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Was Janet having second thoughts? #SnippetSunday #SnipSun #WeekendWritingWarriors #LGBTQ #ff #EroticRomance #Sale

January 14, 2024 by Adriana Kraft

The reappearance of svelte, reserved Janet Baxter in Brenda’s life is nothing less than a gift, worthy of every enticement Brenda can conjure up.

Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors and Snippet Sunday,
the weekly hop for everyone who loves to write – and read!
Click on the graphics to travel to the other snippets.

                                        

This week I’m reaching back to an early sapphic romance, The Lady Wants More, which is on sale this week for 99 cents. You can read the story behind this book HERE.

Set-Up

Janet has agreed to meet Brenda at the ballet and come over for dessert afterwards – will Brenda’s high hopes be realized? She’s tempting Janet with what she knows is her favorite… and you can, too. The recipe follows the excerpt.

EXCERPT

Ten sentences…

Checking the timer, Brenda waited impatiently for the crème brûlée to finish. She seldom used a timer when she cooked, which was a rare event in itself, but she didn’t want to rush the dessert, even though her heart had been beating rapidly ever since she’d returned to her loft earlier in the afternoon.

She glanced at the wall clock. She shouldn’t feel so rushed—there was plenty of time before she had to leave to meet Janet. She still had to take a bubble bath, do her nails, and shave relevant body parts.

She wanted everything to be just right for Janet. There were no guarantees, but she certainly hoped Janet wouldn’t back out at the last moment. Their brief conversation the evening before had left her in more doubt about what to expect tonight than their previous chat had. Janet had seemed more aloof, more distant, less sure of herself. Was Janet having second thoughts?

And a little more…

Probably third and fourth, if Brenda knew Janet at all. That woman could analyze anything to death. But she’d sounded ready, almost eager, only a few days earlier.

Brenda set out wine glasses, dessert spoons, and napkins on the kitchen table. She double-checked the timer. Plenty of time. Needing to stay busy, she headed for the bathroom. Soaking in a lavender bubble bath should calm her nerves.

THE RECIPE

White Chocolate Crème Brûlée

Preheat oven to 275.

Melt 6 oz White Chocolate into 2 cups heavy whipping cream. Let cool to room temp.

Whisk 6 egg yolks. Whisk in one third cup of sugar.  Whisk in cream/chocolate mixture. Whisk in 3 tbs cognac

Set aside. Sprinkle shavings of bittersweet chocolate into bottoms of 6 ramekins.  Divide custard mixture between the ramekins.  Sprinkle more bittersweet chocolate on top. 

Place ramekins in baking pan. Fill pan with warm water halfway up the sides of the ramekins. Bake 35 min. 

Refrigerate 2 hours – 2 days.

Before serving, sprinkle with sugar and blowtorch (or place under pre-heated broiler) until the sugar is caramelized.

BOOK INFORMATION

Title: The Lady Wants More
Author: Adriana Kraft
Cover Artist: Alessia Brio
Publisher ‏ : ‎ B&B Publishing (October 24, 2014)
Length: Novella, 22,000 words, 83 pages
Genres: Erotic Romance, Sapphic Romance, Later in Life, Second Chance

BLURB

Janet Baxter keeps her post-divorce life neatly compartmentalized: Secure job, spacious Westchester County home, successful adult children, dependable community volunteer activities. Why is she drawn—for the first time ever—to attend her twenty-year college reunion in New York City?

Always a free spirit, Brenda Cassidy is comfortably bisexual and has no plans to ever settle down. But a fling? The reappearance of svelte, reserved Janet Baxter in Brenda’s life is nothing less than a gift, worthy of every enticement Brenda can conjure up. Can Brenda seduce Janet into an endless night of the lovemaking they enjoyed too briefly as college roommates? What if the lady wants more?

BUY LINKS

Want to support keeping LGBTQ Romance available for everyone? If you purchase The Lady Wants More (or any of the books in this week’s reading challenge) through the link on the book’s I Heart SapphFic page, a small portion of the price goes to help keep the website running. Definitely a worthy cause.

