Naughty in the Backseat would like to welcome Ella Jade, author of Be My Everything to the blog.  Today she is dropping by to answer a few questions and to share a bit about her book.

 

Naughty – Describe yourself in 20 words or less

Ella – I can’t do anything in 20 words or less. I’m a wordy thing! I’m an energetic, SAHM to two active boys. When I’m not writing, I’m kickboxing, attending PTO meetings and chasing after my kids.

Naughty – Why do you want to be a writer?  What started you on this journey?

Ella – For as long as I can remember, the words and dialogue have always played out in my head. Being a writer isn’t something I want to do, it’s something I need to do. I have to tell the stories.

Naughty – What is your favorite part about writing?

Ella – Creating all of those fun and interesting characters. The people in my stories can be anyone I want them to be. My favorite part is having my two main characters connect to one another. I love coming up with that emotional bond that brings them together.

Naughty – What do you find the most difficult part of writing?

Ella – For me, it’s not hard coming up with the ideas. It’s finding the time to devote to my stories. It’s getting easier now that my boys are in school full time. I’m finding that I can dedicate more hours a day to my craft. That’s a really good thing!

Naughty – Describe your latest release for us.

Ella – Be My Everything is my first BDSM Romance. It’s about two people who enter into the perfect sexual arrangement, no strings attached. But, what happens when their hearts get in the way?

While it explores the training aspect of the BDSM lifestyle, it’s not hardcore. The story focuses more on the developing relationship between a Dominant and his submissive. It’s ultimately a love story.

Naughty – What is your favorite character in this release?

Ella – Lucas is my favorite character in this novel. He’s strong, sexy and domineering, but he has a softer side. I liked being able to explore what would happen when a man so bent on never falling in love has to relinquish the control and give in to his true feelings. He’s flawed but has so much potential.

Naughty – What is your favorite scene?

Ella – It’s hard to pick just one because there’s a whole lot of heat going on in this book.  If I had to pick one, I’m going with the chapter entitled “Luke’s Bedroom”. That chapter marks the turning point in the novel and I think we start to see Luke’s true feelings floating to the surface. It’s a lighter scene and there’s a nice exchange between the two main characters.

Naughty – Where can your fans find you?

Ella – I love making new friends. Readers can connect with me over on my blog http://ellajadeauthor.blogspot.com. You can also find me on twitter @ellajade1 and FB http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001950837414.

Naughty – Where can your books be found?

Ella – Be My Everything – Beachwalk Press – http://beachwalkpress.com/be-my-everything/

Naughty – Anything else you’d like to add?

Ella – Thanks for having me. I look forward to making new friends. I have a busy Fall ahead of me with two more releases scheduled. The Lonely Dominant will be available on 11/14/11 from Noble Romance Publishers and my first m/m Romance, Embracing the Unexpected is scheduled for December with Beachwalk Press. Follow me for all the details.

Ella Jade has been writing for as long as she
can remember. As a child, she often had a
notebook and pen with her and now as an
adult, the laptop is never far. The plots and
dialogue have always played out in her
head, but she never knew what to do with
them. That all changed when she discovered
the EBooks industry. She started penning
novels at a rapid pace and now she can’t be
stopped.

Ella resides in New Jersey with her husband
and two young boys. When she’s not chasing after her kids, she’s busy writing, kickboxing and
scrapbooking. She hope’s you’ll get lost in her words.

 

Welcome to Naughty in the Backseat!

Today we are welcoming Roz Lee to the blog.  Roz is touring her book, Still Taking Chances, with the help of Goddessfish Promotions.  Roz will be giving away a copy of the book Kinky Cupcakes to a commenter during the tour.  For more blogs to visit and comment on, click HERE.  Today we have a guest post followed by an Blurb and a short excerpt from Still Taking Chances.  Make sure you read to the end to catch the excerpt and also make sure that you comment your way to a prize!

