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Spotlight on Paranormal Erotica - Reaper's Kiss by Allison West #paranormal #erotica

Reaper's Kiss by Allison WestPublished: August 30, 2016Publisher:  Blushing BooksGenre: Paranormal, Romantic Erotica, BDSM

Blurb:Heir to the throne of Casmerelda, Princess Ophelia has a knack for disobeying the rules. When she sneaks out in secret to visit her boyfriend, her life takes an unexpected twist. She is murdered by an unknown assailant outside the Blue Moon Tavern and is tasked with being a grim reaper. Is it punishment for her naughty night outings or the Dacre curse?Wynter Gael has no choice but to reap the soul of Ophelia Dacre and bring her into the world of the undead. Responsible for reaping souls and fixing her mistakes, he must decide if putting her over his knee is worth it or if she should be sent to the royal council for further disciplinary action.Reaper’s Kiss is a paranormal erotic novel with elements of spankings, anal play, graphic sex, and mild violence.#Kindle http://goo.gl/sRN9Tl
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Excerpt “I don’t like it.” What was there to like? Larkin, the gentleman she’d been sneaking out to visit had an appointment with death. He felt bad for the guy, especially given the fact the girl he liked was recently murdered, but what could he do?“You’re not supposed to,” Wynter said and sighed. “Maybe you should stay here for today.” “The hell I am!” Leila stood up. Her hands in fists. “I’m not going to sit by and idly watch as you reap the man I love! Not a chance in hell!”

Allison West is a #1 International Best-Selling Author in Erotica, BDSM, Romantic Erotica, Sci-Fi, Victorian, and Historical Erotica. She also writes young adult novels under the name Ruth Silver.
Allison West has been inventing worlds and writing stories for years. Her favorite novels are those that leave a lasting impression, long after the final page is read. You can find more about Allison on Facebook and Twitter.
Visit her website here:http://spankingauthor.com/
Don’t miss these exciting titles by Allison West and Blushing Books!

Little Prim and ProperThe Victorian ShiftThe Decoy BrideDelia’s DebtLittle SecretsJailed Little JadeEnrolling Little EttaThe NannyFire LickedThe MurderessBetrayed by Blood


What's happening in the rest of the month on Erotic Notions4- Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor 5- Thursday #Yoga6- Friday Snippets  #FridaySnippets 7- Author Spotlight – Lucy Felthouse – Window Dressing 8 – Weekend Writing Warrior #8Sunday 9- Author Spotlight – Allison West -  Little Lizzie's Reform - AW10- Author Spotlight – Jenna Fox - Pleasing the Manwhore 11- Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor 12- Thursday #Yoga13- Friday Snippets  #FridaySnippets 14- Author Spotlight – Terri Riggs – Coltrane Corners 16- Author Spotlight – Ines Johnson – Moonlight 17- Author Spotlight – Kelly Dawson - The Gun Slinger's Woman 18- Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor 19 – Author Spotlight - Viviana MacKade – She Came With the Tide20 - Friday Snippets  #FridaySnippets 21- Blog Available22- Weekend Writing Warrior #8Sunday 23- Author Spotlight –24- Author Spotlight – 25- Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor26- Thursday #Yoga27- Friday Snippets  #FridaySnippets 28 – Blog Available29 – Weekend Writing Warriors 30 – Author Spotlight –31 - Author Spotlight –
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Out Now—Sexy Just Got Kinky: Kinks to Make you Think by The Brit Babes #sexy #kinky

Out Now—Sexy Just Got Kinky: Kinks to Make you Think by The Brit Babes (@8britbabes)Blurb:Tantalise your dark side with kinks to make you think. From lovers behind bars to lone ladies behind the lens—fisticuffs and feathers, lilos and lube, scissors and sticks, whips, canes and bondage, there’s sure to be a kink within these pages to whet your appetite, tickle your fancies and heat up cold nights.Featuring stories by Lexie Bay, Victoria Blisse, Marissa Farrar, Lucy Felthouse, K D Grace, Lily Harlem, Kay Jaybee and Tabitha Rayne.Available from:Amazon: http://mybook.to/SJGKAll Romance eBooks: http://bit.ly/2gJnFBL Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sexy-just-got-kinky-lucy-felthouse/1125139398?ean=2940153846545iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/sexy-just-got-kinky-kinks/id1175451115?mt=11More buy links (including print): http://www.thebritbabes.co.uk/p/sexy-just-got-kinky.html 
 



