Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Jump on!

The review tour rolls on with a visit to the Facebook page of Tamera McIntosh where she'll redirect you to her review (she's on the west coast, so be patient!). In the meantime, on to business. We have a winner of yesterday's drawing! Congratulations to:

Pat M!

But today, until Tamera gets her review posted, go on over to Amazon to my author page, learn a little bit about me, and check out the reviews that have been posted for the books so far. They're great!

And now, an excerpt from the new book coming out May 19th, Renovating a Heart. I know you love excerpts - I do too! And don't forget to enter to win the grand prize drawing for a

Kindle Paperwhite!

Have a happy day and come back tomorrow for more reviews and fun!

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Excerpt from Renovating a Heart, release date May 19, 2014.

     When Kelly walked into the club that Saturday evening, she looked completely different than she had the last time she’d been there. She was wearing a huge, sunny smile, and all the worry was erased from her face. Steve had been interested in her body, but he had to admit to himself that he’d never paid much attention to her looks. And she was a looker. Pretty dark hair and big brown eyes on that little frame with those huge tits. What word would describe her? Adorable? Yeah, that was it.
     Before Steve could wind his way across the room to say hello, one of the regular Doms walked up and sat down on the stool beside her, and Steve veered off to one of the stage areas. He pretended to work on some lighting, all the while covertly watching the two of them, wondering what Max was saying to her. The middle-aged African-American man was one of the few unattached Doms the club had; most of them had found someone to collar within the first couple of months of their membership, but Max had held out. Why, Steve didn’t know. He was a nice-looking guy, and the subs he worked with liked and respected him.
     They were deep in conversation, and Kelly laughed several times as Max smiled and turned on the charm. Then Steve saw him stand, hold out his hand, and take Kelly’s in his. They walked together to a performance area on the far side of the room, and Steve’s chest tightened. He watched as Max helped Kelly up onto the platform, then barked, “Sub, present yourself.”
     Kelly crossed the small distance to the imposing Dom, then dropped gracefully to the floor. She was wearing a beautiful bra and thong set, all blues and greens in a hand-painted kind of style, with pale blue stockings and a garter belt that matched the set. The bra was a balconette, and Kelly’s breasts were so large that her nipples rested on the top edge of the cups. When she settled into the position, her palms were turned upward on her thighs. She was a picture of submissive perfection, and Steve fought the urge to drool just looking at her.
     He knew exactly what Max was going to do; he’d watched the big man perform scenes with other subs over and over. “Sub, arms behind your back. Grasp each elbow with the opposing hand.” When she did, Kelly’s breasts jutted out farther. “Arch your back more and lean slightly forward. That’s beautiful.” That made her breasts not only jut out even farther still, but lifted them up from her torso so that the way they were suspended in the bra was breathtaking. Even though he expected it, something in Steve’s stomach knotted when he saw Max’s big hands reach down and fondle both of Kelly’s nipples to maximum hardness, and Steve watched her fight to maintain control of herself.
     “Keep your arms behind you in that fashion but rise to your feet. Concentrate on your movements and don’t lose your balance.” That was hard to master; Kelly did it not only perfectly, but also with enormous grace, considering she was wearing four-inch heels. When she was firmly on her feet, Max instructed, “Go to the center of the stage. Bend over but keep your legs straight.” He bound her wrists to her forearms with a set of leather bands that resembled belts, then put a similar band around her upper arms so she couldn’t get her arms apart – they were squared off and locked in place by the restraints. Above her, attached to the ceiling, was a pulley through which ran a rope with a carabineer dangling from it. There was a cleat on the wall with the other end of the rope wrapped around it, and Max took it loose, letting the caribineer drop and fall almost in the center of Kelly’s back. When it was low enough to rest on her back, he wrapped the end around the cleat again and made his way back to her.
     As she stood bent over, he wrapped the rope around her forearms, locked it in place with the carabineer, and made sure it was secure. Once he’d returned to the cleat, he began to draw up the rope.
     Kelly’s forearms started to rise behind her back and, as they did, she was forced forward even closer to the floor. When Max had the rope as tight as he dared, he wrapped it around the cleat again. Back at Kelly’s side, he addressed the crowd.
     “This is a challenging position in which to be bound. I don’t routinely demand this of a sub, but this sub has assured me that she’s been trained extensively. I intend to find out if that’s the case.” He turned back to Kelly. “Sub, your safeword?”
     “Red, sir.” Kelly didn’t appear to be in any discomfort, and Steve was trying to relax as he watched. But for reasons he couldn’t understand, he was very uncomfortable with the scene. One wrong move, one stumble, and her arms would dislocate at her shoulders. It was treacherous.
     “Very good. I have a good deal of training with the flogger, and I’ll be using it tonight. Sub, ready yourself.”
     “Yes, sir.” Kelly seemed to be concentrating.
     “Very well. I’ll begin.” Max began a swift figure-eight pattern with the falls of the flogger, and the swooshing sound filled the performance area. Most of the members had stopped to watch. Within seconds, the flogger made contact for the first time, and its impact left a redness on the soft flesh of Kelly’s ass. She didn’t make a sound and didn’t move a muscle.
     As best Steve could count, Max laid down thirty lashes on each of Kelly’s ass cheeks. Steve saw him reach between Kelly’s legs and, much to the delight of the audience, he then licked his fingers. Kelly remained motionless and silent. “Starting again,” he announced with a smile.
     Thirty more lashes to each cheek and Max performed the same routine. When he had finished those, he reached over and pulled Kelly’s thong off and down her legs, then said, “Sub, step out.” Kelly gingerly stepped out of the thong and, even though it bothered him for some reason, Steve still had to smile. Her pussy was amazing, all smooth and rosy. He could feel his palms twitch just watching, and his curiosity about what she would taste like turned to a longing.
     After Max had taken a good, long, lusty look, he moved to Kelly’s shoulders, bent down, and looked up underneath her torso. Her bra cups were small enough that her breasts had simply fallen out of them, and he twisted both nipples. Her moans filled the performance area, and Steve felt the skin on his cock tighten as its length grew. When Max had pinched and pulled her tight buds until Kelly was squirming, he went to the side and picked up two nipple clamps with weights attached. Steve tried to get a clear view – he was pretty sure they were six-ounce weights, and those were pretty heavy for someone already uncomfortably bent into that position. But that didn’t deter Max. He clamped one on her right breast and listened to her shriek, and he broke onto a grin. Then he clamped the other on her left breast with the same result. When she had settled into them somewhat, he reached in and pulled both downward, and she cried out again.
     Max pushed a belly bar over to Kelly’s side, adjusted its stand to her waist height, and slid the bar in under her waist. Once it was in place, he released the rope from the cleat. Exhausted, Kelly dropped onto the bar, her head all the way upside-down and the weights from her breasts dropping toward her face. When she was settled into the bar, Max picked up the flogger and began again as he told the crowd, “The whole purpose of the binding and restraint is to cause tension in the sub so that when the rope is released and she drops onto the bar, she feels relaxed and can enter subspace much more easily.”