Stepping out of the Office

First, I’d like to thank the naughty ladies in the backseat for letting me drive today! I’m sure they’re enjoying getting to sit in the back and relax (yes, that’s a euphemism) while someone else does all the work! *wink* Well, I’m happy to be the someone today.

The ladies asked me a really tough question. How has being an author affected my reading? The first, and most obvious answer is that writing has taken a huge hunk (no, that isn’t a euphemism) out of my leisure time. But, I’m a resourceful sort, and it didn’t take me long to figure out that something else would have to go in order for me to have reading time. I’m not going to tell you what I decided to forgo, but it begins with house and ends with work. Not that I was ever really into that sort of thing, but I’ve found that if I leave it long enough, hubby will get the message and pick up the slack. I don’t recommend this method of getting your husband to help around the house, but I’ve kept mine a very long time, and trained him well. Shhh! Don’t tell him that last part!

Many people want to know if I read in the genre I write in, and the answer is yes, and no. I read some, especially things my friends have written – because I want to be nice, and because they write some really good stuff. When I shut off my computer in the evening, the last thing I want to do is go right back to the office. Erotic romance is my day job. Like everyone else, reading is a mini vacation for me, so I usually look for something very different from what I worked on all day long.

For me, that usually means a romance of some sort. My favorites have always been historical – regency to be exact, and I’m a sucker for a easy contemporary romance like Robyn Carr’s Virgin River series. I generally don’t read much paranormal, but I got hooked a long time ago on the Arcane series Jayne Ann Krentz writes as Amanda Quick, and the contemporary version she writes under her JAK name.

Perhaps as an author, I’m more aware of the mechanics of writing, but if the story is really good, I don’t care if the author broke all the rules of grammar, or if she shifts point of view every other sentence. If you can drag me so far into the story that I don’t notice the flaws (and every book has them), then I’ll keep coming back for more. Rules were made to be broken. That’s my story, and I’m sticking to it.

The hero in my latest release, STILL TAKING CHANCES, knows all about breaking the rules. Elgin Huddleston started at an early age, but as an adult, he’s gone out of his way to make amends. That doesn’t mean he plays by the rulebook all the time. Sometimes you just have to take a chance, and do what your heart tells you to do.

Elgin is the ultimate bad boy, but he’s met his match in Mary Beth Winters, the petite dominatrix who lives across the street. Mary Beth thought she was through taking chances, but there’s something about Elgin that convinces her to throw caution to the wind, and unlock her heart and her toy box, one more time.

Author Bio –

Roz Lee has been married to her best friend, and high school sweetheart, for over three decades. These days she splits her time between their home in rural New Jersey, and Southern California, where her husband works. Even though she’s lived on both coasts, her heart lies in between, in Texas. A Texan by birth, she can trace her family back to the Republic of Texas. With roots that deep, she says, “You can’t ever really leave.”

Roz and her husband have two grown daughters they couldn’t be more proud of, and are currently raising a ten-year-old Labrador Retriever, Betty Boop, who isn’t aware of her canine heritage.

When Roz isn’t writing, she’s reading, or traipsing around the country on one adventure or another. No trip is too small, no tourist trap too cheesy, and no road unworthy of traveling.

Blog: http://www.authorrozlee.blogspot.com/

Website:  http://www.rozlee.net/

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/authorrozlee

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/Iwriteromance

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/rozlee

Shelfari: http://www.shelfari.com/rozlee

Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/dolores-maroney-roz-lee/21/650/8a0

After a mission in a South American jungle goes wrong, DEA Agent Elgin ‘Hud’ Huddleston returns to his boyhood home to lick his wounds. Despite his better judgment, Hud is drawn to the woman across the street, a petite Dominatrix with a freeze your balls off name.

Mary Beth Winters packed away her toys and put the BDSM lifestyle behind her years ago when she realized the men she dominated didn’t need her as much as she needed them. But when a troubled bad-boy, Elgin ‘Hud’ Huddleston, moves in across the street, she dusts off her toy box and risks her heart to help him heal.

