Super review for KISS IT BETTER!

I've just received a super review of KISS IT BETTER from author, journalist & reviewer LUCY FELTHOUSE!

Here's a snip of what she has to say... "pacy, sexy and the characters are fantastic. As per usual, I found myself wishing I was in the shoes of the female character"

Click here to read the full review


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Eating: fruit
Watching: nothing much
Reading: Gorgeous as Sin - Susan Johnson
Writing: notes and bits various
Feeling: OK

Exciting News!!!!

I'm thrilled to announce that I've been offered a two book contract to write erotic romance novels for Harlequin Spice, the big sister of Spice Briefs, the line of short erotic fiction I've been writing for since last November.

I don't have full details of publication and delivery as yet, but the first book will be the critter I've been calling Victorianoid, which is actually an erotic romance set in the late 1880s, provisionally entitled IN THE FLESH. It's a kind of Victorian 'Indecent Proposal', with a feisty heroine, determined to make the best of a tricky situation she's got herself into, and a hot, sexually voracious, very alpha Victorian gentlemen who takes a fancy to her. I think it's going to be lots of fun!

IN THE FLESH is loosely linked to A GENTLEWOMAN'S PREDICAMENT and A GENTLEWOMAN'S RAVISHMENT which come out back to back as Spice Briefs next Spring!

Not sure yet what the second book of the deal will be... but I'll worry about that when the time comes! :)



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Eating: potato snacks
Watching: Airforce Afghanistan
Reading: various
Writing: nothing today
Feeling: excited!!!!

KISS IT BETTER - out today in the UK

KISS IT BETTER - Portia Da Costa

Erotic romance from Black Lace - published in the UK on 4th June 2009 [US 4th Aug 09]

ISBN: 978-0352345219

Jay Bentley is a man with issues. Haunted by physical and psychological demons, he seeks solace and sexual oblivion in the pursuit of an exquisite erotic daydream from his youth, and the reality of a woman who has illuminated his inner fantasies since a brief meeting years ago.

Sandy Jackson has always known that a certain magic is ‘missing’ from her life. She’s feisty and philosophical, but her dreams are filled with heated images of a handsome Prince Charming she once encountered, a man who will kiss everything better and thrill her with glorious, dangerous pleasure.

But the past is an illusion, and the present fraught with conflict and uneasy compromise… can two passionate lovers reconcile their differences and slake their burning sensual hunger for each other in a wild and daring liaison?

Excerpts here and here

Available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

Nipple twiddling!

I'm becoming a bit obsessed with what Willa is doing to James here... Actually, in the story, it's more the other way around, but I do like this cover image a helluva lot! I'm not usually a great one for mantitty covers, but even I have to admit his torso is pretty lush... :)

And the good news today is that SECOND TIME AROUND is now listed at eHarlequin, so hie thee over there to see an even bigger version of this delicious cover... oh, and also buy the book too, if that's your fancy!

SECOND TIME AROUND - buy from Harlequin

And in other good news, the first story in the Risque Reunions trilogy, TWICE THE PLEASURE, has just received a lovely review from Wendy the Superlibrarian at The Good, The Bad and The Unread!

Well pleased about that! Check it out!


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Eating: breakfast
Watching: nothing yet
Reading: nothing yet
Writing: thinking about ideas
Feeling: OK

SECOND TIME AROUND is out!

SECOND TIME AROUND is the 2nd instalment of my Risque Reunions trilogy of Spice Briefs, three stories about lovers who meet again at a ten year school reunion.

When Willa spots her ex-husband, James, eyeing her seductively at their high school reunion, she doesn't know what to think--or how to control her body's reaction to him. James has changed from the mild, non-confrontational man she married. Now he's darker, sexier and eager to be in command. For the first time in their relationship, Willa is helpless before him--and she likes it. It's time for her to make things right, starting by surrendering to pleasure...and to James's will.

Read an excerpt here

Available from Fictionwise, Books on Board and Amazon Kindle so far, and due at eHarlequin shortly.

If you like the BDSM theme of SECOND TIME AROUND, you will also enjoy another Harlequin ebook out this month, from Victoria Dahl, a lovely author I met at the Romance Writers of America literary signing last year.

