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Book Tour + #Giveaway - Obedience - by Liza Snow [Ties That Bind, bk 1] #studentteacherromance #romanticsuspense

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Obedience

TiesThat Bind Book 1

by

Liza Snow

Genre:Romantic Suspense 

Cassandra

Growingup, I was mesmerized by a man soaring the skies.

Thegreatest silk aerialist in the world, Chandler Moreau.

Theday before my parents died, they took me to see his circus, and itwas then I knew my fate was sealed.

Iwould do everything in my power to perform with them one day.

Toperform with him.

Littledid I realize, he would be far more than I’d ever imagined himbeing.

Farmore than just a mentor.

Hewas a man I didn’t want to live without.

Andsomeone I wanted to keep safe from a past that seemed to keepfollowing me.

Chandler

Myentire career, I’d been waiting for the right student to take undermy wing.

Aprotégé with whom I could share my lifelong journey in the circus.

Littledid I know it would be Cassandra Blackstone.

Awoman who'd grown up admiring me from afar.

Inever intended to fall in love with the student I was supposed toprotect—from myself and the demons that lurked in my shadows.

Butsometimes fate has other plans.

Mygrandfather's taunting words still linger.

Mieuxvaut plier que rompre.

Adaptand survive.

Theyweren’t just his adage but also unmistakably true.

Areminder that Cassandra and my shared history seemed to intertwine usmore than the silks we’d spent our lives mastering ever could…

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Inaddition to the paperback, Obedience is also available in a full-castnarrated audiobook, starring Daniel Zbel and Rapunzaroo, along with acast of additional voiceover actresses. Brought to life in the waythe story is meant to be told, and it will be the best audiobook youlisten to this year—possibly for a very long time. You’ll lovelistening to the two voices of these iconic characters. And don’tforget to read along with them and enjoy a fantastic, immersiveexperience. You’ll need the paperback copy to fan yourself off fromsome of the narration!

