#SundaySnippet with a bear and a problem

Hi all,

It's a short snippet today from a story the lovely Doris O'Connor and I started when she went into hospital, to as she said when I reminded her we'd got an idea for a shifter...'take her mind off things'.

Sadly Doris passed away before we finished it, but hopefully I've done us both proud, by getting to the end, and submitting it. Just hope now it's accepted.

Bare Alley Ink

The Tattoo Artist's Mate

~The door to the shop blew open with a bang that rattled the windows nearby as a sudden gust of wind blew through the aperture and lifted a sheaf of drawings from the desk. They fluttered around like overlarge confetti and landed in a haphazard heap on the floor.

“Dammit, I should have shut that back door earlier,” Gaspar said with a growl that would put the fear of god into anyone who wasn’t on his side. “Sodding through draft, especially when the back alley’s like a wind tunnel. You could test a jumbo jet in there and…. what the fuck.”

Gaspar couldn’t have stopped the animalistic growl that rumbled out from his chest if his life depended on it, and he wasn’t sure he hadn’t grown a few inches too, because the scent on that breeze….

It couldn’t be, yet his bear responded to the call in the wind with another deep, menacing growl, which shook the floorboards and made the bell above his shop door go into spasms.

It was her, the woman he’d been with in her sleep. The woman he yearned for had wet dreams about and knew was his. She’d come to him.~

happy reading,

love Raven xx

#MidWeekTease and Master...where Caden wonders why...

Hi all and yes, it's #MidWeekTease time and fingers crossed this goes up at the right time...

I really scratched my head (no I do not have head lice) wondering what would be a good tease this week. I've not written many words due to that flipping gluten attack, and was struggling a bit.

But then I had an idea (well a glimmer of an idea, as on one sentence) for a story, and decided I needed to reread Master.

So your #MidWeekTease is from there...

blurb...

Caden McCourt did not expect to find his estranged wife Diana at a BDSM club. When he does, the renowned Master is determined to claim back his errant wife. 

When Diana left him fifteen years prior, she lost a part of herself. Seeing Cade again throws her into a tail spin. 

She cannot be the sub he needs, but she can't walk away either. When she's challenged by Cade to face her demons, her old nightmares resurface. Can they overcome the chasm between them, or are the nightmares simply too strong?

and your tease...

PART ONE
Flashback
Chapter One
Cade wandered the house, room to room, the letter in his hand. One word, one fucking word. A simple and stark 'no'. Why?
She'd seemed happy ... okay, he allowed, maybe not exactly happy, but fine with things. Accepting some things and asking a lot of questions about others. However, that was always a good thing, yes?
Not, in this case no. A big sodding on your bike, mate, take a hike no.
Nothing of her remained. Well yes, he allowed, everything he'd bought was still there. But her? Her essence, herself? That was one big bloody no. Not even a hint of her perfume in the drawers or wardrobe. It was as if she'd never been there.
He ran his fingers over the top of the dressing table. No dust, but then there wasn't likely to be. She'd loved the antique piece he'd given her, telling him she'd never ever part with it, but she'd left it. Hell, she'd joked if he ever got fed up with her the dresser was part of her severance pay. He'd shown her just how unlikely that scenario was. Cade would have bet his best Shibari rope she'd enjoyed being persuaded.
Wrong again.
The fact she'd gone told Cade more than anything just how she'd cut herself off from him. How she couldn't accept him as he was and, he acknowledged, always would be.

For the first time in his adult life, Caden McCourt cried. Big heaving sobs that racked his body.
And strangely for him, he didn't plot revenge. 

(If you want to read more about Caden and his lady, you can buy Master from Evernight Publishing,( by clicking on here  ) Kobo, Smashwords and Amazon.) 

To read all the other #midWeekTease posts, click here 

With many thanks to Angelica Dwson, who sorts all this out for us.

Happy reading,

love  Raven xx

#SexySnippets with time to deflower a virgin

 I'm so sorry. If anyone was waiting to read this with toe-tapping impatience, tap no more.

It's here.

Home, with the internet and able to do my post.

This week's #SexySnippets and another seven sentences from Miss Simpkins' School for Seduction.

Jane did her best to inch away, but Luke pinned her arms to her sides and before she understood what he

was doing, slipped her gown down them, and somehow had her naked before she could blink.

"How on earth did you do that?" she asked, genuinely interested.

