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Tips to Boost your Self-Esteem by Kryssie Fortune @KryssieFortune #RLFblog #amwriting
Scared to step out of your comfort zone? Hate to say “no”?That sums up Kathryn Johnson, heroine in my book, Submission, Secrets, and the Soldier has had her self-esteem squished out of her by her domineering mother. The middle one of three girls, she trained to be a ballet dancer but she grew too tall.
Having lost her dream, Kathryn struggled to find her role in the family. Instead, she spent her time making life run smoother for her sisters. It became a habit, and twelve years later, she still puts her family’s needs before her own. Then, her third ever time at a BDSM club goes horribly wrong.
Kathryn found these tips helped.
Fake it until you make it.
Standing tall, head up, chest out and arms propped on hips for just two minutes releases testosterone, a confidence inducing hormone. At the same time, your cortisol level drops and you’ll feel less stressed. As one psychology professor put it, Our bodies can change our minds.
Think—and act—positively
Your body can change your mind, but so can you. A smile lifts my spirits every time. Want another example? Concentrate on what you want rather than what you don’t want. And go for it.
Master a new skill
Start small. You don’t need to do everything overnight. Learn to laugh at your mistakes and persevere. You’ll get there in time.
Set boundaries
Do you feel guilty if you say no? I do. Decide how you want people to treat you. Don’t try to fix other people. Instead take responsibility for yourself and if someone doesn’t accept that, walk away.
Take pride in yourself and your achievements.
This is the hard one. Worked hard to learn something? Then decide a million people know more. That’s me. I even dismiss my writing as just erotic romance sometimes. I work damned hard at it so I should stand loud and proud and tell people about it. I guess I’m saying, don’t follow my example.
Talking of writing, please check out my fourth stand-alone, Heroes of Westhopre Ridge novel, Submission, Secrets, and the Soldier.
Submission, Secrets, and the Soldier
Luke Roberts, a former army mechanic, has a new sub. She’s shy and inexperienced, but willing. As he teaches her about sensation play, she fears he’ll really hurt her and screams her safewords at him. Her reaction causes Luke to have a flashback. Although he’s clawing his way back to normal, he suffers from PTSD. Determined to get well, he contacts a PTSD specialist in Westhorpe Ridge.
Kathryn Johnson has visited a BDSM club three times. When she hooks up with Luke Roberts, he unintentionally terrifies her. She swears off spankings and goes home to Westhorpe Ridge. The last person she expects to see there is Luke Roberts. Circumstances force them to share an apartment. Can Luke protect her when danger threatens? Or is she just a temporary sub in residence?
Genre Erotic Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Loose Id http://www.loose-id.com/heroes-of-westhorpe-ridge-4-submission-secrets-and-the-soldier.html
Amazon US https://www.amazon.com/dp/B075DN9PLG/
Amazon UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B075DN9PLG/
Kobo https://www.kobo.com/gb/en/ebook/submission-secrets-and-the-soldierKryssie Fortune Social Media
Kryssie Fortune writes the sort of hot sexy books she loves to read. If she can sneak a dragon into her paranormal books she will. Her paranormal heroes are muscular werewolves, arrogant Fae, or BDSM loving dragons.
Kryssie likes her contemporary heroes ex-military and dominant. Her heroines are kick ass females who can hold their own against whatever life – or Kryssie – throws at them.
Kryssie’s pet hates are unhappy endings, and a series that end on a cliff hanger.
Her books are all stand-alone even when part of series. Plot always comes before sex, but when her heroines and heroes get together, the sex is explosive and explicit. One review called it downright sensual.
Website http://kryssiefortune.wixsite.com/kryssie
Blog http://kryssiefortune.blogspot.co.uk/
Twitter https://twitter.com/KryssieFortune
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Kinky Briefs by Seelie Kay @SeelieKay #RLFblog #romance
Today’s featured book is Kinky Briefs, an erotic romance by Seelie Kay.The fantasies of an overworked lawyer provide a wicked window into the legal world, where lawyers in love, dominant judges, and those who serve them get their kink on!
When boredom overtakes a young lawyer toiling away in the backroom of a law firm, she begins to spin kinky scenarios and outrageous tales about arrogant attorneys, bodacious colleagues, cranky judges, and sultry support staff. Her vivid imagination provides a titillating look into the legal world through a series of stories that may shock some and inspire others, but will almost always leave hearts beating just a little bit faster. Whether the story concerns a dominant judge who seeks to correct the behavior of a newbie judge through kinky tactics or an international lawyer’s erotic encounter with a Sheikh, love almost always wins. After all, what good is fantasy if you don’t find happiness in the end?
Genre: Erotic romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Publisher Buy Link: http://www.extasybooks.com/kinky-briefs/
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Kinky-Briefs-Seelie-Kay-ebook/dp/B06XBZGTRD
Barnes and Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kinky-briefs-too-seelie-kay/1126589254?ean=2940154415917
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/kinky-briefs
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/712540Seelie Kay Social Media
Seelie Kay engages in flights of fancy about lawyers in love, drawing on a vivid imagination, an inquisitive mind, and more than 25 years in the legal world.
After stints as a journalist and lawyer, Seelie hung out her shingle as a freelance writer, editor, and author. When not spinning her kinky tales, Seelie ghostwrites nonfiction for lawyers and other professionals.
Seelie resides in a bucolic exurb outside Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where she shares a home with her son and enjoys opera, gourmet cooking, organic gardening, and an occasional bottle of red wine.
Seelie is an MS warrior and ruthlessly battles the disease on a daily basis. Her message to those diagnosed with M S: Never give up. We will find a cure!
