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A Misunderstanding With My Clitoris
BDSM Doesn’t Magically Fix Your Life
Discussing Consent, Culture, and What We Do
 

 

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Other people run. I fuck.
Frame by Frame
 

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Bad Men and Why Perfectly Intelligent, Independent, Sane Women Fantasize About Them

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Sex News, Opinion, Interviews, Politics & Humor

Erotica Challenge: The Euph-Off
Squirting: A Feminist Issue?
The Waaaambulance Race

Thoughts & Advice on Sex & Relationships

Sex and Depression – An Update
The Dating Game
Pussy Whispering
“Fuck You” Is the Best Revenge
Interviews & flirting

Erotic Non-Fiction

Doing As I’m Told
Possibilities to ponder
Sign Language
Today I’m Going to Share a Sad Story
Whispering To Him
Humiliation of an ex-Nazi submissive 37

Thoughts & Advice on Kink & Fetish

One Sadist’s Consent
Home Improvements
NSKQ 48: Cumming Kills the Party
The Fun, The Serious & the In Between in BDSM
Starting to feel human and kinky again
Do what you say you will do
Flux

Poetry

Flattery – A Lusty Limerick

Erotic Fiction

happy birthday
The Red Shoes
The Fuck Feast Fantasy
Unexpected
“Not Paid to Love You”
Unexpected
The belt

Writing About Writing

Resist the Erotic Euphemism
Lessons From Writing A Threesome
The Semantics of Sex
Sardax Breathes Life Into Venus in Furs

 

 

 

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Get Tied Up: Tie Me Up Excerpt No. 11

In three days TIE ME UP, my upcoming antho being pubbed by Riverdale Avenue Books will be released! Here is an amazing excerpt from “What Isn’t Necessary Is” by Tomio Hall-BlackThe full story will be in the anthology available on April 6–MONDAY!!!


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Its okay to be scared tonight,” she told me. I love you.

I heard a soft jingling as a band of leather was closed around my wrist, and pulled tight. Then the other wrist was cuffed as well. There was a bit of pulling and another jingle or two as Katy fastened them together. My heart began to race as I realized what she was doing. I focused on my breathing, keeping my body relaxed and under control. I didn’t want to tense and make her think something was wrong. So I just trusted her, and let her continue.

Since I was blindfolded, I couldn’t tell what Katy was doing exactly. There was the sound of a metallic click between my wrists, followed by a series of tugs. The bed bounced a bit as Katy moved around, and my wrists were suddenly pulled forward as far as I could reach. There was a bit more tugging, and I heard Katy muttering something I couldn’t quite make out. Then she bounced off of the bed and it was quiet.

A few seconds later, a leather strap was fastened around my ankle and tugged towards the bedpost. Then the other ankle was given the same treatment. My feet were a bit further apart than was comfortable and my arms pulled forward far enough that I felt off balance, but I took a deep breath and accepted it. This was part of her controlling things. It wasn’t going to be exactly the same as when I did it on my own. That was the point.

Katy’s mouth was next to my ear again. 

“I have some music for you to listen to,” she whispered. “I’m not going to cover your mouth, because I want to be able to hear you if you need something.” She bit my earlobe softly. “I also want to hear you beg for more.” She giggled softly and a pair of headphones was shoved down over my ears. A second or two later, Lady Gaga demanded that I show her my teeth, and the bass began thumping against the back of my brain. Then Katy turned the volume up enough that it was sure to drown out any sound she made.

I felt a leather belt slither across my back. My heart raced in anticipation of the first stroke, but I made myself take long, slow breaths. Katy’s hand traced lightly from my shoulders, down past my ribs, to my hip. I was totally unprepared for the first bite of the belt. 

It fell like a flash of fire between my shoulder blades. With the music pumping in my ears, I couldn’t hear the pop of the leather. I couldn’t hear the whistle of it racing towards my flesh. A second flash seared across my back, making an X between my shoulders. I huffed my breath through my nose, seeking the headspace where I could accept this pain.

Trust her, I told myself. Be strong. You are loved.

There was no use in counting how many times I was hit, because I knew that Katy was the ultimate counter. I opened and closed my hands and waited. The belt fell in a regular rhythm. Each stripe on my skin was almost on top of a previous stripe, so the fire began to build across my skin. I bowed my back upwards as much as I could to offer Katy as a vulnerable target. She took advantage of it mercilessly. 

