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  • Bass-Ackwards is LIVE!

    Bill was just the sort of prick who’d want to bend her over and humiliate her.

    This was supposed to be a dirty deal with a man she tolerated at best. Bass-Ackwards by Eris Adderly

    Yes! Bass-Ackwards is has made its way to ebook and print!

    If you follow me on Literotica, you may have already read this filthy slice of What the Fuck Did I Just Read, but if not, you’re in for it now! Haha!  What started as a gratuitous way for me to blow off steam during a stressful time in my life in 2017 (Pro Tip: if someone ever asks you if you want to sell your house while buying another one at the same time, you tell them ‘No’, and you run screaming for the hills) ended up a whole entire novel.

    I tortured the crap out of these two idiots—er, characters—in a way that makes zero sense at all. This book starts off with a bang and then goes weird and uncomfortable places. Come for the “Oh no, he did not!” Stay for the “Why, you fools, whyyyyy???” Well. And lots of guilty pleasure scenes of the ‘this is so wrong, why do I like this’ variety.

    Hope you have as much fun reading about Bill and Christina as I did writing them. This is no billionaire boss Romance—these are average folks with ugly secondhand furniture in their houses and grilled-cheese sandwich budgets, who just might manage to dumbass themselves into something more than the tedium of getting by.

     

    Here’s the blurb:

    Bill Marshall might as well have been the Devil.

     

    Christina Lee Dodd needs Friday off work. Needs. She’s up to her eyeballs in problems.
    One of those problems is her boss, Bill Marshall.

    And Bill Marshall is an a**hole.

    The offer he makes is textbook inappropriate. An HR nightmare.

    But is it wrong for her to accept?

    Is it wrong for her to like it?

    Bass-Ackwards is a filthy wrong-way romance where two human beings make more mistakes than you can shake a stick at. For mature readers only.

    Bass-Ackwards by Eris AdderlyThis wildly inappropriate blue-collar Romance is now live on Amazon. AND, if you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read for FREE!

    Even if you don’t own a Kindle, you can get the free Kindle app for AndroidApple or PC, and get all the sin and temptation on your phone, computer or tablet.

     


     

     

     

     

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    Excerpt from Bass-Ackwards:

     

    Did her nipples ache for more attention? Yes. Was her pussy throbbing? Way too much. Did she want to finish? Of fucking course she did!

    But was Bill going to take her there? No. Was he going to demand she hold still while he tore whatever result he wanted from her body? Nope.

    He’d brought her to the edge and left her there. Again. Christina had never been so hot in all her life, and this … fucking … asshole! He had no business turning her on in the first place, and now he was in her head, day and night. The smell of him, the sound of that voice!

    And yes, she had masturbated. Obviously. Thank god he hadn’t asked whether she’d thought of him while doing it. At least over the last couple weeks …

    So now if she wanted to come, she’d have to choose it. On purpose. There would be no just sitting back and letting him take it, letting him relieve the pressure, relieve her of responsibility. He’d said he hadn’t bought her, but right now, Christina was feeling owned.

    He owns something right now, that’s for sure. Got your head aaall messed up. Haven’t even bothered to put your tits away.

    But if he owned her, even just for today, maybe she ought to give him what he asked for. This wasn’t even a functional reality, anyway. How could it be when she was sitting around in the shop, considering in a serious manner whether she ought to beat off in front of Asshole Bill?

    You should do it. He won’t last two minutes.

    The idea made all her other thoughts shut up and look over, ears perked.

    Not bad. Not bad at all. If Christina started to play with herself, Bill had no chance of keeping his shit together. Not after how he’d been acting. He’d be over there in a flash, belt coming open, fly down, and they’d both get what they wanted. She just wouldn’t have to examine what that was, because she’d be busy hanging on for dear life.

    She let her right hand creep up over her thigh.

