: Maya Banks
Expected Publication Date: June 2013

Description
The Kelly Group International (KGI): A super-elite, top secret, family-run business.
Qualifications: High intelligence, rock-hard body, military background.
Mission: Hostage/kidnap victim recovery. Intelligence gathering. Handling jobs the U.S. government can’t…

Steele, a KGI team leader, is an enigma not even his team mates understand. His emotions are tightly locked down and nothing can break that icy exterior. Nothing except Maren Scofield, a doctor on a mission, a woman who has gotten under Steele’s skin and threatens to crack that unflappable cool he’s legendary for.

Steele is determined not to allow Maren past his carefully guarded defenses, but when she’s in danger, there’s no way he’ll allow anyone else to protect her. She’s hiding something. He’s sure of it. But he isn’t prepared for the shocking discovery her secrets reveal. Or how they will forever alter the course of his destiny. He has a decision to make. Hold tight and shut her out. Or take a chance on something more powerful than he’s ever faced. Love.

FranJessca
I love ALL the covers to the Dark Warriors Series from Donna Grant and this one definitely caught my eye when she revealed it on her FB page, I fell in love with it.  I love the color of the cover and of course the guy's back and I absolutely love the girl's shoes.  Where can I get a pair?

Midnight's Captive
(Dark Warriors #6)
by: Donna Grant
Expected Publishing Date: 7/2/13

Description:
ENSLAVED BY DESIRE
Laura Black knows her boss is a man of many secrets—haunted by some unknowable force, driven by some unspeakable destiny—and yet it makes her crave the devilishly handsome, roguishly charming Charon all the more. When she uncovers a betrayal that will send her into a world of magic, she turns to the only one she trusts – Charon. Even when she’s in jeopardy of losing her heart…
UNLEASHED IN FURY
Charon Bruce endures a relentless yearning to have Laura for his own, an ache he knows will never be fulfilled. After the town he has protected for centuries is targeted by a ruthless Druid, he has no choice but to reveal his secret to Laura. He must fight the deadliest foe he’s ever known if he’s to keep her safe. But when Laura is captured by his nemesis, he must choose between winning the battle of good verses evil – or losing the woman he loves…

Captivating and enticing, Saffron Fletcher is a rarity in the Druid world—a Seer. She is the ultimate prize in an epic battle. After suffering horrendously at the hands of evil, her thirst for justice is all that keeps her going. Can she put her trust in the sinfully gorgeous, wonderfully dangerous Warrior who haunts her dreams and promises retribution for their common enemy? 

Camdyn MacKenna is hungry for revenge…until he falls prey to Saffron’s seductive magic. She enchants him like no other. But if Camdyn yields to her allure, will he be strong enough to defeat their sworn enemy—and resist the rising forces of evil that could destroy their love forever?

First winner never claimed her prize so we have a new winner.

And the winner of "Night's Awakening" by Donna Grant is....

Ashley Applebee

Congratulations!!!  Winner has 72 hours to claim her prize, just by replying to the email we sent you.  

(Winner was chosen by random.org)

Winner of the Season for Surrender tour (and wins an autographed copy of Season for Surrender by Theresa Romain) is...

Charity Costa

Congratulations!!  =)  Winner will be contacted by LIT Connect Events to receive your giveaway prize from the tour.   

Winner of the Donna Grant's Blog Tour on Book Lovin' Mamas is...

Justpeachy36

Congratulations!!!  Please remember to check your email.  You will receive your ebook copy of "Night's Awakening" from Donna Grant's assistant.  

(Winners have 72 hours to claim their prizes...just by responding to the email we sent you)

ISBN-13: 978-1466807457

Ebook Only

Dark Kings #3

September 25, 2012

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/dawns-desire-donna-grant/1112484039?ean=9781466807457

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B008V9Y648?ie=UTF8&creativeASIN=B008V9Y648&linkCode=xm2&tag=donnagranthis-20

Dawn's Desire

For centuries, the immortals knows as the Dragon Kings have hidden their shapeshifting powers from the world. But when a mortal enemy threatens to expose them, the warrior Banan must leave his secret lair in the Highlands, risk his life for the dragons within – and resist the temptations of human love… 

Jane Holden has never considered herself beautiful. But when the impossibly handsome Banan casts his gaze upon her, smoldering with sensuality, she feels like the sexiest woman on earth. Banan, however, is a man on a mission. He refuses to succumb to this modern woman’s charms – or his own desires. Two of his warrior brethren have already surrendered to forbidden love. But as the danger closes in, Banan realizes that he needs to possess Jane – mind, body, and soul. For she is more than his match.

She is his destiny… 

 “I’m waiting for my driver,” she said to fill the silence. Then inwardly cringed. 

She was always saying the wrong things around men. She should be flirting, but Jane didn’t know how to flirt. She wasn’t coy or beguiling. She hated the games people played, and just wanted to find a man she could be herself around. 

