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Sunday, 12 August 2012

Giveaway with Raven McAllan


Jorja was kind enough to invite me onto her blog.

As usual I went blank. How can I find something interesting to say? Something people will want to read?

 Yup, that's me. I still have to pinch myself a dozen books down the line. Wow people read what I have written.

                                                                                          

And this month is even more of a  'pinch myself' month



with my ebook A Most Unusual Mistress out on Friday 17th.





Blurb…

Why be a wife if a mistress has more fun? All Adriana has to do is get Ashley to agree.

Finding her intended bollix deep in his mistress, when she was trembling with wanting, did not impress Adriana. If being a mistress entailed being part of such passion, then a mistress only she would be'.

Ashley. Earl of Addersley thought otherwise. He wanted a wife on his terms. He wanted a wife on his terms. Terms that would send this lady of the ton screaming, or would they?

*****                                                               

Not only that, it is part of my first ever adult print book. Along with Wallflowers Don't Wilt and To Please A Lady, I am now in print!  All under one beautiful and hot cover.




Blurb
Beneath the prim and proper surface of the ton, intrigue and scandal was only a gossiping word away
            For many men and women, the fear of ruin and worse accompanied them at all times.
 Some defied propriety, took hold of their happiness and hoped for the best.
Meet the men prepared to defy convention to win their ladies.
            But are those ladies prepared to let them have it all their own ways?
            Of course not, for their partnerships are as unconventional as the ladies themselves.

Wallflowers Don't Wilt
            Two women on the verge of freedom. One man looking for adventure. Can he persuade them that freedom comes in many forms, including three bodies entwined?
 


To Please A Lady
            When your lovers are lovers themselves, and want you to help them make the perfect triangle, what do you say? Persuade me of course!

            A Most Unusual Mistress
Why be a wife if a mistress has more fun? All Adriana has to do is get Ashley to agree.
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 So to tempt you either print or ebook, here's an excerpt from A Most Unusual Mistress…

“I fear, my love.” He kept his voice calm despite the anger now raging within him. “You do not have the facts assimilated correctly. For why am I to be blackened as a cheat and a liar?”
Her chest heaved, once more unknowingly allowing him a cock-tightening view of her breasts straining at their confines as they threatened to spill out and...and what? Demand attention? Hardly. Protest his attraction? More likely. Receive his touch? Dare he? Regretfully, Ash reminded himself just whom he was facing. He held his hands out in supplication. However, Adriana had not yet finished blackening his character.
“Because you are one? Any man who states he is no longer harboring a mistress and is then found bollocks-deep inside said mistress only days before his wedding is not to be believed,” she said, her anger evident in her words. He watched, fascinated, as she picked up two small, exquisite Sèvres vases from the mantle and threw them at the wall in quick succession. They shattered in the hearth, and Ashley waited for her reaction to such damage. Adriana showed no sign of even noticing her wanton destruction and merely dusted her hands on her skirts.
Unusually, no servant appeared to discover the reason for such noise. He wondered if such temper was the norm, and the servants well used to it.
He chose not to ask her.
 “Therefore,” she said. “I do not believe anything you say to me. Lud, she is treated better than me. Have you ever touched me with such desire?” She laughed bitterly. “Perchance I should phrase that have you ever touched me? We both know the answer. Yet I have seen the way you look at me when you think you are unobserved. Indeed, on one occasion, my lord, I was the observer as you took yourself in hand and fisted yourself until you spilled your seed while shouting my name. So I know you are not indifferent to me. But touch me? Make me come? Pah. Do I not deserve the attention you paid her?”
“You are to be my wife,” Ash said stiffly. He knew his face reddened in shame, for he was ashamed of the discomfort he had caused her. “However,” he continued, ignoring the ripple of excitement her query had aroused, “not my whore. I respect you.”
“I would be better off as your mistress and get the body and the fucking I desire,” she said frankly. “Lud, Ash. I want your love, your body, and to be fucked. If that is not to be my culmination, then let me be your whore. For a twelvemonth, I have spied and regarded you in secret, stroking myself after peering at you without your knowledge. Lud, I ache for your touch. If, as your wife, I do not receive all that I desire, I do not desire to be your wife. Why should I settle for less than all you can—if you chose— give me?” she demanded. “Just because it is assumed women of our class do not enjoy more than the mere mechanics of sex, or indeed, merely tolerate a husband’s touch, do not assume that of me. If, as your mistress, I will receive more than duty demands, then make me her. However, don’t bother to make me your wife. I have too much esteem to settle for less than I deserve.”
He wondered if he imagined what he heard. “And you feel you deserve to be my mistress?”
“Well, I deserve more than a ten-minute fumble once the lamps are dimmed.”
****** Now, if you comment here, One name will be chosen at random to receive an ecopy of Mistress when it's released on Friday. Or you can have an ecopy of either of the other two books mentioned here. It's up to you.


