Spotlight on The Secret-Keeper's Choice @suzcauler #giveaway #newrelease #mfm @sirenbookstrand #pnr

I have the lovely Suzettte Rose Cauler on my blog today, and she's holding a giveaway too! Check out her new release!

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Enter to win a free copy of The Secret-Keeper’s Choice or a $5 Amazon gift certificate. To enter, just leave a comment for Suzette, telling her which type of paranormal being is your favorite and why. Two winners will be selected by random drawing on August 8th. Good luck!

Blurb

Immortal Daria Vacanti guards secrets dating back to the beginning of vampire history but remembers nothing of her own past. On top of that, Daria is torn between Joshua and Holden Parker, the vampires she loves but can't have. When she leaves town to escape an impossible choice, she meets a witch who promises to restore her memories. It’s just the distraction she needs to get over the Parker brothers, but is the price for the witch’s help too great?
Joshua and Holden have tried to forget Daria, but when the clan elders sentence her to serve under them, the brothers discover that love dies hard. With the trio forced to live under the same roof, sparks fly, tempers flare, and desire threatens to consume them all. Can Daria choose between the brothers this time around? Will her quest for insight into her past destroy everything she holds dear?

STORY EXCERPT

The Stonehill mansion was so grand and brightly lit it could have been welcoming her to an upscale party rather than what Daria was expecting—a serious scolding from Christoph. She was surprised, though, that Joshua had brought her here. At this late hour, Christoph was typically at home. He usually hunted closer to midnight and then headed home to enjoy other pursuits.

“Christoph is meeting us here?” she asked as Joshua drove slowly up the driveway. Obviously that was the plan, but her surprise led her to ask the question anyway.

“No, as far as I know, he’s not here.” Something in his voice made Daria uneasy.

“Well, then, why are we?” She’d been chastised by a few of the other elders as a teen, but it seemed unlikely that Christoph would let them tongue lash her alone. Not after she’d been away for so long.

Joshua didn’t take his eyes off the road ahead as he answered so quietly she wasn’t sure she’d heard him correctly. “We’re here for the dungeons, Daria. We’ve been looking for you for two long years. Christoph’s last orders were to find you, bring you home, and have you imprisoned.”

“You can’t be serious!” Daria couldn’t quite believe her life had come to this. She’d spent years as one of the clan’s most trusted, cherished members, and now she was to become its prisoner? “He can’t just lock me up like some common criminal!”

Joshua pulled his car over at the top of the hill and cut the engine, turning in his seat to look at her, his sad eyes meeting her confused glare. “For the first few months that we searched for you, Christoph seemed to feel your actions were simply rebellious. He even questioned whether you’d been forced to leave. Over time, though, the elders began to insist that you’d left willfully and pressed their opinion that you cared little for your duty. They argued that you deserved a more serious punishment. At first Christoph disagreed, but eventually he gave in—or maybe he just gave up. You could face The Cage, Daria.”

Her mouth dropped open in shock. She knew Christoph would be angry. She’d known the elders would demand some sort of punishment, but she’d never imagined he’d allow her to spend time in the dungeon. And The Cage? It seemed unthinkable that the vampire who considered himself her father would allow that.

“We don’t have to go right in, if you need some time...”

“Why didn’t you tell me this before?” She wasn’t sure she would have gone with him so easily if she’d known such a stiff punishment awaited her.

“The shackles didn’t tip you off?”

Daria could only shake her head. She didn’t know what she’d been thinking. The shackles should definitely have raised an eyebrow. She’d thought Christoph wanted her dragged home like a prisoner and brought to him for punishment. Maybe, she’d thought, the shackles were his way of shaking her up a bit. But the dungeons and a real trial? No, she hadn’t expected that, especially since she didn’t think the elders knew what she’d really been up to in Philadelphia—not the whole story anyway.

“If you tell me what this is all about, maybe I can do something to help. I hate the idea of you spending even a second in the Baldassare dungeons.”

