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Catching Up and Some Recommended Reads

By Liz Everly

Maybe two conferences in one month is too much for me. After the Writer’s Police Academy early in September and then Bouchercon last week, I feel like utter crap. I can’t catch up on my sleep and I still have no idea what day of the week it is when I wake up.

So I’ve found that business trips take on a whole new meaning when you’re a woman and have a family. There’s not just the childcare issue, there is also the issue of what will I find when I get home and how many days will it...

Lets Go Be Bad Guys: Cops as Robbers

by Kiersten Hallie Krum

I love it when characters are forced to behave against type. A good guy playing at being the bad boy for good reasons? Yum with a huge side of me.

Scott & Stonebridge in the jungle, the mighty jungle

This particular ring around is top of mind given a recent episode of Strikeback. Continuing off the original UK show that featured Richard Armitage and Andrew Lincoln, Strikeback is about two special forces operatives, American Damian Scott (the spy) and Brit Michael Stonebri...

Good Cop, Bad Cop … Naughty Cop!

By Alexa Day

The squeaky clean good guy has never really done anything for me, much to my mother’s chagrin. Don’t get me wrong; they’re great guys who deserve every happiness. I just think they’re a little predictable, and I’m easily bored. As I toyed with this week’s theme, trying to decide if I wanted to write about cops or robbers, I found myself leaning toward the bad boys again.

Not the robbers. In their own way, they’re just as predictable as the squeaky clean good guys.

I’m talking about...

Sexy Saturday Round-Up

By Liz Everly and the Lady Smut Bloggers.

Hello Sexy! Hope you’re having a fabulous weekend. Check out these awesome blog posts we found for you this week.

From Liz:

Kristin Lamb on why horror is important, pt. 1

and part 2.

When is the best time for social media?

Jane Friedman on the importance of an author website.

From C. Margery Kempe:

9 Myths about Men

7 Tips on Writing Historical Romance

Why Publishers Don’t Believe in Author Websites (although they should)

“First, we must ask, does it have to be...

Chastity Flame Giveaway for Cops & Robbers Week

by C. Margery Kempe

Continuing our theme of cops and robbers (surely secret agents count?)

I want it noted for the record that Chastity Flame started out as my book and then it became K. A. Laity‘s book and now this third one has almost no sex at all! Okay, there’s some but a lot of it takes place off screen, so to speak. It’s mostly a break neck thriller. There’s a terrible killer at large, a dangerous ex-colleague who wants to knock off Chas and then there’s the budding relationship with her...

Cops & Con Men: They’re All Hot Bad Boys To Me

THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY: Who’s the real villain in this film?

by Madeline Iva

I’ll confess that if there’s one kind of movie I can watch over and over again, it’s a film about con artists. They have great lines. They have killer suspense. They may be bad guys, but they have to work hard at it without appearing to break a sweat. And of course, there’s the matter of a con man’s heart. It’s a tough nut to crack–so of course my eyeballs are glued to the screen to see if it can be done.

Here’s my top...

Cops And Robbers – My Sensual Fantasy

By Elizabeth Shore

Our cops and robbers theme week got my mind thinking about a sexy fantasy story. I hope you enjoy!

I looked around the small, dingy room. Drab curtains, peeling paint, TV in the corner that looked like it had been new circa 1987. Not exactly the kind of place a girl wants to call home, but when you’re on the lam I suppose it’s the best you can hope for.

I slumped back on the mound of pillows as my irritated gaze shifted to the clock radio on the nightstand. Nearly eight. Damn....

Sexy Snipers and Bad-Ass Cops. Oh. My.

By Liz Everly

Theme Week: Cops and Robbers. This week, some of the Lady Smut Bloggers will be writing about cops and robbers—and who knows where that’s going to go? So you won’t want to miss a post!

So you don’t know me. Not really. So I’m going to tell you a wee little about myself for the sake of drama, the sake of the story. I am a peace-loving vegetarian pagan who hates violence and guns. This might stem from the fact that I grew up surrounded by violence. My husband was a hunter before he...

A Poor Kind of Hero

By Kiersten Hallie Krum

A heart full of something all right

I’ve loved Les Miserables since it debuted on Broadway when I was 14-years-old. The music. The redemption story. The fact thathere, in the same era of The Phantom of the Opera high soprano celebrated heyday, was a musical with not one, but two songs written in my contralto range. No surprise I identified most with Eponine, the poor, neglected girl in love with the heroic boy who falls in love with the hero’s daughter. I was fourteen af...

Sexy Saturday Round-up

By Liz Everly and the Lady Smut Bloggers

Hello, Sexy! This week has been crazy for me. I’m writing this before I leave for Albany, NY, where Bouchercon is being held this year. So, as you are reading this, I am in Albany. I’ll be home late tonight so that I can attend the Fall for the Book Festival tomorrow. In the mean time, sit back and relax and read over our round-up. We love doing it and hope you like it too. Don’t forget to subscribe to Lady Smut!

From Liz:

When your ex who dumped you is p...