Guest Author Bonnie Bliss–What Makes A Submissive?

Posted on November 15, 2012 by Jenna Jaxon

I’m so excited today to welcome a great author of erotic fiction, Bonnie Bliss.  Bonnie, I’m so pleased to have you here with me on Jenna’s Journal.  I understand you’re going to be answering a very provocative question today:  What makes a submissive?

It is a funny thing—dominance and submission.

Only because it seems like Dominants and submissives seem to have taken on a sort of label. Aside from the typical Top or bottom, I am talking about Strong or doormat.

If we were to go back to the 1950’s a submissive woman would seem normal. Strong women in that time period were a problem, considered ‘fast and loose’, or the type you just stayed away from. Much has changed. If you tell people you are submissive now you get a response like, “Why would you want to be a doormat?” The funny thing is my personality outside of the bedroom is confrontational and aggressive. I avoid it as much as possible. Some of the strongest woman around, love to hand over control in the bedroom. By that time, they are just done. They have been cooking, cleaning, organizing, scheduling, and running Fortune 500 Companies. By the time they get home, all they want to do is hand over the reins to a man who knows what he’s doing, knows your body, and just takes over.

I have to do nothing but—obey in the bedroom, and I love it. It is not just about some deep-seated past trauma. It is not about me being a doormat and under some man’s control, (trust me, I’m controlling him the other 20 hours of the day ;-)) It is simply about my need for release; my need to show him my love, through my submission. Submissive women aren’t just the doe eyed nerd in the corner or the shy meek mouse. Haven’t you heard the term, ‘It’s always the quiet ones.’? That tends to be true. I’m far from quiet, I’m a bit outspoken, and I control my daily life to the point of list making. Yet, getting on my knees and being told what to do sexual is the best part of my day.

Submission isn’t just about an outer picture. It is what is inside that truly shows the world who you are.

Halloween Submission (October 9th)

Halloween has arrived and Tom Newton is stressed with his job as a fireman. His best friend Rob, a submissive’s wet dream, is having a play party on Halloween night. Lucy, a nurse who has secretly been crushing on Tom, has decided to go to the party. Tom has decided that he needs to release some tension, and have some fun during his time off. What Lucy and Tom don’t know is that Rob, his best friend, and Millie, Tom’s sister, have
set this up. Join them as they enjoy a hot night of bondage play. Can it all run smoothly? Will true love blossom? Will the Master get his slave? There is only one way to find out.

A story packed with sultry moments of Dominance and submission. Halloween Submission promises to be the hottest holiday this year.

Warning: This book is intended for readers over the age of 18. It contains, but is not limited to intense bondage play, references of Sadomasochism, impact play, anal play, and one hot night on All Hollow’s Eve, you aren’t soon to forget.

Excerpt for Halloween Submission:

“Such a pretty Kitty you are.”

“I have always wanted to spank Catwoman. You’re not focused are you?” He was shaking his head.

Her body shivered. She wanted this, but not with him. She wanted it with the stranger—with Tom. Lucy knew more than anything she could place her fantasy in the arms of this leather clad Adonis. Robert had been a means to an end all those months ago, a body to suck out the stress and pain through his Sadistic edge.

“On your knees! Crawl to the bench, you know which one, don’t look at me that way.”

She averted her gaze. Her head dropped in respect. The new focus of her attention—it went right to the man at the door. He had gotten closer though, having actually stepped into the room. The heat of his gaze penetrated her to the very core and shot straight to her pussy. The walls of her vagina clenched. Lucy sucked in a deep breath as warm fingers pressed against her chin and lifted her head. Looking at Robert felt wrong somehow. She kept her thoughts on the mystery man in black. It was him. He gave her the mind-set to put Tom in Robert’s place.

“On the bench, Kitty. You know the drill.”

She did. God, did she know the drill. Every hair on her body felt lifted. Her heart pounded and she started to tingle from head to toe. Even her scalp took on the effect. Nipples puckered in the tight confines of the corset; hidden to the riveted gaze of the stranger watching her. This was her test. To show him how beautiful her submission was. That was all she needed now to wash away the stress and exhaustion from the long shift at the hospital. She wanted it so bad to be Tom, but she settled for the fantasy as she laid her body across the padded branch. Her breasts, if they were free, would be dangling
off either side. Robert didn’t bind her. The man knew how to keep a woman bound with the power of his authority and his voice.