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Listen to the audio excerpt as you read along for a better experience!00:0000:00​I hadn’t needed to prompt her. She began, pulling herself upward, drawing those silks around her small frame as she went. Climbing high into the air as the two women began their duet. The French lyrics pulled me in every time. It was perhaps one of the reasons that while I simply tolerated most opera songs I’d heard, I adored this song.
Every time I heard it, every time I got lost in those little nuances of the language, it brought me back to summertime in Melun, France. Playing on the hills overlooking the city, lost in the grasses filled with wildflowers. Climbing into Meme’s apple trees. Perhaps the time in my life when it had felt so simple. All there were, were the memories of when I’d been happy.
And if there was any place I wanted to be, as I watched Cassandra ascending above me, knowing in seconds I would be right beside her, it was in those memories again. Bringing her with me.
The first stanza finished, and my mind immediately centered. My hands had already been wrapped in the silks without having to think about it. She paused, and I saw her attention drift downward. We fell captive to one another, and it was all I needed to see. I knew it was my turn to go to her. She was waiting for me.
In the same fashion she had moments earlier, I began my way up the silks beside hers, which had been a deep royal purple color. The entire time I made my way high into the room, I immersed myself in the French lyrics, the strings complimenting every rise and fall of the two women’s voices. Some moments, I’d lose myself in what I was doing, taking careful note of all the little adjustments my body was making. Other times, my attention drifted upward. Until finally, I was just beneath Cassandra.
When I paused again, I took a few deep breaths, steadying myself. Focused entirely on the beautiful woman above me, who was just as attentive to me. I nodded to her, signaling I was ready, prepared to follow her in whatever she had thought to do next.
At the precise moment when I had met her, she had already begun moving herself into a sailor pose above me, legs splitting, and much to my satisfaction, every single part of her in perfect position. All the small details I’d shown her the first lesson we’d had together were as pristine as when I’d helped her myself.
I would have taken more time to truly enjoy how proud of her I felt if she hadn’t twisted downward, dropping her torso straight toward me in a graceful fall. Before she’d completed it, I knew what she’d done. A Rainbow Marchenko. A famous move of Jeanne’s for many years. But watching her as she settled into it, I would have thought it was hers alone.
Cassandra’s hands dropped, releasing the silks. Dangling inches away. The only thing holding her in the air was the precise folds of those green fabrics wrapped around her legs.
Looking into her eyes as she hung there, waiting for me to act, all I could do was smile. She’d been focused, lost in her own world, but she’d come back to me. We were together again in the very place I had wanted to be with her ever since I’d seen her flying through the silks at her audition. I had dreamt about it every time since, every lesson we had, every time I’d watched her from the shadows of the theater while she practiced.
I had taken her to those fields in Melun with me, high in the trees. Trapped us both in those treasured memories, made all the better knowing she was there. 
“I’ve got you, Cassandra,” I called out to her, gently. Steadying myself, my body locked in place. Breathing slow and rhythmic and calm. I watched her take the same breath as I had, waiting for the little drop in the lyrics before the next few lines began.
The moment their voices bellowed into the theater again, she let herself drop in a salto. In a gentle sweep of my body, I caught her gracefully into my arms. Twisted us together, letting the silks take hold of the two of us as we swung across the room, dozens of feet above the stage below us. Falling like two feathers locked together, dancing into the wind.
When the fabrics released us, I swung us outward. Our bodies drifted apart again as she spun around me, both of us still descending toward the floor. As beautiful as she looked, circling outward away from me, the moment she had, I wanted her back. I used my legs to give myself enough momentum to swing forward, latching on again once she’d appeared.
Cassandra had been so close I’d felt her breath against my face while we dangled above the stage. I got lost in the way it felt to be tangled up with her, a mess of bodies and fabric. Consumed by it. Convinced I might never let go of her again.
As we’d traversed the rest of the way back to the stage, I didn’t. The two of us descended together as a singular unit, just her and I and the fabrics. Improvising the graceful fall we were doing, finding little tricks and motions to carry out, all the while never leaving her side.
We’d both reached the floor, perfectly in sync with one another. I heard a gentle thump as we landed. Followed by the sound of both of our light, audible breaths. Steadying ourselves back on the ground.
Even having left the air, the silks still wrapped around us. Neither of us had freed ourselves. Cassandra was still in my arms, something I realized, when I hadn’t been so caught up in what we were doing all those feet above us, was happening for the very first time. 
The sweet smell of oranges overwhelmed me. Her beautiful hazel eyes, those captivating flecks of grays and greens and browns, drowned out the world around us. I watched her breathing softly, holding her to me and those silks holding me to her. 
And in those next few moments, every single solitary thing keeping me from her since the day we had met no longer existed in the little reality we were trapped in. Every fear I had, every reservation, disappeared. I tightened her to me, my hands capturing the sides of her face in a gentle sweep, as elegant as every other thing we’d done those last few minutes.
Our mouths fell together, and I lost myself in her. Trapped in those profound and so unbelievably relieving seconds in which the things that had stood in our way no longer mattered. 
I hadn’t thought anything could have surpassed the experience the two of us just shared. Undeniably, it had been the best minutes I had ever spent in those silks in my entire career. As simple as it had been. And we had barely started. This was only the beginning.
But this moment now was just as wonderful. As perfect as I could have hoped.

Abestselling independent author from Florida, Liza has been puttingromance books into her readers hands for over a half decade, and hasloved every minute of it.

​Lizalives with her husband, her two dogs and her cat, ten minutes fromthe beach. When she isn't writing, you can often find her walking andenjoying outside, with a coffee and a book in hand.

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Guest Post & New Release : Smoldering Passion - by @AdrianaKraft #menage #agegap #eroticromance

Happy Friday, All. I've got a treat to send us off into the weekend on a high note! Please Welcome back, the dynamic duo, Adriana Kraft, with a sneak peek of new release Smoldering Passion, the first book in a brand new series!

Book Information

Title: Smoldering Passion

Passion Series, Book One

Can be read as a stand-alone

Author: Adriana Kraft

Publisher: eXtasy Books

Publication Date: April 7, 2023

ISBN 978-1-4874-3815-9

Length: 70,259 words

Genres: Erotic Romance, LGBT Romance

Pairings: MF, FF, FFF, FMF, MFM

Contemporary, Menage, Bisexual, FM, FF,  New York City, struggling artist, age gap

Heat rating: four flames

Her passionsmolders. Will it ignite?  

When art studentMelissa Hopkins finally unpacks the two boxes her Aunt Phoebe left for her andsees Phoebe’s black and white photos, it’s like opening Pandora’s Box. A simplequest to find a new job morphs into an about face—not just in her art, but inher career and personal life. Short on funds now that her graduate stipend isending, she applies to work where Aunt Phoebe once worked: a center forsexuality and sex studies.

Sworn off women after a disastrous relationship, Center DirectorHarry Gage ignores the danger signals and hires the striking young woman whoreminds him of his former lover. Her air of innocence will captivate centerviewers, so he’s sure she’ll be a hit on camera. What he’s not prepared for ishow she pierces his heart.

