on Mar 24th, 2009 Today is a big day for the Smutketeers! Both RG Alexander and Eden Bradley have releases today. Ooh-we’re releasing simultaneously-sounds kinky!
Eden’s new book, A 21ST CENTURY COURTESAN, is out today! You can find it on Amazon, Borders.com or Barnes & Noble online, on Fictionwise, or at your local bookstores! Here’s a little blurb from A 21ST CENTURY COURTESAN:
She’s spent her life pleasuring others…Now it’s her turn…
She lives in a world of silk sheets, imported champagne, and endless erotic delight…
She fulfills the deepest fantasies of the most powerful men in the world. Sensual, seductive, and discreet, Valentine Day is a high class call girl, pampered and adored by her exclusive clientele. But Valentine has a secret. Always in control, she’s never experienced true pleasure outside of her work. But all that is about to change…Now, the woman who’s spent a decade pleasuring others is about to embark on an erotic journey of her own…
It happens one night at the opera. Seated next to her in the dark is a stranger. As the music swells, so does the sexual tension. Gorgeous, sophisticated Joshua Spencer invites her for a drink, and soon she’s fantasizing about taking him home. When they finally come together in a night of the wildest lovemaking Valentine has ever known, she’s hooked. But suddenly Valentine is questioning everything. Joshua has no idea what she does for a living. Can she risk everything—including her hard-earned freedom and one final, shattering secret—for one man? And would he still want her if he knew the truth?
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RG Alexander’s new book, SURRENDER DOROTHY, her sequel to NOT IN KANSAS (also available on the Samhain website) is out today from Samhain Publishing! You can find it on the Samhain website, and on Fictionwise
Here’s a little peek:
What Happens When a Wicked Wizard Woos a Wary Witch?
Dorothy knows her new neighbor is too wicked to be trusted. As a natural witch, she recognizes the Wizard for what he truly is. As a woman, she recognizes him as a threat to her sanity.
Z has tried everything. Pursued her in dreams, bribed her cat, enticed her with peep shows meant to whet her appetite and drive her crazy. And still she resists. What’s a Wizard to do? He came to Earth to have an adventure, not lose his heart to the one witch whose guard he can’t get past.
When he finally gets his hands on her, the power between them is undeniable. But Dorothy’s family secret could make him sorry she surrendered.
Warning: Voyeurism, lurid dreams, raunchy dirty wizard sex in public places.
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So, we thought we’d talk a bit about our books, life, writing, and smut in general (always a favorite topic).
EDEN: So RG, tell me about SURRENDER DOROTHY. I mean stuff that’s not in the blurb.
RG: SURRENDER DOROTHY is a sexy comedic romp full of strange characters that takes place partly in Venice Beach, California, and partly in an Oz-like world. I love to read the dark and mysterious, the down and dirty stuff, but as a writer I have so much fun writing humor in sex. I love to laugh and I love characters who are quirky, flawed and fun!
EDEN: Tell me about the characters in SURRENDER DOROTHY-and do you have a favorite?
RG: I don’t have Munchkins or flying monkeys-(insert Eden’s disappointment at the lack of flying monkeys, but do go on), but I do have a large assortment of other strange characters. I think my favorites are…well, I really like Dorothy’s horrible step-sister, Emily. She’s just horrid and selfish and very vain, but when she gets to Oz, you find that she’s not exactly what she seems. She has a humanity in her that comes to the surface there, and it makes her an interesting character with a lot of growth.
I also love Dorothy and Z, the wizard, and of course, Suki, Dorothy’s cat! She’s quite a character in her own right. She’s named after the real-life Suki, who is, as you know, Eden, our Samhain editor’s cat.
EDEN: Z is the hero, and I know you write smokin’ hot heroes, so tell me about him.
RG: He is! He’s golden and stunning and really dirty! He likes everybody-and I mean everybody. He made an appearance in the first book in this series, NOT IN KANSAS. In that story he was with Kansas and the King, pleasure droids (my version of the Tin Man), you name it. He’s a dirty bastard-lol!
EDEN: Sounds like my kinda guy!
RG:Absolutely! My book is a huge contrast to yours, Eden. Talk dark and dirty to me!
EDEN: Oh, you know I like the dark and dirty! A 21ST CENTURY COURTESAN is a dark, erotic story about Valentine Day, a woman who has spent her entire adult life as a high-class call girl, and when she meets a man outside of her profession who makes her re-think her entire existence, she has some tough choices to make.
