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November 28, 2010
November 15, 2010
Another great review for MONICA'S SECRET
Hey folks, I'm deeply engaged with my final polish on a contemporary erotic romance novel at the moment. Once that's completed I'll update the blog with my general news. Meanwhile, another fab review came in for MONICA'S SECRET. 4.5 ravens from Lea at Blackraven's reviews! Here's a snippet from what Lea has to say:
So pleased that this novel is getting such a great reception!
More from me as soon as the current project is done and gone. Have a great week!
I loved Monica's Secret and I love the name of the series, The Erogenous Zones Series. What a great name and very appropriate for the sexual heat to be found within the pages of this book. The story mixes the touch of a special psychic gift, with an on-going mystery, with a couple of very handsome investigators and stirs it all up with a stick to end up with a delicious tale…The plot is believable and has enough twists and turns to keep the reader actively involved in both the love story and the mystery…If you are cool with ménage and enjoy a good mystery and a smoking love story, this is a great book for you. Read full review here.
So pleased that this novel is getting such a great reception!
More from me as soon as the current project is done and gone. Have a great week!
November 2, 2010
RT award nomination for RAMPANT!
Someone pinch me! I heard from my editor this afternoon with the exciting news that RAMPANT has been nominated for the 2010 RT Reviewers Choice Awards in the Best Erotic Paranormal/Fantasy category!! I'm amazed and honoured and (quite frankly) stunned by the news. Very exciting indeed. As it starts to sink in, it makes me think of the East Neuk of Fife and the places that inspired the novel, and I'm so grateful to have been there and been able to write my story. I think I'd better go crack open a celebratory drink before I get all sentimental. :)
Terrific review for MONICA'S SECRET!
My novel MONICA'S SECRET has been given a wonderful review by Queer Magazine online. I'm thrilled by the comments! Here's a snippet:
'Monica's Secret' is a sensual voyage into Monica's paranormal view of the world, including mystery, intrigue, suspense, and a scorching, sexual ménage à trois. What makes this ménage so exceptional is Saskia Walker's brilliant blend of physicality, trust, and vulnerability.
I highly recommend 'Monica's Secret' to anyone wanting to be swept away by a great story with strong, believable characters, a touch of the paranormal,and last but certainly not least, scalding hot sex. You will not be disappointed.Read full review here
November 1, 2010
Book giveaway
Have you read my novel RAMPANT? If not, would you like to win one? Naughty bunny Jessica Rabbit has a print copy to give away this week. Just call by her site and leave a comment for your chance to win!
New publication: MASTERING MEG, a Lust Bite
It's publication day for MASTERING MEG, a quickie read at Total-E-Bound.
Meg is enjoying a peaceful log cabin and a hiking holiday in Scotland, until her ex arrives on the doorstep. When she realises he intends to share the cabin with her, she is outraged.
Piers wants Meg back and he thinks he finally has his lover figured out. He's been to her London flat and he's found her secret stash of BDSM material. Meg wants to be mastered, and Piers is determined to be the one to do so. After a breakneck drive north, he stakes his claim.
Meg is furious that her ex has cornered her and heads off into the wilds, but Piers is only a whisper behind her. When he captures and cuffs her, she is astonished. Despite her protestations, Meg is wildly aroused by his dominant approach. She's always loved him, and now he is kicking aside the final barrier between them.
Never before has Meg been so liberated, so debauched, or so thoroughly pleasured. Getting her to admit that, however, is his biggest challenge. But Piers is determined, he has patience…and he has an arsenal of bondage equipment to master Meg with.
Reader Advisory: This book includes scenes that some readers may find objectionable, including chase and capture, bondage and domination.
EXCERPT:
Meg trembled as she watched him move around, stacking logs in the grate and lighting the kindle. The way his shoulders moved as he worked made her long to touch him, to stroke her hands over his muscular form.
The smell of the burning kindle reached her. Then he was back, standing in front of her, towering over her. "Are you ready to talk?"
No! She shook her head. This time, her denial was because she wasn't ready to talk, not yet. Not until this overwhelming feeling of being exposed died down. It wasn't going away any time soon either, because images of their bedroom flitted through her mind. She'd left the books and magazines out. It had never occurred to her that he would call by. They'd agreed to wait until after she returned, then have a proper talk and if necessary, split the stuff they had bought together.
Bondage and domination had long been a secret fantasy, and after the split she'd sent for some literature, indulging herself in it to stave the lonely nights and keep the regrets at bay. If he had seen that, he'd also now seen the way she responded.
Ashamed, she turned her face away. The worst of it was she was fast getting aroused again, and what she wanted most of all was his hardness inside her and the pressure of his body on hers—his will forcing her to open up fully, to receive him.
"I guess it'll take another good orgasm to break your silence on the matter of your sexual preferences," he stated, quite bluntly.
Meg stared at him in horror. Yes, he knew. He had been to the apartment.
His eyes had darkened, his handsome lips pressed together determinately as he considered her, clearly working out what he was going to do with her next.
Meg swallowed, her mind running with the possibilities, her body eagerly responding.
MASTERING MEG is a quickie read, a Lust Bite. Here is the buy link. If you pick it up, I hope you enjoy the story. :)
Meg is enjoying a peaceful log cabin and a hiking holiday in Scotland, until her ex arrives on the doorstep. When she realises he intends to share the cabin with her, she is outraged.Piers wants Meg back and he thinks he finally has his lover figured out. He's been to her London flat and he's found her secret stash of BDSM material. Meg wants to be mastered, and Piers is determined to be the one to do so. After a breakneck drive north, he stakes his claim.
