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December 29, 2013
Tamsin Flowers is Here!
Hi,
It's great to be here, so a big thanks first off to Lily for inviting me over.
This definitely has to be one of my favorite times of year. Christmas is finished and the dust is settling. The New Year's parties are just around the corner. And I get a nice quiet moment to sit by the fire and reflect. I'll think about the year gone by - a rollercoaster ride during which I finally got to grips with my writing and was thrilled to have several stories published in great anthologies, along with my own short story collection - Zombie Erotoclypse - and two novellas, The Christmas Tattoo and The Crimson Bond. And I'll take a look at the year ahead - I hope to finish my sequel to The Crimson Bond along with my NaNoWriMo 'sexspionage' thriller, Honeytrap, as well as contributing to a whole load more anthologies with deadlines on the horizon. Add to that the marketing and social networking that needs to be done on a daily basis - and the word busy doesn't even begin to cover it!
So that's why I love this quiet week - and I hope I can snatch a bit of time for a simple pleasure I love - reading. After all, that's why I'm a writer! If you got a new e-reader or Kindle for Christmas, can I suggest you fill it full of smut as fast as you can?
Here are a couple of suggestions, with excerpts…
The Crimson Bond Blurb
Willow Jackson develops an unhealthy obsession Etienne Corbeau; little does she realise he's a suave, sophisticated vampire. After appearing in her dreams, Willow is astounded to find Etienne in her room for real and even more shocked when, in the throes of a passion she can’t resist, he sinks his teeth into her neck and drinks her blood.
But Etienne is greedy and to save Willow's life, his wife Elouise forces her to drink vampire blood. From this moment Willow is herself a vampire, forming an unbreakable bond with Elouise which forces her to choose between the beautiful new vampire and her husband of two centuries.
As Willow learns to tame her bloodlust and vampire sex carries her to new heights of physical pleasure, Elouise is snatched away from her. The battle lines are drawn: now she and Etienne will fight for possession of the woman they both love...
The Crimson Bond Excerpt
“What’s your name?” said Willow, still leaning back against the wall. Her voice was shaky and she glanced at where she’d left the whisky on the table.The woman followed her gaze and picked up the glass. “I’m Elouise. Elouise Day. I married Etienne in 1920, the year he changed me.” “Changed you?” Willow couldn’t believe the woman in front of her was claiming to have been married for nearly a hundred years. “Into a vampire.” She pointed up to her open mouth with a finger and for the first time Willow noticed two sharper looking teeth on either side of her upper jaw. Hardly fangs, but definitely pointed. She stepped toward Willow with the glass and held it to her lips. Willow gulped the strong alcohol gratefully. “For you to have become a vampire, you would have had to drink some of his blood in return.” Her eyes narrowed for a second. “Which I assume you didn’t?” “No,” said Willow, shaking her head. Elouise put the glass down on the table behind her. She was standing very close to Willow now and she placed one of her hands on Willow’s shoulder. She stared intensely at Willow’s face with sharp, emerald eyes. Willow took a nervous breath. The air around her smelled deliciously of sandalwood and myrrh. “Etienne was telling the truth. You are very beautiful.” Her voice had lowered by a half tone and she spoke slowly, each word caressing Willow’s ears. In a sudden blur of movement she had both Willow’s hands pinned back against the wall above her head. Her wrists were crossed and held in a vice-like grip by one of Elouise’s hands. With her other hand, she gently peeled away the dressing on Willow’s neck. She moved in closer until Willow felt the vampire’s breath on her throat. Willow turned her head away from the vampire. But the rest of her body was powerless to move, paralyzed by something stronger than fright. Elouise Day had a power that drained her will to resist. She felt the stroke of a tongue close to her collarbone, gliding over the two wounds. Not again, she thought to herself and a whimper escaped her lips. But even as she shied away from the female vampire, she needed to experience the searing combination of pain and pleasure again. “Shhhhhh, pretty girl,” whispered Elouise, lifting her head to look up at her. She touched Willow’s mouth with a soft finger, a caress that made Willow’s legs weaker still. “Etienne,” she called in a deep, guttural voice. “Come and watch me feed on your little blood-baby.” Willow saw a streak of grey cross the room and then Etienne Corbeau appeared at his wife’s side. He put a hand up to her bobbed hair at the nape of her neck and pulled her head back, kissing her ferociously inches from Willow’s face. Willow felt the pleasure sensors deep within her waken and stir. Then he pushed Elouise roughly away and turned the full beam of his dark eyes on Willow. Elouise licked her lips with a satisfied smile. “Please let me go,” whispered Willow. But as she said it, her mind was bombarded with memories of what had happened last time she’d seen Etienne. His hands on her breasts and his mouth at her throat. The searing pain had become as addictive as pleasure. She whimpered as her back arched involuntarily, thrusting her hips away from the wall toward the vampire. As fear was overcome by longing, Willow felt both of the vampires’ hands on her body.
