I’m afraid I’m a bit of an intermittent blogger (all right, a very intermittent one!) and rarely post anything here unless I’ve got news to report but…hey, this is news. I’m part of the Summer Nights Erotica Bloghop organized by the terrific Skye Warren. Over a hundred authors are getting together to celebrate the season–that hot, sweaty time of year when everyone’s running around in next to nothing and…well, things happen
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As it happens, my latest novella, Maid for Pleasure, is set on a tropical island where it’s pretty much summer all year round and things (wink, wink, nudge, nudge, say no more) are always happening! Want to know more? Here you go:

Insurance actuary Libby Beckett is the epitome of a successful, independent, modern woman. With her six figure salary, she has a condo overlooking the beach, a BMW, and a closet full of fabulous shoes. So why isn’t she happy? And why do her fantasies always involve whips, bondage, and sexual slavery? Her desires are impossible to explain her buttoned-down accountant boyfriend, which is why when she stumbles across a website for a quasi-dating service for submissive women called Maid for It, she signs up. She’s quickly “matched” to Gavin Huntley, an engineer and inventor possessed of a small fortune and his own private island off the Caribbean coast. After carefully weighing the risks and rewards, as any good actuary should do, Libby breaks it off with her boyfriend and heads to Gavin’s island for what she promises herself will be two weeks to explore her darkest, dirtiest desires. When her time is up, she’ll say her safe word and, as outlined in Maid for It’s contract, Gavin will be required to release her.
But Gavin knows what Libby truly needs, and it’s not to be free. She’s made for pleasure—his pleasure—and he intends to put her to good use. Forever.
Intrigued? Post a comment below and let me know what island paradise you’d most like to be held captive on by a sexy dominant and you could win one of the following prizes:
- A $100 gift card to the fun online sex shop, Eden Fantasys

