Foreplay Monday with C.R. Moss!

Hello Lovelies,

Welcome to back to another Foreplay Monday! These posts are dedicated to highlighting upcoming book releases and book events for authors. It's also a great way to prepare you for the Casual Smex Friday posts ;). So please join me in welcoming smexy author C.R. Moss. She's stopped by today to give us a sneak peek into her upcoming book, Sunset Temptations, hmmm I'm feeling my muscles melt already. So without further preamble...

Please welcome C.R. Moss...

An eccentric and eclectic writer, C.R. Moss pens stories for the mainstream and erotic romance markets, giving readers Worlds of Possibilities. So what does she write? She writes stories from the light and sweet to the dark and deadly with varying degrees of sexual heat. Writing as C.R. Moss gives her and her muses the freedom to explore worlds of possibilities when it comes to love.

You can learn more about C.R. and her upcoming book releases via her website at www.crmoss.com, and blog.

C.R. is also having a ‘Sunset Blog Tour and Scavenger Hunt’ June 3 thru 13 in celebration of the release of Sunset Temptations. For details and lists of the dates, locations and prizes of this tour and hunt, visit: http://crmoss.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_26.html

And According to the lovley C.R. you can also come meet the authors of the Double D Ranch Tales in Las Vegas, NV in October 2013 at Hot Mojave Knights!

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Sunset Temptations...

Genre: Contemporary, erotic romance, GLBT/gay/bisexual, ménage

Legnth: novella/short story

Blurb: Can wishes come true in just one night?

Roommates, Ivy Tramonto and Kiran Emerson, are heading out for their blind dates set up through a prestigious matchmaking service. Neither know anything about the men they're to meet at a charity event being held in a mountain resort, but they're looking forward to the adventure and forgetting about all their problems for an evening.

Resort owner, Robert Bourbon, doesn't have time to play the field, especially when he wants a polyamorous relationship. After requesting the services of Madame Eve, he's matched with the perfect pair and believes life can't get any better..

Everything seems to be going great, until a mistake one of them made comes back to haunt them. Will they make it through the dilemma or will they miss out on having their true desires granted?

Release Date: May 31, 2013

Publisher: Decadent Publishing

Availability & Format: eBook ~ PDF | HTML | LIT | PRC | EPUB

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It wouldn't be Foreplay Monday without a little bit of teasing to build the anticipation. C.R. was nice enough to leave us a sneak peek into her book. Read on, but beware this is only for the grown and smexy!

Tell us a little bit about Sunset Temptations. What was your inspiration?

C.R.: A couple of years ago I went to a convention and met the lovely ladies of Decadent Publishing. While a group of us were sitting around and talking, information about Decadent’s 1NightStand line of books came up. The concept sounded interesting, and I told them I’d send in a story. I had already started on a book that I thought I’d target to a different publisher and their line, but I re-purposed it for the 1NS series. Thankfully, the first story, ‘Sunset Desires’ was accepted and from there followed ‘Sunset Seduction,’ the release I’m touting today: ‘Sunset Temptations’ and the fourth book ‘Sunset Heat’ is in the editing queue. The ‘Sunset’ series follows four female relatives on their dating adventures. I like sunsets. I live in the area my stories are set in. And after a trip up on the mountain, the storyline came to me.

Can you give us a little taste of how your heroes and heroine would go about foreplay?

C.R.: Here’s a short excerpt from when Ivy meets Robert. It’s not sexual foreplay, but the start of the drumroll of pleasure they’re to share later in the story…

She couldn’t quite place his accent. British? Kind of. Eastern European? Sort of that, too. Wherever he hailed from that gave him the deliciously sinful quality to his speech didn’t matter. She could listen to him talk forever.

She accepted his gesture. Her skin tingled from his touch. He tugged her toward him and placed a kiss on each cheek. Her knees shook and almost buckled. Ah, hell. He’d turned her body into a red-hot wire.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, too, Mr. Bourbon,” she managed after several awkward moments.

The corner of his lips turned up, and a twinkle lit his eyes.

Charmer.

If your characters could describe the one thing they find the sexiest about each other what would it be?

C.R.: Ivy thinks Robert’s voice is sexy. Kiran likes Robert’s commanding manner. Robert likes Kiran’s fun-loving attitude about life and Ivy’s adventurous spirit.

What was your favorite scene or situation to write?

C.R.: I enjoyed writing the scene in the hall. Can’t say too much more about it cause I don’t want to give away key points of the story. ;)

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Come on lovelies, don't be shy. I bet your pulses are racing and I know you're just as eager as I am to learn how this sexy trio finds love. Don't you worry, Ms. Moss was nice enough to leave us with an excerpt...