Excerpt

Her eyes raked over him and he had the impression she was mentally undressing him as thoroughly as he’d undressed her in his mind. Something about her perusal made him want to squirm, but he held still. “Do you always wear black?”

“Yes, Mistress.” Yeah, he could play this game. She jumped off the high stool she’d been sitting on, and walked around the worktable. He followed her with his eyes, admiring the curve of her legs and the fine bones in her feet and ankles. She stopped and dug around in a large pink canvas bag that sat on the end of the flower-print covered sofa along the long wall opposite the door. His heart almost stopped  beating when she pulled out a serious looking set of leather handcuffs and a length of chain. Whoa there! Where the hell did she get those? All the fight went out of him.

“Hold out your hands.”

Hud allowed her to fasten the cuffs around his wrists. She hooked them together with a short length of chain that looked like it came from a hardware store. If he twisted his hands around, he’d be able to unfasten the cuffs, he reasoned, as panic threatened to set in. He was momentarily distracted by the sweet curves of her ass as she walked away from him. She picked up a step stool and dropped it next to his feet. “Take your shoes off.”

He toed his shoes off and kicked them to the side. When he looked up from his task, Mary Beth was on the step stool, a head above him. In one hand, she held an S hook attached to a chain and pulley, the other she reached down to him. “Give me your hands.”

Hud swallowed hard and lifted his shackled hands. For the first time, he thought he might have underestimated Mary Beth Winters. She looped the chain at his wrists through the hook, and with a hand on the pulley chain, she jumped off the stool. Hud watched in dawning horror as she pulled the chain tight enough to make his shoulders burn and secured the pulley chain to a hook on the wall, well out of his reach even if he had his hands free. He cursed under his breath. How had he missed the chain pulley overhead? If he’d been on a mission, a mistake like that would mean he’d be dead.

Naughty in the Backseat would like to welcome Vanessa Devereaux to the blog!  She is touring her latest book, Then Came You with Goddessfish Promotions.  She is also giving away your choice of her backlisted ebooks to one commenter from the tour.  To increase your chances of winning, drop by HERE and follow the list of blogs she is stopping at and comment at each one.

We’ve asked her to comment on where she gets her inspiration from.  Without further ado, Her is Vanessa!

The inspiration for the title of my book-

Do you ever wake up in the morning with a song playing in your head or just a few lines of one? It happens to me once in awhile. I don’t know why because it’s never a song I’ve heard the night before. Maybe it makes its way into my dreams or something. And yes, sometimes it’s a song I don’t really like and it gets annoying but not always. Sometimes one of those songs can come to my rescue.

Earlier this year I was thinking about what to write next. I’d just finished my Brazen Ladies trilogy which some of you might know are all set during the Regency. I love this period in history and it’s always fun to create Regency characters. I had lots of fun with these stories but felt I needed to do a full 180.

I’m not a fan of Westerns…you know the guy’s type of Westerns without the hunky cowboy but I turned on the TV one day and Silverado was playing on the History Channel. I’d seen it before but decided to watch it again. While I did I thought if my next story featured a cowboy it would definitely be different to one with a Regency Rake as the hero. And really what’s sexier than a cowboy?

I usually let ideas brew in my head for a couple of weeks and scenes and bits of dialogue start forming. I knew that this cowboy would be living in Wyoming and then the name Connor O’Riordan popped into my head. But what was his story…he’s a guy that’s had his heart set on the sales rep but she’s spoken for.

Of course I had to give this guy a happy ending and before you do that you need a happy beginning. I knew I wanted to open the story with the sales rep breaking up with her guy leaving the door wide open for Connor.

Then I thought, well if Connor’s such a hunk then why isn’t he married? I knew he wasn’t commitment shy so what’s his story? Then it hit me he’s had some heartache in the past. I won’t tell you and spoil the story what that is. So with that in mind I knew this really nice and sexy guy deserved to get the girl and have his pain healed.

That was all set in motion and I was ready to begin penning the story. Sometimes it takes me weeks to come up with a title. Don’t know about everyone else but it can be one of the toughest parts of writing a book. When I’m saving a file and don’t have a title yet, I’ll give a strange tag like ‘sexy historical’ but I hate doing it because sometimes the title helps shapes the story.

