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Brenna Bang’s Immortal Longings

By Liz Everly

If you’ve been following Lady Smut, you might remember my love-hate relationship with vampires. (You can read my past posts here and here.) In my heart, I adore them. But I think they’ve been overdone the past few years and so I’ve tried to stay away from writing a vampire story. But I gave in and wrote one for Lady Smut’s upcoming anthology: Lady Smut’s Book of Dark Desires, to be published by Harper Impulse.

It was a story that beckoned—you know the kind that gnaws at you until...

The Privilege of a Woman’s Pleasure

by Kiersten Hallie Krum

Our Sexy Saturday Round Up included a link to an article I’ve been retweeting the heck out of over the last few days: Dear Columnists: Romance Fiction Is Not Your Bitch. In it, Australian book professional Kat Mayo wonders why romantic fiction is the “laughing stock” of feminist commentators.

Why is romance fiction the punching bag of the literary world? Why are romance readers the laughing-stock of feminist commentators? Why can’t people just let women read sexy things...

In the Mirror or Behind the Curtain — Where’s Your Authentic Sexual Self?

By Alexa Day

When was the last time you changed your mind?

One of my law professors asked that question in class long ago, when the world was newish. None of us was able to answer him. In fairness, when you’re in law school, a question like that is likely to be a complex logic trap designed to make students look hopelessly stupid in front of their peers. But I think he could tell from our faces that we just didn’t have an answer for him.

That was kind of a problem, he said. If we weren’t open to...

Sexy Saturday Round-Up

Hey Sex Bunny! We’ve got your hip-hop hippetty-hoppity weekend of fun links right here. Check it out –

From C. Margery Kempe:

Dear columnists romance fiction is not your b*tch (or we have plenty of romance-writing feminists RIGHT HERE, you morons)

Party Monster Club Kid Paroled

National Library Week (US): 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Your Librarian

From Madeline Iva:

It’s news that a female celebrity doesn’t want to have children????

What’s so bad about looking fat?

Like your guy all warm and fuzz...

How To Guide: World Domination

Buy CMK’s book!

by C. Margery Kempe

Some people use the holiday to give gifts, bond with families and eat too much. These people will never control the globe.

Lots of people have a good string of days off this time of year when they are free of the mundane tasks required to make a living scraping by in a moderately successful job. Most will spend their time imbibing festive drinks and visiting other locales. The more ambitious, however, will put this freedom to better use by formulating a plan t...

A Lot of Sex Going on in the Regency: Q&A with Ella Quinn

by Madeline Iva

Ella Quinn’s lates book in her series.

Kensington author Ella Quinn is a pistol. I met her three or four years ago and was instantly impressed by her force of will. Where many only envision future success, Ella built a plan and then executed that plan with a swiftness that left me breathless. I think she must have been a marine in another life. ;>

MADELINE IVA: I know we both share a big soft spot for Georgette Heyer. How does her work inspire you?

ELLA QUINN: We do! I love her w...

And The #1 Sexiest Feature Of A Guy Is …

By Elizabeth Shore

I had ablastthis past weekend hanging out with writer friends from my local RWA chapter at our annual writer retreat. We talked about books, writing, plotting, characterization, and held an extended critique session. Butwhen the work was done and it was time to play, naturally the conversation progressed to things a bit more, well,naughty. And, in the spirit of naughtiness,I asked for their comments on something I’d just read from TheRichest.com about the top 10 sexiest feat...

Like Honey

Do you Like Honey?

Liz Everly does. This the third book in her super spicy culinary romance series. She’s away today but check out her book!

The Golden Years of Love and Sex

by Kiersten Hallie Krum

I visitedmy 95-year-old grandfather in the nursing home this weekend and I wasn’t in the common room five minutes before there was a cat fight between two elderly woman while the man over whom they sniped watchThe Three Stoogeswithout care. Apparently, the woman who canoodled with the man was not his wife though she frequently claims to be so, along with several other male residents.

The woman who objected was, essentially, calling the other woman on her shit. It is like...

Keeping Myself A-Mused

The Muse demands a sacrifice.

By Alexa Day

My Muse has been on a roll lately. Projects are in motion, notes are flowing, and I actually submitted something a few days ago. I couldn’t be more pleased with the guy.

By the time you read this, I will be off giving him a reward: our very first Bloody Mary and some people-watching at a popular bar. I’m already a little excited about it. It’ll take some of the time I should be investing in my tax return, but it’s important. Unfortunately, I had to disc...