“You know you can always tap me.”

“True. But don’t you want to change things up? Experience something, someone different for once?”

“Yeah, that’s why I suggested finding a third for our arrangement. Spice up our routine.”

“I’d be all for it, but considering neither of us has found said person yet, I’m going to take what I can get through this date my cousin set up for me.”

“So am I.” He smiled, his straight, white teeth gleaming and his olive-toned skin shining in the golden glow of the afternoon sun. “Don’t worry. I’m not gonna cramp your style. I have my own person to meet up at the lodge.”

She loved her handsome, bisexual friend, and as long as he was on his own date, that meant he wouldn’t attempt to put the moves on hers. “Well, I guess it’s okay then. Get in the car. You can tell me all about whoever has invited you to the event on the way to pick up Seana.”

“Technically I haven’t met him yet.”

Processing his statement, she climbed into the driver’s seat. “What do you mean you haven’t met him yet?” She pulled out of their apartment complex and headed in the direction of her cousin’s place.

Kiran’s gaze darted everywhere, never landing on her. “Um…. I signed up with 1Night Stand, and tonight’s my date, too.”

Ivy stopped herself from slamming on the brakes. “Where did you get the money to pay for the service? Huh? I know you’re as broke as I am. We’ve lost our jobs. We’re losing our rental. If you had cash stashed somewhere, we could have used it for a new apartment lease. I know you want—”

“You’re rambling.” He placed a hand on her shoulder and squeezed. “I want a partner. You’ve always understood that.” Her roommate released her, shifted in his seat, then played with a frayed string on his jeans. “Most of the guys I’ve met are self-centered assholes who don’t have sense enough to treat their significant other right. I’d like to meet a nice man, for once. When I emailed Madame Evangeline at 1Night Stand and told her I was a friend of yours and Heather’s, she was happy to accommodate me. That’s why she arranged for my night to be the same one as yours and Seana’s.”

“And the money?”

Silence rolled thick from the other seat. Her instincts screamed trouble.

“Kiran?”

He cleared his throat. “Well….”

She’d seen and heard this nervousness from him before. That time he’d gotten into a little trouble with some bad dudes. Could he have done so again? She shot a quick glance at him. His skin seemed on the pale side. Her sixth sense dinged. “Oh no. You didn’t.”

SUNSET TEMPTATIONS, OUT TODAY May 31st 2013

A one night stand huh? Sounds all sorts of smexy and naughty. If you want to learn more about C.R. and Sunset Temptations head on over to her website and check out some more excerpts from her other books and short stories. Also. . .

Dont forget to stop by C.R.'s blog to join in on the Sunset Blog Tour and Scavenger Hunt!

Foreplay Monday with Yvette Hines!

Hello Lovelies,

Welcome to back to another Foreplay Monday! These posts are dedicated to highlighting upcoming book releases and book events for authors. It's also a great way to prepare you for the Casual Smex Friday posts ;). So please join me in welcoming author Yvette Hines.

Yvette was nice enough to stop by and share some smexy facts about her upcoming book Wedded in Passion. The book is part of the popular Stir Sticks & Stilettos series, and I'm sure I'm not the only one excited for this sneak peak! So without further ado...

Please welcome Yvette Hines...

Hi Yvette, tell us a little bit about yourself...

I'm simply Yvette Hines. I'm an erotica author that loves pleasurable hours between the sheets. Whether it is a blended tale of interracial lovers, the clandestine bite and wicked passion of a paranormal mates or the sting of a commanding whip against tender flesh. However, life is too busy and most of us have more than one job, family and other activities that don't allow us long hours to read any more. I've been penning erotic tales since 2006, on the hedonistic side of the romance genre. I'm eclectic by nature. I'm married to my best friend. A guy that makes me laugh 'til I can't breathe and one who steals my breath every time he walks into a room. I believe in happily ever after like the rising of the sun depended on it.

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Wedded in Passion...

Genre: Contemporary Erotic Romance

Blurb:

When Katy Heely had dreams of her perfect wedding, it never featured a cheating fiancè. However, that was precisely what she got. The night before her wedding she discovers her groom is not the man she had fooled herself into believing. When the bottom drops out of what should be the best day of her life, she's angry, ashamed and clueless in how to right the situation.