Oddly enough, there’s more of me in Valentine than in any other character I’ve written. Not that I’ve ever been a prostitute (insert RG: You mean there’s some sexual scenario you haven’t experienced??! EDEN: Only a very few…*G*), but a lot of her issues came from deep in my own psyche.
I loved this book because my editor let me do some things that are hard to get away with in New York publishing: it’s written in first person, which I loved doing, and I got to put sex scenes with her clients on the page. Hot!
RG: I love that character, I love the depth. What was so fascinating to me was that it’s a scenario I couldn’t even fathom in real life, yet I knew her-I connected with her in a way that made me root for her.
EDEN: Aw! So, you’re really rooting for me. My Smutketeers always have my back. :)
RG: Tell me about Joshua!
EDEN: Ohhhhh, Joshua…he’s based on someone I once knew and had unfinished business with. It was great to write the ending I would have wanted to have with him-although I’ve since moved on. But it was therapeutic to write him. And he’s wicked sexy! Sophisticated, yet a little rough and dirty around the edges.
RG: So…speaking of dirty, what’s new with you?
EDEN: Currently, I’m working on revisions for my next Bantam/Delta book, THE BEAUTY OF SURRENDER, which is about Shibari, the ancient erotic art of Japanese rope bondage. I’m also breathlessly awaiting the April 7th release of my first menage story, TEMPT ME TWICE, coming from Samhain Publishing! And yes, I’ve done my research! Have I mentioned how much fun research is for an erotica author? Especially if you have a willing partner, which I do (Yay! And thank you, S.) I know you have The Cookie, and I know he’s a dirty, dirty man (lucky girl!). What sort of things have you two been researching?
RG: LOL! (actually, it was more a thirty second spurt of girlish giggling). I’m finishing final edits on TWILIGHT GUARDIAN, which is coming out from Samhain in May, Book Three of The Children of the Goddess series. And I’m getting ready to polish up a novella for Samhain called THREE FOR ME?, a foursome story that I hope will be out some time in the summer. And I’m still working on my Steampunk series that is my homage to my Smutketeers. Everything else we’ve been researching is private and wrong-not for public consumption, anyway. (another thirty second spurt of girlish giggling).
EDEN: So…let’s talk about our contest!
RG: Two lucky winners will be chosen from all of you who comment between now and Sunday night, 12:00AM PST, and winners will be announced on Monday the 30th! Win either a copy of Eden’s FORBIDDEN FRUIT (print book), her hot food fetish novel, or a copy of RG’s REGINA IN THE SUN, book one of the The Children of the Goddess series or NOT IN KANSAS, which takes place in the same world as SURRENDER DOROTHY (e-books). When entering, let us know if you’re in the US or elsewhere, and the winner of RG’s book can choose which one they’d like to have.
Meanwhile, a little video for your entertainment:
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I love those covers. And the video. And the books. Yay! Congrats my fellow smut peddlers!
by Crystal Jordan March 24th, 2009 at 7:56 pmThey both sound great! Can’t wait to read them. Interviewing each other must have been a blast. Happy Release day to both of you!
by Michelle (MG) Braden March 24th, 2009 at 8:58 pmHappy release day! RG, we’re ‘shelf’ mates – Compromising Positions came out at Samhain today too :)
by Jenna Bayley-Burke March 24th, 2009 at 11:11 pmJenna-it’s a 3-way simultaneous release!
by edenbradley March 24th, 2009 at 11:38 pmso hot ladies congrats on teh books
such hot covers sounds so damn hot, lcount me in the contest
where do u ladies get your ideas.
forbidden fruit sounds hot love that forbidden love and younger man themes for me
by kh March 25th, 2009 at 3:10 amcongratulations on the three releases! They all sound good. Gonna have to make sure there is plenty of ice in the house between the steam of the books and the beautiful Florida sunshine.
by Chris Roberts March 25th, 2009 at 12:33 pm
A three way with me, RG & Lisa. That’s bragworthy!
by Jenna Bayley-Burke March 25th, 2009 at 12:39 pmGreat covers!
by Estella March 25th, 2009 at 3:14 pmCongrats on the releases.
Congratz, you two!
The covers are hot. The stories sound even hotter. And Eden, that video is smoking HAWT!
