Newsletter Issue 1, Dec 2011
Jennifer Lynne
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Hi everyone
I'm excited to start my first newsletter with the announcement that PLATINUM PASSION (GODS OF LOVE #1) is now available for $1.99USD from Amazon, Smashwords and All Romance ebooks.
Back cover blurb:
Three people. One erotic fantasy. And a twentieth wedding anniversary like no other. Jeannie longs for the return of passion in her marriage. Jake craves new excitement in the form of another man. Pothos is one of the erotes and an aspect of Eros, the ancient Greek god of love, and this couple's distinctive yearning has called to him. By the power of the erotes he intends to rekindle the flame of Jake and Jeannie's passion in a night of desire that will be the ultimate platinum anniversary gift. And when the gods of love decide your marriage needs a boost, they never do it by halves.
PLATINUM PASSION is the first in this series of novella-length stories about the erotes: Pothos - god of sexual yearning, Himeros - god of sexual desire, and Anteros - god of unrequited/requited love. The erotes are aspects of the primal god, Eros, and the children of Aphrodite.
Before I get to an Adult-rated excerpt from PLATINUM PASSION, I have Giveaways!
1. WIN a $20 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card
Comment at my WEBSITE/BLOG any time between Dec 15th and Dec 17th 2011 and you'll go in the draw to win a $20 AMAZON or BARNES & NOBLE GIFT CARD. Winner will be announced on Dec 18th – just in time to load up your Kindle, Nook or Sony for the holidays!
2. WIN a copy of PLATINUM PASSION
No need to do anything. You're subscribed to my newsletter, so you are in the draw. Scroll down to the bottom of this email to see who has won a digital copy of PLATINUM PASSION.
3. Chances to WIN around the web
I'll be appearing around the internet over the next few weeks and at each blog stop I'll be offering giveaways of my current and back list titles. My blog calendar is at the end of this email. Commenters at each stop go in each draw!
Exclusive – EDUCATING ETHAN
I'd like to share a little exclusive with you – I've got a tentative release date of Feb 24th 2012 for my Breathless Press sensual romance, EDUCATING ETHAN. Yay! Here's the cover – not even loaded onto my website yet so you are seeing it first! Hope you like it – this one has a lower heat rating than PLATINUM PASSION – for those who don't believe ménage is quite their cup of tea!
Back cover blurb:
When the much younger Ethan moves in to Ida's neighborhood, an innocent flirtation quickly becomes passionate. But Ethan is the exact opposite of what Ida is looking for in a sexual partner. In her eyes he is young and vibrant, with his life and his dreams still ahead of him, whereas hers are all in the past. Can Ethan convince Ida to overcome the past and live for the moment? And just who is educating who in this cougar encounter?
Now to PLATINUM PASSION and the 18+ Adult-rated excerpt
“Oh, Pothos,” she moaned, fumbling for the fastening on his jeans. “I want…” Her voice broke. What did she want? Jake, her familiar, dark-haired husband of twenty years? Most definitely. And Pothos, the golden-skinned Adonis who had seemingly materialized straight off the cover of a romance novel, clearly a manifestation of everything she was missing in her life right now?
Yes, God help her. She wanted him, too.
Badly.
But somehow, it wasn’t quite enough to have one without the other.
She stopped trying to unfasten his jeans and rested her cheek against his chest, enjoying the hardness and the heat. Turning slightly, she inhaled the delicious aroma of his skin. Different to the clean citrus smell of her husband, Pothos smelt exotic and sensual. Not quite musk, not quite spice, but altogether it was heady and enticing.
“Like someone bottled pheromones and sprayed you with it,” she muttered, wanting to bury herself deeper in his embrace.
“You like it, of course,” he said, and now it was Jeannie’s turn to laugh, at that supreme confidence.
“I love it,” she admitted, and at her words the aroma intensified around her, as if she were immersed in a sensual river, almost drowning in pleasure. Her knees buckled as erotic images began to assail her. Images of herself crammed between Jake and Pothos, the three of them somehow entwined on the sand, moaning and rutting and taking it in turns to love each other in the silvery light of the moon.
That’s what I want, she thought, and the ferocity of her longing had her hands reaching up to fist in his hair. “Can you bring Jake here, too? I want you both.”
“Good,” he said, voice rough with desire. “That is how it should be. The three of us, sharing a platinum night of passion. Together.”