In walks Char Randle, her best friend, and the guy who has always been there for her; until she allowed her jealous ex-fiancè to push him out of her life. She discovers that Char's appearance at the hotel is not by chance and just like always she finds herself leaning on him. Support of a long time friend becomes a night filled with ecstasy as she's never experienced. Now, she has to make some choices.

It doesn't take her long to discover that a wedding filled with passion is the only 'I do' ceremony she desires.

Release Date: February 4th 2013

Publisher: Romance Management, Inc.

Availability & Format: eBook only

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Tell us a little bit about Wedded in Passion. What was your inspiration?

Yvette: I was recently watching a romantic comedy where the heroine had two guys fighting over her. She chose the "hot guy", now the sweet sincere guy, also good looking, it felt so "clichè" I was like, if I was in the movie I would have went for the guy with integrity. Well, I love weddings and geeks that become hunks kind of stories. Not to mention the best friends to lovers stories. So, I took all those loves of mine and rolled them up into what I hope was a fantastic erotic short.

Can you give us a little taste of how your hero or heroine would go about foreplay?

Yvette: From the hero: An intimate moment should always start with a kiss, one that is soft, gentle then builds to something so passionate neither of you can breathe or think straight. However, the kiss alone doesn't do it. A woman should be caressed as well, her face, her back, her hands…just touch her. If these two simple things are done correctly than the woman will be ready for the next level just as much as you are. If not, hope you brought a jacket.

If your heroine could describe the one thing they find the sexiest about their hero what would it be?

Yvette: Vice versa. My heroine would say she finds the hero's loyalty and acceptance of who she really is sexy. The hero would say he finds the heroine's laugh very sexy, the freedom in it, also her courage to step outside the normal "box" of what she is accustom to doing.

What was your favorite scene or situation to write?

Yvette: Uh, the sex scene. Well, honestly in my Stir Sticks & Stilettos series everything is leading directly to the sex. However, that is what always comes to me first for a story. Even the longer ones. Then I ask myself, who are these two people and how did they get into bed?

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This sounds like the perfect smexy story to get lost in. Come on lovelies, I know you're practically panting for more. Lucky for you Ms. Hines was nice enough to leave us with a hot excerpt.....

I knew he was going to kiss me. The racing of my heart and the pull I felt toward him since he stood before me when the elevator door parted assured me of that.

Lifting up some, I met his lips. Those sexy lips I had been admiring.

The kiss began light; just a simple brush of our mouths. I felt him exhale from his nose. His breath tickled my cheek and caused heat to stir low in my stomach.

Still holding my chin, he urged my lips to part with the slightest pressure. I opened to him, allowing him access. I wasn't prepared for the impact when the kiss deepened. An electric current coursed through my body, from my lips to my feet and ignited in every area in between.

As I joined him in the kiss, sliding my tongue into his mouth, tasting him, my hands gripped his sides. I could feel the firm muscles beneath the material of his shirt. I hadn't seen Char without a shirt since we were teenagers. I wanted to know how he had changed from the gangly teen into the man kissing me passionate now.

The hand behind my back held me against him; pressing us together. My breasts we crushed to his chest, the closeness caused my nipples to tighten in response. I arched my spine, rubbing the tight buds on him–needing more contact.

Char groaned.

The kiss ended abruptly. He pulled away, leaving a large gap between us as he dropped his hands. I could see the rapid rise and fall of his chest, he was breathing just as hard as I was.

WEDDED IN PASSION, Coming February 4th 2013

Ahem. Wipe the sweat from your brows people, and take a deep breath. This is definitely not a "sweet" wedding night. If the suite is rocking don't come knocking! Well I don't know about you but I'm officially primed and ready for this book release. If you want to learn more about Yvette and Wedded in Passion head on over to her website and check out some more excerpts from her other books and short stories.

Yvette, thank you so mch for stopping by today. Is there anythng else you'd like to tell readers & followers?

I read EVERY SINGLE review readers write on ARe, B&N, Amazon, Good Reads...napkins at restaurants. Okay, totally joking on the napkin bit, but I value the good and the bad of readers thoughts about my stories. Why? Because I want to grow as a writer. Now, I wish I could say all reviews were helpful, but I'd be living inside of a rainbowed cloud. However the constructive ones, or the ones where readers tell me what they enjoyed most...I keep trying to add that to each story.

Foreplay Monday with Janet Eckford!

Hello Lovelies,

Welcome to back to another Foreplay Monday! These posts are dedicated to highlighting upcoming book releases and book events for authors. It's also a great way to prepare you for the Casual Smex Friday posts ;). So please join me in welcoming smexy author Janet Eckford. She's stopped by today to give us a sneak peek into her upcoming book, The Hunger and what she has to share has me positively famished! But no worries lovelies, Ms. Eckford is known for delivering a scrumptious read...