~Mari
by Mari Freeman March 25th, 2009 at 4:11 pmCongrats ladies! Gorgeous book covers, look forward to checking the stories out.
by Allison March 25th, 2009 at 5:12 pmCongrats on the new releases, Eden and RG.
by cyclops8 March 25th, 2009 at 8:02 pmLong live SMUT!!
by Feisty March 25th, 2009 at 8:47 pm
Congrats on the releases! Both books sound like great reads. I really enjoyed the trailer. Love the rose petals falling! When I first saw them they almost looked like hearts streaming down.
by Lynda March 25th, 2009 at 10:54 pmThis is my first time ever commenting on this blog! Woo! :) The books look good and are definetly different from what I normally read :) I wrote down the author’s names though and I’m going to find some back books of theirs. Fab blog!
by RachieG March 25th, 2009 at 10:58 pmCongrats on the new releases! Love the covers :0
by Wendy March 26th, 2009 at 12:29 amWow, these both look fabulous. I cannot wait to read them. Congrats on the releases!!
by Kris March 26th, 2009 at 12:30 amSo nice to see everyone here! Welcome, RachieG! I hope you enjoy our books. :)
by edenbradley March 26th, 2009 at 12:40 amLynda-I love the rose petals, too! The fabulous Beth’s idea…she rocks!
I am hooked, and entering :D
by blodeuedd March 26th, 2009 at 3:27 amAnd I from Finland
I read Surrender Dorothy last night…LOVED IT!
Both of them, Not in Kansas and Surrender Dorothy, were so much fun to read! I hope there’s going to be more…is there going to be more :)?
And Eden, 21st Century Courtesan sounds wonderful! I have seen it in the store.
(I’m in the US)
by AmyC March 26th, 2009 at 6:59 amThe books sounds great, can’t wait to read them. Great video!
by Jean P March 26th, 2009 at 8:26 amI’m in the U.S.A.
I’m sure you guys are so excited about the books being released!!
I’d love a chance to be entered to win one of these (=
I’m in the U.S. btw
by Mishel March 26th, 2009 at 8:48 amCongrats on the new releases! WTG! The covers are really sexy. Love the exchange between both of you.
by Tamsyn Takamiya March 26th, 2009 at 9:28 amTamsyn who lives in Japan.
I’m so glad I found your blog! What a beautiful layout…
Huge fan of Eden Bradley here and I cannot wait to read, “A 21st Century Courtesan”.
I’m a little late – but hope all is well Eden. :)
Regards
by Lea March 26th, 2009 at 10:11 amCongrats on the new releases!And such beautiful covers!!
by Eva S March 26th, 2009 at 11:37 amI’ll be looking for these books here in Finland…
First time seeing the blog ladies – and I love it! Especially love y’all got Crystal Jordan over here – and girlfriend is a librarian. A librarian blogging at the Smutketeers LOL.
21st Century Courtesan looks right up my alley, and sounds wonderful! I need to get myself to the bookstore…pronto.
by SuperWendy March 26th, 2009 at 12:28 pmBoth of these books sound wonderful.
by Rhonda March 26th, 2009 at 12:37 pmHappy Release Week! RG, I really enjoy this series, very fun reads. Eden, your book is getting some amazing reviews and I would love to read it.
I live in the US.
by Cathy M March 26th, 2009 at 12:42 pmWow-an International crowd-awesome! Thanks for stopping by, everyone!
by edenbradley March 26th, 2009 at 3:34 pmCongrats on the release, nice having you here today! tWarner419@aol.com
by Teresa W. March 26th, 2009 at 5:26 pmOops, forgot to mention that I’m in the US.
by cyclops8 March 26th, 2009 at 5:39 pmCongratulations on the releases! I love the cover art and trailer- so nicely done and eye-catching!
The blurbs sound awesome. I can’t wait to get to read these!
Pam S
by Pamela S. March 26th, 2009 at 6:04 pmCongratulations ladies on your release!
I cannot wait to read this books am sure they are as good as your previous releases.
I’m in the US
by Dayanna March 26th, 2009 at 9:41 pmI love simulaneous release! Congrats!
by Dana March 27th, 2009 at 12:16 amWOW!!! Both of these books sound awsome. Can’t wait to read them. I really enjoyed reading the interview and the video was very well done. Thank you and Congradulations on your new releases.
by Channon Valentine March 27th, 2009 at 11:20 amContest is almost over!
by edenbradley March 29th, 2009 at 1:45 pmCongrats on the new releases! I love the covers and the books sounds great.
by Kimmy L March 29th, 2009 at 1:50 pm