Saturday 30 November 2013

Saturday Spanks - Leila loses her virginity


Happy Saturday Spanks, everyone! 

Today's excerpt is going to be from The Chronicles of Raan. (But the House of Pain blog tour continues! See the link for all stops, to read over 10 250-word excerpts from this book!) 

This particular bit is from the story Leila's Training. Leila is training to be a pleasure slave, but her trainers have just discovered she is a virgin - a problem that needs to be solved. For years, she's had a crush on Hassan, one of her instructors, and he has been chosen as the one to do the deed. Read on...

Incidentally,my current WIP comes back to Leila, and fills in her HEA. Leila to me is the most interesting character from the Chronicles of Raan - she is the common thread in all three stories, with a rich backstory, a complicated present, and an uncertain future. I'm having the greatest of fun writing her story - I had one uber-productive day where I wrote ~4000 words in three hours - which I can never do - so let's just say her story needs telling! 

The excerpt: 



The drumbeats played in the background. The beats had sped up slightly; my heart resonated in response.

My goblet was filled once more, and handed to me. I took a sip, and another, feeling the warmth run through me. The drink was easing my nervousness and my awkwardness around this instructor that I’d fantasised about for over a year. What remained was pure arousal.

I gazed at him; drinking him in. His dark brown eyes; his dark beard, just starting to grey, I ached to feel his beard against my breasts and my pussy. Would it itch? Tickle? I burned to find out. I took an instinctive step towards him. 


Want to read more? Buy Chronicles of Raan here.

The book blurb: 

*** Fantasy; Bondage; Erotica; Magic. 

In Raan, there is magic and dark fantasy; there's erotica; there's dungeons and whips and chains; there are strong men and strong women, and the connections that bind them; and hovering in the darkness, there are forces that control them all. Chronicles of Raan tells three interwoven stories from this world. 

Magic Everywhere is the story of Salif Al-Hasn, the Mage-Prince of Argentia. Fifteen years ago, Salif fled his kingdom, leaving behind the girl he loved, in the face of a memory so toxic, he has buried it deep and never let it surface since... But one night, Salif comes back to his hotel room, and there's a girl waiting there, a pleasure slave of Argentia. 

Raina's Wedding tells the story of Raina, Salif's betrothed. For fifteen years, Raina has waited for Salif. On the eve of their wedding, does Salif want more from Raina than she can give? 

Leila's Training: Leila has trained for six years to be the best pleasure slave she can be. Now she faces her final examination, and the stakes have never been higher. But when her examiner turns out to be the same man who took her virginity, can Leila put aside her feelings and pass the test ahead? 

Contains BDSM, flogging, anal sex, M-M-F sex, M-F-F sex, and so much more...



Friday 29 November 2013

What I've been reading...

I read all the time, awesome readers. Here's what I've read in the last few months that's worth talking about... (surprise, surprise, it isn't all erotica...)

The Martian, by Andy Weir. It has ~1500 reviews on Amazon. It is fucking amazing. I've talked this book up to any and all around me who will listen; I love Andy's writing style; this book is entertaining and engaging; a nice, solid read that holds up.

The Unincorporated Man, by Dani Kollin, Etyan Kollin. Meh. It was ok. Nothing special; the most intriguing bit about the book is the premise; and there are too many scattered ideas here that don't really hold up. I did finish this book, but the last few pages, there was serious disinterest.

Songs of Submission, by CD Reiss. There's a long essay here somewhere, but between this and 50 Shades of Grey, this is so much the better book. There's an evenness and a balance in this relationship that the one between Christian and Ana never had. Christian Grey reminds me of the crazy jealous stalker, Jonathan Drazen, a protective lover. I loved every single book in this series. Well worth the read, if you haven't already.

What about you, awesome readers? Anything amazing I should be reading? I read erotica, sci-fi and fantasy, mostly, with occasional forays into other things.

Side note: I saw the Thor movie a few days ago; enjoyed it immensely. I mean, come on. The scene where Chris Hemsworth takes off his shirt? Well worth the price of admission. (I told my boyfriend that; he wasn't particularly amused.)

Happy Friday!

Wednesday 27 November 2013

Oops and oops again!

Dear readers, I'm clearly new at this blog hop thingy. 

