HornyHDay - 2/26/14 - A Dom's Dilemma - Kelly and Jim get satisfaction #HornyHDay #BDSM #Romance

Wanting and receiving can be two entirely different things.

This material is NSFW (Not Safe For Work). If you’re not over 18, please explore elsewhere.

Welcome back to Horny Hump Day, a regular Wednesday feature! In this blog loop, we hope to provide you with tiny erotic tidbits of the most sexy and sensuous moments in our books. Just 3 sentences.  And boy is that hard to do, sometimes....

My post for this Wednesday is from my 4th book, A Dom's Dilemma, an erotic BDSM/spanking novel published by Blushing Books.  Kelly and Jim, the two main characters, were secondary characters in Arrested by Love.  Though this story stands on its own, if you read Arrested by Love, you'll most likely recognize some of the scenes, since we see a little bit of Kyle and Tiffany in this book, too.

For this selection on Horny Hump Day, I'm continuing the scene in A Dom's Dilemma where Jim is making love to Kelly for the first time.  Though a little nervous, Kelly has been wanting Jim for a few days, and is eager to have him.  However, when Jim unzips his jeans, Kelly begins to grow uncertain.  Jim instantly recognizes the wariness in her expression, and even teases her a bit while he carefully gauges the changes in her expression. When she's finally able to accept all of him, he gives her permission to come when she's ready.

He felt her climax flooding her passageway when she came.  He was almost there himself, and gave three more deep thrusts before his body erupted with the huge release he'd been hungering for since he first saw her.  Unable to suppress his muted yell of satisfaction and relief, he held absolutely still while his dick pulsed in time with the contractions of her waning orgasm.  Not wanting to leave the warm haven he found inside her, but knowing they needed to talk, he grabbed the edge of the towel and lifted it as he pulled out of her.

Jim is into control, not pain, and he wants Kelly to find pleasure in sex, but the Dom in him refuses to let her take the lead.  Things happen his way, and on his terms.  End of story.  All the same, sometimes a sub needs her Dom to reassure her that she is both desired and desirable.

M/F, Kinky happenings in rural Connecticut.

A Dom's Dilemma is available for sale at Blushing Books.  If you'd like to read more, I'm providing a 3 chapter preview on my web site's Spanking Romance page.

Now available on Amazon both for the Kindle and in Paperback!

I hope you enjoyed this sneak preview. Your comments are encouraged. Please stop by the  Horny Hump Day blog site  to get a peek at some of the other author's fine offerings.

SPeekSunday - 2/23/14 - Mortal Illusions - When a kiss becomes an apology #SPeekSunday #Vampires #ParanormalRomance

For a vampire, love means watching someone you care about die.

Sneak Peek Sunday is a weekly excerpt hop where each author shares six paragraphs from a published work or a WIP (work in progress).

My submission for this week is from my 1st book, Mortal Illusions. A vampire romance published by New Concepts Publishing, Mortal Illusions is currently the first in a series of 3 books.  Its sequel, Fatal Desire, is currently under production.

In this excerpt, which is the beginning of the first chapter, Germaine St. Justine has sensed his former lover's pain and visits her in the hospital in an effort to ease her suffering.  After some gentle teasing combined with a soothing back rub, he gently bites her neck and draws out a few seconds worth of blood, then uses a hypodermic needle to withdraw blood from his arm.  Germaine adamantly refuses to make another vampire, but he doesn't want Marguerite to suffer.  Unfortunately, she wants more than he is willing to give her.

            A brief look of disappointment creased Marguerite's forehead.  Germaine presumed it was because he couldn't give her any details about the show when she said, "I don't think you know just how much I'd like to be able to go with you tomorrow night, André  . . . Sorry, Germaine."

            A tidal wave of regret washed over Germaine as he recalled how she'd urged him to do this musical nearly twenty years ago, when he'd started investing in Broadway productions again.  But he couldn't grant her wish, no matter how deeply it hurt him to deny her.  Feeling his conscience war with his guilt, he said teasingly, "If you continue to call me André, your family will begin to doubt your sanity.  André would have to be about fifty-five now I think."

