Interview With Zenobia Renquist
I sat down (virtually) with Zenobia Renquist for a short interview. Zenobia Renquist’s latest release is VIP Room Service (Other Related Duties #1), a Contemporary Erotica with BDSM AND a MFM Menage. It is currently on sale for 99 cents!
Cynthia Sax: How does VIP Room Service start?
Zenobia Renquist: VIP Room Service (Other Related Duties #1)—on sale for 99¢ (regularly $2.99) until 26 Sep—starts with Lexie headed to the time clock after a long day on her feet, cleaning rooms and other such things hotel housekeepers do. She’s tired and wants to be home so she can get off her feet. I started the story there because that’s a place most people have been and can relate to easily. Clockwatchers of the world united in a common goal of hurrying up the second hand so they can leave already. But, of course, this is the beginning of a story so Lexie doesn’t get to go home.
Cynthia Sax: Where is VIP Room Service set?
Zenobia Renquist: The story is set is a very posh five-star hotel with all the glitz and glamor that entails. The locale is sexy because this is an upscale establishment where the cheapest room is way more expensive than the normal traveler can afford so you wouldn’t expect anything bordering on illegal going on in the VIP rooms…or would you? I’ve always held the belief that only rich people can afford to break (or bend) the law and Mr. Malena is no exception.
Cynthia Sax: Is VIP Room Service part of a series?
Zenobia Renquist: Most definitely a series, though the stories are all stand alone. The common theme uniting each title is the reason for the series name—other related duties. Anyone who has signed a work contract has seen that phrase at the bottom in small print. It’s meant to encompass anything the employer forgot to list under work duties so the employee can’t later say, when asked to perform a task, “that’s not my job.” Well in this series, that catch-all phrase means way more than running out to get donuts or staying late to plan an office picnic. There is only one title in the series at the moment, but the next heroine—a live-in personal assistant—should be due out in the next few months.
Cynthia Sax: What one piece of advice would you give new writers?
Zenobia Renquist: Don’t be afraid to write what you love. If you love it, there is a reader out there who will love it as well. It’s just a matter of finding that reader and hoping said reader has a lot of like-minded friends. When you write what you love, writing isn’t work. There’s plenty of aspects of this profession that are work—hard work at that. Writing shouldn’t be counted on that list. Editing however is, but that’s a totally different animal.
Thank you, Zenobia Renquist, for joining us today!
Zenobia Renquist’s Website: http://zenobiarenquist.com/
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She offers satisfaction above and beyond what is requested.
Lexie’s job as a maid at a five-star hotel doesn’t normally include the unique and risqué form of room service that rich guest Mr. Malena has requested, nor the generous tip he’s offered. Submission and exhibition and a ménage. Lexie can’t resist. What should have been a one-time thing turns into an introduction into the sensual world of customer satisfaction. This is one workplace encounter that could get her fired…or will it?
NOTE: Title previously published as Wine Service (Professional Courtesy 1).
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SciFi Saturday News – Star Trek Beyond Leonard Nimoy Tribute, New Star Wars Characters, And Awesome Space Photos
These are some of the interesting SciFi developments I spotted this week.
Awesome Photo Of The Twin Jet Nebula
The Hubble Space Telescope snapped one of the most gorgeous photos I’ve ever seen. As Amanda Kooser shares
“A two-lobed nebula blossoms outward from a central star system. Jets of gas extend in elongated bubbles.” Read the entire article if you wish to learn more about nebula.
Astronauts Drink Recycled Urine
From the beautiful to the gross. (grins) Ellen Brait shares
“What’s the difference between American and Russian astronauts on the International Space Station? The Americans drink their urine, the Russians don’t.
“It tastes like bottled water,” Layne Carter, water subsystem manager for the ISS at Nasa’s Marshall Space Flight Center told Bloomberg. “As long as you can psychologically get past the point that it’s recycled urine and condensate that comes out of the air.”
