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ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY gets awesome review!!

ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY has just received a 4 1/2 star review from Whipped Cream. This is what the reviewer said -


"Annie thought she and her boyfriend Tim were going to share a quiet weekend with friends in the country. Beautiful countryside, cows dotting the landscape, fresh vegetables, wonderful smelling flowers and time to relax and reconnect with Tim away from their hectic lifestyle. Tim had thoughts of sharing Annie with his friends over a quiet weekend in the country. Okay, either way works for me.

There was an openness to the characters in this story. Ms. Harlem managed to convey Tim and Annie's deep love for each other and their great affection for the others involved. No limits were placed on gender or what felt good and readers will walk away knowing that everyone enjoyed their time spent in the country.

This wonderfully written short story has all the right elements a reader comes to expect from a beautiful love story and the talented Ms. Harlem. The setting was described so well you feel as if you are there yourself. The sheet action is super hot so don't be surprised when your computer screen melts. While this is a novella with a pretty simple plot it isn't short of details or engaging dialogue.

Ms. Harlem graced us with a wonderful mini vacation. I'll be there with bells on if she offers up another one, I assure you. Tim and Annie certainly benefited from their time in the country and you will too! Pick up your copy today."

ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY IS UP FOR BOOK OF THE WEEK!

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Escape to the Country is up for book of the week at Whipped Cream. This competition is judged on reviews - see below - votes are always very much appreciated, so if you like the sound of the book based on the reviewer's comments head on over to Whipped Cream.
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"Annie thought she and her boyfriend Tim were going to share a quiet weekend with friends in the country. Beautiful countryside, cows dotting the landscape, fresh vegetables, wonderful smelling flowers and time to relax and reconnect with Tim away from their hectic lifestyle. Tim had thoughts of sharing Annie with his friends over a quiet weekend in the country. Okay, either way works for me.
There was an openness to the characters in this story. Ms. Harlem managed to convey Tim and Annie's deep love for each other and their great affection for the others involved. No limits were placed on gender or what felt good and readers will walk away knowing that everyone enjoyed their time spent in the country. This wonderfully written short story has all the right elements a reader comes to expect from a beautiful love story and the talented Ms. Harlem. The setting was described so well you feel as if you are there yourself. The sheet action is super hot so don't be surprised when your computer screen melts. While this is a novella with a pretty simple plot it isn't short of details or engaging dialogue.
Ms. Harlem graced us with a wonderful mini vacation. I'll be there with bells on if she offers up another one, I assure you. Tim and Annie certainly benefited from their time in the country and you will too! Pick up your copy today."

SHARED TOO gets release date!

I am thrilled to announce that the sequel to SHARED,  my debut novel at Ellora's Cave, will be released on the 15th of April.
SHARED TOO

Once again Ariane, Liam and Quinn are the stars of this sexy novel and there are of course, a few more surprises thrown in.
Blurb

Ten years on I'm still convinced I'm the luckiest woman on earth. Two devastatingly gorgeous husbands committed to my satisfaction—phew!—life doesn't get much better or much sexier.
But as though the mere concept of a perfect existence was created to be shattered, one day Quinn turned to me and said, "Shared too. I want to be shared too." Add in the monster that haunted my nightmares and I was struggling to keep a grip on my sanity.
I soon realized that the path Quinn wanted us to travel would stretch not only his experience of giving and taking but also mine and Liam's. In a whirlwind of desperate emotions, dark desires and erotic fantasy, we were all so distant but also so sublimely close. Sharing had never been as sweet as it was bitter, or as depraved as it was heavenly.