            "Fifty-three, the same age as me, but who's counting?"  She glanced down at his strong hand that remained, like the rest of him, at the permanent age of thirty.  She had been that young when they parted.  "I'm dying, André," she admitted, her fingers gripping his in an unspoken plea.  "We both knew this time would come eventually, but I'm not ready for it--not now, not yet."

            "Marguerite--"

            "Don't.  There's nothing you can say.  There is something you could do--only you, damn your golden eyes, refuse to do it."  She blinked back her tears.  "Not all of us have eternity to live out our lives, André.  And some of us feel cheated when our time is cut short."

            "Don't do this, Magpie," he pleaded, gathering her into his arms.  "Don't cry."  Then, before she could say more, he kissed her deeply, much in the same way he used to kiss her twenty-three years ago.  For him, the time span was no longer than an eye blink, and her impassioned response made it seem even shorter.  They were both so engrossed in the moment that neither cared nor drew apart when the door opened.  At the sound of an enraged gasp, however, Germaine started to tactfully withdraw when a furious female verbally accosted him.

Marguerite knows her former lover won't go against his principles, but she has personal reasons for asking him about the show he's producing.

M/F, Contemporary vampire romance in a society based on D/s.

Read the first three chapters at: Mortal Illusions

Buy the book at NCP, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or ARe

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you enjoyed this brief excerpt and want more. Please click the link below to continue your hop Sneak Peek Sunday Wishing you a wonderful journey.

SatSpanks - 2/22/14 - A Dom's Dilemma - Kelly accepts Jim's ultimatum #SatSpanks #BDSM #Romance

She needed his protection, except he insisted on her honest submission first.

Reading this material at Work could get you spanked.

Welcome to the Saturday Spankings blog hop.  My stories are all M/f with the dominant male determined to protect the woman he cares for and loves, or grows to love, by doing whatever it takes to ensure her safety and continued health.  This includes administering a spanking when she needs one.  

My submission for this week is from my first BDSM novel, A Dom's Dilemma, published by Blushing Books.  I'm picking up exactly where we left off last time.

In this scene, Jim, a former Texan who works as a police detective by day and lives and plays as a Dom by night, is in the Velvet Chains BDSM medical station working with his new submissive, Kelly Franklin.  When Kelly balks, Jim suspects fear, rather than brattiness, is responsible for her reaction.  After giving her repeated opportunities to tell him what's bothering her, he decides to continue with his original agenda.  However, when Kelly discovers he intends to give her an enema, her fear increases exponentially, which validates his suspicions, but doesn't address Kelly's lack of trust or stubborn refusal to submit.  So, after reminding his reluctant sub what BDSM is about, Jim gives her an ultimatum.  Say her safe word or submit.

            Her lower lip trembling, she hesitated for a moment.  "I'll do as you say, Sir," she murmured, relenting finally.  However, she looked so forlorn saying it that he leaned forward to give her a kiss.

            "It won't be that bad, Kelly girl.  I promise.  And if you do as you’re told, with no more fuss, you'll get a nice long cuddle with lots of kisses and praise afterwards."

            "How long?" she asked, looking doubtful.

            "As long as you need, darlin'.  And, as a reward, I'll tell you anythin' you want to know about me as we sit together, though I'll want to know lots about you, too.  It'll be a regular party peppered with lots of lovin' affection."

            She glanced down at her clenched fingers.  "I really don't want to do this, Sir."

Jim's had enough to experience to accept why Kelly might not trust him enough yet to confide in him, but that doesn't mean he'll accept her disobedience, either.   So, either Kelly calls an end to their association by giving him  her safe word, or they're gonna do this his way.

M/F, Kinky happenings in rural Connecticut.

If you're 18 or older, you can read the first three chapters at A Dom's Dilemma 
Buy the book directly from Blushing Books, Amazon, ARE

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you enjoyed this brief excerpt and want more. Please click on one of the author's names below, or visit The Saturday Spankings Blog to continue your journey.