When the sparks flare up, is it love or just sex—and what must eachof them risk to find out?

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Do you love New York or hate it? I love it.Our newest release, Smoldering Passion(Extasy Books, April 7, 2023), pulls together some of what my  husband and I love best about New York andpays tribute to a favorite aunt of mine. It’s no accident that we placed ourfictional Center for Sexuality and Sex Studies in a vintage Greenwichvillage Brownstone, where everything we love about the city is easily accessible.

We gave our heroine, Melissa Hopkins, aBrooklyn apartment and neighborhood based on our son’s just after college –upstairs over a laundromat, not far from what was once Dodger Stadium/EbbetsField. The neighborhood is polyglot, full of deli’s, coffee shops, shoeboxrestaurants, and specialty grocery stores from almost any cuisine. It’s also ineasy walking distance of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. One of my favorite scenesin Smoldering Passion takes place in its Shakespeare Garden, where I’veoften sat and watched the crowd.

Somewhat older than Melissa, hero HarryGage is the director of our fictional Center. A Manhattan snob, he takes a dimview of pretty much any place that isn’t Manhattan, Brooklyn being near the topof his list. He lives in a high-rise condo apartment with floor to ceilingwindows overlooking Central Park. We took advantage of that window for anotherof my favorite scenes.

When the story opens, Melissa is an artstudent working on her master’s degree, and she needs a job. She’s technicallyvery proficient in her art medium but has been told she lacks passion. Sheanswers an ad for a research worker at Harry’s center – where her aunt used towork. We’ll let readers decide if Melissa succeeds in unlocking her hidden passions– we think they were smoldering all along.

Passion is exactly what prompted my favoriteaunt to pursue a groundbreaking career in sex studies and erotic art and tochampion women’s rights, and this series is dedicated to her memory.

Melissa stood and rotated her shoulders. She had to get out of herapartment. It was a beautiful day, and she didn’t want to spend it all inside.

She grabbed her keys and some cash and headed down the stairs tostreet level. She walked briskly, suddenly knowing where she wanted to be.

Shortly, she turned in at the entrance to the Brooklyn BotanicalGardens and slowed her pace, pausing to watch the ducks in the Japanese watergarden. This was space for relaxing – for breathing deeply, soaking in colorsand breezes and scents. The riot of spring blooms was long gone, and summer wasat its peak. She headed for the Shakespeare Garden and was relieved to find ashady bench empty in a secluded corner. Daisies, black-eyed Susans, anddaylilies formed a casual cluster in yellow, white, and orange beside thebench. Further off, some taller mauve blooms she couldn’t name were full ofbutterflies, and a curly-headed toddler ran up to them laughing gleefully. Thechild’s parents stood nearby, holding hands, happy, as if they had no care inthe world.

Melissa shook off a wave of loneliness. She waited till the familyleft and headed across the broad open meadow toward the rock garden, stoppingto watch more children playing tag and hiding behind shrubs and bushes. Anartist had set up his easel next to a large, tall tree that had oneout-of-place, low-slung branch reaching several yards straight out, parallel tothe ground. She could easily imagine relaxing under the protective boughs, butshe knew better than to disturb his scene or ask what he was seeing.

The hairs on the back of her neck prickled. She stopped and turnedaround. Nothing seemed out of place – the children were still running withabandon, lovers walked hand-in-hand stopping for brief kisses – there! A manstood on a distant knoll watching where she stood. A hat pulled low on his headserved almost as a mask.

She cocked her head to the side. Harry? She jogged toward thesmall hill. The man turned and scurried over the rise. When she crested it,there was nothing but trees, bushes, and flowers. Not a single person was inthe little glade. 

Harry was really getting to her. Now she was seeing him where sheknew he never would be. She laughed freely and headed back to her apartment.Harry probably never left Manhattan.

* * * *

Not looking back,Harry scampered toward his car, parked a couple blocks away. That was close.What would he have said if she’d spied him? He didn’t often hang out inBrooklyn – though that had been changing of late. Brooklyn seemed quaintcompared to Manhattan, but it was where she lived.

What would Melissa have said if she’d caught up with him? Would shebe pleased to know he’d followed her? Or would she be frightened?

He chuckled. He didn’t think she’d befrightened. Maybe mad as hell, but not frightened. 

Adriana Kraft is the pen name for a marriedpair of retired professors  writing erotic romance and erotic romantic suspensetogether. We like to think we’ve broken the mold for staid, fusty academics,and we hope lots of former profs are enjoying life as much as we are.