"Practice, and no, I'm not telling you who on. That part of my life is over. I've turned over a new leaf; I'm a reformed character."

"One who is about to deflower a virgin," Jane reminded him with a smile.

"Only one virgin, and then I'll stick to an experienced woman," Luke said. 

I'll be experienced, so does he mean me?

 Miss Simpkins' School for Seduction is available from all good ebook stores including Evernight Publishing, here

And all the other #SexySnippets can be found here

Happy reading,

love Raven xx

#MidWeekTease and an interesting bedchamber

Hi all, here's this weeks tease. I hope you enjoy it...

(Jane is making love with Luke for the first time)

Jane let Luke lead her from the sitting room into the bedchamber. The bed itself, an overlarge four-poster, seemed to dominate the room and the intricate crisscross of silken ropes and ties were, to her mind, excessive. She liked simple plain lines. Not at all the fashion of the day, but then Jane had never been one to follow fashion. Luke caught her gaze.
"I find it exciting to bind my companion's hands and perhaps her body," he said in the same tone he might use to admit he enjoyed a glass of port or a day's riding to hounds. "Only if she's willing, of course." His look was speculative and Jane ignored the dampness between her thighs. The only times she'd ever experience that feeling was with the help of a specially crafted darning mushroom, that had never been near a sock or a hank of wool.
"Of course," she said in the same tone. "And are they?"
"Well, you tell me." Luke set one of the ropes swinging. "I'm not a mind reader, mores the pity."
"I intend to walk before I run, or swing," Jane said and turned into his arms.
Luke held her close, and she enjoyed the feeling of rightness. "Then a cuddle it is. Do you need—" He gestured to the door leading to the bathing chamber. "Everything is in there."
The heat of a blush prickled her skin. "Please? Oh, and my nightrail?"
"Not needed. There's a robe in there for you to wear until you come to bed. I'm going to use the bathing chamber across the hall, and meet you back here. I'm a modern man. I bathe and expect my guests to do so after a day's hunting. We smell, the dogs smell, and I have no intention of my house smelling as well. Cleanliness is next to godliness, and I need all the help I can get." He went out of the room whistling, and Jane chuckled as she made use of the facilities.
She eyed the robe that was indeed waiting for her. It was almost transparent. A robe for a lover. Had he really put it there with her in mind? She took a deep breath, wrapped it tightly around her body, and hurried into the bedchamber. To her relief, she was there before Luke and scrambled into bed, still wearing the robe. It might not afford much protection, but the illusion helped her.
Should she stretch out or sit up? Pull the covers up tight around her neck or strive for nonchalance and let them sit looser? Really it was so complicated.

Miss Simpkins' School for Seduction is available from Amazon, Bookstrand or here from Evernight Publishing

The other #MidWeekTease posts are here

Happy reading,

love Raven xx 

#SexySnippets with a hero on a losing streak...

Welcome to this week's, #SexySnippets. Where in just seven sentences I attempt to give you a flavour of a book or WIP.

This week, I think it's time to share a little bit of my latest Regency,

Miss Simpkin's School for Seduction

Which is now available from all the best places, including Evernight Publishing, right here at the reduced price of $3.74 for a limited time.

Blurb...

Where seduction is the game and success is the aim.

 It seems that husbands need to be shown that given the chance, their prim and proper wives can be more fun in the bedroom than any mistress. Therefore, who better to advise the young ladies of the ton about sexual satisfaction than Molly Simpkins the ex-mistress of an Earl?

 Molly’s methods are unorthodox, and would send the dowagers into fits of apoplexy if they knew what went on behind closed doors. However, compete discretion is assured.

 Meet Flora, Lydia, Miranda, Jane and Molly herself as they introduce their partners to the sexual delights to be found in relationships that flout convention.

and your #SexySnippets

(Felix is trying to explain to Miranda why he feels they can not suit)

I am a man who wants it all—everything and  I would never settle for anything else. I know what I enjoy, and don't feel it would be fair to subject a young and impressionable lady to my ideals. You need a man who is younger, more virile and less…" He paused to find the word that fitted best. "Less extreme."

Her eyes flashed and the finger she poked perilously near his cock hurt. "Balderdash. You are scared." 

Catch all the other #SexySnippets here

Happy reading,

love Raven xx

#MidWeekTease and a woman on a mission

Hi all and welcome to my publication day *cue dancing, nail biting and a glass of fizz later* #MidWeekTease

Which of course is coming from today's book

Miss Simpkins' School for Seduction

(Evernight Publishing and you can buy it here now and yeah, really chuffed)

Blurb...