HornyHDay - 2/19/14 - Arrested by Love - When larger isn't better #HornyHDay #Spanking #Romance

Take one dominant police officer, add in a slightly spoiled socialite, toss together and savor the tangy result.

This material is Not Safe For Work. If you’re not over 18, please explore elsewhere.

Happy Horny Hump Day!  If you've visited before, you already know this is a regular Wednesday feature on A Writer's Naughty Thoughts. In this blog loop, we hope to provide you with tiny erotic tidbits of the most sexy and sensuous moments in our books. Just 3 sentences.  And boy is that hard to do, sometimes....

My post for this Wednesday is from my 3rd book, Arrested by Love. A spicy spanking romance published by Blushing Books.

In this scene, Kyle takes his recently engaged fiancee, Tiffany, on a secluded picnic where he plans to give the woman he adores everything she'd been attempting to seduce out of him for the past three years.  Her inexperience is a great turn on for him, but it also means he needs to take things far more slowly than his body desires.  But he wants her first time to be a pleasurable memory, not a painful one, so he does what he can to make sure she's fully aroused before he takes her. However, Tiffany is less than sure he'll fit inside her, and once she gets a glimpse of him unclothed she calls her safeword.

            Kyle could see Tiffany was really scared, so he sat back on his heels.  "You want to talk about this?"  When she gave a negative reply by moving her head from side to side, he posed his next question very gently.  "Do you want me to stop?"

An innocent in every sense of the word, Tiffany has wanted Kyle to make love to her for years.  In this case, however, size does matter and larger isn't necessarily better.

M/F, Sexy spankings in rural Connecticut.

If you're 18 or older, you can read the first three chapters at Arrested by Love
Buy the book directly from Blushing Books, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, ARE

I hope you enjoyed this nibble. Your comments are encouraged. Please stop by the  Horny Hump Day blog site  to get a peek at some of the other author's fine offerings.

SPeekSunday - 2/16/14 - Acting Lessons - Kate attempts to draw the line #SPeekSunday #Spanking #Romance

Peter loved Kate with all his being, but that didn't mean he'd tolerate an ultimatum from her.

For Sneak Peek Sunday we share six paragraphs from a published work or a WIP (work in progress).

My submission for this week is from my 5th book, and newest release, Acting Lessons.

 He was a strict and demanding college professor turned professional director who excelled at giving acting lessons.  She was his shy and uncertain former student who became a professional actress under his tutelage.  They fell in love, married, and won two Tony Awards before tragedy struck and a simple kiss ripped them apart.

After a six month separation, Peter Thorton decides to take matters into his own hands by making his famous wife, Kate, an offer she wouldn't refuse.  Plainly put, he wants her back and he intends to do whatever is necessary to achieve his goal, even if it means giving his stubborn, willful leading lady a daily reminder over his knee that she promised to obey him.

In this scene, which occurs early in the first chapter, Peter Thorton, seated comfortably in an agent's office, is attempting to convince his wife, Kate, to give their marriage a second chance by signing her to appear with him in a College Summer Stock production of "Kiss Me Kate."  Kate isn't sure she can trust Peter with her heart again, since she believes he's been unfaithful to her, but she's never stopped loving him.  And though Domestic Discipline originally played a part in their marriage, their last two years together had them living like polite strangers sharing the same house.  Peter realizes he made a mistake in letting Kate do as she pleased, so he's determined to rectify matters immediately, however, Kate is suspicious and decides to test him by making a few stipulations of her own. He agrees to the first two without an argument, so drops the bomb by announcing her third stipulation is he has to honor her request if she says there's to be no 'touching' between them.  He counters by asking if she's ever seen "Taming of the Shrew."

            "Yes, I've seen the Shakespeare play." she answered, giving him and his superior attitude a sharp nod.  "In addition to the Taylor-Burton film."