I thought I moaned with each blow, but I couldn’t hear it. The music had changed to a dance tune with no words, just a driving energy that pushed me into a sensory-deprived overload. The belt was concentrated on the sweet spot between my shoulders, just under the base of my neck. Katy knew that I could accept a lot of punishment, and she wasn’t holding back. 

I began to say her name over and over again, a single word of thanks and acceptance for this amazing gift. Katy stopped for a moment, then lifted one side of the headphones to whisper, I bought a flogger today. Its going to hurt.” Then she returned me to the throbbing electronic maze in my ears.


  

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Wicked Wednesday #148 — The Beginning

Eliza was in a mellow mood listening to the sensual music of Bebel Gilberto coming through the speakers, and looking at Fiona. Even though they were far past Fiona’s admission of love for her in Shanghai, she was happy that Fiona was really in love. It was clear, especially in the way that Fiona denied anything that even suggested that she was in love with Alice. Alice was very clearly lovestruck, and had a way of hanging on Fiona’s every word and shadowing her, but not in a clinging way. It was almost a synchronization between them. It was clearly the beginning of a very lovely love affair.

Being back in New York, after being in Paris for so long was weird. It was an effort not to speak French, and not to crave French comforts. Eliza looked for Rafe, he found her with his eyes and his smile soothed her. She was walking toward him, when the apartment door opened and she smiled easier than she would have if it had been her own dinner party.

Her smile almost cracked on her face, but she kept up the facade as best as she could. Oscar was standing behind the woman that she had spied him with in Shanghai. The woman who she saw him with, and who he held with emotion that she could not fault him for, but it made her heart hurt.

“Hi,” she smiled.

“Hi,” Oscar said looking at her face in the warm caring way that he did to let her know he wondered what she was thinking. 

The woman he was with smiled softly at her,

“Hi,” she said.

Eliza moved to the side, so they could walk in. 

“Oscar!” Fiona walked over to them with glasses of the delicious fruity sangria that was made with a bubbly red Lambrusco wine. “I did not know you were coming?”

“I am Polly’s plus one,” he said with a smile. 

Polly, her name burned like a tiny fire out of control in Eliza’s head.

Polly looked at Eliza softly, it was clear that she had no idea who she was, and she had no reason to, but Eliza resented her for it.

She remembered the beginning of her relationship with Oscar. If they had met like this unexpectedly, they would have ended up tucking into a restroom or somewhere, and making out or making love.

“Oscar is my partner,” Polly smiled.

She looked so happy, the same happiness she had had when Eliza saw her in Shanghai with him. 

“Well Oscar and I go back, he and Eliza and I.”

Polly looked at Eliza now with interested eyes.

Eliza stared at Fiona briefly, then smiled at Polly.

“The art scene you know.”

“I know! Why that Dubuffet on the wall is a recent private sale.”

Alice ran over to Polly at that moment.

“It looks amazing there, doesn’t it?”

Eliza let the rest of the conversation come in and out of her head. She never expected that she could have a moment alone with Oscar. Rafe noticed him immediately. She and Rafe spoke again with their language of eyes, and Eliza shrugged.

It was by accident that Eliza was did end up alone with Oscar.

She had picked up a cigarette, as was her social smoking habit. When he stood by the open bedroom window with her, she blew smoke in his face.

“You could have told me!”

“I did not know that Fiona was Polly’s client. I just agreed to come with her, and I did not know where Fiona lived! Why are you so upset?”

He waved the smoke out of his face, and Eliza looked up at him. Her body responded to him as it always did. With urgent desire, just like it had in the beginning, same as the night they met when he picked her up. 

Eliza stared at him. She shook her head when she imagined him like he was the first time that they met, the rakish way that he approached her. Now he was restrained, it was that calm that lingered worse for her than any calm before a storm.

She leaned against the wall half tangled in the curtain, and blew more smoke so that it clouded her face and closed her eyes.

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Get Tied Up: Tie Me Up Excerpt No. 10

No April Fools here! Here is today’s TIE ME UP, my upcoming antho being pubbed by Riverdale Avenue Books excerpt, “Pierced” by Annabeth LeongThe full story will be in the anthology on April 6!


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“You’ll get to come,” I tell her, unable to keep the wicked glee out of my voice. 

Josephine opens her eyes wide, lifting her head to look at me. “But…?” 

“Baby, you’ll see. Give me your right hand.” 

It takes no time to place a single-column tie around her right wrist with the paracord. I wrap carefully to make sure it won’t tighten and cut off her circulation when she tugs on it—because I plan to make her tug on it enthusiastically and with desperation.