The Lady Wants More is exclusively on Amazon and is on sale for $0.99. It is also available on KU.

https://iheartsapphfic.com/bookinfo/the-lady-wants-more/

If you live outside the U.S., this universal link will take you to the appropriate Amazon outlet:

https://books2read.com/u/bzn6RL

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Are you ready for me? #MFRWHooks #EroticRomance #LGBTQ #FF #Giveaway #Sale

January 10, 2024 by Adriana Kraft

For week two, I’m featuring my sapphic second chance romance, The Lady Wants More. It’s part of this week’s I Heart SapphFic Reading Challenge – and if you click this LINK, you can enter for two drawing for free books. Comment on my post in the IHeartSapphFic Facebook group to enter a drawing for one of my eight books featured on their website.  You can read more about the story behind The Lady Wants More HERE.

Welcome to MFRW Hooks, where the authors of Marketing for Romance Writers share snippets from their stories to entice you into wanting more. Be sure to click on the links at the end to travel!

EXCERPT

Set Up: After running into each other at their twentieth college reunion, Brenda has persuaded Janet to bail and hit a bar they frequented as undergraduates. Now they’re dancing together…

Brenda spun around to face Janet when they got to the far corner of the dance floor. She knew Janet would prefer to be in the corner rather than on the front edge, where bar patrons could easily gawk at them. She preferred center stage herself, but—she grinned at her partner—tonight she’d cater to Janet’s desires. She just wished she could get a better read on them. Did they include her, yet? She saw no need to rush things, now that they’d reconnected after all these years.

Brenda had already decided Janet needed, once again, to break out of her shell and get on with her life. Of course, Brenda had often been accused of making quick judgments, if not rash ones. But she was sure the universe hadn’t crossed their paths just so they could share a drink and swap life stories. While she wasn’t looking for a permanent relationship—whatever that was—she was always on the lookout for a relationship that might offer enough challenge and spice to keep her going for more than a night or two.

Brenda smiled at Janet. She knew for certain this tall, dark-haired woman with gorgeous, long legs could provide ample challenge and spice for some time. She held out her hands, interlaced her fingers with Janet’s, and picked up the beat to the fast-paced hip-hop music. At arm’s length, they swayed and stepped to the music. They circled each other.

Brenda filled her lungs. Her body throbbed with the music. Her brain clicked into hypersensitive mode—once again, she’d become the huntress. “Are you ready for me?”

BOOK INFORMATION

Title: The Lady Wants More
Author: Adriana Kraft
Cover Artist: Alessia Brio
Publisher ‏ : ‎ B&B Publishing (October 24, 2014)
Length: Novella, 22,000 words, 83 pages
Genres: Erotic Romance, Sapphic Romance, Later in Life, Second Chance

BLURB

Janet Baxter keeps her post-divorce life neatly compartmentalized: Secure job, spacious Westchester County home, successful adult children, dependable community volunteer activities. Why is she drawn—for the first time ever—to attend her twenty-year college reunion in New York City?

Always a free spirit, Brenda Cassidy is comfortably bisexual and has no plans to ever settle down. But a fling? The reappearance of svelte, reserved Janet Baxter in Brenda’s life is nothing less than a gift, worthy of every enticement Brenda can conjure up. Can Brenda seduce Janet into an endless night of the lovemaking they enjoyed too briefly as college roommates? What if the lady wants more?

BUY LINKS

Want to support keeping LGBTQ Romance available for everyone? If you purchase The Lady Wants More (or any of the books in this week’s reading challenge) through the link on the book’s I Heart SapphFic page, a small portion of the price goes to help keep the website running. Definitely a worthy cause.

The Lady Wants More is exclusively on Amazon and is on sale for $0.99.
It is also available on KU.

https://iheartsapphfic.com/bookinfo/the-lady-wants-more/

If you live outside the U.S., this universal link will take you to the appropriate Amazon outlet:

https://books2read.com/u/bzn6RL

 

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What if the Lady Wants More? #Sale #99Cents #Giveaway #LGBTQ #EroticRomance #SapphicRomance #FF @IHeartLesFic

January 8, 2024 by Adriana Kraft

The reappearance of svelte, reserved Janet Baxter in Brenda’s life is nothing less than a gift, worthy of every enticement Brenda can conjure up.

For week two of highlighting my 58 published romance novels, I’m jumping out of time order to let you in on a giveaway and a marvelous opportunity to fill your Kindle and win gift cards!

Every Week, I Heart SapphFic sponsors a sapphic fiction reading challenge featuring books in each of two themes/tropes, with most of the books on sale for the week.