            "Good.  So, you should also realize there will be lots of ' touching' between us whether you want it or not.  Furthermore, I will not allow you to put up artificial barriers in order to keep me at bay.  We may no longer live under the same roof, but we do have a past, and I intend to draw upon those memories from time to time.  However, if giving my word will ease your mind, I vow not to violate the sanctity of your bed unless you invite me to do so.  But other than that--I make no promises about keeping my hands to myself."

            Kate frowned.  Nothing he said offered her mind ease.  Worried about what he didn't say, she straightened her shoulders and met his calculating gaze.  "What if I disagree?"

            His smile turned wicked.  "You are always welcome to disagree with anything I say or do, although I warn you now there will be consequences for such action, and I assume you recall which form they'll take?"

            Sitting back, Kate crossed her arms over her chest, creating a non-verbal barrier.  "Those days have long passed, Peter.  We're both too older and wiser now to play silly games of dominance and submission.  Wouldn't you agree?"

            One eyebrow arched.  "No, I don't.  Despite what your sharp words intimate, they weren't games, Kate.  Not ever.  You may not believe me now, but I will put you over my knee if you continue to act the spoiled dilettante."

           

Despite inwardly bristling at Peter's dominant stance, a small part of Kate is tempted to test whether his threat is real or merely for show.

M/F, DD and a staged production of Kiss Me, Kate.

If you're 18 or older, you can read the first three chapters at Acting Lessons

Buy the book directly from Blushing Books

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you enjoyed this brief excerpt and want more. Please click the link below to continue your hop Sneak Peek Sunday Wishing you a wonderful journey.

SatSpanks - 2/15/14 - Mortal Illusions - Vampires who whip women are dangerous for the heart #SatSpanks #Vampires #Romance

Show me an angry vampire, and I'll show you an unhappy mortal.

NOTE: Reading this material at Work could get you spanked.

Welcome to the Saturday Spankings blog hop.  My stories are all M/f with the dominant male determined to protect the woman he cares for and loves, or grows to love, by doing whatever it takes to ensure her safety and continued health.  This includes administering a spanking when she needs one.  

My submission for this week is from my 1st book, Mortal Illusions. A vampire romance published by New Concepts Publishing, Mortal Illusions is currently the first in a series of 3 books.  Its sequel, Fatal Desire, is currently under production.

When Claire Daniels discovers Germaine St. Justine is a vampire, she sets a plan in motion to convince him to cure her brother of AIDS.  Though an innocent in sexual relations, Claire is savvy enough to realize the best way to secure Germaine's support is to enter into an intimate relationship with him.  However, having a vampire take you to bed isn't quite the same as sleeping with the boy next door.  There are complications. And Germaine is dominant enough to add a few more Claire hadn't expected.

In this segment, Claire has sought Germaine out at his private night club for the first time, only to discover his club offers much more than drinks for those with and without fangs.  The day room at Illusions is equipped to administer punishments as well.  While Claire is trying to reconcile with Germaine, one of his vampires enters the club with his mate in tow and demands permission to publicly chastise her.  What no one expects, however, is for Germaine not only to agree, but call for a supporting vote from his council. When the group unanimously agrees to the punishment, Claire doesn't think, she reacts by picking up a stool and striking the punishing vampire.  Phillip, who is unfazed by Claire's attack, demands she be punished for interfering with his council-sanctioned punishment.

When Germaine agrees Phillip's grievance is valid, he informs the room that he will carry out Claire's punishment himself.  Amazingly, the council protests, forcing Germaine into an open challenge with Phillip.  A sword duel to first blood.  Phillipa and Claire are seated on the sidelines to watch when Phillipa admits that she suspected Germaine had caught on to her and Phillip's plan.  When Claire asks what she meant, Phillipa asks if Germaine initiated Claire this past weekend.

            Claire hesitated briefly before she decided she owed no loyalty to a man who would permit such barbarity, even if he didn't apply the whip himself. Anger heating her cheeks, she gazed at her new friend. “Although I hate to admit it right now, yes he did, why?”