In her line of vision came a beautiful paddle. It was thick dark wood, oiled to shine. On one side the word naughty was etched. That was for moments with one good swat; a reminder spanking. This was something else entirely. It was a show, a game. Robert knew, she knew, and the man watching knew this was all for him. Lucy definitely wiggled her ass, still covered in sheer lace.

“How many Kitty?”

“Eight,” said without hesitation.

She could feel his smile as Robert rubbed his suddenly scalding palm against her buttock.

“Such a pretty Kitty you are.”

The hand was gone. Pulses sounded off loud in her ear. It seemed like hours before the shot of pain vibrated through her flesh, exploding out of her in a moan that came out as it was supposed to.

“One.”

Sweet euphoric bliss settled into the heat that now simmered in her ass cheeks. Two and three came quickly, to the top of her thighs. The sting mixed with dull pain made her whimper out the count. The fourth came to a lower spot on her left thigh. Her fingers started to curl up. Her toes were like shriveled things in her high heels. The man was watching. He was now standing in front of her, a few steps away, causing an orgasm to rise to the surface as if she would boil over.

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Twisted Ropes (October 16th)

After D.G. finds herself swept away to a sexual fueled land of horny munchkins, and sexy dildo shoe wearing good witches—all she wants to do is find her way home. After travelling for hours on the yellow brick road, she comes to a four way crossing and soon realizes her journey is just starting. After watching a heated display of slavery with ropes, floggers, whips and double penetration; she is introduced to a seemingly sweet scarecrow named Hayden. Her first sexual foray with the good witch was only the beginning, but now Hayden is about to teach D.G. how a real Master ties up and owns his slave.

Filled with all things you loved about the original story, twisted into a sexual pleasure that fans of the first will enjoy even more. The continuing story of D.G.’s adventures in Oz is
sure to arouse and delight the naughtiest of readers.

Warning: This story is for adult readers, and contains scenes of, but not limited to: forced bondage, double penetration, strong BDSM themes, impact play: floggers, whips, and spankings.

Excerpt for Twisted Ropes:

Two men pulled a slave

“Follow the yellow brick road, follow the yellow brick road, follow, follow, follow, follow…” Where the song came from, she had no fucking clue. She knew that one moment she was humming, spinning in a circle, and trying to figure out a way to go. Then the next she was diving for cover in the corn fields across the way from her.

As she tried to keep herself unnoticed, she backed into a large wooden pole that staked in the ground. D.G. thought nothing of it. It looked like an obstacle that she would have to sort out later—if she needed. Licking her lips, she parted the tall stalks in front of her. Her eyes locked on the forms of three people. Two very large, powerful looking soldiers, and one generously curved blonde woman.

It took several moments for D.G. to realize what she saw.

Two men pulled a slave.

Sucking in a loud breath, she snapped her mouth shut. D.G. clapped a hand over her mouth.

Hunk number one clad in glossy steel armor on his upper body, it was the only thing that made him look ready for battle. A blonde, his legs fully encased in tight black leather that hid nothing. Not even the huge bulge in his pants that seemed to push against the zipper. She noticed he had rope, and a very imposing black leather whip attached to those tight leathers. His arms, biceps were the size of her head. He stood tall. The only other man she knew taller was Bo Davenport.

Home sickness and longing welled up inside her at the mere thought of his name. D.G. always secretly thought she wasn’t good enough for Bo. Just the fact that she wanted to leave, and that Bo clearly needed a good ole’ fashion wife to be his one and only made her unworthy of all that was Bo Davenport. She made a vow to herself right then and there. When she finally made it home, she would shove all of that bullshit aside, hop on him so fast and beg him to keep her forever. All this time away from Aunt Em, Uncle Henry, and the farm made her wish she hadn’t acted so stupid. Putting everything on hold— school, her future, and dating life. All so she could be some actress in New York on Broadway.  Looking
back on it now, she realized how silly and immature that sounded.

She would get her life straightened when she returned home.

If, she returned home.

About the Author:

Bonnie Bliss is not just a willing submissive, but she is a wife and a mother. By day, she is a busy, stay at home mother. At night, she is a sultry storyteller. Her tastes go towards the dark and the extreme. She loves to twist up fairy tales and sweet stories we all know and love. Her lust for Dominance and submission has taken her into the dark inner workings of Sadomasochism.