Condensate is the collected breath and sweat of the crew, shower runoff, and urine from animals on board the station.”
A Closer Look At Ceres
I love referring to real planet names in my stories. I usually add something to them. Ceres would become Ceres IV because they’re not the same planet. But I think it’s important that we are familiar with the names.
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft snapped this awesome photo of Ceres. Ceres is small, no bigger than 590 miles at its widest point (compared to Earth at 7,926 miles – http://www.space.com/17638-how-big-is-earth.html ) but it is fascinating, a great setting for a story.
More Planets! Kepler 452b
“The discovery of Kepler 452b, a planet orbiting a star similar to our own sun and just 4 percent larger and 10 percent brighter, hit the news recently. Detected by the Kepler Space Telescope, the planet is a so-called “super Earth” with five times the mass of Earth and a 60 percent larger diameter. Kepler 452b orbits its star every 385 days, again very similar to our own world.”
“On the 20th anniversary year of the discovery that proved other suns host planets, the Kepler exoplanet explorer has discovered a planet and star which most closely resemble the Earth and our Sun”.
Star Wars, JJ Abrams and Kylo Ren
JJ Abrams continues to drive me and all other Star Wars fans crazy with teasers about Star Wars: The Force Awakens. This week, he was talking about Kylo Ren, the mysterious broadsaber wielding hooded character.
“Kylo Ren is not a Sith.” JJ Abrams shares. “He works under Supreme Leader Snoke, who is a powerful figure on the Dark Side of the Force.”
Star Trek Beyond Tribute To Leonard Nimoy
Because the Star Wars hype isn’t enough to drive me bonkers, the cast of Star Trek is adding to the excitement.
“The cast of ‘Star Trek Beyond’ have paid a moving tribute to the late Leonard Nimoy through a new video created as part of their Star Trek: To Boldly Go charity campaign — a cause that was near and dear to his heart.”
Zachary Quinto, Star Trek Beyond’s Spock, shares.
“Leonard was an actor, a champion of the arts and a true inspiration to so many. Through his legendary portrayal of Spock, he influenced countless scientists and artists, myself and the rest of the cast included. It was an honor and a privilege to know him and to call him a friend. Leonard’s love for the human spirit shone through everything he did. He touched lives around the world and he is greatly missed.”
So true!
What SciFi news did you find interesting this week?
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Half Man. Half Machine. All Hers.
Rage, the Humanoid Alliance’s most primitive cyborg, has two goals—kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that’s all he’s been programmed to experience.
Until he meets Joan.
Joan, the battle station’s first female engineer, has one goal—survive long enough to help the big sexy cyborg plotting to kill her. Rage might not trust her but he wants her. She sees the passion in his eyes, the caring in his battle-worn hands, the gruff emotion in his voice.
When Joan survives the unthinkable, Rage’s priorities are tested. Is there enough room in this cyborg’s heart for both love and revenge?
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Interview With Rage from Releasing Rage
Kate Hill has interviewed Rage from Releasing Rage on Compelling Beasts today.
He’s a primitive C model cyborg, not one for chatter, so it is a very short interview. (grins)
Here’s a snippet…
Do you have a love interest?
There is one human female, Joan, whom I might allow to live longer than the rest. She… interests me. When I see her, smell her, touch her, my human side says she is mine.
But when she betrays me, as all humans do, she’ll die.
If you wish to ask him any questions, he’ll answer them.
Note: Cyborgs don’t lie and words are not Rage’s forte. Expect brief and to-the-point answers.
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Half Man. Half Machine. All Hers.
Rage, the Humanoid Alliance’s most primitive cyborg, has two goals—kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that’s all he’s been programmed to experience.
Until he meets Joan.
Joan, the battle station’s first female engineer, has one goal—survive long enough to help the big sexy cyborg plotting to kill her. Rage might not trust her but he wants her. She sees the passion in his eyes, the caring in his battle-worn hands, the gruff emotion in his voice.