            Phillipa looked confused by Claire's statement, but said, “Because he was acting like a teething fledgling all last week. Irritable, cranky, out-of-sorts, and totally unreasonable. He left here Sunday night muttering about witches' spells and Latin incantations, and returned early yesterday afternoon grumbling about answering machines and errands. May I ask what happened?”

            Even anger couldn't loosen Claire's tongue that much. “It's a long story, and if I ever decide to speak to the man again, I think I should straighten things out with him first before I discuss it with anyone else.”

Claire is discovering these vampires live by different rules than those governing the mortal world, and she's afraid she's fallen in love with a man who abuses women.

M/F, Contemporary vampire romance in a society based on D/s.

Read the first three chapters at: Mortal Illusions

Buy the book at NCP, Amazon, Barnes & Noble or ARe.

Thanks for visiting.  I hope you enjoyed this brief excerpt and want more. Please click on one of the author's names below, or visit The Saturday Spankings Blog to continue your journey.

Someone's Getting a Spanking on Valentine's Day! - #LoveSpanks Winners

Here for the Valentine's Day Gift Hop?  If so, click HERE

We're here today to announce the winners from the Love Spanks event that ran last week.  I'd like to personally thank all the Ambassadors who participated and helped spread the word.

For my part,  Joanne Best was selected as my winner for the event, and I will e-mail her separately to ask which book she chose.

Now for the Grand Prize Winners.  This list will be posted elsewhere, but all the participants want to share in the fun.  So, drum roll please....

Here are the grand prize winners!

BOOK BUNDLES

Bold Strokes Books: Pao
Breathless Press: Joanne Best
Coming Together: Cat
Decadent Publishing: Nancy Levine
JMS Books (ebook): Leigh Smith
JMS (print): Sassy Twatter
Jolynn Raymond: Sally
Library of Spanking Fiction: Ronnie
Loose Id: Kelsey Summer
Phaze Books: Shadow Kohler
Ylva Publishing: Amy Bowens

AUTHOR/ARTIST FEATURES

VC Erotica: Ken Charles

Fallen Over Book Reviews: Holla Dean

Erzabet’s Enchantments: The Cover Artisan

GIFT CERTIFICATES

$50 gift certificate to Amazon, from Beachwalk Press: Roz
$25 gift certificate to Evernight Publishing: Angel
$10 gift certificate to Amazon, from Read the Rainbow: SH

$10 gift certificate to All Romance Ebooks: Michael

SPANKING PRIZES

Paddle from Blondie’s Place: Kitty

Beginning Domestic Discipline Boot Camp package from Learning Domestic Discipline: Lonnie

Three-month membership to Discipline and Desire: Katie

F/F AUTHOR PRIZES

Book cover plus author promotional package for one F/F book, from Fantasia Frog Designs: Joelle Casteel
Custom social media package for a F/F author, from The Cover Artisan: Emily Tilton
Pre-publication consultation of a F/F manuscript up to 15K, from Wizards in Publishing: JC

KINDLE FIRE/NOOK HD

Winner’s choice, from Blushing Books: Natasha Knight

Congratulations, everyone, and thank you for playing! Look for a great new event this June, as well as a top-secret summer (winter for southern hemisphere folks) vacation project in July. Plus, it’s only 9.5 months until Ana’s Advent Calendar 2014! 

MORE PRIZES

Please visit participating authors’ blogs to find out who won their individual contests.

Cathy Pegau

Erzabet Bishop

Jessica E. Subject (writing as Paisley Brown) 

Kate Richards

Kathryn R. Blake

KT Grant

Leigh Ellwood

Louisa Bacio

Maren Smith

Olivia Starke

P.T. Wyant

Penelope Hasler

Sandra Bunino (writing as Scarlet Chastain)

Saranna DeWylde

A Very Happy Valentine's Day to all who played.  Hope to see you next year!

HornyHDay - 2/12/14 - Deadly Enchantment - Serena kisses her way down Dominic #HornyHDay #Shapeshifters #Romance

Here for the Valentine's Day Gift Hop?  If so, click HERE

When a man gets carried away, it's the woman who's swept off her feet.