- A digital gift basket with over 40 erotica books to fill your Kindle

To visit all the authors in the Summer Blog Hop and get even more opportunities to win prizes, click here.
June 20th, 2012 at 8:13 am
I look forward to getting to know your books better.
June 20th, 2012 at 1:49 pm
Girl, you had me at whips and bondage
Adding you to my TBR list!
Hugs,
krystalshannan@yahoo.com
June 20th, 2012 at 2:03 pm
hmmm, i would say any tropical island that we would be the only ones on;)
Thank you for the giveaway:)
elliott2668(at)yahoo(dot)com
June 20th, 2012 at 2:16 pm
I would love to be on some secluded island with no chance of escape with a sexy Dom. YUM. Not too hot though since I burn so easily
sionedkla@gmail.com
June 20th, 2012 at 2:18 pm
I can’t believe I haven’t picked this up yet, but I totally win. Like now! I’m not entering, just stopping by. Thanks, Lucy!
June 20th, 2012 at 2:23 pm
I would love to go to a secluded beach in Tahiti!
Yvette
yratpatrol@aol.com
June 20th, 2012 at 2:24 pm
I’d love being held captive on any island by a sexy dominant man. This looks HOT. Can’t wait to read it. I’ve added it to my TBR list!
June 20th, 2012 at 3:02 pm
I’d venture to say ANY island paradise. haha
June 20th, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Any island with a sexy dom is fine by me. I’m not picky about the location as long as everything else is hot! Yummy!
proudarmymom32(at)yahoo(dot)com
June 20th, 2012 at 4:35 pm
I would like to be in St. Martin’s island, on the French side. The place is beautiful and I would love to be there with a sexy and skillful dominant!
booklover0226 at gmail dot com
June 20th, 2012 at 5:20 pm
Ummm…. an island paradise with 70 degree weather and white sands….
June 20th, 2012 at 5:29 pm
I fell in love with the North Shore of Oahu when I visited the islands. I wouldn’t mind going back there.
geishasmom73 AT yahoo DOT com
June 20th, 2012 at 6:03 pm
Ohh this sounds like such a sexy read…Love it…
June 20th, 2012 at 7:04 pm
Love it!
nandeva@msn.com
June 20th, 2012 at 7:19 pm
Take me away to that beach! Great finding your blog!
June 20th, 2012 at 9:26 pm
Hot hot hot! Count me in!
brunettelibrarian AT gmAil . c0m
The Brunette Librarian Blog
June 20th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
Hawaii north shore did it for me
MFierydrgn@aol.com
June 20th, 2012 at 10:33 pm
Any island would be great. Thanks for the chance to win!
natasha_donohoo_8 at hotmail dot com
June 21st, 2012 at 12:31 am
Well I live in Florida, so my pick would be the Bahamas. Not to far away and A beautiful place. Thanks for doing the hop!!
gatormaryd(at)yahoo(dot)com
June 21st, 2012 at 1:09 am
Wow, love the sound of this book! It would have to be a secluded island in the Pacific. Christina_92 at yahoo.com
June 21st, 2012 at 1:18 am
This books sounds super hot, putting it on the tbr right now! Thanks for participating in the hop!
Amanda
June 21st, 2012 at 1:43 am
Who cares about which Island? This sounds yummy. On my tbr pile!
June 21st, 2012 at 3:05 am
Pretty much any island paradise Bora Bora
June 21st, 2012 at 3:29 am
Definitely intrigued! And I’ve never really been anywhere, so honestly I’d love to go to any island!
rae.gwendy(at)gmail(dot)com
June 21st, 2012 at 5:02 am
I read your first book – Maid for it. I liked it! This new one Maid for Pleasure looks hot. I’d love to read it. I’d like to be held captive on St. Lucia specifically on Jade Mountain. It’s an amazing resort where the rooms have at most 3 walls. The 4th is open to the view of the mountains. The food is amazing.
lacrimsonfemme at gmail fullstop com
June 21st, 2012 at 6:09 am
Gosh I really wanna win!! I would want to be stuck some where with a beach that is very remote
tiglilygirl at yahoo dot com
June 21st, 2012 at 3:48 pm
I don’t know much about islands, so any island would do.
jmesparza821(at)gmail(dot)com
June 22nd, 2012 at 5:38 am
I don’t know much about islands since I don’t care for the ocean that much, so I suppose it wouldn’t matter really.
penumbrareads(at)gmail(dot)com
June 22nd, 2012 at 7:22 am
Maid for Pleasure sounds really good!! I’d love an island somewhere in the Caribbean, but seeing as I suck at world geography I’m not really sure where.
jessicamariesutton(at)msn(dot)com
June 22nd, 2012 at 8:02 pm
Any tropical locale would work for me as long & the Dom is hotter than the weather!!!
andieleah78@gmail.com
June 22nd, 2012 at 11:43 pm
I would love to be on Iceland—I am in the minority, I guess, but I would prefer to be on a cold island with a HOT man (or two) to keep me warm.
landrybreaux@yahoo.com
June 23rd, 2012 at 4:55 am
I would love to be on any tropical island with a hot Dom or two. But I would prefer someplace not too hot, and not in a hurricane prone area.
manning_j2004 at yahoo dot com
June 23rd, 2012 at 3:17 pm
It would have to be private island somewhere we can do some snorkling when we have time!
suz2)at)cox(dot)net
June 23rd, 2012 at 4:09 pm
How about Andros Island? Thanks for the giveaway!
June 23rd, 2012 at 7:37 pm
I would love to have my own island, I want it to never get above 85, have ocean breezes but not wind or rain, it can’t be to humid and no bugs! I know but if I am going to have a fantasy I might as well make it exactly what I want :O) mawmom(AT)gmail.com
June 23rd, 2012 at 7:55 pm
I love the book excerpt..read it on another blog and added ot to my TBR.
Debi01760@hotmail.com
June 23rd, 2012 at 8:36 pm
Any island would do for me, as long as it was secluded and with a hot Dom!
June 23rd, 2012 at 10:11 pm
With a hot Dom, any island would be great. Thanks for the chance.
mythic021@gmaiil.com
June 24th, 2012 at 12:11 am
I would want a secluded island that NO ONE else inhabits!
books4me67 at ymail dot com
June 24th, 2012 at 1:57 am
Part of me wants a secluded island, but then I thought about all the things that could go wrong and so I decided I’d want a fully stocked, secluded island with neighboring islands where help would be if we needed it.
tiger-chick-1(at)hotmail(dot)com
June 24th, 2012 at 2:48 am
I would say any island paradise with a hot sexy man.
sstrode at scrtc dot com
June 24th, 2012 at 4:25 am
Tahiti!
Thanks for the amazing giveaway!
elizabeth @ bookattict . com
June 24th, 2012 at 6:01 am
I just got a copy of your book. Im really looking forward to reading it! Sounds great!
As for a island, i want one that has a waterfall, is secluded, has a hammock, some beautiful scenery and solitude! Thanks for sharing and for the fun hop! And thank you for the awesome giveaway!
shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com
June 24th, 2012 at 2:30 pm
Let see…. I would love to go to Tahiti!! LOL!!
Looking forward to reading your book. Thanks for chance to win
June 24th, 2012 at 3:23 pm
I would love to be stranded on Antigua near the waterfalls! I have always wanted to go there.
trb0917 at gmail.com
June 24th, 2012 at 4:39 pm
I would love to be on ANY tropical island with a sexy man and beautiful beaches. Thanks for the giveaway! I cannot wait to read Maid for Pleasure.
June 24th, 2012 at 4:56 pm
One of those little islands with the villas that sit over the water
June 24th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
ooooh any island would probably be just fine!
mhay@panhandle.rr.com
June 24th, 2012 at 6:40 pm
Another add to my TBR!
countrygirl91351@yahoo.com
June 24th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
This sounds like a great book would love to read it. Thank you very much for the great giveaway!
Latisha D
tishajean@ charter.net
June 24th, 2012 at 7:57 pm
Sounds like a good book.
bn100candg(at)hotmail(dot)com
June 25th, 2012 at 3:27 am
A private island with just the two of us…
shadowestr@aol.com
June 27th, 2012 at 6:24 am
I would like to be held captive on Maui! What a beautiful place to be. Love your prizes! Thanks for the giveaway! =)