When Joan survives the unthinkable, Rage’s priorities are tested. Is there enough room in this cyborg’s heart for both love and revenge?
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Cyborgs And Nudity
When Joan first meets Rage in Releasing Rage, he’s completely naked. He feels no shame about this. He’s accustomed to being bare, to being poked and prodded. The humans who manufactured him treat him like a weapon to be used, like a machine.
Machines don’t feel modesty. They’re taken apart and put back together, without any thought about their feelings. Excess clothing is impractical and viewed as unnecessary. It slows repairs and inhibits movement.
Rage, being an older cyborg, is aware that Joan, being human, is embarrassed by his nudity. At first, he doesn’t care about her feelings. He hates all humans. It gives him pleasure to embarrass her.
It gives Rage even more pleasure to humiliate her by demanding that she strip naked also. He does want to see all of her (he IS male) and he likes that they’re on equal footing. But he also derives some joy from her discomfort.
The younger cyborgs aren’t as angry as Rage is. They’re simply clueless. They’ve spent most of their lifespans naked and have no idea that this might be wrong. They don’t even have regular clothing. They have battle armor, which is uncomfortable to wear all the time, and nothing else.
What does this mean? You can expect quite a bit of nudity in future stories. Human heroines will not only see their heroes in the buff but they’ll see all of his friends naked also.
And the heroes won’t view that as wrong.
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Half Man. Half Machine. All Hers.
Rage, the Humanoid Alliance’s most primitive cyborg, has two goals—kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that’s all he’s been programmed to experience.
Until he meets Joan.
Joan, the battle station’s first female engineer, has one goal—survive long enough to help the big sexy cyborg plotting to kill her. Rage might not trust her but he wants her. She sees the passion in his eyes, the caring in his battle-worn hands, the gruff emotion in his voice.
When Joan survives the unthinkable, Rage’s priorities are tested. Is there enough room in this cyborg’s heart for both love and revenge?
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Interview With Jane Leopold Quinn
I sat down (virtually) with Jane Leopold Quinn for a short interview. Jane Leopold Quinn’s latest release is Welcome to Dust-Part 1-Eve and Brandon, part of Smokin’ Hot Mini Tales of the Olde West, an Erotic historical western romance serial!
Cynthia Sax: What makes Brandon so very sexy?
Jane Leopold Quinn: You mean I have to explain what makes a cowboy sexy? 😉 Brandon Prosper looks like the quintessential cowboy in a Stetson and has a secret to boot. He’s an undercover federal marshal looking for train robbers. He takes his mission seriously but is distracted by the beauteous Eve Storm. He flirts wildly with her, giving her the idea that’s all he is — a flirt. And the fact that Eve easily handles the riff raff coming in for drinks doesn’t threaten his masculinity. He gets a kick out of watching her put the bozos in their place.
Cynthia Sax: Where did you get the idea for Welcome to Dust?
Jane Leopold Quinn: I’ve been trying to remember exactly where the story of Dust and its denizens came from. I wanted to try to write a serial. Okay, that’s a start. I just began making notes. The town name, Dust, describes exactly what it looks like — desolate and dusty. Then came the character names. Names just come to me. When I first began writing, I poured through naming books for just the right thing. But as the years went on, character names would just appear in my mind. I have to laugh at myself coming up with a name like Sam Dash (the hero of Part 2).
Cynthia Sax: How does Welcome To Dust start?
Jane Leopold Quinn: I’ve watched enough western movies and TV shows to have no problem imagining an upscale, fancy saloon bar. The first scene begins with the Emerald Saloon. I could see it in my mind. It appeared to me like in a play with Eve wiping off the bar and lusting over Bran. Then Bran flirts and the story is on!
Cynthia Sax: What causes problems between Eve and Brandon?
