Lust Bites: 5 Dec 2006 ~ 5 Dec 2008

by Olivia KnightMissing us?Follow the links below or look on the right for our indexed posts.Lust Bites has closed but the contributors who created it over the last two years continue to write, publish, muse, argue and discuss ~ so here's where to find the blogs and websites of all the Lusties. Never mind 'closing one door to open another', we're closing one door and opening 18:Mathilde

Last minute Frenzy!

by Janine Ashbless Okay, okay, I know we should be bowing out gracefully but I couldn't resist telling you about this new anthology from Cleis Press and the unstoppable Alison Tyler. Just in time for your Xmas shopping comes Frenzy : 60 stories of sudden sex. It's available on Amazon UK and on Amazon US and does exactly what it says on the tin: 60 short short stories - ranging from 100 words to

No one's leaving until I get a few answers...

by Kate PearceScene: The Lust Bites DungeonThe players: various Lusties tied up, bright lights shining in their eyes.Asking the questions: Kate (the quiet ones are always the worst) Pearce, and Grumpy David Beckham.Cool I finally get to ask the questions, show off all my favorite pictures like this one and all my new book covers!! Aren't you all excited? Oh, I forgot, you're all tied up...anyway,

Our David

By Mathilde Madden and Kristina Lloyd of Erotica Cover WatchThis is the story of how we - Kristina Lloyd and Mathilde Madden - met. It might look like a whole bunch of hot pictures of David Beckham, but it really is an origin story.Um, anyway...Once upon a time, Lust Bites was in full swing and Mat was doing her regular Coming Attractions Sunday preview of the week's new articles. As usual, she

Coming attractions: the final week

It's the last Coming Attractions and he is definitely an attraction and he is definitely asking you to come a little closer (and a little closer - and a little harder...) and because this is the last time I get to deluge your screen with gratuitously beautiful men, one just isn't enough.Speaking of deluges, we've long had a thing for wet men. Kristina Lloyd started it and I blame her for my

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME - Portia Da Costa

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME is a short erotic romance novella, published on 1st November 2008 by Spice Briefs. It's BDSM themed and features an impoverished twenty-first century aristocrat who enjoys introducing his lovers to the delights of sensual spanking.Here's an excerpt in which Rose discovers the joys and risks of sneakily watching the Marquis's secret videotapes...---------------------I

All About Ravenous Romance

As most of you know by now, LUST BITES will be coming to an end soon. What's next for Jamaica Layne, you may wonder? Well, I'll be writing for an exciting new erotic epublisher, Ravenous Romance. Exciting why? Because unlike most of the other startup erotic epublishers out there, Ravenous was founded by a group of seasoned US print publishing executives, along with legendary literary agent Lori

There will be short intermission...

... while we try to restore full service to you. And find Jamaica...

Well I Never Did...

by Janine Ashbless Alas, the final demise of Lust Bites is soon approaching ... and so much is left unsaid. You may not realise it but behind the scenes we're constantly discussing who is going to post on what, poking each other with ideas and trying to work out what it is that people really want to see. (We also worry about our deadlines and complain about the weather. See, it's all glamour in

Coming Attractions

On Monday Janine Ashbless will start us off on an extended post of "Things we never got around to." Boo hoo. There'll be snippets of posts never finished from the Lusties and yes, of course, all the hot pictures of guys that Janine, and the rest of us, have been hoarding. Yum. On Wednesday Jamaica Layne will give us the inside scoop on a new e-publisher called Ravenous Romance. Sweet! And on

101 Sexy Dares

by Olivia Knight101 Sexy Dares is not a book for reading.Have a quick flip through, and there's nothing to read at all. Don't gnash your teeth or thrash your heels - reading can be overrated.Here we are, reading:Here we are, still reading.Here we are, still reading.When we could be doing this:You can't read 101 Sexy Dares as you flip through, because all the pages are sealed. Here's what you do:

Meet Olivia in Oxford ~ this Saturday

by Olivia KnightTwo things don't make you special in Oxford: being a writer, and having an Oxford degree. The person pouring your pint probably has 2 Oxford degrees and is working towards their third. The chap who's just rung up your copy of The Independent and your pint of milk is probably on his third novel - having branched out after winning a prestigious award for his poetry.In London, you're

Riding the Line-and ending it...

by Kate PearceThis is the third book in the Turner brothers series of contemporary erotic Western romances I've written for the 'Cheek' imprint of Virgin Books. (won't you miss saying cheek imprint or is it just me?) It will also be the last-I think, in the Cheek line until further notice. Wow, was it me? Did I close the line?Knowing that it was likely to happen made it easier to write this book.

Winner of Frost Fair!

Thank you to everyone who participated in my Chilly Chat last week!I put the names of all the commenters into The Hat - and it picked.......Congratulations Jeremy. Please let me know if you would like either a download (which you can have very soon, as soon as I get the codes) or a hard copy, which will take a couple of months.And enjoy!

An Interview with Pam Rosenthal

Kate Pearce interviews Pam RosenthalI first met Pam Rosenthal at one of the Romance Writers of America's annual conferences. We were both getting drinks at Starbucks and I saw her name badge and had a complete fan girl moment because I'd loved all her books. She was nice enough to say she knew who I was too, but I was still struck dumb to meet someone whose beautiful literary style of writing I

Coming Attractions

The shower cubicle here at Lust Bites Mansion might be a bit draughty, but we can't complain about the fittings...Coming up this week: On Monday we witness a paranormal event: the bilocation of Pam Rosenthal. Pam, in the guise of Molly Weatherfield, is the author of the gorgeous BDSM novel Carrie's Story and has been a guest here before. When she writes erotic romance she uses her other

Love in a Cold Climate

I learn stuff when I write. Which is one of the reasons I love to write. I knew that the Thames froze over pretty often in years gone by but had never sat and wondered how and why. When I set out to write a book about the last one, held in 1814, I needed to find this stuff out.This is the science bit so please concentrate.Aside from global warming, there's a good reason why the Thames doesn't

Halloween Giveaway Prizewinners! or... It Was A Dark and Stormy Night...

This is not my first time as a Juror, but in all honesty it has been my most difficult judging challenge to date. However, with the input of other Lusties, I have made my final decision.First Prize goes to Udo: With three delectable entries, the hardest part was picking which of Udo's pieces should receive the loot. This evocative (a word that is mandatory to judge's comments the world over)

IN TOO DEEP - US Publication

IN TOO DEEP - Portia Da CostaJust a quickie to mention that IN TOO DEEP, my "sexy buxom librarian meets hawt professor *and* naughty letter writing pervert" novel, is out tomorrow - 11th November - in the US!To celebrate, here's a mini excerpt.Librarian Gwendolynne and Professor Hottie McHotstuff aka Daniel are experimenting with some slightly kinky games... to take his mind off some issues he

Coming attractions: the final countdown

The Big News: It's time to take a break.^ This week's sporting highlight ^On 5 December 2008, Lust Bites is going to draw to a graceful close and flop on the sofa with that man, after exactly two years of relentless, tireless, selfless and dedicated smuttery, wittery, and endless gratuitous photos. Before you break down completely, there's still one whole month left of smart sexy posts and

Vampire Bites

by Janine Ashbless"I do not drink � coffee."Bwa ha ha�Vampires. They�re insatiable, they�re everywhere and they�re hungry for sex as well as blood. Gone are the days when they hung out in dingy castles in the Carpathians and stole the occasional filthy peasant baby for dinner. Nowadays it�s all sharp clothes and nightclubs and urban gangsterism, or exotic locales, designer drugs and hard liquor.