First - yesterday, I forgot to mention that I was also featured by the uber-awesome Cara Bristol. The excerpt of the story there features Doug and Sara kissing for the very first time... 

And today, I linked wrong! Bad Tara. I'm featured instead on Renee Rose's blog. In this excerpt, Sara is in Doug's dungeon for the first time... Doug's doing his best to go slow; to ease Sara's concerns... 

Happy reading! 



The House of Pain
Title: The House of Pain (A BDSM Romance Novel)
Author: Tara Crescent
Genre: BDSM Romance, Erotic Contemporary Romance
Elements: BDSM-lite, Spanking, Flogging
Release Date: November 10, 2013

Buy Links:


Tuesday 26 November 2013

House of Pain blog tour - stops so far!

Hello everyone! 

I'm visiting Lily Harlem today - go check it out! 

When I set up the blog tour, I wanted to include different extracts at each stop - and going in chronological order as well, so you can sort of see where the story is going. 

The first day, at Four Seduced Muses, I featured the opening bit of the book - the bit when Sara discovers the House of Pain. 

The second day, at Celeste Jones, the excerpt was a bit from Sara being whipped at the House of Pain, and her feelings about it... 

The third day, at The House of Taboo, Sara meets Doug for the first time.

And today, at Lily Harlem, Sara and Doug discuss some of her concerns, before she agrees to sleep with him. 

What happens next? Check out all the Tour stops below to find out! (And/or, buy the book!)

Tour stops:
Each stop will feature a different excerpt of the book – visit them all!


November 23, Four Seduced Muses | November 24, Celeste Jones| November 25, House of Taboo | November 26, Lily Harlem | November 26, Cara Bristol | November 27, Spanking Romance | November 28, Christina Jean Michaels | November 29, Daizie Draper | November 30, Smile, Somebody Loves You | December 1, BDSM Book Reviews | December 2, Natasha Knight

The House of Pain
Title: The House of Pain (A BDSM Romance Novel)
Author: Tara Crescent
Genre: BDSM Romance, Erotic Contemporary Romance
Elements: BDSM-lite, Spanking, Flogging
Release Date: November 10, 2013

Buy Links:

Blurb:

Sara White is outwardly a good girl; she follows the rules; works in a professional office; has a boyfriend who treats her with consideration. However, deep inside her, there’s a craving for pain, a desire to be spanked and whipped, to be submissive, to be controlled. 

One day, she walks into the House of Pain, a sex store in Toronto that also does shows in the back, where women are whipped and spanked in front of an audience. Transfixed by the idea, she signs up. 

Doug Patterson has met Sara at work, but discovers a whole new side of her when he sees her at the House of Pain. He approaches her and suggests Sara become his submissive. Sara is attracted to Doug; but afraid of complication. 

Will Sara surrender to Doug, and yield to her desire to be submissive? 

Contains BDSM, flogging, anal sex, and much more... 

Saturday 23 November 2013

Saturday Spanks + the House of Pain release tour!

Happy Saturday Spanks, everyone! I'm delighted to announce that my new book - The House of Pain is now available for sale on the Kindle store, and also Smashwords. I had a great time writing this book - in part because it is set in Toronto, which happens to be the city I live in. It was hard work not to put in a list of my favourite bars in the city into the book, but I held off. 

The Excerpt: 


“First things first, a birthday spanking…” he says, his voice dripping with anticipation. I grin; his voice promises pleasure. “Count them for me, Sara,” he orders.

“Yes, Doug,” I say, my voice compliant. How quickly he has me in that space; that space where the only thing that matters is that I do as he instructs; where his pleasure is my pleasure, and I ache to serve him.

Whap. His firm hand descends on my tender ass; and I jump a little in my bindings. “One…” I count, while his hands run all over my behind, stroking it, parting the cheeks so my twinkling asshole is exposed.


His hand descends again, and pleasure courses through me. “Two…” I moan, a moan of longing and arousal. Now his finger is in my ass, and he wiggles it around, widening the passage. I will myself to relax my muscles. In this, in the dungeon, I trust Doug absolutely; he knows what I need, and how much to push me. 