A school for seduction? Scandalous.

Husbands need to be shown that given the chance, their prim and proper wives can be more fun in the bedroom than any mistress. Therefore, who better to advise the young ladies of the ton about sexual satisfaction than Molly Simpkins, the ex-mistress of an Earl?

Molly’s methods are unorthodox, and would send the dowagers into fits of apoplexy if they knew what went on behind closed doors. However, compete discretion is assured.

Meet Flora, Lydia, Miranda, Jane and Molly herself as they introduce their partners to the sexual delights to be found in relationships that flout convention.

and your tease...

"I, My Lord, have a desire to feel your hand on me. Only yours."
Felix knelt back and studied her face. "Just my hand? What about my crop? Or a specially made flogger? What if I desire to redden your arse like that?"

Excitement coursed through her. Not just with his hand? Her quim tingled and her inner muscles clenched to hold back her juices as best she could. Really, to soak his legs would be all too easy, but surely a lady had to have some decorum?
"Let it go," Felix said. "If you are to be with me, never ever hold your desire in check. The first rule of any relationship is, in my opinion, to be open and honest."
So no decorum needed then? She relaxed her legs and felt the trickle of her arousal creep down her thigh.
"Until I feel their sting I can not say."
"It shall be on our plan of action. Firstly though, I really need to get down on one knee. Perhaps though we could be unconventional and I ask you to marry me with you over my knee instead?"
Miranda replayed his words in her mind. "Marry? You've been inside me once and want to marry me? But don't you need to ask Papa for my hand first?"
He chuckled. "Being inside you has nothing to do with it. Nor does your papa. I've fought my inclinations for long enough. If you don't mind being tied to an old man, why should I mind it?"
"Well, I don't. You're not old and I'd love to see you put me over your knee from there— Ow, ah... Felix..." He moved so fast Miranda had no time to gather her wits before she found herself across his knee and with one of his arms pinning her there. The first touch of his hand tickled. The second third and fourth didn't. By the fifth, she was floating, and pain morphed into pleasure and hot arousal.
"Let go and come for me." The spanks followed one after another, and she needed no further bidding. Miranda screamed her completion long and loud. Her whole body shook and she sobbed tears of pleasure. Felix soothed her tender skin with a soft caress. His hands stroked as he whispered words she couldn't decipher, until she stopped shaking and took a deep breath.
"I think it would be interesting to feel your crop and flogger, my lord, but in all honesty I cannot see how that can be bettered. Apart from your cock in my channel."
"Then will you marry me, Miranda?" He teased her nether hole with the tip of a finger and she held her breath. Would he? It was something else she'd wondered about. She clenched her buttocks and thrust her arse toward him. His finger dipped another quarter of an

inch, to stop just before the ring of muscles she knew was there. "Maybe once you have agreed to be mine we can discover the
delights of my cock in your arse."
"Oh yes, please. But, Felix, are you sure?" Miranda was
dismayed she couldn't keep the anxious note out of her voice. "I know I've begged and teased you, but are you really sure?"
He lifted her onto his knee, and Miranda gasped as the rough hairs of his legs scratched her tender arse.
"I'll apply some salve soon," he promised her.  

Catch all the other #MidWeekTease posts here

Happy Reading,

love Raven xx

#SexySnippets from a School for Seduction

Hi all. 

Welcome to this week's 

#SexySnippets

Where I'm taking you back to regency times

 and 

Miss Simpkin's School for Seduction

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Where seduction is the game,

and success is the aim.

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"Do you want to know more about his manhood and the way it and he reacts to a warm loving and sensuous woman, or how to dance and converse at the same time?" Molly Simpkins asked with caution. As she had no idea how knowledgeable Lydia was, it would be as well to tread with caution.

"Both, I think," Lydia said in a voice full of gloom. "For if he does offer for me, and I do wed him, he is not playing with someone else when he could be playing with me," she continued, then glowered. 

"At the risk of sounding indelicate, if other women can give him what he needs then why can't I for surely we are all equipped with the same orifices?" She blushed and giggled. "Unless to be a wife renders you somehow helpless? I don't think so."

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Miss Simpkins School for Seduction will be available from Evernight Publishing in September

Catch all the other #SexySnippets here

Happy reading,

love Raven xx