One of this week’s tropes is “divorced heroine,” and my novella The Lady Wants More has been selected to participate. Many featured authors (including yours truly) are offering giveaways and prizes this week in the I Heart SapphFic Readers Group on Facebook – here’s your chance to not only fill your kindle but enter for other giveaways. You can read more about the Weekly Reading Challenge HERE – to further entice you, the grand prize drawing at the end of the year features multiple gift cards, topping out at $250!

THE STORY BEHIND THE LADY WANTS MORE

Some of you may remember a marvelous e-publisher that was among the first to publish and promote LGBTQ books – Torquere Press, 2003-2016. I am deeply sorry it is gone. Their editing staff and graphic artists were marvelous to work with.

Sometime in early 2010, Torquere put out a submissions call for a twelve-book lesbian romance series featuring the signs of the Zodiac. My sun sign is Cancer, and I immediately knew I wanted to write a heroine who shared my sign: nurturing, loyal, reserved, resistant to change, seeks a well-ordered life. And there’s more – the Cancer Zodiac symbol is a crab, well known to scuttle backwards to reach its destination. Like my heroine Janet, I often take a circuitous route to accomplish my goals.

Who to partner her with? Go with what you know. My husband is Aquarius, the opposite of orderly, structured – a sign that can never be put in any box. Voila, Brenda emerged to challenge the reserved and hesitant Janet. They were a lot of fun to write.

The Torquere Press edition was published in June, 2011 – under the sign of Cancer, of course. Our contract was for two years, so when rights reverted to us, we thoroughly edited it, expanded some scenes, and published it under our own imprint in October of 2014.

I’d always loved our cover, and I’d met the original cover artist, Alessia Brio, at a writer’s conference a while earlier. I was thrilled she was willing to adapt her original cover for our new edition.

BOOK INFORMATION

Title: The Lady Wants More
Author: Adriana Kraft
Cover Artist: Alessia Brio
Publisher ‏ : ‎ B&B Publishing (October 24, 2014)
Length: Novella, 22,000 words, 83 pages
Genres: Erotic Romance, Sapphic Romance, Later in Life, Second Chance

BLURB

Janet Baxter keeps her post-divorce life neatly compartmentalized: Secure job, spacious Westchester County home, successful adult children, dependable community volunteer activities. Why is she drawn—for the first time ever—to attend her twenty-year college reunion in New York City?

Always a free spirit, Brenda Cassidy is comfortably bisexual and has no plans to ever settle down. But a fling? The reappearance of svelte, reserved Janet Baxter in Brenda’s life is nothing less than a gift, worthy of every enticement Brenda can conjure up. Can Brenda seduce Janet into an endless night of the lovemaking they enjoyed too briefly as college roommates? What if the lady wants more?

EXCERPT

Set-Up: A few days after their brief connection at the twenty-year high school reunion, Janet is pacing her bedroom, cell phone in hand, with Brenda’s number already entered. She finally hits “send”…

“Hi, Janet,” Brenda chirped, “I hoped you would call soon. So are you joining me for the ballet?”

Janet rolled her eyes. Obviously, caller ID hadn’t allowed her to surprise Brenda. “I’m fine. How are you?”

“Oh,” Brenda replied. “Sorry, should’ve asked first. I’ve had a good week so far. Though thinking about you has been a distraction at times.”

“Oh.” Janet held her breath. It hadn’t occurred to her Brenda might think about her as much as she’d been thinking about Brenda. Distraction? That was a mild way of putting it. Brenda had been an ever-present weight since they’d parted Saturday night.

“So,” Brenda cooed, “have you thought about me much these last few days?”

“Some.”

“Just some.”

“A lot,” Janet confessed.

“That’s better. I’d hate to be the only one losing sleep.”

“Losing sleep?” Janet blurted out. “You, too? I didn’t think you’d lose sleep over me.”

“Two a.m. on the dot. Haven’t missed a night yet.”

“Oh my. I wake at two also.”

Brenda chuckled. “I told you there is some sort of karma at work here. So what do you think?”

“Maybe.”

“Maybe there’s karma, or maybe you’ll join me a week from Friday?”

“I have to be in the city that afternoon for a meeting with an author and her publisher.”

“How convenient. So you’ll join me for dinner and the ballet?”