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Wednesday, 8 August 2012

Everyone needs a little submission in their lives...

Meet Sandra Bunino, one of my fellow authors from the Keyboards and Kink anthology, where she first introduced us to The Satin Rose Experience. I gotta say, I'm looking forward to reading more about it... ;)






Mia’s Submission (Book One of The Satin Rose Experience series)

Release: August 7th from Evernight Publishing

                                           

Blurb:

Hardworking Mia Lavender's been offered a promotion she can’t refuse--VP of Client Experience at New York’s exclusive BDSM club, The Satin Rose Experience, or SRE. Mia's kept her submissive tendencies a secret, until now. She'll have ample opportunity to explore her fantasy because to succeed in her new role at SRE, she will need on-the-job training at the hands of Asher Cane.



During Asher Cane's very first training session with Mia, he fails to follow his own rules and has the hottest vanilla sex of his life. Mia needs training, and Asher is damned if he'll allow another Dom to touch her. Can Asher be the dispassionate trainer Mia needs to learn the exquisite give and take of dominance and submission? Or will her submission come only at the cost of his heart?





Mia’s Submission is Book One of The Satin Rose Experience (SRE) series.



SRE, New York’s elite BDSM club residing on the twentieth floor of Rosebud Resorts, contains ten uniquely themed suites, each with its own story to tell. Find the introduction of SRE in The Satin Rose Experience, a short story in Evernight Publishing’s Keyboards and Kink Anthology.



Excerpt:

“Training starts now, Mia. To do the job of Vice President of Client Services at SRE you must know what your clients will experience. They will come to you for information, advice and counsel. The only way you can truly help them is if you’ve experienced it yourself, to feel what they’ll feel. So, what do you think of Suite Five?” Asher asked, unknotting his tie and pulling it from his collar.



“It’s cold, both physically and visually. It’s not very comfortable.”



Asher grinned and nodded while draping the tie over his jacket. “Then it does its job. That’s exactly how it should feel in here. The submissive is supposed to feel physically insecure in this suite to help grow his or her trust in the Dominant.” He turned, locked eyes with Mia and sauntered toward her. “I hope to gain more of your trust today.”



Mia took a deep breath and her shoulders began to relax.



“Having said that, I’m sticking to the plan. Not like last night. Training is mandatory for this position and if I can’t control myself and train you properly, someone else will have to do it. I won’t have that. No one else touches you. Do you understand?”



“Of course,” Mia whispered. She couldn’t imagine going through this with anyone else.



“You remember our safe word, Mia?”



She nodded and stared into his dark brown eyes.



“Thorn.”



“Yes and please use it when you need to. Don’t think of it as a show of failure or fear. It’s the only way I’m going to understand your limits. Any questions before we begin?”



Mia’s eyes darted around the stark suite. “Cameras?”



Asher grinned. “The camera is in the mirror…” He strode to the large mirror where the note was placed and pointed. “It’s off and security is instructed to leave it off, unless you prefer to have it on,” he said and raised his eyebrows.



“No. No camera. This is going to be hard enough for me.”



“The purpose of the surveillance is not so that our security can watch, believe me; they’ve seen so much that it’s like watching a baseball game to them. It’s for the safety of our clients.”



“I understand but I still don’t like it. Plus I don’t feel unsafe with you,” Mia said with a shy smile.



He stepped toward her while unbuckling his belt. “I’m glad to hear that. Now turn around.”



She smiled at him and turned to face the wall once again. His silky, commanding voice washed over her body and soaked the juncture between her legs. Strong hands immediately kneaded at her shoulders and down her arms. Warmth sank into her flesh and she leaned back to capture more of his body heat. She relaxed momentarily but was snapped back on guard when his powerful hands encircled her ribcage and his fingers slipped between the buttons of her blouse. The sound of tearing fabric filled her ears as buttons popped from their stitching and flew in different directions. She sucked in a breath as he rid her of her shirt in one fluid motion.



“Put your hands together behind your back,” Asher’s honeyed voice buzzed through her.



She did as she was told and laced her fingers together at the top of her ass. The jingle of his belt buckle rang in her ear followed by a whoosh of leather sliding through fabric. Warm straps encircled her wrists, the buckle clanging in uneven tones as he tied it tight between her hands.



Mia swallowed hard and pulled at her hands, trying to loosen the bonds. She was firmly bound with no chance of freedom. Her breath quickened, stoking the fire growing in her belly. The bed springs creaked and she turned her head toward the sound.