Then I guide her hand toward her clit. Josephine tries to close the distance all the way, but I stop her just short. “Stay there and don’t move.” 

She moans a protest, but I’m already finishing the tie, running the paracord from her wrist up to the barbell attached to her right nipple. The cord is thin enough that I can loop it around the balls at either side of the barbell and trust it to stay in place. 

Josephine gasps, and I think she’s figured out what I’m going to have her do. 

I tug gently to test my handiwork, then pull my hands back. “Okay, sweetie. Now you can touch your clit.” 

Her eagerness to obey belies the whining sound she makes. Josephine extends her hand toward her clit, and the gesture pulls the paracord taut, just as I intended it to. She can’t reach her clit without pulling the barbell attached to her nipple. 

I watch in fascination as she experiments, learning the limits of the tie. I can see by her winces and gasps that rubbing her clit requires stretching her nipple far enough to hurt, but the fervor of her continued attempts make it equally clear that the pain is stoking her arousal. 


  

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Get Tied Up: Tied Up Excerpt No. 9

Today’s daily excerpt from TIE ME UP, my upcoming antho pubbed by Riverdale Avenue Books is “Charlene’s Surprises” by Daily Hollow. Boy, are you in for a surprise! The full story will be in the anthology on April 6!


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     “Honey, what’s the old wooden chair doing in the living room?” Joel asked, rubbing his sore feet. The baseball game was on, and he was really looking forward to relaxing.

“Long day?” Charlene asked.

Joel gave her a brief kiss. 

“Long’s an understatement,” he sighed. “Ever since my promotion, I’ve been working through lunch.”

      “Well Mr. Director of Marketing, the paycheck’s certainly better.”

      “I know that’s right,” Joel agreed, returning his attention back to the television.

      “What is that old thing doing in there? I thought we sold that sucker on Craigslist a long time ago?”

      His wife smiled and said, 

“I can tie better knots in that chair.”

      “Knots?”

      “Yeah, knots.” Joel closed his eyes as their lips again met.

      “Why would you want to tie knots in the chair?” he asked when his wife pulled away.

      “Because we’re going to take your clothes off, and I’m going to tie you up.”

      “Um…on that?” 

      “Yup,” she replied. “I want to give you a special show to celebrate your recent promotion.”

      “What kind of show?” He was a little curious since it had been a while since they had done anything wild and crazy.

      “You’ll see.” She winked, then removed his tie.

      “This would make a good blindfold,” she said, examining the silk fabric. “However, later tonight, now I’m going to need your full attention.”

      Joel unbuttoned his shirt as his wife pulled his pants and boxers around his ankles, then led him to the living room where she instructed him to sit. She left briefly, then returned with a few pieces of rope.

      “You’re really going to tie me up?”

      “That’s the plan, darling. Now sit down and be still.” Once he complied, Charlene bound his ankles.

      “Put your arms on the arms.”

      “Arms on the arms?” Joel laughed.     

Charlene chuckled. 

“Just do it, babe.”

      Joel did as instructed. Charlene went to work, securing his wrists, forearms and elbows.

      “Comfy?” 

      “As comfy as a man tied naked to a chair can be.” 

She had done a fantastic job with the rope. He couldn’t move his arms or ankles.

      “Did you learn these knots in the Navy?” 

      Charlene nodded, then chuckled. 

“That chair looks like it could get a little wobbly. Try not to get too excited.”

      “I’ll try,” he said. “But a lot depends on what you have in store.”

      She winked. 

“You’ll see.”

      Joel looked down at his semi-hard cock, which seemed to share his curiosity.  

    “I’m going to leave you alone a sec,” she said, sashaying from the room.

      As Charlene made her way up the stairs, Joel looked around for possible hints. He briefly considered some sort of striptease, but that would be too obvious. His wife was anything but cliché. 

      Joel tested the ropes again, but could only move his knees and thighs. When he tried to lift his ass, he only rose a few inches from the seat. 

      He looked up at the clock–it was just after seven. The Red Sox were on at eight.

      Moments later, Charlene returned naked–her long, blonde hair falling over her small, lovely breasts. 

      “Wow,” he said, staring at her crotch. “I see you mowed the lawn.”

      “I had a little help,” she purred.

      “Um…what?”


  

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Masturbation Monday No. 30

When she saw Gavin in the aisle, her heart raced as usual. Nichy stood in the doorframe, and she felt that same urge she always felt. A desire to caress a particular curve of her clit. Every time she saw him in the office, she felt that way. 

