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Monday, July 8, 2013

Character Interview and New Release by Doris O'Connor

Today I'm hosting Doris O'Connor and her new release from Evernight Publishing, The Orgasm Project. She has gracious brought along two of her characters, Carter and Jake, a pair of shifter brothers who just happened to like the look of #ThursThreads challenge prompt. Now, why she wanted me to bring catnip, I'm not entirely sure...

Thanks so much for having me back here, Siobhan. I've dragged the boys along. Well, actually, that's more the other way round. You see Carter and Jake jumped into my head right here on this blog, didn't you?

The two of them exchange glances and simply grin at me. It's that toe-curling-sexy smile that makes any female in their vicinity instantly forget what they were doing.

"Err, what am I doing here again?" My mind has gone completely blank.

"Extending our thanks to the lovely Siobhan, of course. Keep up now, Doris." Jake winks at me and Carter growls.

Yes, that is really going to help me concentrate, isn't it?

"Thoughts like that are really going to get you into trouble, dear author of mine." Carter crosses his arms and gives me the full force of his stare. I gulp and smile. You can see a hint of his cougar in his eyes. Carter is definitely the more volatile of the twins. Sure enough Jake cuffs him round the head.

"Behave, Carter, Siobhan will not appreciate you wrecking her blog. Remember what happened last time you wrecked Mum's carpet?"

Carter blanches and loses some of his bravado. I hide my grin. I have yet to meet their formidable mama, but I'm told she is quite the force to be reckoned with. Well, she would have to be. Having to keep these two in line, when they were growing up cannot have been easy. It was bad enough the short amount of time they took over my head to enable me to write their story.

"Jesus, you and Maria. Every five minutes you have to bring mum into it. Okay, I'll behave, if I have to, but really, what's a few hair balls between friends?"

"Hair balls?" It's Jake's turn to look affronted. "Speak for yourself. I keep myself nicely trimmed, thank you. It's you, who's going for the au-naturel look."

Carter's hair has gotten very long, whereas Jake's is close cropped.

"And your point is? If our mate likes it, who am I to argue?"

"Hah, she only said that because she didn't want to hurt your feelings, flea bag."

Suddenly the air is filled with testosterone and I find myself wishing that Anastasia had come along too.

"Jealousy will get you nowhere, little bro. Just because it was my cock making her scream at the time." Carter smirks and Jake looks ready to pounce.

"There' s more to looking after our mate then making her scream. I was making all of us some food. If it was up to you, we'd never eat. Women get hungry after sex. Fuck, I do, so you can wipe that smug grin right off your ugly mug. And being five minutes older, does not make you all that!"

I can see this is an old argument between them.

"Just saying that she's far too busy to think about food when she's riding me." Carter says and smirks.

"Okay, boys, that's enough, or I will tell Anastasia just exactly how you're acting. We all know she loves you both, and if she was here, you'd both be eating out of her hand."

They stop their male posturing and Jake shakes his head at me.

"Now, come on, Doris, you know better than that? Eating out of her hand indeed. Now if you'd said we'd be eating her sweet pussy that would be entirely more to the point."

"Hmm, she's fucking delicious, that's for sure." Carter adjusts himself through his jeans and I feel rather hot all of a sudden. I also get the impression that, as per usual, I have lost control of the situation.

Those two are utterly obsessed with Anastasia's pleasure and happiness. It's a wonder the woman can walk some days.

"Well, yes, anyway—" I clear my throat and they both grin at me completely unrepentant.

"Are you quite all right there, Doris?" Jake asks.

"Yes, you look a bit flushed, my dear." Carter's grin deepens and I stick my tongue out at them. They both laugh, and I roll my eyes.

"Watch it you two, I may yet write your sister's story, and you know I could always squash some cougar balls in the process."

If they were in their cat form they would be hissing with their furs up now, I tell you.

"You wouldn't fucking dare. This is our stories you're telling, remember, and we call the shots, or have you forgotten that, little human?"