The House of Pain – Release Tour
Title: The House of Pain (A BDSM Romance Novel)
Author: Tara Crescent
Genre: BDSM Romance, Erotic Contemporary Romance
Elements: BDSM-lite, Spanking, Flogging
Release Date: November 10, 2013

Buy Links:

Blurb:

Sara White is outwardly a good girl; she follows the rules; works in a professional office; has a boyfriend who treats her with consideration. However, deep inside her, there’s a craving for pain, a desire to be spanked and whipped, to be submissive, to be controlled. 

One day, she walks into the House of Pain, a sex store in Toronto that also does shows in the back, where women are whipped and spanked in front of an audience. Transfixed by the idea, she signs up. 

Doug Patterson has met Sara at work, but discovers a whole new side of her when he sees her at the House of Pain. He approaches her and suggests Sara become his submissive. Sara is attracted to Doug; but afraid of complication. 

Will Sara surrender to Doug, and yield to her desire to be submissive? 

Contains BDSM, flogging, anal sex, and much more... 

Tour stops:
Each stop will feature a different excerpt of the book – visit them all!


November 23, Four Seduced Muses | November 24, Celeste Jones| November 25, House of Taboo | November 26, Lily Harlem | November 26, Cara Bristol | November 27, Spanking Romance | November 28, Christina Jean Michaels | November 29, Daizie Draper | November 30, Smile, Somebody Loves You | December 1, BDSM Book Reviews | December 2, Natasha Knight

Saturday Spanks Blog Hop!



Saturday 16 November 2013

Saturday spanks - Leila's training


I was hoping to include something from House of Pain for my Saturday Spankings post, but Amazon is kicking and screaming about something (not sure what - the book keeps going from In-Review to Draft, anyone know why, any ideas?). So, today's excerpt comes from my BDSM fantasy novel - Chronicles of Raan

This particular bit is from the story Leila's Training. Leila has been training to be a pleasure slave for six long years. In her final examination, the person who will be testing her is Hasan; the trainer to whom Leila lost her virginity; and for whom Leila has nursed a flame for the last six years. Will this serve as a fatal distraction? Read on...

The excerpt: 

He moved away, still expressionless, and then, he reappeared in front of me. This time, he held, in his hands, a many-tailed red suede flogger.

Red, to match the red sky of Raan. Red for pain.

“Hold on to the chains,” Hassan ordered. He gestured to two chains that hung above the steel pillar. I obeyed, grabbing the chains, my arms in the air, giving him free access to my body.

“I crave silence from you, sweet Leila, as you are flogged…” his voice was gentle, contemplative. The gentleness was unexpected; almost my undoing. I struggled to keep my focus on the examination; on ensuring my posture was perfect, my breasts arched outward; my stomach clenched taut. My eyes were still on Hassan’s, as I’d been ordered.

I couldn’t hide the longing in my eyes as I looked at him. 

Want to read more? Buy Chronicles of Raan here.

The book blurb: 

*** Fantasy; Bondage; Erotica; Magic. 

In Raan, there is magic and dark fantasy; there's erotica; there's dungeons and whips and chains; there are strong men and strong women, and the connections that bind them; and hovering in the darkness, there are forces that control them all. Chronicles of Raan tells three interwoven stories from this world. 

Magic Everywhere is the story of Salif Al-Hasn, the Mage-Prince of Argentia. Fifteen years ago, Salif fled his kingdom, leaving behind the girl he loved, in the face of a memory so toxic, he has buried it deep and never let it surface since... But one night, Salif comes back to his hotel room, and there's a girl waiting there, a pleasure slave of Argentia. 

Raina's Wedding tells the story of Raina, Salif's betrothed. For fifteen years, Raina has waited for Salif. On the eve of their wedding, does Salif want more from Raina than she can give? 

Leila's Training: Leila has trained for six years to be the best pleasure slave she can be. Now she faces her final examination, and the stakes have never been higher. But when her examiner turns out to be the same man who took her virginity, can Leila put aside her feelings and pass the test ahead? 

Contains BDSM, flogging, anal sex, M-M-F sex, M-F-F sex, and so much more...


Friday 15 November 2013

Sneak peek

Dear readers, I have a cover.