She had made contact with him, he acknowledged her with a small nod and she smiled softly to acknowledge him. When she returned to her desk she was a stiff mess, her body so rigid and the desire to caress just that small part of herself aflame. 

But Nichy wouldn’t, she did not even allow herself to have fantasies about him, because it was a meager replacement to actually being with him. And how could she imagine him, she had never been with him. She had not memorized his scent, or felt the heat of his body along hers. 

Squeezing her eyes tight, she opened them and could still see him: his strong jaw prominent with a smile, his white teeth and the sparkle in his eyes. 

Nichy felt her hand between her thighs. Even though her hand was not in a provocative position there, she turned around to make sure that no one was looking at her. She got up, picked up her phone and went to go out for coffee. 

Her lust had passed as it always did. 

When she walked to the elevator, she pressed back against the wall. Just as the door was about to close, she looked up with annoyance at the newcomer when she realized it was Gavin.

“Sorry, but it is coffee time!” he said.

She laughed more from nerves than anything else.

“Lucky it was someone I knew, or I would have been pissed!” she said standing up straight.

“Going to get coffee?”

“It’s coffee time, you just declared it!”

They continued small talk, and then she headed to the coffee shop in their lobby. Gavin held the door open, and gestured for her to walk in.

“I’ll buy you a cup,” he said.

She was memorizing scent of warmth and subtle cologne, from their proximity. A soft musk.

“Awww, you don’t have to…”

“Well, actually, I have a free one…”

He grinned at her and she could feel the heat coming from his body, like heat rose from the sidewalks in the summer.

“You’re sweet sharing your free one, thank you.”

“Well for not being pissed with me for the elevator thing.”

She shook her head and grinned.

They ordered, and Gavin once again was gallant and opened the door for her when they left.

In the elevator with him again, she memorized his warmth.

“We have a proposal to get out, going to maybe need a third one of these if it gets really late,” he said looking at her.

“I have a project too, but if I drink another coffee I will be up all night!”

“You’ll probably see me flying your section by if I have a third cup!”

They laughed, and walked back toward the office.

“I am going to the ladies room,” Nichy said, when he went to buzz her in.

“Okay,” he smiled at her. 

Nichy went to the bathroom, put down her coffee and her phone down and headed into a stall.

Now she had memorized his scent and felt the heat of his body as she passed him, now it was too hard not to…

One hand gripped the door, as she pulled up her dress and her other hand slipping into her pantyhose that she wore without panties. Closing her eyes, she let her finger move over that curve that she imagined every time she saw Gavin. A low moan escaped her, and she bit her lip to keep quiet. His scent and warmth were with her like a summer day. She felt the dampness on her temples and under her arms and…well there. 

She moved just the one finger on her curve faster, and faster biting her lower lip to stop the mantra of obscenities that wanted to slip from her mouth. Suddenly she moved her hand as if she had touched fire, and felt the sweet circle of release that moved about her curve. She tightened her legs and thought how much she would like to have Gavin…there…

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Get Tied Up: Tie Me Up Excerpt No. 8

I promise to keep you tied up before and after TIE ME UP, my upcoming antho pubbed by Riverdale Avenue Books! “Collared and Cuffed” by my friend and sexy author Del Carmen, should keep you tied up for a bit! The full story will be in the anthology on April 6!

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It was a full body kiss.  His mouth covered hers.  Their tongues mated.  Hungry. Insatiable. His hands cupped her ass and lifted her up towards his hard dick.  She rocked against his hardness while his tongue moved in and out of her mouth. 

They came up for air.  He rubbed his nose against her cheek breathing in her scent, vanilla and spices.  She caressed his cheek with hers loving the roughness of his five o’clock shadow on her skin.

“What other toys did you get?”  He pressed a kiss on her shoulder.

She invited him to take a look, and Rey emptied the bags on the table.

He snorted behind her.  He was holding up a box with an edible bikini.

“That is for you.”  The shocked look on his face was priceless.  This time she was the one laughing.

“Now this,” he stressed, “is more my style.”  He examined the nipple clamps, blindfold, feather tickler and handcuffs.  He shook the box that read Fifty Shades of Grey Kit.

Ivette shook her head and said, 
“Don’t ask.”

“Take your pick.”  Rey requested.

She had laughed with the girls when they had spread the items before here, but here and now in front of her lover, disturbing and delicious thoughts were running through her mind.

“What makes you think they are to use on me?”