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  • NEW: A Sinner in Virtue, in When the Dark Wins anthology

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    When the Dark Wins anthology (a limited release) is no longer available. Look out for my story A Sinner in Virtue to be re-released as a solo novella in the future, shortly prior to my launch of The Vice Territories series. Thank you!
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    A Sinner in Virtue by Eris Adderly in the When the Dark Wins anthology

    “Give yourself over, Servant.”

     

    When the Dark Wins anthology

    “You will accept them on your knees. You will accept them on your back. You will open yourself in any way they ask, Sinner, because you are a servant now.”

    A Sinner in Virtue is a prologue to the future series The Vice Territories, and is available for a limited time in the When The Dark Wins anthology:

    Inside these pages lurks the stuff of nightmares, the inky blackness of our world captured by the top authors of dark romance. Except in these stories there is no romance. No heroes. No happy endings.

    This is a book that has been crafted, twisted, and deformed to shred you, scare you, and possibly traumatize your mere mortal mind. Here is your last warning … no one is coming to save you if you choose to dive into the depravity.

    In these stories, the dark wins.

    Every. Single. Time.

    Eight corrupting tales designed to blacken your heart.

    Participating authors:

    Breaking Beth by Jennifer Bene
    Catacombs by Addison Cain
    Used by Cari Silverwood
    What Lies Beneath by Yolanda Olson
    My Name is Jane by Zoe Blake
    Severed by Dani René
    A Sinner in Virtue by Eris Adderly
    The Hunted by Michelle Brown

    This pitch-black anthology is now live on Amazon. AND, if you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read for FREE!

    Even if you don’t own a Kindle, you can get the free Kindle app for AndroidApple or PC, and get all the vice you want on your phone, computer or tablet.

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    Excerpt from A Sinner in Virtue:

     

    The percussive sloshing was a blasphemy in the darkened chapel. Some gasping noise like a question rose up out of her throat. Levi traced fingertips under her chin, stepping close and aiming his cock to fill.

    T-two? I ca—

    He was in her mouth.

    Plump, warm flesh slid back over her palate. Male musk painted her tongue, even as hand palmed the top of her head to block a startled retreat.

    Both priests moved in her body. Levi now parting her jaw, while Raymond soldiered away at her cunt. There was no arching her back now to raise her head. The thrust of male hips had the surface of the water violent, and Buckeye had to snort whenever it hit her face.

    This was it. She had to just be here, now. Helpless. A cut of meat on a spit. A spit that was fucking her. At both ends.

    When had the others broken? How had the priests known to stop?

    Glassy eyes above a bent neck.

    They didn’t. They didn’t stop.

    Either they hadn’t known, or …

    Buckeye was breaking. She could feel it. But the cracks in her structure ran in a far more terrifying direction.

    He won’t stop. Oh god, he won’t stop.

    She squeezed and tilted her hips into Raymond’s groin. There was no other way to tell him, but the priest got the message. Hauled her down to his base with more force.

    It’s okay. It’s okay. No one can see. Just let him. So good.

    Who would see her shame? Raymond? Levi? Mather? She made a guttural noise in her throat. It didn’t matter. She squirmed on the two Covvie pricks that might fuck her to death.

    Words. There were words nearby. Someone was talking.

    Mather.

    “Surrender and trust,” he said again from his chair. “Complete faith.”

    Her eyes darted to meet his, grey, but on fire with interest.

    That voice. Oh, god.

    Raymond and Levi took another step down into the baptistery. The water closed over her head.

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  • As Flame to Smoke is back, blasphemous as ever!

    Here? In a church? Oh yes.

    As Flame to Smoke by Eris AdderlyHe was still a man, vows or no. How hard could it be to control himself?

    A demon! A priest! Seduction! Oh my!

    My controversial erotic novella As Flame to Smoke is back! Newly revised from the 2015 version released in the Darker Side of Love anthology, this standalone story is just $0.99 USD!

    The updated version of this dirty, blasphemous novella is now live on Amazon. AND, if you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read for FREE! So if you didn’t catch it the first time, now’s your chance.

