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Invitations #3 Shameless teaser 1

Total-E-Bound has recently started a new promotional strategy. New releases in a series will have a collection of teasers released the weeks preceding the release date.

The teasers are awesome and gorgeous. Here's the first one for my coming release, Shameless, # 3 in the Invitations series.

The Fox, Clandestine Classic out today

About: The Fox

A young man returns from war to find two women living on the isolated farm he’d called home. Needing to dominate, he sets out to put his life in order.

The bitter, dark night a rugged man appears on their doorstep, everything about the quiet life of Ellen March and Jill Banford changes. The presence of the powerful, brooding man complicates the simple daily existence of their lives on their struggling chicken farm.

Henry Grenfel, a young soldier recently returned from war, is determined to possess the stronger, more forceful of the two women—Ellen. His need to possess her knows no limits and he uses every opportunity he finds to pressure her into breaking her ties with her best friend, Jill. Jill’s dislike for Henry turns into pure hatred when she realises he’ll stop at nothing to take Ellen from her.

As the tension among the three of them builds, Henry coerces Ellen into submission, forcing her to recognise her own need for the sexual release only he can provide. After Ellen accepts the inevitability of his dominance and agrees to his marriage proposal, the resentment brewing within the love triangle takes an even darker turn.

Excerpt From: The Fox
 
He had been sawing logs for the fire in the afternoon and his entire body had been, at one point, covered in a fine sheen of perspiration. What remained now was the scent of his exertion and the lingering effects of the satisfaction that comes across a man when he has done a hard job well.

Darkness came very early. It was still a cold, raw mist. It was getting almost too dark to see. A pile of short sawed logs lay beside the trestle. March came to carry them indoors, or into the shed, as he was busy sawing the last log. He was working in his shirt-sleeves, and did not notice her approach; she came unwillingly, as if shy. When she bent down he saw the firmness of her muscles and the easy way her strong arms moved the logs. She was a fine prey, indeed and they both knew it. He saw her stooping to the bright-ended logs, and he stopped sawing, letting his probing gaze rake across her. A fire like lightning flew down his legs in the nerves and he was more aware of March than he ever had been. Everything about her called to him, her scent, her body, her essence. It was not enough to be near her. He needed to possess her. Indeed, master her.

"March?" he said in his quiet, young voice.

She looked up from the logs she was piling.

"Yes!" she said.

He looked down on her in the dusk. He could see her not too distinctly and he struggled to see what he could of her. If only she would stop shrinking away from him and expose herself to him as she ought to.

"I wanted to ask you something," he said, feeling that lightning fire burn in his limbs.

"Did you? What was it?" she said. Already the fright was in her voice. But she was too much mistress of herself. And it was that control, he realised, that he most wanted to take from her. She would weaken and give herself to him. He would see to it. As he felt that was what he wanted, he knew she must want it too.

"Why"—his voice seemed to draw out soft and subtle, it penetrated her nerves—"why, what do you think it is?"

She stood up, placed her hands on her hips, and stood looking at him transfixed, without answering. Again he burned with a sudden power.

"Well," he said, and his voice was so soft it seemed rather like a subtle touch, like the merest touch of a cat’s paw, a feeling rather than a sound. "Well—I wanted to ask you to marry me."

March felt rather than heard him. She felt him everywhere—on her face, across her breasts, deep inside her, filling her and taking her soul. She was trying in vain to turn aside her face. A great relaxation seemed to have come over her as she had known this moment was coming and finally it had arrived. She stood silent, her head slightly on one side. He seemed to be bending towards her, invisibly smiling as he came for her. It seemed to her fine sparks came out of him, ready to jump across to her and burn through her skin.

The Fox, is now available from Total-E-Bound. 

