Thursday 16 September 2021

Talk Like a Pirate Day is Coming! Arrrrggh!

In celebration of International Talk Like a Pirate Day - Sunday, September 19, 2021 - Smashwords is hosting a sale of pirate-themed books and The Pirate Lord was selected to participate! Argh, blast ye maties, my face is red for blushing.

PIRATE DAY ON SMASHWORDS!

Who doesn't love a pirate? Especially a romantic, daring, amorous pirate who makes the mistake of underestimating the lady he thinks is his prisoner.... Hah! Foolish man.

Click the link below and use the Coupon Code to pick up your FREE copy of The Pirate Lord during the promotion which runs Friday, September 17 to Tuesday, September 21, 2021.

CODE: CZ83Q

THE PIRATE LORD ON SMASHWORDS

Happy Reading!

Monday 13 September 2021

Erotic Medieval Romance available for Pre-order!

Mortain and Bedwyr Book Two

Whispers in the Fog

Release Date: September 20,2021

Available for Pre-Order Now on Amazon

The shifter knight, Bedwyr, will risk everything to keep Isabelle Grey from harm, a passion that has tragic consequences for his alter ego, Sir Edryd Mortain.

To protect his children, the noble knight drives his ward from the castle and from all hope of securing his love. At the home of Sir Hugo Blackwell, Isabelle tries to forget Mortain and his seductive darker self until Sir Hugo requests her assistance to open a mysterious casket from a dead monk.

The monster that is released has an evil plan in mind for Isabelle, never realizing that Isabelle has a monster of her own.

Set in 1209 Wales, Whispers in the Fog is the second novella in a steamy trilogy about the noble Welsh knight, Sir Edryd Mortain and his alter ego, the depraved shifter Bedwyr, and their forbidden love for one girl.

Whispers in the Fog

Monday 6 September 2021

New Release! Erotic Medieval Romance in Kindle Unlimited!

Hidden in the Shadows

She is forbidden. Chaste. The convent-raised daughter of his only friend and fellow knight, Isabelle Grey is also his ward. The nobility of his birth, the chilvaric code and his own tormented conscience constrains Sir Edryd Mortain from bedding her as much as the scarring on his face.

He cannot escape her. The girl has come of age and without a suitor, she must join Mortain's household. He is cold to her, repels her overtures of kinship, and watches her from the shadows.

Unaware of the desire he harbors within, Isabelle wanders into her guardian's hidden apothecary one night after the household is abed. There she encounters the depraved shifter knight known as Bedwyr who reveals Mortain's secret. He has drank an elixir that has the power to overcome his conscience and deliver him his heart's desire. If Mortain cannot love Isabelle as a man, he will seduce her as a beast.

Set in 1209 Wales, Hidden in the Shadows is the first novella in a steamy trilogy about the noble Welsh knight, Sir Edryd Mortain and his alter ego, the depraved shifter Bedwyr, and their forbidden love for one girl.

PURCHASE OR BORROW IN KINDLE UNLIMITED

Look for Book Two: Whispers in the Fog - Due for release SEPTEMBER 20, 2021
Look for Book Three: Revealed in the Mist - Due for release OCTOBER 4, 2021

Wednesday 1 September 2021

What makes a romance erotic and other questions that go bump in the night.

We stumbled across this very helpful definition from Sylvia Day:

Porn: stories written for the express purpose of sexual gratification. Plot, character development, and romance are NOT primary to these stories. They are designed to incite the reader to orgasm and nothing else.
Erotica: stories written about the sexual journey of the characters and how this impacts them as individuals. Emotion and character growth are important facets of a true erotic story. However, erotica is NOT designed to show the development of a romantic relationship, although it’s not prohibited if the author chooses to explore romance. Happily Ever Afters are NOT an intrinsic part of erotica, though they can be included. If they are included, they weren’t the focus. The focus remained on the individual characters’ journeys, not the progression of the romance.
Erotic Romance: stories written about the development of a romantic relationship through sexual interaction. The sex is an inherent part of the story, character growth, and relationship development, and couldn’t be removed without damaging the storyline. Happily Ever After is a REQUIREMENT to be an erotic romance.
Sexy Romance: stories written about the development of a romantic relationship that just happen to have more explicit sex. The sex is not an inherent part of the story, character growth, or relationship development, and could easily be removed or “toned down” without damaging the storyline. Happily Ever After is a REQUIREMENT as this is basically a standard romance with hotter sex.

(https://www.sylviaday.com/extras/erotic-romance/)

Evelyn Ellis writes Erotica. Constance Kent writes Erotic Romance and Sexy Romance.

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