So, for Teaching Maya and Chronicles of Raan, I went super low-budget in terms of a cover. I used the Cover Creator feature on the KDP store, found an image I liked, and added some text. Simple, easy, and not fancy. (Also, free.)

I think it shows.

For House of Pain, I thought I'd take a bit more effort. I looked online for romance covers, found a website I liked (http://www.goonwrite.com), and ordered a pre-made cover. The whole thing cost $40. James was amazingly fast as well, he had the finished cover ready for me in an hour.

Here it is. I'm in love with it, I really am.


Wednesday 13 November 2013

Triumph!

42,300 words, and the House of Pain is done.

I am so stoked. Dear readers, I've been scribbling my entire life. But now, suddenly, through some magical combination of circumstances, I've actually finished two >40,000 word books? That really boggles my mind.

Now, a bit of boring stuff to do before the House of Pain goes up in the Kindle store. There's editing, there's a cover design to create, end-notes to write and a blurb.

Possibly, some marketing as well. So far, I've been pretty light on the marketing front, reasoning that I need a bit of a catalog of work before any serious marketing efforts. I'm not entirely sure if that's the right approach; we'll see. Pondering my options for the moment.

Happy Wednesday, everyone!

Saturday 9 November 2013

Saturday spankings - in the beginning...


My Saturday Spankings post comes from my my BDSM romance novel - Teaching Maya.

***The perfect blend of bondage, dominance, submission and tender romance*** 

Unable to experience arousal or reach orgasm with her first boyfriend, twenty-one year old Maya feels like a freak. In desperation, she hatches a plan to seduce the best-selling author Ryan Clayborn during a two-week vacation, and have him coach her in bed. 

Ryan sleeps with many women, but commits to none. He warns Maya that an affair with him would include whips, handcuffs and canes. But Maya is drawn to him as a moth to a flame… 

Ryan’s control and dominance takes Maya to new peaks of arousal. But with time ticking on, will this affair end well, or will Maya end up broken all over again? 



An excerpt:


His eyes slid mockingly up my body, lingering on my breasts, not quite covered by the water in the hot tub. 
“I don't play games, Maya. I play hard. I expect my lovers do as I tell them. This isn't a young girl's game, okay?” His voice was harsh, casual no more. His eyes met mine. They were still expressionless. 
“What does that mean?” I asked softly. Need was coursing through my blood and my heart was pounding. 
He looked at me. “I like to play hard, Maya. Whips. Canes. Handcuffs. If you want to play, you play by my rules.”
I gulped. 

Want to read more? Check the header for a free 10-chapter preview, and/or Buy Teaching Maya here
And here's all the other awesome authors participating in this BlogHop...

Thursday 7 November 2013

Annoyed!

Right. So now both my stories have been rejected by Lit for the same reason. Fine. I've made all my changes - back to the queue it goes. (So, maybe 8 days later, it'll come out again.)

I'm super annoyed.

Anyway, if you are reading, I've updated House of Pain to include the full Chapter 6. Enjoy! (Leave me a comment if you do read it, I'd love to know what you think!)


Wednesday 6 November 2013

Wednesday...

It's been a busy couple of days for me; and work has stalled a bit on the House of Pain. I'm painfully close to the end. The word count is 30,068 words (am I the only one that judges progress by word count?). I'm thinking this one will finish up at 40,000 words or thereabouts. I wrote some notes yesterday about threads I've started in the story that need to be woven in; I've an idea for the epilogue that I love; and there are a couple of bits in the middle of the story that I need to go back and fill in.

The bits that need filling in are mostly the sex scenes. Hilarious though it must seem, given I write erotica, I find writing sex scenes incredibly hard. As a reader, description bores me, I'm much more interested in plot and dialogue. And sex scenes are mostly description. The way he feels; the way he smells; the corresponding needs in her; and so on. Solidly, the hardest writing I do.

So, House of Pain's storyline is evolving quite nicely, and I have a lot of sex scenes to fill in. That's the summary of where I'm at.

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I wrote a little bit of a snippet for Writing Prompt Wednesday as a way to distract myself. Canadian Thanksgiving is long gone, but for the Americans, Thanksgiving is in the air. The phrase to include was - What a turkey.

Here's my bit, with some creative licence taken in the punctuation of that phrase...