Looking into his eyes, she could plainly see Joshua’s concern. It would be so easy to spill everything and ask him to find some way of fixing it for her. But Daria couldn’t do that. Her crime, at least the one she’d been planning, was serious enough to earn her time in The Cage, and if she asked him to help her cover it up, she’d be risking his neck as well. Besides, she couldn’t be sure he wouldn’t hear about Maharet’s proposal and decide The Cage was exactly where she belonged.

She reached up to touch his face, caressing the prickly beginnings of stubble there. Joshua had always preferred to be clean-shaven, but the hair always grew back faster than a mortal man’s. She liked the feel of his five o’clock shadow. “Thank you,” she said, touched that he still cared for her so much, “but it’s better if you don’t know.” She wanted to kiss him—to have something good to remember for whatever time she’d have to spend in the darkness of the Baldassare dungeons, but that didn’t seem fair either. Nothing had changed. They couldn’t be together, so why open that door all over again?

Joshua leaned closer, apparently having the same thoughts about kissing her, but Daria turned to face forward in her seat. “I think it’s best if we just get on with it.”

It seemed he would argue at first, but then he shrugged and got out of the car, closing the door a little too hard on his way around to the passenger side.

ADULT EXCERPT

The bed sagged under their weight as they each took a place next to her. Joshua, resting on one elbow, kissed her, using his tongue to explore her mouth. He ran a hand under her shirt to stroke the smooth skin of her belly before directing his attention back to her breasts. Holden lay on her other side, kissing her earlobe, gently taking it in his teeth before loving her neck. He alternated between gentle nibbles and soft kisses that drove her insane.

Getting to his knees, Holden caressed from her belly down to her thighs and then back upward, pushing downward with ever-increasing pressure each time he got to her cunt. The heel of his hand pressed right over her clit with perfect precision, and she lifted her hips to grind against his hand, moaning into Joshua’s mouth and threading her fingers through his hair. Daria couldn’t get enough of this. She craved more.

Feeling Holden’s hands on the waistband of her pants, she lifted her pelvis so he could easily tug them past her hips and slide them off her bare legs. He moved between her legs then, sliding downward to kiss her upper thighs and nuzzle her pussy trough the thin, silky material of her panties. Daria knew why he didn’t just remove them right away. He’d told her how much he looked forward to seeing her in lingerie on a daily basis now that they were a threesome. She’d chosen the white silk thong just for him. There wasn’t much to the material, but she’d known he would appreciate it. He proved her right by licking her pussy through the silk, the heat of his mouth torturing her while the wetness of his stroking tongue provided just enough insight into what was to come. She bucked against him, unable to control herself. Her body felt on fire with the need for his touch, and the ache between her legs grew more insistent. Daria wanted to feel them both everywhere, on every part of her body.

Joshua coaxed her shirt up and over her head, tossing it and the already unfastened white silk bra out of the way. He gazed heatedly down at her breasts, and when she raised her arms to him, he covered her without delay. He kissed her briefly, then trailed his lips down her neck, over her collarbone and to the tingling breasts he’d already feasted on with his eyes. Circling her left nipple with his tongue, he gently flicked it once, twice before taking it into his mouth. Daria immediately arched her back, trying to get closer to him and the incredible sensations his lips and tongue provoked.

Daria opened her mouth to say something. She wasn’t even sure what, but the words evaporated when she felt Holden’s tongue work its way under the silk of her panties and lick her pussy full on.

“I can’t get enough of you,” Holden murmured between lapping at the cream sliding out of her pussy and running his tongue over her nether lips. She bucked and moaned under his ministrations, trying to hold still but unable to do so. Gently squeezing her thighs, he pushed her legs further apart. Opening her to him, he blew warm air on her pussy.

“Please, Holden.” Daria craved the pressure of his tongue, his hand, anything. Holden stiffened his tongue in response, using it to part the lips partially shielding her clit. He treated the needy bud to a long, wet lick that had Daria crushing her pussy hard against his face. Holden backed off for only a second to remove her panties and then dove back in to lick and suck her until she was pumping and grinding under him.

“Joshua,” Daria managed between gasps and moans, “I want to taste you.”