What's happening in the rest of the month on Erotic Notions2- Author Spotlight – The Brit Babes - Sexy Just Got Kinky3- Author Spotlight – Allison West - Reaper's Kiss 4- Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor 5- Thursday #Yoga6- Friday Snippets  #FridaySnippets 7- Author Spotlight – Lucy Felthouse – Window Dressing 8 – Weekend Writing Warrior #8Sunday 9- Author Spotlight – Allison West -  Little Lizzie's Reform - AW10- Author Spotlight – Jenna Fox - Pleasing the Manwhore11- Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor 12- Thursday #Yoga13- Friday Snippets  #FridaySnippets 14- Author Spotlight – Terri Riggs – Coltrane Corners 16- Author Spotlight – Ines Johnson – Moonlight 17- Author Spotlight – Kelly Dawson - The Gun Slinger's Woman 18- Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor 19 – Author Spotlight - Viviana MacKade – She Came With the Tide20 - Friday Snippets  #FridaySnippets 21- Blog Available22- Weekend Writing Warrior #8Sunday 23- Author Spotlight –24- Author Spotlight –25- Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor26- Thursday #Yoga27- Friday Snippets  #FridaySnippets 28 – Blog Available29 – Weekend Writing Warriors 30 – Author Spotlight –31 - Author Spotlight –
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Bringing in the New Year - Happy 2017 #2017

Have a safe New Year's Eve.
And a healthy happy 2017.



My blog will reopen Jan 2.

A hotter Friday Snippet for the end of the year. Erotic Billionaire Romance- FL.E.S.H. by Daryl Devore #erotic #billionaire #romance

From my second erotic contemporary billionaire romance - FL.E.S.H.

Scene Set - Fuchsia is performing an apology to Peyton - a pole dance + strip tease.

 Heat burned in him, fired by the lust in her gaze. She pushed herself to standing and strutted over and stopped in front of him. With a sharp move, she pulled her top off and tossed it to the side. Her firm round breasts were accented with pink, erect nipples. She straddled the chair, picked up his glass and poured whiskey down her left breast. He craned his neck forward, lapping at the liquid. Bruichladdich whiskey never tasted so good as when sucked off her nipple. She laughed and rubbed her belly against his face, before skipping back to the pole.
The pressure in his groin grew painful. He needed to slip between those thighs and lose himself in her sex. He clenched and unclenched his fists as she posed and spun, flipped upside down and backward. Then she stopped. His heart skipped a beat. She dropped her thong, and then dropped to her knees and lowered herself to the deck. She crawled forward, slithered up the end of the lounge chair, and slid her tongue up the outside of his slacks.Peyton hissed. She spun around with her crotch to him and swung her legs wide. He groaned at the flexibility and the endless possibilities. She slid her finger up her sex then up her body and between her breasts. She kneaded her fleshy mounds, tugging at her swollen nipples. Peyton licked his lips. His throat was parched. If he could speak, he'd have begged for a nipple to suck on.She trickled her fingers down her belly and slipped them into her pussy. Peyton shuddered as she slid two fingers deep then back out. With her other hand, she stroked her clit. Her eyes closed as purrs tumbled from her throat.A moment of fear crossed Peyton's mind. She wasn't going to let him enjoy her. He shook his head. She wouldn't do that to him, would she? He grabbed the ribbon to untie his wrists, but waited.She slid her fingers out and sat up. He spread his legs. She knelt between, pressed her mouth on his and tugged at his fly. Her hand reached down and freed him from his imprisonment as her tongue fucked his mouth. His groans mixed with her moans as she slipped her hand up and down his rock hard erection. He fought his breathing. He fought his release. This was torture, and he loved it. He didn't want it to end.



