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Cover Reveal - BAD IDEA

My story in the HIS RULES anthology is being released as a standalone read. You can get BAD IDEA on early download from 5th July from Pride Publishing, or from all other good retailers on 16th August.
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Bad ideas can sometimes be the best!
Roughneck Riders are not an MC club you mess with, least of all their rough and tough gang leader Heavy. But Heavy has a secret that has to be kept, no matter what—his heart belongs to a man. It shouldn’t. He’s supposed to be into women, like the other guys in the club. Junk is just too cute to resist, though. Add in his delectable body, his sweet submission and his willingness to accept Heavy’s sadism, and the couple are a perfect match.
Junk’s a probie, proving his worth to the club and demonstrating his mechanical know-how. He’s lived on the edge for a long time, flitting from one place to the next. But now that he’s settling in as a Roughneck, life is looking up. Not least because he’s in love—soul-eating, cock-thickening obsessive love. He can’t tell anyone about his desire for Heavy, but what he can do is push his lover’s buttons, all day, in full view of everyone, until he’s damned sure the night will bring a whole host of sinful delights and wicked punishments that will leave him marked, bruised and most of all, wholly satisfied.

CUFFED - COMING SOON

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How do you pass the time handcuffed to somebody who gets on your nerves?
All journalist Roxie Diamond wants is the chance to ride out with the London night patrol. Reporting on women who sell their bodies to survive is her latest assignment and she's on the case. Trouble is, the two hot cops she's partnered with couldn't be more different, Officer Rudy is displeased to have a tag-along, but he can brood all he likes while she admires his partner's cute ass and broad shoulders.
Roxie doesn't count on being mistaken for an accessory in human trafficking. Before she knows it she's snatched, interrogated, and her world is turned upside down. Just as well her sullen cop takes her safety seriously. Though how much help he'll be when she finds herself handcuffed to him in an abandoned warehouse, locked up for goodness knows how long, she doesn't know.
Will he open up? Protect her? Will the anger in his eyes turn to desire when she confesses her lust? Will he admit to the passion she can feel brimming beneath his surface? And can they really do that, while in such a dangerous predicament? And just how close is he to his partner?
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Sunday Snog

Welcome to Sunday Snog, this week an excerpt from One Night in Cape Town which you can grab at a bargain price of just 99c/99p if you pre-order it NOW

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The week before her big day, Tia catches her fiancé getting down and dirty with her best friend. She quickly washes her hands of them both. But why waste a perfectly good and very expensive honeymoon to her dream spot-South Africa? 
After bumping into the same cute guy three times in Cape Town, Tia's reminded she still has desires. Before long, they’re hiking over Table Mountain together, and getting to know each other. 
But when trouble brews in the African sky, a wild storm leaves them stranded on the mountain as night falls. Levi's survival skills provide them with quick shelter as the storm rages above. But for Tia, another storm rages between her and her sexy saviour. Will he teach her to trust again? Or is there more to the hot American than meets the eye?


“This is a cool place,” he said, reaching into the shower cubicle and flicking on the water.“Yes, I thought so. Not that I’ve had my money’s worth out of it.”“That’s about to change.” He shoved at his jeans, pausing to kick aside his boots. “Get naked, babe.”“Er, yes...” She’d gotten carried away watching him strip. It was a sight to see, all those acres of perfect flesh, rippling muscles and long, lean limbs. And damn, his cock, erect and thick... she was looking forward to getting up close and personal with it again.She tugged at her fleece, dropped it to one side, then did the same with her t- shirt and bra.He studied her, his eyes brimming with fire, then turned and stepped into the water. “Ah, heaven.” He lifted his face to the stream and smoothed his hands over his head.Tia continued to admire him as she undid her boots and kicked them away. The water gave his skin a sleek shine and his hair darkened. His buttocks were a paler shade than the rest of him, the fine hairs on his legs flat now they were wet.Quickly she lost her jeans and underwear and stepped in beside him.The water was gloriously hot, the steam warming her throat as she breathed in. “Mmm, this is much better,” he said, pulling her close and rubbing his hands down her back to her arse. “Don’t you think?”“Yes.” She reached for a bottle of complimentary shower gel and squirted it between them so it basted their chests. It was fragranced with lavender.“You want me to smell like a girl?” he asked, grinning.“Better than the baboon scent that’s going on.”“Hey, I do not smell like a baboon.” He laughed and gave her arse a slap.“Ow.” She giggled and writhed from his grip. “I’ll have a hand print there now.”“That’s the idea, to remind you that, for this morning at least, you’re mine.”She pulled in a breath and rubbed the suds over her body. She didn’t like to think of how little time they had together.He quickly washed, his attention following her hands as she rubbed suds over herself.She pushed negative thoughts from her head. They had to make the most of it, as he’d said. Create memories that would last a lifetime.Once again, she looked at his cock. A few suds of shower gel sat in his pubic hair. “You ever had a blowjob from an English girl?”“Never.”“Well, we’d best change that.” She licked her top lip then sank to her knees.“Ah, fuck,” he said, running his hands into her hair. “Really?”“Yes, really.” 