His decadent words sent a delicious shiver across her skin, but before she could respond Pothos bent down to grasp the bottom of her nightgown and rip it up and over her head. Moments later and those cotton panties were gone too. She stood naked in front of him as he threw the underwear aside, but strangely, she felt no embarrassment. A light breeze tickled her flesh and puckered her already aching nipples. Pothos reached out one finger and lightly grazed one of the expanding nubs. “Beautiful,” he said, and now his voice had a deep huskiness. “Jake should see you like this. Bathed in moonlight and sensuality.”
His finger left her breast and traced the rest of her body in a delicate caress, skimming across ribs moving rapidly as she struggled to breathe evenly, down through the curve of her waist and over her abdomen to rest, feather-light, at the very top of her slit. Her mons was bare except for a tiny heart shape of hair right where Pothos’ index finger now rested. She’d had the Brazilian last week, leaving the heart in a display of whimsy and hoping Jake would enjoy the new look.
But he hadn’t even noticed.
Unlike Pothos, who now had a crooked little grin on his face as he traced around the heart.
“A genuine blonde,” he said.
She nodded in a distracted fashion. She was finding it more and more difficult to draw a breath. Her gaze fell to his jeans, the denim now clearly stretched to its limit across his groin. Not fair that he should still have clothing on, while she stood here dressed in nothing but her pussy heart.
“Would you…please…remove…?” She reached out a trembling hand to touch his straining bulge, and his intake of breath was audible. She enjoyed the momentary power, mimicking his fingertip exploration of her body to trace up the shape of his penis, over the ripped abdominal muscles and then down again, taking pleasure in the increasingly irregular pattern of his breathing.
So this…god of love, or whoever he was, could be moved by desire, too.
She fumbled again for the fastening on his jeans, but he shook his head, then stepped back to remove his clothing in a fluid movement that was far quicker than she’d have been able to achieve with her shaking hands.
His cock sprang free and she gasped at the enormous size and inherent power in his organ. Pothos was longer and wider than Jake, but not unduly so, as her husband was rather well-endowed. But it was not only his erect appendage that had her eyes wide and her whole body aching for sex. Though his shoulders were built for power his body tapered down in a long, lean arc to narrow hips, and as he turned toward the water for a moment she got a view of tight buttocks and impressively muscled thighs.
Had he done that twirl on purpose? So that she’d see and appreciate the perfection of his body from every angle?
Yes, she decided, as he glanced back at her over his shoulder and grinned boyishly. He most certainly had.
“Nice butt,” she managed, in the understatement of the century, but it was worth it to see the affronted look on his face.
“Nice?”
“Very nice, in fact.”
He moved so fast she only had time for a quick yelp before he was standing over her, gripping her shoulders. The head of his organ was almost, but not quite, touching her stomach, and she could feel the radiant heat leaching out from its proximity. “Nothing about me is nice, Jeannie.”
(Copyright Jennifer Lynne)
Blog Calendar
At most of these blog stops I'll be offering GIVEAWAY prizes, so please stop by and leave a comment where you can!
16 Dec – Love Romance Passion (What makes a good romance heroine?)
20 Dec – Getting Naughty Between the Stacks (The power of three – menage love)
29 Dec – Hesperia Loves Books (Greek mythology, New Year's Eve and the solstice celebration)
30 Dec – Coffee Time Romance Erotic Loop – Author Chat (Naughty New Year's Resolutions)
7 Jan 2012 – Guest Author on Cynthia Woolf's blog (interview)
9 Jan 2012 – Confucius Cat (appearing with my gorgeous cat, Cleo)
11 Jan 2012 – Bitten by Paranormal Romance (Mythical Greek gods – paranormal or fantasy?)
16 Jan 2012 – Fierce Romance (Wedding anniversary symbols and meanings)
18 Jan 2012 – 2 visits – Book Monster Reviews and Literal Addiction Book Club (interviews)
23 Jan 2012 – Coffee Time Romance blog (Exotic story settings)
24 Jan 2012 – Romancing the Book (interview)
Jan 2012 – Date TBC The Romance Studio (interview)
Winner!
Today's newsletter winner of a digital copy of PLATINUM PASSION is: Knitrix29
Congratulations! I'll be in contact so you can let me know which digital format you prefer!
And don't forget, all of you can go in the draw to win a $20 Amazon or Barnes & Noble Gift Card by commenting at my WEBSITE between now and Dec 17th 2011. Winner will be announced Dec 18th – just in time to load up your Kindle, Nook or Sony for some holiday reading.
That's it for the December issue. I wish you all a wonderful Christmas, and I hope that 2012 brings you everything your heart desires.
Happy reading,
Jen
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