    Even if you don’t own a Kindle, you can get the free Kindle app for AndroidApple or PC, and get all the sin and temptation on your phone, computer or tablet.


    As Flame to Smoke first appeared in the Darker Side of Love anthology in 2015. I’ve since given the prose a facelift, and now here it is to stand on its own.

    The writing of this novella marked a turning point in my constant inner battle between wanting everyone to like me, and not wanting to censor myself.

    It’s also unique in that it might be the only story (aside from The Decline and Fall of Rowland Graves, depending on how a reader wants to look at it) that I’ve written from the point of view of the antagonist. Can you root for a villain?

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    Excerpt from Act II of As Flame to Smoke:

     

    “I have not been chaste in thought or word, Father.” Her voice lowered, and she brought her mouth near the lattice. “I’ve touched myself. And thought of you.”

    What?” he blurted, against all propriety.

    She sent a husky giggle through the screen. “Oh yes. Right here in this church. Right after you left me.”

    There was a pause, but then …

    “Serah?”

    A grin split her face. It was way, way out of line for him to have spoken her name like that. And he said it in hushed tones, as if the name alone, overheard, would spill his secrets into public view. The man was a mess: just as she needed him to be.

    “Did you miss me, Father Kent?”

    Serah stood and stepped out of her side of the booth. And opened the door to his.

    The look on that handsome—if inexperienced—face was priceless as his eyes snapped to the door. To the woman joining him in the tiny compartment.

    “You can’t be in here!” he said, but she was already shutting the door behind her.

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  • Release Day: The Eighth House

    Welcome to the Underworld.

    The Eighth House: Hades & Persephone (Flames of Olympos Book 1) by Eris AdderlyThe equinox is here. Persephone is about to make her first journey into the Underworld. She just doesn’t know it yet.


    The new version of your Literotica favorite is now live on Amazon. AND, if you have Kindle Unlimited, you can read for FREE!

    Don’t own a Kindle? You can get the free Kindle app for AndroidApple or PC,

    For those of you who prefer holding a real book in your hands, The Eighth House is also available in paperback.


    I’ve been working on this since last October, and the revised and expanded version of The Eighth House, is twice as long as the Literotica original, with more plot, more characters, more Underworld, and more Hades!

    Wait a minute …

    New to my dirty mythology?

    The Eighth House is available in paperback.Romance readers can enjoy The Eighth House without any prior knowledge of Greek mythology. Just look at it as a romance in a fantasy setting, where there are immortals with incredible powers, and you’re all set!

    If you’re like me, however, and have a love for, and familiarity with, the ancient myths, you’re going read my version of the Hades & Persephone tale and have at least one, “Hey, wait a minute!” moment, I assure you. I thought this would be a good place to let you know, lovely reader, that I have taken quite the healthy dose of creative license with the original mythology.

    I like to think of it as, “Sure, you know what the ancient poets wrote, but come let me tell you what really happened.” *wink wink* I hope you have as much fun reading all the twists and surprises as I had in writing them.

    And if you love Hades & Persephone, let me tell you … more books in the Flames of Olympos universe are coming. Want to know who could fall in love with Medusa? How did Hephaistos deal with Aphrodite’s promiscuous ways? Stick around, because I’m going to tell you. In lurid detail, just how you like it.

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  • Mine, All Mine is now FREE to read!

    Mine, All Mine

    Fun. Sexy. Free. 

    Mine All Mine by Eris Adderly

    This fun and tasty little BDSM novella of mine came out last Spring in the Out of the Friend Zone boxed set (with several other contemporary friends-to-lovers erotic romances). Then Amazon went and changed its rules about anthologies and, long story short, we unpublished it.

    Now normally my stuff is fairly dark and intense, but this story is something different. So instead of trying to put it up for sale as single title, I’ve decided to make it free for you to read, on the platform where I got my start: Literotica.

    Here are the links to the chapters (if you’ve already been following along), or you can just head right to Chapter 1 by clicking the Big Red Button below.