Carter is rocking back on his chair legs, but there is no mistaken the hidden power in those coiled muscles and Jake is just watching me out of hooded eyes. I get a very good feeling for how Anastasia must have felt when she first caught sight of them. All that undivided attention does strange things to my equilibrium too, and those two are very much spoken for. As am I, for that matter, but hey a girl can dream, right?

I clear my throat again, and they smile in unison.

"Would you like to tell Siobhan's readers why you call this blog home, before I let you get back to Anastasia?"

Jake nods and shrugs out of his shirt and I once again lose my train of thought completely. It's not helped by the fact that Carter, too, is shrugging out of his clothes.

Oh my…

"Siobhan set a word prompt, and the minute we heard you read those words …. Not even once … well, we just had to help out."

My throat goes dry as I catch a glimpse of Carter completely naked before he shifts into the beautiful cougar he is. His blue eyes seem to be laughing at me and he nods towards a still half-dressed Jake.

"Exactly, we were only doing what needed to be done. Every woman deserves lots of screaming orgasms, and we're just the men to do it." He steps out of his jeans and I get a glimpse of a male ass to die for. "Well, for Anastasia, anyway. Now excuse us, we have to get on with our project."

And just like that he too shifts and gives me a toothy smile. In a flash of movement they're gone and I wonder how on earth I am going to get the claw marks out of Siobhan's floor…

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Blurb:

What's a girl to do when her best friend confides her inability to orgasm? Set up the Orgasm Project of course, and Maria knows just the guys to do it. Full of themselves her hot as Hades brothers might be, but at least they are safe. What can possibly go wrong?

 Anastasia wants the ground to swallow her whole, when she meets the twins. How embarrassing can this be, even if the gorgeous hunks set her knickers aflame with just one look?

Jake and Carter know their mate when they see her, and nothing is going to stop these cougar shifters from claiming her. Their night of passion leads to discoveries neither one of them is prepared for.

Has their bite awakened a monster or their destiny?