FL. E. S. H.FLame's Electrifying Sexy HeatWhen secrets conflict with dreams, love explodes.
After a mistake by a surgeon’s scalpel shattered Fuchsia Quinn's dance career, she picked up the pieces of her life and moved forward. As the owner of a small, struggling dance school in a depressed neighborhood she supplements her income with a late night job at a dive bar. Haunted by the fear of humiliation, if her secret is revealed, her life was under control until the night he walked into the bar.
Peyton Lang, having run from a bad neighborhood, lives the lifestyle of a successful billionaire. Frustrated that his current multi-million dollar project is stalled, Peyton drops in to LEATHER-ICIOUS for a simple drink and late night entertainment. What he saw was a beautiful redhead. What he found was he wanted her.
After a lusty night with a hot pole dancer, Peyton and Fuchsia's worlds are about to collide.
Amazon - USAmazon - CanadaPrint copy - Barnes and Noble 
What people are saying about FL.E.S.H.5 Star ***** I had never read any of Daryl Devore's books and man, am I glad I read this one! Peyton is the guy we all want and Fuchsia is a girl who is not giving up on her dreams. When the two collide, everything is turned upside down and the result is hot, but also laugh out loud funny. I will definitely have to read more of Devore's books!
5 Star ***** This is the first book I have had the privilege of reading by Daryl Devote (Devore). I'm hooked!! Peyton and Fuchsia's story was full of heat and love. Their playful banter had me laughing out loud. I would definitely recommend this book to my family and friends.


What's happening in January on Erotic Notions

1- Blog closed2- Author Spotlight –3- Author Spotlight –4- Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor 5- Thursday #Yoga6- Friday Snippets  #FridaySnippets 7- My Sexy Saturday #MySexySaturday 8 - Weekend Writing Warrior #8Sunday9- Author Spotlight –10- Author Spotlight –Jenna Fox - The Arrangement Book 1: Pleasing the Manwhore11- Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor 12- Thursday #Yoga13- Friday Snippets  #FridaySnippets 14- Blog Available15- Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday 16- Author Spotlight –17- Author Spotlight –18- Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor 19 – Thursday #Yoga20 - Friday Snippets  #FridaySnippets 21- My Sexy Saturday #MySexySaturday 22- Weekend Writing Warrior #8Sunday23- Author Spotlight –24- Author Spotlight –25- Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor26- Thursday #Yoga27- Friday Snippets  #FridaySnippets 28 – Blog Available29 – Weekend Writing Warriors #8Sunday 30 – Author Spotlight –31 - Author Spotlight –
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I've contacted Blogger – the problem is on their end, but it's the reason Twitter won't let my blog be tweeted. Still waiting for a reply.
 

At some point you just have to let go.... #ThursdayThoughts #motivationalthoughts

We get caught up in the drama of the past.
And even in the drama of what we think we want our world to be.
I'll just die if I don't get.... is a familiar, but useless saying.
Think about your future.
Release the pain of the past.
But live in the moment.

Close contact of the erotic kind. Daryl Devore's FLESH on Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor #erotic

Book Hooks is a weekly meme hosted by Marketing for Romance Writers as part of the MFRW Authors Blog. It's a chance each week to hook readers on your current WIP or any previously published book. By sharing samples of your writing in a meme, readers will have the chance to jump from one author to another. Here's your opportunity to hook some new readers!
So - join us next week - free and easy promo. http://mfrwbookhooks.blogspot.com/

From my second Erotic contemporary billionaire romance- FL.E.S.H.
Warning - sexual content. But you should have figured that out from the title.

Scene Set -Close contact of the erotic kind.



When she reached the edge of the stage, she shifted to sitting on her heels with her knees splayed. She dragged the nail of her right index finger down the center of her forehead, along her nose, over her pouted lips, between her breasts, along her firm torso, and then over the edge of her leather-encased mound. Reaching up, she ran her fingers through her long red hair and paused with her hands behind her head. There, she waited, displayed for him, knees apart, and breasts pushed forward as if offering herself to his desires.He stood, walked around his table, and stopped before her. A musky scent danced on the air. Reaching forward, he tucked a bill into the edge of her bra, his finger grazing her naked flesh. A shiver raced through her. A moan tickled her throat. The scent lingered after he returned to his seat.







