Giselle Renarde's Blog, page 23
March 12, 2020
Capture the Bride #KU #DarkRomance #NewRelease
Tessa is two days away from marrying the wrong guy. What will it take to save her from a life of misery?When Alec, Tessa’s ex, shows up out of the blue and begs her not to marry Sean, she brushes him off. Sean is the most romantic guy she’s ever met. So what if her friends aren’t so hot on him? It’s her future. It’s her decision.
Not as far as Alec is concerned. When Tessa won’t listen to reason, he takes matters into his own hands. He won’t stand idly by while Tessa makes the biggest mistake of her life.
Will Tessa change her mind before it’s too late? Or will Alec make the choice for her?
Find out in Capture the Bride, a new dark romance novelette from Giselle Renarde.
At present, Capture the Bride is available for Kindle Unlimited subscribers to read for free.
Capture the Bride is available for purchase through:
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085PXT9X1?tag=dondes-20
Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B085PXT9X1
Amazon CA https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B085PXT9X1
Amazon AU https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B085PXT9X1
Amazon DE https://www.amazon.de/dp/B085PXT9X1Giselle Renarde
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March 8, 2020
The Lesbian Diaries Volume One: Ariadne’s Diary, Bridie’s Diary, Cosima’s Diary
Ready to indulge yourself in queer confessional fiction? The first three books in Giselle Renarde’s “Lesbian Diaries” are now available in one collection!
Ariadne’s Diary: Ariadne is desperate for love, and she wants her teacher to give it to her. When Ariadne’s grades slip into the danger zone, the buxom Ms. Bambini offers up some most unusual tutoring sessions. Ariadne never imagined her life would head down such a torrid path, but will Ms. Bambini’s help become Ariadne’s downfall?
Bridie’s Diary: Bridie never expected to find herself in this position at midlife: leaving her husband, purchasing her childhood home, falling in love with her tenant. Ness is everything Bridie is not. She’s young and bold and artsy and trans. But when Bridie’s best friend shows up, she’s torn between fresh possibilities and familiar passions. Will Bridie choose the old or the new? Or will life choose for her?
Cosima’s Diary: Cosima is a paid unicorn. No, not the mythical creature, though women like Cosima are almost as rare—that’s why she’s so much in demand. Cosima consorts with married couples. It’s not just a job, to her. She thinks of it as a calling. That’s why she’s so torn when she meets Lenore: part-time barista, part-time nurse, full-time girl of Cosima’s dreams. Lenore’s not so sure she wants to date a woman she has to share. Can Cosima choose between the vocation she loves and the woman she wants?
Lesbian fiction from award-winning queer Canadian author Giselle Renarde.
The Lesbian Diaries Volume One
Ariadne’s Diary, Bridie’s Diary, Cosima’s Diary
by Giselle Renarde
ISBN: 9780463867327
Buy Now from Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1007703?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085GGM5B2?tag=dondes-20
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=KxLUDwAAQBAJ
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/search?query=9780463867327
Apple: https://books.apple.com/ca/book/lesbian-diaries-volume-one-ariadnes-diary-bridies-diary/id1501590543
BN: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-lesbian-diaries-volume-one-giselle-renarde/1136602167
A1Ebooks: http://www.a1ebooks.com/book.htm?pr=15914
Universal Book Link: https://books2read.com/u/38ZVl6Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
Ariadne’s Diary: Ariadne is desperate for love, and she wants her teacher to give it to her. When Ariadne’s grades slip into the danger zone, the buxom Ms. Bambini offers up some most unusual tutoring sessions. Ariadne never imagined her life would head down such a torrid path, but will Ms. Bambini’s help become Ariadne’s downfall? Bridie’s Diary: Bridie never expected to find herself in this position at midlife: leaving her husband, purchasing her childhood home, falling in love with her tenant. Ness is everything Bridie is not. She’s young and bold and artsy and trans. But when Bridie’s best friend shows up, she’s torn between fresh possibilities and familiar passions. Will Bridie choose the old or the new? Or will life choose for her?
Cosima’s Diary: Cosima is a paid unicorn. No, not the mythical creature, though women like Cosima are almost as rare—that’s why she’s so much in demand. Cosima consorts with married couples. It’s not just a job, to her. She thinks of it as a calling. That’s why she’s so torn when she meets Lenore: part-time barista, part-time nurse, full-time girl of Cosima’s dreams. Lenore’s not so sure she wants to date a woman she has to share. Can Cosima choose between the vocation she loves and the woman she wants?