Meg is furious that her ex has cornered her and heads off into the wilds, but Piers is only a whisper behind her. When he captures and cuffs her, she is astonished. Despite her protestations, Meg is wildly aroused by his dominant approach. She's always loved him, and now he is kicking aside the final barrier between them.
Never before has Meg been so liberated, so debauched, or so thoroughly pleasured. Getting her to admit that, however, is his biggest challenge. But Piers is determined, he has patience…and he has an arsenal of bondage equipment to master Meg with.
Reader Advisory: This book includes scenes that some readers may find objectionable, including chase and capture, bondage and domination.
EXCERPT:
Meg trembled as she watched him move around, stacking logs in the grate and lighting the kindle. The way his shoulders moved as he worked made her long to touch him, to stroke her hands over his muscular form.
The smell of the burning kindle reached her. Then he was back, standing in front of her, towering over her. "Are you ready to talk?"
No! She shook her head. This time, her denial was because she wasn't ready to talk, not yet. Not until this overwhelming feeling of being exposed died down. It wasn't going away any time soon either, because images of their bedroom flitted through her mind. She'd left the books and magazines out. It had never occurred to her that he would call by. They'd agreed to wait until after she returned, then have a proper talk and if necessary, split the stuff they had bought together.
Bondage and domination had long been a secret fantasy, and after the split she'd sent for some literature, indulging herself in it to stave the lonely nights and keep the regrets at bay. If he had seen that, he'd also now seen the way she responded.
Ashamed, she turned her face away. The worst of it was she was fast getting aroused again, and what she wanted most of all was his hardness inside her and the pressure of his body on hers—his will forcing her to open up fully, to receive him.
"I guess it'll take another good orgasm to break your silence on the matter of your sexual preferences," he stated, quite bluntly.
Meg stared at him in horror. Yes, he knew. He had been to the apartment.
His eyes had darkened, his handsome lips pressed together determinately as he considered her, clearly working out what he was going to do with her next.
Meg swallowed, her mind running with the possibilities, her body eagerly responding.
MASTERING MEG is a quickie read, a Lust Bite. Here is the buy link. If you pick it up, I hope you enjoy the story. :)
What's on my desk at the moment?
A new month, how did that happen? Time is whizzing by. I hope you had a fab Halloween! We had a lot of fun, even though I had to work for part of it. I usually work weekends to keep the thread but was planning to take this one off. However, I'm behind on my schedule! A compromise was reached and I was let out on good behaviour. :)
Amongst the scary shenanigans we had time to watch PRINCE OF PERSIA on DVD. They did a great job on it by keeping the look, action and mood of the game while expanding the storytelling. It was very entertaining.
If you've read my novel, SORCERESS, you know I'm a big fan of this kind of story. SORCERESS is set in a fantasy world, but it's based on the history and legends of that time, when smaller countries were grouped together and came under Persian rule. It was my reading about these small, ancient countries and their beliefs that inspired the novel.
Today sees the publication of a new naughty novelette, and a print book giveaway - more on both of those later today. Meanwhile, what's on the desk here at the moment? I've got a small project to finish up today and then tomorrow it's head down on book two in my Erogenous Zones series, HOLLY'S INTUITION. I've set up some new word meters which will see me through to the end of the year (can't believe that has come around so soon!) Have a great November!
Amongst the scary shenanigans we had time to watch PRINCE OF PERSIA on DVD. They did a great job on it by keeping the look, action and mood of the game while expanding the storytelling. It was very entertaining.
If you've read my novel, SORCERESS, you know I'm a big fan of this kind of story. SORCERESS is set in a fantasy world, but it's based on the history and legends of that time, when smaller countries were grouped together and came under Persian rule. It was my reading about these small, ancient countries and their beliefs that inspired the novel. Today sees the publication of a new naughty novelette, and a print book giveaway - more on both of those later today. Meanwhile, what's on the desk here at the moment? I've got a small project to finish up today and then tomorrow it's head down on book two in my Erogenous Zones series, HOLLY'S INTUITION. I've set up some new word meters which will see me through to the end of the year (can't believe that has come around so soon!) Have a great November!
October 28, 2010
COMING TOGETHER: INTO THE LIGHT is an EPIC award finalist!
Exciting news! Coming Together: Into the Light, is a finalist in the Anthology Erotic Romance/Erotica Category of the 2011 EPIC eBook Awards Competition™.
Into the Light is edited by the very talented Alessia Brio.
I'm especially excited (and honoured) because INTO THE LIGHT contains my lesbian story "A Compromising Position." Yay! :D If you haven't already picked up this super charity anthology, you can do so at All Romance Ebooks and other retailers.
Into the Light is edited by the very talented Alessia Brio. A collection of diverse (M/F, M/M, F/F, etc.) erotic fiction by some of the hottest names in the genre. The theme of this volume is the revelation of secrets, and it features a moving Introduction penned by the one and only Candida Royalle! ALL royalties from the sale of this volume will benefit V-Day, which works to end violence against women and children.
I'm especially excited (and honoured) because INTO THE LIGHT contains my lesbian story "A Compromising Position." Yay! :D If you haven't already picked up this super charity anthology, you can do so at All Romance Ebooks and other retailers.
October 27, 2010
Sampler from THE HARLOT
I've put a teaser from the opening scene from THE HARLOT (Harlequin Spice June 2011) on Good Reads. Go here to check it out.
October 25, 2010
Exciting news for RAMPANT!
Lovely news in today -- RAMPANT, my April Spice novel, is listed in two categories in the Bookie Awards nominations! It's in both the erotic romance and erotica categories, where there are so many fabulous books that I'm thrilled and more than a wee bit over-awed to see it there. :)
Thank you so much to those who nominated my novel!