FL. E. S. H.FLame's Electrifying Sexy HeatWhen secrets conflict with dreams, love explodes.
After a mistake by a surgeon’s scalpel shattered Fuchsia Quinn's dance career, she picked up the pieces of her life and moved forward. As the owner of a small, struggling dance school in a depressed neighborhood she supplements her income with a late night job at a dive bar. Haunted by the fear of humiliation, if her secret is revealed, her life was under control until the night he walked into the bar.
Peyton Lang, having run from a bad neighborhood, lives the lifestyle of a successful billionaire. Frustrated that his current multi-million dollar project is stalled, Peyton drops in to LEATHER-ICIOUS for a simple drink and late night entertainment. What he saw was a beautiful redhead. What he found was he wanted her.
After a lusty night with a hot pole dancer, Peyton and Fuchsia's worlds are about to collide.
Amazon - USAmazon - CanadaPrint copy - Barnes and Noble 
What people are saying about FL.E.S.H.5 Star ***** I had never read any of Daryl Devore's books and man, am I glad I read this one! Peyton is the guy we all want and Fuchsia is a girl who is not giving up on her dreams. When the two collide, everything is turned upside down and the result is hot, but also laugh out loud funny. I will definitely have to read more of Devore's books!
5 Star ***** This is the first book I have had the privilege of reading by Daryl Devote (Devore). I'm hooked!! Peyton and Fuchsia's story was full of heat and love. Their playful banter had me laughing out loud. I would definitely recommend this book to my family and friends.




What's happening in the rest of the month on Erotic Notions
29- Thursday #Yoga30- Friday Snippets  #FridaySnippets 31 – Closed for Holidays

If you see an available date and you'd like to promo a new release or a backlist or an up-and-coming book, leave your email addy in the comments and I'll get back to you ASAP.
If you'd like to tweet my blog post - you have to change the .com on my blog URL to .ca.
I've contacted Blogger – the problem is on their end, but it's the reason Twitter won't let my blog be tweeted. Still waiting for a reply.

Erotic DD romance - Winning Sadie by Libby Campbell #erotic #romance

Winning Sadie(Simon in Charge – book 2)


By Libby Campbell
Release Date July 26th, 2016 by Blushing BooksGenre: Erotic DD romance.