“What, a turkey?”

Jason grins at me. “You’ve never made one before?”

I roll my eyes at him. My skills in the kitchen are, well, non-existent.

“I’ll do most of the work,” he promises me, his gorgeous brown eyes filled with laughter. “We’ve got to have turkey for Thanksgiving.”

***
In the kitchen, he moves behind me. Dangerously close; the kind of close where I can feel the heat emanate from him, smell his intoxicating mix of aftershave and soap. I close my eyes for an instant. Yes, we have both our parents coming over for Thanksgiving dinner, and yes, it’ll be the first time we are hosting, but suddenly, I just want to lean into my handsome husband’s body, and be taken by him.

I turn towards him. He can see the heat in my eyes as I ignore the turkey on the counter; the bags of groceries all over the place, the pie baking in the oven.

An answering heat blazes in his eyes. “Jess…” he mutters. He leans into me, kisses my neck, the stubble on his face grazing against my soft flesh, sending little tremors of lust coursing through my body. “Baby, we’ve got a ton of work to do…”

But I ignore the cooking; I pull my breasts out from the tank-top I’m wearing. His eyes darken as he sees me holding my breasts in my hands, pushing them together and offering them to him. “Jason…” I beg, “I want to feel your stubble against my nipples…” 

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The Literotica rejected Magic Everywhere. Too much advertising in my author note, they said.

I was ready to scream, but instead, I've removed the link to the Kindle store (I think that's the bit that sets off the flag, maybe?) Surely you've got to be allowed to mention that the story is available for sale in the Kindle store, right?

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Happy hump day, everyone!

Tuesday 5 November 2013

House of Pain Chapter 6a & b

Author's note:

Hello! If there's ever a time when you get to see a book being written, live, as it happens, House of Pain is it. I've posted Chaps 1-4 on Literotica, and am waiting impatiently for Chapters 5 and 6 to go up. Until then, here's Chapter 6. Enjoy! 

I love reader responses! Please, write to me! I love comments! You hate my work? You love it? Let me know!)

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House of Pain (A BDSM Romance Novel)
By Tara Crescent


Text copyright © 2013 Tara Crescent




All Rights Reserved


Chapter 6

Doug’s fallen asleep next to me. I lie quietly, not wanting to disturb him.

Instead, I try to process the sex.

Not what I expected. That’s the first thought that pops through my head, and I explore that, trying to understand exactly what I had thought this encounter would be like. “I thought there’d be more ordering around…” I’ve read a thousand BDSM stories, seen a thousand BDSM videos. I thought I’d spend some time on my knees, sucking him off, and if I did a good job, he’d let me come.

Sunday 3 November 2013

House of Pain - Chapter 5a & b

Author's note:

Hello! If there's ever a time when you get to see a book being written, live, as it happens, House of Pain is it. I've posted Chaps 1-4 on Literotica, and am waiting impatiently for Chapters 5 and 6 to go up. Until then, here's the first half of Chapter 5. Enjoy! 

I love reader responses! Please, write to me! I love comments! You hate my work? You love it? Let me know!)

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House of Pain (A BDSM Romance Novel)
By Tara Crescent


Text copyright © 2013 Tara Crescent
All Rights Reserved

Chapter 5

I expect a sinister basement; damp, dim, forbidding. Doug’s dungeon isn’t any of these things.

The St. Andrews Cross in a corner does look intimidating. And the ceiling is criss-crossed with visible metal beams, some with chains hanging down. But aside from these things? The room is, like the upstairs, warm. There are windows set high in the walls, looking onto the backyard, and through this, beams of sunlight come streaming down. The floor is tiled, with throw rugs spread across; shades of red and oranges everywhere again. There’s a bed in the room; a comfortable looking king-size bed – made with pristine white sheets, and a white throw on top. I pause; look around; take it in. 

House of Pain - Chapters 1-4

Author's note:

Hello! If there's ever a time when you get to see a book being written, live, as it happens, House of Pain is it. I've posted Chaps 1-4 on Literotica just to get some kind of reader response. (I love reader responses! Please, write to me! I love comments! You hate my work? You love it? Let me know!)