The rasp of Joshua’s zipper as he shed his pants was murder on Daria’s senses, and the movement of her hips grew more frantic. She was right on the brink, but she wanted, no needed, to taste him before she let go. “Mmmm…Hurry, Joshua.” She wanted his cock in her mouth when she came.

Joshua kneeled next to her, his cock looming larger than life over her, and she reached for him, guiding him to straddle her face. She angled her head so she could lick from his heavy balls up to the tip of his cock and then back again, grasping his ass to move him back and forth over her tongue. When he moved backward a third time, she opened wider, and as he pushed forward again, she took all of him, inch by swollen inch, in her mouth.

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Bio: Suzette Rose Cauler has loved books (all types really) for as long as she can remember. As a child, she'd get lost in books for hours, using a flashlight to read under the covers long past bedtime. She read her first romance novel as a preteen and was immediately hooked by the swoon-worthy heroes and daring, spunky damsels. Though her reading tastes have definitely matured, Suzette continues to enjoy romance novels, especially those of the erotic, paranormal, fantasy, or historical variety. She writes almost as voraciously as she reads and typically falls head over heels in love with her heroes.
Though everyday types of romantic situations do appeal to her, stories that include adventure, intrigue, or danger have always made Suzette's heart go pitter patter. If they incorporate some science fiction too, she is even happier. You'll find elements like these in most of her stories as well as strong heroines who can fight their own battles but sometimes enjoy letting someone else take the lead.
Suzette lives on the East Coast with five special people who help keep her spirit young and her imagination fresh.
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#MWTease from Her Bear Protector #WIP #shifter #bdsm "You’re wet right now, aren’t you?"

Happy middle of the week, lovely people. I have been living, and breathing this WIP since the weekend, and I'm about a chapter from finishing it, so I had to tease you from this.

I first had the idea when we were on holiday in Cumbria earlier this year. As we were driving around the amazing country side I couldn't help but think that this was ideal shifter territory. All these isolated villages, surrounded by miles of countryside...

Now, my original story idea was for just a naughty short, but as ever, my characters had other ideas. I reckon it will be around the 30 K + mark when this is finished, and quite possibly the start of a new series.

To set the scene, Ronan and Tina are in the kitchen. She has just about come to terms with the fact that he's a Bear shifter, but he has something else to tell her.

Oh, yes and this is how I picture Ronan.

Usual warning applies. It gets quite hot ;-)

“Scene?” she finally asked, her voice barely above a whisper, and he grinned. “Scene as in…” Her cheeks grew crimson, and she dropped her gaze to her hands and left it there.

He reached across to nudge her chin up, and her eyes widened anew at his toothy smile.

“I’m a dominant man, and I need to be in control, so yes, I mean scene as in play, as in wanting your submission.”

She yanked her hands out of his grasp and glared at him.

“I won’t be anyone’s slave, and I’m not into pain, so you can forget that right away.”

Ronan crossed his arms over his chest, raised an eyebrow and simply looked at her. After a few seconds of trying to stare him down, she gave up and found the inspection of her fingernails most interesting. She couldn’t hide her reaction to him, however. Her breathing sped up and her nipples poked through the sheer fabric of his dress shirt, until he damn near salivated for a taste of them.

“And I’m not into giving pain, Tina.” Her head shot up at the use of her given name, and he reached across to put his large hand over her clasped one. “I’m not a sadist, babe.” Her eyes narrowed at that pet name but she didn’t protest this time. “And I don’t want a slave. I just need your submission in the bedroom. Judging by the way that you knew immediately what I was talking about, I know you know what I mean by that. So, I have to ask myself, how do you know?”

“I-well… I” She tripped up over her words, and tried to pull further away from under him, but he wouldn’t let her. Instead he dropped his voice, and took her hands again.

“Look at me, when you’re talking to me, girl.”

Instantly her gaze snapped to his, and he was hard pressed not to smile at her immediate reaction. She was a natural submissive alright, and his balls drew tight at the mental image of having her on her knees in front of him.

“I asked you a question, and I expect an answer.”