Jane Leopold Quinn: Neither Eve nor Bran know anything about each other’s pasts. Eve is only working in Dust in the saloon until she earns enough money to go back East. She wants to become a school teacher like the ones who taught her. She’s attracted to Bran but holds him off because she certainly doesn’t want to become serious with a man out here in the West. Bran is a federal marshal undercover in Dust to catch train robbers. Eve, gorgeous and gutsy enough to handle the cowboys who come into the saloon, is distracting him from his job and driving him nuts. He wants her and considers her standoffishness a challenge and he wants to win her.
Cynthia Sax: Does someone in Welcome To Dust have a secret? I love secrets!
Jane Leopold Quinn: Eve is determined to keep her secret especially from Bran. She left her father’s home in the East because of her uncle’s actions. Age and distance makes her feel able to handle the man when she goes back. I’ve mentioned that Bran is an undercover officer.
Cynthia Sax: Is Welcome To Dust a series and will you be writing more stories in this series?
Jane Leopold Quinn: At this point, the Smokin’ Hot stories are a serial in two parts. Welcome to Dust is Part 1 and ends on a cliffhanger. Part 2, The Emerald Saloon, features the saloon owner Francine and the town sheriff Sam. I have more stories in mind, for example Johnny, the saloon’s piano player.
Cynthia Sax: What advice would you give new writers?
Jane Leopold Quinn: Never give up, but if for some reason your muse leaves town for a while, don’t despair. The stories are still in you. They’ll come back.
Cynthia Sax: What do you love about writing in your historical western romance?
Jane Leopold Quinn: The happily ever after is what attracts me to romance. Recently I tried to read a couple of “literary” historical novels and they might have ended happily but things happened, tragedies early in the stories, that turned me off. Real life has some really sucky things going on, and I think romance is the best antidote. I love to write the hope and promise of a happy ending. And read it.
Thank you, Jane Leopold Quinn, for joining us today!
Jane Leopold Quinn’s Website: http://janeleopoldquinn.blogspot.com
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Welcome to Dust is the first of an erotic two-part serial and ends with a cliffhanger.
Dust, a town on the edge of nowhere, has a lot going on.
Eve Storm tends bar at the Emerald Saloon and yearns to increase her savings to go home back East. The fly in her ointment is the gorgeous cowboy who comes in all the time.
Brandon Prosper, federal marshal undercover as a simple cowboy, cannot stay away from Eve. She doesn’t have a problem keeping away from him though and thwarts his attempts at seduction at every turn.
Dust, the Emerald Saloon, and its denizens are the centerpieces in this erotic historical western two-part serial about a down and out town, train robbers, female saloon owners and bartenders, and hunky lawmen. Welcome to Dust is just the beginning…
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Interview With Angelina J. Windsor
I sat down (virtually) with Angelina J. Windsor for a short interview. Angelina J. Windsor’s latest release is Seventh Son, a Paranormal with werewolves!
Cynthia Sax: What makes Lord Bram Snowdon so freakin’ sexy?
Angelina J. Windsor: Oh Boy! He’s a huge, alpha male who can turn into a werewolf at will! Sexy, hot and passionate is our Lord Snowdon. The first of the Dragonstone Clan, he’s the ultimate tortured soul. Cursed by his wife, he roams the woods feeling too much a monster to deserve to be the liege of his clan. Until that is, one day, he runs into his equal, a mate (Isobelle, my favorite heroine!) who makes it her life’s mission to lead him back to his true calling. Lord Snowdon is cultured and wild, a deadly combination, eh! I can’t but think of him and I get wound up and feeling fine…
Cynthia Sax: What do you find especially exciting about Seventh Son?
Angelina J. Windsor: Oh my, all of it does, you have to have a passion for your stories to stay with them for weeks, if not months, on end. But I would imagine the fact that it is set during the time of the Arthurian Legends, a thousand plus years ago, in the fabled Isle of Albion, drew me the most. Such a time and setting allows for so much passion and excitement. Not to mention the evocative language possible. The story of Bram and Isobelle, two memorable characters I loved working with, is a dark gothic tale with time spent on the windswept moors, like so many of the books I enjoyed growing up. Side note: I loved to read then and I love to read just as much now! Think of Heathcliff and Cathy. Except living in this time and place looking back has many advantages like being able to write about it more explicitly which adds a whole other layer of tension and intensity. If you know what I mean, nudge-nudge wink-wink!!!