Excerpt:                                                                            
"What if I don't want to go home with you?"
She opened her eyes to find Jake smiling down at her. Carter's gaze, too, sought hers through the rear view mirror, and a shiver of unease went down her spine at the disapproval she read in his eyes—eyes that bled from blue to golden and back again as she watched in stunned fascination.
"What are you?" The question left her lips before she could stop herself, and she inwardly groaned at her stupidity.
"You know what we are." Jake said, his hot breath a whisper's breadth away from her neck as he sniffed her again. "Look into yourself and tell me that you don't feel this connection. I know you do. Your body gives you away as surely as your sweet scent. You're wet for us just thinking about what we might do to you, and that's not fear I can smell, but arousal. You want us as much as we want you, have wanted you from the first moment we caught your scent all those months ago."
"You can't be serious."                                                              
Anastasia shook her head and pushed against his chest. His heartbeat thundered under her fingertips in tune with her own galloping rhythm. The fact that he seemed as affected as her by whatever was happening between them gave her a heady rush of feminine power. Liquid arousal pooled between her thighs and slicked the top of her legs. She put up no resistance to Jake's questing digits trailing up her inner thigh. Underneath the skimpy dress she had worn at Maria's insistence, his hand inched ever upwards until his knuckles brushed against the damp fabric covering her slit, and she bit back a moan when his thumb found her clit. That normally shy little bundle of nerves contracted under that slight touch and seemed to swell in need. Jake caught her groan in his mouth, and Anastasia forgot any objections she might have had at the first swipe of his tongue inside her mouth.
If she thought he smelled good, then he tasted even better. His musk exploded on her tongue, and she opened to his gentle insistence. He swooped in and took possession of the kiss. One hand fisted in her hair while the other still showed homage to her little nubbin, and she gasped into the ever more passionate kiss, when one of his incredibly long fingers slid under the elastic of her thong. She was so wet that he slipped right into the tight clasp of her body, and her internal muscles contracted around that digit. He growled low in his throat, and she ground herself against his hand as his thumb settled on her clit.
He added another finger and then a third, thrusting in and out of her needy pussy in tune with his tongue's thrusts inside her mouth, and Anastasia gave herself up to the ever more urgent demands of her body.  Her hands fisted in his shirt, as the tingles started deep inside her core. Like a tidal wave of sensation they grew and tumbled forth, retreating a bit with every thrust, only to double in force with every faster pump of his fingers inside her channel.
The car lurched round a corner and then came to an abrupt stop. Cool air rushed into the heated interior, and Anastasia moaned her denial when Jake withdrew his fingers. In the blink of an eye she was freed out of her seat belt, and Jake broke the kiss to shift her body backwards. Carter's strong hands gripped her thighs, and she caught a glimpse of his glowing eyes, before he buried his head between her thighs. Her underwear gave way with an audible rip, and then his hot breath on her swollen folds robbed her of any coherent thoughts.
"My turn to taste her, brother." The growled words vibrated against her slit, seconds before his tongue delved into her quivering channel. Anastasia arched her back in desperate need to get closer to the hot mouth he used to such devastating effect on her clit. Jake chuckled in her ear, and she saw him lick his fingers, slick with her arousal. The sight was incredibly erotic, and she could taste herself in the kiss he gave her. Carter chose that moment to bite down on her clit, and she screamed. The barely functioning side of her brain marveled at that need-filled scream, muffled as it was by Jake's kiss, and she clamped her thighs around Carter's head, as she started to tumble over that elusive edge no man had ever managed to help her over.
Unlike the weak orgasms she had managed by her own hand, this one took her breath away. All sense of time and reason disappeared as her body convulsed under the hands of her lovers. Carter pushed her over that edge again, and again, and again, whilst Jake's hands played with her breasts and nipples. He rolled each hard nub between his thumb and forefinger, pinching hard, and the sharp pain zinged straight to her clit.
Jake finally broke the kiss and nibbled his way down her neck as her body shook in delicious aftershocks.
"All ours," the men grumbled in unison.

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Author Bio:
Glutton for punishment would be a good description for Doris... at least that's what she hears on an almost daily basis when people find out that she has a brood of nine children, ranging from adult to toddler and lives happily in a far too small house, cluttered with children, pets, dust bunnies, and one very understanding and supportive husband. Domestic goddess she is not.

There is always something better to do after all, like working on the latest manuscript and trying not to scare the locals even more than usual by talking out loud to the voices in her head. Her characters tend to be pretty insistent to get their stories told, and you will find Doris burning the midnight oil on a regular basis. Only time to get any peace and quiet and besides, sleep is for wimps.

She likes to spin sensual, sassy, and sexy tales involving alpha heroes to die for, and heroines who give as good as they get. From contemporary to paranormal, BDSM to F/F, and Ménage, haunting love stories are guaranteed.

STALKING LINKS:

              Amazon All Romance E-Books BookStrand Barnes&Noble

Thanks for stopping by and happy reading. :)

Friday, July 5, 2013

#ThursThreads - Week 77 - Winners

 

Week 77 of #ThursThreads had some terrific tales and thanks to everyone who came out on the Independence Day holiday! I'm honored to see all of the returning writers and read your stories. Thank you for coming back again and again to write. And welcome to the new folks who stopped by. Great thanks to Doris O'Connor for judging this week. :)

Entries:
  • Raven McAllen
  • Kelly Heinen | @Aightball
  • Imaginator | @theimaginator20
  • Spectra Ghostseeker
  • James Mender | @JamesMender
  • Silver James | @SilverJames_
  • Siobhan Muir | @SiobhanMuir
  • Lizzie Koch | @Lizzie_Loodles
  • Mark Ethridge | @LurchMunster
  • Ryan Derham | @Ryan_Derham
  • Jeff Hollar | @klingorengi
  • Lynne Hunt | @HayAddict
  • Nellie Batz | @solidmond
Doris says: All the entries were fab and brought something different to the table and it was incredibly hard to choose the runners up. Thanks for asking me to be a judge. It was great fun!