Buy links
You'll find The Crimson Bond at Secret Cravings, Amazon US, Amazon UK, All Romance and Smashwords.
The Christmas Tattoo - blurb
When sexy red-head Bradie Clements comes home from Washington to nurse a broken heart and build bridges with her estranged father, she’s certainly not on the lookout for romance. After catching her boyfriend Kris in bed with her best friend and boss, all she wants to do is run and hide. But a chance encounter with local tattoo artist Colton Bassett leads to an unexpected appointment with his needle. Even though it’s cold outside, the temperature rises to boiling point as the two discover an irresistible attraction. But then Kris arrives on the scene to claim her back in time for his family Christmas and Bradie starts to remember what she saw in him. Tormented by jealousy and suspicion over Colton’s pregnant business partner, Bradie starts to wonder if her new romance is over before it’s begun...
Buy links
Available at Amazon.com, Amazon UK, Kobo, and Xcite Books
The Christmas Tattoo Excerpt
Bradie followed him through to a small studio. The walls in here had the same patchwork of designs and there were two work stations, one with a black reclining barber chair and the other, a sort of articulated massage bench which could be arranged into a range of positions. A work station along one wall carried the tattoo artists’ equipment: a huge selection of ink bottles and a number of scary devices that looked for all the world like medieval torture instruments.Bradie considered them and swallowed hard.“Take a seat,” said Colt, going over to the bench and picking up a particularly vicious-looking instrument.Bradie backed up and found the back of her thighs pressing against the arm of the barber chair.“Sit. I can’t do you standing up.”Bradie stumbled back into the seat, her breathing suddenly faster and the sound of her heartbeat drumming in her ears.“But… I haven’t told you…”Colt advanced on her and pressed a button on the device. A sudden whirring noise whined out of it.“Wait…”Colt towered over her now. He turned the gadget off. “You don’t remember me, do you, Bradie Clements?”Bradie sat bolt upright.“From?”Colt rolled his eyes.“School. Only four years in the same homeroom, Bradie. We even went on a date once. But the less said about it the better.”Bradie closed her eyes and delved back in time. The height… the dark eyes… a date to the movies.“Colton Bassett? But you had black hair at school. And you were skinny.”“Okay, enough,” said Colt, running a hand through his blonde hair. “It figures, I’ve changed. But you haven’t. Still the long red hair.”“So why didn’t you say anything on the train?” said Bradie.Colt put down the tattoo gun and perched on the edge of the massage table.“I saw you and I remembered the date. I didn’t want to remind you of it.”Bradie could see why. It had ended in disaster. She had been an innocent co-ed and Colt had tried to feel her up in the back row. She’d panicked and run out of the theatre and then spent the rest of the school year regretting it. The blood rose to her cheeks again. Shit, why did he keep having this effect on her.“And now?” she said.“Probably better to get it out in the open if you’re gonna be in town for a bit. Look, I’m sorry for the way I behaved back then.”“No, I am. I always wished I’d stayed in there.”WTF? She had some sort of runaway mouth on her this morning. She bit her lip.“That came out wrong.”“I’ll change the subject,” said Colt. “So what sort of tatt do you want?”Bradie thought for a moment and then shrugged.“A Santa sleigh?”Colt laughed.“Or perhaps a candy cane?” he said. “They’re always popular. But seriously?”“I had a bad year, so something that means a new beginning maybe. Perhaps a few words or a quote.”“Where would you have it?”“Not on my arm or leg. Somewhere more private. My hip, maybe?”The room seemed suddenly smaller, hotter. Colt stood up.“Show me.”With shaking fingers Bradie popped the top button of her jeans and tugged the zip halfway undone. Then she pushed the waist band down a way to expose the jut of her hip bone.“Here,” she said. It came out a whisper.Colt came closer. He ran his thumb over the place she indicated, brushing the top of her black lace panties. His warm skin hummed against hers but his touch sent a red hot jolt of current up through her. Her breath caught in her throat as she was suddenly overwhelmed with a desire to stroke his skin in return.“It’ll hurt, across the bone there.”He moved his thumb a little closer to her navel, pushing the black lace and denim down a fraction further.“Whereas here would be less painful.”Bradie’s eyes met his. Colton Bassett. Her teenage crush. And now with his hands back where they’d been once before. Their eyes locked and his face came closer. Bradie took a deep breath as a surge of adrenalin, lust and anticipation flooded through her. Was this about to happen?
Tamsin Flowers
Tamsin Flowers loves to write light-hearted erotica, often with a twist in the tail/tale and a sense of fun. In the words of one reviewer, 'Ms Flowers has a way of describing sexual tension that forces itself upon your own body.' Her stories have appeared in a wide variety of anthologies , for publishers including Cleis Press, Xcite Books and Go Deeper Press. She has now graduated to novellas with the intention of penning her magnum opus in the very near future. In the meantime, like most erotica writers, she finds herself working on at least ten stories at once: while she figures out whose leg belongs in which story, you can find out more about her at Tamsin's Superotica or Tamsin Flowers.