Having lived in many states across theMidwest, we now make our home in southern Arizona, where we enjoy hiking, golf,and travel, especially to the many Arizona Native American historical sites.

Together we have published more than fiftyromance novels and novellas to outstanding reviews. Whether readers open ourromantic suspense or our erotic romance, they can expect characters they careabout, hot sex scenes, and a compelling story.

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Book Tour + #Giveaway - Roaring Rogues Regency Shifters Series - by Larissa Lyons #paranormal #RegencyRomance

EnsnaredBy Innocence

RoaringRogues Book 1

by 

Larissa Lyons

Genre:Paranormal Regency Romance 

2022 MaggieAward of Excellence Finalist

Changinginto a lion isn’t all fur and games.

ARegency lord battles his inner beast while helping an innocent miss,never dreaming how he’ll come to care for the chit—nor how beingnear his world will deliver danger right to her doorstep.

IfDarcy possessed a roaring libido and grappled with feline curses…

LadyFrancine Montfort may have led a sheltered life till her parents’untimely demise but that doesn’t mean she’s ignorant. Neither isshe blind to the conniving ways of her persistent aunt, who’sdetermined to marry Francine off for her own selfish gain. Forced todrastic measures to avoid the wretched woman’s scheming, Francineconcocts her own masterful plan.

Shemight need to beg a favor from Lord Blakely—the sinfully alluringmarquis who inspires all manner of illicit thoughts—but she’sdetermined to help him as well. To ease those mysterious, hauntingsecrets that torment him so…

WhenLady Francine, the epitome of innocence, requests he pose as herbetrothed, Blakely knows he should handily refuse. He’s baffledwhen unfamiliar, protective urges make themselves known, tempting himto agree while danger stalks ever closer.

Alas,it’s fast approaching the season when Blakely loses all control.Either Francine satisfies his sexual appetites or he’ll be forcedto reveal his beastly side. And that will never do. Not now that he’scome to care for the intrepid miss.

Standalone~ HEA ~ 80,000 word Novel

Note to Readers: Thislove story between two people contains a lot of sizzle, including onepartial ménage scene that gets rather…growly.

Amuch shorter version of Ensnared by Innocence was previouslypublished; this second edition is three times as long and freshlyrewritten.

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DeceivedBy Desire

RoaringRogues Book 2

Meeta Shakespeare-quoting shapeshifter who wants nothing to do with love…

Cursedinto the form of a lion without nightly sex, Lord Nash Hammond wantsonly two things—his liquor strong and smooth, and his wenches wildand willing. What he doesn’t need is a virgin!

Nashsenses the man across from him in the cramped stagecoach is trouble,a danger to the veiled woman accompanying her lofty “protector”.Nash knows he’s no hero, yet she keeps asking for hishelp. And how is it the vexing female knows so muchabout his secrets? Ones that could rip her apart ifshe only knew it…

Andthe spunky “lady” from the streets who masquerades as anotherman’s mistress…

Blessedwith the second-sight—or cursed, depending upon which relative shebelieves—Laney sees her two possible futures: bleak and asoon-deceased victim (ack!) or frolicking with her fellow stagecoachpassenger: a golden-eyed, tawny-haired gentleman—who’s anythingbut.

Themiserable rip who’s already stepped on her dress, whokeeps staring…

Nashis surly and rude and resistant to her every effort to speak withhim. When they stop for the night and she overhears him order a“strumpet” to bed, Laney takes the doxy’s place, convinced shecan pretend well enough. After all, she’s pretended tobe a mistress for years. She’ll satisfy his needs, but refuse hismoney—demand he listen and help her instead. Then she’ll be safe.

Until,along with her body, Nash starts to claim her heart as well.

ReaderAdvisory: While Deceived by Desire is laugh-out-loud funny in places,it contains a short *vision* of violence and brief references to pastabuse. Beyond that, expect a fun and sexy good time because…

Changinginto a lion is all fun and growls—until itisn’t.

HEA ~ Book 2 - Roaring Rogues RegencyShifters ~ 97,000 words

A shorter version of Deceivedby Desire was previously published; this second edition containsseveral new chapters characters, and is freshly rewritten.

Book1 - Ensnared by Innocence, FINALIST -Maggie Award of Excellence 2022

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Alifelong Texan, Larissa writes steamy regencies and sexycontemporaries, blending heartfelt emotion with doses oflaugh-out-loud humor. Her heroes are strong men with a weakness forthe right woman.