Lust at First Bite - out today!

by Janine Ashbless Like vampires? Do their cold hearts and dark appetites make your blood run faster? Well lucky ol' you - because the all-vampire Black Lace short story anthology Lust at First Bite is out today in the UK (and if you can wait that long, in the US in January - pre-order now!).15 erotic vampire tales for dark evenings and candlelight, including several by Lust Bites authors,

The New Rakes

By Nikki MagennisTHE NEW RAKES � Out now!Hi all! It�s lovely to be back here on Lust Bites, and I�m very excited to bring you a peek of my second novel, The New Rakes, which is out now in the UK. (Okay, nearly now. Tomorrow. If you order it now, they might even slip a sneaky one in the post this very afternoon.)So, what�s it all about? Well, I wanted the strapline: �Sex and sex and rock n roll�,

Alpha females

by Olivia KnightMy favourite heroines � to write, to read, to watch � are alpha. In A bluffer's guide to� Paranormals, I said this of the heroines, �Alpha-females to a woman: there�s no time for simpering flowers when you�re locked in a battle against forces what man was not meant to wot of. These chicks are tough: they�ll gut ex-lovers, eat snakes to survive, lead armies, face down the devil,

Coming attractions

At last I'm dragging my eyes away from this man, to say...On Monday, I'll be rampaging with my favourite Alpha Females - heroines who are not merely "independent" but kicking ass and ruling the world, often literally.On Wednesday, Nikki Magennis is crushing musicians - or on musicians - with her new rakes.Also,Wednesday is the last day to enter our Halloween Giveaway contest. Write a 200 word (

A Twenty Year Dream Comes True...

CHANCE OF A LIFETIME - Portia Da CostaWahey, today sees the publication of my first Spice Briefs ebook CHANCE OF A LIFETIME, a contemporary BDSM erotic romance novella.CHANCE OF A LIFETIME is the story of Rose, who's doing some temporary work in a dilapidated stately home whilst waiting to take up a dream job - a chance of a lifetime - in the Caribbean. But working at the Manor isn't quite as

SMUT SLOT: Market for Love, by Jamaica Layne

Here you'll find an excerpt from my latest Virgin Cheek release MARKET FOR LOVE by Jamaica Layne! Here's your chance to see how erotica can work in the super-uptight financial world, even in the midst of an economic downturn! Comment away, because one lucky commenter will receive a FREE signed copy from the author! (Check back on the comments thread in 3 days to see if you won!) Buy at Amazon UK

Halloween Giveaway!

by Madeline MooreYikes! Is that picture scary or what? Well, Halloween is coming, dear Lust Bites readers, which means two things.1) Time to get your freak on! 2) Time for the Lust Bites Halloween Giveaway!This year, we are giving away another impressive batch of erotica books, penned by some of the best writers of erotica working today. That's right, penned by Lusties!

Simply Sinful-out soon!

by Kate PearceDetails, details-this book is the second in the 'House of Pleasure' series and is closely connected to the first, Simply Sexual. It comes out officially on November 3rd, from Kensington Aphrodisia but will probably be around in the bookstores a little earlier.Here's the blurb:A wicked proposition...Forced to wed at a young age, Abigail Beecham is tired of living in a sexless

Winners of Books by Felix Baron!

Wednesday's winner of Dominant is:tlsWednesday's winner of Sweet as Sinis: Nikki And Friday's winner of The Persian Girl is Lil Drop me a line at telltale [at] primus [dot] ca with your snail mail details and I'll send you your books. Thanks to everyone who welcomed Felix Baron to Lust Bites!

Coming Attractions

by ErastesWell Autumn is halfway through and we soon will be doing strange things like bobbing for apples and carving... erm. pumpkins.This week on Lust Bites:On Monday Kate Pearce will be sharing a nice long helping of her sizzling book - Simply Sinful.On Wednesday Madeline Moore will be announcing our Grand Hallowe'en Competition. There will be some great prizes (as always!) so make sure you

The Persian Girl

by Madeline MooreDo what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause; He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws. - Sir Richard Francis Burton British explorer & orientalist (1821 - 1890)On Wednesday, we chatted with Felix Baron, a writing tutor and an erotica writer who publishes novels with Nexus. Felix's latest release is called The Persian Girl

Chatting with Felix Baron

by Madeline MooreFelix Baron is a well-known writer of erotic novels for Nexus and short stories for many erotica anthologies. Felix is also my own true love!His latest Nexus novel is The Persian Girl. This is a tale taken from the secret diaries of Sir Richard Frances Burton: soldier, spy, explorer, linguist, diplomat, master of disguise, the greatest swordsman of all time, hero, scoundrel and

Hong Kong Sexiness

by Jamaica LayneI'm back from yet another trip to Hong Kong, Asia's richest city, and I can't help but feel a little sexier. (Or rather, I feel grossly inadequate from being around so many millions of very attractive and petite people).Hong Kong is a very sexy city in many ways---not all of which have directly to do with sex or the sex trade----though both are very much in force. Prostitution is

Rained off...

...be back soon.

Coming Attractions

by Madeline MooreThis week on Lust Bites:On Monday Jamaica Layne opines on Hong Kong sexy. Here at Lust Bites we have a soft, sweet spot for the men of the far east, so we can hardly wait.On Wednesday join Madeline Moore (that's me!) in conversation with Nexus author Felix Baron. One of the things we'll be talking about is Dominant men, in fact and in fiction. Comment to win copies of Felix's

Scenes we love...

by Kate PearceThis scene is from a classic movie called "It's a Wonderful Life", starring James Stewart as George Bailey and Donna Reed as Mary. It's a staple here in the USA at Christmas but was considered a flop at the time of its release in 1946. It was nominated for five Oscars without winning any, but the film has since been recognized by the American Film Institute as one of the 100 best

F.F.F!!

by Janine AshblessFirst the news, then the nudes.The great news is that my novel Wildwood is now not only available in the UK, but from today is also in bookstores in the US, and can now be downloaded as a lovely paper-saving e-book from All Romance eBooks.Wildwood: sex among the trees! Sex up a tree! Sex with fairies that turn back into trees when they are done!To celebrate I thought I'd

Enchanted in the US

by Olivia KnightOnce upon a time, far far away... I first saw the bear as it came down the aisle between Travel and Biography... Everyone wanted to explain the love between Pearl and Thomas... There has been no sleep on the journey...Enchanted, Black Lace's collection of three erotic fairy tales, is at now available in the United States. If, back in August, you were salivating, coveting, and

MARKET FOR LOVE by Jamaica Layne now in bookstores!!!