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December 28, 2013
Lily Harlem Newsletter #bargain #ebook #discount #eroticromance
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December 27, 2013
Saturday Spankings - I Promise to Surrender #Sat Spanks
Hello Spanker and Spankee devotees. This week a sexy strike from my new anthology Stories for When the Sun Goes Down. This is taken from I promise to Surrender, a naughty tale that involves sexual favour vouchers!
“Giving up responsibility and handing yourself over to another person can be very powerful. It is also a great responsibility for me to not hurt you in a bad way.”“I know you wouldn’t do that.”“I wouldn’t forgive myself if I did. But this.” He pointed to the voucher. “I think might just work. If you trust me.”My body was humming. Little fissions of desire shooting through me. Talking about spanking, imagining Jake’s hand coming down on my arse was turning me on. The thought of being over his knee, butt cheeks in the air, all exposed and vulnerable had moisture seeping from my pussy. It was then I realised one major thing. I didn’t want to wait for this promise to be fulfilled. I wanted it now. While I was excited, in the mood and curious as hell to know what it would be like.“Here,” I said, giving him the voucher.His face dropped. “Have you changed your mind?”“No, not at all.” I ran my tongue over my lips and gums, my mouth suddenly dry. “I want my promise now.”
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Weekend Writing Warriors - Madam President #WeWrWa #SundaySnippet
Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors. I have a new erotic romance anthology out and it kicks off with the short story I won the LoveHoney Award for Erotic Fiction with, Madam President. Here's a few lines that might make you give Stories for When the Sun Goes Down, your vote!
Anxiety was something I thought I could control because as the first ever female President of the United States public speaking, crowd circulating and star-studded events are everyday occurrences for me now. But if he’s in the equation, if anything involves him, then my supreme confidence, rational political mind and steadfast surety goes out of the window and I’m back to being an infatuated, lust-blind woman again.I pull out a solid gold compact engraved with my first name, Raine and check my pale pink lipstick, powder my nose and smooth a hand over my glossy auburn bob. I took extra care dressing this morning and opted for my trademark skirt suit, a delicate cream blouse with a low neckline as well as a string of pearls to sway over the rise of my breasts. Clint told me I looked pretty at breakfast then he kissed my cheek and said he hoped it went well with my first introductions to the British Prime Minister.If only he knew. If only he knew that today is hardly the first time I’m meeting Prime Minister John Reynolds. We’ve been studying international relations for quite sometime and encouraging cross-Atlantic communications in the purely physical sense of the word for years.
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Review - The Glass Knot
The Glass Knot has received a 4 1/2 star review from Night Owl Reviews, and I'm delighted with the reviewer's thoughtful words and insight into this complex story. Here is what she has to say...
“The Glass Knot” by Lily Harlem is a unique love story in that it explores the dynamics of a m/m relationship when one of the partners, Josh, elects to explore a relationship with a woman, photographer Laura Makay. Despite their mutual agreement on a one-night stand, both develop an emotional tie, much to the dismay of Josh’s husband, Nick. Unfortunately, he has cause to be jealous, but Laura is also enthralled by the connection the two men have to each other and discovers a taste for voyeurism. A serious accident forces Nick to re-evaluate his priorities but all three of them must learn to adjust to each other if their relationship is going to work as an equal partnership.
This beautiful erotic romance provides an emotional read that explores the dynamics of converting a committed relationship to a menage a trois. The author does a wonderful job of conveying the passion and devotion that exists between the paired couple and the angst and upheaval that results from adding a new person into their lives. There are deliciously sizzling love scenes which are balanced by a facile characterization of the individuals involved and I am delighted to have found a new author to enjoy and look forward to reading more of her tales."
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December 26, 2013
Good Cop, Bad Cop is FREE #ebook #free #eroticromance #menage
That's right, for a few days only as a sexy menage a trois Christmas present, Good Cop, Bad Cop written by myself and Natalie Dae is FREE! Go grab a copy...
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Cold Nights, Hot Bodies by Lily Harlem is on Offer! #bargain #ebook #eroticromance #sexystory
My Christmas novel, Cold Nights, Hot Bodies is sure to burn up the pages of your new ereader and wow, isn't Shane just divine! Sexy armpits make me all aquiver and my cover artist sure knows my weakness!
And it's not just the cover that is attractive, so is the price! For a limited time only Cold Nights, Hot Bodies is just 99c at Ellora's Cave and All Romance eBooks, and 60c/37p on Amazon / Amazon UK.
Blurb
All my life I’ve been the quiet bookworm, the office mouse. It hasn’t bothered me. Immersing myself in erotic novels has kept me wriggling on the edge of my seat at work and firmly entrenched in my own fantasy world at night.