Avoidinghousework one word at a time ;-), Larissa adores brownies, JamesBond, and all things feline. She’s been a clown, a tax analyst, anda pig castrator (!) but nothing satisfies quite like seeing theentertaining voices in her head come to life on the page.

Writingaround some health challenges and computer limitations, it’s awhile between releases, but stick with her…she’s working on thenext one.

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Release Blitz: Thorn - by Brooke Harper @thebrookeharper [Mafia Rose, bk 2] #darkromance #agegap #mafiaromance

Title: Thorn 

Series: Mafia Rose, #2

Author: Brooke Harper

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

Cover Designer: EmCat Designs
Publication Date: March 9th, 2023
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Blurb:

They expected me to bend. To wilt.

But this rose has thorns too.

I have no family. No life. No dreams.

I have nothing left.

My father and Nikolai made sure of that when they made me a pawn in their mafia games.

A broken woman. A tainted bride. A bargaining chip. That’s all I am to them.

But things are changing.

I am changing.

Learning. Growing. Rising from the ashes anew.

At first, I didn’t understand what Nikolai woke in me when he used my body for his revenge plot. But now? Now, I have plans of my own.

He may think I’m his Rose to claim, to dominate, control, but I am a rose steeped in war and born from bloodshed.

It’s about time I live up to my name.

This series is a dark age gap mafia romance. It contains situations and themes that some readers might find offensive and/or triggering.

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Title: Thorn 

Series: Mafia Rose, #2

Author: Brooke Harper

Genre: Dark Mafia Romance

Cover Designer: EmCat Designs
Publication Date: March 9th, 2023
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Blurb:

They expected me to bend. To wilt.

But this rose has thorns too.

I have no family. No life. No dreams.

I have nothing left.

My father and Nikolai made sure of that when they made me a pawn in their mafia games.

A broken woman. A tainted bride. A bargaining chip. That’s all I am to them.

But things are changing.

I am changing.

Learning. Growing. Rising from the ashes anew.

At first, I didn’t understand what Nikolai woke in me when he used my body for his revenge plot. But now? Now, I have plans of my own.

He may think I’m his Rose to claim, to dominate, control, but I am a rose steeped in war and born from bloodshed.

It’s about time I live up to my name.

This series is a dark age gap mafia romance. It contains situations and themes that some readers might find offensive and/or triggering.

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Brooke Harper creates dark and sexy worlds for her characters to play. A lover of strong coffee and old tombstones, she spins dark tales of sex and sin, pain and passion, and misery and madness that’ll have you flipping the pages and begging for more.

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Book Tour & #Giveaway - Wrecked - by S Courtney [Merciless Few MC, bk 1] @Author_mskeiya #MCRomance

Wrecked

Merciless Few MC Book 1

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S Courtney

Genre: MC Motorcycle Club Romance

Reaper

Crashed and burned
Wrecked....
My relationship, my life, my bike
All turned upside down
But I needed to get my bike back in gear
She's the only one I need
No woman was going to ever change that
No woman was going to make me crash and burn again

My club is my sole focus
Until her...and that cute little tater tot daughter
I'm going to protect them from whatever, including family
Now I wonder...
If I open up, will she wreck my life?

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She is the author of the paranormal romance, the Bound Series, which includes Bound to You, Bound by Destiny, and Unapologetically Nessa which are available on paperback and kindle.

She is also the author of her contemporary romance, the Black Aces MC, a motorcycle club romance and the Sandman, a dark, slow burn paranormal romance.

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New Release ~ Sweet Temptations: Ménage à Trois ~ by L.M. Mountford @AuthLMMountford #agegap #mff #eroticromance

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Sweet Temptations: Ménage à Trois

An Age Gap MFF romance 

(Satin and Silk Seductions)

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L.M. MOUNTFORD

An Age Gap MFF romance

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Alice Martin isn't a woman who gets mad, she gets even.

She had a plan for a quiet night with her husband.

Just the two of them, alone for a romantic evening and some quality time.

Then everything got turned on its head

When their babysitter came knocking...

Turns out her husband has been keeping a little secret.

But he’s not the only one.

Alice has secrets of her own.

Secrets she’s never told anyone.

Desires & fantasies she has been hesitant to pursue.

Until now.

All is fair in love and war as they say

And now she knows about Richard’s fun and games,

Nothing will stop her from settling the score.

But can her marriage survive?

Sweet Temptations: Ménage à Trois is a contemporary Age Gap MFF romance that will seduce you with each turn of the page and leave you very satisfied. The concluding chapter in the Sweet Temptations Trilogy. Fans of Selena Kitt's Polyamorous Babysitting the Baumgauters are going to love this.