Bonnie is a native of Southern California, and says that everything in the Katy Perry song, California Girls is totally accurate. She has done everything from waitressing, customer service phone rep., Corporate Real Estate, and spent a pretty impressive part of her life working for the Disney Corporation—including as a Disney Princess. When she’s not writing, she is ordering too many custom bows for her daughter, baking the best cupcakes in the world, going to Disneyland, laying on a beach, and sometimes playing hockey for release.

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“Delicious Fire” in Betrothal for Horny Hump Day 11/14/12

Posted on November 14, 2012 by Jenna Jaxon

WARNING:  MATERIAL NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 18!

NOT SAFE FOR WORK!

Participating authors in Horny Hump Day post three sentences from their published works or WIP, hot like a firecracker! LOL

I’m changing it up this week with three from my soon to be released historical romance Betrothal.

In this scene Geoffrey is attempting to “make-up” with Alyse after a rather serious lovers’ quarrel.

He gazed deeply into her eyes then sank his mouth onto hers, a true, deep

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kiss. Her head fell back, his lips on hers so insistent she could find no strength to protest. Persistent, his tongue slid over the contours of her mouth, now burning with a delicious fire.

Please check out the Horny Hump Day blog site for the other sites on the hop and go visit the other hot authors.   The site also gives the details of how to sign up for next week if you’d like to play with us. 🙂

Thanks so much for visiting the Journal once more for Horny Hump Day.  Warm up your cool nights–grab a copy of my hot novella! 7 Days of Seduction is now available for purchase soon at Amazon, ARe and New Dawning Bookfair.

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What Will You Find In This Cemetery Plot? An Interview with Alex Granados

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Jenna Jaxon

I’m very excited to have Alex Granados with me today.  I’m putting him in the hot seat about his new release Cemetery Plot.  It sounds like a very “cool” book! LOL

Alexander, can you tell us a little bit about your Cemetery Plot?

Cemetery Plot is a neo-horror novel about a zombie apocalypse. You like that? Neo-horror? I just made it up. It means horror that incorporates numerous other genre elements, including, in this case, science fiction, mystery and post-modernism. OK, maybe not the last one, but it sounded good.

Anyway, the novel follows Mark Nimocks, his friend Emily, and Vanessa Hawthorne. Vanessa took part in a satanic ritual that she hoped would bring her back as a zombie. Instead she wakes up decades later unchanged. Meanwhile, a cemetery tycoon is after her to find out the secret to her resurrection.

In this future, a plague made cremation impossible, and grave space is scarce. Everything has been replaced by cemeteries. So, the knowledge of how to bring the dead back to life could be a valuable thing.

This story is interspersed with a story from the future of this world. In that story, a zombie apocalypse has taken place, and a living dead medium is trying to eek out a living in the midst of the chaos.

That sounds quite wild and very original!  That is fantastic.  I’m a die-hard Stephen King fan, so this sounds right up my alley!

Do you only write in this genre?  If not, what other genres/sub-genres do you write in?

I write in all sorts of genres. Originally, I wanted to just write science fiction, but somehow, last November, I found myself writing this zombie novel. Probably has something to do with all “The Walking Dead,” I’ve been watching. Anyway, I’ve written horror, science fiction and pseudo-crime novels. I don’t really like to think about genre. I just like to write whatever is in my head.

Which leads me to my next question:  what was your inspiration for this story?

I was walking past the Oakwood Cemetery in Raleigh, North Carolina. It’s full of dead rich people, and it’s pretty hard to get your body laid to rest there. I started thinking that given enough time, the whole planet could be a cemetery, and I started to think of a story set in that world.

Wow!  Inspiration hits at any time and that just proves it! 🙂

Now, titles are one of the most important things to an author.  How did you come up with your title?  Was this the only title, or did you have a working title as well?

This title was the only one I entertained. I came up with it fairly early on, and I liked it because of its double meaning. It can mean a Cemetery Plot, i.e., a plot in a cemetery, or it can mean a Cemetery Plot, i.e., the plot of a story that takes place in a cemetery. Those are both true, so there you have it.

I totally love a double meaning!

I am also a fanatic about my character names. Are the character names in Cemetery Plot special in any way?

Not really. Mark is named after one of my best friends. The last name Nimocks is shared by one of my neighbors. I’ve dated a few women named Emily in my lifetime, and Vanessa is the name of a crazy woman that one of my friends used to tell me stories about. They were just the first names to come to mind.

Fun!  I use names from my own life too.  Kind of an in-joke at times.

What was your process for writing this book?  Is this different or the same as other books you’ve written?

