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Choose Your Own Scandal

by C. Margery Kempe

I had an idea on Twitter: I need to manufacture a good juicy scandal involving me to increase book sales! What should it be? Some suggestions:

GET CLOONEY TO BREAK THOSE VOWS

Okay, a very unkind thing but it was the first suggestion someone gave me on Twitter. Not that I would ever do a thing like that, of course! What sort of woman do you take me for (don’t answer that O.O)? But it sure would move a lot of books, right?

POLITICAL SCANDAL

I certainly can’t be arsed to run for...

What Happens At Girl’s Night Out…

Originally posted on madeline iva:

We had an anthology contract. We formed a plan. The plan was to have FUNwhile promoting our forthcoming anthology.

So here’s what we dreamed up: GIRL’S NIGHT OUT.

Women only. With spiked pink lemonade & nibbles. And chocolate. In a really swank lingerie shop.

And now it’s actually happening! Our dream is coming true. In between the partying and trying on lingerie, we planned some evening events — because you know, we want this event to be *cough* educational.

Hi...

Is It Ever Time To Quit?

Hmmm … maybe I should tell him to quit.

By Elizabeth Shore

Have you ever heard of Maurizio Seracini? Me neither. But I saw a fascinating documentary about him over the weekend, and it got me thinking about the concept of quitting. I don’t mean obvious stuff, of course. We really should ditch bad habits like smoking or bingedrinking or … I don’t know … collecting comic books past age 8. But what about quitting something you really really really want. Like trying to get published, for example. Sh...

Tempting Will McGlashen–Cover Reveal, Plus A Tasty Excerpt

By Liz Everly

So if you’ve been following Lady Smut—and so many of you are for which we are very, very grateful, you’ll remember my posts about my historical romance, “Tempting Will McGlashen.” If you don’t remember them, click here. I’m thrilled that Tirgearr Publishing will be releasing this book on October 14. And here is the cover:

I simply adore it.

But in looking at it and all of my other covers, it occurred to me that it’s very different for the Liz Everly “brand,” isn’t it?

All of the pub...

Rogue Spy by Joanna Bourne: A Review

by Kiersten Hallie Krum

Full disclosure: I was sent an ARC copy of Rogue Spy by Joanna Bourne (who I frequently refer to/call “Miss Jo” for no reason other than that it seems right and fitting to me to do so) with only the request to review it if I so felt inclined.

And I do.

Here be (mild) spoilers. Proceed at your own risk.

There are some books that you dive into and plow through in a messy gorge of gluttony, sucking down each word as fast as your eyes can send the message to your brain, like e...

The Kink on My Shelves: Three Favorite Nonfiction Reads

I like to think of it as a sexy prerequisite.

By Alexa Day

During our celebration of kink a little while ago, I saw one of my favorite books mentioned: SM 101. Jay Wiseman’s book has been out there making the ways of kink clear and accessible for vanilla readers for a very long time. I don’t often get the chance to recommend it since I’m generally either writing for kink-aware people who already know about it or for people who are intensely kink-averse and don’t want to hear any more about it....

Sexy Saturday Round-Up

Hello, sexy! Typa-typa-type. Our fingers have moved all over our keyboards this week searching the Internets for the best blog posts for you. Relax. We got it.

From Liz:

Interesting piece on Nicholas Sparks. Read the comments. Smirk.

Guys: Six sex moves you don’t want to use.

Blessed are the swingers, baby. A-men.

From Madeline:

From the BBC: Why are we so bare?Could it be to express emotion?

Filed under hmmmmmm. (Rolling my eyes.) From the Atlantic: Women behind the webcam.

Using women’s team sport...

It’s ALMOST HERE!!!

Our new anthology THE LADY SMUT BOOK OF DARK DESIRES is now available for pre-order at Barnes & Noble.

Here’s the link:

http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-lady-smut-book-of-dark-desires-liz-everly/1120377587?ean=9780007594504

Amazon will let you know when it’s available for orderingif you click on this link:

The Lady Smut Book of Dark Desires (an Anthology): Harperimpulse Erotic Romance

We’ll let you know as soon as we have an official cover. Thanks again, wonderful readers for all your support t...

Notching with David JM O’Brien

By C. Margery Kempe

I’m happy to have my fellow Tirgearr author David return for a visit. Last time it was werewolves — this time, a little slice of life romance. Take it away, David!

First of all, thanks for having me here today. It’s great to be back on LadySmut. I’d great fun last time I was here, talking about sex and pheromones and my first book Leaving the Pack.

My second book is a very different beast – a contemporary romance written in first person from the male POV.

Here’s the Blurb to g...

Manly Romance Writer: Q&A With Nic Tatano

By Madeline Iva

I first noticed Nic Tatano’s name after we got our anthology contract with HarperImpulse. Nic’s gorgeous YAcover was all over the HarperImpulsewebsite at the time and I just love, love, loved it.The Adventures of Jillian Spectre: HarperImpulse Young Adult Romance

It wasn’t until our publisher sponsored Romance Festival 2014 last June, that I realized Nic was a man! He was on this swoon-worthy facebook panel about “THE MEN OF ROMANCE” where a few male romance writers and one male...