Lesbian fiction from award-winning queer Canadian author Giselle Renarde.
The Lesbian Diaries Volume One
Ariadne’s Diary, Bridie’s Diary, Cosima’s Diary
by Giselle Renarde
ISBN: 9780463867327
Buy Now from Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1007703?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B085GGM5B2?tag=dondes-20
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=KxLUDwAAQBAJ
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/search?query=9780463867327
Apple: https://books.apple.com/ca/book/lesbian-diaries-volume-one-ariadnes-diary-bridies-diary/id1501590543
BN: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-lesbian-diaries-volume-one-giselle-renarde/1136602167
A1Ebooks: http://www.a1ebooks.com/book.htm?pr=15914
Universal Book Link: https://books2read.com/u/38ZVl6Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
March 2, 2020
Country Girl, City Lights #NewAdult #Romantic #Novella
Ten years ago, I wrote a book called The Rococo Room. It didn't make much of a splash, but I still think it has a chance. So I revised it and gave a new image, new cover, new title: Country Girl, City Lights.Perhaps you'll have a read? Particularly because it's on sale now, during Smashwords' Read an Ebook Week sale (March 1-7, 2020) for only $1! Might as well give it a try, right? (That low price only applies at Smashwords, btw.)
When bad boy Matt leaves the small town of Port Canatangua, Delia follows him to the big city. Delia’s crazy about Matt, and refuses to believe the rumours surrounding his departure. As soon as he finds a good job, he’s sure to get in touch. Until then, Delia takes a dingy little apartment and a position as a security guard at the art gallery. When she falls asleep on the job and finds herself inside a painting alongside Jacob the handsome shepherd, she tells herself it’s just a crazy hallucination. What better place than a dream to find the man of her dreams?
Previously published as “The Rococo Room.”
Buy Country Girl, City Lights now from Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1006130?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Apple: https://books.apple.com/ca/book/country-girl-city-lights/id1500491504
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=Q1nSDwAAQBAJ
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/search?query=9780463571378
Universal Book Link: https://books2read.com/u/bzodzz
See Amazon for print: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0851MLWGV?tag=dondes-20Giselle Renarde
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February 6, 2020
More Large Print #Erotica Now Available
A number of my books are already available in large print, but I've been working hard at getting more on the market. I try my best to price match on my end so large print costs the same as the standard edition. I don't want people having to pay more for a larger typeface.
Here's the latest round, in case you're interested:
Nanny State Large Print Edition: Lesbian Kink
by Giselle Renarde
When Summer moves in with a family friend, she expects to be treated like an adult. Fat chance! Victoria exerts control over every aspect of her life, protectively setting parental controls on the television and demanding Summer come straight home after her university classes.
Everything changes the day Victoria catches Summer watching some very kinky lesbian material online. The landlady soon becomes the ‘Nanny’, coaxing Summer into the big bed for play time.
The unlikely couple embarks upon a series of naughty adventures, from discipline to diapers. But what happens when Summer wants to include a girl her own age? Will Nanny punish the wayward girl or accept another charge into their uncommon household?
Buy now from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084DGKFR6?tag=dondes-20
The Other Side of Ruth Large Print Edition: A Lesbian Novel
by Giselle Renarde
Ruth loves her husband, but she keeps secrets from him. Big secrets.
When a notoriously lesbian neighbour returns home to Toronto from Art School in Montreal, Ruth finds herself unmistakeably attracted. Agnes is quirky, creative, and significantly younger.
Despite their age difference, Agnes welcomes Ruth’s attention. But Agnes has secrets of her own. She plays hide-and-seek on Ruth, disappearing for months at a time. Where does she go? And what emotions are brewing between Ruth’s husband and his closest friend? Everyone on the block seems to be hiding something, and Ruth isn’t sure how long she can conceal her true self from the neighbours.
After twenty-five years married to a man, can Ruth find a place in her life for ambiguous, artsy Agnes? Or will the younger woman’s demons devour them both?
A lesbian novel.