“I read, okay.” Tina squirmed under his intense scrutiny and exhaled sharply when he nodded.

“You do realize that you cannot get an accurate picture of the lifestyle by reading books. Most of them have no clue what they’re on about and—“

“I’m not an idiot.” She interrupted him and bit her lip so hard she drew blood. His bear roared and she flinched. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to interrupt you.” He sensed the inner struggle in her, and then she added a very quiet, “Sir.”

Fuck. Hearing that term from her lips was enough for him to almost shoot his load in his jeans, and his bear clawed for comeuppance. Right now his animal wouldn’t have cared if he condemned them both to years of vanilla sex. He just wanted his human, to sink his teeth into her soft flesh, and fuck her silly.

Ronan groaned and pulled his hands away. The contact was not helping him to keep his inner animal under control.

Tina licked her lips in a nervous gesture, and frowned when she seemed to notice the spots of blood. She lifted her fingers to her lips briefly and her frown deepened when she saw the red evidence on her fingertips.

“Did I do something wrong? I thought you liked being called Sir. I mean, that’s the correct term is it not?”

She stopped talking, and looked so utterly adorable in her confusion, he wanted to wrap her up in his big arms and keep her with him, always. He couldn’t do that, however. Being with him would place her in danger, and he had to explain that side of him too.

“No, you did nothing wrong. Hearing you address me like that just makes me hard as nails.” Her involuntary gasp drove him on. Might as well push her a little more and see her reaction. “It makes me want to rip that shirt off you, use it to tie your arms, and then bend you over this bar. I’d rip that sexy underwear off you with my teeth, and then spank that luscious ass of yours until it was as pink as your cunt. Then I’d feast on the cream running down your legs, tunnel into your hole, and make you come just by using my tongue and fingers—several times—until you beg me to stop. And then, if you’re a very good girl, I’d let you have my cock. I’d run it through your wet slit, teasing you, until you’re just about ready to explode, and then I’d take you. You’ll be tight and wet, and you milk my cock, like the good little subbie you are, wouldn’t you? You’re wet right now, aren’t you? You cunt is clenching, waiting to be filled by me.”

He dropped his hand to his cock, and stroked his throbbing length through his jeans. Shit that felt good. On impulse and spurred on by the hungry look in her eyes, he pulled down his zipper, lifted his hips, and yanked his jeans down under his ass to enable him to free his shaft.

A strangled moan came from Tina, and she rocked herself back and forth on the edge of her chair in a move he recognized all too well. His naughty little sub was trying to get herself off. He would let her for now, because watching her come undone was hot as fuck. The thought that she was this turned on just by his dirty talk, and seeing him fist himself made his own arousal spike. Pleasure surged through him as he took a firmer grip on his cock and using his leaking pre-cum as a lubricant started to seek his own relief.

Tina’s chair rocked as her movements grew ever more urgent, and Ronan groaned and dropped his hand from his junk. His relief could wait. He didn’t want to miss a moment of seeing her come undone.

Perspiration dotted her skin, and she didn’t seem aware of the little needy sounds she made as she hurtled toward her peek. She hovered there, panting, for what seemed like ages, her beautiful eyes closed, lips pressed together as her hips went frantic, and then she exploded with a whispered, “God… oh god… yeeeeeeees.”

(completely unedited first draft word vomit, so please forgive any mistakes) 

There is something about bears I tell you. They are just so deliciously naughty!

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 As ever thanks to our awesome hostess Sandra Bunino for putting together the Mid Week Tease. Do make sure you check out the other teasers.

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#TantalizingTuesdays - Front Page News

Happy Tuesday.  It's time to tease you all again, and you all know how much I love to tease.

*grins*

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Alicia smiled and ran her fuck me heels slowly up Larry’s legs. They were torture on her feet, but it had been worth it to see Larry’s grin when he met her in the foyer. Now, that his divorce from the queen bitch was finalized, they were going to enjoy their new found freedom.

This trip had been Larry’s idea. It was meant to get them away from the rat race and the endless reporters hounding the ex-husband of the mayor’s daughter.