Excerpt



The next morning Liam was already locked in his office when I awoke. I showered, pulled on jeans and an old top and set about my morning jobs in the yard. After feeding the chickens, I spotted Quinn alone by the fence, dressed in his thick, brown fleece and black jeans. He was staring out over the paddock, his arms spread wide and his back slightly bowed as he gripped the top planks.I walked over and stood against the fence, placing my hand right next to his. "Morning.""Hey." He glanced at me."Are you all right? You look lost in thought.""Yeah, I'm okay." He stared back out at the paddock.I waited for him to elaborate. Quinn standing still, not doing something productive was an unusual sight. "So what are you thinking about?"He sighed. "Stuff.""What stuff?"He gave a sharp shrug. "Last night, with you, Liam. It was good.""Yes, it was." I smiled. "But it always is when we're together." I slid my gaze over the horizon, at the swallows flying low and catching the last of the autumn midges before their long migration."How does it feel, Ariane?""What?""To be with two people, have two men adoring you, making sure you get pleasure." His voice lowered. "Making you come."I stared at the lush grass and a lingering buttercup, searching for the right words. They all came to me at once. "It feels intense, super-satisfying, amazing, so damn hot to be completely connected to you both." I smiled. "Once upon a time you said I was going to be the most pampered, sexually satisfied woman in the world and you've lived up to your word…more than lived up to your word."His mouth tipped in a grin. "Yeah, I remember that conversation on the balcony. We were so worried we'd scared you off."We were quiet for a moment. A tractor pulling a plow chugged in the distance and a murder of crows squabbled in a nearby copse."Why are you asking me this?" I asked eventually, poking at a piece of moss on the fencepost."I'm just curious.""Are you thinking about Eve?"He turned to me, his eyes searching my face as though examining me for signs of imminent hysteria."It's okay if you are," I said, willing my heart to stop its sudden thumping. "If you're thinking about her I'd rather you told me."He sighed and looked away."You like her," I said. "You're attracted to her and you said you'd make sure the two of you weren't ever in a position to let anything happen again." I pulled in a breath. "But that doesn't mean she's disappeared from your thoughts."A muscle flexed in his jaw."Was she at Hanrahan's the night you went there without me?"He straightened, rolled back his shoulders and turned. His butt rested on the top rail of the fence and he stared across the yard with his arms folded across his chest."Quinn?""Yes, she was, she was there, okay?""And you thought about her after that night?" I kept my voice calm and controlled even though he'd snapped. I didn't want to fight about this. I sensed it was too important to lose my cool."No, yes, well, I thought about her a little.""What did you think?""That her conversation about patient care and surgical time management was insightful, that the other members of the team respected her, listened to her." He paused."And?""And that her hair looked like silk, like a long, golden sheet of silk smoothing around her shoulders as she moved… I wondered what it would be like to touch it."I was quiet as I shoved my hands deeper into my pockets. There was a chill in the air that was penetrating more than my skin."How do you do it?" he asked, looking down at me with an expression of genuine confusion."Do what?""Love two men, be with two men. How do you do it so brilliantly?""I'm glad you think so.""You do, and you have done for so long. Not only that, you share your love and time and attention between our daughters too, and all the animals. I'm in awe of you.""Love is worthless until it's given away," I said with a smile and rested my fingers on the arm of his fleece, attempting to placate his fractious mood."How about attraction?" His eyes flashed. "Is that worthless?" He swallowed and I watched his Adam's apple bob low then all the way back up again. His jaw tensed and a muscle in his cheek flexed beneath his stubble."We're not talking about me anymore, are we?"He gave a small shake of his head."I don't know about attraction, Quinn. I'm in love with you and Liam—that's what I understand, love.""But there is a difference between love and attraction. A big difference. I'm in love with you, so in love with you, you're my wife, the mother of my children, I want to grow old with you, look back on my life and say I spent it with you."I felt a sting in my eyes. His words matched my feelings. My emotions were ballooning inside me and I dragged in a breath to keep them under control."But…" he said.I tilted my brows and blinked away the moisture."But," he went on. "Part of me wants her as well. Not to spend my life with her. I just…wanther.""You said you're not going to have an affair with her."He shook his head firmly. "No, of course I'm not going to have an affair with her.""Does…?" I hesitated. "Does that include you're not going to sleep with her too?"He shut his eyes for a long second, gnawed on the inside of his cheek."Quinn." My voice was shaky but I managed to hide the wobble—just."No, I'm not going have sex with her, okay? Because that…" He uncrossed his arms and gripped the rail behind himself again so tight his knuckles paled. "Because that would hurt you.""Is that the only reason?" My voice was a little sharper. "Because you don't want to hurt me?""Yes, Ariane, that's the only reason." He pushed away from the fence and took several quick strides across the yard."Wait." I rushed to follow him. "You can't say something like that and walk away.""But what else is there to say?" He spun around.I halted in front of him, put my hands on his chest and willed my voice to stay even. "How about talking about the vows we made to one another in our commitment ceremony, how about that?""We never said 'forsake all others'. Those vows tied us together, you and me, and allowed Liam to be part of our relationship the same way I'm allowed to be part of yours. Those vows make it okay to share.""Yes, you share me.""But you get us both, don't you? You get both the people you're attracted to.""Love, Quinn, I get both the men I love, and the whole threesome relationship was your idea, not mine. I had to get my head around it."He sighed and looked down at his feet. "Love, attraction, either way, you get it all and it doesn't seem fair."My hands dropped from his chest. My breathing was hard and blew like smoke from my mouth into the cold air. "You want it fair?" I asked, my mind full of disbelief.His gaze captured mine and his voice dropped low. "Yes.""But how would that work?""Fair would be me going to bed and being shared too."

