Labour of Love, Day 2: Most Magnificent Menage Males Voting

Over 4th of July, we set out to find the Hottest Male in Literature.  Our readers pointed out that many Hot Males came from menage titles, where he worked in tandem with (an)other male(s).  It was painful to pit one male against the other.  So---we promised another contest just for men in menages.  And here it is!  We will spend Labor Day weekend trying to find the Most Magnificent Menage Male grouping, and really, it's a Labour of Love weekend.

The contest will run like the 4th of July contest with one major change:  we will be using Rafflecopter to help us tally the nominations.  So sign up.  Get your friends to sign up.  And then join us over Labor Day weekend for lots of frolicking fun.



Feel Free to post in the comments to show everyone your love for your magnificent men!

The VOTING:

1. The ménage male grouping with the most nominations WINS! Who will you nominate?

2. You can return to the blog once each day to nominate a ménage male grouping from Aug. 30-Sept. 2.

3.  If your ménage male grouping has already been nominated—Nominate them again!  The most noms (aka votes) is the winner!

4.  Definition of Menage Male Grouping:  A romantic tryst between three or more parties, two of which are male.  If there are more than two males, you may nominate all males in the tryst as the grouping. 

5.  NOMINATE/VOTE BY TYPING NAME of Grouping/author/book IN THE RAFFLECOPTER BOX BELOW EACH DAILY POST.  You may use the post’s comment area to give shout-outs to your fave grouping.  

The GIVEAWAY:

AND THAT'S NOT ALL--

You can win our Litter of Loveliness: a basket of hot fictional guy yumminess!

That's up to 4 chances to win our basket of free books and swag just for nominating. (This contest is open Internationally and includes physical and ebooks.) Winner's name will be chosen at random by Rafflecopter. SEECONTRIBUTING AUTHORS in Contest Tab.

Each day we will feature authors from the prize basket!!! 

 

Author #4 Heather Rainier

a copy of Divine Grace, swag, and a sexy plus-size chemise from Hips & Curves

 
[Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Cowboy Ménage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M]

The men of the Divine Creek Ranch have found the woman they’ve dreamed of. Jack loves voluptuous Grace’s giving heart and blushing cheeks. Ethan loves her wild innocence and loyalty. Adam fell in love with her the moment he laid eyes on her.
With the help of these three handsome men, Grace frees herself from an abusive boyfriend. She loves them all and knows she could never choose between them—Jack for his teasing nature, Ethan for his intuition, and Adam for his gentle ways. When danger and calamity threaten, her men proved they will protect and defend her. Grace learns what it means to be desired, pursued, and protected by three gorgeous men, finding that they will do anything to please her along the way.
Can they prove to Grace they want forever and not just a fling? Can Grace heed the advice of her sister and seize the day?

Author #5  Shae Shannon  

an eCopy of Her Knights in Black Stetsons

[Ménage Amour: Erotic Consensual BDSM Cowboy Ménage a Quatre Romance, M/F/M/M, spanking, flogging, sex toys, HEA]
 
EmmaLee Anderson has grown up in a small town. Her family life was rough growing up, and the Dennison’s immediately took her in as one of their own. The boys had always come to her rescue, and ran off every boy within a 500 mile radius. They were the big brothers she never had.
Bad luck finally gets the best of EmmaLee. When things look hopeless and impossible, her knights in black Stetsons waltz in and fix the world by taking her back to the ranch where she belongs. What they hadn’t anticipated was the sexy woman she had become that replaced the gawky, lanky girl they had grown up with.
When temperatures rise and feelings bubble to the surface, Jase, Lyndon, and Dixon fight an inner battle of what is right and what they want.

Author #6  Willow Brooke

an eCopy of Rush Against Time

 [JK Publishing: Menage a Trois/Quatre, Paranormal, Vampires/Werewolves]

 Three chosen mates, one demonic premonition… Can fate prevail and save the world?

  Jessa Meadows is an average girl, living the average life…of a wolf shifter. Following traditions is expected, and something she can’t bring herself to do. Her first heat slams her into a hormonal, irrational PMS hell that she fights with all of her might. She refuses to give her virginity to the first mutt that comes along, however wrong or unheard of it is in the shifter society.