Time to have some more fun. Alicia dipped her finger into her wine glass and brought the wet digit up to her lips to suck the red liquid off in her best suggestive manner. She frowned when she realized that Larry wasn’t paying her any attention.

The angry tick in his jaw sent shivers of apprehension down her spine. His attention was focused behind her.

“Larry, what’s wrong?”                                                  

He snapped his eyes back to her and groaned.

“She’s only fucking followed us here, and she’s got a horde of reporters with her.”

“Does she now? Most excellent. Let’s give them a show.”

Alicia climbed on top of the table and kissed her man.

That would show them all.

Tantalizing Tuesday Authors use a photo prompt to tease in 200 words. Please click on the graphic to check out the other fabulous participating authors.

As ever, let me know what you thought of my teaser today. 

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Spotlight on Venus In Fur Coat @Stein_Ela #newrelease #rubenesque #ROTG @evernightpub

Happy Monday, folks. It's the start of a brand new week and I have a yummy little treat on my blog for you today. I simply adore Evernight's Romance on the Go line. Perfect for when you need your romance fix and do not have much time to read.

Here is Ela Stein's latest contribution to this fab line - Enjoy!

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First of all, thank you so much for having me here today! “Venus In Fur Coat” is a bit of a rarity of me – it’s a contemporary romance and I’m more of a sci-fi/fantasy type of gal. But when inspiration strikes, you don’t ask questions. The idea for this story came to me fully formed, which was kind of cool. I also love the art aspect in it – I’ve painted and drawn my whole life, and more recently (well, like the past 10 years at this point), have done a lot of scrapbooking. So I’m a bit of an artist at heart, and I really identify with Derek. And I also identify with Cara, who has a very practical streak to her. After all, I did set all my artsy stuff aside to pursue school and a more traditional career. So I guess one could say that they both have different aspects of my personality… and it was kind of cool watching them come together :)

“Venus In Fur Coat” is a Rubenesque/BBW, New Adult, Contemporary, Erotic Romance short story (8,900) words.

Blurb:

Cara is an accounting major in college, and she is practical, a little cynical, and focused on her studies. When she allows her roommate to drag her to a frat party, the last thing she expects is running into the artsy-bad-boy type who tempts her to throw all her typical reservations out the window.

Derek tends to go with his feelings—intense and passionate, with a strong alpha streak. It will be up to him to bring Cara out of her shell and help her experience life to its fullest. Both of them feel that special spark, and one passionate night could change the course of their lives forever.


Buy Links:

Evernight - http://www.evernightpublishing.com/venus-in-fur-coat-by-ela-stein/

Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/Venus-Fur-Coat-Romance-Go-ebook/dp/B00M04ET4C/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1406038991&sr=1-1

ARe - https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-venusinfurcoat-1576917-149.html

Bookstrand - http://www.bookstrand.com/venus-in-fur-coat-mf


Excerpt:

Derek followed her through the hallway. She was already walking down the street, away from the house by the time he made it outside. He watched her walking away, debating whether he should approach her now. It was dark out, and he didn’t want to freak her out by seeming stalker-ish. But then again, if she was going to be walking around alone at night, she’d probably be better off with a friendly stalker keeping her company.

Having decided, he set off at a light jog to catch up with her. She wasn’t too far ahead, likely slowed down by her high-heeled boots. His cock had responded as soon as he first laid eyes on her, standing there all timid and uncertain, and now that he could see her ass wiggling as she walked, he grew painfully hard. His jeans were not designed to accommodate a huge hard-on. He adjusted himself just before catching up to her.

She was everything that turned him on in a woman. Curves in all the right places, so voluptuous that he could just imagine himself sinking into her, her soft cushioning against his own hard planes. Her hair had an adorable bit of frizz to it, and she wore it pulled back from an angelic face. The face of a goddess. A face right out of ancient paintings by the great masters.

His boots crunched on the gravel and she stopped and turned around. His heart picked up speed when their gazes met again, and he was glad he followed his gut. No way was he giving up until he got to know her better. Dating just for the hell of it was starting to lose its appeal. If he was honest with himself, he’d had his fill of it for a long time, but until now, no one had come along that made him want anything more serious.