Winners Announcement:

Honorable Mentions 

Kelly Heinen | @Aightball 
Doris says: I loved the vivid descriptions in this flash. I could see the scene so clearly, and felt as though I was there. It left me wondering about who the woman was, what caused the accident, and how many they managed to save in the end.

James Mender | @JamesMender
Doris says: Great word building that had me intrigued. I would love to read more of this one, and the ending made me laugh, which is always a good thing. What a pickle to be in, what will he do?

  Lizzie Koch | @Lizzie_Loodles
Doris says: She gave me shivers with her atmospheric piece, and the surprise ending was a definite bonus. She packed a lot of emotion into such a short piece of writing.
 
Week 77 Winner



Doris says: I admit it, I'm biased. She had me the minute she said he was a dragon. I just love dragon stories, and the humour in this flash made me giggle, whilst the underlying sexual tension made me swoon a little. This one stayed with me, making me wonder about the whole story. Would love to read the rest of this story, so please hurry up and finish the wip! *smiles*

The dragon stretched and flexed. If Sade didn’t know better, she’d think he was preening. But he wasn’t. It was a dragon thing resulting from cramming all that magical energy into a human-sized body. If you could call almost seven feet human-sized. The only magick in Sade’s acquaintance bigger was Roman. In a one-on-one clash, she wasn’t sure if she’d bet on the gargoyle or the dragon. And wasn’t that a sad commentary on her life?

Her best friends were a werewolf and a gargoyle. The only man trying to get into her pants was a fae ordered to do so by the fae king, Oberon. It sucked to be her and she indulged in a brief pity party. Then she glanced at the handsome man sitting on the bench beside her—the one tourists openly ogled.

“So what are your plans now?”

His gaze swept her from head to toe and back again before settling on her face. “Find a warm body.”

Sade flushed. Dragons radiated heat. That’s why she felt so hot. The only reason she did. His full, sensuous lips curled into a knowing smile. Her fist curled in response and she thumped him in the middle of his chest.

“I’m not food.”

He threw back his head and laughter roared out of him, startling the pigeons in the square. “When I eat you, Sade Marquis, it will not be for dinner.”

“Yeah, in your dreams, dragon breath.”

“I’ll see you there, darling.”

Congratulations TWO TIME WINNER Silver, Kelly, James, and Lizzie! Don't forget to claim your badges and display them with pride. You certainly earned it! :)

Pass on the great news on Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, shiny mirrors, Morse Code, and signal flags. Check out all the stories here. Thanks for stopping by and happy reading! :)

Thursday, July 4, 2013

#ThursThreads - The Challenge That Ties Tales Together - Week 77


Welcome back to the Weird, the Wild, & the Wicked. HAPPY 4TH OF JULY! It's America's Independence Day. Light the fireworks and wave the flag! And since it's Thursday again, what should you be doing while you celebrate? Writing #FlashFiction, that's what! Welcome to Week 77 of #ThursThreads, the challenge that ties tales together. Too bad it didn't land on Week 76. Would have been poetic. Heh. Need the rules? Read on!

Here's how it works:
  • The prompt is a line from the previous week's winning tale.
  • The prompt can appear ANYWHERE in your story and is included in your word count.
Rules to the Game:
  • This is a Flash Fiction challenge, which means your story must be a minimum of 100 words, maximum of 250.
  • Incorporate the prompt anywhere into your story (included in your word count).
  • Post your story in the comments section of this post
  • Include your word count (or be excluded from judging)
  • Include your Twitter handle or email (so we know how to find you)
  • The challenge is open 7 AM to 7 PM Pacific Time
  • The winner will be announced on Friday, depending on how early the judge gets up. ;)
How it benefits you:
  • You get a nifty cool badge to display on your blog or site (because we're all about promotion - you know you are!)
  • You get instant recognition of your writing prowess on this blog!
  • Your writing colleagues shall announce and proclaim your greatness on Facebook, Twitter, and Google Plus

Our Judge for our Independence Day Edition, Week 77:


Glutton for punishment, mother to nine, and erotic romance author, Doris O'Connor.

