Excerpts: Edward Feels a New Attraction from One Cheek

Continuing my blog series of Excerpts, for which reasoning and explanation see the first post, with an excerpt from my queer, polyamorous, Steampunk erotic romance short story One Cheek Or Two? Our hero, Professor Edward Ockham, who had assumed he was only attracted to men, discovers he is attracted to his luscious female assistant.

Today is release day for One Cheek Or Two? as a e-single short. The story was originally published in a Steampunk anthology in 2014, but I’ve never posted an excerpt before. I’m happy to now provide this glimpse into the world of the Ockham Steam-Works Laboratory Chronicles! Continue reading

Excerpts: Westerman Extended with Bonus

Continuing my blog series of Excerpts, for which reasoning and explanation see the first post, with an extended excerpt from my polyamorous Victorian erotic romance, The Westerman Affair. In this excerpt, our hero Charles is seduced by an unknown-to-him woman, who happens to be our heroine–and his eventual muse–Rosamund. Of course, the scene takes place in a library. I like to include sensual scenes in libraries in as many stories as I can.

This excerpt was originally published on the (now defunct) Residence 11 blog in 2021. It is an extended version of the excerpt I included with an interview for Gemma Snow’s blog. Continue reading

Excerpts: Christoph in the Buff from Window Display

Continuing my blog series of Excerpts, for which reasoning and explanation see the first post, with an excerpt from my contemporary seasoned romance short story “Window Display”. Our heroine Laurie is being questioned by a girlfriend about her dating life. In the course of their conversation, Laurie spies a naked man in a window across the condo complex.

This excerpt was originally published on the Naughty Literati blog in 2015. “Window Display” originally appeared in the 2015 anthology Naughty Escapes: Eleven Naughty Vacation Getaways, then was republished in the 2018 repackaged anthology Getting Naughty: Twenty Tantalizing Tales.
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Excerpts: Birthday Party Meet Cute from Silent Sky

Continuing my blog series of Excerpts, for which reasoning and explanation see the first post, with an excerpt from my contemporary seasoned erotic romance short story “Silent Sky”. Our hero and heroine meet for the first time at her birthday party. Based on my actual thirtieth birthday party, the heroine is having a “bring a single man” party.

This excerpt was originally published on the Naughty Literati blog in 2015. “Silent Sky” originally appeared in the 2015 anthology Naughty Reunions: Return to Romance, then was republished in the 2018 repackaged anthology Getting Naughty: Twenty Tantalizing Tales.
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Excerpts: Opening to Disputed Boundaries

Continuing my blog series of Excerpts, for which reasoning and explanation see the first post, with an excerpt from my male-male, bisexual awakening, polyamorous American historical romance, Disputed Boundaries (Stories from the San Juan Islands). This is the opening scene of the story, and was originally posted on the Naughty Literati website as the story was originally published in the Naughty Flames anthology. Continue reading

Excerpts: Nicholas and Helena’s First Kiss

Prevailing wisdom in the indie-author world is that one should control one’s own content. Which means, an author should provide their own excerpts on their own website. So, in light of this wisdom, I am starting a new blog series of Excerpts, whereby I re-post on my own blog all the excerpts of my stories posted on other people’s blogs.

We begin with an excerpt from The Pleasure Device which was first posted on historical romance author Sherry Ewing’s blog in 2017 as part of her “First Kiss Friday” feature. I adore Sherry. She’s a wonderful person and an engaging author and has been so supportive of me and so many other historical romance writers. Continue reading