Mattress Music is up for book of the month at Sizzling Ho...

Mattress Music is up for book of the month at Sizzling Hot Book Reviews. If you fancy giving this sexy rock and roll story a vote it would be much appreciated. Follow the link above. 
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Lily x

Lucy Felthouse - Erotica For All - gives Mattress Music series glowing reviews

It seems The Manic Machines have hit the spot with reviewer, author and editor Lucy Felthouse. Each book in my Mattress Music series has had incredible reviews - I'm happy dancing around the house!
Here is what she says about all three of these Ellora's Cave Quickies.

"I purposely didn't read the first book in this series until the final one came out. My reasoning was simple – I suspected that once I started the series, I wouldn't want to stop until it was finished. I was right. Mattress Music was such a good read that I barely managed to turn my Kindle off to write this review before starting book two.Mattress Music is, I guess, what you'd call a long short story. It tells the story of Nina, a woman who is currently going through a bed-hopping phase which has suddenly become pretty 'blah.' Instead of getting smoking hot sex, she's lost her ability to orgasm. It probably doesn't help that she's moved to a new flat and the walls are so thin that she has to play 'mattress music' to mask the noises coming from her bedroom.That is, until Ian comes along. Despite the fact they barely know each other, he knows something is up with Nina, and he won't rest until he finds out what it is. Soon, the pair find out they have more in common than they thought possible. But will Ian's secret make or break them? Only one way to find out…Wow. Mattress Music was a totally fab read. It was spectacularly written, had a great pace and was damn hot! Like I say, it took all my willpower not to dive into the next book immediately. But now I've written this review, I can! Mirror Music, here I come! Seriously, though, for a hot quickie, Mattress Music is a must-have."




"Due to my immense enjoyment of Mattress Music, I dove straight into story number two from Lily Harlem's series,Mirror Music.
I'm pleased to say I was equally impressed.
This book centres on different characters to the first. This time, we're following the story of Robbie and Jenny, one-time neighbours and lovers, now not even talking.
But things have changed considerably since they were together. They were young and foolish, but now they've both achieved their dreams and nothing but Jenny's stubborness is keeping them apart. Robbie hurt her all those years ago and it took her such a long time to get to a stage where the pain was even bearable that she's scared of letting him back in her life.
Robbie is just as stubborn. When writing songs for her doesn't work, he sends her tickets to a show at Wembley, along with a backstage pass. Eventually, Jenny relents and goes to see the show – and him.
Robbie's delighted to see Jenny again – but will he succeed in making her realise they should be together again? Only one way to find out…
This was an awesome read. It was great to find out more about characters within the same world as book one. They're equally likeable and there are plenty of damn hot sex scenes to be enjoyed! Another top read from Ms. Harlem. Book three awaits…"