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A self-confessed Tiger fanatic, L.M. Mountford was born and raised in England, first in the town of Bridgewater, Somerset, before later moving to the city of Gloucester where he currently resides. A fully qualified and experienced Scuba Diver, he has travelled across Europe and Africa diving wrecks and seeing the wonders of the world.

He started writing when he was 14. Under the pseudonym Dark Inferno, he has written more than thirty Fanfiction stories.

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Title: Instant Billionaire (Deep Dark Secrets 1)
Author: J.J. Love
Genre: Mafia, Billionaire Romance
Cover Designer: Deranged Doctor Designs
Publisher: Crave Publishing, LLC
Publication Date: Feb. 15th, 2023
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Blurb:

Weddings make me uncomfortable. They just remind me of my own caged nightmare.

I was a fan of weddings, until I was forced into one with one of the most despicable human beings I’ve ever met.

My wife is a vulture in disguise. She hovers over her prey waiting for the right moment to suck the last bit of life out of their soul. The worst part? She seems to enjoy it.

But I swear fate loves to f*** with me. The minute I leave for a moment of peace, I am summoned back to my father’s bedside.

And that’s when I learned my arranged marriage wasn’t even the worst part. Yes, my dad made the deal with the devil…who also happens to be my father-in-law.

But you know who’s more dangerous than the devil? His daughter…and I’m about to find out how evil she truly is.

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JJ Love is a steamy romance author who loves to write about Billionaire & Mafia Romantic Suspense.

She loves her coffee, hanging out at the beach, and traveling.

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Swingers Light Up Vegas
by 
Adriana Kraft 

Swingers Light Up Vegas

by 

Adriana Kraft

Release Date: January 30, 2023

Length: 5,500 words

 Short Story, Erotic Romance, Swing Lifestyle, Later in Life, LGBTQ, 

Ménage

What happens in Vegas… 

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What’s your most exciting sexual fantasy?

Okay, maybe you’re not gonna say – but think about it for a moment. What makes it exciting? Is it something you’re convinced you’ll never have an opportunity to realize? (i.e., impossible, for you). Or is it something you could do, but it’s taboo – frowned upon, forbidden, a trip to the dark side, highly disapproved of.

If you selected “forbidden,” then our just-released short story providing a virtual visit to a Las Vegas swing club may be exactly what you’re looking for. Most of the general public (anywhere between fifty and sixty percent) highly disapproves of any non-monogamous sex.

We’re not saying anyone should or shouldn’t participate in the swing lifestyle – but we are saying that all of us are free to fantasize about whatever turns us on, and that’s what we like to write about. All of the fifty novels and novellas we’ve published feature explicit sex scenes – scenes we hope feed your fantasies. It turns out that over three fourths of our books feature multiple partners of one type or another – threesomes, foursomes, swinging, polyamory. Tantalizing? We hope! Forbidden? By many, yes – but all the more exciting for that reason.

We wrote Swingers Light Up Vegas to offer a taste of the forbidden fruit to be found in the swing lifestyle. Our fictional swingers are pretty typical – many women who swing are bisexual and view swinging as a safe, discreet place to connect with other women. The fact that it can be a turn-on for their spouses only increases the eroticism.

We hope this brief taste will bring you back for more!

Déjà vu, all over again.

Ginger wasn’t sure if the thought was part of her dream or part of her waking up, but it made her smile. Her full-body stretch confirmed she had some aching muscles—not really sore, but a soft ache that brought back steamy memories. What a night!

She finally opened her eyes to the sight of Dan holding out a hot mug of coffee. If the scent had awakened her, she had no memory trace.

Dan settled in next to her on the bed, a broad smile on his face that she knew mirrored her own. “What a treat,” she said, “to watch you with Lai last night. She sure is a cracker jack. High energy—wonder if she’s insatiable.”

“Pretty close, I’d say. I’m so glad they want another round before we leave. If we do decide to buy a condo here, it looks like the swinging scene is pretty promising. And you’ve gotta know how much I loved watching you and Lai together. You two were so in sync.”

“I do know.” Ginger snuggled a bit closer and clasped Dan’s free hand with her own. “When we started this adventure, it was mostly so I could act on the bi identity I’d finally become aware of. I had no clue how much watching me with another woman would be a turn-on for you, too.”