Anyway, Chaps 1-4 of House of Pain are on Lit, and I thought, as with Teaching Maya, they might as well be on my blog as well. Enjoy the free preview!

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House of Pain (A BDSM Romance Novel)
By Tara Crescent


Text copyright © 2013 Tara Crescent
All Rights Reserved

Chapter 1
It is an unobtrusive storefront in an ‘up-and-coming part’ of Toronto. The shop windows are tinted; the door is painted black. There is a discreet, hand-lettered sign tucked in a corner of the window. “Sex toys available.” It is lettered in sophisticated calligraphy, the elegance of the penmanship not matching the words on the sign. There is no other sign on the store front. Nothing else to indicate what the store sells.
I am fascinated. I bite my lip in slight nervous tension; do a hasty sweep of the street with my eyes. I don’t recognise anyone. It is a bright summer afternoon; everyone is going about their business with the usual bustle of a big city. I am trapped in the moment; a mote dancing in the sunlight. I am the cat that is about to get burned for my curiosity. I push the door and walk in.

Saturday 2 November 2013

Teaching Maya - the first 5 chapters

Author's note: These 10 chapters are also available on Literotica, and I figured that while the chapters were up on Lit, they might as well also be on my blog. Enjoy! This is close to 20,000 words - a generous preview. If you like what you read, please consider buying the book and leaving a review on the Kindle store! 


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Teaching Maya (A BDSM Romance Novel)
By Tara Crescent



Text copyright © 2013 Tara Crescent
All Rights Reserved



Chapter 1

I had planned my seduction carefully. It was late at night. Ryan was alone at the pool - the rest of the clan had all gone their separate ways for the evening. I put on a bikini that was neither slutty nor unduly modest, but one that was both classy and that showed off my body to its best advantage. 
Unlike most women, I had no issues with my body. Unfortunately for me though, I had issues with sex. I didn't know whether my first boyfriend Anthony was a skilled lover or not, but when we made love, I felt nothing. I'd make the right noises, and move the right way, but inside... nothing. I felt like a freak, not knowing if it was him or me, and debating various ways of finding out, all of which involved breaking up with him, and taking another lover. 
In the end, we did break up. And it was okay. I was young and resilient, and he had never managed to reach that inner core in me. He was nice, but he wasn't necessary. 
However, I didn't take another lover. I couldn't really articulate why. I was young, rich and attractive; it wasn't like there was any shortage of available men. But the lacklustre sex had freaked me out. I didn't want to find out that it was my fault, and that there was indeed something seriously wrong with me. I hemmed and I hawed, and I threw myself into my work. 
In the year after I broke up with Anthony, I started hearing the stories. Women would walk up to me and ask if I knew Ryan Clayborn. I heard the giggles, the hushed chatter. Ryan was evidently very, very good in bed. Rumours would swirl about who his latest lover was. The tabloids would speculate, but nobody ever talked. Ryan never had any comment, and neither did his supposed dozens of lovers. Everyone speculated and gossiped, but no one knew. 
I don't know at what point I decided that I wanted Ryan to be my lover, and to coach me in bed. Without ever realizing it, I had become more and more anxious about my supposed sexual inadequacy. In my head, Ryan was the magic silver bullet - the lover who would cure my ambivalence towards sex, and make me whole. Post Ryan, I'd be normal, I could restart dating, and all would be well again. 

Teaching Maya - the second 5 chapters

Author's note: These 10 chapters are also available on Literotica, and I figured that while the chapters were up on Lit, they might as well also be on my blog. Enjoy! This is close to 20,000 words - a generous preview. If you like what you read, please consider buying the book and leaving a review on the Kindle store! 