 Logan Runningwolf has grown up with Jessa since birth .... he moves in to chase them off and claim the girl who has held his heart since childhood. Damion Shaddow is a highly trained warrior and Beta of the wolf clan. At the age of 29, he is a brick wall of pure muscle power and dominance.  Gavin Blackard has waited centuries to find the one woman the universe has picked to stand by his eternal side. When he finds Jessa in her dreams, his search is over.

The LABOUR OF LOVE:

We will post about the books in the basket (and their superhot leading men) throughout the voting AUG.30-SEPT.2 at www.InnerGoddessForum.com   We will also post each day who has been nominated.  

Be sure to stop by after the drooling on Sept. 3rd to see who won the title of "2013 Most Magnificent Menage Males in Literature."

Friday's Nominations:  

You can vote for these some more, or nominate a different grouping!

• Jack, Ethan and Adam, Heather Rainier’s Divine Grace
• Jack Barnes and Sam Fleetwood, Sophie Oak’s Small Town Siren/Siren in the City
• Tyce Xavier and Noah Dawson, Lori King’s Sidney’s Triple Shot
• Jace & Andre, Roni Loren’s Melt into You
• Adam and Jake Kendall, Cara Covington’s Love Under Two Kendalls
• Brian and Trey, Olivia Cunning’s Backstage Pass
• Trevor and Edgard, Lorelei James’ Rough, Raw and Ready
• Dane Mitchell, Cooper Evans, and Landon Nix, Shayla Black & Lexi Blake's Their Virgin Princess
• Jake and Adam, lexi Blake’s The Men with the Golden cuffs
• Greg Benedict and Cody Harper, Cara Covington's Love Under Two Adventurers
• Alex and Zach Lamont, Avery Gale’s Katarina’s Return (The ShadowDance Club)

Vote for your Most Magnificent Menage Males-- NOW!!!

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Labour of Love, Day 1: Most Magnificent Menage Males Voting

Over 4th of July, we set out to find the Hottest Male in Literature.  Our readers pointed out that many Hot Males came from menage titles, where he worked in tandem with (an)other male(s).  It was painful to pit one male against the other.  So---we promised another contest just for men in menages.  And here it is!  We will spend Labor Day weekend trying to find the Most Magnificent Menage Male grouping, and really, it's a Labour of Love weekend.

The contest will run like the 4th of July contest with one major change:  we will be using Rafflecopter to help us tally the nominations.  So sign up.  Get your friends to sign up.  And then join us over Labor Day weekend for lots of frolicking fun.



Feel Free to post in the comments to show everyone your love for your magnificent men!

The VOTING:

1. The ménage male grouping with the most nominations WINS! Who will you nominate?

2. You can return to the blog once each day to nominate a ménage male grouping from Aug. 30-Sept. 2.

3.  If your ménage male grouping has already been nominated—Nominate them again!  The most noms (aka votes) is the winner!

4.  Definition of Menage Male Grouping:  A romantic tryst between three or more parties, two of which are male.  If there are more than two males, you may nominate all males in the tryst as the grouping. 

5.  NOMINATE/VOTE BY TYPING NAME of Grouping/author/book IN THE RAFFLECOPTER BOX BELOW EACH DAILY POST.  You may use the post’s comment area to give shout-outs to your fave grouping.  

The GIVEAWAY:

AND THAT'S NOT ALL--

You can win our Litter of Loveliness: a basket of hot fictional guy yumminess!

That's up to 4 chances to win our basket of free books and swag just for nominating. (This contest is open Internationally and includes physical and ebooks.) Winner's name will be chosen at random by Rafflecopter. SEECONTRIBUTING AUTHORS in Contest Tab. 

Each day we will feature authors from the prize basket!!!

Author #1  Cara Covington

A Print copy of Love Under Two Adventurers from the Lusty, Texas series

 [Siren Ménage Everlasting: Erotic Cowboy Ménage a Trois Romance, M/M/F, HEA]

Rebecca Jessop had just decided to damn her pride and go after Greg Benedict, when he arrives with his lover Cody Harper! But loving two adventurers brings complications she never saw coming.

