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Sexy Saturday Round Up

Hey Sexy,

We’ve got links this week to all the interesting sha-shizzle. So sit back with that morning cuppa joe and laze away the day. xo,

From Madeline:

No soap–no problem! This researcher tried a bacteria rich hygiene experience.

Lady Smut has an anthology coming out in August –it’s called LADY SMUT’S BOOK OF DARK DESIRES. By coincidence on Pinterest is anotherBook of Dark Desires.

Want to go to a romance festival without leaving home? Here’s an online romance fest.

From Alexa:

I hope it’s not ins...

The Thriller in Erotica: Guest Author Troy Lambert

by C. Margery Kempe This week I’m happy to welcome another of my Tirgearr Publishing colleagues, Troy Lambert, who’s got the first book in the new City Nights series, One Night in Boise. Troy admits that this is all a bit new for him. Here’s the blurb:

Detective Derek Marshek and his wife Cheri like to play games. It’s not that they don’t have a great sex life, but Cheri came up with the idea to keep things even spicier. Suddenly, events at the Seven Bells Motel reveal she may have had other m...

Online Romance Fest & My British Summer of Love

By Madeline Iva

They’ve got the love? No, we’ve got the love – for this new online Romance Festival put on by Harper Impulse (and Harlequin, Avon, Carina Press). First of all,I adore their Logo:

BUT HOW IS IT ORGANIZED?

So glad you asked. If you go here you can register and find out all about it.

Basically, it’s a two day event –

Saturday 7thJune, 2014: Author spotlight

Creating great romance covers
Meet the editors
Get the chance to get one-on-one feedback with a romance editor
How to connect with bl...

Women With Balls

Ballsy – and beautiful.

By Elizabeth Shore

This past Memorial Day weekend a local radio station I sometimes listen to had one of those “80′s weekend” marathons. So, OK, I can put up with a little Flock of Seagulls or Simple Mindsonce in awhile. But as I was listening I suddenly heard a familiar strain. I cranked up the volume. Oh yeah, baby, it’sLove Is A Battlefield by none other than the awesome Pat Benatar. She and I belt out the lyrics together.

We are strong!

No one call tell us we’re wrong

S...

Embracing Love, Past and Present

By Liz Everly

I think about the complexities and textures of love. A lot. Maybe it’s because that’s ultimately what I’m writing about. I think that love is love. You can totally love someone and yet move on because it’s just not working. But you still carry that person with you in your heart and think of them often. Maybe still even chat with them.

I’m a romantic. I believe in love at first sight. But I also believe you can love more than one person at a time. Things in real life are often gray...

Memorial Day

by Kiersten Hallie Krum

Happy Memorial Day, lovely people.

Like most of the rest of the nation, we’re taking the day off here at Lady Smut.

It’s easy among the barbecues and beaches and beers (or margaritas if you’re me) to forget why we’re all on holiday today.

It’s never that we don’t care or can’t be bothered, only that we get caught up in the pleasure of having a day in our busy lives to decompress and relax. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that.

But there are many who live with the...

Strictly Business: My Theory About Harlequin’s Interracial Romances

By Alexa Day

A few days ago, I read an article on Time magazine’s website about interracial romance novels. The article describes an increase in popularity, and it mentions the names of some popular authors, but that isn’t what got my attention.

Right up top, big as life, was a Harlequin Romantic Suspense cover featuring an interracial couple, a white woman with a black man. (It’s Elle Kennedy’s COLTON’S DEEP COVER.) I could tell from the design that it was a fairly recent cover. Until I saw it...

Sexy Saturday Round-Up

By Liz Everly and the Lady Smut bloggers

Hello, Sexy! We’ve got a highly entertaining round-up of blog posts for you on this lovely Saturday. Where else are you going to get a wall of penises, 1920′s fetish wear, and eye-tattooing all in one place? Hmmm?

From Liz:

Male lesbians?

http://www.sarahmaclean.net/blog/diversity-romance

A fun wall of penises. Yes, you read that right.

From C. Margery Kempe:

1920`s Fetish Wear [Pics]...

The Science of Werewolves: David O’Brien

by C. Margery Kempe

Today I welcome my Tirgearr Publishing colleague, David O’Brien. David’s got a new bookLeaving the Pack and dropped by today to talk a bit about the thinking behind his story. Take it away, David!

First of all, a big thank you for having me here today to talk about my book.

Second of all, I think the blurb will help explain things before we continue…

Nobody believes in werewolves.

That’s just what Paul McHew and his friends are counting on.

They and their kind roam our city str...

The Thwarted Desires of Lavinia Kent: Q&A with a Regency Author

By Madeline Iva

Hey Campers! Madeline here with the lovely & amazing Lavinia Kent. You may know Lavinia from the several historical regencies she’s written for Avon. Lately she’s also expanded recently into writing a historical-reality TV show mash up for Avon Impulse and included her work in an anthology called ONCE AND FOREVER.

Soon Lavinia willbe forging into new genre territory–but more about that in a minute. First—-

MADELINE IVA: Lavinia,Tell us the basis for the sexual tension in your la...