Please welcome Janet Eckford! Janet please tell us a bit about yourself......

Like most great superheroes (or super-villains, depending on who’s telling the story) I live a double life. By day I'm a mild-mannered crusader for justice (or nefarious deeds, depending on who’s telling the story) and by night an indestructible creator of prose (or pathological liar, depending on who’s telling the story) while munching on my favorite cookies—oatmeal raisin. A native West Coaster who hails from the sunny state of California I have loved the romance genre ever since I convinced my dad it was required reading when I was eleven. I believe love shouldn’t have a color code and strive to create stories that represent that belief.

You can learn more about Janet and her upcoming book releases via her website & blog at janeteckford.blogspot.com/. Or you can track this smexy author down at some of her various other internet haunts via Twitter (@JanetEckford) Facebook, Goodreads and Pinterest.

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The Hunger...

Genre: Dark Paranormal Erotica Short

Legnth: Short Story

Blurb: Hungry. Mia's so hungry. Every moment that passes is a silent but deadly battle to leash her darker side, to resist the urge to return to her old life where all that mattered was the hunt; where she reveled in being the very definition of a predator. She's managed to succeed in locking her primal needs away. That is, until Galen finds her again. Now not only is her need to hunt being tested but so is her need to be caught...by him...

Release Date: January 31st 2013

Publisher: Shara Azod LLC

Availability & Format: eBook only via Amazon, BnB and Shara Azod LLC

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Ms. Eckford was nice enough to share a few luscious tidbits with us from her book. Come on sweet hearts you know you're starving...

Tell us a little bit about The Hunger. What was your inspiration?

Janet: Shara Azod sent out a demand...um I mean request that a few of us authors write a short story that doesn't have a happy ever after but the heroine must orgasm. I'm more partial to writing short stories but I particular like writing for Shara because I get to let the naughty side of my writing side go buck wild;) When I sat down thinking about how I was going to write a sexy short that didn't require a happy ever after I decided I wanted to do something dark. After completing my book of 31 creeptastic shorts in October I think I've still carried over the fantastical storytelling aspect of that type of writing. Strangely enough not having to worry about the happy ending let me focus more on the temptation of desiring someone that isn't good for you but you do it because you know how good they can be for your body. There is a paranormal theme to this story that really helped me stretch out the characters darker desires and blend them in with their carnal ones.

Can you give us a little taste of how your hero or heroine would go about foreplay?

Janet: The hero and heroine of this short have a back story that is hinted at but the reader is seeing them at a point in the relationship where there is a breakdown. In their past I think their foreplay would involve blood and gore, a hunt of some kind where they chase down their prey and share the spoils of their endeavor. It would be in that quiet moment as they dine on the remains of their meal one will look at the other, they will feel the adrenaline of a hunt well done rushing through their veins and they will both smile, knowing that the energy they've acquired from their latest meal will be exerted in pleasurable ways.

If your heroine could describe the one thing they find the sexiest about their hero what would it be?

Janet: I think my heroine would find the hero's smile to be sexy. It's a smile that can be both menacing and inviting. The ultimate signature of the "bad boy". I think the hero would find the heroine's tenacity sexy because he loves a good chase.

What was your favorite scene or situation to write?

Janet: My favorite scenes to write were what I called the temptation scenes where the hero tries to convince the heroine to return back to the way of life she's given up. They were fun because I like to see a character struggle against what she really wants, particularly because the heroine really wants the hero but also really wants not to.

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Um...Please sir may I have some more? I know you're all drooling as badly as I am. Since she's a generous author Janet was nice enough to provide us with some dessert, so here's a hot exceprt for your smexy reading pleasure...

“You’re getting sloppy.”

The cultured tones and deep timbre of a male voice startled Mia. She should have known the Family wouldn’t have stopped with the attraction outside her door but would also send backup just in case she was stubborn enough to pass on what they were offering.

“This is my sanctuary. I guess I assumed wrongly you all would respect that.”

She turned slowly and watched as he unfolded himself from the dark shadows that danced at the very edges of the room. It was as if they were one and the same, and as he stepped fully into the low light she’d turned on when she’d left for work earlier in the day, Mia resisted the urge to sigh out her appreciation.

