Oct 3: LIKE MAGIC Hits E-Shelves Today!

I'm pleased to celebrate the release of my third holiday short for Rebel Ink Press, Like Magic, a short erotic romance with paranormal elements, for Halloween.

Ian Hannigan was having the worst day of his life. A real estate prospect turned out to be a prank, his car has been stolen, and he’s stranded in the worst neighborhood he can imagine on Halloween night. If he believed in magic, he would swear he’d been cursed. Nothing could possibly make this day any worse or better… That is, nothing but Raven, a mysterious occult shop owner who not only claims to be a witch, but insists that she summoned him as the answer to her aching loneliness. Ian’s night just got a lot weirder. And his love life just got a lot more interesting.

Here's a little sample (18+):

“When I saw you,” she said, averting her eyes as her cheeks flushed rose in the candlelight, “I thought you’d come because I asked you to.” 

“You were expecting someone else?” he asked, releasing a small awkward chuckle. He’d heard of many forms of embarrassing social mishaps before, but never a case of mistaken oral sex. 

“Not exactly,” she smiled. “But I asked for someone to come.” 

“You were what? Casting love charms?” 

“Yes,” she replied, without a hint of the irony his question had contained. “I called for a man – for a lover – and there you were. Perhaps I was mistaken. You can see how I misinterpreted things.” 

Ian wasn’t a man prone to flights of whimsy, nor did he believe in magic. An investment councilor who researched development opportunities for a firm partially responsible for the gentrification of multiple dilapidated areas of the city, he was well known for his vision, but also his practical analysis of costs and benefits. Now, he began to mentally list who amongst his friends would’ve set him up with a call girl pretending to be a witch on a cold, wet Halloween night. 

Ken, maybe. That would explain the missing car, since he’d have access to his office where his spare keys were located. He could’ve also known the false lead Ian pursued would bring him to just empty lots, not more old industrial blocks his clients liked to turn into yuppie studios. But would Ken, or any of his friends, actually shell out money for him to get a creepy blow job? 

He knew they were all pulling for him to move past his breakup with Amanda and seek out fleshly adventures as a newly-single guy. Ian knew lately he was a bit of a drag at the office, at the gym, even on poker night. But this seemed to be a tad further than even his bonehead friends would go. 

Of course, right about now his bachelor party would’ve been taking place, had Amanda not walked out, so perhaps this was their idea of a consolation prize. 

“I don’t know who set this up,” he began with a disgusted snort, “but if you know anything about where my car is, I’ll just grab it and be on my way. 

Looking baffled, she shook her head. A single concerned wrinkle marred the smoothness of her forehead. 

“You’re very good,” Ian said, meaning both the innocent act and the services she’d provided. 

Deciding he’d find a phone elsewhere, he turned on his heel and made for the exit. 

“Be well,” he heard her whisper softly from behind him as he opened the heavy glass and wooden door. The tiny brass bells tinkled pitifully as he walked out into the downpour. 

“Shit, guys,” he muttered to himself, cursing his weirdo friends. “You could’ve picked a warmer night to punk me.”

Like Magic will be available on Kindle, Nook, epub, ebook, Adobe, and other e-formats, via a selection of vendors. I will share the links as I find them.

Now Available at:

• BookStrand
• ARe
• OmniLit
• Amazon Kindle
• Barnes and Noble Nook

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New Cover: Like Magic

The cover for my next release has been finalized. Like Magic is the Halloween installment in my series of holiday romantic-erotica shorts with Rebel Ink Press, and the cover is absolutely perfect! The book is still in editing, but I think it'll come out in October 2011.

Ian Hannigan was having the worst day of his life. A real estate prospect turned out to be a prank, his car has been stolen, and he’s stranded in the worst neighborhood he can imagine on Halloween night. If he believed in magic, he would swear he’d been cursed. Nothing could possibly make this day any worse or better… That is, nothing but Raven, a mysterious occult shop owner who not only claims to be a witch, but insists that she summoned him as the answer to her aching loneliness.