“I don’t know about dinner. It’s a late-afternoon meeting, the only time the publisher could clear her calendar. Maybe we shouldn’t plan on dinner.” Janet swallowed and wet her lips. “Before.”

She could imagine Brenda mulling over the implications of that single word. She wished she was more skilled at veiled repartee, but she never had been.

“Ah,” Brenda said at last. “My loft isn’t far from the theater. Of course, you could drop by after your meeting to freshen up. Though if you do that, we might not make it to the ballet.”

Failing to hold back a giggle, Janet said, “You’re pretty confident, as usual.” She sobered. “I’ll change clothes in a restroom before heading over to meet you at the theater. I often do that when I have plans after work and don’t want to go home first.”

“You do plan ahead. Let’s grab a sandwich on our own before the performance, then, and have drinks and dessert afterward at my place.”

Janet closed her eyes and nodded. “That sounds good.”

“Your enthusiasm overwhelms,” Brenda chided. “Do you still love crème brûlée?”

Janet responded quickly, “Of course I do. But I wouldn’t want you to go to a lot of work.”

“Not a problem. I don’t have anything on my calendar from mid-Friday afternoon on—except you.”

BUY LINKS

Want to support keeping LGBTQ Romance available for everyone? If you purchase The Lady Wants More (or any of the books in this week’s reading challenge) through the link on the book’s I Heart SapphFic page, a small portion of the price goes to help keep the website running. Definitely a worthy cause.

The Lady Wants More is exclusively on Amazon and is on sale for $0.99.
It is also available on KU.

https://iheartsapphfic.com/bookinfo/the-lady-wants-more/

If you live outside the U.S., this universal link will take you to the appropriate Amazon outlet:

https://books2read.com/u/bzn6RL

 

 

 

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She couldn’t be real… #SnippetSunday #SnipSun #WeekendWritingWarriors #LGBTQ #EroticRomance

January 7, 2024 by Adriana Kraft

Welcome to Weekend Writing Warriors and Snippet Sunday,
the weekly hop for everyone who loves to write – and read!
Click on the graphics to travel to the other snippets.

                                        

This week I’m featuring my very first published romance novel, Colors of the Night. You can read the story behind it HERE.

EXCERPT

Set Up: The love goddess Aria materialized out of the northern lights…

Aria stretched forth her jeweled fingers, and Jamie found herself in a different space. Dozens of candles formed a ring in which the trio sat on colorful pillows, and shadowy images flickered across mirrored walls. It might have been an Arabian dwelling, a Gypsy tent, or a sacred Celtic chamber.

Jamie huddled closer to Ryan. Wherever they were, they were no longer in the Minnesota north woods. What had they gotten themselves into—and how were they ever going to get back to their tent? The goddess looked friendly enough, but she wasn’t real. She couldn’t be real.

BOOK INFORMATION

Colors of the Night
Series : Colors of the Night #1
Author : Adriana Kraft
Published by: eXtasy Books
Publication Date: July, 2009
ASIN : ‎ B003XREZ1W
ISBN: 978-1-55487-319-7
Word Count: 65000; Print length:‎ 180 pages
Heat Level :    four flames (explicit sex, FM, FFM, FF; sex toys)

BLURB

The dazzling and timeless love goddess Aria pays a visit to struggling thirty-something Jamie and Ryan Hazleton, who are on the brink of divorce.  When the hot sex that results from her first lesson cools to icy glares, Aria decides to move in with them and provide more experiential learning.  Can Ryan overcome his jealousy of Jamie’s uninhibited response to the delectable goddess? What if he succumbs to his own desires?  Only time will tell whether this love triangle with an immortal will ignite or extinguish the dying embers of Jamie and Ryan’s love.

 

BUY LINKS

PUBLISHER: Extasy Books

https://www.extasybooks.com/colors-of-the-night

Currently on sale for $2.50 from the publisher.
It’s easy to download Extasy books to your Kindle.
“Send to Kindle” instructions are at the top of the Extasy home page.

All Major Retail Outlets

UNIVERSAL LINK

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“No, don’t stop!” MFRWSteam #EroticRomance #LGBTQ #LoveGoddess

January 5, 2024 by Adriana Kraft

Will this love triangle with an immortal goddess ignite or extinguish
the dying embers of Jamie and Ryan’s love?

Welcome to the MFRW Steam Hop,
where the authors of Marketing for Romance Writers
entice you with steamy excerpts from their erotic romance stories.