ABOUT THE AUTHORS 

Adriana Kraft is the pen name for a married pair of retired professors writing erotic romance and erotic romantic suspense together. We like to think we’ve broken the mold for staid, fusty academics, and we hope lots of former profs are enjoying life as much as we are. We believe that love is love is love, and we often feature bisexual women and ménage in our erotic romance stories. Together we have published more than fifty erotic romance novels and novellas to outstanding reviews.

During our academic careers, we lived in many states across the Midwest. We love to travel, so when we retired, we sold our house and took off in our motor home across the country. We now make our home in southern Arizona, where we enjoy hiking, golf, and travel, especially to the many Arizona Native American historical sites.

We’ve featured the swing lifestyle in a number of our erotic romance stories. We penned this short story to give readers a quick taste of swinging – erotically charged, always, and a safe place for bisexual women to express the full range of their sexuality. We’ve written an entire series of novellas set in the lifestyle, entitled Swinging Games. We hope you’ll check them out! And as always, reviews are the lifeblood of romance authors, so we hope you’ll leave one for us.

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Guest Post & New Release + a Contest - The Master’s Mark [The Toymakers Guild, bk 3] by Lisabet Sarai @LisabetSarai #steampunk #erotica #menage

Don't let ideas slip away

Blog posts and how-to books aimed at authors often recommend that we keep an idea notebook. “Capture your inspirations when they’re fresh,” the pundits counsel. “Don’t let your ideas slip away.”

For many years, I’ve followed this recommendation. Typically I keep the notebook next to my bed, so that I can jot down the details of dreams that contain the seed of a story. Also, I tend to be more relaxed at night. Sometimes I’ll write a page or two, in longhand, before falling asleep.

It’s not uncommon for me to be fired up, initially, when I come up with a new idea and write it down. When I review my scribbles a few days later, on the other hand, my enthusiasm may have cooled. What seemed like a brilliant premise in the heat of inspiration will strike me as hackneyed or boring. Still, it’s there in the notebook, in case I change my mind.

The concept for the Toymakers Guild series showed up in my notebook way back in 2010. At the time, I was writing – or trying to write – traditional romance for Totally Bound. My original vision of the Guild was quite close to the portrayal in the series, a secretive Victoria-era establishment located in a remote part of England and dedicated to the creation of steampunk sex toys. I knew I’d have characters named Gillian, Amelia and Rafe, though I wasn’t sure who they were. I even had the titles for the series volumes. However, I pictured the series as romance. Each book, I assumed, would focus on a different relationship between a different set of Toymakers. Each book would also deal with the creation of some outrageous sexual artifact for a particular client.

I spent some time thinking about this, but I was busy with other books as well as real world responsibilities, and the momentum slipped away. One problem was that at that time I’d never before been successful in writing a series. I wasn’t confident I could maintain a fictional world over more than one book.

Time passed. I gradually shifted to self-publishing and in the process away from classic romance. Without intending to, I wrote my very successful Vegas Babes erotica series. I started to understand the dynamics of series creation. And I saw that from a commercial perspective, series were the way to go.

Then, late in 2019 I remembered the Toymakers. I dug out the old notebook and read the few pages I’d penned back in 2010. And the creative juices began to flow.

Three years later, I’ve finally completed the Toymakers trilogy. It has diverged dramatically from my original vision, but still, the core concepts haven’t really changed. 

If I hadn’t captured those notes, I might well have forgotten about Gillian and her companions out on the Devon moors. I’m grateful I listened to advice!

The Master’s Mark

The Toymakers Guild Book 3

by 

Lisabet Sarai

Steampunk Erotica, MF, MM, FF, MFM, FMF, etcetera…

72,300 words, 205 pages

Smashwords and Amazon KDP

ISBN (Smashwords): 9798215548370

ASIN: ‎B0BRHGN35L‎

How do you train a steampunk sexbot?

Gillian Smith’s promotion to journeyman proves she’s ready to lead the Toymakers in producing astonishing new erotic artifacts. Creative, brilliant, and debauched, she’ll stretch her capabilities to the limit as she juggles a talent shortage and a pair of jealous rivals. Then there’s the challenge of their latest commission—a life-sized programmable sex doll intended to replace a client’s deceased paramour.

Normally she would consult the enigmatic Master Toymaker, but he seems preoccupied with his own concerns. Though her lusty crew of sexual renegades can offer technical and carnal assistance, Gillian is ultimately responsible for delivering the promised, near-impossible technology.

It’s fortunate she’s not one to give up—not even when events threaten the Guild’s very survival.