Greg, who already lost one lover to tragedy, knows he’s got to face his own demons if he wants to build a future with Cody and Rebecca. Nothing could please him more than to realize there’s a strong bit of lust at first sight between Cody and Rebecca. Now if only they can surmount one more hurdle.

Cody is in need of recuperation time after a harrowing ordeal in Europe, but he’s suffering a little more than he wants to admit. Will the love of two people, and the support of an entire community, be enough to help Cody slay his own dragon?

Rebecca’s not without her demons. It only remains to be seen if the threat to her is identified before it is too late.

Author #2  Hennessee Andrews     

Three novels:  eCopies of The Texas Senator's Sons series

 [Siren Classic: Erotic Cowboy Romance, HEA]

Damon--Can a lonely florist meet a hot cowboy, become a stripper, get snared in an FBI investigation, and fall in love in one week? Absolutely! Meet Regan O'Connor, who plunges into a world of stripping and fabulous sex with Damon Radcliff, who fails to mention that he's the Texas senator's son.

 

Drew--In Liv's quest to uncover the man hidden beneath the pain, she unleashes a highly sensual and sexual man able to give her all and more. Erotic spanking and bondage prove to be the weapon of choice when fighting for the heart of the sexy senator's son, Drew. 

Drake--Drake Chandler didn’t ask to be the bastard son of the Texas senator. When the news breaks, life will never be the same again. His brothers hate him, and reporters want a glimpse of him. In the middle is a woman who challenges him to overcome the obstacles, and captures his broken heart.
Alex Mullins is working her veterinary internship on the Radcliff Ranch when Drake shows up, along with a media circus.

 

 

 

 Author #3  Iyana Jenna        

eCopy of A Part of Me 

[Alfie Dog Fiction:  MM]

In the middle of the snow on their way to get home for Christmas, Connor Williams crashed his car into a tree. He was badly injured but his boyfriend that was also in the car, Zach Tyler, was barely alive. How then, that morning in Connor's room, was Zach by his side, waiting for him to wake up?

Vote for your Most Magnificent Menage Males-- NOW!!!

 

a Rafflecopter giveaway

The LABOUR OF LOVE:

We will post about the books in the basket (and their superhot leading men) throughout the voting AUG.30-SEPT.2 at www.InnerGoddessForum.com   We will also post each day who has been nominated.  

Be sure to stop by after the drooling on Sept. 3rd to see who won the title of "2013 Most Magnificent Menage Males in Literature."

Fun and Games with the Writing of Bind and Keep Me

Releasing Friday!

by Cari Silverwood

In the lead-up to publication on August 30th, I’ve written a fair few serious blog posts about my next book, Bind and Keep Me. So I thought it might be better to make this post about the quirky things that happened.

This book falls on the dark and edgy side. It’s capture fantasy and dubious consent, and darker than the first one in the Pierced Hearts series, Take Me, Break Me. You will find romance among the pages, but it isn’t the main focus. Where the first was about how a sadistic Dom discovered who he really was, this book is more about throwing something terrible at him that can destroy his life, and watching him find a way out of the mess – a way that may not be morally, or legally, right.

Five Fun facts

1. Underwear Mishaps.

There’s lots of underwear flung about, wrenched off and cut off in this book and when I did my first major re-read , I thought I detected an error. So I removed a spot where Steph has her underwear mentioned. I sent the book off to my editor, only to find that the underwear had been there after all and my editor was puzzled at them being missing.

On Facebook, the day after she sent the manuscript back, she asked if I’d found the missing underwear. Which slightly boggled the minds of some readers of my wall posts. I had to reassure them that it wasn’t actually my underwear. My editor has suggested my next book title be, The Case of the Missing Underwear.

2. Rat Island.

There’s an island mentioned in the story called Rat Island. Although most of the other places in the book are real, if twisted a little, Rat Island is a figment of my imagination. I needed a place to send my people to, is all. So don’t go boating about off the coast of Queensland, Australia, looking for it. You may find whales, sharks, and jellyfish, but you won’t find my island.