I brainstormed for a few days and just couldn’t come up with anything for this one but I was itching to start it and thought the tag line for saving it on my laptop would be ‘sexy cowboy story’. It didn’t sound right but the story needed to be told. That morning I got up and started to hear the song ‘Then Came You’ playing in my head. One line stuck out, the bit about never knowing love before… And I thought Eureka, I got it. This story will be Then Came You. Connor O’Riordan didn’t know true love until Gillian Matthews walked into his life.

Luckily not all of them give me that much trouble and this time a song that I couldn’t get out of my head came to the rescue.

Naughty in the Backseat would like to welcome Patricia Green to the blog! She is dropping by to chat and to answer some of my questions! She is currently touring with Goddessfish Promotions and we are happy she decided to drop by today!

Naughty – Can you tell us a bit about yourself?

Patricia – The most exciting thing about me is my imagination. It’s been on overdrive for a very long time. When I was first in college, I studied theater arts and then spent about ten years working as an actress and assistant director in California. Later, I went back to school to major in English. I enjoyed the academic life very much, during my time studying English, and wrote quite a bit of literary analysis. Although I’d written imaginative things all along, it was this exposure to literary analysis that spurred me on to write for publication seriously.

I have a very simple family life, with a husband I adore and two grown-up daughters (twins). We live in Virginia, near Washington, DC, where I am an avid Capitals (hockey) fan. I also read quite a bit, crochet, and stitch plastic canvas items.

Naughty – Can you tell us a bit about yourself and your work

Patricia – I was first published as a child, when a teacher submitted a poem I’d written to a children’s magazine. I knew I loved writing then. I went on to write frequently, but my mistaken notion was that everyone can write, so I didn’t take it seriously. After my daughters were born, I was inspired to write a novel that had rattled around in my head for about 15 years, and a publisher got interested in my work. That was the beginning of my writing career.

Although I have written in several sub-genres, all my books are romance stories. Most recently, I produced two romantic erotic spanking novellas and one contemporary erotic romance novelette. The spanking novellas are serialized on Bethany’s Woodshed, and the contemporary romance, Psyched Out, was a foray into self-publishing. Self-publishing is a sort of experiment for me. Everything up to that point has been distributed through ePublishers. Thus far, I’ve written 13 published books (two were published under a pseudonym and one is an out-of-print paperback).

Naughty – Do you have a favorite character?

Patricia – That’s a hard question because every character I come up with becomes my baby. I love them all, even the bad guys. I suppose I’m partial to Glee Montrose in my historical romance, Under Wraps. She’s quirky, determined and a redhead like me. Even though the book takes place in 1852, I can relate to her desire to find a niche and write. Her characteristics are easily understood in modern times, while her challenges are often historical in nature.

Naughty -Do you have any type of scene that is harder to write than others?

Patricia – I tend to write chronologically, so when I include backstory or memory tidbits, I have to work at it. Books should not be a recitation of events. Sometimes a writer has to save information and parcel it out as it’s needed rather than as it happens.

Naughty – How long have you been writing?

Patricia – I’ve been writing seriously since 1993. I had to take a few years off when my children needed extra help and when I had a health problem. You could say that now that all my extraneous distractions are cleared up, I’m going gang-busters.

Naughty – Describe your typical writing day?

Patricia – I am not a morning person. I start working at around 9:00 a.m. and the morning is about responding to email, doing promotions and generally performing technical tasks. My afternoons are spent researching and writing. I quit writing at 5:30 p.m. and, although I might jot down ideas in the evening, I don’t write again until I start up the next day.

Naughty – How important do you find the communication between you and your readers?  Do you reply to their messages or read their reviews?

Patricia – I respond to every reader letter, so email is a pleasant but time-consuming job. When I participate in blog activity, I respond to every comment. I was advised not to read reviews, but I just can’t help myself, I read them all. I love being in contact with readers.