“Hey.” Maybe not the most eloquent way to start the conversation, but she stood staring at him with wide eyes and a startled expression, waiting for him to say something.

“Hi.” Her voice was a whisper. The wind picked up speed and rustled through the leaves in the trees around them, as though echoing her.

“It’s not safe to be walking around alone at night.” Criticizing her choices, right off the bat, probably wasn’t the greatest way to make an impression, but it had been a pretty bad move on her part. Even if she wanted nothing to do with him, he didn’t like the idea of her walking around alone at night. There were too many assholes out there, and it just wasn’t safe.

She raised a brow in response and crossed her arms across her chest. He guessed that was her pissed-off look, but it was somewhat spoiled by how hot her tits looked pushed up that way.

“Oh, really? I guess it’s safer to be out here at night with a total stranger?”


About Ela Stein:
Reading was my entertainment and salvation as a child, and it transferred into a passion for writing. I am still very much a reader, and love many different genres, from erotic romance, to fantasy (and dark fantasy... Game of Thrones, anyone?), to historical fiction, and that love is reflected in my own writing as well. If you'd like to learn more about me, or chat about books and life, you can find me all over the web. I’d love hearing from my readers. You can find me here:

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#SexySnippets from Rescued by her Alien Warriors (The Warriors, 2) #comingsoon @sirenbookstrand #scifi #mmf

Happy Sunday, folks.

I completed first edits for Rescued by her Alien Warriors this week, which is book two in my Warriors series, and is set for release for August 27th, so I thought it was only appropriate to start teasing you from this story.

*grins*

To set the scene, Sapphyre has just poured ice cold water over these warriors, to stop them from fighting. She's got spirit, this heroine. Naturally they are not best pleased at this...

“You are comparing us to dogs, woman?”

Bentaan growled the words into her ear and she shut her eyes as the vibrations of his deep tenor trembled through her body.

“If the shoe fits.” How she managed to get the words out of her parched throat she would never know, and a shiver went down her spine when she heard the click, as Bentaan’s fangs descended. Warm puffs of air slid across her neck, as he ran the tips of his incisors along her skin with just enough force to leave marks. Sapphyre’s hands clenched in the wet fabric of his clothes and she gasped when he ground the hard ridge of his erection into her lower belly.

“If you were mine, my sweet little human, you’d be over my knee, and I’d be spanking your luscious behind until it was hot and red, for that insolence. And then I’d fuck you like the rabid dog you likened me to.”

(Forgive the eight sentences, but I couldn't bring myself  to cut Bentaan's speech.)

I'm eagerly awaiting my cover art, so I can't share it yet, but I can share the blurb.

A warship is no place for a human mother and her child. However, Drakan Commander Alzaar and his second in command, Bentaan, have no choice but to bring Sapphyre and Jayde on board. Not least, because their instincts scream at them, that she is the one woman who can turn them into a family again.    

Sapphyre just wants to keep her daughter safe. How on earth does she do that surrounded by droolworthy Aliens, when her libido keeps leading her astray? It is abundantly clear that Alzaar doesn't want her on board ship. At least Bentaan does and the sex is out of this world. If only her heart wasn't involved, and she didn't want both of them.

When the Tamarillion is attacked, Sapphyre has to fight for her men and the ship she now calls home. Without her all would be lost, and Alzaar finally shows his emotions.

However, when regulations and their pasts collide, can they rescue each other?

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I can't wait for you to meet them.

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A school with a difference @RavenMcAllan #giveaway #newrelease #regency @breathlesspress

Hello, lovely peeps. I have a special little regency treat for you today, guaranteed to make your weekend. I love all of Raven's work, but there is a special little place in my heart for her Regency work, and this series in partiular. So, I twisted her arm a little, bribed and cajoled, and here she is.

Take it away, Raven!