And now your #ThursThreads Challenge, tying tales together.

The Prompt:

“Find a warm body.”

All stories written herein are the property (both intellectual and physical) of the authors. Now, away with you, Flash Fiction Fanatics, and show us your #ThursThreads. Good luck! :)

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Guest Post and New Release from Doris O'Connor

Thanks so much for having me here today, Siobhan. :)

Under Orders was one of those stories that niggles at you, and nags in the background until you sit down and do it justice. It all started with a picture. I was scouring Pinterest for inspiration for a Tantalizing Tuesday's Flash. Every Tuesday a talented bunch of authors gets together and using a photo prompt of their choice they create a flash of two hundred words. 

When I saw this picture it spoke to me immediately. http://pinterest.com/pin/340162578074870594/, and you can find the actual flash here. It seems it wasn't just me that picture spoke to, so eventually I say down and wrote the full story. Naturally being a pantster the story took on a completely different turn from the original idea. Jonathan is still the visiting CEO, and he is still deliciously naughty, but he is also a vampire. Yes, that took me by surprise too, and Anna is not just your ordinary PA. Oh no, she is the daughter of a slayer, so in-between their off the chart chemistry there is a whole lot of other things going on.

Will they make it? Well, you have to read the book to find out.

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Blurb: 

Who ever heard of being ordered to wear vibrating panties to a business meeting? The visiting CEO may be sex-on-legs-gorgeous, but Anna knows a sexual harassment case when she sees it. No one is going to order her to entertain Jonathan Symmonds—no one but her own body it seems.
Jonathan proves a hard man to resist. When he reveals his secret identity, this daughter of a slayer ought to be running for the hills not play submissive to his dark side.

Will passion and a shared past be enough to keep them together, or is their bond doomed to end at the stake?

Excerpt:

Clearly it had been way too long since Anna had last gotten laid if her body could respond to a complete stranger in this fashion of reckless abandonment.
He turned his attention back to the room, and Anna released the breath she’d been holding. Brian glared at her, and that uneasy feeling in her stomach returned. She squared her shoulders and stared him down, before Jonathan’s hand on her thigh pulled her attention back to him.
“I would like to thank Anna for her diligent attention to detail in drawing up these reports.” He shifted his hand higher during those few words, until he reached the top of her stocking. Digging one finger underneath he caressed the soft skin of her inner thigh, and Anna forced herself not to squirm and give the game away. “She has been most thorough, and the results will show once and for all who is responsible for this current … mishap.”
He smiled briefly, and looked toward Brian. The older man shrank in his seat. His Adam’s apple bobbed wildly as though he could barely hold onto his saliva. Beads of sweat broke out on his ruddy complexion, and Anna was half expecting the pencil he clutched to splinter under the strain of his white knuckled grip.
“I also feel the need to make it clear that Anna acted under direct orders from myself and her immediate superior.” He nodded toward Anna’s boss, and Leonard Peterson shifted to stand behind Brian, his expression as grave as she’d ever seen it.
“No one here should have any reason to hold the findings of this report against Anna.” Again he paused, and his penetrating gaze swept around the room until he seemed satisfied that he had everyone’s undivided attention. At the same time he shifted his hand higher up the inside of her thigh, until his knuckles brushed against the damp fabric covering her slit. Anna bit her lip to stop herself from moaning. The feather light touch seared her core, and her internal muscles clenched in need. The fabric grew wetter, and he was bound to notice. She risked a peek at his profile, and the slight elevation to his bottom lip told her that he knew exactly how turned on she was.
He took a deep breath and brushed his forefinger against her clit, pressing down just enough to make the little nubbin tingle in anticipation. That smirk of his deepened, when she couldn’t help her involuntary jump in response.
“Likewise no one in this room has anything to fear from these findings, unless they have not been acting in the company’s best interests. If you have indeed been mishandling funds then now would be a prudent time to own up to this fact.”
Again he paused, and Anna held her breath. He looked every inch the ruthless and dangerous business man he was reported to be. His harsh features had drawn tight, his high cheek bones accentuated under the artificial lighting that filled the room, despite the blaring sun outside the windows overlooking London’s skyline. He held himself perfectly still, the muscles bulging in tension under the light summer suit he wore. Only his finger moved in slow, measured circles, designed to drive Anna to the brink of insanity. She grasped hold of her armrests again, and coughed to hide her moan as that finger slipped under the elastic of her underwear and teased her entrance.
“I-I—” Brian shot out of his chair and looked as though he would have made a run for it, had Leonard not grabbed him by the suit lapels and pinned him against the wall. The door burst open, and two burly security guards took over and dragged Brian from the room. Anna was barely aware of the ensuing commotion, because Jonathan chose that moment to thrust two fingers knuckle deep inside her channel. Her pussy walls tightened around the digits, and Anna shut her eyes against the rising sensation deep within. There was something so deliciously naughty about the CEO finger-fucking her under the table.
The barely functioning rational side of her brain urged her to scream, to do something. He was taking liberties with her body that he had no right to take, but the other horny as hell part of her told that side to shut the fuck up, even as Jonathan added his thumb to her clit, pushing her closer and closer to release.
“Leonard, get Anna a glass of water. She is looking a little flushed.”
Her eyes flew open at the amused words, and she knew her cheeks must be as red as the roses in the vase across the room, when her boss stepped close enough to her to see exactly what was happening under the table. Jonathan did not release her. If anything he stepped up his assault, curling his fingers in such a way that he massaged her sweet spot deep inside.
Leonard cleared his throat repeatedly, and the water splashed over the side of the glass he was pouring for Anna, masking the wet sounds of Jonathan’s fingers thrusting in and out of her sopping cunt. She would leave a visible stain on her skirt and chair at this rate, but Anna could no more stop herself from climbing towards bliss than she could stop breathing. She dug her fingers into the arms of her chair and bit her lip so hard she drew blood, as her orgasm hit her with the full force of a speeding train. Irrespective of where she was, or perhaps because of it, waves of pleasure crashed over her, as her body shook in delicious aftershocks. Jonathan did not withdraw his fingers until the last of her shudders stopped, and when she opened her eyes it was to find the room empty, bar the three of them.


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Author Bio:



Glutton for punishment would be a good description for Doris... at least that's what she hears on an almost daily basis when people find out that she has a brood of nine children, ranging from adult to toddler and lives happily in a far too small house, cluttered with children, pets, dust bunnies, and one very understanding and supportive husband. Domestic goddess she is not.

There is always something better to do after all, like working on the latest manuscript and trying not to scare the locals even more than usual by talking out loud to the voices in her head. Her characters tend to be pretty insistent to get their stories told, and you will find Doris burning the midnight oil on a regular basis. Only time to get any peace and quiet and besides, sleep is for wimps.

She likes to spin sensual, sassy, and sexy tales involving alpha heroes to die for, and heroines who give as good as they get. From contemporary to paranormal, BDSM to F/F, and Ménage, haunting love stories are guaranteed.

STALKING LINKS: 
                                                                               
Amazon All Romance E-Books BookStrand Barnes&Noble

Thanks so much for stopping by and happy reading! :)

Friday, April 26, 2013

#ThursThreads - Week 68 - Winners

 

Week 68 of #ThursThreads had some terrific tales! Thanks to all who came to write yesterday. I'm honored to see all of the returning writers and read your stories. Thank you for coming back again and again to write. And I'm delighted to see new writers stopping by. Great thanks go to Clair de Lune for reading the stories.