Ian’s night just got a lot weirder. And his love life just got a lot more interesting.

Thanks to RIP cover artist Carl J. Franklin!

Writing What Sells

On a forum today, and many times before, I have been left to shake my head at how overt some writers are with their desire to write "whatever will sell." Here's an example (compiled and fictionalized out of many such threads):

"So, I hear sex stories sell, so I think I should do that. What type of sex story sells best? Also, how short can it be before people stop buying it? Is 1,000 words enough, or should I make it 4,000? How quickly can I crank out 2,000-word sex stories, and how different should they all be before people stop buying them? I don't want to be bothered reading any erotica to see what it's about, so just explain to me what the most profitable ones all share in common."

Honestly?

As a reader, this kind of discussion skeeves me out. When I see a writer baldly announcing, basically, "I don't give a crap about the story, or anything else, I just want to know the recipe for soaking money out of the marks" it makes me want to never, ever read any of their mass-produced crap, ever, let alone buy it.

Writers, please be aware that open greed is noted, and readers don't really like being seen as sheep. Especially not sheep watching the farmer trying to throw together the easiest sheep ramp at the lowest creative cost.

Pretty nasty, this "must make dollars" attitude amongst writers.

No, I don't believe writing is 100% inspiration, and, yes, I firmly believe that art cannot exist with economics. Sure, we all want to be read, and to sell. But, in my opinion, it needs to start with a good piece of writing.

So, if you are asking "what piece of crap can I throw together to make you buy it?" the answer is none, frankly.

Go find some boglands to sell to tourists.

Good for the Goose is a New Release - Again!

My Christmas romantic-erotica short, Good for the Goose, has been released in its new, revised edition from Rebel Ink Press.

Successful scholar Dr. Natasha Mintz believes her divorce signaled the end of her romantic life. But when she gets snowed in one Christmas with a young Spanish lover, she may want to rethink things. For Natasha, winter has never been so hot!

I lost all my reviews for this book when it was removed, and I am eager to replace them. If you are a reviewer over the age of 18, and would like to see a ARC PDF, please contact me.

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I will be updating this post with links as they become live!

• Amazon US
• ARE
• Bookstrand

Sample Sunday: V-Day - Coming Soon! 18+

A small excerpt* from V-Day, a short erotic romantic-comedy for Valentines Day by Anne Holly – Coming from Rebel Ink Press, August 2011! (ETA: This story has since been released!)

Young violinist Daniel dreams of winning first chair of his university orchestra, and of finding love. For years, he’s adored the pretty physiotherapist who lives next door to his family home, where he lives with a mother who thinks Jello molds and sweaters are the height of cool and a father who has never been seen on the other side of a newspaper. He knows he wants his life to be different - passionate and creative. The trouble is, no girl has ever seen him as more than a friend, and the girl next door, Bronwyn, may never see him as anything other than the 14 year old peeking through her shrubs that he was when she moved in! One long Valentine's weekend, a serenade and a whim can change all that, but how can Daniel make it last more than three days?  

The rest of that day and into the evening was spent in bed, where Daniel learned more in one day than he had in years of sex ed. Always an eager student, he dedicated himself to learning every inch of her body, and every means by which he was able to give and receive pleasure. She wasn’t bashful about directing him, and for that he was grateful.

“Feel good?” She liked to ask him, taking obvious pleasure in all his firsts. She told him she loved how verbal he was with his feedback, and he bit his tongue against reminding her that it was a plus to dating someone who’d evolved the gift of speech instead of grunts.

They hadn’t mentioned Warren again, but it bothered him that the only reason he seemed to be in her bed was to chase away the thoughts of her recent breakup. He refused to think about it, and focused on enjoying making her happy.

“You know, I might be a little late with this…” he said, as they rested from another bout of excitement. “But I think I should ask you out or something.”

She laughed at his belated offer. “I’d say you kind of lucked right into the next step, there, kiddo,” she giggled, and flexed the hand she had cupped around his sensitive parts.