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When I mentioned to Doris that I was writing a new Miss Simpkins' School for Seduction story, she did a weird dance around the room, and promised me grandson cuddles if I got on with it so she could 'redit' it. (For those of you who are going eh? A wee explanation. I'm honorary Granny to her youngest, and we go through each other's M/s before we sub them, and red pen—type—them. hence redit… okay yeah, well it works for us.) snort

I didn't need the cuddle incentive, but I took it anyway. Who wouldn't? Sticky, lovely, hugs and kisses from my boy… Yum!

So I sent her the first wee bit.

She said she loved it.

Then she nagged. Believe me, in the nagging stakes, she's a winner. Not that I needed it mind you. I so enjoy writing this series, and ohh (insert swooning noises here) Luke De Freitas is hawt…

Doris agreed when I showed her his description.

Dark hair, dark eyes and a washboard stomach…

I mean… I could all but see him sitting into my study next to me as I typed, telling me what was about to happen in 'his' book. He had more than a few run ins with me and Molly, over his attitude shall we say…

Not that Jane agreed all the time either. She's not the shy retiring widow people think. But she does have a problem…

Here's the blurb…

Take one virginal widow, add Molly Simpkins School of Seduction and one obliging gentleman, and what do you get? Scandal avoided and a virgin no more?

Molly Simpkins' School for Seduction has helped many ladies of the ton to achieve their hearts desires, so helping Lady Jane Nicholby ought to be easy.

However this young widow's deep, dark secret means she can never remarry for fear of the scandal it would cause. Widows are not supposed to be virgins, after all.

Fortunately, Molly knows just the person to help her change this state of affairs. Persuading Luke De Freitas to fall in with her plans, however, will require all of her considerable skill.

A spot of blackmail should do the trick quite nicely…

Snigger

See? I had so much fun with these two. Well let's be honest, like I said I'm having so much fun with the whole series. Molly's story will be out next month, and then all five stories so far will be out in a paperback in August as well. Great stuff.

Any I reckon I'll give away a copy of Flora, Lydia, or Miranda to someone who comments and tells me what name they'd like me to use—male or female—in one of the next set of stories. (bear in mind it's Regency, so it needs to fit.)

And to get you into the fight frame of mind, here's a teaser…

(Luke is bored…and talking to his dog…)

He was almost in luck. Nursing a swollen jaw with a glass of brandy, which he decided was surely acceptable after the last few hours he’d had, Luke once more spoke to Bet. “Damned if it wasn’t worth this.” He gestured to his jaw. “I might have been taken for a fool, but not an incapacitated one. Rushton will be walking with a limp and a wince for a while now. How dare she?”

Bet snuffled.

“Yes, well, I could almost accept she’d taken another lover, but not in the house I paid for. Anyway it’s over and the house goes on the market tomorrow.”

He’d taken great pleasure in bundling a naked Lady Matcham, and an equally naked Rushton onto the pavement surrounded by her dresses and furbelows. She’d cried, Rushton had cursed, and Luke had laughed. That was when a wild swing by Rushton had resulted in Luke’s sore jaw and Rushton’s aching balls.

Luke experienced so much enjoyment at the sight of Alicia Matcham trying to cover herself from the prying eyes of three potboys and the Watch that he failed to retaliate. In truth, he decided seeing Rushton’s swaying bits and bobs shrivel in the unseasonably chill evening air was enough punishment for the man. The nicely timed kick Luke gave him was the icing on the cake.

He had to hope no news of the fracas got back to his father, or indeed any member of the ton. Luckily, the house he’d purchased for his mistress and himself to enjoy their liaison wasn’t in the most fashionable area of town, and the contretemps had occurred when the ton was thin on the ground. Those who were in the capital were already out at their evening activities. Luke was more than glad he hadn’t bowed to Alicia’s pressure and purchased a dwelling in a fashionable square. With luck, all that would be known was he no longer had a mistress. He made a note to let it be put about he didn’t want another one. It was time for something deeper and more meaningful. Heaven help it, maybe time for a wife? He shuddered. Please, god no. Not when the one person he could have married would probably never speak to him again.