I wrote this book during National Novel Writing Month last year. I started writing it and, after 25,000 words, decided I didn’t like it anymore. So I started over, and, after 25,000 words, decided I didn’t like that story either. A month later, I decided to put the two together and see if I could make them one. It worked. The writing itself took about a month and a half to two months. The revision took probably six months or so. I try to write 2,000 words a day, and that’s what I did with Cemetery Plot.

I mostly do the same thing with each novel — 2,000 words, every day, until it’s finished. I don’t necessarily try to get it all done in a month though.

How cool is that!  And great that this came originally out of NaNoRiMo!  And that is awesome that you can adhere to a writing schedule!  I wish I had the time…and discipline.

Do you have plans to turn Cemetery Plot into a series?  Why or why not?

No. I feel like I’ve told the whole story. The explanation of the zombie apocalypse and how it came to be is pretty well laid out, and I don’t see a whole lot more I want to say about it.

Who is your favorite hero or heroine and why?  What qualities do they possess that make them memorable?

Yossarian from Catch-22. He is hilarious and cowardly, and yet, somehow, in his cowardice, he manages to perform more bravely than many of the men around him. Meanwhile, he is privy to the absurd truth about the world that all the others seem to overlook. I think if you’re not cowardly from time to time, then you’re not that smart. And if you’re not brave from time to time, then you’re not really worth much. A contradiction of sorts, I know.

I so love your choice!  I loved Catch-22 and I do agree with you about Yossarian. 🙂

What was the first author and book you read in this genre?

The third book in the Xanth series by Piers Anthony. I can’t remember the title. Might have been Castle Roogna. I know it’s not horror exactly, but I think they all fall under the category of fantasy.

Who has been the greatest influence on your writing?

I don’t have the slightest idea. I have many authors that I hold in high esteem, but I don’t think I write like any of them in particular. Maybe Strunk & White. Their book on grammar was a bible to me when I was younger, though I’m sure I ignore many of their rules when I write today.

I still have my Strunk & White from grad school.  A fantastic resource or inspiration.

If you could have one wish granted just for you (not world peace, LOL), what would you wish for?

I want to know what this is all about. You know, why we’re here. What the greater plan is. What my purpose is. If there is any truth to anything at all, or if we’re just making it up as we go along. I want to know. That’s all I’ve ever wanted.

Very deep.  And there would be so many people who would be knocking on your door if this wish was granted!  Excellent request

And finally–and I’m almost afraid to ask–what is the most exciting/daredevil thing you’ve ever done?

Well, I had what you might call a misspent youth, so it was spent doing all sorts of daredevil things that I don’t really want to mention in public. Suffice it to say, I’m lucky to be alive. But in a more conventional way, I would probably have to say bungee jumping, though it wasn’t nearly as cool as you might think if you haven’t done it.

Somehow I think I might have pegged you as a daredevil! LOL  I probably don’t want to know what you did in your “misspent youth” if bungee jumping is “conventional.”

You rock, Alex!  Thanks so much for coming by today!

Blurb for Cemetery Plot:

The apocalypse isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. When Vanessa Hawthorne woke up at the end of the world, she expected to be one of the undead… and to have company. Instead Vanessa wakes up in a near-future America where graveyards are as plentiful as strip malls and a real-estate tycoon is after her for the technology she doesn’t even know she hides.

Cemetery Plot is a farcical romp through a future where the undead are part of a money-making scheme.

The past and the future collide and bring together an undead medium with the people responsible for the end of the world.  

Throw a mad scientist into the mix and you have a time-traveling apocalyptic prophecy for the modern money-obsessed world.

Available at Amazon.

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Six Sentence Sunday–11/11/12 7 Days of Seduction ~ “A Difference?”

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Jenna Jaxon

Happy Sunday! For my Six Sentence Sunday post today, I’m continuing with my contemporary erotic novella, 7 Days of Seduction, which released two weeks ago!  Hooray!

Ashley Thompson had a wild time at her party last Friday night. Maybe too wild. She wakes to find a video of her in the middle of a ménage a trois with her ex-boyfriend and a gorgeous stranger. Unable to remember anything about the night, other than the hot sex she sees on the computer screen, Ashley begins a search for Mr. Hunk. She has no luck until he unexpectedly shows up–in her shower.

Hunter Hopewell intends to introduce Ash to a variety of sexual experiences he finds fun and exciting. He proposes a week-long series of “colorful” encounters designed to seduce Ashley out of her kink comfort zone.