Though one thing is bothering me—my damn virginity. If only I could find a sexy bedroom expert to introduce me to the delights of having a lover. Someone handsome and charming, who can rival the hunky alpha males in my books. I have a very vivid, very well-fed imagination—he’ll have to keep up.
Then, one bitterly cold night, thanks to a devious, conniving, so-called friend, the perfect opportunity to rid myself of this pesky virginity problem comes along. Before I know it, the heroes in my novels have come alive in the person of Shane Galloway, who’s pleasuring me with every trick in the book and wheedling into my heart in the hottest ways possible.
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In this excerpt Shane and Ashley have just made their way back from the pub to their hotel. Trudging through the snow hasn't chilled their desires or frozen their lust for each other, they're hotter than ever and even thrown a sprinkle of kink into the mix...
The trudge back was swifter than the journey to the pub. We were all conscious of getting caught in the dark, but fortunately it wasn’t long before we spotted the welcoming golden lights of The Fenchurch in the distance.We bid Rachel and Jeremy goodbye in the lobby—they had plans to go and listen to a pianist in the Champagne Lounge—and took the elevator to our suite.As soon as the large brass doors of the elevator slid shut, Shane dragged me up against his body. “I got harder with every step we took on the way back,” he whispered onto my lips. “The thought of another night with you is driving me insane. I can’t believe I got so lucky.”Wrapping my arms around his waist, I pulled him closer. He was right, he was hard. Very hard.“You want to play a game?” I asked. All the way back a thought had been nagging away at me. Shane’s enjoyment of Stolen and Seduced had my mind racing with possibilities. There was something I needed to ask him while I had the courage of wine and felt so sublimely close to him.“Only if it involves playing with you,” he said, grinning. “It does.”He cocked his head. “Go on.”I glanced at the lift numbers and the small upward arrow flashing. Could I really suggest it?“Honey, tell me.”I swallowed and looked up into his face. “You’ve got me curious,” he said.I dragged in a deep breath. I wasn’t sure how he would take my suggestion but I hoped with all my heart it would appeal to him. “You know that book you read last night on my laptop?”“Yep.”“Well, it’s one of my favorites and I wondered...” I paused. Would he think I was weirdly kinky or worse, completely freaky?His voice lowered and his eyelids dropped slightly. “And you wondered if I fancied a little role-play?” His tone held a note of disbelief but also interest, and he’d certainly hit the nail on the head as to what I was suggesting.My gaze snapped to his. “Yes.”“Oh, Ashley, I don’t know if I’m ever going to be the same again after meeting you.” He pulled me a little tighter. “You’re a dream come true.”“Is that a yes?”“Hell, yeah, the thought of you tied up like Eliza and your pleasure completely under my control is a massive turn-on. But are you sure? You only lost your virginity last night. I’d hate to scare you or do something you weren’t comfortable with.”“Of course I’m sure or I wouldn’t have suggested it. And as for having just lost my virginity, hell, I’m twenty-three, I figure I have a few years of sex to make up for.”The doors slid open and we stepped out into the fortunately deserted hallway. I would have died if anyone from Safe as Houses had heard that last sentence.“Well, in that case, be prepared to be ‘stolen and seduced’, little lady,” he whispered hotly into my ear. “But anything you really don’t like, or if you want me to stop then just say,” he paused, “Paddington Bear.”“Paddington Bear?”“Yes, then I’ll know that you mean it and you’re not just getting into the role of Eliza and begging to be freed even when you don’t want to be.”Paddington Bear. Okay.I slid the keycard into our door and shoved it open. The room had been cleaned and smelled of polish. There was one dim lamp on in the living area.“Go into the bathroom,” Shane said, slipping out of his coat and throwing it over the back of the sofa. “And when you come out Hest will be waiting.” He sat down and tugged off his wellington boots.Heart fluttering, I quickly slipped out of my boots, nipped through the bedroom and into the en suite. With the door shut I leaned back against the wood. The bathrobes folded around my shoulders in a soft embrace. I felt giddy with anticipation, high with excitement. Oh my god! What had I asked for? And far from being shocked by my request, Shane had been up for it immediately. This was something I’d always dreamed of, being the heroine in one of my books—and now it was about to be realized.Maybe I should have chosen a less dangerous scene. The one from The Millionaire’s Bride would have been less wild and not at all kinky. But Shane hadn’t read that one, he’d read, and enjoyed, Stolen and Seduced. Clearly fate had brought that scenario upon us and now there was nothing to do but enjoy.Hastily, I brushed my teeth, staring all the time at my reflection. Once again there was something different about me, not just my rosy cheeks and windblown hair, but a hunger in my eyes, a longing, and a need that demanded to be satisfied buzzed between my legs and made my breasts heavy. Sex and getting naked with Shane was all I could think of.I finished freshening up and slowly opened the door. The bedroom was in complete darkness. It was so black that when I clicked the bathroom light off I couldn’t even see my hand in front of my face.Taking a tentative step onto the carpet, my heart thudded. I struggled to catch my breath. The thrill of handing over this fantasy to Shane was off-the-Richter-scale sexy.When will he grab me?Will he be gentle and sweet or will he launch into the rough-and-tough role of Hest?Walking farther into the room, slowly and hesitantly, I waited either to be captured or to bump my shins into furniture. I reached for something to feel my way around and blinked in the velvety blackness.Suddenly a big palm clamped over my mouth and my head was pulled back into the solid muscle of a shoulder.I yelped in shock but the sound was muffled.