    Chapter 1: The Shaft
    Chapter 2: Silver Tongue
    Chapter 3: Fool’s Gold
    Chapter 4: Mother Lode

    There’s hot little excerpt below, so you have some idea what awaits. If you read on Lit, come vote and say ‘Hi’ in the comments section! You don’t need an account and I respond about every five comments or so.Happy reading!

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    She leaned down to put her palms on his knees for momentary support and knelt in the dirt between them, an array of tiny rocks presenting an immediate annoyance. Taylor ignored them.

    “And think of this,” she said, dropping the irritation and volume of her voice, “once someone gives you some decent head, it might help you decide whether it’s something you’re willing to go without. For the long term.”

    Taylor knelt upright and they were almost eye to eye. Ian had done nothing to back away or get her out of his space. When her eyes flicked down between them, she noted a new shape to his cargo shorts that was neither a phone nor a wallet.

    This isn’t fair. You know he’s not thinking straight right now.

    She put a selfish hand on the top of his thigh and scooted a few inches closer. “And Ian.” He blinked at her and she leaned in, letting her next words go quietly at his ear. “I’m good at it. I like it.”

    When she pulled away, it wasn’t as far back as she’d been before, and they sat there, still, teetering on the edge in the immense silence of the desert. Eye contact was too much. They both focused instead on her splayed fingers resting on his leg. She could hear him exhale.

    “OK.”

    The assent was so tiny, as if he meant to hide it even from himself. And Taylor knew better. Oh, did she know better. But some mistakes were too good not to make.

    It was almost as if they both thought his OK alone would set things into motion and, for a long moment, neither moved a muscle.

    Well? You started this.

    Taylor’s hand slid further up his thigh, moving over the fabric of his shorts until her thumb hit a speedbump. He inhaled at a hiss and they still couldn’t lock eyes.

    “Ian.”

    Pounding heartbeats. She felt him twitch against her thumb.

    “One of us is going to have to unbutton you.”

    They watched his fingers come up to nudge his tee shirt out of the way and fumble the copper button undone. He left the zipper, perhaps wanting her to take the last step as a way of absolving himself from blame.

    The metal tab was between her fingers and she insinuated her upper body closer to his, her ear at his cheekbone, lips set to conspire in secret where there was no one around to hear.

    “Tell me to stop,” she whispered, the last exit before the Point of No Return.

    “Don’t.”

    Her breath seized. She let go the zipper. Pulled her fingers back an inch.

    “Don’t stop.”
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  • Release Day: An Emperor for the Eclipse

    Today is Release Day!

    An Emperor for the Eclipse available in ebookAn Emperor for the Eclipse is now live and available on Amazon for your Kindle or Kindle app.

    AND, if you have Kindle Unlimited, you can borrow Emperor and read for free!
    Don’t own a Kindle? You can get the free Kindle app for AndroidApple or PC,

    For those of you who prefer holding a real book in your hands, Emperor is also available in paperback.


    I had the idea for this story in the spring of 2014, when I was still writing The Devil’s Luck. There was plenty going on in my head, and worldbuilding done on paper, but I didn’t start getting it down on the page until early 2015. And then I wrote, and wrote, and got sidetracked, and published a couple other things, and wrote some more, and finally finished it late 2016.

    I am extremely pleased now to get it out there into the world at large, and can’t wait to start hacking away at book two. I have the whole outline ready, so that’s a good head start!

    What am I getting into?

    If this is the first time you’ve heard about the After Exile series, I can give you a basic idea of what to expect.

    An Emperor for the Eclipse available in paperbackWhile I have yet to indulge in reading the Game of Thrones series (I’ve sworn it off until after the TV version is done), I’ve been told by a few readers that it is GOT-esque, if that’s a thing. It’s a large-scale fantasy world, though you’ll see its humanity has struggles reminiscent of those going on right here at home. There are several races of people, but they’re all human. I decided the variety of cultures was plenty of room to explore differences, so I didn’t venture into other non-human races like elves or dwarves. You’ll find some magic in this world, but it feels more subtle and natural most of the time than anything overt or grandiose, like potions and spellbooks. This story is about people and their motivations, not about magic or cursed crystals. Not a damn thing wrong with any of that, I just chose to go in this direction, instead.