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Sexy in Time ~ @MySexySaturday #MySexySaturday #MySexyAuthors #Saturday7 #MSS145

A warm welcome to My Sexy Saturday, this week we're all about love that will last forever. My novel Breathe You In fits perfectly with this theme and was a USA Today Recommended Read of 2013.

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Soul-aching desire was only the first layer of emotion around a secret I had to keep for all of time. 
If the road to heaven starts in hell, then I was ready to start climbing my way out and Ruben Strong was the man to accompany me. With his devastating good looks, seductively sexy charm and lust for adrenaline, he was sure to make it a sensual and erotic experience as well as one to re-awake the passionate, throw-caution-to-the-wind woman I’d once been. 
I’d given Ruben something, though, without him realizing, and that gift had come from the man I’d loved before. But I couldn’t tell Ruben. I had to keep that a tight secret even on the nights our naked bodies wound together, sought out pleasure and hit the dizzy heights of ecstasy—because Ruben had my husband’s heart, literally, and that heart was still in love with me, so it seemed, and now I was in love with Ruben. 
Emotions tangled with bliss and fears were locked away as I surrendered to the touch of Ruben’s hands, the taste of his skin and the sounds of his pleasure. I couldn’t deny that Ruben had brought me back to life the same way I had him, and there was no way I was giving up that feeling, not for anyone.

“I just needed to know where the heart was that had loved me so much.”Ruben touched his chest and rubbed his palm up to his throat.“And then," I went on, "that damn Blitz room and the crazy peacock threw us together, and it was you who asked me to the café. It was you who asked me out, remember? I didn’t pursue you at all. You gave me your number.”“Of course I remember. I was there.”I stepped around the gravestone, gathered my last tiny vestige of strength and stood tall. “I’ll admit I was fascinated at the thought of Matt’s heart inside you, a tiny bit of him that was still living. It’s a strange concept, but that didn’t make you him, Ruben. You’re you, a speed junkie, Formula One nut, and all round funny but sensitive bloke.” I paused. “I never once was with you and pretended I was with Matt. Not once.”“You didn’t?”“No, no of course not. I promise you that.” I shook my head. “Matt’s dead.” I pointed at the ground. I’d never get used to saying those words, but I couldn’t change the truth.Ruben took a step closer, his expression a mixture of pain and confusion. He held out one hand. A wave of fear coursed through me. I couldn’t take rejection again. If I let Ruben get close, he might push me away. Might say what a loopy cow I was and order me never to go near him again. Hell, he could get me in a whole pile of trouble for hunting him down. There were rules and laws and ethical issues that should have stopped me.I turned, faced the twilight sky.“Katie—”“Ruben, no. I’ve been running low on emotional strength for years, but right now I’m on empty. Please, if you have to leave, just leave.”“I don’t want to leave. I want to understand this.”“I’ve explained all that I can. It’s quite simple really. We met, fell in love and you happen to have had an organ transplant from someone I also loved.”“But don’t you see that stirs up so many questions?” He rested his hands on my shoulders, brushed my neck with his thumbs.I resisted the urge to fall back against him. He was way too tempting. Everything about him enticed me. But what if he stepped away? How would I get up again?I stared into the distance, consciously pulling and pushing my breaths in and out of my lungs. “Questions?” I asked eventually.“Yes,” he said softly, “if this heart that’s in me loved you before, then is that why I love you so much now that I can’t even think straight when I’m not with you?”

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Scored - Get Your Euro 2016 Fix Here!