Cynthia Sax: What is your favorite line from Seventh Son?
Angelina J. Windsor: That’s an easy one! It’s a scene from my heroine, Isobelle’s journey. I had to let myself fall into what this experience would feel like, the coming back from true unconsciousness. And of course my editor adding a happy face to this line made my day and told me it was all I had hoped it would be. Thanks Rebecca! Here’s the line:
“I came to consciousness slowly, the land of dreams and the land of the living twisted together giving me no purchase to find the opening to my own life, much like a swimmer stuck under the frozen ice with no borehole.”
*This is the kind of ancient language structure I enjoyed creating.
Cynthia Sax: How does Seventh Son start?
Angelina J. Windsor: Ah, my heroine, Isobelle, is at her wits end having been cast out of hearth and home. She’s desperate to leave the world that has turned its back on her and looks to end it all on a high bridge. As she is about to jump into the cold, rushing waters below where death awaits she is accosted by Bram looking to save her. Her rescue fires her passions for this man who has risked much and she falls into his arms without delay. They rut right there on the bridge, for she has discovered she is gloriously happy to be alive and in the arms of this warm, enticing stranger. She feels little shame for accepting his embraces. But will that be enough for her to become a part of his life as she so desperately wants? Or will the beast inside him drive her away?
Cynthia Sax: What creates problems between Isobelle and Bram?
Angelina J. Windsor: Again, oh boy! The fact that our heroine is attracted to the female in the story and allows her to be overly familiar if you get what I mean causes all sort of grief! It was my first f/f scene and my editor agreed it was scorching hot. I think I’d better have a cold shower.
Okay, I’m back. Yes, conflict drives stories. And Isobelle’s betrayal has dire consequences. She has much to atone for in proving her love for Bram and she suffers greatly.
Thank you, Angelina J. Windsor, for joining us today!
Angelina J. Windsor’s Website: http://www.angelinajwindsor.com/
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An ancient curse. A darkly handsome lord. A desperate woman.
Hungry and homeless, Isobelle refuses to sell her only possession, her body. When she is finally driven to end her suffering, Lord Bram Snowdon rescues her.
Bram lives under a curse, one that’s driven him to become a creature in hiding, knowing every full moon will turn him into a monster.
Bram and Isobelle both have demons to fight, and their struggles soon turn to lust…and love. But destiny awaits them: they are fated to help the Dragonstone clan reclaim its birthright. This mission puts Isobelle’s life in peril and worse, puts Bram’s trust in her at risk.
Morganas, daughter of the Merlin, mage of Dragonstone and Avalon, offers to be a source of the purest help to Isobelle but also becomes her darkest temptation.
Inside Scoop: This story contains a scorching-hot f/f scene.
Reader Advisory: This story has graphic sexual language and scenes—no closed bedroom doors (or other rooms) here!
An adult historical romance from Ellora’s Cave
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Billionaires And The Walk Of Shame
Walks of shame—many of us have done them, including the rich and the famous.
According to Wikipedia, a walk of shame “refers to a situation in which a person must walk past strangers or peers alone for an embarrassing reason before reaching a place of privacy. It often occurs the morning after a night out at a bar, nightclub, or party. People undertaking the walk of shame are understood to have spent the night at the residence of a sexual partner (or perceived sexual partner), particularly a one-night stand. The topic is often the subject of college newspaper commentary. The “walker” may often be identified by his or her disheveled appearance and incongruous evening attire, particularly on Saturday or Sunday mornings.”
Walks of shame are challenging to keep private, especially if you’re a high profile person such as a billionaire. In One Night With My Billionaire Master, Arianna wants to keep her one night with sexy billionaire, Logan Ross, a secret.