“Keep quiet, Miss Winters, if you value your life!”Something with an unnervingly metallic coolness pressed against my jugular, it slipped downward then around my neck, leaving a sharp trail of sensation.My whole body froze, except for my heart rate, which rocketed. Surely Shane wouldn’t use a knife for our game? It was what Hest had used but...He must have sensed my real fear, for the sharpness lifted and I heard a double click. The “weapon” was a ball-point pen.Phew!The pen was back at my neck and his hot mouth by my ear. When he spoke, his voice was low and dangerous. It was easy to imagine in the darkness that it was Hest with a razor-sharp knife holding me tight.“You’ve teased me for too long, Eliza. Made me want you until I was crazy with it and then you tossed me away. Do you really think you can do that with a man like me? Do you? Really?”He moved his hand from my mouth and I slipped happily into role. “Hest, get off me. What the hell do you think you’re doing?” I started to spin away but he clasped me to his body. His erection prodded at the small of my back and his arm became a tight band of granite around me. The pen flattened widthways over the lump in my throat.“Oh, no, you don’t, I have plans for you. Plans to make you mine, forever.”My excitement threatened to bubble over and my knees turned jelly-like. He even sounded like Hest and I swear his words were exactly the same as the book. Did he have a photographic memory or something?“You can’t do this, my father will be out searching for me, no expense will be spared. Hotel security will see us.”He laughed and lifted me as though I was no weight at all. As my feet left the floor, he began to stride forward, all the time speaking huskily into my ear. “No one will find you, Eliza, I’ve made sure we won’t be seen, and besides, who would expect you to be held in the very place you were taken from? What kind of gangster would stay at The Plaza?”I wriggled within his grip the way Eliza did in the story. Writhing and flailing. Fighting to be free. But it was no good, his hold was strong and firm and the more I tried to escape the tighter he held me. The pleasure of him increasing his grip urged me on with my squirming.Suddenly, unexpectedly, he dropped me backward, fast. Luckily, I landed on the bed. Air whooshed from my lungs and immediately I scrabbled to the opposite side, enjoying the chase but knowing I wouldn’t get away. And, of course, not wanting to get away .“Oh, no, you don’t.” His full weight was over me, his hands roaming fast and wild, pulling and dragging at my clothes. “You can’t escape, and soon you won’t want to. Soon you’ll come to realize only I can give you what you need, Eliza, and you will admit it’s me that you love, only me, for all of time.”
Praise for Cold Nights, Hot Bodies
"This is a great, quick, easy, sexy, lovable book by Lily Harlem! I highly recommend this to anyone. Loved it!"
"If you are looking for a cute read with lots of great sex and a HEA than this is the book for you!"
"I love this author. Her characters are always so real. This was truly a great story. It was a story about Ashley's emerging sexuality and Individualism as well as Shane getting over the break up of his marriage. Both have what the other desperately needs. The exchange of sexual tension and trust is wonderfully written. Bravo again to Lily Harlem!"
"Hot, sweet, romantic, steamy are just a few of the words I would use to describe this story."
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And it's not just the cover that is attractive, so is the price! For a limited time only Cold Nights, Hot Bodies is just 99c at Ellora's Cave and All Romance eBooks, and 60c/37p on Amazon / Amazon UK.
Blurb
All my life I’ve been the quiet bookworm, the office mouse. It hasn’t bothered me. Immersing myself in erotic novels has kept me wriggling on the edge of my seat at work and firmly entrenched in my own fantasy world at night.
Though one thing is bothering me—my damn virginity. If only I could find a sexy bedroom expert to introduce me to the delights of having a lover. Someone handsome and charming, who can rival the hunky alpha males in my books. I have a very vivid, very well-fed imagination—he’ll have to keep up.
Then, one bitterly cold night, thanks to a devious, conniving, so-called friend, the perfect opportunity to rid myself of this pesky virginity problem comes along. Before I know it, the heroes in my novels have come alive in the person of Shane Galloway, who’s pleasuring me with every trick in the book and wheedling into my heart in the hottest ways possible.
Amazon Amazon UK Ellora's Cave B&N Kobo ARe
In this excerpt Shane and Ashley have just made their way back from the pub to their hotel. Trudging through the snow hasn't chilled their desires or frozen their lust for each other, they're hotter than ever and even thrown a sprinkle of kink into the mix...
