Monday, January 20, 2014

Friend's With Benefits by Anne Lange

Today I have the very special and absolutely wonderful Anne Lange visiting. Not only does she kick my butt as a critique partner, she's a dear, dear friend and I'd be lost without her. I'm so happy to share her newest release with you. And it's a scorcher-filled, emotionally-wrought novel that will leave you looking for more Anne Lange books to gobble up.  Don't forget to enter at the bottom of the page for a chance to win some awesome swag!! Take it away, Anne!


Hi there everyone!  I finally get to visit my good friend, April!  She is a very dear person to me, for many reasons, and I'm sooooo happy to share this release with her and her readers.  Friends with Benefits is my first full novel, my first in a series, and my first ménage.  A pile of firsts!  But certainly not the last :) 

 

Friends with Benefits: The Vault Series, Book One

Anne Lange
Genre: Contemporary Erotic Romance- Ménage w/ light BDSM elements
Length: Novel
Word Count: 71k
Page Count: 319
Amazon Price: $5.99
ISBN: 978-1-940223-83-4
Heat Level: 5
Release Date: 01/17/2014
Publisher: Etopia Press





Blurb

Can sexual exploration lead to three times the bliss?

Tyler had no idea his wife Angela’s desires so closely matched his own. But when some unguarded pillow talk reveals her fantasy of two men at once, Tyler jumps at the chance to make her happy. Enlisting the help of his best friend Connor, who’d shared some threesome adventures with him in the past, Tyler secretly hopes exploring Angela’s fantasies will lead to his own personal desire—a permanent threesome with the two people he loves most in the world.

Connor can’t believe it when his best friend asks him to seduce his wife. Then he meets Angela, and all the women in his past fade away. With Tyler’s blessing, Connor sets out to melt Angela’s reserve, and when Tyler joins the party, the three of them set the sheets on fire. 
Angela is floored when her husband suggests they explore some of her fantasies—things she’d only read about but never in a million years thought she’d actually do. Sandwiched between Tyler and Connor, she’s never felt so treasured, so protected, so loved. But the reality proves much more complicated than the fantasy. She loves her husband, but she finds herself falling for his best friend too. That’s not normal, is it? What will people think?


Excerpt (X-Rated)
"I’m going to blindfold you, honey. I want your senses focused on feeling and anticipating what’s about to happen.” He looked into her beautiful baby blues, noticing a tiny bit of anxiety sparkling there. “Don’t worry. We’ll take care of you.”
“I know.” Love for his wife filled his heart. He kissed her, hard, and then covered her eyes with a satin sleeping mask.
Resting back on his ankles, he looked across her lush body. Connor’s cheekbones flushed red. His eyes glittered. His tongue snaked out to pass over his lips, and Tyler watched as Connor gulped before raising his gaze to meet his own.
“It’s like a feast has been laid out before me, and I don’t know where to begin.”
“Then let’s start at the top, and work our way down.”
“Oh, yeah, I can go for that.” Connor’s chuckle sounded downright wicked.
They stretched out along either side of her, each staking a claim to a breast. Keeping his touch tender, Tyler grazed his thumb over the hard peak. After a few passes it seemed to swell under his touch. He gave it a little pinch, and then a tug, stretching it out and letting it settle back again. He lowered his head to suck her nipple into his mouth, twirling his tongue around the tip.
When she gasped and arched into their touch, he darted a glance across the bed. His friend’s entire focus seemed to be on sucking as much of her breast into his mouth as he could.
Tyler let the cherry tip pop out of his mouth, lapped it a few times, and then covered it again. When Angela began to writhe beneath him, he released her and inched down her body, licking and kissing over the swell of her breast, along the underside, the sweet scent of her heat filling his nose.
He continued down the middle of her stomach. He stopped to twirl his tongue in her navel, dipping in and out, mimicking what he planned to do at his next stop. He pressed his hand to her sex, cupping the smooth flesh. Warmth greeted him. Tyler spread his fingers letting his middle one sneak in between her moist lips. Oh, fuck. She enjoyed this. He gathered the moisture he found and spread it over her clit. The little nub was nice and hard.
Scooting to his knees, Tyler positioned himself between her spread legs and stretched out, his feet dangling off the edge of the bed. Placing his hands beneath the cheeks of her ass, he lifted her as far as the restraints allowed. Perfect. Mouth level. He swiped his tongue from bottom to top.
“Mmm…Like licking an ice-cream cone.” His wife moaned. Connor growled. “Don’t worry, you’ll get your turn.”
Tyler returned to his treat, licking and nipping at his wife’s delicious pussy until she became electrified in his hands. He sucked each succulent lip into his mouth. He flattened his tongue and rubbed it back and forth over her clit. He rimmed her opening before diving in to scoop up her juice. He pushed her to the edge, eager for her release.
“Baby, you smell like vanilla, but you taste like some sort of exotic honey. So sweet. Connor, you need to taste this.”
“Don’t have to tell me twice.” Connor rose and switched places with Tyler, settling in as if ready to spend the entire evening there.
Canting his body over hers, a palm on either side of her head, Tyler leaned down, placed a kiss on the top of her nose, and then whispered in her ear, “How are you doing, sweetheart? Is it good?”
“Oh, yes…real good.”
“It’s going to get better.” Angela’s response, a ragged moan and a nod of her head, pleased him.
Connor feasted on her, so absorbed in his task as he hummed and groaned in pleasure, he didn’t seem to notice the grip Angela had on his hair.
Her legs trembled. She panted. Tyler recognized the signs.
“Connor, she’s getting ready to come.” Transfixed, he watched Connor eat his wife’s pussy, absently stroking his own cock as Angela’s moans grew louder.
“Oh, my God. Tyler. Tyler, I’m going to come. Tyler, oh, oh…oh, God.”
Connor’s persistent tongue drove her over the edge. Her body bowed as she came. She cried out, and it was music to his ears.