MARKET FOR LOVE by Jamaica Layne is now available in bookstores and online at fine online booksellers everywhere!Miranda never mixed business with pleasure�until she met her new boss.Straight-laced, conservative stock-market analyst Miranda Johanson has had a very bad day. First, she lost eight million dollars of her clients� money. Then, if that weren�t bad enough, she had wild, no-holds-barred

Coming Attractions

by Janine Ashbless No, this isn't me saying I've got the decorators in, ha ha ha.This week on Lust Bites:On Monday Jamaica Layne will be telling us all about her new novel Market for Love.On Tuesday Olivia Knight (assuming she can tear herself away from Hay-on-Wye, 2nd-hand-book capital of the world but possessing not a single internet cafe...) will be popping the champagne corks for the US

Winner of Portia's Latest Comp!

The winner of my Love is a Battlefield & Return to Stoneworld... again Prize Draw is:LOUISA!Drop me a line at portiadacosta [at] gmail [dot] com with your snail mail deets and I'll send you your prize of a copy each of Entertaining Mr Stone and Suite Seventeen... maybe with an extra or two for good measure. If you've already got EMS and S17, just let me know what else you'd like from my backlist

(Fe)male Order Shopping-Harris' List of Covent Garden Ladies

Want to write a best-seller with plenty of sex? Well perhaps you might be lucky if you follow in the footsteps of Samuel Derrick.Who was he, I hear you ask? Well, Mr Derrick was Irish and a bit of a con-man if history is to be believed. He used to pretend to be a member of the Irish aristocracy but in reality he was a draper's apprentice, a bad actor, and a failed poet. He was determined to

Boring Average Men...and the ones you love despite yourself.

by Kate PearceSo we've had Lust Bites about Bloody men, young men, old men, bad men, wet men etc etc, but have we ever ventured into the area of average or conventional men? The ones that some of us, well me, secretly love but might have been afraid to admit to? I'll admit it-since the age of six I've had crushes on a lot of average guys and a lot of 'oh my god, I really shouldn't like this guy

Diet for Writers

I celebrated my birthday recently. The fun included visits with not one but two of my very favourite BBWs. (Big, Beautiful Women.) Imagine, if you will, my shock at discovering that neither was big! Hey! This is not the kind of surprise one wants on one�s birthday. If any fat were to be melted off, by rights it should�ve been mine.The ex-BBW #1 told me she�d quit red meat and carbs for two

Coming Attractions

This week here on Lust Bites... Hot naked man loving, sticky sex, and a glimpse at the pleasureable pursuits of the past. Are you tempted yet?On Monday, Madeline Moore stops by to tell us all about the Writer's Diet. I don't think she's referring to coffee and chocolate!Following her, on Wednesday, Kate Pearce offers up a confession: men she loves, despite herself. Hmmm, photographic evidence,

The Kama Sutra�now with extra naughty bits!

by Sophie MouetteLadies and gentlemen, for your consideration, may we present a new anthology: The Mammoth Book of the Kama Sutra: The Fullest Ever Illustrated Collection of the Kama Sutra and Its Variants, edited by the illustrious Maxim Jakubowski.There have been many published versions of the Kama Sutra. Translations. Illustrated versions, with lush pictures or cartoon how-to�s. There�s even a

Scenes We Love ~ No 2

by Madelynne EllisI love Labyrinth, I mean what is there not to like. It has everything, Bowie, magic, goblins, Bowie, talking worms, mazes, trippyness more Bowie... You get the idea, right?Jareth is a seriously cool bit of hot stuff. He's pretty. He's cruel, but you know, ultimately, he just wants to be loved :-) You've gotta appreciate that in a villain.I will confess that this isn't actually

Fun Loving Criminals: Mad, Bad and Delicious to Know!

Bad Boys, Bad Boys, what you gonna do? What you gonna do when they come for you?(Well, if you don�t know by now, I�m sure there�s a few good books on this site with suggestions..)In coming up with the characters for Southern Spirits, specifically the two bad guys � the charismatic con man Jack Wheeler and the laconic, possessive gangster Mickey Whisper � I started looking for inspiration in the

Coming Attractions

by Janine Ashbless This picture shows Simon Keenlyside as Don Giovanni in the current run at the Royal Opera in London. I hope it serves to remind us all that the path of sensual indulgence and concupiscence leads only to perdition. Yep, that's what I think every time I look at this picture.Stiffening our moral fibre this week on Lust Bites :On Monday Edie Bingham brings us a salutary look at Fun

Love is a Battlefield

IN TOO DEEP - Portia Da CostaBlurb It's all in the mind... Librarian Gwendolynne Price starts finding indecent proposals and sexy stories in her suggestion box every morning. Shocked that they seem to be tailored specifically to her own deepest sexual fantasies, she begins a tantalising relationship with a man she's never met. At the same time, she's fast getting involved with a man

Simply Sinful...thoughts behind the book

by Kate PearceSo last week I was wittering on about introducing m/m elements to erotic romance novels and how everyone is doing it. I also mentioned my book "Antonia's Bargain" as my jumping off point toward finding exactly the kind of hero I wanted to write about-not the classic Alpha male or the Beta, but a man struggling to come to terms with his unique sexuality in a time period when being

Scenes We Love ~ No. 1

by Janine AshblessYou wanted a surprise? Well it's not a secret that I don't like kissing. But when I came to pick my favourite movie clip for Lust Bites I just had to pick the kiss above from The Whole Wide World.The film is based upon the real-life relationship between Novalyne Price Ellis (played by Renee Zellweger), a school-teacher and aspiring writer, and Robert E. Howard (played by Vincent

Coming Attractions

It's a mystery... Oh, it's a mystery... Please excuse the singing but that's exactly what this Monday's post here at Lust Bites appears to be. The crystal scrying ball has failed. I'm hoping it's a post about naked butts, or maybe something about tasting forbidden apples, hence this weeks inspiring piccie. But whatever it turns out to be, I'm sure it'll be worth stopping by for.On Wednesday, the

There were three in the bed...

by Kate PearceAt the end of 2005, I had written a couple of books, (four no-hopers), and one erotic historical, Eden's Pleasure, which was published by Ellora's Cave. It featured a set of identical twins, Gervase and Gideon Harcourt. Gervase was the hero of Eden's Pleasure but everyone was fascinated by his darker twin, Gideon, a man for whom sex had a whole different meaning and usually centered

Crush Wednesday: Leonard Cohen

by Madeline MooreSlowly you come to me/ Slowly we shed/The clothes of our doubting/and slowly are wedFamous Troubadour It�s four in the morningbut everything's okayI�m writing you now justto say �Happy Birthday�Toronto is steamyI like where I�m living,they�re busy on Clinton St.all through the eveningI hear that you�re workingwriting your poems, singing in EuropeYou were robbed of your savings,