Naughty – Where can your fans find you?

Patricia – I’m all over the place! Here are some addresses:

Email: pig@patriciagreenbooks.com

Website: http://www.patriciagreenbooks.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Patricia.Green.Romance

Twitter: @PatriciaIGreen

Google+: http://gplus.to/PatriciaGreen

Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B002RCB0IK

Naughty – Where is your work available?

Patricia – There are links and excerpts to all of my work on my website, http://www.patriciagreenbooks.com , and the full eBooks are distributed in several places, but I’ll supply you with the Amazon links for most of them here (otherwise you’d have quite a long list of links!).

Psyched Out: Amazon, Smashwords, All Romance eBooks, Barnes & Noble, and soon, Apple, and Sony. The Amazon link is here: http://amzn.to/qMSKr6

Strong, Silent Type and Kiki’s Millionaire: serialized at Bethany’s Woodshed online. Bethany’s Woodshed (a membership site) is here: http://www.herwoodshed.com

Goldie and the Three Doms http://amzn.to/nmY0WR , Snowy and the Seven Wharves http://amzn.to/oUrHf2 , and Under Wraps http://amzn.to/nA0WWb . These can also be found at Smashwords, All Romance eBooks, Bookstrand and New Dawning International Bookfair.

Daughter of the Moon, Books 1 & 2 http://amzn.to/qyfl9Q http://amzn.to/qzZ6fV , Laricon’s Ways http://amzn.to/n4sKxL , and Four Part Hermony http://amzn.to/oreUni . They’re also at the publisher, Renaissance E Books.

Naughty – Anything else you would like to add?

Patricia – I’d like to share my enthusiasm for the eBook revolution with your readers. The world of books is getting digital, and I think it opens a treasure trove of possibilities for both writers and readers. My little experiment with self-publishing is an exploration of this new paradigm. I have been an eBook writer from the time of the first eBook publisher’s inception, and I will continue to make eBooks the foundation of my writing.

It has been my pleasure to spend time with you here today. I encourage readers to drop me a note. Thank you for your hospitality!

Naughty is in the Backseat would like to thank Patricia for dropping by and chatting with us!

 

Author bio:

Having begun her writing career at the tender age of seven by publishing a poem in a children’s magazine, Ms. Green has spent many years at typewriter and keyboard. She’s the author of 8 published projects (7 ebooks; and one out-of-print traditional book).

She is a member of EPIC, the Erotic Authors Association, and the Erotica Readers and Writers Association.

Ms. Green resides in the Washington DC area, is married to her best friend, and is the mother of twin daughters.

Naughty in the Backseat would like to welcome Madison J. Edwards to the blog!  She is the author of According to Plan – a very interesting sounding book!  She has dropped by to answer a few questions and to tell us about her new book!

 

Romance – Please tell us about yourself?

Madison – I was born and raised in Saskatchewan, Canada. Growing up around farmers and ranchers I always assumed I’d be a rancher’s wife, raise four boys and volunteer to make pies for community functions. Imagine my surprise when I found myself married to an Air Force pilot, moving all over the country, and towing around two boys instead of four.

Although I live in a large urban center, close to Toronto, I’m still a small town girl who has a compulsion to smile and say ‘hi’ to everyone. They could be your neighbor ‘doncha know’. I’m a member of Romance Writers of America, Toronto Romance Writers and Passionate Ink.

Romance – What inspired you to write your first book?

Madison – I’ve read romances for as long as I can remember, and have always had characters dancing around in my head. When it came time to craft my own story, I pulled from the many dreams I’d had since a young teen girl who fell in love with the dashing rogue, or despicable Earl who’d seduced the vicar’s daughter.

With that in mind, my first manuscript became inspired by every book I’d read and wished I had written. A mish mash of what I thought a story should hold, full of exciting scenes exploding with passion and romance, with a deliciously handsome rake and the requisite innocent virgin. Within this woeful diatribe, every cliché and mistake a new author could make found its way onto the page. At the time I thought it was brilliant. Not. It was horse-puckey. ‘Charlotte’s Fall’ never made it off my computer. Thank god

Then, after the above fiasco, I began to write what eventually evolved into According to Plan.