“Well, it’s Friday night. You wanna do something?” he asked, shrugging, eager to make the most of the weekend.

“Watch a movie?” she offered. “That way, we can stay in our jammies.”

“I don’t have any jammies here,” he reminded her. “And I’m pretty sure I might look kind of awful in any of yours.”

She bounced off the bed and retrieved a pair of loose gym shorts from her bureau. “Voila! Makeshift jammies.”

“Ah, yes,” Daniel said, crawling out of the warm nest they had made. “I forgot you athletic types always have formal wear on hand,” he teased, and Bronwyn hit him in the side of the head with a pillow for his back talk.

“Lordy,” he sighed, admiring his long, wiry form in the rather shockingly short red shorts.

“You’re adorable.” She laughed, and he flexed his rather unimpressive muscles in response, just to soak up more of her delight before slipping on the oversized jersey she handed him.

“What did I do to deserve you today, just when I needed you?” she asked, kissing him with a loud smack of appreciation before heading downstairs.

And what can I do to deserve you for longer than today?

There would be time for the “relationship talk” later. He hoped.

Watch for the first two installments from my Rebel Ink holiday series, Good for the Goose (Christmas) and V-Day over the next while, followed by Halloween (September 2011), Thanksgiving (October 2011) and New Years (December 2011)!

*Not yet finished editing for release. 

My "Other Covers"

I thought I would wrap up my cover week with a few notes about the two covers not mentioned elsewhere.

The cover for my romantic-comedy Christmas novella, Unwrapping Scrooge, published last year by Decadent Publishing, has to be one of my favourites. Designed by Dara England, and featuring additional photography by K.M. Cook, this cover is professional and attractive. For Decadent, as with RIP, I had to fill out a cover info survey describing my characters, the major motifs and the images I most/least wanted. Kale is a bit different here from how I imagined him, since you can't tell he wears glasses and long hair, but otherwise, the image is perfect. Molly is wonderful! The embrace is sweet, yet passionate, just like in the book. I always imagine that the box Kale is holding contains the gloves she knitted him!

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The cover for my paranormal erotic Waking Kara will always have a special place in my heart, because it was my first. Designed KitCat Designs, the cover made me blush a bit when I first saw it, but I appreciate its pretty, feminine sensuality. My one concern with it is that it doesn't really scream "paranormal," but it is likely attractive enough to encourage the reader to read the description, where they can discover the story's basic outline. But nothing really compares to it being the very first, nor erase the memory of my excitement the night WHP emailed it to me without warning. 

Covers are important - to readers and to publishers, and especially to authors, since they become part of our identities as writers. I have lived with some of these covers for months, and I am still not sick of them. I guess that means they work!

Without Further Ado... My New RIP Covers!

These are the new covers for the short romantic erotica books, Good for the Goose and V-Day, that are being re-released by Rebel Ink Press in August. 

Good for the Goose focuses on Natasha, a successful professor and recent divorcee, and the unexpected love affair she has one Christmas break with a fiery pursuer - a Spanish grad student more than a decade younger than she! Good for the Goose is both strongly erotic and passionately romantic, dealing with issues of rejection, regrets, fear of living again, and the persistence of young men with their minds set on the lady of their choice.  

This cover centers on Raphael, the young lover who brings Natasha the magic of Christmas despite the chill, as well as the fireplace they share while snowed in. The cover's black satin feel evokes not only the story's sensuality, but the dark moments of grief pinpointed throughout Natasha's journey. Plus, the boy's pretty cute, too, which never hurts at all! 

A quirky romantic-comedy erotic story told from the male perspective, the Valentine's installment V-Day is a lot less intense in many ways. Young violinist Daniel dreams of winning first chair of his university orchestra, and of finding love. He crushes on the pretty physiotherapist who lives next door to his family home, where he lives with a mother who thinks Jello molds and sweaters are the height of cool and a father who has never been seen on the other side of a newspaper. He knows he wants his life to be different - passionate and creative. The trouble is, no girl has ever seen him as more than a friend, and the girl next door, Bronwyn, may never see him as anything other than the 14 year old peeking through her shrubs that he was when she moved in! One long Valentine's weekend, a serenade and a whim can change all that, but how can Daniel make it last more than three days?  