Welcome Jamaica Layne

Hooray - we've got a new author to welcome to the lineup of Lust Bites: Jamaica Layne.And she nearly died getting here ... In now-traditional style we thought an interview was the best way to get the low-down, so here goes:Tell us a bit about yourself, Jamaica!I�ve been writing professionally for about 12 years, and wrote very unprofessionally (angst-ridden teen poetry, kiddie plays, etc) for

Coming Attractions

Interview: on Monday, A new Lustie with the fabulous pseudonym Jamaica Layne, bravely submits to a barrage of questions. Find out all about the writer behind the book-with-the-sexy-cover-of-which-Kristina-and-Mathilda-would-approve, Market for Love.Crush: on Wednesday, Madeline Moore waxes poetic on writer/singer/ladies man/monk Leonard Cohen. Just in time for his 74th birthday, too!Commentary:

On Patrol with Erotica Cover Watch

I�m Kristina Lloyd and I�m a hornymanoholic. My friend, Mathilde Madden, suffers from the same problem.You wouldn�t believe some of the places we have to hang out to get a fix. It makes us feel weird and freakishly oversexed.Imagine our plight: another late night of smut writing and we decide to take, um, a break from the words. So we google, say, �stud muffin� or �david boreanaz naked� or �army

The Business of Writing Full-Time

by Olivia Knight�Are you listening?��Yes,� said Tiffany.�Good. Now� if you trust in yourself���Yes?���and believe in your dreams���Yes?���and follow your star�� Miss Tick went on.�Yes?��� you�ll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren�t so lazy. Goodbye.�� The Wee Free Men, Terry PratchettStraight off: hold the tissues. I sodding love my life.

"Mr Black Lace" - an interview with Adam Nevill

by Janine AshblessThis year marks 15 years of Black Lace books, so we decided to get together as a posse and corner the Editor of the imprint, Adam Nevill, for an interview. We should have taken nets. Adam is possibly one of the hardest-working people in publishing (I�ve had e-mails sent from his desk at 7.30 in the morning and 8.00 at night). It�s hard to believe that he manages to write his own

Coming attractions: Publishing Week

Ladies (and gentlemen), we are proud to present...Mr...Black...Lace!Cue music from Chicago as Mr BL rocks onto the stage....Okay, that's not our editor. We live lives of inordinate blessed luck and luxury, but that isn't, really, our editor. Then again, this is:As the saying goes, "You can edit me any--" No! Stop! Don't say that! Because this week is all about professionalism. Filthy fillies

Coming attractions: Publishing Week!

Ladies (and gentlemen), we are proud to present...Mr...Black...Lace!Cue music from Chicago as Mr BL rocks onto the stage....Okay, that's not our editor. We live lives of inordinate blessed luck and luxury, but that isn't, really, our editor. Then again, this is:As the saying goes, "You can edit me any--" No! Stop! Don't say that! Because this week is all about professionalism. Filthy fillies

Return to Stoneworld... again.

Portia Da CostaI love to read linked books and ever since I started writing, I've often tried to create mini series and books that have characters and settings in common. Back in 2005, I wrote a book called Entertaining Mr Stone, and with it I established what I call Stoneworld - which is the 'universe' in which that book, and several others, as well as a few short stories are set. Stoneworld is

Finishing the book

by Kate PearceYou sit back in your chair, a calm smile on your face and stare at those wonderful words-The End. You've done it. You've achieved something that many people can only dream about. You've written a book, you've edited and polished it to perfection and now you're ready to send it off to your publisher.I know, I can just imagine all your happy little smiles of remembrance. That's how it

A Bluffer's Guide to... Gay Historicals

Along the lines of the other Bluffer's Guides I thought I'd do a Gay Historical 1-0-1 today.Top facts:* Sadly not yet published by Black Lace. I live in hope as they do have m/m/f plotlines.* Covers. Usually pretty naff.(with the exception of those below)* Committed Lusties, Erastes, Madelynne Ellis - hell, just about all of us!In a nutshell* There's not enough of it, for a start.* Some Gay

Coming attractions

by Olivia KnightLast week's wet men notwithstanding, this may be the most beautiful image ever to grace the Lust Bites blog (and we don't hold back with our gratuitous photos). Speaking of backs and holding - mmm...(Perhaps I'm biased. This is almost exactly how I imagine Sir Thomas from "The Three Riddles" in Enchanted, though not featured in his armour here. Or perhaps any woman in her right

Smut Slot - Wildwood

by Janine AshblessThis picture of Holly is by my old mate Ian Stobie, and suits Wildwood exactly. Used with permission. Did you know, it's exactly a year since I last claimed the Smut Slot? Well today I'm delighted to offer an excerpt from my latest novel Wildwood, a tale of contemporary magic. If you want some more info about the plot you can catch up here, but for this excerpt all you need to

Crush Wednesday: wet men

by Olivia KnightWe�ve all been there: garden party, drink in hand, exchanging witty repartee with some magnificent specimen whose eyes smoulder with wry debonair amusement, and you think � What, on earth, could possibly make you hotter? � and with a discreet nudge of the elbow, knock him into the pool.Ahh. Wet men. (Someone else will deal with Angry men in a separate post, as I don�t do anger

Writing for Film, or, 'Any Idiot Can Make a Movie'

by Madeline MooreGird your loins, Lusties and bloghoppers alike � today�s topic is writing for film. �Golly, Mad,� I can almost hear you say, �I didn�t know that you�ve had a feature film produced.�That�s because I haven�t, and before you question my credentials, let me tell you this: There are people in Hollywood who make their living as screenwriters without ever seeing a film produced.

Coming Attractions, pa pa pa pa pa pa........

by ErastesI would sing the Pearl and Dean theme tune here, but I doubt anyone here is ancient enough to understand the reference or remember Pearl and Dean at all. *feels old*So, in my best gravelly "Trailer Man Voice" I am happy to announce my very first coming attractions. THIS WEEK....There's a reason for the movie references, of course, so excuse the clumsy segue.On Monday Madeline Moore

Southern Spirits: Product of a One-Track Mind

Have you ever sat on a train, felt its powerful, relentless rhythm drive through you? Ever fantasise about having sex onboard - or even do it? Ever wonder if anyone else did too, willed on perhaps by the spirit of the train....My second Black Lace novel, Southern Spirits, has now been released in the US as well as the UK, and is set aboard the Silver Belle, a luxury train ala the Orient Express,

Guest Post: Sedonia Guillone

We're thrilled to have the lovely Sedonia Guillone visiting us here at Lust Bites today. Please make her feel welcome as she introduces us to her Men of Tokyo.A bit about Sedonia:Birthplace: Norwood, MassachusettsAstrological signs: Taurus, Rooster in Chinese zodiacFavourite films of all time: Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, SanjuroFavourite music: anything by GacktFoods: olives, pizza, Thai curryAnd I�m