Scroll to the end for more of this week’s tempting excerpts.

This week I’m featuring my very first published romance novel, Colors of the Night. You can read the story behind it HERE.

BLURB

The dazzling and timeless love goddess Aria pays a visit to struggling thirty-something Jamie and Ryan Hazleton, who are on the brink of divorce.  When the hot sex that results from her first lesson cools to icy glares, Aria decides to move in with them and provide more experiential learning.  Can Ryan overcome his jealousy of Jamie’s uninhibited response to the delectable goddess? What if he succumbs to his own desires?  Only time will tell whether this love triangle with an immortal will ignite or extinguish the dying embers of Jamie and Ryan’s love.

EXCERPT

Set-up: Aria has brought Ryan and Jamie to a secluded cloister, one of Jamie’s favorite spots in the Twin Cities.

The three of them had climbed the wrought iron stairs six flights to the very top of the tower. Its stone ceiling protected them from the elements. The small open windows artfully carved in the stone walls provided access to spectacular views of the surrounding gardens. Jamie could see beds of orange, pink, red, pale blue and green. Flowers and shrubs of more varieties than she could name dotted the meandering sidewalks. Here and there she saw splendid tall trees—pine and cedar, for sure, and perhaps maple and oak. Jamie inhaled deeply. Would she ever get enough of the refreshing spirit permeating this space?

“I see that you connect with this place, Jamie,” Aria said. “That is good. These stones have witnessed much and will be enlivened by your sincerity and your odyssey through the sexual delights.”

Jamie turned to stare at the goddess of love. “Here?” she mouthed.

“This is perfect. Hardly anyone is around, and you already have a special place in your heart for these stones. I cannot imagine that we will find a better location in which to take a small risk in sharing our love.”

“But what if somebody comes?”

Aria grinned demurely. “No doubt, somebody will come.”

“I don’t mean that.”

“We won’t be bothered,” Aria said, glancing out one of the small windows. “Why don’t you stand over here, Jamie? Put your hands and shoulders in the window. There. You can see that no one is approaching the door below.”

“That’s true enough,” Jamie said, bending over to check below. Quickly, her skirt lay draped over her back and her buttocks pleasantly cooled. She hadn’t realized how hot she’d become. Hands cradled her rear; Aria’s long fingernails swept across her butt while Ryan’s stubbier fingers plied at her cleft. Jamie widened her stance.

“She’s quite ready for you, Ryan. Why don’t you drop your sweatpants and do your wife right here? I know you want to. She’s prepared, are you?”

“I’m as hard as these rocks. I’m ready.”

“Good, let me link the two of you.”

Jamie didn’t have to look to know the goddess was parting her nether lips and guiding Ryan’s cock. Its head pushed onward quickly, seating itself deep in her sex. She braced herself against the window, waiting for Ryan to take her to a familiar place. She kept her eyes open to guard against discovery. The cloister gardens remained serene with no one about.

Familiar places? This was one of those places, but today it seemed different, even more inviting, more welcoming. Her husband pinched her rear and began to take her slowly at first then faster. Her breath became ragged. She wanted to touch her aroused bud but didn’t want to risk losing her precarious perch in the window.

“Ah,” she sighed. The fingers caressing her clitoris had also become familiar. She trusted them, just as much as her husband’s. Electric shocks began coursing from her pussy to her brain. Did they emanate from Ryan’s cock, from Aria’s fingers, from the stone, or from her imagination?

A movement beside the rose bed directly below caught her eye. She shriveled. Where had that man come from? He waved at her and grinned. It was maddening. She was so close to bursting. The bald-headed man with a gray beard couldn’t possibly know what Ryan and Aria were doing to her.

Ryan slammed hard against her butt, nearly forcing her shoulders through the window. She pushed back against his thighs. That only seemed to stir him more.

“There’s a man out there,” she whispered. “He’s staring at me. Stop.” Her circuits began to explode one by one. “No, don’t stop. He can’t possibly know.” She tried desperately not to be overtaken by her mounting orgasm. She wouldn’t scream and give them away.

The man waved at her with his cane. What was he shouting? How could she possibly hear him? He was too far away. But he seemed very intent on getting her attention.

“Enjoy.” She heard the words as if the man stood right in front of her. “Don’t let me stop your pleasure. Let it go. Scream your wails of pleasure. The stones want to hear. I want to hear.”