This cover uses the imagery of Valentine's Day via the flower, melded with Daniel's two loves - his violin and the girl next door. The colours and brightness of this cover echo the lighter feel to the book. 

Good for the Goose and V-Day will release in August 2011. They will be followed by a Hallowe'en romantic-comedy erotica with witchy overtones, a romantic erotica featuring Thanksgiving for the salt of the earth, and a no-holds-barred New Years Eve tale told among the rich and famous. Five stories from August through December - all featuring mismatched couples and mirroring the best qualities of their respective seasons. 


The exact release dates are TBA at the moment. I'll be sure to let you know when these two holiday erotica tales, as well as the next three in the series, become available.

Thanks go to the art department at Rebel Ink Press.

Wild and Wacky Week Thus Far

I will continue on with the last entry in my three part series on editing sins tomorrow. Today, I wanted to update some recent happenings that you may or may not have noticed, depending on how closely you watch me... Is that you out there in those bushes, by the way?

Well, on Monday night, I received an email from one of my former publishers, reverting the rights to two of my short holiday stories back to me (V-Day and Good for the Goose).

The company's owner had come to what I am sure was a difficult decision regarding the structure of the company. That company (which I won't name here, since that is their news and not mine) is, from what I understand, no longer a publishing company, but a co-op through which authors may self-publish their own books. I may or may not work with that co-op in the future; I don't know right now, since I hadn't planned on self-publishing my genre fiction - at least until I am famous and can take a readership (and a lot more knowledge) along with me and afford quality help in doing so.

What this meant was V-Day and Good for the Goose had to be pulled from sales venues, and basically disappeared. They no longer exist for sale, or in those formats. From Monday morning's five-title-author, by Tuesday morning I was a three-title-author.

As you can imagine, this was a bit crushing, since V-Day had just started to chart on Amazon, and Good for the Goose had already earned three fairly decent reviews.

So, I did the only thing I knew to do - I posted an SOS on Facebook for leads on a company that would be interested in re-releasing V-Day and Good for the Goose, and possibly contracting the three subsequent holiday erotica tales that I had planned for that series.

Within hours, I had been put in touch with the lovely staff at Rebel Ink Press, an ebook company with which several authors I knew were now affiliated. Their offers and welcome were beyond enthusiastic, and I was overwhelming by their positive energy for my work. That they had even recognized my name was pretty thrilling itself!

As a result, I can now happily announce I have signed a five story deal with Rebel Ink Press. Even more exciting, the deal came with a firm offer for a paperback collection in 2012, which (I hope) will include a sixth, brand new, holiday erotic tale.

Along with Good for the Goose (Christmas) and V-Day (Valentine's Day), I hope to have Hallowe'en, Thanksgiving and New Years installments throughout 2011.

On Monday, I had just came out of my editing cave, and sent my new novel to my three wonderful betareaders, so the news about V-Day and Good for the Goose came as quite a shock. I am sagging with relief that Rebel came to my rescue so quickly and nicely. I feel renewed by this contract, and look forward to my planned releases through this small but strong company.

Thank you to everyone who helped me through this quagmire, and a great big cheers to my fellow authors at RIP and its staff. Here's to many sales and fine stories!

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PS. I also got word this week that Unwrapping Scrooge gained a solid 4-heart review from Sizzling Hot Book Reviews. Also, today I was invited to join the RIP authors at a chat event at TRR on July 8, in the Erotica Lounge, so I hope you can all drop by and visit.

It's been a week of many ups and downs, but it's ending on a fine note. Have a good weekend, everyone!