Scary is sexy

In some ways, when we experience fear it is very akin to sexual arousal. We experience a sudden surge of emotions, adrenalin pumps through our bodies and our heartbeat elevates as our eyes widen and our pupils dilate. Both are extreme emotions prompted by some signal or other, but whether the physical response had anything to do with it I am not one hundred percent certain - but for me scary is

Today's Post

Due to circumstances beyond my control today's post will be a little late. In the meantime here is a little taster - the hunky Jensen Ackles from the scary but sexy television show 'Supernatural'.Deanna

Coming Attractions

by Janine AshblessWell, after all our burbling about Olympic swimmers I thought the beach volleyball teams needed some praise too. I note that The Daily Telegraph online said that "the athleticism and commitment of the competitors ensures that women's beach volleyball will be one of the most popular Olympic sports." Really? It has nothing to do with the itty-bitty little costumes? Must be just me

What we did on our writer's holiday at RWA

by Kate Pearce.For me, it was a simple drive through the tunnel, to the bay and into the city. Note-residents do not like it being called Frisco or San Fran, no idea why :) For some of the other Lusties, and ex-lusties it was a bloody long way. I remember when I first joined RWA looking at the list of conference venues and imagining when it would finally come to San Francisco, my home town. it

Crush Wednesday: Smooooth Young Men

This post is inspired by Germaine Greer, who ironically, dislikes women being viewed as sex objects. However she does have rather a thing for beautiful young men.I can't say I blame her. With the Olympics in full swing I find myself gravitating to the swimming events, although I can't help but be more interested in the after the race scenes when the swimmers peel down those all-in-one suits

Writing for TV

I get the call. The showrunner (formerly known as story producer or script editor) of a new children's� animation series wants me on board because the main character is a girl so he wants a mother/chick writer and he likes my �light touch.� I�m ecstatic.A meeting with the writers, showrunner, and producers is held in the groovy meeting room of the production studio. I love being with other

Coming attractions

Naked man? Tick. Good biceps? Tick. Plenty of water? Tick. M/m kiss? Tick. All together: holy Santa Maria madre del dio, I am too good to you.This week, we're...Putting the come back in coming attractions!Putting the vision back in television!Putting the man back in romance!Putting the ngs back in Fine Young Things...... putting Olivia back in her cage.On Monday, Madeline Moore discusses writing

Enchanted - Bear Skin

By Janine Ashbless Getting published is like waiting for a bus: you wait years for your book to come out and then two appear on the same day! As well as my novel Wildwood, this week also sees the UK publication of the 3-novella collection Enchanted, and my novella Bear Skin appears alongside Olivia Knight�s fantasy The Three Riddles and Leonie Martell�s gothic The People in the Garden.In keeping

Wildwood - out this week

by Janine AshblessMy new Black Lace novel Wildwood is out in the UK this Thursday! It�s a contemporary paranormal about rival ritual magicians, the English countryside, scary fairies, a love-triangle and of course SEX. Lots of that. And by the end, well, I haven�t brought human civilisation to crashing ruin but let�s just say it�s not far off.So here I am to tell you a bit about this novel in the

Enchanted ~ The Three Riddles

by Olivia KnightEnchanted is the final collection in Black Lace's novella books before we return (for a while) to short stories. Lust Bites was vampires, Possession was shape-shifting and invading spirits, Magic and Desire was fantasy, and Enchanted is fairy tales: be careful what you wish for...The originsLast Friday, in Fairytale feminists, I whisked through the origins of fairy tales and

Coming Attractions

by Janine AshblessThis week upcoming on Lust Bites looks a bit like The Olivia and Janine Show, I'm afraid - because we have books hitting the UK shops this week and we want to let you know all about them, not to mention give a few copies away!So on Monday Olivia Knight will be telling us about The Three Riddles, her fantasy novella in the 3-author collection Enchanted. Jealousy, magic, suffering

Fairytale feminists

by Olivia KnightTale as old as timeSong as old as rhymeBeauty and the BeastTheme song to Disney�s �Beauty and the Beast�For the very end of myths is to immobilise the world: they must suggest and mimic a universal order�Roland Barthes, �Myth Today�Next week introduces Enchanted, the novella collection of erotic fairytales � not a combination that startles us now, but a handful of decades ago,

Crush Wednesday: The Doctor

by Olivia KnightFor those who didn�t grow up in the UK and who find the terms �Tardis�, �Dalek�, and �sonic screwdriver� mystifying, this isn�t a medical post. It�s not about doctors. It�s about the doctor. Doctor who? Yes, precisely, so that�s what they called the program.This sets the tone. Although he loves tea, has a Northern accent, frequents London, and thinks no-one should carry

What's Taking You So Long In There?

by Janine Ashbless Okay, so this isn�t actually a picture of me. But if it was, I could tell you exactly what she�s thinking there: "Hey. Wow. What if my heroes START in Damascus and GO to Baghdad? Oh yeah. That means they could visit the House of Wisdom. Cool! And I don�t have to worry about the princess having an actual historical, documented family: I can make it all up! Yes. Yes! Awesome!"

Coming attractions

This week, we delve deep into the imagination - the places it happens, the places it can take you, and the places it comes from.On Monday, Janine Ashbless teases out the fickle creature of inspiration: where we find him, what we can do to lure him, and what to do when he just won't damn well bloody return our phone calls, the bastard! Blood sacrifices, roses in jars, and long hot showers may

Smut slot: A Friday Smutty art lesson

Chiaroscuro (Italian for clear-dark) is a term in art for a contrast between light and dark. The term is usually applied to bold contrasts affecting a whole composition, but is also more technically used by artists and art historians for the use of effects representing contrasts of light, not necessarily strong, to achieve a sense of volume in modeling three-dimensional objects such as the human

Crush Wednesday: Asian Men

by Madelynne EllisI have a thing about Asian Men. I would wax lyrical, but I think I'll let the pictures speak for themselves.Cheekbones, kohl, all those slender, fine features. Seriously, what's not to like?And have I mentioned I'm very fond of dark flowing locks on men?Couldn't resist a teeny bit of the red stuff. Must be the influence off all those triad movies I watch.And I think you all know

Love Hotel Madness: Kink and Games in the Land of Dreams

Our Guest Blogger today is Donna George Storey, author of Amorous Woman. There's a great competition in the post, so read on to win a copy of her sexy Japanese based book.Once a land of inscrutable mystery, Japan is no longer especially exotic to Westerners. Who hasn�t sampled sushi and sak�? Or fallen under the spell of manga, Nintendo, or at least one of those cool Miyazaki anim� films?But

Coming Attractions

by Janine AshblessIt's going to be a week of mystery and revelation here on Lust Bites.On Monday we will be in the mysterious East (okay, I know, shoot me - but I needed a segue). Our friend Donna George Storey, author of Amorous Woman, will be here and with a little help from Jeremy Edwards (!) will be telling us all about those Japanese Love Hotels with the themed rooms. Heh heh heh ... I

Tale of a Tail...