Buy now from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084DH5HT3?tag=dondes-20
Wet Weekend Large Print Edition
by Giselle Renarde
From the author of Lesbian Gold comes a new collection of tantalizing tales featuring hot showers, wet panties, obedient control and gleeful release!
In this set of six sequential stories, girlfriends Talia and Cassie set off on a romantic resort getaway. Who knew they’d discover a wet and wild new fetish on vacation? Cassie’s a good sub who’d do anything for her girl, but what happens when Talia springs a scary surprise on her? If Talia requires total control, will Cassie be ready to submit?
An unforgettable collection of lesbian fetish erotica.
Buy now from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084DH5HZH?tag=dondes-20
Kinksters Large Print Edition: 12 Stories of Wild Group Sex, Bisexual Fun and Kinky Pleasuresby Giselle Renarde
Kinky couples are great, but kinky groups are better!
In Giselle Renarde’s Kinksters anthology, a lesbian couple shares their fetish with a friend, while a sword collector pays five young men to fulfill her sex-swing fantasy. A gorgeous restaurateur cheats with two men in one night. Three college students take their tornado fetish on the road, and a Northern woman faces a dreaded three-headed sea monster. There’s an all-girl waxing session, a vintage clothing enthusiast and her bisexual man candy, and a cougar with two male escorts who also happen to be angels. In Rainbow Night, three rich ladies trade husbands for an evening, while a roomful of women adore a tattooed beauty in Lesbukake.
Menage configurations include FFF, MMF, MFM, MFMFMF, MMFFM, MMFMMM, all-girl group sex, and more! Fetishes include voyeurism, anal, underwater sex, cheating, sex for money, waxing, age gap, lipstick, clothing, swapping, wife-watching, and tattoos!
Buy now from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084DH3YH5?tag=dondes-20
Moving May Large Print Edition
by Giselle Renarde
May’s moving in with her boyfriend, and she couldn’t be more excited… until Danny breaks up with her by phone! Now she’s stuck with mountains of boxes in an apartment she needs to vacate by the end of the day. The only person she can ask for help is wicked Ewan.
They don’t get along, but May’s in a jam. Will he help her move? Pretty please?Ewan rents a van and hauls May’s stuff to the new place, but that doesn’t mean he’s happy about it. Not until… well, let’s just say everything changes between them. They can’t keep their hands to themselves, which is so wrong for SO many reasons!
May might be an open book, but Ewan’s got secrets he’s not ready to share. What will May have to do to crack his tough exterior?
Buy now from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084DGKWQL?tag=dondes-20Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
Here's the latest round, in case you're interested:
Nanny State Large Print Edition: Lesbian Kink
by Giselle Renarde
When Summer moves in with a family friend, she expects to be treated like an adult. Fat chance! Victoria exerts control over every aspect of her life, protectively setting parental controls on the television and demanding Summer come straight home after her university classes.
Everything changes the day Victoria catches Summer watching some very kinky lesbian material online. The landlady soon becomes the ‘Nanny’, coaxing Summer into the big bed for play time.
The unlikely couple embarks upon a series of naughty adventures, from discipline to diapers. But what happens when Summer wants to include a girl her own age? Will Nanny punish the wayward girl or accept another charge into their uncommon household?
Buy now from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084DGKFR6?tag=dondes-20
The Other Side of Ruth Large Print Edition: A Lesbian Novel
by Giselle Renarde
Ruth loves her husband, but she keeps secrets from him. Big secrets.
When a notoriously lesbian neighbour returns home to Toronto from Art School in Montreal, Ruth finds herself unmistakeably attracted. Agnes is quirky, creative, and significantly younger.
Despite their age difference, Agnes welcomes Ruth’s attention. But Agnes has secrets of her own. She plays hide-and-seek on Ruth, disappearing for months at a time. Where does she go? And what emotions are brewing between Ruth’s husband and his closest friend? Everyone on the block seems to be hiding something, and Ruth isn’t sure how long she can conceal her true self from the neighbours.
After twenty-five years married to a man, can Ruth find a place in her life for ambiguous, artsy Agnes? Or will the younger woman’s demons devour them both?
A lesbian novel.
Buy now from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084DH5HT3?tag=dondes-20
Wet Weekend Large Print Edition
by Giselle Renarde
From the author of Lesbian Gold comes a new collection of tantalizing tales featuring hot showers, wet panties, obedient control and gleeful release!