It was hard, because one could not look at the sheer perfection that was Galen and not utter a sigh of contentment. He was darkly handsome with olive skin, burnished golden from his time in the sun, a tall, leanly muscled body that spoke of agility as well as strength, and a rakish mop of wavy raven hair that seemed to balance perpetually between groomed and wild. It was his eyes, though, that always held her captive, and as she gazed into them she resisted their magnetic pull.

He was the bad boy incarnate that had you whispering a reluctant no even as you dreamed of him slipping those strong fingers under the edges of your panties. Galen was heartache and restless nights, but also moments of such exquisite pleasure that when he was deeply embedded inside you his bad boy ways didn’t matter. He was the ultimate predator, and it would take all the strength Mia had to resist him, because though she could deny her dark other half the pleasure of blood and flesh, they both longed for the pleasure Galen could create with one well-placed kiss.

“You have had your fun--it’s time to come back home,” he stated flatly, interrupting her wandering thoughts.

“My departure was approved by the elders. Your trespassing is in violation of that agreement,” she replied firmly.

“Would you punish me, sweet Mia, for breaking the rules?”

The Hunger, Coming January 31st 2013

Hmmmm. I don't know about you but I've been bad, oh so bad. But I'm a big girl and have no problem taking my punishment like a woman! I'm more than ready for this book release. If you want to learn more about Janet and The Hunger head on over to her website and check out some more excerpts from her other books and short stories. They should help tide you over until January 31st. Try not to let the hunger consume you till then...

Foreplay Monday with Lily Harlem!

Hello Lovelies,

Welcome to back to another Foreplay Monday! These posts are dedicated to highlighting upcoming book releases and book events for authors. It's also a great way to prepare you for the Casual Smex Friday posts ;). So please join me in welcoming author Lily Harlem. She's stopped by today to give us a sneak peek into her upcoming book, Confessions of a Naughty Night Nurse, hmmm sounds promisingly smexy. Stay tuned throughout the week as she shares more tidbits with us about her new book. So without further preamble...

Please welcome Lily Harlem...

Source: David Woolfall

Lily Harlem is an award-winning author of contemporary erotic romance and lives in the UK with Mr Harlem and a host of rescued pets. She loves to spend her days dreaming up naughty stories that have a happy ever afters. When you read her books be warned though, the bedroom door is always left wide open!

You can learn more about Lily and her upcoming book releases via her website at www.lilyharlem.com, and blog lilyharlem.blogspot.com. You can also like, love and follow her via Twitter, Facebook, Goodreads and Pinterest.

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Confessions of a Naughty Night Nurse...

Genre: Contemporary Erotic Romance

Legnth: 56,000 words/224 pages

Blurb: When scalpels are set down, the ward lights turned off and the patients asleep, there is always time for Mischief…

I guess you could call me a jack-of-all-trades nurse. I find work satisfaction in whichever department the hospital needs me most, as long as it’s through the darkest hours. Needless to say I’ve seen it all over the years, been there and done that, what’s left to shock me isn’t worth knowing. But it’s so often the quieter nighttime where the real high jinx abound.

Yes, the nocturnal life is the one for me. With a weakness for sexy guys wearing white coats and dangling stethoscopes, my fantasies are often realised and I’m adept at finding relief from the hospital grind in shadowy corners and cozy linen cupboards.

Of course my dedication to patient comfort is paramount. What kind of nurse would I be if it wasn’t? But when one act of extreme, albeit highly inappropriate, kindness forced me to become the hospital director’s snitch, the length I went to in order to keep my job satisfied my desires and found me the love that had always evaded me. A love that made me push even my not-so-professional boundaries to the extreme.

Release Date: January 24th 2013

Publisher: Mischief at Harper Collins

Availability & Format: eBook only ( Amazon US, Amazon UK, EPUB )

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Lily is back with some interesting tidbits about her book. Read on, but beware this is only for the grown and smexy!

Tell us a little bit about Confessions of a Naughty Night Nurse. What was your inspiration?

Lily: Confessions of a Naughty Night nurse was a really interesting story for me to write as I worked as a nurse in a busy London trauma unit for several years before I moved to the countryside and started penning erotic romance. When I was asked to contribute to this series I jumped at the chance to relive my nursing days and use characters, scenarios and locations that I remembered being fuelled with tension and gossip. Hospitals really are the perfect settings for so many plot lines and relationship dilemmas.

Can you give us a little taste of how your hero or heroine would go about foreplay?