The trudge back was swifter than the journey to the pub. We were all conscious of getting caught in the dark, but fortunately it wasn’t long before we spotted the welcoming golden lights of The Fenchurch in the distance.We bid Rachel and Jeremy goodbye in the lobby—they had plans to go and listen to a pianist in the Champagne Lounge—and took the elevator to our suite.As soon as the large brass doors of the elevator slid shut, Shane dragged me up against his body. “I got harder with every step we took on the way back,” he whispered onto my lips. “The thought of another night with you is driving me insane. I can’t believe I got so lucky.”Wrapping my arms around his waist, I pulled him closer. He was right, he was hard. Very hard.“You want to play a game?” I asked. All the way back a thought had been nagging away at me. Shane’s enjoyment of Stolen and Seduced had my mind racing with possibilities. There was something I needed to ask him while I had the courage of wine and felt so sublimely close to him.“Only if it involves playing with you,” he said, grinning. “It does.”He cocked his head. “Go on.”I glanced at the lift numbers and the small upward arrow flashing. Could I really suggest it?“Honey, tell me.”I swallowed and looked up into his face. “You’ve got me curious,” he said.I dragged in a deep breath. I wasn’t sure how he would take my suggestion but I hoped with all my heart it would appeal to him. “You know that book you read last night on my laptop?”“Yep.”“Well, it’s one of my favorites and I wondered...” I paused. Would he think I was weirdly kinky or worse, completely freaky?His voice lowered and his eyelids dropped slightly. “And you wondered if I fancied a little role-play?” His tone held a note of disbelief but also interest, and he’d certainly hit the nail on the head as to what I was suggesting.My gaze snapped to his. “Yes.”“Oh, Ashley, I don’t know if I’m ever going to be the same again after meeting you.” He pulled me a little tighter. “You’re a dream come true.”“Is that a yes?”“Hell, yeah, the thought of you tied up like Eliza and your pleasure completely under my control is a massive turn-on. But are you sure? You only lost your virginity last night. I’d hate to scare you or do something you weren’t comfortable with.”“Of course I’m sure or I wouldn’t have suggested it. And as for having just lost my virginity, hell, I’m twenty-three, I figure I have a few years of sex to make up for.”The doors slid open and we stepped out into the fortunately deserted hallway. I would have died if anyone from Safe as Houses had heard that last sentence.“Well, in that case, be prepared to be ‘stolen and seduced’, little lady,” he whispered hotly into my ear. “But anything you really don’t like, or if you want me to stop then just say,” he paused, “Paddington Bear.”“Paddington Bear?”“Yes, then I’ll know that you mean it and you’re not just getting into the role of Eliza and begging to be freed even when you don’t want to be.”Paddington Bear. Okay.I slid the keycard into our door and shoved it open. The room had been cleaned and smelled of polish. There was one dim lamp on in the living area.“Go into the bathroom,” Shane said, slipping out of his coat and throwing it over the back of the sofa. “And when you come out Hest will be waiting.” He sat down and tugged off his wellington boots.Heart fluttering, I quickly slipped out of my boots, nipped through the bedroom and into the en suite. With the door shut I leaned back against the wood. The bathrobes folded around my shoulders in a soft embrace. I felt giddy with anticipation, high with excitement. Oh my god! What had I asked for? And far from being shocked by my request, Shane had been up for it immediately. This was something I’d always dreamed of, being the heroine in one of my books—and now it was about to be realized.Maybe I should have chosen a less dangerous scene. The one from The Millionaire’s Bride would have been less wild and not at all kinky. But Shane hadn’t read that one, he’d read, and enjoyed, Stolen and Seduced. Clearly fate had brought that scenario upon us and now there was nothing to do but enjoy.Hastily, I brushed my teeth, staring all the time at my reflection. Once again there was something different about me, not just my rosy cheeks and windblown hair, but a hunger in my eyes, a longing, and a need that demanded to be satisfied buzzed between my legs and made my breasts heavy. Sex and getting naked with Shane was all I could think of.I finished freshening up and slowly opened the door. The bedroom was in complete darkness. It was so black that when I clicked the bathroom light off I couldn’t even see my hand in front of my face.Taking a tentative step onto the carpet, my heart thudded. I struggled to catch my breath. The thrill of handing over this fantasy to Shane was off-the-Richter-scale sexy.When will he grab me?Will he be gentle and sweet or will he launch into the rough-and-tough role of Hest?Walking farther into the room, slowly and hesitantly, I waited either to be captured or to bump my shins into furniture. I reached for something to feel my way around and blinked in the velvety blackness.Suddenly a big palm clamped over my mouth and my head was pulled back into the solid muscle of a shoulder.I yelped in shock but the sound was muffled.“Keep quiet, Miss Winters, if you value your life!”Something with an unnervingly metallic coolness pressed against my jugular, it slipped downward then around my neck, leaving a sharp trail of sensation.My whole body froze, except for my heart rate, which rocketed. Surely Shane wouldn’t use a knife for our game? It was what Hest had used but...He must have sensed my real fear, for the sharpness lifted and I heard a double click. The “weapon” was a ball-point pen.Phew!The pen was back at my neck and his hot mouth by my ear. When he spoke, his voice was low and dangerous. It was easy to imagine in the darkness that it was Hest with a razor-sharp knife holding me tight.