Every fall, ditzy moment, and disaster she had. 

His half smile grew, crinkling the corners of his gray eyes. “That would be me. I’m Banan.” 

“Banan,” she repeated, letting the name roll through her mind. She liked the name.

 He gently guided her to where he had parked the Mercedes. “You must be Jane Holden.” 

“Yes.” 

He opened the car door, and she easily slid into the back seat. “I’ll get you to the airport in plenty of time.” 

Jane smiled as she rested her head against the back of the seat. With a grin like Banan’s directed at her, for the first time in her life she didn’t feel like a Plain Jane. 

And she had managed to walk to the car and get in it without incident. Maybe the day was looking up.

Banan 

 Banan has never had a problem using humans to help further hide the Dragon Kings. Not once has he ever thought twice about lying regarding who he was to get what he wants. After all, he'd been one of the Kings who had fought to save mankind. 

 But all that changes the moment he sees Jane Holden. It's his duty to get close to her and discover any secrets she might have regarding the Kings, but when her life is threatened, Banan doesn't hesitate to save her. Or show her who he really is.

Dragon Color:    Blue

Power:  Hallucinations

Favored Region:  Mountains

Donna is giving away a Kindle or Nook copy of 

Book 2 in the Dark Kings series, Night's Awakening

to one lucky commenter today!

Be sure to check out ALL the stops on Donna's Dawn Desire's Blog Tour for new blurbs every day ~ 

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Winner will be announced October 7th.  =)

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Donna Grant has been praised for her “totally addictive” and “unique and sensual” stories. She's the author of more than twenty novels spanning multiple genres of romance—Scottish Medieval, dark fantasy, time travel, paranormal, and erotic. Her latest acclaimed series, Dark Sword, features a thrilling combination of Druids, primeval gods, and immortal Highlanders who are dark, dangerous, and irresistible. She lives with her husband, two children, a dog, and three cats in Texas.
 Learn more about Donna Grant and her books here -- 
http://www.donnagrant.com/category/books/?series=dark-kings 
 The Dark Kings series is a spin off the Dark Warriors series and Dark Sword series.

Dawn's Desire

(Dark Kings #3)

by: Donna Grant

Publishing Date: 9/25/12

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Source: Bought for Kindle (Amazon) 

Amazon | Barnes & Noble

Description:

For centuries, the immortals knows as the Dragon Kings have hidden their shapeshifting powers from the world. But when a mortal enemy threatens to expose them, the warrior Banan must leave his secret lair in the Highlands, risk his life for the dragons within – and resist the temptations of human love…

 Jane Holden has never considered herself beautiful. But when the impossibly handsome Banan casts his gaze upon her, smoldering with sensuality, she feels like the sexiest woman on earth. Banan, however, is a man on a mission. He refuses to succumb to this modern woman’s charms – or his own desires. Two of his warrior brethren have already surrendered to forbidden love. But as the danger closes in, Banan realizes that he needs to possess Jane – mind, body, and soul. For she is more than his match. She is his destiny…

My Review:
"Dawn's Desire" picks up where "Night's Awakening" left off at.
Banan is playing the role of the new driver for PureGems where Elena works at.  The Dragon Kings are trying to find out who at PureGems wanted Elena and her boss to explore their land.  Someone must know the truth behind them, so they need to find who the person is and quiet them.
Elena is inside her company doing her job and finding out who may be behind why she went with her boss Sloan, while Banan, Guy, and Rhys patrol outside the building and sneak around in some of the employers homes  and trail them to find out the truth.
Of course in the middle of it all, Jane Holden, who is an American trying to keep her job with PureGems since her boss tends to be a jerk to her, gets caught up with what is going on. The boss she's working for could be the trouble maker the Dragon Kings are looking for.
Jane who always was considered 'plain Jane' never saw herself as beautiful.  In fact, she always considered herself a disaster since she was always being clumsy.  When she comes across Banan though, sparks are going to fly.
Now Banan, must find out if Jane is apart of the problem, or is she just has clueless as them.
When Jane ends up accidentally over hearing something she was not supposed, she has to consider if PureGems is really a job to keep or not.
Banan in the mean time is going to either find out if Jane is behind it all or have to protect her from the truth.

My thoughts on "Dawn's Desire" are of course it was another 5 moon rating from Donna Grant.  I love this world Donna has created for the Dark Kings and I really, really want more about after ALL 3 short novellas.
Banan is a FAVE of mine now after reading his book.  He is one dragon king who is very protective of Jane and he knew the risks of being with Jane, but he managed to get over it rather quickly then the other Dragon Kings.  He knew from the moment, he met Jane, that it would be hard to get over her.
Jane is a very quiet and klutzy female, who I actually can click with right away. (being the quiet, timid, klutz myself sometimes) She also has become a fave lead female character out of all the books.