Entries:
  • Theresa Breaux | @theresabreaux
  • Rebecca Brennan | @bexbrennan
  • Silver James | @SilverJames_
  • Lizzie Koch | @Lizzie_Loodles
  • Sandra Bunino | @SandraBunino
  • Susan Hayes | @capricia13
  • Siobhan Muir | @SiobhanMuir
  • Veronica Jordan | @RevolutionaryVJ
  • Doris O'Connor | @mamaD8
  • Kelly Heinen | @Aightball
  • S.J. Maylee | @SJMaylee
  • Mark Ethridge | @LurchMunster
Clair says: I didn't think this was going to be easy and it wasn't. I read all the stories a few times then went with the one that appealed most to me, then I did  the same with the honorable mentions. I think the standard of writing was high and want to congratulate all those who took part. I really enjoyed reading your stories as I get so little time to read at the moment.

Winners Announcement:

Honorable Mentions
 
Sandra Bunino | @SandraBunino
Clair says: I liked this from the start too. Her turmoil and determination not to give in then the surrender in the final line. The hints about their past and his nature were well done.

Susan Hayes | @capricia13
Clair says: Loved this idea and can see it happening. Nightmare scenario. No dialogue but I assume thhat was deliberate and very effective in conveying the anonymity of the whole process.

Veronica Jordan | @RevolutionaryVJ
Clair says: There was a good mix of dialogue and exposition. I liked the way the dress was introduced and the way a scent was used to evoke a scene. Nice ending too.

Week 68 Winner


Clair says: Ever since I read Guy de Maupassant at school I have loved a story with a surprise ending "a sting in the tail" as it's called. Doris O'Connor's story captured my interest right from the start. I love Sci Fi too and this idea intrigued me. The build up of tension was well done and maintained until the final line... Great story. I enjoyed it.

"You have got to be kidding me. I'm not going into that thing."

The mere thought of having to enter that clanging box made her hyperventilate. The room spun and her hands grasped the first firm object she could find.

"Easy there, I've got you."

The deep masculine voice belonged to the broad chest she was holding onto. The owner of that voice smiled down on her, when she managed to lift her head to study her rescuer. This time Eliza had a hard time drawing air into her lungs for the man watching her from under hooded eyes was one specimen of wet dream inducing hunk. Heat flooded her cheeks, and she inwardly cursed her inherent diabolic timing.

Here she was about to climb into the Sizeomatron to be fitted with the perfect sex-android, and she had to encounter the most desirable man she had ever laid eyes on.

"Miss, it's standard procedure." The disembodied voice of the technician overseeing her Android fitting broke through the fog in her lust for brains head. "We need to take exact internal measurements, to program your Orgasmatron to fit for maximum pleasure penetration. The easiest way to achieve that is with an all over body scan. This was all explained in the brochure."

Eliza groaned and wished the ground to swallow her up.

"Do we have to do this in front of an audience?"

She smiled at the man still holding her, and the technician laughed.

"We do, cause that's your android."

Congratulations Doris, Sandra, Susan, and Veronica! Don't forget to claim your badges and display them with pride. You certainly earned it! :)

Pass on the great news on Twitter, Facebook, Google Plus, shiny mirrors, Morse Code, and signal flags. Check out all the stories here. Thanks for stopping by and happy reading! :)

Monday, February 4, 2013

5 Questions of a Paranormal and Contemporary Erotic Romance Author Doris O'Connor

Welcome back to the Weird, the Wild, and the Wicked. Today I have the honor of hosting paranormal and contemporary romance author Doris O’Connor with a new release through Evernight Publishing, Too Devious to Tame. She shares the recurring problem of having characters demand their stories be told and succumbing to the need to write them. Neither of us can get away. Bwahahahaha! Ahem.

Welcome, Doris. Thank you for being with me today.

Thanks so much for having me here today. :)

What started you on the path to becoming a romance author?