In this set of six sequential stories, girlfriends Talia and Cassie set off on a romantic resort getaway. Who knew they’d discover a wet and wild new fetish on vacation? Cassie’s a good sub who’d do anything for her girl, but what happens when Talia springs a scary surprise on her? If Talia requires total control, will Cassie be ready to submit?
An unforgettable collection of lesbian fetish erotica.
Buy now from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084DH5HZH?tag=dondes-20
Kinksters Large Print Edition: 12 Stories of Wild Group Sex, Bisexual Fun and Kinky Pleasuresby Giselle Renarde
Kinky couples are great, but kinky groups are better!
In Giselle Renarde’s Kinksters anthology, a lesbian couple shares their fetish with a friend, while a sword collector pays five young men to fulfill her sex-swing fantasy. A gorgeous restaurateur cheats with two men in one night. Three college students take their tornado fetish on the road, and a Northern woman faces a dreaded three-headed sea monster. There’s an all-girl waxing session, a vintage clothing enthusiast and her bisexual man candy, and a cougar with two male escorts who also happen to be angels. In Rainbow Night, three rich ladies trade husbands for an evening, while a roomful of women adore a tattooed beauty in Lesbukake.
Menage configurations include FFF, MMF, MFM, MFMFMF, MMFFM, MMFMMM, all-girl group sex, and more! Fetishes include voyeurism, anal, underwater sex, cheating, sex for money, waxing, age gap, lipstick, clothing, swapping, wife-watching, and tattoos!
Buy now from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084DH3YH5?tag=dondes-20
Moving May Large Print Edition
by Giselle Renarde
May’s moving in with her boyfriend, and she couldn’t be more excited… until Danny breaks up with her by phone! Now she’s stuck with mountains of boxes in an apartment she needs to vacate by the end of the day. The only person she can ask for help is wicked Ewan.
They don’t get along, but May’s in a jam. Will he help her move? Pretty please?Ewan rents a van and hauls May’s stuff to the new place, but that doesn’t mean he’s happy about it. Not until… well, let’s just say everything changes between them. They can’t keep their hands to themselves, which is so wrong for SO many reasons!
May might be an open book, but Ewan’s got secrets he’s not ready to share. What will May have to do to crack his tough exterior?
Buy now from https://www.amazon.com/dp/B084DGKWQL?tag=dondes-20Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
January 30, 2020
Don't Wait. Do It Now.
Last month I was sick with the flu, followed by a sinus infection. Most of the work I do these days involves recording audiobooks, which I couldn't do while I was ill. I spent a few days totally out of commission--couldn't even get out of bed.
I had to put work on hold.
During that time, I got a piece of junk mail from my insurance company. It said: "Who pays the bills when you're sick?" They were were marketing insurance for people like me--people who can't rely on an employer to take care of us when we're unable to work. I'm self-employed. I have to take care of myself.
In a few days, my mom will undergo some pretty drastic cancer treatment.
Two of my siblings have actual employers. They've already applied for time off. They get sick days, mental health days, time to care for sick family members.
I'm going to take time off as well, to help care for my mother, but without any safety net, I rely on royalties. I rely on sales. In a way, I feel fortunate that products (books, ebooks, audiobooks) I've created over the years can continue to bring in money for me, but they'll only do that if the public continues to read.
If there's a book I've written that you've been putting off reading, I encourage you to do it now. Buy a copy, or check one out from your local library, or listen to an audiobook through whichever service you use. But this is my humble request that you do it now.
I know what it's like, with media content I want. For me, it tends to be music rather than books. Sometimes the idea sits there in the back of my mind, and I fully intend to buy a copy when I've got time to sit down and listen to it.
Before writing this post, I bought the indie album I'd had my eye on. If I want others to support my artistic endeavours, I feel I need to practise what I preach and put my money where my mouth is.
I need to devote some time to a sick family member. Please, if you've been planning to buy one of my books, do it now.
If I were smart, I'd give you some direction--I'd tell you which book to buy--but there are plenty of links all over this site to ebooks and paperbacks and audiobooks I've written/recorded. Pretty sure I've got well over a thousand products out there. I'm sure you'll find something you'll enjoy.