The problem is… His house is watched by the media. His every move is gossiped about.
So what does he do?
He buys a brand new taxi. The taxi passes through his gates into his private grounds. Arianna climbs into the back seat and hides, ducking down so no one can see her. The taxi leaves, appearing as though it has no passengers. No one follows an empty taxi. Arianna arrives home undetected.
Of course, she isn’t wearing last night’s clothing or looking disheveled either. Logan has a beautiful outfit for her to wear and all of the necessities a woman could want. He’s a classy, considerate man, our Logan Ross, which is one of the many reasons Arianna falls in love with him.
Have you ever done a walk of shame? Were you spotted?
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Note: If you purchased Mastered 2, you already have this story.
One night. No one must know.
This is the text I sent Logan Ross this morning. The billionaire financier is my father’s number one nemesis and has been pursuing me for months. He wants to own me, completely, promising exquisite pleasure balanced by equally intense pain, vowing to dominate me, to show me wicked things a virgin like myself shouldn’t be interested in.
But I am extremely interested, and I’ll risk everything—my job, my family, my future—to experience one night of total submission with this powerful Dom.
Will one night be enough for both of us?
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Releasing Rage and Writing What We Want
I’m at Decadent Divas today, talking about cyborgs and writing what we want!
Here is a snippet…
“My advice to all writers is to write what you’re passionate about and not worry as much about what publishers want.
My advice to all readers is if a writer is super enthusiastic about one of her stories, there’s usually a reason why. That story is worth investigating.”
Read the full post here
http://thedecadentdivas.blogspot.ca/2015/08/sexy-cyborgs-and-writing-what-we-want.html
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Half Man. Half Machine. All Hers.
Rage, the Humanoid Alliance’s most primitive cyborg, has two goals—kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that’s all he’s been programmed to experience.
Until he meets Joan.
Joan, the battle station’s first female engineer, has one goal—survive long enough to help the big sexy cyborg plotting to kill her. Rage might not trust her but he wants her. She sees the passion in his eyes, the caring in his battle-worn hands, the gruff emotion in his voice.
When Joan survives the unthinkable, Rage’s priorities are tested. Is there enough room in this cyborg’s heart for both love and revenge?
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Sugarbabies – The Movie
I recently watched Sugarbabies, a made-for-TV-movie with older billionaire men and cash-poor female college students.
According to Wikipedia, sugar baby “is a slang term for a young female or male who is financially pampered/cared for by a ‘sugar daddy’ or ‘sugar mama’ in exchange for companionship.”
This IS a lower budget movie. Don’t expect Hollywood production or Oscar performances from every actor or actress.
But it was fun and interesting and there were some things I really enjoyed about this movie.
I loved that this movie featured a variety of heroines and their situations. Every heroine had a different reason for hooking up with an older, wealthier man, and their reasons weren’t purely financial. Yes, they needed help with their college tuition and other bills. But one heroine was seeking mentorship in business. Another heroine was seeking marriage. The main heroine, Katie, accidentally fell in love with her sugar daddy before she realized he was a sugar daddy.
The women were supportive of each other’s goals. They talked about how they would all be successful and how their different successes would help each other. They weren’t competitors. They were similar to the women I’m lucky to surround myself with.
I loved that NONE of the men pressured the women to have sex. As one character pointed out, these men could pay for sex if they wanted that. They wanted companionship, someone to listen to their problems, to spend time with them. Many of the women did have sex with their sugar daddies (not all did) but they initiated the sexy times. They were in control.
There was one thing that bothered me about this movie and that was how Katie was portrayed as feeling guilty for falling in love with an older, wealthy man. Her sugar daddy was handsome, sophisticated, listened to her, showed her things she wouldn’t otherwise be exposed to. If he had been broke ass, she would have shrugged it off as a failed relationship. Instead, she felt guilty about caring for him. Rich men are worthy of love too.