I knew I had become a real writer, not when I was first published, but when I was first asked where my ideas came from (I knew I was a real erotic fiction writer when I was first asked if it was all based on �personal experience�, a joke whose sell-by date proved shorter than a carton of milk in July).In this instance, when I was asked about The Pride, my first Black Lace book, the answer

I love vikings!

by Kate PearceOnce upon a time, Kate was bored and fed up writing about baggage-laden bisexual Regency Rakes. She wondered what to write. What was the stupidest idea her over-active imagination had come up with recently? Ah, yes-futuristic intergalactic vikings who loved women, loved them so much they were prepared to do almost anything to keep their females happy-even share them with other men

Introducing Edie Bingham

by Olivia KnightLust Bites has a brand-new shiny spangly contributor in the flock / stable / chocolate-tray, or whatever the correct collective noun is for erotica writers: Edie Bingham, author of The Pride and Southern Spirits, improv comedian, stand-up, closet-cat, and would-be trainspotter. So while the French celebrate the murder of the aristocracy and the birth of La R�publique, we�ve

Coming attractions

Summer's been cancelled again for the UK Lusties, with torrential rains and thunder - if this goes on, I'll be back in my punt, like last year. So if you're lusting for some heat, the best we can offer you is HIM. Over there. On the right. ---->In the sun. Without the umbrella. With his shirt off. The lucky, lucky bastard...And THIS:On Monday, Olivia Knight introduces Edie Bingham, the latest

Guilty Pleasures...

by Kate PearceThere's no one reading this is there? It's summer so everyone is off doing interesting stuff, not reading blogs, right? Cool, because I decided I needed to unburden myself of some of my guilty pleasures. So here they are, in no particular order.1. Cowboys-I know, you're all blown away by that revelation aren't you? I love them. Real cowboys don't talk much but watch them gentle a

Magic and Desire: US release

By the time this post goes up the 3 novella collection Magic and Desire will officially be available to buy in the US. Hooray! All three authors � Portia da Costa, Olivia Knight and Janine Ashbless � are longtime contributors to Lust Bites. To celebrate this publication we�ve got little teaser extracts for you from all three stories. Different styles, different settings (one contemporary, one

Feeling The Past

I have often wondered how my fellow writers come upon their ideas for their novels. Do they perchance just have a flash of inspiration, or is it far simpler than that - maybe a particular person, a book they read, or a TV show or movie they watch fires their imagination and helps them formulate a plot for a new book. With me it is often a visit to some ancient historical site that sends my

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Coming Attractions

Yes, I've been watching Prince Caspian. Hot centaur action!! (Sadly, Narnian minotaurs are a bit too fuzzy and animalistic for my taste.)But back in what passes for the real world ... This week on Lust Bites:On Monday Deanna Ashford will be Feeling the Past. Definitely better than smelling it, I reckon...By Wednesday the Black Lace paranormal novella collection Magic and Desire will be available

Boy Toys

I hope you're all primed and ready for today's post. If you've been following along at Lust Bites, you should be champing at the bit by today. As long as there've been movies, there've been stories of older women and younger men. Who knows? Maybe even before movies! 'Madeline Moore,' I can almost hear you remarking, 'we know about the cult classic Harold and Maude and everyone's seen Mrs.

Boy Meets Girl Meets Boy

Disclaimer type thingy: This is of course how I approach the subject. I�m not an expert, I just write books. Other people write books in different ways so of course, your mileage may vary and all that jazz.I like writing m�nage books. Still, they�re certainly not all I write by any stretch. Only five of my novels are full m�nages (as in � the relationship focus is on a triad). There are reasons

Erotic Haiku Winners

by Olivia KnightMasses of thanks to everyone who deluged us with their pithy, hot haikus for the Midsummer Erotic Haiku Competition. Predictably, with 87 poems to choose from, the judges waved wine glasses and shouted a lot, but we agreed on a few things. Firstly, that erotic haikus should...� be formally impeccable� condense as much as possible, without wasting a single syllable� suggest a

Looking into the Future

By Janine AshblessYes � that�s me there. The flowing red dress. The skull. The riding crop. The enormous book of dirty stories. The crystal ball � because I�ve been looking into the future.We did it back in December, but what with line-up changes and the unceasing flow of time I thought I might ask round the Lusties and find out what they�ve got in the pipeline for future publication, and what

Coming attractions

The erotic haiku competition inundated us with so many hot little snippets that the winners' announcement has been moved to Tuesday 1 July while the judges pore over your mini masterpieces. In the meantime, you can look at him and savour the week to come...On Monday, Janine Ashbless does a mega coming attractions of all our publications for the year ahead, a sneak preview of what future smut

Smut slot: Amanda's Young Men

Fireworks are for sale all over Canada right now. This is because Canada Day, July 1, is right around the corner, but I like to think it�s because the release date for Amanda�s Young Men is July 3, (although the book is available now on Amazon.co.uk) and Canadians everywhere are eager to celebrate. OK, so the release date is for the UK only and, according to the information I have at present,

A bluffer's guide to... Historicals

by Olivia KnightWith the beautiful new Black Lace covers came three new lines: paranormals, contemporaries, and historicals. Last Wednesday, Madeline Moore introduced contemporaries; the week before, I did the same for paranormals. Today, historicals are in the spotlight.Top facts:� Black Lace line: historicals� Colour: red� Committed Lusties, past and present: Deanna Ashford, Kristina Lloyd,

Gay Love Letters

I adore letters. I bewail the loss of stationery; heavy crinkle edged, watermarked and perfumed: the fountain pen, even the pencil. Pressed flowers and tear stains.There�s something very visceral about actual letters, perhaps it�s the time they take to write, the fact that they can�t be amended without heavy crossing outs or destroying the work one has put into them and starting again. There�s a

Coming Attractions

This week on Lust Bites (where we never objectify male bodies. Just fetishise them, ahem.):On Monday Erastes will be naughtily reading other peoples' mail - in fact enjoying a gander at some Gay Love Letters.On Wednesday the third of our Black Lace overviews will be covering Historicals. Bosoms will heave and bodices will be ripped, I promise.And on Friday it's our lovely monthly Smut Slot!

Midsummer Erotic Haiku Competition

~ Winners announced 1 July 2008, here ~by Olivia KnightHeaped erotic books,Slow days and hot nights: petalson a firm flesh boughWith seventeen beats �Five-seven-five � you force ourGasps: come, take your prize.Multiple offerings:Brief, fierce, repeated stabs atMastering our small form.Riding generous wavesWe offer our gifts to youAgain and again.Or, in plain old prose: look at the lovely books!