    If you’ve read any of my other books, you know I like to write some sex scenes. This book is no exception, though they don’t show up at every turn of the page. But when they happen, well, buckle up, because I am not a fade-to-black kind of girl. Human beings tend to be sexual beings, and tend to form relationships of all kinds. I like to explore this and not gloss it over, as if it were irrelevant. So sex is a thing that exists in my books, you have been warned. Heh.

    I try to ask a number of questions with this series. How much attention should we pay to things like destiny and fate? Should we, and can we, resist them? Where is the line between faith and fanaticism? At what point is rebellion necessary and what are the costs to unity? I have mixed thoughts on all of these and answers to none. Maybe come with me on the journey in this world and see what you think, yourself!

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  • The Skull & Crossbone Romances now available in paperback!

    Paperback Pirates

    The Skull & Crossbone Romances available in paperback
    Get your timbers shivered the old-fashioned way: with a real book.

    Sometimes you just like to hold a paper book in your hand. Feel the pages turn under your fingers. Wedge a bookmark in it when it’s time for a break. I get it.

    That’s why I’m super excited to make The Skull & Crossbone Romances available in paperback, in addition to the existing ebook format.

    You can find them now on Amazon North American stores (US, CA), and Amazon European stores (UK, DE, FR, IT, ES).

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    The Devil's Luck paperbackThe Skull & Crossbone Romances: Book 1

    Lust and discovery, betrayal and secrets in the age of sail. Oh yes, and pirates. Dirty, dirty pirates. A young widow from Bristol is ready to sail for the Colonies, but fate seems to have other ideas. A full-length erotic bodice-ripper novel to satisfy your thirst for adventure and pleasure on the high seas.
    362 pages

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    The Decline and Fall of Rowland Graves paperback

    The Skull & Crossbone Romances: Book 2

    A tragic, Gothic romance novella, with a dark, Halloween twist. The origin story of the villainous surgeon who menaced Hannah aboard The Devil’s Luck.

    86 pages

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    The Maid and the Cook paperbackThe Skull & Crossbone Romances: Book 3

    A light-hearted, bawdy pirate romance novella following Brigit, the widow’s maid from The Devil’s Luck, and her adventures down in the galley when she catches the unexpected eye of the ship’s cook.

    138 pages

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    And of course, there are more pirates headed your way in the future with The Carpenter and The Deckhand and The Merry Widow! Follow me on Facebook, Twitter, or sign up for my email list to be the first to hear about progress and new releases. See you soon!

  • New Story! Mine, All Mine (Out of the Friend Zone Boxed Set) Available for Preorder NOW!

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    A Friends to Lovers Romance Boxed Set

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    It’s here! It’s here! The new boxed set is here!

    Out of the Friendzone (A Friends to Lovers Romance Boxed Set)
    from The Erotic Collective is available for preorder now on Amazon!
    The release date is March 17, but if you preorder now for $0.99 (USD), you’ll get the whole set delivered automatically to your Kindle on the 17th.
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    Seven Great Stories (Including Mine!) for One Low Price

    Seven friends-to-lovers romance stories in which best friends fall in love with each other…

    Love reading friends-to-lovers stories? This is the anthology for you. SEVEN all-new novellas, and no cliffhangers. Hundreds of pages of steamy, sexy romance await!

    Stories include:

    Simply Casual by Tara Crescent

    Max has never been on a fourth date. Charlie is terrified of commitment. The first time they met, they were both breaking up with other people. What will it take for them to realize they are perfect for each other?

    Mine All Mine by Eris Adderly

    Taylor hasn’t been able to stop fantasizing about her best friend Ian ever since a spontaneous New Year’s Eve kiss four years ago. Too bad he has a girlfriend. Why can’t she just keep her hands—and everything else—to herself?