You could also run a search for Giselle Renarde wherever you buy books or stream content. If you're an audiobook person, I would love for you to check your local library system. You're almost guaranteed to find my voice in their catalogue of digital audiobooks. Just search Giselle Renarde and see what pops up.
Failing that, you could support me on Patreon--that way you would get weekly audio erotica and I would get money and warm fuzzy feelings.
And if you just want me to suggest a random book to buy, here's a link to my latest release, Cosima's Diary.
OR you could check out these posts tagged #RandomBookIWrote: https://donutsdesires.blogspot.com/search?q=%23randombookiwrote
Before I go, I should also say that the heading of this post ("Don't Wait. Do It Now.") applies equally to things like reconnecting with old friends and estranged family members, telling people how much they mean to you, assuring loved ones you genuinely care about them. Do as I say, not as I do, in that regard. I am very bad at the heartfelt stuff.Giselle Renarde
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January 5, 2020
Forbidden Folk is now an #AudioErotica Audiobook!
Here's a book I've always loved. And, like most of the books I've written and love, it sells practically no copies. If you ask pretty much any author, they're likely to tell you the same thing: their favourite books are the ones that don't exactly make a splash.
So was it a smart choice to invest my time into recording Forbidden Folk, the story of a young woman who goes on tour with her late mother's folk group? Only time will tell. Look for it through your local library's digital audiobook service, or through any streaming service you use for audiobooks, or purchase a copy anywhere you can find it!
Forbidden FolkErotic Fiction
Written and Narrated by Giselle Renarde
When Winter Green’s estranged mother dies, the other two members of her folk trio plead with Winter to come on tour with them. No way! Winter grew up on a tour bus. She’s got a different life now.
She can’t go back. She can never go back.
But Steven and Virginia hold one secret nobody else knows: the true identity of Winter’s mysterious father. Will her desire to meet him be enough to bring her back to the folk music fold? Or will it take the love of her late mother’s bandmates to convince Winter to return to the life she once fled? Download and start listening now!
Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0833GQ2CJ/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-177116&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_177116_rh_us
Audiobooks.com: https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/forbidden-folk/413012
Audiobookstore.com: https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/forbidden-folk.aspxGiselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
So was it a smart choice to invest my time into recording Forbidden Folk, the story of a young woman who goes on tour with her late mother's folk group? Only time will tell. Look for it through your local library's digital audiobook service, or through any streaming service you use for audiobooks, or purchase a copy anywhere you can find it!
Forbidden FolkErotic Fiction Written and Narrated by Giselle Renarde
When Winter Green’s estranged mother dies, the other two members of her folk trio plead with Winter to come on tour with them. No way! Winter grew up on a tour bus. She’s got a different life now.
She can’t go back. She can never go back.
But Steven and Virginia hold one secret nobody else knows: the true identity of Winter’s mysterious father. Will her desire to meet him be enough to bring her back to the folk music fold? Or will it take the love of her late mother’s bandmates to convince Winter to return to the life she once fled? Download and start listening now!
Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/B0833GQ2CJ/?source_code=AUDFPWS0223189MWT-BK-ACX0-177116&ref=acx_bty_BK_ACX0_177116_rh_us
Audiobooks.com: https://www.audiobooks.com/audiobook/forbidden-folk/413012
Audiobookstore.com: https://audiobookstore.com/audiobooks/forbidden-folk.aspxGiselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
December 30, 2019
#Smashwords #Sale #Erotica #Freebies from Your Friends Lexi and Giselle
We're well into the year-end Smashwords sale, so I guess it's time to tell you I've got quite a few freebies available on the site, including...
Dry Rub: Femdom Bondage Erotica
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/957068?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Not Funny: Playful BDSM Erotica
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/944091?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Being Bad: 3 Erotic Stories of Hot Sex in Public Places
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/784924?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Country Roads: Lesbian Erotica
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/833738?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
That filthy-minded sockpuppet Lexi Wood brings you free taboo smut, including...
Bossy Brat
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/900153?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Daddy's Little College Girl
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/934536?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Bessy Bangs Daddy
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/809446?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
If you want to spend some money on my books while they're on sale, I absolutely invite you to do so! Here are a few of the books other readers have been buying during the Smashwords sale...