Taglines
·       He's boardroom. She's back room. Can they find common ground?·       Divided by money, connected by desire.·       He's sexy. He's smart. He's Simon and he's in charge.·        She's frightened. He's fearless. Their future lies in the balance
Blurb
Sadie Donohue – gorgeous, sexy, smart and totally smitten with Simon Jacobson. Simon Jacobson – gorgeous, sexy, smart, uber-rich and utterly smitten with Sadie Donohue. This sounds like a perfect match, so what's the problem? Sadie is from the wrong side of the tracks: working class neighborhood, public schools, sausages on the backyard bar-b-que. She was raised to fend for herself and bow down to no one, especially a man. Since meeting Simon, everything her liberated, independent mother taught her has flown out the window. Now Sadie is regularly over Simon’s knee for being her sassy, strong-willed self. And she loves it!Simon hails from a world of wealth and privilege: gated communities, private schools, servants turning steaks on the bar-b-que. As the owner of a multinational corporation he is used to giving orders and getting what he wants. His life revolves around making millions and socializing with people whose flamboyant wealth intimidates Sadie. Still, she’s thrown into the deep end and told not to do anything to embarrass Simon. Or else!At their lavish engagement party, Sadie’s hears her mother’s voice echoing in her head, reminding her that she will never fit in. Best intentions aside, Sadie will always be an embarrassment to Simon. That's it. Engagement off! Simon is in charge and he has other ideas. But will Sadie's mother be their undoing? Can Sadie reconcile her past with her future? This love story includes spanking an adult woman, explicit sex scenes and more. If such material offends you, please do not read this book.
Buy links:
Amazon│Blushing Books │Barnes & NobleiBooks│Kobo│All Romance
Simon Says , book one in the Simon in Charge series, isnow free on Kindle Unlimited or only 99c in the Amazon Store!
Excerpt (Rating NC-17)
I walked with plodding footsteps first to Simon’s bedside drawer to get the key to the safekeeping place, then to the bathroom. In the top left hand drawer on Simon’s side of the vanity, lay the neat row of implements. Simon wasn’t tempted to buy more, he said, because so far we had all we need. He didn’t want to mark or injure me, he just wanted to remind me who was boss. Besides if our collection wasn’t enough to deliver his message, there was always a belt handy.I carried the hairbrush back to him, balanced on my upturned hands. He’d pulled a small stool in front of him and watched me with cool detachment. My heart sank. He’d only used that stool once before, when he was delivering a spanking of particularly long duration. He’d had me kneel on it and drape my body across his left knee. He pinned my legs with his right leg. The stool was so I could slide back and take breaks at intervals decided entirely by him.I knew my confession of doubts wasn’t going to go down easy with him but I hadn’t expected anything this dire. Not the stool and an implement. He put his hand out for the hairbrush. I gave it to him and he held it up to me. I kissed the back of it, part of the hairbrush ritual. “Sit.” He motioned to the stool.I frowned, not understanding. “Sit on the stool, back to me.” “Clothes on?”“Clothes on.” He nodded, his face expressionless.I sat between his legs, my head barely reaching his waist.“Keep your hands in your lap,” he instructed.I folded them together like a birds’ nest and reminded myself to breathe. In the next moment, he started brushing my hair. He wasn’t going to spank me. He had only wanted to scare me with the over the knee comment. I sagged, partly with relief, partly with disappointment.“What’s worrying you, my love?” He drew the hairbrush past the base of my neck and down the length of my hair.“You said once that I was never to embarrass you in public or in private. That it was just good manners not to. On our first date you spanked me for embarrassing you.” I gripped my hands tightly at the memory. “But over the past few days, I have to tell you that I’ve said many, many stupid things to your friends and business acquaintances. Things that I know would shame both me and you. I can’t live by that rule of not embarrassing you. I can’t even not embarrass myself. I don’t belong in your world.” My voice sank to a whisper.The brush started again at the top of my head, genuine boar bristles massaging my scalp. It felt heavenly and I tried to imagine life without Simon. A nightmare.

Biography:
Libby Campbell, mischief maker and dreamer
Libby lives on the West Coast of Canada with her husband of over twenty-five years. An avid reader, she savors books that feature strong, independent women and the loving men who challenge them.
She loves mountain hikes, deep bubble baths, and all animals, but particularly small dogs with big attitudes and big dogs who think they are lap dogs. She’s a four season woman who enjoys winter nights in front of a fire, summer sunsets on the beach, and all the in between months.
She reads and writes for pure escapism. If you like her books, she hopes you will leave a review, to encourage her in my world-building.
Visit her website and blog here: Libby Campbell
Find her on Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/Libby-Campbell-849543415164235/
Follow her on Twitter: @LibbyC26
Visit her Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/Libby-Campbell/e/B01B75CENW
Interview with Libby Campbell, author of Winning Sadie