Lily: Foreplay is definitely all about the banter and flirting, sexy innuendos and suggestiveness rules as does middle of the night paging and texting. This little snippet is between my heroine, Sharon and one of the senior doctors. He’s just stopped beating around the bush and told her that he thinks she’s perfect for him…

‘That’s very sweet of you to say so.’ Javier was a grade-one flirt that was for certain. But it was OK, because I’d given myself a personal mission to shag him a.s.a.p. and it seemed he had the same thing on his mind.

‘I am a sweet guy.’ He grinned teasingly. ‘So perhaps if you are looking for a foreign object to insert you will think of me.’

Shocking! I twitched my eyebrows. ‘Maybe I will. Italy is part of the EU but still foreign to a Yorkshire lass.’

He leaned a little closer. ‘Let’s get to it soon. You have made me wait so long I ache, right here in the depth of my heart.’

‘In your groin more like.’

If your heroine could describe the one thing they find the sexiest about their hero what would it be?

Lily: The hero is another doctor, Carl and Sharon describes him as ‘a hottie in a nerdy-but-flirty kind of way’, with his black-rimmed glasses and unruly dark hair. He’s tall and lean, not all pumped up, but when it comes down to it she finds that he’s a dark horse with several surprises of his own, and when the stable door is left open there’s no stopping him!

What was your favorite scene or situation to write?

Lily: I enjoyed it when the patients spoke to Sharon. She’s a great listener and they get to tell their stories in their voices as the story goes on. The fireman is my favourite and certainly an important part of the plot as it’s because he has poor burnt hands, and a rather frustrating problem, that Sharon gets into so much trouble!

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Come on lovelies, don't be shy. I bet your pulses are racing and I know you're just as eager as I am to learn some more about this naughty nurse and her deliciously smexy exploits. Don't you worry, Ms. Harmen was nice enough to leave us with an excerpt...

‘Oh my God,’ I whispered when the door shut, enveloping us in darkness. ‘How the bloody Nora did you know they were in there, doing that?’

There was a small click and a bare bulb overhead gave out a pale light. We were surrounded by brown cardboard boxes full of bags of intravenous fluid.

Carl released the light pull and it bounced towards the wall. He shoved his hand through his hair and puffed out his flushed cheeks. ‘I had to come down here last week, in the middle of the night, to get some Gelo for Eyre Ward. I was on my own, didn’t bother to turn any lights on, and went out of the wrong door, ended up in theatres.’

‘It wasn’t locked?’

‘No, I suppose someone forgot, keeps forgetting. Anyway, you can imagine my surprise when I heard a bang and a grunt from theatre three, went to investigate and saw old Hartley with his junk out and about to diddle his scrub nurse.’

‘Jesus.’ I let out a low whistle of disbelief. ‘You’d think they’d go somewhere private and play, wouldn’t you?’

He shrugged and ran his finger around the collar of his shirt. ‘I’m guessing it gives them a kick, doing it in there.’

‘You think so?’

‘Yes, absolutely, catching each other’s eye the next day over a patient. A theatre full of staff and only them knowing they were fucking like a couple of horny teenagers on that very table the night before.’

I shook my head. ‘Yeah, I guess you’re right. Must be quite a turn-on pretending there’s nothing between them and waiting for the place to clear out.’

Carl looked cute as a button. His slightly unkempt, unshaven style, with his tired, bespectacled eyes and his easy smile had definite appeal.

‘You’d think they’d worry, though,’ I said, stepping up close and touching the askew name badge on his white coat.

‘About what?’

‘That someone might see them at it.’

‘At it?’ There was a definite sparkle in his work-weary eyes.

‘Yeah, at it, screwing. They should have picked a nice, dark cupboard.’ I slipped my hands over his shoulders, drew my mouth close to his. ‘One with no windows, no prying eyes or nosy colleagues.’

‘Like this one?’

‘Yeah, just like this one,’ I whispered.

‘Mmm.’

I pressed my lips to his and was pleasantly surprised by the soft willingness of his mouth and his small intake of breath.

He held my face, his big hands gentle on my cheeks and his fingers just slotting into my hair, over my ears.

The kiss deepened, our tongues tangled and I leaned my chest to his. He slanted his head and explored my mouth with a sense of passion and reverence. He tasted fresh, of water and mint. That lovely lemony scent of his that made me think of Mediterranean holidays swirled around me. A whimper of approval rumbled up from my chest and I ached for some action. I reckoned Carl was the perfect man for the job. If just his kiss had me throbbing, imagine how I’d feel when I actually got him inside me, pumping and grinding.

I slid my hands down his chest, over his pale blue shirt to the buckle of his trousers.