“A submissive would be punished for that peek,” he growled.



She whipped her head back to face the wall.



“Come to me.”



Relieved to leave her corner, Mia spun on her heels and stepped toward him. Asher sat on the edge of the bed with his feet apart and patted the top of his thighs, beckoning her to the spot in between his knees. She complied and the heat of his hands enveloped her body as he pulled her in. She arched her back while his fingers teased up to the lacey band across her ribcage. He unsnapped her bra before pulling her hairpins, releasing her long, dark locks. Coiling her hair around his palm, he pulled downward, tipping her face toward the ceiling. He fondled the lace fabric of her bra, which only stayed secured by her arms pressed against her body. He slowly removed the band of lace and a rush of chilly air surrounded her breasts. The cool temperature was replaced with liquid heat when he took her nipple between his teeth. Mia moaned as sparks traveled from her breasts down to her core.



“Keep your legs straight and bend forward.”



Heated palms slid down her back, encircled her waist and guided her forward so that she was bent over his leg, her face and chest resting on the bed.



From the corner of her eye, she caught a partial reflection of the back of her legs and her ass, lifted high in the air. Her pussy ached with exquisite need as she watched his hands gently lift the fabric of her skirt. Mia closed her eyes as his palm rubbed small circles over her ass cheek and thigh. The heat suddenly disappeared and her eyes shot open in time to watch his hand come down with a slap. She whimpered as the sound echoed through the room. His palm continued to rub the sting from her suddenly very pink cheek. He followed the same routine on the other side and she cried out in passion the second time, anticipating the erotic burn. Craning her neck, she admired the matching pink splotches on both ass cheeks.











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Sandra Bunino began a love of romance stories while penning a creative writing assignment in high school. The story ended with the heroine receiving a long stemmed red rose in her locker on Valentine’s Day. Since then, all of her stories feature the hero presenting the heroine with roses. Sandra is constantly searching for different ways to achieve a heart-pumping, stomach-flipping, breath-catching reaction from her readers.


These days, Sandra lives on a wooded mountaintop not far from New York City with her family.

Remember, following is sexy!

Sunday, 5 August 2012

Author Spotlight on Kastil Eavenshade - With Giveaway

Thank you, Jorja, for having me on your blog. I really appreciate it. Today I'd like to give a little insight into Talbot's Ploy. Based in 18th century France, it's a tale of one man (Talbot) who has pined for one man almost all of his adult life. His best friend since childhood Maxime LaRue. Tired of going from one lover to the next, Talbot decides to test the waters and find out if his friend has similar interests in the bedroom.
I had intended this to be a shorter piece but apparently, my muse had other plans. I don't throttle my muse often as his sexy ass usually leads me in the right direction. Please enjoy a tidbit from my latest work.
BLURB:
Talbot Sauvageot has kept his wicked lifestyle underground for several years, going from one lover to the next. Decedent rake to females by day, passionate lover for his latest male companion at night. When he is forced to flee Paris or face the guillotine, Talbot realizes none of the men he has bedded over the past years burns at his soul like his dear friend Maxime LaRue.
Forced into seclusion in the forest of Bois de Lunor, he receives an invitation from Maxime for their yearly gathering at his estate in Varanguebec. One that Talbot has avoided the past few years. Refusing to submit to a life without love, Talbot schemes to discover if his childhood friend shares the same taste in pleasure as he.
Will Maxime submit to Talbot’s ploy or cast his friend in the shadow of death?

EXCERPT:



The foyer of his estate, dark at such a late hour, had comforted Maxime. In the shadows, none of his servants would witness the heated redness of his cheeks that drunkenness could not explain. He’d sent Talbot to the guest room on the other side of the large castle with a few bottles of wine to soak down his misery. For this night, Maxime decided no amount of drink would wipe the vision of Talbot sucking on his cock.
Halfway into his bedchamber, he had peeled his clothes off one piece at a time. His sights zeroed in on the large bed he planned to sprawl across as soon as he reached it. A note outside the door would belay his chambermaid from waking him before the sun stretched to its highest point. By then, he hoped Talbot would have shuffled off to his own home over the shame of the act. More than likely, his friend would stay the weekend for a bit of tomfoolery when Landis and Delron arrived.
Maxime had crawled under the sheets. Sleep, however, ran somewhere in the night and eluded his grasping hands. He rolled to his side to gaze at the filtering moonlight peeking through his closed curtains. Ever so slowly his eyes closed as he steadied his breathing to lure himself into a dream state. The grinding of stone on stone snapped him awake. The uneven footfalls neared the bed and his coverlet shifted. A warm body pressed against his back. A seeking hand smoothed over his skin and the strong smell of wine hit his nose.
Talbot had snuck into his room through the hidden passageways.
“What are you doing, Talbot?”
His friend did not answer with anything remotely resembling a language. Instead, his strong grip seized Maxime’s member and jerked it to attention. Maxime panicked. Out in the woods—far from his estate—such indulgences went unnoticed. Should he give into Talbot’s depravity in the confines of his castle, let alone his bedchamber, he would lose all his assets and be cast out by his father straight to the razor edge of the guillotine.
“I cannot do this, Talbot. It is wrong,” he whispered. “The laws.”
“Your cock and my hand say differently, my friend. Your servants are busy about their own lust. Why deny our own? Tell me to stop, Maxime, and I will.”
“Again I say you are drunk.”
“Immensely so and you quite enjoy my touch on your cock. Shall I taste you again or shall you submit to more?” Talbot shifted on the bed, towering over Maxime. “Unlike our tryst with Monsieur Beaumont’s daughters, no one is going to ruin our enjoyment.”
Maxime wondered if the taste of wine on his friend’s lips was a ploy for him to gamble in the games of their past. Was Talbot’s love of women but a ruse? Had he lured his best friend into a night of shame to prove he could or was his friend showing that his tastes were ones best left in dark crevices?

Kastil is giving away a copy of Talbot's Ploy. To be in with a chance to win, simply leave a comment on her Blog-o-rama Tour of Decadence™  http://kastil.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/release-day-talbots-ploy/






Saturday, 4 August 2012

Author Spotlight on Katherine Wyvern




Blurb:

On the desert planet Cydonia, Lune, a naturalist and explorer, is assigned a new trainee. The young Rider is supposed to follow him everywhere to learn the skills of his trade.

Lune would gladly be spared the trouble, especially when informed that the boy has been formerly apprenticed to a vicious and abusive Rider, and likely to be difficult and traumatized. But when Laz’law, a stunningly beautiful, fiercely touchy creature enters his life, Lune has no choice other than to employ his horse-whisperer’s patience to earn his trust and win his love.



Excerpt:

When Lune entered the small locker room by the stable yard he was a bit disappointed to hear the water running in one of the showers. He was tired, dusty and sweaty, and he really just wanted to scrub himself clean and then go home. The thought of meeting somebody and having to chat and be social made him feel vaguely sick.

He wondered who had stayed at the yard so long. It was a holiday, after all. He unbuttoned his shirt quickly and stuffed it into his locker, hoping to hide in a different shower before whoever it was came out, but it was too late. The water stopped, and the shower door opened. He turned to look and nearly keeled over senseless when Laz’law, of all people, stepped out of it. He had a towel around his middle and was dripping wet. He had a dark, combative look in his eyes, but he relaxed somewhat when he saw Lune.

“Oh,” he said, “it’s you. I had no idea you were even around today.”

Lune sat down on a bench and with some effort said, “Came to trim some horses. For a friend. Thought you were off with your pals.”

“Oh, no,” said Laz’law, “I didn’t go after all. Too busy. I studied, and then I came to play with the mare for a while. Trustworthy, see? And by now I can tell you anything you could possibly want me to know about every bleeding plant, beast, and bug that lives between here and Arnia. You’ll have to take me with you. I’m your living encyclopedia. You’ll need me.”

He flipped the towel off his waist and began rubbing his head with it.

“Mh-h,” said Lune, out of general considerations that this wasn’t a good moment to trust his voice. He watched Laz’law in something like a stupor while the young man rubbed the towel on his head, face, and throat. He was lean and sculpted like a racing thoroughbred, with not an inch of softness about him, and every muscle bow-string-taut under the shiny, wet, dark skin. His chest bulged out exactly enough, strong without heaviness; his stomach was as neatly and squarely lined as a chocolate bar, and his cock …

Laz’law took the towel off his head and looked at him.

“Come on, man, ask me any question! Test time!”

“Uh …” said Lune, looking down. Don’t look into his eye, he thought. Never let a shy horse know you are after him. Never cross his path. Approach sideways, make for the shoulder. Keep your head down. Don’t look into his eye. Don’t look into his eyes. Don’t look into those damned eyes, Lune.

He swallowed. “I don’t know. Tell me about snakes, to begin with.” He bit his lower lip. Snakes? he thought. Can’t you be a bit more obvious, you demented old sucker? He crossed his legs tightly to keep his fast-growing hard-on from showing.

Laz’law launched into a fast-paced description of every living species of snake known on Cydonia, specifying size, coloring, habitat and distinguishing features. He did sound like a living encyclopedia. Lune wondered when he had done all this reading, but then, like so many other rebellious youngsters he had known, he was scarily keen when he put his mind to it.