Even though I have read your first book, Simon Says, can you tell my friends about your newest release?
Winning Sadie starts when the last guest from Simon and Sadie’s weekend long engagement party has gone home.  Accustomed to deciding what he wants and then getting it, Simon assumes all he and Sadie need to do now is finalize their wedding plans. However, after a week-long visit from her mother, Sadie has started to question whether she should marry Simon. When her mother and grandfather are injured in a car crash, Sadie hops on the first plane east and leaves Simon behind in Vancouver. He has to reach across the continent to try to win her back.Even though Winning Sadie is book two in the Simon in Charges series, it can be read as a standalone novel.
And are you working on anything right now? Will you sneak and tell me about it? I won’t tell anyone if you don’t…
Generally I’m kind of superstitious about talking about any work in progress. It feels like an invitation to disaster…but my current one is almost finished so I’m happy to share:Book 3 in the Simon in Charge series, tentatively titled Sadie’s Christmas Waltz, follows this lively couple as they try to settle down to a normal life on the West Coast. They need to find a home to call their own and plan a wedding. Sadie wants to return to her volunteer work with homeless people on the Downtown Eastside. Simon has agreed that they will travel less so that they can share a more regular life together.They find their dream home quickly, only to discover big obstacles in their way. Sadie’s return to volunteer work lands her in a dangerous situation.Wedding plans very quickly become a low priority.
So what inspires you?
Power dynamics in a relationship always intrigue me. With so many contemporary partnerships ending in divorce, I like to play with the notion of what brings people together as well as what drives them apart.
What books have influenced your writing most?
While writing this genre, which I’ve been doing for only a year, I like to immerse myself in the books of other writers who are doing it well. There really are too many to name but lately I’ve been enjoying the work of Amelia Smarts, Renee Rose, Louise Taylor, Jane Henry, to list a few.
When you write do you ever model your characters after real people?
Simon’s ease with languages is based on two people I know, both men, both of whom only need 4-5 hours exposure to a language to develop working fluency. What a gift!What do you hope people will take away from your books?
The most important element in any relationship, but particularly relationships where one partner takes the command position over another, is trust. I’d also like to emphasize most emphatically that DD and BDSM doesn’t always work well or effortlessly. It’s not a generic, one size fits all practice. If you’re new to the world and want to integrate elements of discipline into your life, take it slowly. The heroes on the romance pages don’t exist in real life and expectations must be adjusted accordingly.
How did you come up with your title?
Simon was just so assured of his ability to command whatever he wanted in Simon Says , it was Sadie’s turn to have her name on the cover.  It was Simon’s turn to make an effort to charm her back to his side so Winning Sadie came easily.
Do you have any advice for other writers?
Read. Read. Read. Write. Rewrite. Rewrite. Rewrite. And keep learning, sharpening your skills. 





What's happening in the rest of the month on Erotic Notions 28- Book Hooks #MFRWhooks #MFRWAuthor29- Thursday #Yoga30- Friday Snippets  #FridaySnippets 31 – Closed for Holidays


If you'd like to tweet my blog post - you have to change the .com on my blog URL to .ca.
I've contacted Blogger – the problem is on their end, but it's the reason Twitter won't let my blog be tweeted. Still waiting for a reply.

The story behind my all time favourite piece of Christmas Music #Christmas #PeaceOnEarth

This is my most favourite Christmas Carol of all time and the story behind it - beautiful.


Copied from Wiki - Paul O'Neill explained the story behind Christmas Eve/Sarajevo 12/24 in an interview published on ChristianityToday.com
... We heard about this cello player born in Sarajevo many years ago who left when he was fairly young to go on to become a well-respected musician, playing with various symphonies throughout Europe. Many decades later, he returned to Sarajevo as an elderly man—at the height of the Bosnian War, only to find his city in complete ruins.
I think what most broke this man's heart was that the destruction was not done by some outside invader or natural disaster—it was done by his own people. At that time, Serbs were shelling Sarajevo every night. Rather than head for the bomb shelters like his family and neighbors, this man went to the town square, climbed onto a pile of rubble that had once been the fountain, took out his cello, and played Mozart and Beethoven as the city was bombed.
He came every night and began playing Christmas Carols from that same spot. It was just such a powerful image—a white-haired man silhouetted against the cannon fire, playing timeless melodies to both sides of the conflict amid the rubble and devastation of the city he loves. Sometime later, a reporter tracked him down to ask why he did this insanely stupid thing. The old man said that it was his way of proving that despite all evidence to the contrary, the spirit of humanity was still alive in that place.
The song basically wrapped itself around him. We used some of the oldest Christmas melodies we could find, like "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" and "Carol of the Bells" part of the medley (which is from Ukraine, near that region). The orchestra represents one side, the rock band the other, and single cello represents that single individual, that spark of hope.
The cellist that the story refers to is Vedran Smailovic. However, unlike the "white-haired man" referred to in the story, Smailović was in his mid-thirties at the time of the Siege of Sarajevo.