Jamie bit down on her tongue but could not hold back. Her brow furrowed and she screamed, “Yes, oh my heavens! Yes, I’m coming!”

The older man placed the cane over his arm and applauded. “You are good for an old man’s soul, you temptress of the cloister.

Colors of the Night

BOOK INFORMATION

Colors of the Night
Series : Colors of the Night #1
Author : Adriana Kraft
Published by: eXtasy Books
Publication Date: July, 2009
ASIN : ‎ B003XREZ1W
ISBN: 978-1-55487-319-7
Word Count: 65000; Print length:‎ 180 pages
Heat Level :    four flames (explicit sex, FM, FFM, FF; sex toys)

BUY LINKS

PUBLISHER: Extasy Books

https://www.extasybooks.com/colors-of-the-night

Currently on sale for $2.50 from the publisher.
It’s easy to download Extasy books to your Kindle.
“Send to Kindle” instructions are at the top of the Extasy home page.

ALL MAJOR RETAIL OUTLETS

UNIVERSAL LINK

https://books2read.com/u/3nDDJK

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A Little Cosplay #MFRWHooks #EroticRomance #TimeTravel #LoveGoddess #Cosplay

January 3, 2024 by Adriana Kraft

This week I’m featuring my very first published romance novel, Colors of the Night. You can read the story behind it HERE

Welcome to MFRW Hooks, where the authors of Marketing for Romance Writers share snippets from their stories to entice you into wanting more. Be sure to click on the links at the end to travel!

EXCERPT

Set-Up: When Jamie confesses one of her fantasies is making love on a grand piano, Aria transports her and Ryan to another dimension and sets the scene…

Swaying to the lilting score of the Abduction from the Seraglio, Jamie marveled again at how Mozart’s music filled her soul. Her fingers flew across the keyboard of the baby grand piano and the tempo increased. It was a splendid instrument, very responsive to the slightest touch.

The tempo slowed; she wiggled her bottom and resettled herself on the bench. She glanced at the door. There in the entryway stood a strange man dressed almost entirely in black.

Jamie played on, not frightened by the man, yet curious. His white ruffled shirt was open at the throat.  Black pants and boots were almost obscured by a black cape with a red lining, which the man drew across his chest once he realized she’d seen him standing there.  On his head sat a wide-brimmed black hat with one side turned up like a rough rider’s. Even more distinctive was the long red plume tucked into the hat band.

She continued playing while assessing the stranger. An extraordinary man, really.  To top things off, he wore a small dark mask. Was he Zorro come to protect her?  Was he a brigand come to plunder her? Was he the phantom drawn from the rafters, attracted by her opera music?

She played on, watching carefully as the stranger removed his hat and bowed deeply before her. He neither smiled nor frowned.  He said nothing.  She asked nothing.

He walked toward her, then came around the bench to stand behind her.  She couldn’t see what he was doing. She didn’t turn around. She played on.

Something light and fluffy grazed her neck. Jamie smiled.  She recognized the touch as coming from the stranger’s long red plume. It was soft against her skin.  She lowered her chin, offering more of her neck.

The man played with the plume, guiding it the length of her neck. He eased it toward her throat, and then let the tip of the feather play across her breasts, partially clothed in a sleek yellow dress.

She played on; not ignoring the stranger, but waiting. What will you do next, my masked man? When would she stop him?

BOOK INFORMATION

Colors of the Night
Series : Colors of the Night #1
Author : Adriana Kraft
Published by: eXtasy Books
Publication Date: July, 2009
ASIN : ‎ B003XREZ1W
ISBN: 978-1-55487-319-7
Word Count: 65000; Print length:‎ 180 pages
Heat Level :    four flames (explicit sex, FM, FFM, FF; sex toys)

BLURB

The dazzling and timeless love goddess Aria pays a visit to struggling thirty-something Jamie and Ryan Hazleton, who are on the brink of divorce.  When the hot sex that results from her first lesson cools to icy glares, Aria decides to move in with them and provide more experiential learning.  Can Ryan overcome his jealousy of Jamie’s uninhibited response to the delectable goddess? What if he succumbs to his own desires?  Only time will tell whether this love triangle with an immortal will ignite or extinguish the dying embers of Jamie and Ryan’s love.

 

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