‘Sharon,’ he murmured through our kiss.

‘Carl?’ I whispered, exploring lower, over his groin. I found what I was hunting for — a lovely, long hardness straining against his zipper.

‘Please,’ he said, releasing my cheeks.

‘Please what?’ I squeezed him again then gave a firm stroke, base to tip. Wonderful, he was swollen and full and I could even make out the flare of his glans through the material. How fast could we get naked?

He groaned and reached for my wrists, held them tight as I worked his erection through the material.

‘Bloody hell,’ he gasped, his hips rocking towards me and then away.

‘You want me to suck you?’ I asked, speaking against his lips.

‘Fuck. No.’

I hesitated. It wasn’t often a guy refused a blowjob. ‘You just want to shag then?’

‘No, yes, I mean…’

‘What do you mean?’ I kissed over his cheek, found his ear and touched my tongue to the fleshy lobe. Cupped his balls with one hand and at the same time hunted for the zipper of his trousers and began to pull it down.

‘I mean I don’t, I don’t want to…’ He yanked my hands upwards, so they were captured between our faces. ‘I don’t want to do anything.’ His voice was harsh, firm.

I jolted, surprised by his sudden movement and shocked by his statement.

He was staring at me intently, his eyes wild and his lips wet from our kiss.

‘Oh,’ I said, shock and confusion muddling in my mind. Didn’t he fancy me? Was he gay? No, I didn’t think either was the case. The hardness in his pants told an entirely different story. ‘But I thought…you’ve got a…’

He swallowed, the sound noisy in the small room, and then blinked, long and slow, and sucked in a deep breath.

‘But you’ve got a—’ I said.

‘Tell me about it.’ His mouth twisted, as though he was in pain, and he gazed intently at me.

‘And you don’t want to do something about it?’ I licked my lips and smiled my sweetest smile. ‘I’m happy to oblige. We’ve been putting this off for months now. You and me, naked, it’s inevitable.’

‘I know.’

‘And?’

‘And yes, I would like to do something about it, with you. Soon.’

That was more like it. I tried to step in close again but he kept me at a distance with outstretched hands. Like I was some kind of sex monster about to rape him.

‘Carl?’ Now he was hurting my feelings.

‘I’m sorry, it’s just…’

I tugged at my wrists and he released them. My body was humming. I was hot for it but it seemed I wasn’t going to be getting any. ‘What. It’s just what?’ I snapped.

‘I like you,’ he said, reaching out and touching my cheek. ‘I mean I really like you.’

‘So what’s the problem?’ I couldn’t help my pout.

He shook his head and looked down at his feet.

‘Tell me, damn it. You drag me here to watch a damn sex show that gets me all horny for it, and then bring me in a dark cupboard, kiss me —’

CONFESSIONS OF A NAUGHTY NIGHT NURSE, Coming January 24th 2013

Ahem. Excuse me doctor but I'm definietly feeling some shortness of breath! Well I don't know about you but I'm officially primed and ready for this book release. If you want to learn more about Lily and Confessions of a Naughty Night Nurse head on over to her website and check out some more excerpts from her other books and chort stories. They should help tide you over until January 24th.

Foreplay Monday with Fiona McGier

Hello Lovelies,

Welcome to Foreplay Monday! I've been thinking about starting a post highlighting upcoming book releases and book events for authors. It's also a great way to prepare you for the Casual Smex Friday posts ;).  So please join me in welcoming author Fiona McGier. She's stopped by today to give us a sneak peek into her upcoming book, Prophecy of the Undead.  



Introducing Fiona McGier...

Fiona has always had stories in her head, with characters telling her about their lives. Often she wakes up with entire story arcs that she has to feverishly write down before starting her day. Now that her four children are erudite young adults, she hides from everyone for hours, bringing the stories to life. She hopes that you enjoy your short trip into her mind as you meet some of the heroines and heroes who live there, and now on these pages also.

You can learn more about Fiona and her upcoming book releases via her website and blog at www.fionamcgier.com. 