Hands up who likes a seriously fit guy who is as talented in the bedroom as he is on the pitch? Ohhh I see a flood of hands shooting into the air, which is great because I have just the thing for you. Scoredis my super sexy soccer novel which stars gorgeous Lewis Tate, captain of the England football team and sassy reporter Nicki as they heat up for the huge tournament that is Euro 2012.
It’s hard to believe that I wrote this four years ago, the story and characters are still fresh in my head and readers continue to contact me telling me how much they enjoy the romance, sexy times and the heroes mastery of everything he puts his mind (and body) too!
And with Euro 2016 upon us, if you haven’t sampled Lewis’ particular brand of seduction, now is the time…


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Okay, so I eat, sleep and breathe football and reporting the beautiful game is my dream career. But that doesn’t mean I don’t have time for a major crush on the England captain, Lewis Tate. The bloke is sex on legs, hot with a capital H. Add in his awe-inspiring talent, his brooding good looks and what’s not to lust after?
So my excitement is sky-high as I set off with the official press team to cover England’s battle for the European Cup. But when a series of unfortunate, or as it turns out fortunate events, attracts Tate’s attention my way, who am I to say no?
Add in a misogynistic manager, an over-zealous colleague, two blue silk ties and some incredible ball-handling skills and it becomes clear the road to victory, for me, will be an intensely erotic journey. Determined to savor every moment, I hang onto my sanity as best I can while living the fantasy and wondering if it can ever become reality. Because once Lewis Tate has taken me to heaven and back, its clear no one else will ever compare.
Reader Reviews
“I can thoroughly recommend Scored. It's a clever story with twists and turns and lots of hot sex and football. What more could a girl want!”
“Wow. Lily Harlem strikes again. (see what I did there?). Another fab book from this talented author. Couldn't put it down. A page turner from the very first page.”
“A highly recommended read. A hot, gorgeous romance.”
“Wow, wow, wow!! I loved this so much.”
“Lewis Tate is officially my new number one BBF. The story is a beautiful romance that had me sighing out loud and caused many a raised eyebrow from my husband.”
“I absolutely adored this book and I know for a fact it will be a go to book for me when I want an uplifting story to make me smile and swoon.”


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Scored is only available from Amazon though can be read for free on Kindle Unlimited. I hope you’ll check it out and enjoying the winning streak Scored will take you on!
Lily x
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One Night In Cape Town - COMING SOON

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Jilted at the alter! Well, not quite, but the week before Tia’s big day she caught her cheating rat-bag of a fiancé getting down and dirty with her best friend. That was it, end of, game over, it had been a close call. She's washed her hands of them both.
But why waste a perfectly good and very expensive honeymoon? Tia had always dreamed of South Africa, longed for blue sky, adventure and sights to remember. Her feet were itchy, she couldn’t stand the sympathy at home, so she’s bitten the bullet and travelled thousands of miles to a new continent, alone.
Lions and rhinos, elephants and zebra are all well and good, but when she bumps into the same cute guy three times in a row in Cape Town, she’s reminded that she still has desires. Before long they’re hiking over Table Mountain together, enjoying the view, enjoying each other. Levi is charming and funny, sexy and strong. Perhaps she will learn to trust enough to have romance and love in her future…maybe…one day.
But trouble brews in the African sky and a wild storm leaves them stranded, no way off the mountain as night falls. They have to keep cool to survive but things soon heat up in their make-shift shelter. As the thunder roars above them, the earth moves for Tia. But can a honeymoon romance ever be more than a good time? Or is there more to Levi, the hot America surfer whose lust for travel seems as potent as his lust for her?



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OUT NOW: FOUR LETTER WORDS by Charlotte Howard @Shy_Tiger #FourLetterWords #Erotica #Contemporary #Romance

Four Letter Words:
Paige Holmes has made her choice. But as she begins to get her life back on track, she also starts to question her decision.
Then, the letters arrive. When Paige finds herself in trouble once again, she must decide who she can trust.
Will she go back to the one she denied, or will she stand by her choice?
Love and lust are, after all, both Four Letter Words.



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Excerpt from Chapter One:

Laying my head back against the black leather seats of the Jag and gazing ahead, I lifted a finger and touched my lips that were swollen from his kiss. The weariness of the past few weeks was beginning to take over, weighing on my eyelids as they began to droop. I should have been reassured by the man sitting next to me.

I shifted in my seat so I could watch him as he drove on. He was a force that even nature had no hold over. There was an urge to reach out and cling to his broad bicep, a need to feel the security of his physical strength, aching somewhere deep inside of me.

We didn’t speak as he pressed all his weight onto the accelerator, urging the car until it was over the speed limit. I half expected the shine of blue lights to fill the inside of the car, with sirens blaring around us. But they didn’t. Of course they didn’t. Even if a marked car was to pass, I doubted Vance Ellery would slow down, and I had even less that the police would attempt to pull him over. I suspected that the personal phone number of every single high-ranking officer in the country, was tucked away in a neat Rolodex on Vance’s desk or even stored in the memory bank of his mobile phone for easy access.