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Author Bio

Anne Lange grew up with a love for reading. Books are her passion, shoes are an addiction. If you take a close look, she’s got either a book, her Kindle or her Kobo tucked into her bag or a pocket whenever she leaves the house. You know, just in case there’s time to sneak in a chapter or ten.  Anne reads many genres of fiction, but prefers to write sexy, edgy romance with a touch of humor, and always a happily ever after.  
While embarking on this wild journey of becoming a romance author, Anne juggles a full time job and a family. Not always successfully. She grew up in Southern Ontario (Canada), but now makes her home in Eastern Ontario where she lives with her wonderfully supportive husband, three normally awesome kids, and Rocky the bearded dragon.
 

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Thank you, Anne! Love having you over!!

Monday, September 9, 2013

Guest Author Kathy Bosman and a giveaway!

Today I’m happy to welcome my dear friend Kathy Bosman to my blog. And let me just say, Dragonfly Moments is a must read!  Don’t forget to enter at the end of the post for a chance to win something awesome. Take it away Kathy…

In stop five of my blog tour today, I’m going to talk about a character’s vision or aim. Thank you, April, for hosting me in your blog.

Every main character in our book must have a life goal, something that they’re aiming to achieve or desperately need in their lives. Oftentimes, love either conflicts with that goal or is the goal but seems out of reach. Tessa’s goal is to get her art gallery going but deep inside, there’s something burning – a desire to start a family. She’s even stashed some paintings away of a mother and child, art that speaks of her all-consuming need and desire. If she can just have that family with a man and kids, she will be happy. She’s over thirty and wants to start yesterday and thinks she’s found the perfect father material in Mark, a steady, kind, but rather distant boyfriend. She’s just waiting for Mark to give her a marriage proposal.

On the day Tessa’s old crush, Ryan, visits her at her gallery, Tessa expects to get a proposal. It’s Valentine’s Day and Mark is taking her out for a fancy meal. The setting sounds perfect. They’ve been serious for about a year. She’s waited long enough. So, when she sees Ryan again, once at her gallery and again at the restaurant, she’s very uncomfortable with the feelings that resurface.

Ryan has come back into her life at the right time but Tessa thinks it’s the wrong time. Mark’s date turns out to be a disaster. Ryan stands by Tessa as her relationship begins to crumble but is his love strong enough for Tessa to give up her obsession with having a child? Especially when she falls in love with an orphaned baby …

Oftentimes, this all-consuming goal of the protagonist is masking some hidden pain or the real need they have. This is the case with Tessa.

I’m giving away a $10 Amazon gift card and 5 swag bags (little bags of treats relating to my book or the setting of my book) so enter the Rafflecopter giveaway below.



Excerpt:

“You’re making a mistake, Ryan. Coming in here and trying to bring up the past. It’s too late now. I’m committed to Mark and have found a life for myself. You never wanted me then. You loved Annie.”
“I didn’t love her. I loved you. And you promised forever….”
His voice was resigned, and then he winked at her as if to dispel the tension. It did no such thing.
The letter at the back of the sketch had promised she would love him forever, hadn’t it? She had believed she would never love anyone as much as Ryan and that he showed her what true love was.
“You never loved me.” She dropped her gaze onto her lap. “We were just good friends.”
Pushing up her chin to pretend that her heart wasn’t zinging with emotion, she started to walk toward the one wall to adjust a painting. He grabbed her hand. She tried to pull away, but he firmly pulled her close.
Heat and energy radiated off him and his manly scent encompassed her. Even his breath was a sweetness she wanted to drink in. She took in the shape of his face, his mouth which drooped slightly to the left, his skewed jaw line and the prominent cheek bones. His eyebrows were dark and perfectly shaped, and he had such long eyelashes. Yanking her burning hand away, she made sure her back was facing him.
“I was blind to the true treasure. All the time when I was going out with Annie, I really wanted you, but I couldn’t do that to her—dump her for her best friend. I’ve loved you for years, Tess. I’ve been trying to find you. No other woman has measured up, and I’ve had several relationships. And you’ve become so beautiful.”
She faced him, her mouth partially open, devoid of words. He’d loved her? Why didn’t he tell her then before it was too late?
His gaze followed her from head to foot, and heat branded her face while a spark ignited her body.
“But I wasn’t then. You thought I was ugly. You must have because Annie was so beautiful and you never looked at me.”
“I did. Besides the kohl and black clothes, you were adorable, especially in your pajamas.”
Tessa wasn’t usually one to blush easily, but fire lapped up her whole face and neck. “But the way you used to look at Annie. She had the most stunning legs. Long and muscular.”
Ryan smiled. “You have better legs than Annie.”
She pulled back. For a moment, he had her in a trance. Maybe she should leave Mark and pursue this. Jump right in. No, of course not. Who was Ryan now, anyway? She hardly knew him. He could disappear again. Mark cared for her and he was the perfect match to build a family. That’s all she needed.


Author Bio

Kathy loved reading and writing from early childhood, but her dream to write books was put aside until her kids were small, and she had little mental stimulation. The writing became a passion as well as her love for romance. She hasn’t looked back since writing her first romance novel in 2007. She homeschools her three children so in between deciphering algebraic problems for her teenage son (with little success), conducting science experiments, and tackling piles of laundry and dishes, she miraculously finds time to write books and read many others for fun.

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