3. Killing Jodie.

Before I even began writing this book, I knew I wanted a new woman in the mix and I was worried that an M/f/f  relationship would stop some people from reading the story. So I asked my street team if they’d mind if I killed off Jodie. I was threatened with pitchforks, and other lethal-ish implements if I dared to kill her off.

Though I glared at them, they persisted. Seeing that I prefer to remain un-skewered by pointy things…guess what, and who, ended up in the book?

4. The Chair Scene.

There’s a sex scene in the book where naughty things happen to Steph while she’s tied stomach-down over a chair seat. It was only picked up by one of my beta readers that having sex, and particularly oral sex, would be gymnastic if it were done at chair-seat height. I solved it in typical Cari Silverwood fashion. My way is to always avoid major re-writing, at all costs. My simple solution – put the chair up on a coffee table.

5. The Aussie Glossary.

Because most of my readers seem to be American, and because my earlier publishers always insisted on US terminology and spelling, I went with this for Bind and Keep Me. So even though the story is set in Australia, I did use US spelling, and in some cases, I used US terms for things. Most of these swaps are covered in the Aussie and US glossary at the end of the story, if you feel inclined to read it.

As I say at the top of the glossary, I felt that some words were just too confusing and I didn’t want to jerk readers out of the story and have them going, what the hell?

I use this sentence as a prime example:

Klaus put on his thongs, opened the door, and went out onto the beach for his morning stroll.

Although I use that, there are, in fact, no thongs, aka flip flops, in the story.

There are however four-wheel drives, aka SUVs. And I may have used kitchen counter instead of kitchen bench. And there are certainly some eskies, aka coolers, at a picnic.

To my utter embarrassment, after the book had gone off to be formatted for publication, I asked my readers on Facebook whether they preferred Aussie terms and most of my US friends said, yes! Apparently it adds to the feel of the book. So if in the next book an alpha man is wearing thongs, and apparently nothing else, now you know that he’s suavely dressed, has his junk completely covered, and that he does NOT have a skimpy underwear fetish.

6. Hashtags

This is just for Stephanie Christie who has both a Klaus fixation and a thing with hashtags. She has invented both #klauswithdrawal in the weeks leading up to publication, and #bdsmsnoopydance. So I’m just saying, present me with enough silliness and I may get my revenge by putting it in a blog post.

7. Chapter Torture

The gap between Chapter 17 to Chapter 18 is, to say the least, interesting. I teased Sorcha Black with this as she was my crit partner and I tossed her chapters as I wrote them. If you read the book, you will find out why leaving her at the end of Chapter 18 for two whole days was torture. I think I may have invented a new type of cliff hanger ending.

Early praise for Bind and Keep Me

“Bind and Keep me, leads you down a depraved path full of dark desires that you know are so wrong, but feel too good for you to care. Cari Silverwood makes losing what we all cherish—our freedom—sinfully erotic.” - Bianca Sommerland, author of Deadly Captive

“Enthralling and seductive, Bind and Keep Me brings the taboo into our basements and locks us inside. A must-read for lovers of dangerous erotic fiction.” - Skye Warren, author of Wanderlust

Bind and Keep Me Blurb

How far would you go to protect your love and your life?

When two deaths turn his world upside down, Klaus must wrestle with a problem that goes soul deep. With Jodie it was capture fantasy but now he’s made the fantasy real, dragging her along as his accomplice. No one should feel so good about something so wrong.

Maybe his soul is darker than he feared. Maybe the rules shouldn't apply to him.

Warning: Dark erotica Mff with BDSM themes, capture fantasy, and dubious consent.

Contains spanking, bondage, caning and piercing, and one alpha possessive man about to toss aside his morals and take what he wants.

About the Author

Cari Silverwood writes the way the world should be - dangerous and sexy with bullets piercing the darkness and lovers wrenched close by ropes. When you need escape, when you need that rough lover to bring you to your knees, here you will find stories to singe your fingers. The taste of adventure, the tang of BDSM, the burn of fantasy run wild. Brace yourselves, if you dare to read.

And...in this real world, she has a lovely family in Australia, with the prerequisite teenager who dwells in the dark bedroom catacombs…a husband who raises eyebrows when he catches glimpses of what she writes, and a furry menagerie of other animals barking, meowing, and swimming about the place. 

