About the Cocktales Anthology:‘Cocktales’ is a limited-release anthology (available only from May 26 – August 26, 2018) of original, never before published material, some of which is raw and unedited. Each story was specifically written for this anthology.The goal of the Cocktales Anthology is to raise funds to fight against obstruction of creative expression. Specifically, what we believe are … Specifically, what we believe are obstruction attempts through the trademarking of common (single) words for titicular use in books / or as a book series (eBooks, print, and audio).
ALL net profits will be donated to:
1) Authors already impacted by creative-obstruction (10%), and
2) Romance Writers of America (RWA) (90%) as a general donation intended for their Advocacy Fund.
Disclaimer: This anthology is not being conducted on behalf of RWA, nor does RWA endorse this anthology or effort. They have, however, graciously agreed to accept the funds.
Authors with material included (as they appear in the anthology):
Nana Malone, USA Today Bestselling author – Foreword
Dylan Allen – ‘Cocked and Loaded’
Jana Aston, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Double Cocked’
Whitney Barbetti – ‘Cocksure Grin’
Author Sawyer Bennett, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘A Wicked, Cocky Plan’
K.f. Breene, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Magical Cock and Bull’
Ruth Clampett, Amazon top 20 Bestselling Author – ‘Don’t Get Cocky’
L.H. Cosway, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Illusionist Seeks Neanderthal’
Mariah Dietz – ‘Landmines’
Amy Daws, Amazon Top 25 Bestselling author – ‘Cock and Balls’
BB Easton, Amazon Top 100 Bestselling author – ‘Cocky BB: Two Boys, One Prom.’
Jaymin Eve, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘The Cockier the Dragon, the Harder They Fall’
Emma Hart, NYT and USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Tricky Bond’
Staci Hart, Amazon Top 10 Bestselling author – ‘Cockamamie’
Jessica Hawkins, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Cocky Couture’
Julie Johnson Amazon Top 100 Bestselling author – ‘Culinary Cock-Up’
Karpov Kinrade, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Crimson Cocktail’
Adriana Locke, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Swag’
Lex Martin, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Love & Hate at the Stallion Station’
Aly Martinez, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Going Down’
Katyi McGee – USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Cocksure Co-Star’
Corinne Michaels, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Cockblocked’
Liv Morris, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Getting It Up’
Red Phoenix, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Her Cocky Russian’
Daisy Prescott, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Confessions of a Cockblocked Wingman’
Jessica Prince – ‘A Cocky Corruption Engagement’
Meghan Quinn, Amazon Top 20 Bestselling Author – ‘Fight or Flight’
CD Reiss, NYT and USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Cocky Capo’
Penny Reid, WSJ and USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Beard and Hen’
Julie Richman, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘The Color of Love’
Aleatha Romig, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Aligned’
Kennedy Ryan, Top 40 Amazon Bestselling author – ‘All’
Kylie Scott, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Short Story with Mal and Anne from The Stage Dive Series’
Sierra Simone, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Until the Cock Crows’
Tara Sivec, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Chocolate and Cockup’
Kate Stewart, Amazon Top 30 Bestselling author – ‘The Golden Sombrero’
Leia Stone, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Cocky Alpha’
Karla Sorensen – ‘Tristan & Anna: A Bachelors of the Ridge short story’
Rachel Van Dyken, NYT, WSJ, USA Today Bestselling author – ‘Cocky Mafia’
April White, Amazon Top 100 Bestselling author – ‘Code of Conduct’
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Great cause, great stories. In the interest of ensuring creative freedom for writers, this is a must-have anthology.
Loved this anthology! So many great authors. Some well known to me and others new to me. So much hotness and cockiness between these pages!
Wow! Kudos to all these writers banding together for such a great cause! Quick easy to read excerpts from so many stories! The editing is raw in some books, but the writers do have disclaimers informing you of this. Couldn’t have been easy organising this in one week.
Loved the cocky heroes and their ladyloves!
Review of Cocked and Loaded by Dylan Allen
So sexy and HOT!
Maria is out for revenge. A middle school grudge against a guy she had considered a friend has haunted her. She wants to pay him back for hurting her all those years ago. She’s all grown up but just can’t let the hurt go.
She seeks Chuck out on a dating site. She plans on luring him in and then leaving him hanging. But Chuck has changed and grown up into a sexy man that may make walking away impossible. Maybe what used to be a grudge can be something so much more!!
All the stories in the Anthology are a quick read. But they sure deliver on the chemistry and HEAT!! Loved it.
This book is BIG…HUGE and SO worth the cost. Not only for the stories inside it but for what it stands for and where the proceeds from all the sale from the books go to help those hurt by cockgate. As for the stories and novellas inside this book they are all different and uniques as each author is to themselves. The printed book is over 800 pages of good reading. #fightlikearomanceauthor #Cockygate I own this book in both the print as well as the digital version. Why you ask? To support the authors and attorney who are helping all in this fight.