Series Blurb

Defying the repressive morality of the Victorian era, the Toymakers Guild uses advanced technology to fabricate bespoke sexual artifacts for the discrete pleasure of select clients. Its members are not only brilliant engineers but also sexual renegades seeking freedom from the prudish society that surrounds them. These are their stories.

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Contest – Please include on posts made during January only

Lisabet Sarai is running a contest to celebrate the release of The Master’s Mark. The prize is a $10 book store gift certificate, plus an ebook copy of the new novel in your choice of formats. 

To enter, do the following:

Send an email at contest [at] lisabetsarai [dot] com

In the body of the email, list the names of two characters in The Master’s Mark. (You can discover this from various blog posts and excerpts.)

One entry per person, please. On the first of February, Lisabet will randomly draw a winner from among all the entries. Be sure to send your entry to the "contest" email address above.

“We design and build custom artefacts for sexual stimulation,” she told him, paying close attention to his reaction.

“You mean, like ‘ladies’ companions’?” He flashed her a mischievous smile. “I’ve seen a few prodigious examples in my travels – ivory, mahogany, even jade.”

“We do produce a wide range of dildos. But we specialise in mechanised items. Vibrating stimulators. Punishment devices. Automata.”

Jeremiah’s eyes gleamed. “Oh, my! That goes beyond even my wildest guesses about your occupation, Jill!” He brushed a casual palm over her breast, now decently hidden. Her nipple snapped to attention. “But now that you’ve revealed your secret, I’m not really surprised. Indeed, I can hardly imagine a more suitable occupation for someone like you.”

He seized her by the shoulders and planted a ferocious kiss on her lips.

“Not that I’ve ever met anyone like you, Jill,” he added with a chuckle.

Lisabet Sarai became addicted to words at an early age. She began reading when she was four. She wrote her first story at five years old and her first poem at seven. Since then, she has written plays, tutorials, scholarly articles, marketing brochures, software specifications, self-help books, press releases, a five-hundred page dissertation, and lots of erotica and erotic romance – over one hundred titles, and counting, in nearly every sub-genre—paranormal, scifi, ménage, BDSM, GLBT, and more. Regardless of the genre, every one of her stories illustrates her motto: Imagination is the ultimate aphrodisiac.

You’ll find information and excerpts from all Lisabet’s books on her website (http://www.lisabetsarai.com/books.html), along with more than fifty free stories and lots more. At her blog Beyond Romance (http://lisabetsarai.blogspot.com), she shares her philosophy and her news and hosts lots of other great authors. She’s also on Goodreads, BookBub and Twitter. Join her VIP email list here: https://btn.ymlp.com/xgjjhmhugmgh

Rave Reviews for The Toymakers Guild

The Pornographer’s Apprentice,The Toymakers Guild Book 1

There are many more plot points, but I don't want to spoil your enjoyment of this book. It has varied and steamy sex scenes that will take your breath away, a plucky heroine who doesn't always come out on top (ahem), but who always prevails in her quest to be accepted as a Toymaker.  ~ Fiona McGier, Goodreads

With thoughtfully written characters, hot sex scenes, and a well-paced and interesting plot, the Toymaker's Apprentice leaves you asking only one question....when is the next book in the series coming out? ~ The Phantom Tollbooth, Amazon

[A] fast paced, hilarious, and thoroughly entertaining story as Gillian gets intimate with the staff and technology, only to find that there is a plot against the Guild that she takes on to save the day. I can’t wait to read what happens in the next book! ~ Arthur Royo, Amazon

The Journeyman’s Trial, The Toymakers Guild Book 2

Although set in the Victorian era, the denizens of Randerley Hall are thoroughly modern in the enthusiastic and open way they embrace their sexuality, pushing boundaries with the same vigor and gusto they push the boundaries of science. The members of The Guild embrace all manner of delightfully kinky perversions, while making scientific breakthroughs that are far ahead of their time. “The Journeyman’s Trial” has everything—adventure, romance, intrigue, and sizzling sensuality. I highly recommend you take the plunge and dive in. ~ Lawrence Westerman, Amazon

Lisabet Sarai has taken on the challenge of following up The Pornographer's Apprentice. I'm happy to say she's exceeded her own lofty standards of writing. The dialogue in the story is unique, accurate to the era, and oftentimes features beautiful lines. You can look forward to a shocking mass of creativity from the ingenious mind of Miss Sarai. The erotic scenes are written beautifully and explosively. I found the pleasure of the characters hit me just as hard as it hit them. I'm looking forward to more from this world and the characters! ~ Amazon Customer, Verified Purchaser