    A Professional Courtesy by Cat Spencer

    Ben Wolfe is everything Shea wants in a partner with just one problem – she’s paying him to be! Can they see past their business arrangement to find love?

    Destiny Unscripted by Christine Hart

    DESTINY: A power guiding the development of events beyond one’s control; fate, karma, serendipity. DESTINY UNSCRIPTED: Part story ~ part screenplay ~ two couples discovering their destiny.

    Midlife Magic by Anne A. Lois

    Luka Dragovic, rock star, and Jillian Dulski, kickass scientist, were high-school best friends. Now, they live worlds apart. Could their midlife reunion ever become more than a singular, magical experience?

    A Temporary Arrangement by Alice Schermer

    A man in need of a place to live moves in with a woman with secrets. Sparks, or feelings of any nature, should not ensue. But they do.

    A Lifetime of Memories by Livnah A. Eden

    You don’t love someone because you know them. You love them because of how well they know you.Your true love will know you the moment they see you. And they will know you and love you forever.

    Warning: This anthology contains many scenes of erotic sexual encounters. It is intended for mature readers.

     

    Preorder your copy now!

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  • New Story Excerpt: Mine, All Mine

    Out of the Freindzone: A Friends to Lovers Romance Boxed SetI’ve been up to plenty since the last time I posted, believe you me. And one of the things I’ve been up to was writing a brand new novella for Out of the Friendzone, an Erotic Collective anthology. Every story in this upcoming boxed set is centered around a Friends-to-Lovers journey, and mine is no different.

    You ever have that one friend? The one you’ve known for years? And every now and then, some image comes flashing into your head of you and them in an extremely friendly situation? But you blow it off because one or both of you is in a relationship and it’s just nonsense daydream stuff, anyway. Maybe. Maybe it is. Oh, fuck it. Now you need a drink.

    Well, Taylor Sharpe is right there in that boat in Mine, All Mine, growing more and more flustered over the thoughts she keeps having about her college friend Ian. And, like many of us imperfect beings, she does something stupid.

    This thing is coming out soon – within a month! Edits are happening now! Want a peek? OK, you twisted my arm …

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    Mine, All Mine Excerpt:

    There are times in a person’s life where they need to choose a path at a fork in the road. So they sit down at a table or flop on the couch and grab a notepad and the last chewed-up Bic in the house with no lid on it. They make two columns on their little yellow pad: one for pros and one for cons. And on one side they write down all the good things that could come of cranking up some AC/DC and riding that Highway to Hell, and on the other side: all the unpleasant fallout that would warn against it.

    Line by line, point by point they’d see the score adding up, and sooner or later it would become clear. Right there in front of them would be the reasonable, rational answer and, regardless of what they wanted in their greedy little hearts, they could put their finger square on the best choice. Knowing they’d examined all possibilities, they could take the path that wouldn’t bite them in the ass later.

    For Taylor Sharpe, sitting at the entrance of an abandoned mine in the middle of nowhere with her best friend Ian, right now was not one of those times.

    “You ever heard the term ‘bro-job’?” She punctuated the question with another swig from her water bottle to avoid having to make eye contact.

    “Uhm, no.” He laughed. “Do I even want to?”

    “Well, I’d tell you to look it up, but it’s not like there’s Wi-Fi out here.”

    “OK? So?”

    What the fuck are you doing, Sharpe?

    “It’s when two straight dudes who’re friends help each other out in the blow job department.” He was already snorting. “One of them’s going through a dry spell and the other one scratches his back. Or well … you know.”

    “Um, I am not asking Nick for a bro-job, Sharpie,” he said, making a double-handed gesture of negation beneath climbing eyebrows that spoke of confused amusement. “Thought you’d know me better than that by now.”

    Just stop. Laugh it off.

    “I’m not talking about Nick, dumbass. I mean, Me.”