I'm wanting to know who the guy is at the end of the book who is behind outing the Dragon Kings now.  Donna kind of left us hanging.  And I also want to learn more about the leader of the Dragon Kings, Constantine.  =)  He has fascinated me since Book 1.

I recommend this book to paranormal romance readers, dragon shifter lovers, and Donna Grant fans.  You'll definitely enjoy this book and the first two short novellas as well.

Just a quick note...ALL 3 covers to the Dark Kings are HOT!!  I definitely hope these get made into paperbacks soon so I can buy them for my personal library at home and my hubby can be mad at me drooling over them.  =)  

Night's Awakening

by Donna Grant 

Book 2 in the Dark King's Trilogy

ISBN-13: 978-1466807440

Ebook Only

Dark Kings #2

August 28, 2012

Night’s Awakening

Fueled by dragon magic, the dark immortal warriors were never meant to feel human desire, much less fall in love. But when Guy, a member of an ancient order of shape-shifting warriors, meets Elena Griffin—a mere mortal whose beauty and blind ambition shakes him to his core—all bets are off…
Having left America to explore the Scottish Highlands, Elena suddenly finds herself lost in a dark cave—alone, injured, and utterly hopeless…until Guy appears from out of nowhere. Is she dreaming her own rescue when she falls into his arms? A man—and a passion—this strong is too good to be true. It’s only a matter a time before she learns the truth about the flames in his heart. And the dragon in his soul…

Read a snippet from Night's Awakening ~~

Elena took the boulder Sloan had been sitting on when she first noticed the open space in the ground. With her gloved hands clutched in her lap, Elena watched Sloan begin to lower herself.

“Wow,” Sloan said a moment latter. “You should see this.”

“Another time perhaps.” Elena could see the light from Sloan’s hard hat reflecting off the cave walls.

“I’ll hold you to that.”

Elena peered over the side as Sloan went even deeper. A glance at her watch showed they’d been in the cave for almost three hours, which felt more like three lifetimes.

“We need to be heading back to the surface soon,” Elena called out.

Sloan said something, but Elena couldn’t make out what it was.

“Sloan! You’ve gone too far. I can’t hear you.”

The light from Sloan’s helmet shifted upward as she raised her head. “I’ll be up in just a moment. I’m just looking around.”

“Come up higher.”

But Sloan only went lower.

Elena’s stomach clenched in dread. She was cold and getting colder, and they had been in the cave far longer than Sloan had promised.

And then Elena heard something give a loud pop. Her head jerked to where Sloan had hammered in the bolt and discovered it coming loose.

“Sloan! The bolt! It’s coming loose. Get hold of something!”

Elena prayed Sloan heard her as she jumped up and looked through her pack for the small hammer. She slammed it against the bolt, banging it back into the rock, but that would only buy Sloan a little more time.

She rushed back to the gap and leaned over to find Sloan looking up at her.

“I hammered it back in, but it won’t stay long.”

“Put in another bolt!” Sloan shouted.

Elena looked around. “Where?”

“Just find a place, and then tie your rope and throw it down to me.”

“Shit,” Elena muttered as she rushed around doing exactly what she prayed she wouldn’t have to do. “If only Sloan hadn’t gone down that damned hole.”

But she had, and now Elena had to get her out.

Elena put in the new bolt and reached for the rope. Her fingers weren’t doing as she wanted and her hands were shaking, but she was determined to tie the Italian hitch.

“Almost done!”

“I’m coming up!” Sloan shouted.

She looked to Sloan’s bolt to see it barely hanging in place. “No! Stop, Sloan!”

Before the words were out of her mouth, the bolt jerked from the rock and down into the darkness. Elena’s stomach fell to her feet like lead as she could only stare in bewilderment at the missing bolt.

There was a second of silence and then she heard Sloan scream before that, too, faded to nothing.

“No. No, no, no, no, no,” Elena said as she ran to the hole. “Sloan? Can you hear me? Sloan!”

Only silence met her calls.

Donna Grant has been praised for her “totally addictive” and “unique and sensual” stories. She's the author of more than twenty novels spanning multiple genres of romance—Scottish Medieval, dark fantasy, time travel, paranormal, and erotic. Her latest acclaimed series, Dark Sword, features a thrilling combination of Druids, primeval gods, and immortal Highlanders who are dark, dangerous, and irresistible. She lives with her husband, two children, a dog, and three cats in Texas.
Learn more about Donna Grant and her books here --
http://www.donnagrant.com/category/books/?series=dark-kings
The Dark Kings series is a spin off the Dark Warriors series and Dark Sword series.

Dark Craving Dark Kings #1 July 31, 2012

Night’s Awakening Dark Kings #2 August 28, 2012

Dawn’s Desire Dark Kings #3 September 25, 2012