Loved all the stories in this book
I’m leaving this review of the stories I’ve read up to this point. I’ll edit this as I read more of them. It’s a great & fun read so far
Cocked & Loaded: A revenge tale. A ‘cool’ boy was mean to an ‘ugly’ girl at school & as adults she wants her revenge. It’s actually quite sweet but packed with sexy heat too
Double Cocked: Fabulously funny. Jennifer has to be the most narcissistic non-celeb
Celeb I’ve ever read about!! A classy bitch fest
Cocksure Grin: I really liked this ‘in a slump’ tale. It was full of cuteness
A Wicked, Cocky Plan: A Prequel to Wicked Force: This is a solid & very engaging read. Unfortunately for me it’s the first few chapters of a new series coming in March 2019 so is more like a teaser, there is no conclusion. I will be buying this book next year tho
Magical Cock & Bull: This story is about Moss, it takes place after Natural Dual-Mage. Moss is serious, shows little to no sense of humour & doesn’t like being caught with ‘his pants down’ as the saying goes Well when an old Vampire gets played by a sexy warrior druid all bets are off I loved this one!!
Don’t Get Cocky: Very amusing with a side of a sweet romance in the making!!
Debbie, 1970, UK
I love these short stories! It was great getting the opportunity to revisit some of my favorite characters from some of my favorite books- especially Liam and Natalie (Cockblocked) and Lincoln and Dani (Swag).
To top that off, the money is going to a wonderful cause!
I have been having so much fun reading the stories in this anthology! Reminiscing with beloved characters that I love, and meeting many new ones for the first time. This anthology is supporting such an important cause that there was no way I wasn’t going to buy both the e-book and paperback to do my part and show my support for the author community. #FightLikeAReader #FightLikeARomanceAuthor
It’s so wonderful how all of these authors support the romance community and each other. So amazed to be able to be part of this amazing community. #fightlikearomanceauthor #cockygate. So many awesome stories. Everyone needs to please buy this book now. #supportauthors.
Absolutely loved this book.
Everyone of the storied were wonderful.
This is a brilliant book and well worth purchasing.
Double cocked by Jana Aston was going in a decidedly dirty direction. I was enjoying this short little hot story even though the heroine is super bratty. It has an unexpected twist and is pretty amusing.
A wicked, cocky plan by Sawyer Bennett is a prequel to a wicked book coming in March, and I can NOT wait for it! Sounds super intriguing with some plenty of steam and suspense!
Cock and Balls by Amy Daws is obviously part of a much bigger story that I haven’t read.
Cocky BB by BB Easton is the first thing I’ve ever read by her so I wasn’t used to her writing style. I like it, though. Told in first person as a remembered prom story, she really knows how to paint a vivid picture. Even though my high school experience was nothing like that, I totally was thrown into the moment.
Cocky Capo by CD Reiss made me smile and cry. Just a moment in the Drazen world is everything.
The short story by Kylie Scott with Mal and Anne made me laugh so much. These two are easily the funnest couple. So cool to revisit them after all this time.
I know I definitely haven’t gotten through all these stories, the book is freakin huge. But the reason behind it, the collaboration and coming together to fight for what’s right, and then where they donated all the extra earnings? Made this such a fantastic read, and probably the best thing to come out of that whole mess.
I love this book! All the amazing authors that contributed to this have made this big read so worth it!
I very much enjoyed this anthology. I’m ecstatic to support the ‘cocky’ cause. Through these snippets I’ve also found some authors that are new to me, that I would like to read more from.
Great Anthology. I loved most of the short stories in this book. There were a few that I didn’t like so much and ended up skipping over. But I walked away with new authors and books to add to my “To Be Read” list. Worth the #cockup #cockygate
Some short stories I didn’t care for some I really enjoyed Corrine Michael’s one for sure .
Epic! What an amazing book and for such an important cause. I bought the book to read Corinne Michaels story about Liam and Natalie. And it did not disappoint! I was also introduce to some authors I haven’t read, but am excited to read their books! Supporting these woman and their creativity is incredibly important. If you are a romance lover please pick this book up and show how much you support them and there fight! Way to go ladies!
This anthology might not have been a waste of money (good cause and I really wanted to read one entry), but it is definitely a *waste of time*.
The majority of the entries are *not original*, like original, original stories and not even (full) stories, but 1. just freaking *teasers* for new books and 2. *bonus material* for old books. Not only do you have to know the authors, you also have to be up to date with their work because… Spoilers.
There are only 7 original (at least they seem so) full stories.
That’s SEVEN out of 39.
Some of my favorite authors came together with a fresh refresher with old characters. I had a blast to catch up some of my favorite characters and also met some new characters along the way. Definitely worth the read.
I love this idea! I’m working my way through this huge anthology. So far, I love Jana Aston and CD Reiss. I have the Kindle copy and the paperback, which is like 2″ thick. Pretty girthy. So many cocky stories from so many cocky authors!! All for a good cause and for a limited time!!