“And these are the snakes you can eat,” Laz’law said proudly, before rattling out the whole bleeding list of them. Lune bent down to lean his elbows on his knees and his forehead on his palms, aiming for an overall look of weary but concentrated attention and peering at him sideways, from under his thumb. It would keep the bulge in his pants out of view, but he was going to die of it. He made a mental note to wear somewhat softer trousers next time he was around Laz’law.

Oh lord, he thought, shifting painfully, so this is the day I get a sprained cock, yes?

Laz’law stood there talking, exhibiting his nakedness now with the total forgetfulness of the true sportsman. He had toweled his breast dry, and his skin was like matte bronze. But some water still clung in the hollow of his throat, and one drop began a shiny descent along his torso, outlining every perfect bulge and groove of his chest and belly. He had two twin silver-derm tattoos on his chest, paw-prints of sorts, as if a particularly loving and artistic panther had dipped its feet in silver paint and then laid them on his breast, side by side. Lune swallowed again. Another drop of water ran down Laz’law’s body. He toweled the inside of his legs and his narrow, perfect hips. He passed the towel under his balls, and round his cock, which fell back and bounced around, inviting…

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Friday, 27 July 2012

Author Spotlight on Lace Daltyn




Hey, Jorja and everyone! Lace Daltyn here. Many thanks to Jorja for letting me stop in and talk about my newest story, Forever Men. Beyond being an author, I’m an avid reader who loves emotional stories with Happily Ever After endings. So when these three characters started jumping up and down inside my brain, I gave them a story that put them smack in the middle of my heart. I hope you will love them as much as I do.



Blurb



Walls crumble when you build a forever love.

 As a couple, the deep, sensual connection between Desi and Alec is imaginative and limitless, even though Desi’s fear that love is transient keeps her from telling her man how she feels. Fun-loving Alec, who lost his parents in a tragic accident, has found that kind of forever love again. He’ll do whatever it takes to keep it, including giving Desi the one thing he lacks—a partner with a serious side.

 With their fledgling construction company headed for the skids if they don’t finish the job on time, Desi and Alec are frantic to catch up. Enter Alec’s friend, Matt, a man haunted by the “dull and unimaginative” label his ex-fiancé pinned on him.

 Working side by side, a thirst grows that seems unquenchable and each must come to terms with old hurts in order to consider possibilities never before imagined.

Excerpt



Desi glanced down to the empty dirt yard. Where the hell was Alec, anyhow? She’d sent him to pick up materials two hours ago.

Right on cue, a black truck raced up the treed lane and squirreled to a stop in front of the house, sending a dust cloud skyward.

            About time.

            When Alec jumped out and grinned up at her, Desi’s irritation started to fade.

            He bounded up the stairs, brushing his shaggy blond hair back as he joined her and wrapped tanned arms around her waist.

            “Hey, Gorgeous.” 

            When his eyes brimmed with amusement, as they did now, Desi found it hard to stay annoyed with him. She tried, pushing against him. “I’m mad at you.”

            Alec threw his head back and laughed. “You can never stay mad at me.”

            The smile she tried to hide refused to cooperate. Staying mad at Alec was just too damn hard. Everything about him was designed to make the world seem perfect, from his construction-hardened body to the almost constant gleam in his eyes. When Alec was near, it was easy to believe The Dream. Desi sobered as she looked around. Things were a far sight from all right at the moment.

“We’re so far behind, Alec.”

            “Trust me,” he said. “We’ll be fine.”

            “I don’t know...” Desi chewed her lower lip. Alec always saw the bright side of things, sometimes to the exclusion of the issues they needed to solve.

Alec took the hammer out of her hand and let it drop to the plywood sub-floor. “It sounds like you need a distraction.”

            The flash of his dark eyes as they inspected her from toe to head started a familiar fire deep in her belly. “Oh-h-h, no,” she stuttered. Desi backed up until a two-by-four, part of the wall frame, stopped her. “No way, Alec. We’ve got no time for that.”

Together over a year now, she still couldn’t get enough of him. When he turned on the charm, like now, the man was irresistible. But they couldn’t. Not now. Not today.

The look in his eyes crumbled her resolve further. He stepped closer, and heat, both familiar and delicious, spread between her legs.

“We can’t, Alec. We’re so far behind schedule.”

“What’s a few more minutes, then?” He leaned in, his lips grazing her neck, strumming an already taut thread of need.

Arousal swept away the last vestiges of hesitation, and Desi wound her hands into Alec’s hair. “Work can wait.”




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