The silence should have been soothing. I should have been able to let my lashes flutter against my cheeks, and slip into a relaxing slumber. Instead the lack of conversation added to the tension that built behind my eyes. I closed them, hoping that soon I would drift off into a deep sleep, where I would be surrounded by falling flowers, rainbows, and sunlight. Ha! If only I was deserving of such luck. There were no pleasant dreams awaiting me after the sandman visited. Only nightmares wanted to be part of my night. They tormented me, bringing memories that I’d tried to bury and forget. They hounded the darkness, giving me nothing but misery and pain and suffering. It was as though all my sins from a previous life had been rolled over into this one.

If the visions of his face, the sound of his voice had been the only elements of my slumber, then I might have been willing to slip away and let the desperation of rest take me to the shadowed places I dreaded. My soul was destined for torture though. I was to be punished for his crime.

The mere suggestion of sleep forced my blood to pulsate until it was the only thing I could hear, throbbing in my temples. The searing pain of anxiety and panic stabbed at my chest, pins pricking my skin, as I let my eyelids fall. A shudder fell down my spine, waking me from the light doze I’d stumbled into.

Breathe in, breathe out. In with the good, out with the bad. In through the nose, out through the mouth. Breathe in, breathe out. A mantra, taught to me by a yoga instructor years before hell had entered my life, repeated over and over in my mind. I inhaled the cool air through my nasal passages, allowing it to slip down into my pain-filled lungs, exhaling all the bad out of my mouth in a gigantic whoosh.

Ahead, the roads were empty, weaving out of the village and headed towards Richart Courts, the hotel that was to be my sanctuary for the next couple of days before I had to face the next challenge. New York City.

How anyone could expect me to go back there was beyond belief. The only logical explanation for their plans for my future was that facing New York was the lesser of the two evils that haunted me, threatening to rip away the seams that had begun to fray around my already tattered edges.

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Four Letter Words is the second, and final, part to Paige’s story. To celebrate its re-release, the first part of the Words Duet has been reduced to 99p / 99c!








Seven Dirty Words:

Paige Holmes hides herself in a masculine world in a desperate attempt to remain safe.

Just as she is ready to face her fears and her past, she finds herself torn between Matt Jackson and Vance Ellery: handsome, rich, and safe – or handsome, rich, and dangerous?

Which will she choose?

The one who appears to be the most perfect, or the one who makes her use all Seven Dirty Words?


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Author bio:

British author, Charlotte Howard, was born in Oman and spent much of the first part of her life flitting between Oman, Scotland, and England. Now settled in Somerset, Charlotte lives with her husband, two children, and growing menagerie of pets.

Her career as a writer began at an early age, with a poem being featured in an anthology for the East Midlands. Since then Charlotte has written many short stories and poems, and finally wrote her first full-length piece of fiction in 2010.

During what little spare time she has, Charlotte enjoys reading and writing (of course), spending time with her family, and watching action movies whilst eating curry and drinking tea.

Charlotte is an active member of Yeovil Creative Writers Group.

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Sexy as Hell Box Set - Now Widely Available

You can now get your copy of the Sexy as Hell Box Set from a wide variety of retailers as well as Amazon.

About....
Sexy as Hell is an erotic trilogy that will submerge you into the black heart of a world of bondage and discipline, Dominance and submission, sadism and masochism.
Dare to take this twisting journey with Victor and you’ll learn the ropes with him, experience every carnal sensation and fall into a dark and dangerous love that grips like a fist and binds like a collar. 
Get to know Zara, his sultry teacher, and you’ll gasp when she doles out her sinful instructions but then delight in the stunning results she not only demands but achieves. It seems Heaven and Hell are not so far apart when she holds the reins. 
Victor has his layers peeled back, but when he does the same to try to get to his Vixen’s core, a revelation appears. Because Zara is a woman whose vast sexual experience is both her strength and her weakness; she can inflict pain and pleasure, make lusty demands and instruct, but she needs so much more, she needs… 
Yes, the time has come to for her to admit to her needs and confess to the repairing her soul hungers for. A sea of memories, a lifetime of control requires an acknowledgement that will cut through her barriers, and there’s only one man up for the job—her virgin, her student, her newly trained monster, Victor Partridge. 


Please note, in order to enjoy Victor and Zara’s adventures, the trilogy must be read in order and they have been supplied as such within this box set. Also included in this box set are three spin-off stories to satisfy your curiosity about the colourful secondary characters.