Peace on earth.



My blog will reopen on Dec 27th.

What's Peyton's response to Fuchsia's apology? Daryl Devore's erotic billionaire romance- FL.E.S.H. #erotic, #romance

From my second erotic contemporary billionaire romance - FL.E.S.H.

Scene Set - Peyton is a little angry with Fuchsia.



By nine o'clock she stood in the warm Miami sunshine, glancing right and left, looking for Lanna's Lexus. When she pulled up, Fuchsia slid in and apologized three times. The ride from the airport to Lang Towers was silent. Fuchsia opened the car door. "Thank you for the lift. I'll try and fix this mess." She shut the door, crossed the walkway, and entered the coolness of the main lobby.The security guard at the front desk was not the same one as when she was here a few days ago. She explained she needed to speak with Mr. Lang. He buzzed Peyton's personal assistant and gave her name. The guard placed the phone on the receiver and pointed to the elevator. "Do you know where to go?"She smiled. "Yes. Thank you." She walked into the elevator with eight other people. She pressed the top button. The ride moved at the pace of molasses, stopping at various floors, where people either entered or exited. She wanted them to all just disappear for five minutes so she could get to Peyton and explain, so he could forgive her and this whole catastrophe could end. At last, she was alone in the elevator. The chime rang and the doors slid open. She crossed the floor to the waiting personal assistant. Her face was neutral. "Go right in."Fuchsia's hand trembled as it reached for the doorknob. She inhaled and exhaled, grabbed the handle, pressed it down and entered. Peyton was leaning on the edge of his desk. His arms were crossed. His mouth set in a grim line."Hi." Her voice squeaked like a mouse's."What do you want? I'm kind of busy here.""I want to explain. And apologize. I… I—"Rage flared in his eyes. "What if I don’t want to listen?""You have to. I know I screwed up. I know—"He scoffed, walked across the room, poured himself a whiskey and gulped it down. "Let me explain it this way. I tried. You never gave me a chance. And now I don't care. I've won. The land is mine. You lost your school. Now get out."The sensation in her body felt like her heart had dropped to her gut and shattered. "P... pardon?""Get out."




FL. E. S. H.FLame's Electrifying Sexy HeatWhen secrets conflict with dreams, love explodes.
After a mistake by a surgeon’s scalpel shattered Fuchsia Quinn's dance career, she picked up the pieces of her life and moved forward. As the owner of a small, struggling dance school in a depressed neighborhood she supplements her income with a late night job at a dive bar. Haunted by the fear of humiliation, if her secret is revealed, her life was under control until the night he walked into the bar.
Peyton Lang, having run from a bad neighborhood, lives the lifestyle of a successful billionaire. Frustrated that his current multi-million dollar project is stalled, Peyton drops in to LEATHER-ICIOUS for a simple drink and late night entertainment. What he saw was a beautiful redhead. What he found was he wanted her.
After a lusty night with a hot pole dancer, Peyton and Fuchsia's worlds are about to collide.
Amazon - USAmazon - CanadaPrint copy - Barnes and Noble 
What people are saying about FL.E.S.H.5 Star ***** I had never read any of Daryl Devore's books and man, am I glad I read this one! Peyton is the guy we all want and Fuchsia is a girl who is not giving up on her dreams. When the two collide, everything is turned upside down and the result is hot, but also laugh out loud funny. I will definitely have to read more of Devore's books!
5 Star ***** This is the first book I have had the privilege of reading by Daryl Devote (Devore). I'm hooked!! Peyton and Fuchsia's story was full of heat and love. Their playful banter had me laughing out loud. I would definitely recommend this book to my family and friends.


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You have to love yourself.
You are incharge of yourself.
You must look after yourself.
Love yourself.
It'll make the world a little bit better.