“You’ve teased me for too long, Eliza. Made me want you until I was crazy with it and then you tossed me away. Do you really think you can do that with a man like me? Do you? Really?”He moved his hand from my mouth and I slipped happily into role. “Hest, get off me. What the hell do you think you’re doing?” I started to spin away but he clasped me to his body. His erection prodded at the small of my back and his arm became a tight band of granite around me. The pen flattened widthways over the lump in my throat.“Oh, no, you don’t, I have plans for you. Plans to make you mine, forever.”My excitement threatened to bubble over and my knees turned jelly-like. He even sounded like Hest and I swear his words were exactly the same as the book. Did he have a photographic memory or something?“You can’t do this, my father will be out searching for me, no expense will be spared. Hotel security will see us.”He laughed and lifted me as though I was no weight at all. As my feet left the floor, he began to stride forward, all the time speaking huskily into my ear. “No one will find you, Eliza, I’ve made sure we won’t be seen, and besides, who would expect you to be held in the very place you were taken from? What kind of gangster would stay at The Plaza?”I wriggled within his grip the way Eliza did in the story. Writhing and flailing. Fighting to be free. But it was no good, his hold was strong and firm and the more I tried to escape the tighter he held me. The pleasure of him increasing his grip urged me on with my squirming.Suddenly, unexpectedly, he dropped me backward, fast. Luckily, I landed on the bed. Air whooshed from my lungs and immediately I scrabbled to the opposite side, enjoying the chase but knowing I wouldn’t get away. And, of course, not wanting to get away .“Oh, no, you don’t.” His full weight was over me, his hands roaming fast and wild, pulling and dragging at my clothes. “You can’t escape, and soon you won’t want to. Soon you’ll come to realize only I can give you what you need, Eliza, and you will admit it’s me that you love, only me, for all of time.”
Praise for Cold Nights, Hot Bodies
"This is a great, quick, easy, sexy, lovable book by Lily Harlem! I highly recommend this to anyone. Loved it!"
"If you are looking for a cute read with lots of great sex and a HEA than this is the book for you!"
"I love this author. Her characters are always so real. This was truly a great story. It was a story about Ashley's emerging sexuality and Individualism as well as Shane getting over the break up of his marriage. Both have what the other desperately needs. The exchange of sexual tension and trust is wonderfully written. Bravo again to Lily Harlem!"
"Hot, sweet, romantic, steamy are just a few of the words I would use to describe this story."
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December 25, 2013
Holiday Bargains!
Yes, we all like a bargain and if it's free then that's even better!
That's why I have a few special offers going on over the holidays... so if you've had your Kindle for years and completely love it, or you've just found one in your Christmas stocking, here are my gifts to you...
Breathe You In, my sexy romance with a twist has swept the board with 5* reviews and is on promotion. Down from its usual price of $2.99 it's a steal at only $1.24/77p for the next week.
Soul-aching desire was just the beginning!
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 as our naked bodies wound together, sought out pleasure and hit the dizzy heights of ecstasy as one. 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.
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I write with Natalie Dae and publish under the name Harlem Dae - if three in a bed is your thing grab yourself a FREE copy of Good Cop, Bad Cop today!
Fame and fortune is a blessing that, for me, has changed its taste from sumptuously sweet to murderously bitter. Leaving me no choice but to look over my shoulder at every turn and question the scruples of even my most faithful friends.
I would give up all the glowing adoration from my fans in a heartbeat in exchange for not running for my life. But fate doesn’t deal cards that way, and instead I find myself far out at sea and being bounced between two hot cops—one so chilly just his glance gives me frostbite, and the other showing a kindness that barely covers his own demons.
So with nowhere else to turn, quite literally, I have to trust two men I hardly know with my life and cope without the luxuries my status usually affords me. But it’s not long before I discover when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Turns out these cops are not only the wrong guys to mess with, they also have partnership skills above and beyond the requirements of their day job. And for once, while just being me without the frills, I get to discover that they are as sinfully bad as they are dreamily good in every department, and it seems, I am the one they want cuffed and controlled at the same time as they are protecting and serving.
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The Novice is the first novel in the Sexy as Hell Trilogy and is on a permanent low price of $1.24/77p to get you started on Victor and Zara's wild ride through the world of BDSM.
If you enjoy this seriously sexy, boundary-pushing story then check out the other books in the series, The Player and The Vixen. Or you could just treat yourself to the entire Sexy as Hell Box Set which comes with three bonus short stories about secondary characters and is much cheaper than buying all six stories individually!