Cari's Website

Twitter @CariSilverwood

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Amazon buy links

Party and Prizes

Join Cari at the release party for Bind and Keep Me when she is giving away a signed book to TWO lucky winners!  The Facebook party starts at 9 pm EDT, August 30th, on Facebook here

How Wicked Was Your First?

WICKED FIRSTS

Authors:  Elisabeth Naughton, Alexandra Ivy, Cynthia Eden, Laura Wright, Katie Reus, Joan Swan

Six New York Times and USA Today Bestselling authors bring you six all-new contemporary and super sexy suspense stories of first loves, first attractions, first temptations, first times and first obsessions. 

Publication Date:  August 19, 2013

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When I first heard about the Wicked Bundle, I was excited to see that 6 great authors were involved.  Then I found out we would have an exclusive excerpt from Joan Swan, whom I love and adore as a writer and person, from the follow up book to Intimate Enemies, one of my favorite books--- well, let's just say that I am now over the moon about this set!!!  So without further ado, here is an excerpt from First Temptation from Joan Swan.  Then stick around to read blurbs from the other books and to enter their Tour Giveaway!!

FIRST TEMPTATION by Joan Swan

Counterterrorist agent Taft Walker is up for the challenge of posing as an adult store owner with a new female undercover partner who is also a sex-toy virgin. At least until he sees the real woman beneath her tough façade.

Border Patrol Agent Zoe Brooks is ready to get off the front lines. She’s willing to tolerate a swaggering partner like Taft for a new opportunity. But she’s not prepared for the way he understands her deepest, sexiest desires.

Visit Joan's website to find more of her incredible books
http://joanswan.com/

EXCERPT

Taft groaned, rolled his tongue over hers, then pulled away before he lost focus. Or she did.

He scraped a hand through her hair and fisted it, a little too tight. “Head on straight?”

Zoe closed her eyes a second. When she opened them, her gaze was clear. Sharp. She gave Taft one nod, and he let her go. Then he located the agents scattered near opposite exits before shutting off the lights.

Zoe took the platform they’d created earlier, with a smile that seemed to have its own light source. She stretched one arm high on the pole and leaned her body toward the metal as she introduced herself and explained pole dancing with the charisma of an inspirational speaker. She accompanied her talk with a sexy stroll around the pole, never taking her hand off the brass bar, all the time caressing the shiny surface.

Just the look on her face, the way she moved, the click…click…click of her boots on the platform made Taft hot. And he wasn’t the only one. When he checked on Cantos’s gang, he found them riveted.

When she faced the pole and reached high, placing both hands on the metal—the signal for Taft to start the music—her body curved lazily.

The store’s speaker system poured out a soft female voice with electronic enhancement announcing, “It’s Britney bitch…”

A deep, sexy bass immediately followed, filling the room with a thick pulse. The effect jolted awareness through Taft’s body, leaving a sizzling trail of sensation from his neck to his groin.

Zoe began her dance the same way, soft, sexy, and hot. She lifted her body in a straight line to the top third of the brass with what looked like absolutely no effort, hooked one bent knee on the pole in a smooth, elegant move, and hugged the bar close as she spun easily, once, twice, three times. Then came out of the last spin and let go, slowly arching backward, one arm extended overhead, eyes closed.

Taft’s heart thudded quick and hard. She definitely knew what she was doing, and he didn’t want to pull his gaze from the sheer elegance of her body, but had to.

Swallowing to wet his dry throat, he scanned the room before studying Cantos and crew, hovering at the back of the crowd. As if Cantos felt Taft’s gaze, he glanced sideways until their eyes met, then tipped his head, silently calling Taft over.

Taft didn’t immediately respond. He refocused on Zoe just as her feet touched the floor again. With her back to the pole now, arms overhead, she caressed her hands down the brass the way every man in this place wished she was stroking their cock—Taft included. She pulled the clip from her hair, and as she continued toward the floor, it spilled everywhere.

Cheers and applause rose from the audience. Cat calls. Whistles.

With her back rigid against the pole, she inched toward the floor. Splayed her knees wider. Her skirt rode higher. And tiny black panties—so tiny they barely covered that perfect peach-fuzz pussy he wanted to taste—crept into view.