A Bluffer's Guide to ... Contemporaries

With the beautiful new Black Lace covers came three new lines: paranormals, contemporaries, and historicals. Last Wednesday, Olivia Knight offered a bluffer's guide to paranormals, and today Madeline Moore, (that's me!) will do the same for contemporaries. Next Wednesday, historicals will have their moment in the Lust Bites spotlight.Top facts:Black Lace line: contemporariesColour:

Titilating Tuesday - Whatta Man

I admit it, I have a thing for the hyper-masculine man. I like warriors. Hard, big, rough, a bit feral even. I can see the beauty in a man with eyeliner but he does not flip my switch in the same way a man, gleaming with clean sweat, broad shoulders blocking the sun as he towers over me, can do. However, don't worry, I'll be back next time with a tribute to the pretty men who make life better by

Devilish Delights

by Madelynne EllisI thought we'd have a bit of fun here on Lust Bites today (not that we don't normally have fun). Here's the deal everyone taking part gets to choose seven (not two, or nine, or eleven, or twenty-seven) men with whom they'd like to be locked in the Lust Bites dungeon. That's one for each day of the week folks. (Note: I suppose we can cope with the odd woman or minotaur if you

Coming attractions

Remember the Valentine's Flash and Win competition? Everyone blew us away with their short, sharp, and very hot flash-stories. This week sees another mega-haul of erotic books in first, second, and third prizes to celebrate midsummer! Instead of 100-word stories, though, this time we'll be heaping books on the best erotic haiku. Sharpen your pencils and start counting syllables on your fingers,

Winner of Reason Enough!

Congratulations to CAFFEY! Email me at readinbed AT gmail.com -- you've won a copy of Reason Enough. (It's an ebook from Spice Briefs!)Yay! Thanks for commenting, everyone!M

Secured Mail and a bonus...

I know you might be thinking, hey! that's the cover for PLANET Mail not the new spicy intergalactic viking love fest SECURED Mail and you would be right...I haven't got the new cover yet (grr) but I thought the old one was worth another drool over. I'll let you see the new one and share the release date as soon as I have them:The book, however, is all spanking new and contains the usual riot of

Reason Enough

by Megan HartIt's available now!Reason Enough, featuring the hero/heroine Elle and Dan from my Harlequin Spice release, "Dirty", is now available as an electronic download from Spice Briefs! This short story can also be read by those who haven't read "Dirty".The Blurb:Elle and Dan haven�t quite achieved their goal of having sex in every room of their new house--but almost! Marriage hasn�t

A bluffer's guide to... Paranormals

by Olivia KnightWith the beautiful new Black Lace covers came three new lines: paranormals, contemporaries, and historicals. Over the next three Wednesdays, we�ll be rounding up their pretty pictures and offering a bluffer�s guide to each line.Top facts:Black Lace line: paranormalsColour: purpleCommitted Lusties, past and present: Janine Ashbless, Portia Da Costa, Mathilde Madden, Olivia Knight,

Pirates!

by Janine AshblessYes, I do: I love pirates. Not real ones, of course. Not the drunken murderous disease-ridden bastards with dental hygiene that would make you heave. Fictional pirates. The ones in films and books and TV. The ones that go "Aar!" a lot.And why do I love pirates? Well, here's Exhibit A (You knew he was going to turn up so let's get it over with).I like the flamboyance. I like the

Coming Attractions

by Janine Ashbless(Well, it's a lovely sunny day here so it seemed like an appropriate picture.)This week on Lust Bites:On Monday I will be raving happily about Pirates and sharing some of my favourite pictures. Aaahr!On Wednesday Olivia Knight will be taking an overview of Black Lace's Paranormal novels. Brrr...And on Friday Kate Pearce will be bringing us a hot excerpt from her forthcoming

Introducing Tesni Morgan

by Janine AshblessToday we officially welcome the newest member of the Lust Bites circle, Tesni Morgan.Tesni is new to this internet malarky and is dipping her toes for the first time into the blogging world with Lust Bites. Where's she been all these years, you might be asking? - well, she's been writing. Since 1973 in fact. (Blimey, in 1973 all I was writing was "What I Did in My Summer

Gentlemen Behaving Badly: "Speak Its Name"

SPEAK ITS NAME is out now!What is this Speak Its Name of which you speak?Call it SiN for short. It's a three-novella anthology of gay historical romance. Published by Linden Bay Romance and containing stories from Lee Rowan, Charlie Cochrane and Erastes.Three novellas? Sounds like a bargain!It is! Aftermath from Charlie Cochrane is a tale of 1920's Oxford Undergraduates, Gentleman's Gentleman by

Does Size Matter

Does length matter?Of course it matters (and not only if you forget how short your cute new skirt is, and bend over), but exactly how it matters depends on mood, desire, whim, commitment level, and even the comfort of your bed. So many factors to consider. Sometimes you want it long and thick. Sometimes, not so much.No, I�m not talking about collecting sex-toys of different sizes to suit your

Coming Attractions

Size doesn't matter.Here's another one:A dwarf working in a circus as a clairvoyant is believed to have murdered a man and has escaped police custody. Police say there's a small medium at large.On Monday, Teresa Noelle Roberts considers whether size matters - novels, novellas, short stories - or whether it's what you do with it that counts.On Wednesday, Erastes opens another medium - the e-book -

Stripped

by Lauren DaneWe'll start with the book video made by Anya Bast, who is one of the authors in the anthology (and a really fabulous author who can write some steamy sexin!)So on May 1 - my novella, Stripped, came out in the What Happens in Vegas... anthology from Harlequin Spice.Here's the blurb: Dahlia Baker had a reputation in her hometown. It was one of the things a woman with a body like hers

Happy Birthday Portia!

Black Latex with Lauren Wissot

by Olivia KnightBlack Lace writers may be scarlet harlots to Barbara Cartland, but our big bad brother makes us look sweet-sixteen at times. Nexus is also erotica and also an imprint of Virgin Publishing. If we�re Black Lace, though, they�re Black Latex with a strap-on and a whip. Lauren Wissot has emerged from the basement to give us the low-down on writing for Nexus, S&M, and her book Under

Lust at First Sight

GEMINI HEAT & GOTHIC HEAT - Portia Da CostaThis is just a quickie to say... Wahey, both GEMINI HEAT and GOTHIC HEAT are published in America today! They're the two books that span my fourteen years as a Black Lace author and I'm thrilled to bits that they're available together like this... :)To celebrate this auspicious day, here are two brief clips, one from each book, each containing the

"The Mummy's Girl": guest spot

Have you ever been tempted to self-publish? Lust Bites friend t'Sade gives us the low-down on what it's like.Naked, as all slaves were required to be, the woman was not uncomfortable with her nudity. Plastered against her back, her sweat-soaked hair clung to her skin as she strained with the effort not to move. Held above her head, her wrists twisted inside golden chains, trying to break free.