Interview with Author Christopher Craven

Christopher Craven grew up the scrawny middle child in a semi-liberal family residing in Phoenix, Arizona. From the time he was able to write his own name, Chris knew that he was destined to write for the world. Thanking his mother, who handed him his first adult novel in junior high, Chris strives to become a prolific name in the literary world. Preferring to write erotic romance that explores the love between kindred spirits and Romantic Suspense, Chris also enjoys barefoot strolls along the beach but can most often be found roaming the Eastern Colorado plateaus when he isn't writing. Chris can be reached on Facebook and found online at his blog, or emailed at authorcraven@gmail.com

Did you learn anything from writing your book and what was it?

I have learned tons. As a matter of fact, I had to enhance my knowledge of such topics as pharmaceuticals and some research involving crime evidence review and trials.

Do you have any advice for other writers?

When you write a book, just worry about your writing. Thoughtfully plan your plotline and characters and just write. And don't stress about promotion until your manuscript is polished. I've seen a lot of new writers get so wrapped up in trying to market their story that they forget to write a good one. It's like trying to sell a house when you haven't even moved in yet. Don't jump the gun.

What book are you reading now?

“The Book and the Rose” by A.J. Llewellyn

What inspired you to write the current release?

Well I was at the mall and I spotted a gay couple that fit the description of Miles Turner and Landon Black, then I started running into ideas after ideas. By the time I sat down to do a small plot outline, I had a great story mapped out. It enhanced as I dug deeper into my characters and listened to what my characters wanted next.

What is one factoid about yourself that we don't know?

I absolutely enjoy a Chili cheese cony dog from Sonic with mustard and lots of onions.

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I'd like to share a bit about October Sun with your readers today, Anne.

Love is the strongest force in the universe…

Defense attorney Miles Turner seems to have it all. At the height of his game professionally, he's just been hired to defend a famous L.A. party boy's less than stellar reputation, a case that stands to earn Miles a small fortune. And to top it off, his love life isn't bad either. Even the headache he can't seem to shake isn't strong enough to overpower the tenderness he has for his partner. Miles Turner is finally happy.

Landon Black is living a life beyond his dreams. Finishing his degree towards a career he's always wanted, Landon might spend his days studying, but his nights are filled with the one thing he can't live without--love. Even the thought of spending a weekend at the upcoming Black family reunion with his less than tolerant father isn't enough to extinguish the excitement Landon feels at the reality of a getaway trip with his lover.

But it can be taken away in an instant…

As members of the “Black Pack” come together in the snow capped mountains of Colorado at Lake Alexander, no-one can see what's looming ahead-- an event with consequences so severe it stands to alter all of their lives forever.

Prepared with nothing but his integrity and a heart full of hope, Miles is praying for a miracle while Landon, forced to play a high stakes game of life-or-death, is asking himself if the love he has is enough to offer.

And here's a bit of a teaser:

Rush hour traffic in California left more to be desired though Miles Turner was used to an hour commute. The fact of the matter was it allowed him some solitude and he enjoyed tuning into his satellite radio while making the drive.

And thank God Miles had air conditioning in his Mercedes. Although it was late September, the temperatures in L.A. still hadn't cooled that much and while he didn't want to be a mess when he got home, the image Miles' had of a glistening Landon Black waiting to get rowdy with him certainly worked.

Since Landon would be a couple hours later than usual, Miles felt that ordering take-out would be a nice change of pace given the choice of leftovers from three nights ago.

Arriving home, Miles turned the key in the front door before almost tripping on the UPS package sitting smack dab in the middle of the porch. Miles gathered the box and reached for the regular mail. Shuffling envelopes, the package and grasping hold of his briefcase with one arm, he pushed open the front door while juggling the paper sack of Chinese food in the other.

As Miles reached the kitchen, he offloaded the items on the end of a counter before turning on the Bose sound system that hung beneath a cupboard. When he felt the vibration inside his sport coat, Miles' mind immediately jumped to filthy thoughts.