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And if you just want to try out my voice then I have an anthology with short stories ranging from sexy vanilla to spanking kink! Stories for When the Sun Goes Down is also only $1.24/77p for Christmas week and with 10 tales of lust, romance and desire that's a real bargain!
Contents Madam President The Champagne Whore Shy Bird The Actress Making Shapes I Promise to Please I Promise to Surrender I Promise to Perform A Classic Wedding Night Stable Manners
Please note most stories have been previously published in a variety of US and UK anthologies. More details on my website.
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Cold Nights, Hot Bodies is just 99c at Ellora's Cave and All Romance eBooks, and 60c/37p on Amazon / Amazon UK. Grab this if you like a little fantasy role play with your mulled wine and mince pies!
Down from it's usual price of £3.50/$5.50, That Filthy Book is at a bargain price of £1.89/$3.08 on Amazon UK/Amazon.
With a pile of 5* reviews it's well worth grabbing yourself a copy of this wild and raunchy novel that follows a couple rediscovering what it once was that had sparks flying between them and end up creating fireworks!
If you want to find more FREE reads from myself and other authors then check out my Free Read page. To get notifications of when my books are newly released, free or on offer join my newsletter mailing list - I won't barge into your inbox more than four times a year!
I hope you have a truly wonderful festive season, make lots of memories and find some time to immerse yourself in stories.
Lily x
That's why I have a few special offers going on over the holidays... so if you've had your Kindle for years and completely love it, or you've just found one in your Christmas stocking, here are my gifts to you...
Breathe You In, my sexy romance with a twist has swept the board with 5* reviews and is on promotion. Down from its usual price of $2.99 it's a steal at only $1.24/77p for the next week.
Soul-aching desire was just the beginning!
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 as our naked bodies wound together, sought out pleasure and hit the dizzy heights of ecstasy as one. 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.
Latest excellent review for Breathe You In
Amazon Amazon UK
I write with Natalie Dae and publish under the name Harlem Dae - if three in a bed is your thing grab yourself a FREE copy of Good Cop, Bad Cop today!
Fame and fortune is a blessing that, for me, has changed its taste from sumptuously sweet to murderously bitter. Leaving me no choice but to look over my shoulder at every turn and question the scruples of even my most faithful friends.
I would give up all the glowing adoration from my fans in a heartbeat in exchange for not running for my life. But fate doesn’t deal cards that way, and instead I find myself far out at sea and being bounced between two hot cops—one so chilly just his glance gives me frostbite, and the other showing a kindness that barely covers his own demons.
So with nowhere else to turn, quite literally, I have to trust two men I hardly know with my life and cope without the luxuries my status usually affords me. But it’s not long before I discover when the going gets tough, the tough get going. Turns out these cops are not only the wrong guys to mess with, they also have partnership skills above and beyond the requirements of their day job. And for once, while just being me without the frills, I get to discover that they are as sinfully bad as they are dreamily good in every department, and it seems, I am the one they want cuffed and controlled at the same time as they are protecting and serving.
Amazon Amazon UK
The Novice is the first novel in the Sexy as Hell Trilogy and is on a permanent low price of $1.24/77p to get you started on Victor and Zara's wild ride through the world of BDSM.
If you enjoy this seriously sexy, boundary-pushing story then check out the other books in the series, The Player and The Vixen. Or you could just treat yourself to the entire Sexy as Hell Box Set which comes with three bonus short stories about secondary characters and is much cheaper than buying all six stories individually!
Amazon Amazon UK
And if you just want to try out my voice then I have an anthology with short stories ranging from sexy vanilla to spanking kink! Stories for When the Sun Goes Down is also only $1.24/77p for Christmas week and with 10 tales of lust, romance and desire that's a real bargain!
Contents Madam President The Champagne Whore Shy Bird The Actress Making Shapes I Promise to Please I Promise to Surrender I Promise to Perform A Classic Wedding Night Stable Manners
Please note most stories have been previously published in a variety of US and UK anthologies. More details on my website.
Amazon Amazon UK
Cold Nights, Hot Bodies is just 99c at Ellora's Cave and All Romance eBooks, and 60c/37p on Amazon / Amazon UK. Grab this if you like a little fantasy role play with your mulled wine and mince pies!
Down from it's usual price of £3.50/$5.50, That Filthy Book is at a bargain price of £1.89/$3.08 on Amazon UK/Amazon.
With a pile of 5* reviews it's well worth grabbing yourself a copy of this wild and raunchy novel that follows a couple rediscovering what it once was that had sparks flying between them and end up creating fireworks!
If you want to find more FREE reads from myself and other authors then check out my Free Read page. To get notifications of when my books are newly released, free or on offer join my newsletter mailing list - I won't barge into your inbox more than four times a year!
I hope you have a truly wonderful festive season, make lots of memories and find some time to immerse yourself in stories.
Lily x