This material is Not Safe For Work. If you’re not over 18, please explore elsewhere.

Welcome to Horny Hump Day, a regular Wednesday feature! In this blog loop, we hope to provide you with tiny little tidbits of the most sexy and sensuous moments in our books. Just 3 sentences. The books might be already published, works-in-progress, or even classic literature we think you’ll like.

This post for HHD is from my 2nd book, Deadly Enchantment, a shape-shifting wizard romance published by New Concepts Publishing.  The story revolves around a young psychic woman facing off with the dark wizard of Ravenscroft, who she is convinced has brutally slaughtered her sister in a fit of jealous rage on their wedding night.

In this segment, Dominic's deepening feelings for Serena make it more likely his evil brother will target her.  Rather than risk losing her for good, Dominic decides to send Serena home directly after the funeral of his sister.  Serena doesn't want to leave, but arguing will gain her nothing but his anger and the likelihood of a more speedy departure, so she remains silent. Though Dominic is suspicious of Serena's new found docility, until she is safely away from him he insists she sleep in his bed.  Dominic knows he is endangering Serena's life by keeping her with him, but he is unable to let her go.  He desires her, yet hates himself for not having more control, and Serena is taking full advantage of the situation.

            His hand fisted in her hair as she lowered her mouth to cover him.

            “I didn’t teach you that,” he seethed between gritted teeth.

            “You did by example,” she reminded as she briefly lifted her head.

Torn between his desire to protect the woman he loves, and his need to be with her, Dominic takes what she so willingly offers him.

M/F, Shape shifting wizards in Victorian England.

Read the first three chapters at: Deadly Enchantment

Available at NCP, Amazon and Barnes & Noble

I hope you enjoyed this nibble. Your comments are encouraged. Please stop by the Horny Hump Day site and hop around to the authors’ sites, and you'll never look at Wednesday the same way.

A Writer's Naughty Thoughts on Valentine's Day with Hopping Good Prizes #Valentine'sDay #Romance

Welcome to the Valentine's Day Gift Hop as we celebrate love, sex, desire, need, and all things books! Our grand prize will be a Kindle Paperwhite and a digital new adult romance basket. Every comment on every blog in the hop will count as an entry toward either of the grand prizes.

Speaking of prizes, take a look at the picture below for all the swag Skye Warren has put together for this hop.

I'm exciting to be a part of this hop, and hope you'll have fun hopping around and reading all the entries.  So, you want to play, right?  Well each of us wants to tell you a little about the romantic moments in our books, when our two main characters have decided to step behind closed doors to do naughty things to each other. Right?  Problem is, we'd be here all day if we attempted to do that.  So, instead, I'll tell you why I write romance, then post the covers of my books and give you links to some excerpts and let you peruse as you wish.

Romance.  Love.  Happily Ever After.  They lift the spirit and make you believe anything is possible.  If tragically flawed characters are able to overcome insurmountable problems and end up living together in happy harmony at the end, there has to be hope for us poor, insignificant worker bees.  Right?  It may be fantasy, but it's also the stuff dreams are made of, and without dreams life would be miserable indeed.  So, I write romance to make you laugh, smile and cry a little, because tears make the laughter all the much sweeter.  Below are the books I currently have available for sale.

For excerpts to Mortal Illusions and Deadly Enchantment, please visit: http://www.kathrynrblake.com/booksreviews.html

For 18+ only excerpts to Arrested by Love, A Dom's Dilemma and Acting Lessons, please visit: http://www.kathrynrblake.com/spankingromance.html

Of course, I need to add to this cornucopia of gifts with my own prize.  I'm going to offer an eBook copy of one my novels (readers choice) to the reader who can tell me what they love (or hate) most about Valentine's Day  Enter a comment on my blog, and it counts as a comment toward the grand prize, too.  What more could you want for Valentine's Day?  (Rhetorical question.  Don't answer that!)

Once you're done playing here, visit some of the other authors' blogs to see what sort of trouble they're getting into this Valentine's Day.  It is a hop, after all.  Valentine's Day Gift Hop.