Well, I've always spun stories in my head, for as long as I can remember. And I always thought that one day I would write a novel. That day never came, until in September 2010 a friend entered the New Voices competition. She told me about it and I thought to myself, why not give it a go? I wrote that first chapter in a day and sent it off—not the cleverest thing to do, really! Not surprisingly I didn't get anywhere in the competition, but it opened the door to the wonderfully supportive world of fellow romance authors, and I received some very encouraging feedback. What's more, I was hooked. I needed to write that story, and Scandinavian Scandal was in fact the first manuscript I ever completed. Then I heard about NaNoWriMo and I joined that too.

Too Hot To Handle (Book 1 in my Giovanni Clan series) was born then. I won Nano that year, and quickly wrote book 2, Too Cold To Love and then made a start on Too Devious To Tame, but ground to a halt until Nano last year, when I finally wrote the story.

After a complete re-write Scandinavian Scandal was one of my first releases, and Too Hot to Handle was eventually accepted by Evernight, after yet more re-writes to correct all the newbie mistakes. It's been quite a journey. :)

Congratulations on your recent release on Too Devious to Tame with Evernight Publishing. Introduce us to the main characters and premise of your story.

Too Devious To Tame is book three in my Giovanni Clan series, and it tells the story of Cousin Giorgio and Jemima Donovan. Readers will have first met both of them in book two, Too Cold To Love. Jemima is Elise Giovanni's wayward twin sister, and she causes all sorts of havoc in that book.

Here is the Blurb for Too Devious To Tame:

When Giorgio Giovanni tracks the troublesome Jemima down in a hospital bed in Italy, he has one thing on his mind—revenge. However, the fragile woman he encounters is not the devious female he remembers. When it becomes clear that she is in danger, he risks everything to keep her safe.
Left for dead, Jemima wakes up in hospital, terrified, and with no idea of her identity. The angry man, who comes to claim her, is the only link to a shared past she can't remember. A past that threatens to destroy them, and all she has ever held dear.

With danger all around them, and their sexual chemistry off the scale, can they find their way back to each other, or is the past too devious to tame?

Did anything in particular inspire this story?

When I was writing Too Cold To Love, it became clear that Giorgio and Jemima had history, and I wanted to explore that history. Plus, Jemima was such a complex character, I had to find out what made her tick, and why she acted in such an atrocious way. There had to be a reason why Elise put up with all of Jemima's behavior, because Elise is no push over.

And Giorgio seemed such an interesting person; again I had to get to know him better. He comes across as such a playboy and the bad sheep of the Giovanni, and he is all of those things, but there is so much more to him.

Amnesia is a common conflict in stories. What made it work so well in this story?

Well, I had to think of a way to redeem Jemima in the reader's eyes. She needed something to shake her up and smell the roses, and to take a good long look at her life. She gets mixed up with some dangerous people, and when she wakes up in the hospital bed, she has no clue who she is, or what has happened to her. All she does know is that she is running and she is terribly afraid. Then in walks Giorgio, and she has to deal with her attraction to him as well as trying to figure out why she is being hunted, and why he is so angry with her.

As the missing puzzle pieces slowly click into place, Jemima changes. She is a very strong person. What she endured would have broken stronger women than her.

So, the whole amnesia angle works so well here, because she is literally given a chance of a new life—to become a new Jemima. It completely throws Giorgio, because he doesn't know how to deal with her at all.

What other projects are on the horizon for you that we’re likely to see?

I have a Romance on the go story coming in February. Sol And The Magic Fingers is a little funny and hot story about a very naughty genie, and was great fun to write.
I've also been offered contract for another series, following on from my free read Mr. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Natasha's story will be coming soon. I'm knee deep in a work in progress concerning a billionaire who inherits a virgin, and I have some other stories planned.

My mind never stops, lol.

Thank you for joining me today, Doris, and we look forward to all your upcoming releases!

Thanks so much for having me. It's been great fun. :)

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And be sure to check out Too Hot to Handle, the first book in Ms. O’Connor’s The Giovanni Clan series.

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