Shaking Up This Costume Party: Lesbian Secrets
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/610141?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
It’ll Cure What Ails You (Forbidden Lesbian Lust)
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/433696?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
The Invisible Husband: Best BDSM Erotica
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/439808?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
The Sweetest Burn: Best BDSM Erotica
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/431878?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Kitty vs Cougar: Taboo Lesbian Erotica
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/544412?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Waxing is for Pussies: Kinky Lesbian Threesome Erotica
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/392486?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Waiting in Vein: Lesbian BDSM Erotica
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/905761?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
There are plenty more short stories on sale at Smashwords right now, in addition to novels, novellas, novelettes and anthologies. Sale ends January 1st 2020, so get clicking. Hope you find something that tickles your fancy and suits your budget! I'm sure you will.
Happy New Year, and be sure to visit me every day at my daily music blog!
Love,
GiselleGiselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
Dry Rub: Femdom Bondage Erotica https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/957068?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Not Funny: Playful BDSM Erotica
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/944091?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Being Bad: 3 Erotic Stories of Hot Sex in Public Places
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/784924?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Country Roads: Lesbian Erotica
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/833738?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
That filthy-minded sockpuppet Lexi Wood brings you free taboo smut, including...
Bossy Brathttps://www.smashwords.com/books/view/900153?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Daddy's Little College Girl
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/934536?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Bessy Bangs Daddy
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/809446?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
If you want to spend some money on my books while they're on sale, I absolutely invite you to do so! Here are a few of the books other readers have been buying during the Smashwords sale...
Shaking Up This Costume Party: Lesbian Secrets https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/610141?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
It’ll Cure What Ails You (Forbidden Lesbian Lust)
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/433696?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
The Invisible Husband: Best BDSM Erotica
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/439808?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
The Sweetest Burn: Best BDSM Erotica
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/431878?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Kitty vs Cougar: Taboo Lesbian Erotica https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/544412?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Waxing is for Pussies: Kinky Lesbian Threesome Erotica
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/392486?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Waiting in Vein: Lesbian BDSM Erotica
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/905761?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
There are plenty more short stories on sale at Smashwords right now, in addition to novels, novellas, novelettes and anthologies. Sale ends January 1st 2020, so get clicking. Hope you find something that tickles your fancy and suits your budget! I'm sure you will.
Happy New Year, and be sure to visit me every day at my daily music blog!
Love,
GiselleGiselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
December 1, 2019
Cosima's Diary: My Life as a Unicorn #Lesbian #Diaries
The third book in my Lesbian Diaries series is now available for your reading pleasure--and it's a good one!
Remember, you don't need to read these diaries in any particular order. Each book is about a different set of characters, so start with whichever story rings your bell!
Cosima’s Diary
My Life as a Unicorn
by Giselle Renarde
Series: The Lesbian Diaries
Book: 3
Cosima is a paid unicorn. No, not the mythical creature, though women like Cosima are almost as rare—that’s why she’s so much in demand. Cosima consorts with married couples. It’s not just a job, to her. She thinks of it as a calling. That’s why she’s so torn when she meets Lenore: part-time barista, part-time nurse, full-time girl of Cosima’s dreams. Lenore’s not so sure she wants to date a woman she has to share. Can Cosima choose between the vocation she loves and the woman she wants?
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You can also get the paperback from Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/dp/1710688440?tag=dondes-20
Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
November 29, 2019
December's going to be a great month for #AudioErotica patrons!
This December, I'm treating my AudioErotica patrons like the treasures they are.
Rather than just posting one short story every Friday like I usually do, I'll be giving patrons access to TWO holiday novellas at the end of the month.
December starts off business as usual:
December 6th 2019, patrons will be listening to my lesbian erotic story FIRST NIGHT ON A WATERBED.December 13th 2019, patrons will treat their ears to an erotic confession called STANDING ROOM ONLY. Public sex at the opera!December 20th 2019 it's SUGAR BUSH, lesbian temperature play for Christmas.
That's when things really take off.
December 23rd-27th 2019, patrons get to listen my MFM menage novella A THREESOME FOR CHRISTMAS. A new chapter every day!December 28th 2019 through January 4th 2020, patrons will be listening to my spicy New Year's romance OUT OF THE COLD--same deal as the previous week: one new chapter every day!
It's going to be a treat! If you're not a patron already, you'll definitely want to join NOW!