Just got out of class. On my way home now. I'm famished. What's for dinner? Oh, umm… never mind. Okay, leaving now! Well, unless you wanted to… xoxo- Landon

Miles' husband, Landon, was always teasing. It was perhaps the most endearing quality that attracted Miles to the man in the first place. He remember seeing Landon that first time, watching as the young man with gorgeous eyes watched him, hiding behind stacks of poetry books in a bookstore on Wilshire Boulevard. To this day both men loved to read.

Feeling mildly romantic, Miles lit pillar candles and dimmed the lights in the dining room. Setting the table with their formal china, Miles put out a silver pail of fresh ice and nestled the bottle of Cristal into the glacial basin to chill.

Miles changed the music on the sound system to a station that played soft, classical standards, which were Landon's favorite.

While he was at it, Miles figured he'd please Landon further by changing out of his work attire, deciding on a pair of silk boxers instead. Miles generously wrapped a long silk tie around his slender neck.

The moment he realized Landon was home, Miles hurried down the stairs as quickly as he could and rested on the bottom step.

Posed with his right leg extended and his left leg bent beside, Miles faced Landon as the young man entered the entry way and motioned him closer.

Surges of intensity fragmented throughout Miles's spine. Seeing Landon react to him spread between the metallic banisters, Miles thought about what he'd done to deserve such a fantastic partner. Miles watched as Landon smiled. It was the tie. That was what really did it for Landon and Miles knew it. Seeing that tie dangle freely from Miles bronzed chest always sent the Landon into overdrive.

“I've been expecting you,” Miles announced, running his right hand through his sable brown hair.

“I've missed you, too,” Landon bit back, shuffling a quick path to his lover.

Landon reached out, grabbing Miles' tie, gently tugging his mate to his feet. Landon pulled Miles closer, groping at his lovers plump ass, retracted his head slightly and rested his forehead on Miles' forehead.

“What's for dinner, love?” Landon questioned.

“Take off your shirt and I'll show you.”

Flinging off his shoes, Landon followed his eager partner into the dining room while sliding his t-shirt the length of his taut chest. Hearing the mellow tune of Moonlight Sonata put Landon at ease as he forgot about his day and focused on his lover.

October Sun releases January 11th, 2011 at www.allromanceebooks.com, your Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble Nook and more.

Thank you, Anne for having me on your blog.

Excerpt Sunday: Waking Kara

Here's another little snippet from the paranormal erotic short I released through Wild Horse Press: Liquid Heat series last October. Enjoy!

Kara went straight from their en-suite bathroom down to her basement office, to avoid running into Adam. Her cheeks flamed red with the memory of how she behaved. Perhaps it was the thunderstorm, she thought. Even now, as the distant rumbles made her shake, she could feel the silk of her robe and nightie slide against her skin in ways she wasn't accustomed to noticing.

A part of her wanted to just sleep and forget all about today, but she knew she was too wound up for that.

Instead, running a thick towel over her long chestnut hair, she sat at her desk, where her bag from the day waited to be unpacked and repacked for tomorrow. Flipping on her computer and her desk lamp, Kara carefully unearthed the chamois-enrobed statue. Perhaps some time spent cleaning and Googling the object would put her mind back where it should be.

Peeling back the layers of the thick yellow cloth, she shuddered as she revealed once more the intensely male form of the fallen angel... or demon, she corrected, mentally. The beautiful face of the creature was too darkly forceful to retain any angel.

Re-crossing her legs restlessly, she took in the detailed features of the creature, turning him over to run the corner of the cloth down the muscular back and down to the cleft of his buttocks.

Spritzing him with gentle cleanser, she carefully, lovingly, wiped away decades of grime, bringing a glowing sheen to the pale, perfect skin.

Skin? She laughed at her folly. Stone. Nothing more.

Somewhere in her head, she heard a derisive chuckle, but she wasn't sure from whom it came - herself, at her recent odd behavior, or from somewhere deep inside.

Waking Kara is available for purchase through Amazon Kindle and on All Romance Ebooks, and elsewhere, with a suggested retail price of 99 cents! (Not intended for audiences under 18 years old.)