     And that’s where Kelly was going – fast. The combination of release from the restraint coupled with the blood rushing to her head was drawing her down into the quiet of her mind. Steve watched the muscles in her face soften and smooth, her long hair brushing the floor with every strike of the flogger. By the time Max had laid down forty more on each cheek, Kelly was gone. When he’d finished them, he removed the bindings from her forearms and upper arms, then picked her up and carried her to the back.


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Monday, April 21, 2014

The review tour rolls on! Did you win something?

Today's review tour stops are ready for your enjoyment! Just go on over and read what they have to say about any or all of the books in the Love Under Construction series. And don't forget to leave a comment and a little love for the reviewers - they work hard to let you know about books before you take the plunge. Head over for a visit!


Don't forget to enter the drawing for the Kindle Paperwhite! It runs all the way through May 26th, the last day of the blog tour for the new Love Under Construction book, Renovating a Heart, out on May 19th. It's a scorcher - you'll love it!

As for right now, we have a winner every day, and today's winner is:

CLARICE!

Clarice won by subscribing to my newsletter. And what does she win? That's right - a free ebook from the Love Under Construction series! And since The Groundbreaking is already free, and you may already have Laying a Foundation, it's up to the winner to decide which book they'd like and in what format. Your email will be going out shortly. Congratulations!

Thanks to everyone who's entered. You've still got time to win. And maybe, just maybe, you'll be the grand-prize winner!

Sunday, April 20, 2014

It's here! The review tour is underway!

Today we stop at Mad in Wonderland Reviews and Books on Fire Blog. Check out the reviews (may be later when they're posted) and be sure to enter the contest. And if you can't find the form, well, it'll be at the bottom of this page throughout the tour so you can just enter away!

Go over, read the reviews, and leave the reviewers some love in the form of comments on their blogs, especially since they're being nice enough to host me. That's just the polite thing to do, ya know?


And besides books, what's being given away?

A Kindle Paperwhite!

Now you'd like to have that, wouldn't you? And while you're at it, sign up to receive my newsletter. If it's going on, it'll be in there. I'm hoping to have the first issue out by early next month - you won't want to miss it!


Saturday, April 19, 2014

Coming at you full throttle!


It all starts tomorrow - the review tour for the Love Under Construction series! We've got a whole week of reviews lined up for your reading pleasure. And I've got a contest that you won't want to miss! Yes, of course, I'm giving away books, but I'm also giving away something very special, so make sure you enter the drawing. Just go to the Love Under Construction Review Tour page or come back here to keep up with the different stops along the way. Don't forget to leave comments and some love for the reviewers. And here's a pretty from Laying a Foundation. This picture reminded me of Tony and Nikki. Enjoy!



Hope to hear from you along the tour route!

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

Drumroll please . . .

We have WINNERS! The weekend Mad in Wonderland Reviews interview contest is over. I hope everyone enjoyed hearing from Trish and Clint - they're fun, aren't they? Do you like character interviews? If they're something you really enjoy, please let me know. I'll gladly do more.

But now for the announcement.