As their week of escalating pleasure intensifies, Ashley must choose to let go of her inhibitions or risk losing the best damn lover she’s ever had.

From Day 3:  Ashley and Hunter are having dinner for the first time during their week of adventures.  Hunter’s telling Ashley when he first saw her and why he’s only now found her.

“Right after exams I went back home to Virginia to clerk at my father’s law firm. If I hadn’t had that gig set up, I’d have propositioned you a hell of a lot sooner.”

Ashley wrinkled her forehead and took a sip of her water. “I was still with Sam, then.”

“Would it have made a difference?”

She choked and her glass wobbled in her hands.

Hunter is outrageous if nothing  else! LOL

Thanks so much for visiting me today.  7 Days of Seduction is available now at Amazon, New Dawning Bookfair, and other major e-tailers.

Now pop over to the Six Sentence Sunday list and check out the rest of the snippets.  See you there!

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Sweet Saturday Sample: 11/10/12 Time Enough To Love–Betrothal: “A Merry Pastime”

Posted on November 10, 2012 by Jenna Jaxon

Welcome back to Sweet Saturday Sample!  All excerpts here are rated PG-13 or milder. Here’s another post from my new WIP, my medieval trilogy Time Enough To Love.

Part 1 is called Betrothal and I’m so excited!  I’ve sent the revisions to the editor and am now hoping for a mid-November release date. Just stay tuned and I will keep you informed.

The series is set in England and France in 1348.  Betrothal takes place at the court of King Edward III.

This excerpt is UNEDITED.  Please be kind.

Lady Alyse de Courcy is a waiting gentlewoman to Princess Joanna, youngest daughter of King Edward.  After receiving the news that the new courtier, Sir Geoffrey Longford, is her betrothed, a dazed Alyse is less than happy with her arranged marriage.   I’m skipping ahead to the following night, at dinner, Geoffrey has drawn Alyse over to his table, hoping to talk to her in private.  He is met, however, with his group of friends, led by Thomas who think to make sport of the couple.  Thomas makes the suggestion (in jest) that Alyse should know him before she is wed.  Geoffrey, piqued that Alyse still shows an interest in his friend, gives her leave to answer the lewd statement. But when she acquits herself credibly in wordplay, she draws Geoffrey’s ire–and desire.

I’ve skipped ahead a little.  Alyse has maneuvered around Geoffrey’s verbal landmines, and draws him out a little in conversation about their forthcoming departure for Spain.

This sample picks up immediately after last week’s.  Geoffrey is playing with Alyse once more, though she’s not quite as tongue-tied as previously.  He could be in for trouble!

“I will be your husband shortly, Alyse. And you must know what my wishes are, demoiselle.” Indeed, he gave her no doubt, as his lips trailed kisses across her palms and sent shivers dancing along her arms.

 It took all of her concentration to stutter a reply. “I…I will gladly do as my husband bids, once he is husband indeed.” Somehow she managed to free one of her hands, which she placed boldly on his arm. “‘Til then, my lord, I believe I must help you pass the time in some other merry manner.”

Geoffrey pushed his bench back, and crossed his arms again. His mouth twitched, as if suppressing a smile. “How on earth do you intend make me ‘merry,’ when the one pastime I desire to engage in is forbidden?”

Alyse giggled, more lighthearted now than in the past two days. “I beg you to recall that when you awoke but yesterday morn you had not even seen my face. I am sure there are other pleasant ways to while away the hours.”

One corner of Geoffrey’s mouth turned up and his eyes narrowed. “Perhaps I can amuse myself by instructing you how to say my name, little maid.”

 “My lord?”

“My name is Geoffrey, not ‘my lord’. Geoff-rey.” He elongated the syllables, as if teaching a child to speak. “You have known it some time now, but you have yet to use it.”

Her wits returned now that he no longer possessed her hands, and Alyse mulled his request over. Perhaps I can indeed devise a pastime that will lead you a merry chase this evening, Sir Geoffrey. “You would have me call you by your name, my lord?” She frowned and tilted her head from side to side, as if his request were strange or scandalous.

 “Aye, madam, I have said as much. Were you again not attending me?” Geoffrey’s amused tone suggested he expected as much.

“Oh no, my lord. I attended closely to your speech.” Alyse focused on his mouth, as though she indeed hung on every word. “I wanted to make quite sure that I heard you correctly. You want me to call you by your first name?”