Good for the Goose Trailer!

Here it is - the brand new trailer for my Christmas erotic-romance, Good for the Goose, which will be released by Wicked Night's erotica line, After Dark, this Friday.

Good for the Goose is a spicy story of a woman, Natasha, who thought she was living her dream - she had worked up to a respected teaching position at a university, had a stable, successful husband, and a solid life... Until her husband runs off with one of his students, and she is left wondering what the point was of being good all those years. Enter Raphael, a graduate student in her department from Spain, and one of the hottest, sweetest heroes I have ever written. Passionate, bold and intrigued by Natasha... And ready, willing and eager to show her what more there can be to life. Natasha learns that sometimes it's very nice to be naughty.

A passionate May-December romance that encompasses the romance and joy of Christmas and the caliente sizzle of a sexual reawakening tale, Good for the Goose shows how what is good for the gander can be very good for Natasha!

This title will be available at Amazon and ARE, among other sellers, as well as on the Wicked Nights website. For more information, please see the Wicked Nights website or their current catalog. You can also find a small excerpt on my erotica website, Anne Holly's Dark Side.

More details will come here on the release day, this Friday, so please join me!

And have a Wicked little Christmas. ;)

PROMO: Good for the Goose

Watch this blog next week for the release of my new holiday erotic-romance short, Good for the Goose, coming from Wicked Nights After Dark on November 19!

With luck, I will be releasing the trailer soon.

Announcing a New Cover!

This is the brand new cover for my short Christmas romantic erotic story, Good for the Goose - a contemporary story, involving a professor who has been very nice and gets her Christmas wish for something very naughty!

Good for the Goose will be released by Wicked Nights on November 19, 2010.

Also, be sure to check out Wicked Nights' erotica line at After Dark!

In Honour of Hallowe'en...

Treat yourself to something a little bit paranormal...

Visit my paranormal and erotica website to learn more and take a small taste!

Waking Kara is available to buy through Amazon Kindle.

new upcoming release!

Good for the Goose (my short Xmas romantic erotica) is done and will be released by Wicked Nights on Nov 19, 2010!

(Watch for the trailer/cover, coming soon!)

A Little Holiday Treat

Head to my erotica website to get your first taste of the holiday erotic short I wrote this week, Good for the Goose.

Deck those halls! ;)

(Must be over 18 to enter.)

New Erotica from Jessica Coulter Smith!

Vaaden Captives: Sorcha



Science fiction just got a whole lot hotter! The Vaaden Captives series, published with Changeling Press, features sensually erotic love scenes, drama, and a romance that cannot be denied. When Sorcha finds herself on another planet, forced to be a sex slave, she’s terrified – until she meets her own. Thale is tall, blond, and gorgeous… but when Sorcha finds out he’s married, she’s miserable.

When she meets Thale’s brother, Valen, she’s immediately drawn to him. The opposite of Thale, Valen treats her with respect. It doesn’t hurt that she desires more than she’s ever wanted a man before. But what will happen if she falls in love with him?

Will Thale give her up, or force her to stay with him?

PG-13 Excerpt:

We entered Thale’s home and he carried me to his bedroom. Setting me gently on my feet, he turned to a set of double doors. They slid open revealing a neatly organized closet.

He selected a knit shirt and handed it to me. “This should work until I can get you something else to wear.”

My face flamed in embarrassment. If you hadn’t ripped my dress, I wouldn’t need something else. I knew voicing my opinion out loud wouldn’t end well, but I figured making snarky remarks in my head was okay.

Accepting the shirt, I slipped it over my head, removing the tattered dress in the process.

Sufficiently covered, I stood awkwardly, not knowing what he wanted from me. My eyes strayed to the bed, a large round thing that dominated the middle of the room. I hadn’t seen anything quite like it before, but it looked comfortable. Would he expect me to share it with him? Or, as a slave, would I sleep elsewhere?