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Teaching Maya (A BDSM Romance Novel)
By Tara Crescent



Text copyright © 2013 Tara Crescent
All Rights Reserved


Chapter 6

“You look like you could use a vacation, Maya.” Ivar's words weren't a surprise. It had been a long three months after the family retreat. Work had been insane. One of our senior employees had gone rogue a month after the retreat, and the fallout had been painful. Ivar and Marco had been working sixteen hour days for the last two months, and my workload had been almost as bad.  
But finally, everything was back to normal. A small group of us had gathered in Ivar's apartment to celebrate - Ivar and Marco, of course, but also Paul, the CFO, Kelly, our Chief Counsel, and Nate, the head of South American operations. Poor Nate - it was Brazil where most of the damage had occurred. Nate looked like he hadn't slept for two months. 
I was easily the most junior person in the room, and normally, I wouldn't have been invited to this gathering. Ivar and Marco typically went out of their way to avoid any appearance of nepotism. But I'd been Paul's right hand person during the crisis, and Paul had insisted on my presence. 
We were all standing around Ivar's kitchen island. Ivar had celebrated by leaving work early and cooking for us, and we were all looking forward to this meal. The drinks were flowing freely, and even though it was early, we were all a little buzzed. 
“A vacation would be nice...” I admitted. “But would you believe, I'm becoming such a workaholic that I have no idea where to go, and what to do?”
Ivar shook his head in disapproval. “Vacations are important, kiddo. I take a full two months off a year. Marco, Paul, Kelly, Nate, all of them do the same. You'll burn up in this job if you don't learn to unwind...” 
“Why don't you go to Paris? Paris is lovely in winter.”

I looked at Ivar sharply, but his face gave nothing away. “What did he know?” I wondered. Yes, Ryan and Ivar were very good friends, but I assumed Ryan would keep the details of our tryst quiet.

Friday 1 November 2013

Saturday Spankings: Maya gets cropped #SatSpanks


My first Saturday Spankings post comes from my my BDSM romance novel - Teaching Maya.

***The perfect blend of bondage, dominance, submission and tender romance*** 

Unable to experience arousal or reach orgasm with her first boyfriend, twenty-one year old Maya feels like a freak. In desperation, she hatches a plan to seduce the best-selling author Ryan Clayborn during a two-week vacation, and have him coach her in bed. 

Ryan sleeps with many women, but commits to none. He warns Maya that an affair with him would include whips, handcuffs and canes. But Maya is drawn to him as a moth to a flame… 

Ryan’s control and dominance takes Maya to new peaks of arousal. But with time ticking on, will this affair end well, or will Maya end up broken all over again? 



An excerpt:

“Kiss it. And ask me to crop your tight little pussy.” His voice was steady. The crop was at my lips. I parted my lips a little, kissed the crop tentatively. It smelled of leather, a smell I’d never associated before with sex. I had a feeling that would change soon.
“Please Ryan,” my voice very, very soft, “please will you crop my pussy?”

“Since you ask so nicely, Maya…” he said, his voice silken, “I’d be happy to.” His voice turned crisper. “Remember. You have a safeword.”  
Want to read more? Check the header for a free 10-chapter preview, and/or Buy Teaching Maya here
And here's all the other awesome authors participating in this BlogHop...

My favourite bit from House of Pain, Chapter 4

I'm not going to lie, I thought House of Pain Chapter 4 would be posted on Literotica today. But no. Aargh. I love Lit, don't get me wrong, but their author submission system is far from ideal. 

Rather than just fester about it, I'm going to excerpt my favorite bit from this chapter... enjoy! 

Happy Friday, everyone! 

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In the living room, Doug sits on the couch; pulls me onto his lap. He pulls me close; one hand encircling my waist, the other traces a gentle line down my cheek. He runs a thumb over my lower lip; an incredibly erotic touch that has me shifting restlessly in his lap.

“Want to do this?” he whispers in my ear; catching my earlobe between his teeth; nibbling it lightly. Little tendrils of arousal run through me; replacing the nervousness. I shift in his lap again; I can feel his erection against me, and I bite my lip. His body feels good, really, really good.

I nod. Yes. I want to do this.

He pulls me closer, kisses me. His mouth is initially gentle on mine. I sigh softly. I haven’t been kissed in over five weeks, and I miss it. My mouth parts, slightly, lets him in. That’s the signal Doug’s been waiting for. His lips are suddenly more insistent, his tongue pushes into my parted mouth, dances a delicious duet with mine. His free hand traces idle lines on my bodice.

I moan. Doug’s hands are, in their own way, creating a fire as insistent as the whip. My body tingles in pleasure; lust. I move into him; bring my hands around his head to draw him in, still closer.

“No…” he says softly, pulling away from my mouth for an instant. “Let me set the pace, please…”

Aah. The first demonstration of control.