A signed copy of Adventurous Me goes to: Drue Hoffman!
A signed copy of Adventurous Me goes to: Lora Lynch!
And the $50 giftcard to Babeland goes to: Kathy Heare Watts!!!

Thanks to everyone who entered. And keep watching the blog. The release of Renovating a Heart, the third book in the Love Under Construction series, is nearly on us. The review tour starts this Sunday, and so does a contest you don't want to miss. If you do, you'll kick yourself. Seriously. Not kidding. So don't miss it!

Saturday, April 12, 2014

It's a giveaway like you've never seen before

We're having a giveaway today and tomorrow over at Mad in Wonderland Reviews! And boy, have I got a treat for you.

You'll get to get "up close and personal" with the two main characters from Adventurous Me, Trish Stinson and Clint Winstead! Mad in Wonderland's featuring an interview with each of them, one each day. If you fell in love with them in the book, you'll really like this. If you haven't read it yet, it'll make you wonder what's between the covers (and you can take that however you'd like). Hop on over there and check it out.

Mad in Wonderland Reviews

And while you're there, enter the drawings. Wondering what Babeland is? Just one of the coolest adult stores on the net, that's all! Been needing a supply of lube? Just about worn that rabbit vibrator out? Lost your Kegel balls wherever it is that odd socks go? Well, now's your chance. We're giving away a $50 gift card that can be used online for purchase from their cyberstore. Plus I'll be giving away two copies of Adventurous Me in whatever format you'd like - MOBI for Kindle, EPUB for virtually everything else, and paperback if you still love that smell of ink and glue, and they'll be signed by me. So if you enjoy the interviews but haven't read the book yet, well, here's your chance to get that opportunity for free! Just enter exactly the way the form says and you'll be all set.

And a special thanks to Felicity over at Mad in Wonderland Reviews for hosting the giveaway, so please, leave a comment and show her some love. And good luck!

Monday, March 31, 2014

This week is gonna be CRAZY!

Want a week full of fun, prizes, and great reads? Get your printer ready to print this screen, because it's a doozie.

MONDAY, MARCH 31:  First, I'm a guest over on the Smutmas blog today. Go over, check it out, and give them some love. They write and publish some awesome stuff over there "across the pond."

TUESDAY, APRIL 1:  Next, tomorrow is the inaugural day of the Pen & Kink blog, and I'm one of the authors who'll be in and out of there from now on. We decided to do the "A-Z Challenge" as our kick-off, so come on over. Check us out - we'll be publishing some of the best in erotica in the near future.

RELEASE DAY:  And tomorrow, it's the launch of . . .


Adventurous Me!

There's a launch party, blog tour, and blog takeover going on. Come and join the fun, win something, and generally have a good time. You'll hear more about the book, maybe even hear from one of the characters (wonder who it could be?), and find out more about me and the book. Want a rundown? Here we go . . .

LAUNCH PARTY:  Happy April Fool's Day! No foolin' around here. It's all business - the business of having a good time! Join me today for the launch party over at Romance Novel Promotions! And you can keep up with the goings-on all day by checking in over at the event on Facebook. Who knows - you might win something! Here's the day's schedule.

8:00 A.M. CST -   Deanndra Hall
9:00 A.M. CST -   Elizabeth Llewellyn
10:00 A.M. CST - Jenna Jacob
11:00 P.M. CST - Piper Malone
12:00 P.M. CST - Zoey Derrick
1:00 P.M. CST -   Indigo Sin
2:00 P.M. CST -   A T Weaver
3:00 P.M. CST -   Kitsy Clare
4:00 P.M. CST -   Alannah Lynne
5:00 P.M. CST -   Elaine Barris
6:00 P.M. CST -   final post with Deanndra Hall

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 2 - SUNDAY APRIL 6:  Blog tour! Prizes! Fun Posts! Craziness and hilarity! (With me? Always.) Here's the tour schedule, so try to keep up, okay?
Wednesday, April 2:  Drue's Random Chatter
Thursday, April 3:  Kinky Book Reviews
Friday, April 4:  Mad in Wonderland Reviews (and see below too)
Saturday, April 5:  For the Love of Bookends
Sunday, April 6:  Harlie's Books

FRIDAY, APRIL 4, 6:30 P.M. CST:  Join me as I take over Mad in Wonderland Reviews! It's a blog takeover of the highest order with Felicity Nichols, the Mad Reviewer herself, acting as hostess for high tea with the queen of erotic romance - ME! (Okay, that's pretty funny, if I do say so myself!) There'll be prizes, contests, and all manner of fun, fun, fun! Visit the event page on Facebook and let us know you're coming so we can save you a seat. Don't miss it!

FRIDAY, APRIL 4:  Since my name starts with "D," today is my second day to post in the "A-Z Challenge" over at Pen & Kink. I'll do an introduction of myself, so you'll want to check it out. It's a little more indepth than any others I've done.

Whew! I've got a full week!!! So try to keep up, wouldja? LOL  And if you get lost, remember that I'll be posting daily on Facebook, so keep up with everything there too!