    The first traces of nerves showed when he sat up a little straighter on his rock. “I don’t think it counts if a girl does it.” The humor was still in his voice, but things had just jumped off the ledge into Weird. Some mature, responsible part of her sighed somewhere, turned off the lights, and shut the door, knowing the whole thing was beyond saving.

    “Oh stop,” she said. “I’ve been one of the boys since the day we met. Probably why I keep going through boyfriends. They think they’re getting a girl and then, BAM! Wrong again!”

    “Yeah well, except for that one time at New Year’s,” he said, looking at the dirt with a wry grin.

    “Eh. There was alcohol. That doesn’t count.” She waved him off with a hand.

    Ian looked up at her then, forehead wrinkled in incredulity. “Hey, uhh … if you’re fuckin’ serious—I mean … I appreciate the offer and all that but …”

    “But what?” Taylor said, standing. “I am serious. Free bro-job. Right now.” She took two steps in his direction and his eyebrows shot back up.

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    Well? Curious? I have to tell you, I’m stoked to get to use the phrase “bro-job” in the course of a story. If you want to be notified when this is out on Amazon, sign up for my email list and I’ll tell you as soon as it’s live. See you there!

  • Spend your holiday with pirates: The Maid and the Cook is available on Amazon!

    The Maid and the Cook paperbackJohn Bone and Brigit O’Creagh will spice up your Kindle for FREE through December 22nd!

    A romance for the rest of us.

    Look. Sometimes it gets boring with every erotic romance starring only the hot people, Chiseled jaws, thick flowing locks of hair, tiny waists and perfect bosoms. John Bone and Brigit O’Creagh would like to take that trope and make it walk the plank. They have scars and filthy mouths, and more that a few dents and scratches life has awarded them along the way, just like most of us. And guess what? They fall in love, too. And lust.

    I love this couple possibly more than any other pair I’ve written because they’re real, dirty, and fun – just the sort of people I like to be around! And now you can fall in love with them, too. The Maid and the Cook is live on Amazon, and it’s FREE for the first 3 days! (Then it’ll be $0.99 USD)

    This is the last of the extant pirates stories in The Skull and Crossbone Romances I already had written on Literotica. The next time I announce pirates coming your way, it’ll be all new material with The Carpenter and the Deckhand, and then The Merry Widow.

    If you’ve read The Maid and the Cook already and would like to leave a review, well I would sure appreciate that. Even if it’s short, online reviews help indie authors like nothing else. Since it’s FREE right now, you can just one-click that thing and refresh your memory of the story. If you don’t have a Kindle or the Kindle app anywhere, well, give me a reply and we’ll work something out.

    OK. I know you’re ready. Now settle in for some much-needed time below decks with the badass maid from Cork and the smitten pirate who doesn’t know what hit him!

    Get The Maid and the Cook for Kindle here:

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    The Maid and the Cook, Excerpt:

    “Please, John …” The words tumbled out of her, though she didn’t know precisely what it was she wanted from him. Only to beg perhaps. Beg for more.

    Hearing his own name seemed to further stoke the fires of his kisses, and he carried them scorching up along her throat again until his lips found their way to hers. His mouth demanded for a final, clear moment, that Brigit O’Creagh acknowledge what was happening down here in the galley of The Devil’s Luck.

    And what was happening was that she wanted this man, this pirate, to sweep her up and carry her along to all the forbidden places she’d never been.

    He appeared to be well on his way to doing just that.

    Righting himself, he rested his forehead atop hers and moved broad palms into a light grip just above either of her knees. She angled her head back to look up at him, thoughts spinning even as her breath slowed.

    Before today, Brigit couldn’t have imagined blue eyes would remind her of fire.

    With a squeeze of his thumbs, and a sliding shift of his hands a mere inch higher on her thighs, John Bone made his most dangerous promise yet. She exhaled in a silent groan that threatened to turn her wrong side out. The bare hint of a smirk on his face spoke of wickedness to come.

    “Care to show me what you’re hiding ‘neath these skirts, pretty girl?”

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