The floor under my feet was soft, but the material was foreign to me, something between carpet and fur. I noticed a beveled mirror on one wall, running from ceiling to floor. Upon closer inspection, I realized it was part of the wall and not hanging on it. Another metal door was off to the side and I wondered if it was to the bathroom.

Thale noticed my line of sight and smiled. “Would you like to clean up a little?”

I nodded and waited.

He walked over to the door and pressed a hand to its surface. The door whooshed open, disappearing into the wall much the same as the closet doors had. Inside, everything was a bright white. To the right was an open area with jets both above and below. I assumed it was some sort of shower and watched as Thale placed his hand over a small knob, and water began to stream from the jets. “You can get in; the water comes out nice and warm.” He nodded toward the shower.

I realized he wasn’t leaving and assumed he was going to watch while I undressed and bathed. With shaking hands and a flaming face, I removed the shirt I had donned just moments before and stepped into the watery paradise.

Closing my eyes, I tried not to think of the man watching me. I let the water stream over my hair and face, trickle down my body; I let it soothe my shattered nerves. So much had changed in such a small amount of time. The life I knew was gone, and now I found myself living a new one, a life in which I was no more than a captive, a slave to the whims of the man who had claimed me.

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Jessica Coulter Smith is a reviewer with The Novel Blog, and author of over a dozen works available through Wild Horse Press and Changeling.

Available from Wild Horse Press: Whispering Lake (2008/2009), Moonlight Protector (2009), Magnolia Magick (2009), Moonlight Hero (2009), and Moonlight Guardian (2009), Vicus Luna (2009), Heart's Desire (2010), Moonlight Champion (2010). Available from Changeling Press: Vaaden captives: Sorcha (10/2010).

Coming Soon from Wild Horse Press: The Demon's Princess (10/26/2010), Christmas Magick (11/30/2010, anthology), Holiday Haunting (11/30/2010, anthology), The Fallen Angel's Faith (12/21/2010) and The Raven Wars (12/2010). Coming Soon from Changeling Press: Creaole Nights (11/5/2010), Yuletide Spirit (TBA), Vaaden Captives: Enid (TBA).

Trailer for Waking Kara! NEW!

My First Release!

Announcing my first release!

My paranormal erotic, Waking Kara, is now available for purchase at ARE, and will be up on Amazon and B&N later in the week, I hear. It was published through WHP Liquid Heat, and is for adults only!

It's only a short, but I'm excited. Kind of takes the edge off waiting until May 2011 for my full length release!

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ETA:

CONTEST!

If you purchase Waking Kara or any of the other releases I have coming up over the next couple of months, send me a copy of your receipt or some proof of purchase (anneholly2010@gmail.com) to be entered to win my full length novel coming out in May 2011! (Deadline: May 15, 2011.)

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Happy Release Day, Leanore!

Today, Wild Horse releases the first in Leanore Elliott's Beasts Series, The Beasts of Forever, a piece of smoking hot paranormal erotica - so, handle with care... It might just bite, or at least nibble. But don't worry - you'll like it. ;)

Leanore sent us along this special message to celebrate her release:

"MEET WICKED LEANORE"

I am Leanore and I wrote The Beasts Series of which the first, The Beasts Of Forever is to be released Sept. 28th by Wild Horse Press. These books I called my 'Erotic Epiphany' and I wrote each novel of 70 plus-k in three week increments! Next, it took a whole year to get them submitted, accepted and now released! That should sum up just how excited I feel and how much this release means to me.

I have two other series running and all are Erotic Paranormals: The Soul Trilogy is out now and the other, Nowhere, Arizona will start in October this year! I worked at this for four years of solid of learning, editing and submitting and the story's themselves? They come easy and fast, it's only the reality of Publishing that slows them down.

I have another on-going love affair and that is my movement of helping authors. I promote and market 85 authors with my huge library of a website. You can't miss this MONSTER BOOK site if you love books!

Congrats, and best of luck, Leanore, on all these releases!

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Beasts of Forever is available to buy on All Romance and Amazon. Soul Betrayal is available from Silver Publishing and Amazon.