He looked perplexed at her question, then intrigued.

 “Are you game, lover?”  She teased.

“Be gentle with me.”  
He smiled as he handed her the handcuffs.

She twirled them on her fingers, her eyes running over his body.

“You could tie me to one on the posts on the bed,” he volunteered.

“Or I can tie you to one of the posts on the kitchen chair,” she countered.

He looked bemused.

“I could ride you better,” she explained.

“I am all for that,” he exclaimed.

They laughed and adjusted the handcuffs to fit his wrists.  The click of the cuffs was loud in the kitchen.  They stared at one another.  

Their roles were reversed.  Not that she was shy in bed, but they’d never tried anything this racy before. 

BDSM lite for them…for now.

“First time for everything,” Rey said, reading her thoughts.  “Now hurry up and have your wicked way with me, woman!”

This was fun, she thought.  On a whim, she grabbed Biggs’ collar off the counter.  
It fit Rey just fine.  

  

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Kink of the Week — March 16-31: Corsets

We were led upstairs by a girl who I almost wanted to prick with a pin, or pinch. She was so perfectly put together and her behavior so appropriate, I wanted to ses her come undone.

Of course she recognized me, I was used to that. But I was never used to the mechanical way that people interacted with me.

And of course her eyes moved to my companion, because he was just as known as me. Because he was with me. 

As we walked to the private bidding room, we walked past it: the gorgeous photograph that from the time  Henry saw me looking at it, he wanted to buy for me.

He spoiled me, and I loved it. 

“No, I want to buy this for myself and I want you to come…to bid with me!” I’d countered.

“But you can do a phone bid or something Pauline. Why would you want to be in that circus? It is not our style.”

I smiled at him. He knew me so well, us so well.

“We will have a private room of course,” I said to him. “Because that is our style.”

I looked at the gorgeous photograph of a corset, almost as lovely as the one I wore. As we walked past the employees they all stared at me. Henry was the kind of man that other women hated you for being with. But because I looked the way I did, they hated  me additionally because I could pull him. But that was what I had done and corset or not to alter my shape, I could have done it even if I was older than him.

Henry took my hand, and walked ahead of me to open the door.

“Can I help you with anything else Ms. Ross?”

I looked at the young woman in front of me and smiled, not too harshly I hoped.

“No, dear. We are fine.”

Henry was hungry for mey body, and he barely was able to let the door close before his hand was on my ass. I saw the young woman blush, but then hold my eyes a little longer than she needed to with a smile and…envy.

Pushing me against the wall, Henry pressed himself to me, caressed my hips and licked the top of my breasts as if they were ice cream in a cone: soft licks in circles. He panted softly as he pulled up my dress and caressed my ass with his hands in circles much like he licked my breasts. 

“We are not going to fuck unless I get that picture,” I heard myself pant, eyes closed tightly with pleasure as he did not stop licking my breasts or touching my ass. “Did you hear me?” I opened my eyes.

Henry stopped, he heard the seriousness in my voice.

I braced myself against the wall, and smiled at him.

“We are not going to fuck unless I win that picture!”

I knew Henry’s limits, and I knew I had pushed them. He liked to play with me, but he really wanted me and I wanted him. But I was not going to be with him when I was nervous about winning the photograph.

“Are you kidding me? Your lot is awhile away! You want me to sit here with this and not fuck you?”

When he stroked himself through his pants, I felt how slippery I was but I did not give a shit.

“Yeah, exactly.” I put my hand over his, and he closed his eyes and grunted. “Or you can go out there and have one of those young women that was drooling all over you…”

“No,” he said pushing my hand away. “Will we fuck whether you win or not?”

I shrugged and took his hand. I took him to the plush couch, where there was a bucket with two bottles of champagne and hors d’oeuvres on the glass table. 

I did not bother to pull my dress down, and sat bare-assed on the leather couch. Henry sat beside me, and caressed my thigh. 

“If we can’t…can we do something else? To tide me over?”

I grinned.

“Like what?”

Henry pulled off my dress. I sat with spread legs in just my ivory corset and patterned pumps, and looked at him. 

“What number is your lot?”

“Soixante-neuf.”

“You are lying!”

I handed him the catalog from the glass table.

“Sixty-nine…” he said. “Can I lick you once for each lot?”

“Where?” I leaned forward.

Henry leaned forward, I leaned back on the pillows. I heard the hammer go down. The auction was about to begin.

When he got between my legs and came to kiss me at my hunger mark, I felt like Anne Sexton’s poem, “Barefoot.”