"If you haven't seen my reviews of the previous two books in Lily Harlem's music series, check them out: Mattress Music and Mirror Music.
Book three, Ménage à Music, took me by surprise. But in a totally good way: just when I thought things couldn't get any hotter, they did!
Dealing with a third set of characters, Ménage à Music is the story of Sylvia. She's been through a tough break up but has set herself a new challenge – to have a makeover and in the process, make over her mind, and move on.
It certainly seems to work. Her sexy new look instantly gets the attention of Tim and Dean, two brothers in the famous rock band she works for. In fact, the way they look at her makes her feel a little bit like dinner. Soon, though, she's basking in their attention, and when she realises that not just one, but both brothers want to take it further, she's faced with a dilemma. How on earth is she supposed to choose between the men? They're both gorgeous and she wants them both.
It becomes apparent, though, that the brothers were brought up to share. And that includes women. Soon Sylvia is swept into a mind-boggling, toe-curling ménage with the brothers; and it looks set to become permanent.
This is a scorchingly hot read. The sex scenes are jaw-droppingly erotic and yet believable at the same time. By the end, any woman reading this naughty little tale will be desperately wishing she were in Sylvia's shoes, and nobody would blame her. Phew!
A fab ending to the series. I have my fingers crossed that there are more stories from this world living in Ms. Harlem's imagination, just ready to be coaxed out."

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Cindy Jacks - "Waking Maggie"

Check out this great new release from the fabulous Cindy Jacks!


Blurb


Maggie's just decided she's been stood up when she bumps into hard-bodied guitarist Calvin—literally. Once the shock of their abrupt meeting wears off, Calvin asks Maggie out for a drink and she figures, why not? She's all dressed up for a date…just not this one.

She enjoys his company, even if he's only twenty-seven and she's forty…something. And while witty conversation's all good, they're just as compatible in bed. One drink turns into multiple romps between the sheets. He's old enough to know how to make love to a woman and young enough to look damn fine doing it…and doing it. He even manages to convince Maggie she's still pretty hot herself.Now if he would just stop serenading her with that infernal Rod Stewart song.ExcerptThe sound of a gently strummed guitar roused Maggie from sleep. Eyelids flickering open, she saw Calvin sitting in the tufted chair next to the bed, his acoustic guitar on his lap. A lazy smile tugged at her lips."What are you doing?" she asked."Good morning, babe." He shifted his grip on the fretboard to strike a chord and then slid his fingers back to another. "I'm serenading you…obviously.""Is it after ten?" Maggie sat up, stretched."Of course. And there's coffee on your nightstand."With delight, she picked up the steaming mug and inhaled—Viennese roast, her favorite. The first sip slid down her throat, smooth as velvet.He turned his attention to the guitar again and started singing under his breath.She rolled her eyes. "You know I hate that song."Calvin chuckled, a boyish gleam in his hazel eyes. "But I'm sure Rod Stewart wrote it for you.""Contrary to popular belief, I am not that old."Continuing to strum the melody, he shook his head. "That's not what I meant."As Maggie's gaze roamed over the young man's taut, muscular body, she noticed he was sitting there stark naked, the guitar covering some of his most admirable attributes.Her eye grew wide. "What have I done to deserve a morning serenade with you au naturel?""You don't remember?" he asked, plucking individual notes.A gust of wind outside the bedroom window drew her attention. The great oak out back danced, shaking loose a few vermillion leaves."Of course I remember," she murmured, setting down her cup and rising from the bed. Smoothing her silk nightie over her ample curves, she padded across the shag carpet and kissed his soft cheek. "Happy anniversary, baby."He stopped playing and set aside the guitar, revealing a red ribbon around his cock. "Are you ready for your present?"Clapping a hand over her mouth, Maggie let out a yelp of amusement. "You're certifiable, you know that?"She caught a glimpse of herself in the dresser mirror. Messy blonde curls cascaded down to her shoulders and her eyes looked a little puffy from sleep. Skin not quite as fresh and tight as his—maybe the morning sun really did show her age, as the song stated. Still, not bad for a women of forty-something.Wrapping his arms around her, he pulled her onto his lap. She twined her fingers through his longish bronze hair. A hungry smirk on his face, he brushed his lips over hers. She felt his cock twitch against her thigh."We should unwrap you before you cut off your circulation," she said, pulling one end of the ribbon.