Geoffrey stared at her as though she was addled, and she had to bite the inside of her cheek to still her laughter. “Aye, lady, by my first name.”

“Your Christian name?”

“Lady Alyse!” Patience gone, his face settled into a scowl, until she allowed her eyes to widen a touch as she gave him a slight smile. 

I hope you enjoyed this latest sample from  Betrothal.   And today be sure to click here to visit more Sweet Samples.

   

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Friday Favorites: Favorite Christmas Story

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Jenna Jaxon

I’m doing something a little bit different for my Friday Favorites today.  With Christmas just around the corner, I thought it would be nice to get some suggestions for holiday reading.

My personal favorite Christmas book (not mine) is Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas.  Love the book, love the original cartoon with the voice of Boris Karloff.  It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy. 🙂

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In my own Christmas collection of short stories, my favorite is The Present, about a girl who has to dump her sister’s boyfriend for her on Christmas Eve.  I’m hoping to expand this story to a novella by next Christmas.

 

 

And in the spirit of the holiday, my present to you today is a
copy of All Wrapped Up:  A Collection of Christmas Stories to five (5) commenters who tell me what your favorite Christmas book or story is.  Ho, Ho, Ho!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

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“I Feel Deceived”–Book Reviews: A Cautionary Tale

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Jenna Jaxon

Recently, I received a 2-star review on Amazon for my novel Only Scandal Will Do.  Now, I admit I was disappointed that my work didn’t please a particular reader.  Writers usually hope that their works will be well received, and I’m no different.

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In this case, however, I thought one of her major criticisms was very interesting.  She goes on to talk about why she didn’t like my heroine, but the title of her review was “I feel deceived.”  And her complaint is that because my book had received a lot of very favorable reviews, she believed she would like it too.  If you’d like to check out that review, you can find it here.

Well, that makes sense, doesn’t it?  If, in general, a lot of people like one thing, and you believe you have similar tastes to most people, it stands to reason that you should like it too, right?

The problem with generalizations, however, are that we are all individuals.  So while a whole lot of people may like a particular thing that in general you like too, sometimes we all  march to our own drumbeat.  This happens in all kinds of things–movies, books, television shows, video games, foods.  I’ve stopped listening to critics for movies because I’ve found that a lot of times I really disagree with them.  My particular taste is different from theirs.

So, if we can’t always depend on reviews, how do we decide whether or not we will like a

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particular book or movie?  For me, when choosing a book, I notice the cover first, then I look at the blurb to see if it pulls me in.  Then I either read a sample (e-book) or read the first page (print) of the book to see if I like the writer’s voice and then decide if I want to buy.  This isn’t fail-safe, by any means, but if you don’t want to rely on reviews, you have to come up with other mechanisms to help you decide what to buy.

 

What are some of your strategies for choosing books or movies?  Have you ever been deceived before and dissatisfied with a book that had been recommended?

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“An Impassioned Gaze” 7 Days of Seduction for Horny Hump Day 11/07/12

Posted on November 7, 2012 by Jenna Jaxon

WARNING:  MATERIAL NOT SUITABLE FOR THOSE UNDER THE AGE OF 18!

NOT SAFE FOR WORK!

Participating authors in Horny Hump Day post three sentences from their published works or WIP, hot like a firecracker! LOL

I’m back with three more from  7 Days of Seduction, which released last month!  WooHoo!

Still on Day #7 and Ashley is at Hunter’s house, ready to breach the final frontier.  Here, Hunter is helping her undress. This three is immediately after last week’s snippet.

She moaned and danced from side to side, more impatient than ever to feel

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him inside her. Panties off, she stepped out of her shoes and lay back on the bed, opening her legs wide to his impassioned gaze.

“What do you want me to do, Ash?” he asked, his soft voice melting her like ice cream on a hot day. 

Please check out the Horny Hump Day blog site for the other sites on the hop and go visit the other hot authors.   The site also gives the details of how to sign up for next week if you’d like to play with us. 🙂

Thanks so much for visiting the Journal once more for Horny Hump Day.  Warm up your cool nights–grab a copy of my hot novella! 7 Days of Seduction is now available for purchase soon at Amazon, ARe and New Dawning Bookfair.

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Bloghop Winners for Wicked After Dark and Wicked Romance

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Jenna Jaxon

Sorry that this announcement is late but life intervened. 🙂  Anyway, I have winners for both the Wicked After Dark and Wicked Romance.  Woo Hoo!