Coming Attractions

by Janine AshblessThis gratuitous picture of Sean Bean as Boromir is dedicated to Teresa!This week on Lust Bites:On Monday we have a guest post from our friend t'Sade, who will be telling us all about the novel The Mummy's Girl, and what it's like to have a go at self-publishing a book that doesn't fit into the normal erotica niches.On Tuesday Portia Da Costa will be marking the release of Gemini

Would you like a condom with that?

by Kate PearceCondoms-who needs them? Especially in fiction. It's an interesting question much debated in the romance community. There are some people who hate reading about condoms because they introduce the boring reality of life into what is, in essence, escapist erotic fantasy. Others won't finish a contemporary novel if the hero doesn't even suggest using a condom.Can a talented writer slip

Crush Wednesday: Fantasies about Fantasy

by Teresa Noelle RobertsLong before puberty, I was enamoured with the brave men and fierce women who inhabit the worlds depicted in fantasy novels and movies. Brawny barbarians, elegant sorceresses, wily wizards, valiant knights, sardonic swordsmen and warrior women who quipped in the face of death? Elves, dwarves, hobbits, and other fascinating non-humans? I reveled in it all as an escape from

Titilating Tuesday

Welcome to the very first Titilating Tuesday here at Lust Bites. I thought perhaps it would be a nice way to spice up the space between Monday and Wednesday. I'll be talking about all things sexy and titilating as we go along. If you've got any suggestions, please feel free to make requests. A disclaimer: As always, what is sexy and titilating lies in the eye of the beholder. This is about my eye

Love and Lust

I have always been an avid reader. I�m sure that most writers must be because in my estimation you have to love books in order to want to write. I vividly remember reading my first romantic novel when I was in about my second or third year of senior school. I started reading Gone With the Wind on the bus on the way home from school on the Friday evening and read it all weekend until I finished it

Coming attractions

by Olivia KnightThe week ahead is all about fantasy - which is, obviously, why we have John Barrowman almost naked, again. One day he'll put us all out of our misery and get completely naked, but until then we have to make do.On Monday, Deanna explores love versus lust, the idea commonly being that love comes with familiarity (like contempt) - for lust, see exhibit A: the picture on the right.

And now for something completely different...

Portia Da Costa presents Black Lace Lolpets!As a writer who's always looking for new ways to avoid writing, I spend hours surfing the web looking for new lols instead of doing what I'm supposed to be doing. But, after hanging out at sites like ICanHasCheezburger, Cat Macros and Stuff on my Cat every day, it was almost inevitable that I started making my own macros as a new and more elaborate form

Group Sex: Pirates

by Janine AshblessIt�s time for Group Sex!Yes, I�m going to kick off a dirty story, and I want you to join in. Yes YOU � there at the back � I can see you trying to hide. Add a paragraph or two in the comments and you can come back later to see where other people have taken it. If we�re really lucky we might actually get to a happy (or at least sexually satisfactory) ending.Fine literature is not

Megan Hart and Lauren Dane

Hey, all. Megan Hart here. That's me on the left, the one with the crop.Brand-new to Lust Bites and to Black Lace. Heck. I still feel brand-new to writing, even though I've been doing it for what feels like forever. You can read more about me at my website, www.meganhart.com, or my blog, www.readinbed.net.But what would you like to know? I'm married, have two kids, a bunch of pets. I live in the

Coming Attractions

by Janine Ashbless Here in the UK it has turned warm at last this week - which means sleeping with the duvet thrown back and the window open. Hurray! And if you are me, it means a queen wasp coming in through the window at 6.30am, which is why I got up so damn early on a Sunday. This week on Lust Bites: On Monday we meet two new Lusties: Lauren Dane and Megan Hart They write as a team for Black

Building The Dragon Lord's world

by Olivia KnightThe Dragon Lord is the final novella in Magic and Desire:From the misty marshlands of Navarone to the halls of mythical K�o, Drake's passion for the newly-wed Princess Nina threatens to end his quest, his honour, and his life. Meanwhile, Nina must wrestle with her dangerous secret, which marriage should have ended and which Drake has reignited.Misty marshlands of Navarone...

Genesis of a Fairy Story...

ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT by Portia Da Costa [in Magic and Desire]The inspiration for ILL MET BY MOONLIGHT germinated long, long ago as the idea for a vampire story that I was considering writing for a different publisher, not Black Lace. I'd never written a novella before, but I was intrigued by the idea of creating a shorter piece, something very tight and driven by a very simple and intimate

Nim's Island: movie review

by Janine AshblessEver hear the one about the reclusive female author living a life of vicarious adventure through a fictional hero who looks exactly like Gerard Butler? No, they haven�t made a film of my life (although if they did I�d be honoured to be played by Jodie Foster): this is Nim�s Island, a movie for kids. And writers.Plot: Nim is a pre-teen living an idyllic but isolated life with her

The House of Dust

by Janine AshblessFor the Magic and Desire collection I wrote a dark historical fantasy novella called The House of Dust. My Lustie buddy Olivia Knight sent me a few questions about it (see below). First though, a brief synopsis:Setting: The land of Sumer (in modern times: Iraq), approximately 2600 BC.Plot: Ishara, the narrator, is the high priestess of Inanna, the goddess of sex and love. Every

Coming attractions

The new novella collection is out: Magic and Desire: three lovely long stories of dragons, gods, elves, underworlds, and other such fantastic matter.On Monday, Olivia Knight interviews Janine Ashbless (a.k.a. her evil twin) about her novella, The House of Dust.On Wednesday, Portia da Costa takes center-stage - with a fairy, and her story Ill Met by Moonlight.On Friday, Olivia Knight talks about

How do you solve a problem like smegma?

Ok � that�s not a particularly sexy title. I admit it. But it is a valid point when one writes historical fiction. Writing bed-scenes when your writhing couple didn�t own a bath or shower and wouldn't do for several hundred years could be a turn-off for the reader.These days we are all Germ Free Adolescents, washing our hair every day and brushing our teeth whilst wearing scented panty liners

Pretty Interlude

the official FRIDAY post will be with you soon. This is Lord Darleston BTW.Yeah, okay, really it's Gackt!I'm not an obsessed fangirl, no, not at all!

Magic and Desire - available in the UK

Happy May Day!This is traditionally a day for frollicking in the greenwood and sex magic so it's great that Magic and Desire, the three-novella anthology, is out today in the UK!Three authors: three stories of sorcery and lust. We'll be showcasing it next week but just in case you can't wait:Amazon.co.ukxxxJanine

Romancing the Convention

From your intrepid reporter, Kate PearceIf you don't know who this guy is, you obviously aren't a Romantic Times aficionado. It's FABIO, the most famous romance cover model ever with the divine Michelle Buonfiglio from Lifetime TV's romance blog. Strangely enough, five minutes before the book fair at the convention ended on Saturday, the whole ballroom went black. I suspect Fabio had just arrived

Phantasmagoria US release

PHANTASMAGORIA - Madelynne EllisThe long awaited sequel to A GENTLEMAN'S WAGER.I adore this cover. I suppose I got lucky with it. The colours and composition of the image actually seem to hint at what you'll find inside - a rather dark story, actually. Phantasmagoria was not an easy book to write, and for an erotic romance, perhaps it's not an easy book to read. Hopefully, it is a story that will