Romance – What books have most influenced your life most?

Madison – I’m sooooo dating myself with this answer… Barbara Cartland. First bonafide romance author I ever read. I bought every book she wrote. Second influence, as with a lot of romance writers, were Harlequin pocket novels.

Romance – Are there any new authors that have grasped your interest?

Madison – This author is new to me – Lila DePasqua. She writes scorching hot. Wear oven mitts when you pick up one of her books. Yowsa. She has written three books with the sauciest spin on fairy tales you’ll ever find.

Romance – Who is your favorite author, and what is it that really strikes you about their work?

Madison – I picked up one of Karen Marie Moning’s books, and fell in love.

What struck me was my anticipation of ‘the act’ between hero and heroine. How did she do that? So I took my favorite book, The Immortal Highlander, and put it under the microscope. When and where did she start the sexual tension between the two leads?  What I found opened my eyes. It wasn’t just one scene, or even two. She wove the tension for chapters, culminating with Adam prowling around our virginal miss. Oh, I couldn’t wait for him to claim her in every sense of the word.

Romance – What was the hardest part of writing your book?

Madison – Everyday life of my characters. For me, love/erotic scenes are easy, and action a whole lot of fun, but when it comes to mundane, everyday things, I want to throw the computer across the room. If I’m bored writing it, you’re bored reading it. I struggle to make them interesting, doing nothing. *bang head on desk*

Romance – Do you have any advice for other writers?

Madison – The way to learn how to write is to write. The way to become a better writer is to write. Park your tuckus in front of your laptop, notepad, computer, legal sized scrap paper (if you’re old school) and write. The only thing stopping you from writing/completing your story is you.

Note to self: Follow my advice….

Romance – Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?

Madison – I have no desires to become a New York Time’s Bestselling author. My goal is to create a story that keeps you enchanted, and wanting to read more. If you fall in love with my characters, like I have, then I’ve done my job.

Romance – What are readers saying about According to Plan?

Madison – I’m glad you asked, because they are the people who bought my book, read it, and then took the time to find my website or send me a message through Facebook, and told me what they thought.

Here is one I received a few weeks ago. Imagine the dancing string of 5 stars across the top.

This is the first novel I’ve read by Madison J. Edwards, and I was thrilled and smiling by the time I put it down tonight. A strong, sexy alpha with a soft side and a strong, funny, sexy female lead made for a believable, heartrending, suspenseful ride right to the end. Well written, snappy dialogue, both humorous and tearful scenes, hot sex, and a terrific story line with a fairy-tale ending. I look forward to Ms. Edwards’ future full-length novels.

Romance – How can we find you? Website, Facebook, Twitter, blog, etc. – please share your public links.

Website: www.madisonjedwards.com

Blog: www.madisonedwards.blogspot.com

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3875030-madison

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Madison-J-Edwards-Author/148483455220051

Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/madisonjedwards/

AUTHOR:   Madison J. Edwards

BOOK TITLE:  According to Plan – available in print and digital

PUBLISHER:   Turquoise Morning Press

Blurb: What do you do when things don’t go According to Plan? Forstarters, you trick, deceive, and lie to the very person who
ruined your best laid plans.

Welcome to the world of Shelby Stewart, P.I., who’s been hired
to find Harrison Grant. To complicate matters further, her ex-
partner, ex-lover, ex-everything Tank shows up looking for
Harrison as well, albeit for a very different reason. Harry is the
prime suspect in the grisly murder of a call girl, Lulu, in L.A

That wouldn’t be so bad, but Tank plans on staying at Shelby’s
house, and makes it obvious he’s quite willing to help her
heat the sheets, again. Shelby knows that sex with Tank is
dangerous, fast, and sometimes a little dirty. Now is not the
time to become side-tracked. Besides, this job could launch her
company into a whole new stratosphere, so it’s imperative she
remain focused

Frustration becomes Shelby’s newest partner as she makes plans to out maneuver Tank in their parallel quest. Tank, on the other hand, is always one step ahead of the game—and is not what, or who, Shelby thought.