Long and Short Reviews 5* - "An amazing trilogy, I’d recommend this series to anyone wanting a deeply complex, incredibly intense read. These authors write everything with style, care and such talent I’m pleased to have these additions on my shelves and know I’ll read them again in the future. Not a comfortable book (or series), this nevertheless balances perfectly between too much and not quite enough. I can’t imagine anyone reading it and not wanting more, so amazing is the mix of characters, plot, kink and emotion. A marvelous read that took me to dizzying highs and terrifying lows and a series I can strongly recommend to everyone willing to step on board for the ride of a lifetime.



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Masturbation Monday

Welcome to Masturbation Monday! Another awesome prompt this week has tempted me to share a snippet from ONE NIGHT IN CAPE TOWN (available to pre-order for just 99c/99p, price goes up on release day, 29th June) when hunky American backpacker Levi has come up with some inventive ideas to keep Tia warm while they're stranded on Table Mountain in a storm!


He reached for her arse again, dipping his hands into her knickers. Urging her to move closer, and press nearer to his cock.“How we gonna do this?” he asked.“I’d have thought you’d know the routine,” she said. “Or do Americans do it differently?”“Yeah... we do it better.” He squeezed her butt.She giggled against his mouth. “I’m looking forward to you proving that.”“I will, but what I want to know is are you up for lying down on this dirt or do you want to go on top?”“You’re such a gentleman.”“I like to think so.”She released his cock, went up onto her knees and pushed at her knickers.Quickly she shucked them off, and cast them aside. “No way am I lying on this, though I think...” She pressed her hands over his shoulders and straddled him again. “If you stay just like that it will work fine.”He glanced downward at her pussy hovering over his cock. “It will. Damn shame I need to put a condom on.”A bolt of panic went through Tia. Fuck. She’d forgotten about using a condom. Contraception simply hadn’t been an issue for years, thanks to her coil. But still, they really should. “Have you got one?”“Yeah. Hang on.” He shifted and pulled his wallet from his jeans pocket. Flipping it open, he retrieved a gold Durex.Quickly he opened it and cast the wrapper aside. He rolled the latex down his cock in a brisk, efficient manner.Tia loved seeing him touch his dick, preparing himself for her. Excitement raged within her, her pussy damp with arousal. A full body tremble attacked her, lust and longing taking control.“I’ll soon warm you up,” he said, mistaking her shiver for cold. “Come here.” He held his cock upright. “Take me, I’m yours.” He grinned.Tia giggled, but it faded into a groan as she allowed the first inch of his dick to enter her. Damn, he was going to be a tight fit.He released his cock and wrapped his thick arms around her, held her firm.She sat down on him a little more, relishing the way he stretched her, the way she opened for him.“Ahh, babe, you feel great.” He was breathing fast. “Take more of me.”“Yes, yes...” She did, dropping until she was sitting on his thighs, her clit pressed up against his pubic hair.She let her head fall back and stilled. So damn deep, so full.He kissed her exposed neck, his stubbled chin scratching her flesh.She moaned, a shaky little sound that was full of need and desperation.“Ride me,” he whispered. “Show me how English girls do it.”“Okay.” She looked at him and tightened her internal muscles around his cock.“If you think you can handle it.”“Ahh... I’m not sure if I can if you do that.” He bit his bottom lip. “You want me to have some staying power, right? It’s going to be a long night.”“Yeah, but it’s just got a whole lot more interesting.” She pressed her lips to his and ground her pelvis against him.Wow, that felt good. Her clit needed stimulation if she was going to come. And boy, she needed to come. It was the only thing that could happen now or she’d lose her mind.“Like that, yeah, like that.” He urged her to move again.She set up a fast, rocking rhythm, riding his cock, and stimulating herself with each thrust of her hips. Soon the pressure built, an orgasm sparking to life within her pelvis.Levi let his head rest on the rock behind him. He gritted his teeth and wrinkled his nose.“You okay?” she asked breathlessly.“Fuck, yeah, never better... just not sure... how long...”“I’m nearly there... Oh God...” She fisted his sweater. “Don’t stop.”“I’m not doing anything.” He looked at her, his blue eyes now almost black in the dim light. “You’re riding me, babe... and it’s fucking awesome.”The look on his face, his words... it tipped Tia over the edge. She picked up the pace, rocked her clit against him and combined bliss with the sensation of being so full of cock. “Yes, it’s here...” she cried out. “Oh, fuck!”A clap of thunder and an extra sharp gust of wind accompanied her orgasm. She screwed her eyes shut, folded in on herself and succumbed to pleasure.“Yes, yes...” He gripped her waist and urged her to keep up her momentum. “Fuck.” He came too, propelling his hips up to meet her. “Tia, Jesus Christ.” 




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