I nodded and let him lick me sixty-eight times. But I sat up when they got to lot sixty-nine. I picked up the phone, and crossed my legs. Henry frowned. I shooed him away, as I told the head of the photography department my bid. She tried to run it up, but there were only a few fervent bidders. I did not want to go over $10,000. I had done my research.

But I wanted it, and would go over. I did not come here…well I had not come in that way yet and I had not here to not win.

The hammer went down.

“Sold! To a private bidder!”

I watched with a smile as the auctioneer wrote down my number that was whispered to him. Henry parted my legs, and he licked me once more.

Sixty-nine.

“I won,” I said, and the excitement of the bidding and his tongue made me come.

I stood up, pulled my dress over my head and took a final sip of my champagne. Henry got up with me, took my hand.

My hair was mussed, and Henry was hard. Everyone looked at us.

“Congratulations Ms. Ross!” The young woman who had led me to the private room smiled at me again, knowingly.

I smiled at her, knew she wondered what was behind my dark shaded eyes.

Dark thoughts she could not dream, and Henry squeezed my hand with knowing. 

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Tie Me Up Cover Reveal!!!

I am so proud of this GORGEOUS cover, and that Riverdale Avenue Books used my cover concept! Do you judge books by their covers? I do, and glad TIE ME UP has such a hot cover. The inside is even hotter, believe me!!!

Get Tied Up: Tie Me Up Excerpt No. 7 & On A Red Horse

Another double feature for you! First from TIE ME UP, my upcoming antho pubbed by Riverdale Avenue Books“Bed Knobs & Belt Buckles” by Monica Corwin. And since today is Monica’s release day for her hot-off-the-press ON A RED HORSE, there is a snippet of that as well! Red hot indeed!

For the next few days, I am going to post a few things of my own. Tuesday, there will be more TIE ME UP excerpts. The book will be out April 6. Follow everything TIE ME UP on Twitter and the TIE ME UP BOOK page on Facebookwhere there will soon be a cover reveal!!!


And now for our scheduled program! From TIE ME UP:


I checked my face in the mirror every time I passed it, since it was opposite the door in the living room. My hair was still braided neatly, but my eyes looked darker than their usual gray-blue with the sparse eyeliner I applied. My lips were a healthy shade of pink, flushed from biting them because of my nerves.

A soft knock interrupted my pacing across the carpet, and I froze. It took a few seconds to mentally push myself to the door. I opened it, and peeked outside. He gave me a small smile and I pulled it open, the hinges squeaked for the effort.

He looked the same as ever: the same sandy blond hair and boyish grin. His blue eyes always seemed too big for his face, but made him look gentler, more open.

“Am I allowed to come in?” John asked.

“Of course,” I chuckled, shaking myself from staring at him too hard.

I moved out of the way, ushering him inside. My heart climbed up my throat, making speaking and breathing both things of the past.

His scent caught up to me after he moved past me, he smelled exactly as he had years before. Instantly, I was transported to a time when we flirted often and touched “accidentally” as much as possible. Why hadn’t I been brave enough to make a move then? It wouldn’t happen again, I resolved, as I closed the door softly and twisted the lock.

and from ON A RED HORSE:

  

“Why? Why after all this time do you still love me? After everything, your search, your sacrifices…how can you still love me? I don’t think I can forgive myself. How can you?”

Tyr spun her around so he could look into her eyes as he spoke. He needed to be absolutely clear and ensure she heard him as he spoke the words. “I love you. I have loved you since you first challenged me. You’re my wife and my life. There is not a single thing I would not do for you. Except leave. That is something I’ll never do.”

Scarlet held his gaze for a few nerve wracking heartbeats. “Please,” she whimpered before stretching so he could meet her lips with his own. He didn’t hesitate for a second but pulled her into his arms, completely enfolding her into his embrace. 

She tasted like Asgard, like home, and when she parted her lips to allow him access, he felt the towers of the palace and the walls encircling his favorite garden. He didn’t need Asgard when he held her. She whimpered into his mouth, and he broke away, his breathing heavy, and attempted to regain his composure. “My love, did I hurt you?”

Scarlet looked down at the floor and shook her head. When she raised her eyes to meet his gaze again, a fine sheen of tears coated them. Not a single drop fell, but it was enough for him to know that he affected her as well. 

“I love you, Scarlet. I will always love you.”

There was nothing else to say. She kissed him again, and he lost himself to those plush lips and her roaming hands.

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