Patrons at the $4+ level get to listen to everything I've just mentioned.Patrons at the $1 level, who usually get access to one audio erotica story per month, get to listen not only to FIRST NIGHT ON A WATERBED, but OUT OF THE COLD as well!
What a deal!
Become an AudioErotica Patron today!
Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
November 17, 2019
Apocalypse of the Self: #Queer #Identity and #Aging
When I was a teenager, older adults warned me that no matter how old you get, you always look into the mirror expecting to see your eighteen-year-old self.
My eighteen-year-old self isn't all I expect to see.
There are so many layers to the person I think of as ME.
Most salient is my queer identity.
I don't think I'd heard the word QUEER used in an empowering way to describe one's own sexuality until my final year of university. I'd been kicked out of a psycholinguistics course because I didn't have the prerequisites. The university notified me by post, except they sent the letter to my mother's address--and I didn't live there.
By the time I discovered I'd been kicked out of my class, it was too late to pick up another course.
I wouldn't be graduating with my cohort. I needed to take a summer course if I wanted to convocate in the fall.
To complicate matters, I'd already secured a full-time job. I would be working for the same company where I'd worked part-time throughout most of my university years.
So I needed an evening summer class to accommodate my new job.
I'd shied away from taking LGBT courses in university. I felt like taking those courses meant committing to an aspect of myself I wasn't fully ready to embrace at that stage. But when one of the only appealing evening courses during the summer happened to be an LGBT course, it sort of felt like the universe guiding me gently toward my identity.
Gently, but firmly.
During the course of that course (which changed names three times that summer--I have no idea what it ended up being called), I felt like I'd found my people, and found myself. Hearing the lecturers talk about queer identities was both enlightening and empowering.
I still shied away from calling myself queer, because I didn't feel "qualified." Which is stupid, but it's easy to feel that way--and it was even easier to feel that way back when I was in university. There's a ridiculous amount of gatekeeping that goes on in queer culture.
In time, I adopted my queer identities. Not only is my sexual identity QUEER, but my gender is, as well. Even before I'd embraced my genderqueer identity, I pushed back against the gender binary by dressing androgynously. Androgynous attire felt like a safety net, for me. That's how I showed the world I wasn't the person they wanted me to be.
Another aspect of identity I've clung to throughout my adult life has to do with living under the poverty line and setting myself apart from "rich people." I grew up in a "bad neighbourhood," and that's stayed with me even after 15 years of living in a "good neighbourhood."
A couple weeks ago, I was on my way to a volunteer shift. My work takes place in an office space where people dress well, and so I started dressing well when I went in. My co-workers don't need to know that my business attire came to me in a garbage bag from a clothes horse friend of the family, who generously unloads her old clothes on myself and my sisters. Every garbage bag is like Christmas, particularly because this girl's clothes fit us so perfectly.
Anyway, I was on my way to my volunteer shift this one day when I caught a glimpse of myself in a shop window.
My reflection truly shocked me.
Not only was I no longer 18, but I didn't look poor, I didn't look queer (whatever that means), I didn't look androgynous--I didn't look the way I felt.
I looked like a yuppy.
I looked like the kind of person who goes to their office job and comes home to a husband and kids.
How do I know who I am if I look like someone I'm not?
The image I'm used to seeing in the mirror is a greasy-haired androgynous kid in dirty, ripped clothes. I'm used to being mistaken for homeless. Not anymore. I dress better than I used to when I leave the house. And, because my "nice" clothes are femme, that means I'm presenting femme more often than before.
Not just that, but I'm no longer in a relationship with a woman--a relationship that outwardly validated that, yes, I am queer. Just look at who I'm dating! She PROVES my queerness!
The partner I have now is a man, so anyone observing us as a couple would make the assumption that I'm straight.
My sexual identity isn't reliant upon the gender of my partner. I can be queer with a partner of any gender, or without any partner at all. Queer is who I am. However, when you look like you're cis and you look like you're straight and you look like you're financially secure, the world treats you a hell of a lot better than it does when you look homeless and queer.
So, if the world is suddenly a more hospitable place, why am I complaining?
I don't know. It just doesn't feel like me. It isn't me. I look like something I'm not. And I'm rattled by that.
The mirror doesn't reflect the me I see inside. But the truly troubling thing is that, aesthetically, what I see in the mirror... I actually kind of like it.
Giselle Renarde
Canada just got hotter!