And I can’t fault the women for allowing the men to pay. My dear wonderful hubby wasn’t wealthy but he WAS living at home when we first met and he had fewer expenses than I did. So he paid for a lot of our dates. When we traveled before marriage, we needed to be chaperoned (due to dear wonderful mom-in-law’s religious beliefs) so we stayed with his family. He often booked the travel and often paid for it because traveling was more important to him (I was more worried about paying my rent).
This isn’t that different from the sugar daddy situation, except the scale is grander. The men wanted to attend fancy events. The women couldn’t afford it. The men could and so they paid (for everything, including the clothing and transportation).
Would you feel guilty about allowing a man to pay for a first date?
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Note: If you purchased Mastered 2, you already have this story.
One night. No one must know.
This is the text I sent Logan Ross this morning. The billionaire financier is my father’s number one nemesis and has been pursuing me for months. He wants to own me, completely, promising exquisite pleasure balanced by equally intense pain, vowing to dominate me, to show me wicked things a virgin like myself shouldn’t be interested in.
But I am extremely interested, and I’ll risk everything—my job, my family, my future—to experience one night of total submission with this powerful Dom.
Will one night be enough for both of us?
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SciFi Saturday News – Star Trek’s Marta, Star Wars VII Favorite Characters And More
I always privately track SciFi developments (a requirement for any SciFi erotic romance writer). I was chatting with a reading buddy this week and she mentioned that she’d love to know about them also.
So I’m starting a weekly round up on my blog with some of the SciFi news I found especially interesting.
RIP Yvonne Craig
Others might remember Yvonne Craig as Batgirl. She will always be Marta, the green slave girl on Star Trek to me. A trained ballerina by training, she enthralled Captain Kirk with her sexy dancing. Though it never took much to do that. (grins) Captain Kirk hit it with every female alien he met.
More Star Wars Trailers
OMG I can’t wait until Star Wars – The Force Awakens releases and the studio is killing me slowly with the trailers.
Here’s a link to one…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCc2v7izk8w
You had me at “The Force is strong in my family.”
Favorite Star Wars VII Character
Still on the topic of Star Wars, J.J. Abrams, the director, talked about his favorite character.
“I can only say that Gwendoline Christie is my favorite. She just killed it. You think, “Well, what? It’s wearing a costume.” But it’s a lot to wear and to have a performance when you’re wearing that requires a different kind of skill set and an additional talent, and she’s got it. It’s an incredible thing to work with her. I am glad that a character has been designed that is visually as stunning as that is, because she deserves it and the fans do to. When I first saw that design my mind was blown because it looked so undeniable.”
Did I mention how excited I was about this movie?
Mars Rover Selfies
Curiosity, that playful Mars Rover, has jumped on the selfie trend. His latest photo was taken at Buckskin, one of the rock targets.
As Jonathan Amos shares, “Curiosity manages this smart piece of planetary photography in the same way that any human would take a selfie – by holding a camera at arm’s length and framing its own form.”
Space Elevators
Some crazy Canadians are working on a space elevator.
As Andre Mayer shares, “The classic conception of a space elevator is a giant cable tethered to the Earth’s surface near the equator, with a counterweight out in space beyond geostationary orbit (approximately 36,000 kilometres up).”
On a side note: The inventor of the latest space elevator is kind of cute.
Aurora Borealis From Space
What SciFi news did you find interesting this week?
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Half Man. Half Machine. All Hers.
Rage, the Humanoid Alliance’s most primitive cyborg, has two goals—kill all of the humans on his battle station and escape to the Homeland. The warrior has seen the darkness in others and in himself. He believes that’s all he’s been programmed to experience.
Until he meets Joan.
Joan, the battle station’s first female engineer, has one goal—survive long enough to help the big sexy cyborg plotting to kill her. Rage might not trust her but he wants her. She sees the passion in his eyes, the caring in his battle-worn hands, the gruff emotion in his voice.
When Joan survives the unthinkable, Rage’s priorities are tested. Is there enough room in this cyborg’s heart for both love and revenge?
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