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Fall

I dislike fall – okay yea – it's beautiful. See blog button at left.

But it leads to winter and that means cold and snow up here in Canada.

 I so much more prefer -

Cold and snow makes me want to hibernate – curl up next to the wood stove with a big hot chocolate and spend the day lost in other worlds and other people's lives. The hotter the read the better, to make me forget about the howling blizzard outside.

So today, I brought along 3 hot reads and a promise for # 4

Desperately unemployed, Arianne, answers an ad that reads Woman Wanted. With miniscule hours and excellent pay, she accepts the position of courtesan to Derek, a handsomely dashing man, whom she discovers is a billionaire. Engaging in a game of cat and mouse, will they drive each other crazy…or will they fall in love first?

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"Go save your Grandmother." After learning her grandmother booked a cruise with a supposed gigolo and is squandering her inheritance, Esmeralda (Red) Hood boards Emerald Forest cruise ship to protect both. 

 Once there, Red slips and falls into the arms of Wilhelm Olf, a dark-eyed, continental who makes her body tingle. Stepping out of the elevator, she barges into Andrew Woodsman, a bumbling private school teacher on his first vacation cruise.

With her attention torn between the dissimilar but sexually-intriguing men and keeping watch over tequila drinking, rock wall climbing grandma, Red's cruise is filled with fun and erotic fantasies.

Grandmother's warning of Never trust a wolf in sheep's clothing leaves Red confused. Later, when she wakes up in a utility closet, hands and feet bound and emerald necklace missing, Red discovers the man she suspected is not only innocent but also the one she loves. (Free read - click on tab at top of page) (Buy link in free read)

Purchased to be trained as a courtesan, Branwyn arrives in a strange new land. A castle called Black Dorn. Her instructor, Duna Trea, is horrified by Branwyn's lack of knowledge of the relations between a man and his woman. Branwyn begins her daily lesson in the art of bedding a man.

Back from battle, Prince Malack rests near a brook to freshen before returning to the court of his father. His life is lonely. The noble woman chosen to be his bride rejected him and bedded his hated rival. Malack turned his anger and loneliness onto the focus of battle and increasing the power and wealth of Black Dorn.

Branwyn, lost and afraid, nears the handsome stranger standing by the brook and requests his help. Malack raises his eyes and his gaze settles onto the face of the woman who will be his queen. (Free read - click tab on top of page.)(Buy link in free read)

And an unedited excerpt from WIP - Capri's Fate. 

Traffic picked up as we neared the convention center. The driver wormed his way through the congestion and parked at the curb by the main entrance.

"Well it seems like a popular attraction." I paid the cabbie and we followed the crowd into the building. My feet froze to the sidewalk. I snapped my face in her direction. "Erotic Notions! The…the sex show!"

"Yup. Keep moving. You're blocking people behind us." Kat nudged my arm to urge me forward. "I pre-ordered tickets. You just need to pay."

"I'm not going in there." I moved to the side and placed my hands on my hips.

"Oh come on." Kat tugged my elbow. "It'll be fun. What else were you going to do tonight, Capri?"

"But, what if…." My stomach dropped to my knees.

"Don't say it. I know, what if someone sees us. Girl, we're over twenty-one. We've both been married and divorced. We’re thirty-three."

"Excuse me. Thirty-two until July."

"Thirty-two. Geesh. But still, I think we're labeled as cougar wannabees. Not old enough to be a cougar. Not young enough to be a cheerleader."

I opened my mouth to voice another valid complaint, but Kat shushed me with a perfect teenage roll of her eyes and the first logical thing she'd said all night. "If somebody sees us, they're in there too—d'uh!"

I think I should've had more wine at dinner. Kat directed me to the ticket kiosk and then in some blur of disbelief, I was standing inside the nation's biggest sex toy show.

The last consumer trade show I attended was for the company. It featured displays of state-of-the-art computers, software and how to make your office environmental and ergonomic. The dispassionate side of me said this was very much the same. Display booths lining the walkways with sales people pitching their wares.

The entire rest of my being said, "Run!" The wares here weren't technological. They were fruit-scented anal lube, blowup dolls, crotchless panties and…and…what the hell is that?

Kat grabbed my shoulder. "This is so exciting. I've always wanted to come to one of these. We get to do the private rooms."

"Oh! Uh, great." Words exited my mouth but my brain was still in shock.

"Come on, this way. We, also, get to use the V.I.P. area. Champagne and chocolate." Her voice rose two octaves.

Champagne! I could use a slug—I mean a sip. We showed our passes to a large security guard then sat at a table overlooking the convention area. A server placed two unbelievably tiny plastic glasses filled with champagne on our table and a plate of four chocolates. Who eats only four chocolates?

I snapped my fingers. "Waitress."

 She turned back toward our table.

With one hand, I picked up more champagne flutes and with the other I grabbed another plate of dark delight. "I paid seventy-five dollars for these tickets. These are mine."

She started to protest but I gave my best corporate-bitch stare down. She turned on her heel and left.

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