THE WICKED WEST is a sexy western story of a hot sheriff with some dark, dangerous urges who meets a superficially prim English widow with secrets of her own.



Available from Fictionwise, Books on Board and Amazon Kindle.


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Eating: beans on toast
Watching: lots of Poirot
Reading: The Wicked West
Writing: nowt
Feeling: weird

Author's Birthday Headshot

In honour of my birthday, I've had a new author's head shot done.


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Eating: blueberry muffin
Watching: Poirot
Reading: various shorts
Writing: nothing much
Feeling: old

Fabboo news... I'm in Naughty Bits 2!

Just had some delightful news... in that, my first ever Spice Brief, CHANCE OF A LIFETIME, is going to be in the second Spice Brief print anthology, NAUGHTY BITS 2!

Now everyone who knows me knows how much Chance means to me. It's the culmination of my dream to be published by Harlequin. And now, to see it in print... well, that just blows me away completely! To say I'm thrilled to bits is putting it mildly. :)

What's even better is that I'm amongst a list of great names on the same roster, and I'm especially happy that my good writing buddy, Saskia Walker is in NB2 with me!

Here's the line up.

MISTRESS MENAGE by Jenesi Ash
THE PRIESTESS by Eliot Mabeuse
THIS IS WHAT I WANT by Megan Hart
TAKEN by Lillian Feisty
IMPROPER PLEASURE by Charlotte Featherstone
PRIMAL INSTINCTS by Catherine Fox & Lisa Renee Jones
CAUGHT IN THE ACT by Saskia Walker
MEDUSA’S FOLLY by Alison Paige
CHANCE OF A LIFETIME by Portia Da Costa

I've seen a draft mockup of the cover and it's both cute and classy, and I love it. I'll be posting the final version here as soon as we get permish.


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Eating: fruit and fibre
Watching: nothing yet
Reading: A Monstrous Regiment of Women/Laurie R King
Writing: not yet
Feeling: pretty chuffed

THE AFFAIR - my short is in it!

Just to let you know that my story A LAVISH AFFAIR will be included in the Black Lace anthology THE AFFAIR. Particularly pleased, as this story is a sequel to the one that appears in MISBEHAVIOUR. The further adventures of a sexy middle aged woman and her delicious, dominant, and much younger lover. ;)


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Eating: choc chip cookies
Watching: various
Reading: just finished reading a ms for a friend
Writing: noodling worldbuilding ideas for stupid project
Feeling: okay

Look, ma! I'm on top of the world!

Wahey, TWICE THE PLEASURE is at Number One on the eHarlequin ebook bestsellers list! :)


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Eating: toast and marmalade
Watching: Churchill's Bodyguard
Reading: nothing so far
Writing: nothing so far
Feeling: rather pleased

Guest blogging today @ Babbling about Books

I'm guest blogging at Katiebabs' blog, BABBLING ABOUT BOOKS AND MORE, today.

The subject is... POSITIONS! ;)

Assume The Position... Again!


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Eating: cheap jaffa cakes, kit kat sensations
Watching: tons of Poirot
Reading: something for a friend
Writing: a few notes
Feeling: unfocused

Cats!

Cats! Sometimes... who'd have 'em???

This morning, for instance, Kuffer up-ended a full, large cup of tea all over several piles of mixed papers and magazines and books. Everything saturated. And not long after, when I tried to retrieve some items of clothing Alice had decided to sleep on, she lashed out and gashed my fingers in two places, leading to copious blood flow... Gah!

At least Mulder, shown above, has caused no problems so far yet today... but it's still early...


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Eating: choc chip cookies
Watching: nothing yet
Reading: nothing yet
Writing: nothing yet
Feeling: bleugh

Don't forget to bid...

... on my lot at the Brenda Novak Auction!

I've got a few spare copies of quite a number of my books, so there's a few to choose from to make up the Two Autographed Books Bundle.

Happy Bidding!

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Eating: cheap chocolate biscuits
Watching: Poirot
Reading: Delicious, something for a buddy
Writing: polishing a menage story
Feeling: OK