Fav Horror Films of Kate Hill

13 of favorite romantic horror movies, in no particular order:

1. Mutants
2. The Wolfman
3. Wolf
4. Return of the Living Dead
5. Tale of a Vampire
6. An American Werewolf in Paris
7. Mary Reilly
8. 28 Days Later
9. Curse of the Werewolf
10. Snow White - A Tale of Terror
11. Dance of the Damned
12. Blood Moon
13. The Bride


This is the list of New Englander, Kate Hill, guest blogger. Kate likes heroes with a touch of something wicked and wild. When she's not working on her books, Kate enjoys reading, working out, and researching vampires and Viking history. Check out Kate's Amazon book page or Kate's blog.

What about June?

Fetish 101: Erotic Humiliation

It's easy to confuse erotic humiliation with BDSM; however, according to my very unscientific research, the two are not the same. The emphasis in erotic humiliation is just that--humiliation. The humiliation can take many forms; verbal, such as scolding or name calling; animal play, making the submission eat or drink from pet bowls; erotic objectification, requiring the submissive is used as furniture, or  any form of sexual embarrassment. Obviously the spectrum is vast but the basics are pretty simple: its any time a consensual person is turned on by being demeaned or demeaning others.
The theories that seek to explain why this works focus on the emotional and physiological responses to humiliation and state that the high level of trust and communication that make this work enhance the overall experience. Also, that the area of the brain that responds to emotional pain, including humiliation, is the same as the one that responds to physical pain. Thus, the humiliation is a very strong emotional trigger.
Thinking of the Story of O or 50 Shades of Grey? I have something better.Belle de Jour is an erotic humiliation classic, different from O and 50 in that the heroine, who feels disconnected from her husband,  seeks out the humiliation. She begins a double life: call girl by day, proper Parisian housewife by night.



The film, starring Catherine Deneuve is a visual feast. The trailer above only gives you a taste. The whole thing is worth hunting down. I suggest watching it twice. The first time for the story, the second to catch the subtle things you missed the first time.

Curious for more? Try this article from The Village Voice by Tristan Taormino. It recounts the author's experience with a BSDM class on erotic humiliation.

If you are at RT in Kansas City...

Join us for Sex Goddess Hour on Friday, May 3 from 10-11.
Aliens, androids, cowboys, call girls, and vampy vampires--we love them all as long as they're HOT. If you want your stories sizzling and sexy, this party is for you. Over the top erotic is just the beginning. Come play games, win prizes, and be in the drawing for a 100$ Amazon gift card. Giveaways to everyone who attends.

Hostesses: Isabelle Drake, Cheryl Dragon, Bronwyn Green, Julia Talbot, BA Tortuga, and Brynn Paulin

Maybe May?

DH Lawrence even hotter than you remember

The Clandestine Classics line from Total-E-Bound has received a lot of media attention and for good reason. The concept of revisiting classics works, heating them up and pushing the boundaries of sensuality is pretty dark awesome. For my classic tale, I chose one by DH Lawrence, an author well-known for pushing the limits of “acceptability.”

The Fox will be out June 3.

Here’s a bit about it:

A young man returns from war to find two women living on the isolated farm he’d called ho me. Needing to dominate, he sets out to put his life in order.

The bitter, dark night a rugged man appears on their doorstep, everything about the quiet life of Ellen March and Jill Banford changes. The presence of the powerful, brooding man complicates the simple daily existence of their lives on their struggling chicken farm.

Henry Grenfel, a young soldier recently returned from war, is determined to possess the stronger, more forceful of the two women—Ellen. His need to possess her knows no limits and he uses every opportunity he finds to pressure her into breaking her ties with her best friend, Jill. Jill’s dislike for Henry turns into pure hatred when she realizes he’ll stop at nothing to take Ellen from her.

As the tension among the three of them builds, Henry coerces Ellen into submission, forcing her to recognize her own need for the sexual release only he can provide. After Ellen accepts the inevitability of his dominance and agrees to his marriage proposal, the resentment brewing within the love triangle takes an even darker turn.

Bring on April

Happy March