The crowd went wild.

Taft’s body joined in, and he swore under his breath.

Zoe rose to her feet, every glorious inch of her body stretched back against the bar, the clingy turquoise outlining her curves and planes. With her back to the pole, her arms overhead, she lifted herself into another effortless spin, tilting her head and curving her spine around the bar. Her body bowed toward the audience, head back, eyes closed, and her hair cascaded in the air behind her.

He could watch her for hours. She was mesmerizing.

Which was why he had to stop watching her.

Taft’s cock pulsed beneath his jeans as he made his way through the audience. He checked the position of agents, evaluated the crowd and gritted his teeth when they cheered or hooted for another of Zoe’s sinful moves.

When he stopped, Taft left too much space between himself and Cantos for the man to talk to Taft without moving closer. The easier Taft made setup, the more suspicious he would look. Criminals were distrustful that way. But it wasn’t Cantos who approached Taft. It was Picasso. 

FIRST EXPOSURE by Elisabeth Naughton
A film that could make her career. A weekend that will change her life…

When actress Avery Scott’s assistant goes missing researching a role for Avery at an exclusive adults-only resort, Avery finds herself with only one choice: travel to the resort herself and look for clues. She hires an elite operative from Aegis Security to accompany her. She just doesn’t expect to get former undercover FBI agent Cade Blackwell—the man who ripped out her teenage heart twelve years before. One weekend at the sexiest resort in the world with the only man she’s ever loved will expose her to more than just a kinky new lifestyle. It’ll expose her to numerous wicked firsts that will test every ounce of her self-control. And if she’s not careful, she could lose her heart—and her life—in the process.

Visit Elisabeth's website to find more of her incredible books.

http://www.elisabethnaughton.com/

FIRST RAPTURE by Alexandra Ivy

Madison Philips has only one reason to return to Las Vegas: Luc Angeli. The tall, dark bad boy took her virginity on her eighteenth birthday and then walked away, now she’s back, and ready for revenge. Luc Angeli spent his youth trying to earn the approval of his philandering father. Now he’s his own man, but there’s still something missing from his life. He doesn’t know what it is until he catches sight of Madison across a balcony. Suddenly he knows this woman is what he’s been searching for, and this time he’s not walking away.

Visit Alexandra's website to find more of her incredible books.
http://www.alexandraivy.com/

FIRST TASTE OF DARKNESS by Cynthia Eden

Hot sex. No regrets. Jess Delaney has spent her life playing the role of the good-girl. On a trip to Vegas, she decides to walk on the wild side when she meets mysterious Blake Landon. Rich, powerful, and carrying plenty of secrets, Blake is unlike any man she has ever met before. But as the passion burns between them, danger waits in the darkness…a danger that may just claim Jess’s life…

Visit Cynthia's website to find more of her incredible books.

http://www.cynthiaeden.com/


FIRST INK by Laura Wright

Rush
Women in his bed, celebs and rockers in his chair, life is pretty freaking swell. Then she walks back into it again. Not for pleasure, but for pain. For Ink. A bleeding heart to match the one she left him with five years ago.

Addison

She can’t forget him or the pain she caused him. All she has is a hope for redemption. But it’ll only work if he lets her inside his exclusive world, under his famous artist’s needle and into his bed—once again.

Visit Laura's website to find more of her incredible books
http://laurawright.com/

FIRST SURRENDER by Katie Reus

He’s dangerous, sexy, and everything she wants. And he’s about to make his claim…

Hayden, the dangerously sexy, tattooed ex-SEAL is one of the best friends Sierra has ever had—and the main star in her wildest fantasies. But he doesn’t see her that way. And she’d die of embarrassment if he found out she was still a virgin.

Hayden’s struggled to keep his attraction to the beautiful, dark haired casino chef a secret. But when an attacker targets Sierra, Hayden’s protective instincts go into overdrive. With the attraction between them burning out of control, he’ll do whatever it takes to protect her and make her his.

Visit Katie's website to find more of her incredible books
http://katiereus.com/

CONTEST/GIVEAWAY

TWO $100.00 Amazon gift cards will be given away at the end of the tour.

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