Prophecy of the Undead... 
Genre: Paranormal Contemporary Romance w/ Erotic Elements
Blurb: Keisha is a neurobiology researcher determined to discover the secret to intelligence to save humanity from itself. What she learns leads her to realize a bigger threat comes from beyond the stars. Yuri is a Russian vampire whose long-dead feelings respond to the scientist whose brain he admires but whose curves he can't resist. Will his love reach the places in her heart that she has ignored for so long? And can they defeat the prophecy of the undead to find happiness sharing eternity?
Release Date: November 1st 2012
Publisher:  Eternal Press 


Tell us a little bit about your upcoming release, Prophecy of the Undead. What was your inspiration?
Fiona: Actually it was a couple of dreams. Good dreams, I might add! I dreamed of the heroine and ideas of what happens to her, what she looks like, what her job is, etc. I started to write and got writer's bloc after the second chapter, so I put it away. I had another dream about 6 months later, and a tall, blond, sexy man told me I was having trouble because I was giving her the wrong hero...it had to be him. I asked him why and he smiled, showing vampire teeth. I told him I don't do vampires...too over-done. He laughed and told me to research the Mayans, since I was planning on working the end of the world idea into the book. I discovered how totally saturated with blood were all of the religious rituals...why did the Mayan gods need so much human blood? But then if they were vampires...

Can you give us a little taste of how your hero or heroine would go about foreplay?
Fiona: Yes. The image Yuri projects into Keisha's mind while he is draining her blood to save her life:

She was suddenly on a downy-soft bed, naked, with a man's head between her thighs. His tongue was driving her mad with desire as he alternated between licking her from front to back, then nibbling on her clit gently. When his fingers pulled the hood back and his teeth grazed her clit, she screamed with pleasure as the orgasm crashed through her with the force of a tsunami. She felt herself rise up off of the bed with the tightening of her muscles, then the man loomed before her, spread her thighs uncomfortably wide and his hips surged forward.

If your heroine could describe the one thing they find the sexiest about the hero what would it be? 
Fiona: Keisha feels safe with Yuri, and his proclamations of eternal love give her hope for the first time in her life, that someone really loves her the way she's always wanted to be loved. So she finds that extremely sexy.
Yuri finds her intelligence to be a real turn-on. He was fascinated reading her scholarly published works, and intrigued by her picture. When he actually met her he was enthralled and smitten. He also loves her generous curves!

What was your favorite scene/ situation to write?
Fiona: I really enjoyed writing about when the heroine meets and shares blood with some of the oldest vampires the hero knows. I wanted to portray how they exchanged thoughts along with the blood, gaining abilities from each other in the process. I enjoyed thinking about it, I hope the readers will also.


Is there anything else you'd like to tell readers?
Fiona: Please give my book a chance even if you don't like vampire books. I promise I have a new "take" on them! 

Hmmm, it sounds like this book will indeed be a scorcher! I can't wait to get my hands on a copy. Frankly Ms. McGier had me at neurobiologist. This book will definitely be on my TBR list at the very top. For those of you who need a little more stimulation to get you in the mood here's an excerpt of Prophecy of the Undead for your smexing pleasure...

"Does this mean that when I feed on people I will be killing them? Can I use animals instead?"

Yuri shook his head, "Animals can be used in extreme emergencies, but not on a regular basis. Whatever we are, whatever it is that lives inside of our blood, prefers human blood. I don't know why...that's one of the things I was hoping you would find out for me."

"I don't know how I'm going to research anything anymore. If Dan knew about the plot to kill me, then he's in on it," she looked away and appeared to be concentrating deeply. "In fact, since he's one of the only ones who knew what I had found, he probably knows about what I discovered about my work also. In fact, that may be part of why he was so friendly with me to begin with. Shit! I thought I was just using him for sex, but apparently he was pumping me for information all along."

At Yuri's startled choke she looked at his face and realized he was chuckling again. He shrugged. "Sorry...but that's not all he was pumping you for."

Keisha stuck her tongue out at him, "Ha, ha. Okay, pun unintentional, but acknowledged."

"Keisha, if you don't mind my asking, what had you discovered that made you suddenly so disposable?"

She shifted around on his lap, "Of course I don't mind your asking. You can put me down now. I think I'm done having a panic attack."

He smiled at her, "Are you sure? I kind of like holding you on my lap."

Keisha started as she felt a part of him twitch against her thigh. She looked closely at his face, "We can still have sex? I thought that wasn't possible anymore."

Yuri laughed out loud. "What would be the point of eternal life if you had to give up having sex? Like I said, the longer you are a vampire, the more you discover about what you can still do. Whatever makes us alive wants us to be happy or it can't be alive within us," he shrugged again. "Besides, haven't you read any vampire erotica lately? We're all the rage these days."

Prophecy of the Undead, Coming November 1, 2012

Okay well I don't know about you but I'm officially primed and ready for this book release. If you want to learn more about Fiona and Prophecy of the Undead head on over to her website and check out some of her free reads. They should help tide you over until November 1st.