BUY LINK:

Amazon.com: http://www.amazon.com/According-Plan-Madison-J-Edwards/dp/1937389200/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313863871&sr=1-2

ISBN: 9781426890529
Publisher: Carina Press
Release date: Aug 30, 2010
Source: requested from NetGalley to read and review

Grant and Vivi Michaelson share everything in their marriage: love, commitment-and their wildest sexual desires. But their relationship is tested when Vivi admits she wants a threesome with Grant’s old friend Cade, proposing their annual trip to the lake as the perfect opportunity to fulfill her fantasy.

All three of them are aroused by the idea. Vivi and Cade have long felt a smoldering attraction to each other…and Grant and Cade have hidden an illicit desire for decades. Going through with the ménage will test their boundaries, reveal old secrets…and maybe tear them apart. After all, there might be room for Cade in bed, but is there room for a third in their marriage?

Coming Clean by Inez Kelley is another book that I picked up from NetGalley mainly because it looked pretty interesting. I was again pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this story! It is a short story – about 90ish pages of erotica. Coming Clean tells the story of Vivi and Grant Michaelson and their best friend Cade. Vivi and Grant have been married for a number of years and have a strong, fantasy filled sex life. Grant and Cade have been friends for many years and had one sexual encounter many years before. Vivi and Grant want to bring Cade into their relationship. Not just as a third person, but part of a triad.

I loved the way the author interweaves the relationship that these three people have. It’s almost as if Vivi has always had two husbands. Although she’s married to Grant, she goes dancing with Cade because Grant doesn’t like to dance. The sensitivity with which the author moves Grant and Cade through their conversation about bringing Cade into the relationship was incredible, as was the description of Grant and Cade’s first encounter. Although I approached this book with a bit of trepidation, I was entranced by the completeness of this group of three people. Society is conditioned to think in twos, yet this story smoothly counters that assumption with a well written story about a relationship of three equal people! I will read more by this author. Pick up this quick read today!

This review was originally posted on Sugarbeat’s Books

ISBN: 9781426890703
Publisher: Carina Press

Mandy is content with her job as a librarian, her longtime boyfriend, Martin, and the lovely home they share. So what if their sex life is vanilla? She’s not the wild type anyway.

But when she wakes up one morning-unsatisfied-from an erotic dream starring her favorite movie star, Mandy starts to crave sexual adventure in real life. Too bad Martin won’t oblige, because it’s not Tuesday or Friday. Then Mandy finds out what Martin’s been doing the other days of the week-or rather, who. And suddenly she needs to prove to herself that she’s not boring in bed.

Fortunately, there is no shortage of smoking-hot men willing to help her on her sensual quest: a nameless library patron who could be Brad Pitt’s twin, a coworker she suddenly sees in a different light, and the neighbor who usually rubs her the wrong way wants to show her he can rub her the oh-so-right way, too! Lucky for Mandy, her lovers are more than willing to share…

Overdue for Pleasure by Shelley Aikens is a book that I received for review from NetGalley.

As you can read from the blurb, Mandy, the main character of this book wakes up one morning and her whole life changes. She goes to work at the library, only to be tempted by a stranger. This encounter leaves her so unsettled that she decides to head off on a buying trip, only to have a fantasy encounter with another stranger on the bus. At this point, she is so unsettled that she decides to abandon her day and head home, only to find her long time boyfriend, Martin, at home, obviously having recently had sex with someone. In a fit of anger, she throws Martin and all his possessions out of the home they were sharing. What a horrible day!