The sound of the knocker reverberated through the house, and Luke frowned. Who on earth would be calling at—he checked the clock that ticked away on the mantle—just shy of eleven at night? Most people would be at a ball, or in bed, even if it weren’t their own. He heard the measured tread of Cuthberts, his major domo, cross the hall and felt a pang of contrition. It seemed wrong that Cuthberts had to come upstairs from his own quarters, when Luke had dismissed him for the night. However, it would be useless to say so. Cuthberts had very rigid ideas regarding propriety, and Luke answering the door came nowhere near them. It was no surprise, therefore, when a few moments later there was a discrete knock on the study door. Bet stirred and woofed as she got to her feet, all guard dog. Heavens knew she’d probably lick an intruder to death.

Cuthberts put his head around the door. “Your face looks worse now, my lord,” he said in his usually punctilious manner. “And there is a lady to see you. A Miss Simpkins.”

“Molly?” Good lord had the news of his evening reached her already? “Show her in.”

Cuthberts disappeared to return a few seconds later to usher a very elegant Molly in. She turned full circle as Cuthberts bowed and left the room, and finally brought her gaze back to Luke.

“And how is the other man? Dead?”

He laughed. “He’s fine. He just can’t walk without a wince and looks like he’s second cousin to a newly made eunuch. Enough that if he can sing he’ll make Marchesi jealous at any rate.”

“Hmm. You are an idiot, Luke. I’d heard you’d turned a new leaf and were bored of mischief.”

“I am,” Luke said in a protesting voice. “But what would you have me do, if I find my mistress sharing her favors with another in my house? Step back and say ‘oh please continue and enjoy my hospitality both of you’? I think not.”

“No,” Molly agreed with him. “Oh dear. So this is the result?” She gestured at his face. “To be honest, I had thought you ended the arrangement with Lady Matcham weeks ago. She seemed to intimate it was so.”

“That says it all,” Luke replied and grimaced as the throb in his jaw increased. “She just failed to tell me. I was cuckolded well and truly.”

“Then she is the fool not you,” Molly said. “That, I think, may well work in my favor. If your cock and balls are in full working order?”

Luke howled with laughter, and winced as pain shot through his prick and into the rest of his body. Shaking wasn’t the way to go. “I don’t know. I have had no chance to try them out. Are you offering to help me?” He raised one eyebrow cautiously. As it gave him no extra pain, he followed it with a wink.

Molly stared at him. “In a way.”

Luke knew fine his jaw dropped, because it hurt like hades. It was Molly’s turn to laugh.

“Not personally, but I do have a proposition for you.”

He sat up in his chair. “What sort of proposition? I distrust that look Molly. What are you up to?”

“Very little other than running my school, and standing godmama to the Addersley twins. However, I have a student, for want of a better word, who must lose her virginity, and learn all the little nuances of good sex. Therefore she needs an expert. I thought of you.”

Luke wondered just what Molly had eaten in her dinner. Surely no one served opiates as a side dish?

“Molly, I don’t deflower virgins.” Not even when I had the chance. “Never have, never will, unless—god forbid—I marry.”

“Oh, I think you might this time, and you’ll be glad you did, especially when, after you agree, I tell you who she is.”

“No.” He may be cutting off his nose to spite his face, and wonder just who Molly thought he would be eager to despoil, but he had ethics. Or did he? His nosiness got the better of him. “Who?”

“Not unless I have your word you’ll do it.”

“Hell, Molly, she could look like the back end of a farmer’s nag and have a voice like Maria Moorcroft. It would deflate my cock faster than you could say quim. If I could get it up in the first place.”

“After, and remember just what I know about you. Duels, smuggling.... Need I go on?”

“Threats and blackmail, Molly?” He rose to tower over her. Instead of being intimidated, she stood next to him and ran her finger over his reddened and swollen skin, scraping her nails just enough to make him wince.

“No threats or blackmail, Luke. Just good, honest promises. I’ll see myself out. Oh, and you have twenty four hours to tell me what arrangements you’ve made.”

She left the room. Luke watched the door close slowly behind her. Maybe his ethics were not as solid as he thought. He proceeded to empty the brandy bottle.

After one half hearted yelp, Bet hid under the table.

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