 

WICKED AFTER DARK

WINNERS OF

A COPY OF ONE OF MY EROTIC ROMANCE BOOKS

KE SUMMER

DARYL DEVORE

KRISTA GRANDSTAFF

WINNERS IN THE WICKED ROMANCE BLOGHOP

BELINDA GREEN

IS THE WINNER OF

AN E-COPY OF ONLY SCANDAL WILL DO!

WINNERS OF A SCANDAL SWAG PACK ARE

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SUSAN PLATT

CONGRATULATIONS WINNERS!

I WILL BE EMAILING YOU!

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Guest Author–Ashley Rae and Not My Mother: A Memoir

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Jenna Jaxon

Today I have author Ashley Rae, whose memoir, Not My Mother, is not a romance, but whose experiences and guest post, make her fit right in here on Jenna’s Journal.

The Incredible Vagina

At 333 pounds, I had a painless 5 hour labor and birthed my 9 pound baby at home.

That was enough to convince me that vaginas are amazing creatures.

Then I learned that the female body gives us three physical signs that let us know where we are in our cycles and when we’re ovulating.  THREE.   You’d think we’d have learned about this stuff in school, right?  It’s called the Fertility Awareness Method, and I never would have learned about it if I hadn’t already given birth and joined a mommy group where I was exposed to the book, “Taking Charge of Your Fertility.”

But what really pissed me off was when I learned about women’s anatomy of arousal.  Apparently, a woman’s pleasure has nothing to do with producing babies, and therefore we don’t need to learn about all the pleasure organs in school.  Stupid Republican biology textbook writers.

That’s when I created The Incredible Vagina – a workshop in which I inform both men and women about all three of these topics.  And since this is a guest post for a blog that reviews romance and erotica, I figured y’all would like to hear more about this anatomy of arousal business.

First fun fact: The clitoris is not just a nub.  The nub is actually the “head” of a much larger pleasure organ.  The clitoris has two long legs that run along either side of the vagina, like a big fleshy wish bone, with a short “neck” connecting the big wishbone to the little head.

Fun fact number two:  Females have as much or more erectile tissue as men, most of it internal.  We have two bulb-shaped organs on either side of the vagina that swell, pressing the clitoral legs into the sides of the vagina while also making it feel tighter for our partner’s…pinkies.

Fantastic news number three:  We don’t have a g-spot.  We have a g-TUBE.  The entire urethra is covered by erectile tissue that gives us pleasure when we are fully aroused.

Fun fact number four: We have three levels of arousal, and penetration only feels truly pleasurable when we are fully aroused.

Want to learn more about the Incredible Vagina?  Check out the handout I distribute when I teach the workshop here: http://myspirithealer.wordpress.com/pleasure-fertility-birth/

And if you’re in the mood for a memoir full of humor and drama, by all means, read mine!  Not My Mother: A Memoir by Ashley Rae

Blurb for Not My Mother:  A Memoir:

By the age of twelve, Ashley Rae had survived incest, child abuse, and the deaths of both her biological parents. Born to Baptists but raised by Buddhists, Rae found peace and healing on a Pagan spiritual path while obtaining her college degree and starting the career of her dreams.Rae thought the hardships in her life were over…until she lost her job, started a new relationship, and found out she was pregnant with another man’s child all in the same week. Terrified of cesarean surgery, Rae vowed to give birth to her child at home – but first, she had to find one. Alternately haunting, humorous, and heart-warming, Not My Mother: A Memoir follows Rae over a nine-month quest to break her family’s generational pattern of abuse and victimhood in order to become for her unborn child the mother she had always wanted for herself.

Excerpt for Not My Mother:  A Memoir:

From the moment Dad rushed us through the dark living room, too quickly for me
to see her body, I’d been looking for my mother. Even after her funeral in Virginia, I kept looking for my mother. She came to me in my dreams and told me it had all been a mistake, and she wasn’t really dead at all. I’d wake up and jump out of bed in a hurry to continue our conversation, then freeze and fold in half, hyperventilating as reality hit me.  At twenty-two, I had not yet explored how the violence that I couldn’t remember witnessing affected my life and my relationships. Ike died when I was five. Mom hated him. His mom loved him. I, on the other hand, had never given myself permission to have feelings about this man who’d loved me and killed my mother. Until I saw him staring back at me through my mirror in the flickering light of a white candle.

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