This book is written from the point of view of Mandy and written almost as a dreamy fantasy. It seems that Mandy feels out of control of her life and she is drifting from one fantasy encounter to another. She goes from being a person who has her life all set for her at the beginning of the book, through a period of uncertainty and exploration, to finally a more settled state at the end of the book. This book is quite graphic; it is billed as Erotica. As such, there is alot of sex in the book, but there is also a good story line. The life of Mandy over the short period that the book covers is well conveyed. Her character goes through alot of change. Although some of the characters are a bit inconsistent, the character of Mandy is well fleshed out.

The pace of the book is good and this book can serve as some nice light, spicy reading for a few hours. Not for the faint of heart!

This review was originally posted on Sugarbeat’s Books

ISBN: 978-0-373-60543-9
Publisher: Spice Books

In Victorian England vice of every kind can be purchased, and Matthew, the Earl of Wallingford, makes certain he avails himself of every possible pleasure. Bored and jaded, he is as well known for his coldness as for his licentious affairs with beautiful women.

While these numerous daliances fulfill Matthew’s every physical need, they secretly leave him numb and emotionally void. Until one night when he finds himself beaten, eyes bandaged and in the care of a nurse with the voice of an angel–and a gentle touch that soothes the darkness in him and makes him yearn for more.

Yet Jane Rankin is a lowly nurse, considered shy and plain by most. There is no place for her amongst the lords and ladies of aristocracy–despite Matthew’s growing craving for the fire that burns behind her earnest facade. And then there is Matthew’s secret. A secret so humiliating and scandalous it could destroy everyone he loves. A sin, he fears, not even the love of a good woman can take away…

Here’s another book that I chose to read because of the partially naked, well-buffed man on the front cover. Amazing how shallow I can be! This lovely picture, however, led me to one of the most heart wrenching books I have read in some time.  Sinful by Charlotte Featherstone is an amazing book!

Matthew, the Earl of Wallingford, engages in every vice that he can. He is truly a dissolute character! He is being persecuted by his father, a Duke, to marry and start producing heirs. Matthew isn’t interested in getting married, but is interested in opening an art gallery. Since his father is restricting his money, he decides to hold an auction for one of his more erotic paintings to raise the funds. After the auction, he is beaten and robbed and left for dead in a rough part of London. He wakes in hospital tended to by his nurse, Jane.

Jane Rankin works as a companion to an older woman and is working off the cost of her employer’s medical bills by working at night as a nurse in London College Hospital. She is on duty the night that Matthew is brought in and manages to sooth him so that he can be treated. His eyes are bandaged so he can’t see her but he uses his other senses and seems mesmerized by her voice and her touch. Once he is sent back to his father to finish his recovery, he continues to obsess over Jane’s identity; desperate to find her.

I’ll leave the rest of the story for you to enjoy. I will say, I continue to be surprised how much I enjoyed this book! I tend to be drawn to glittery Ton romances, filled with balls and alpha males! This book absolutely doesn’t fit in this description! I have read other books with “tortured” heros but they weren’t as tortured as Matthew! We find out through the story that Matthew was sexually abused as a young lad. Jane is also a somewhat troubled heroine. Her mother was a mistress to a peer and they were thrown out into the streets when Jane was young and her mother turned to prostitution to survive. Lady Blackwood rescued Jane from the streets and offered her work as a companion. She has served as a mother figure throughout the years and has helped Jane come to terms with many of the issues of her childhood.

I was impressed by how outstanding Charlotte Featherstone’s writing is! She skillfully weaves Matthew’s memories from being abused into thoughts that come out while he is with Jane. She doesn’t really write about the abuse, but Matthew’s thoughts lead us through the stories. Throughout alot of this book, the story isn’t pleasant. Matthew isn’t a likable character! After he did something appalling, I would put down the book and walk away. I was always drawn back to see what would happen next.

Sinful is by no means a “formula” historical romance. It is written bluntly, and is not a typical “happy ending” kind of a story. I was continually drawn in by Jane and Matthew’s interactions and developing love for one another. I appreciated (after the fact) that the author didn’t turn this story into a more conventional happily ever after. It is a skillfully written erotic, historical romance and I will seek out more by this author!

This review was originally posted on Sugarbeat’s Books

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