Website www.seeliekay.com
Blog www.seeliekay.blogspot.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/SeelieKay
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/seelie.kay.77
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Don’t Take Your Shoes Off by Adam Mann @adammannauthor #RLFblog #romance
Welcome Adam Mann author of Don’t Take Your Shoes Off, a new titillating romance
Why did you write this book?
I’ve always been fascinated and admired ladies who wear high heels, especially if they have nice legs.
What is your favorite genre to read?
I like reading thrillers, war, adventure stories.
Who is your favorite character from fiction (not including your own)?
Mr. Micawber from Charles Dickens.
What are you working on at the moment?
I am preparing a new marketing program for the 30 or so books I have written.
What books will we see from you in coming months?
I often find myself writing several novels at a time, as my mood takes me, but my next to be published will feature a bank, a beautiful lady detective, and a smash and grab villain.
Please tell us about your latest book.
Genre Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
There is no doubt about it; ladies who wear high heels look great. I don’t know the sales figures but I’m sure that high heeled shoes must be one of the market leaders. But that’s not my point – my impression here is to try to offer three stories about ladies who have worn high heels with spectacular results:
Red High Heels is set in London, probably in the 1990’s. The man who appreciates the high heels is a stem-cell research scientist, who tries to help Roxanne put on her Red High Heels. Roger does a better job when she takes them off.
Helga’s Red Thigh Boots is set in Rotterdam, when climate change is beginning to emerge as a serious problem. The lady, Hufflepuff, wears high heels as she is tiny, but when Fred takes her to Canada in the winter she needs warmer shoes, so long red leather thigh boots is her solution.
Black High Heels starts off in the early 2000’s, when international aid is beginning to open up the economy in emerging economies like Vietnam, which brings an enjoyable clash of cultures between a Brit adviser and a lady graduate who takes off her black high heels.
Publisher http://www.globalpublishinggroupllc.com/books
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0742MHNP6Adam Mann Social Media
I have worked for over 50 years as a sustainable development consultant for emerging economies in Africa and then Asia, but have now retired and live with my family in a mountainous area of Vietnam. In my retirement I have published seven novels, and under my pen name I have written another 25 romance novellas, some of which have been self-published.
Website http://www.adammannauthor.com
Twitter https://twitter.com/AdamMannAuthor/status/686929540254322689
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/adamthemann/app/2415071772/
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8293610.Adam_Mann
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Bella and the Beast by Izzy Szyn @izzySzyn #RLFblog #fantasy
Today’s featured book is Bella and the Beast, a Fantasy Fairytale by Izzy Szyn.You only thought you knew the story of Beauty and the Beast.
When Bella’s father runs into the woman known as the Beast, she agrees to take his place as a prisoner for the next six months. Plenty of time to get out of her pending marriage to the son of the village’s wealthiest family.
When Bella is sent a list of demands and rules, one rule stood out: Don’t fall in love.
That seemed simple enough, for who could fall in love with a Beast?
Genre Fairytale, Fantasy
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Amazon http://amzn.to/2vu4Ri2Izzy Szyn Social Media
New York Times Bestselling Author Izzy Szyn was born in May of 2014 when a friend dared her to write. Born and raised in Detroit. Izzy now lives in Oklahoma City with her furchild Misty, the friendliest Chihuahua/Terrier you will ever meet. Izzy currently works in a call center, where she writes in between phone calls. She loves to keep in touch with her readers.
Blog https://izzyszyn.wordpress.com/
Twitter https://twitter.com/izzySzyn
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/izzyszynhome/
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/13836241.Izzy_Szyn
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9 Talented Authors: Summer of Seduction @LouisaBacio @CandiFox #RLFblog #Anthology
Today’s featured book is Summer of Seduction, an erotic anthology by Candi Fox + 8 more.“Avoid the burn, but savor the heat of the season” Kick back in the shade with your copy of Nine Hot Authors – Nine Sexy Tales of Summer Sizzle!
“Sugar’s Salvation” by Candi Fox
“Dry Heat” by Louisa Bacio
“A Summer Tryst” by Bobbi Romans
Windows and Doors By Monica Corwin
“Primal Heat” by Audra Hart
“GFE Interrupted” by Shakir Rashaan
“Summer Fever in a Tent” by AM Halford
“Mikhail’s American Adventure” by Sheri Velarde
“Kassie’s Seduction” by Izzy Szyn
Featuring an exotic array of genres to tempt even the pickiest of palates! Come, join the erotic adventure of “A Summer of Seduction”
Genre Erotic Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/B073TY68W6/Candi Fox Social Media
Candi Fox, co-host of the wildly popular radio show Candi and Company with over nine hundred thousand listeners began her venture in the paranormal at the tender age of two, when she witnessed her first apparition. From that moment on the paranormal seemed to follow her. No matter where she moved, the house she lived in the house next door, or the house down the street always seemed to be haunted.
She often wondered if she drew the spirits to her. Little did she know that she was indeed a magnet of sorts. It wasn’t until she was in her late twenties that she found people who could not only explain her gifts, but would also help her hone them. Armed with this new knowledge she began to openly explore hauntings and other paranormal phenomena.
Growing up in Indiana lent her the opportunity to explore many famous haunted places including the Hannah House, which was once part of the Underground Railroad. A little over two years ago she moved to Tulsa, OK and has begun to explore the haunted landscape in a new state.
Candi lives with her husband, and furry children in Tulsa. She is passionate about the occult, saving and rehabilitating horses, horseback riding, magic, all things mystical and has her Reiki Mastery.
She uses her own paranormal experiences as well as her own life traumas to write from a grounded and realistic perspective about subjects that are hard to talk about and even harder to feel for yourself.
Website http://www.candifox.com/
Twitter https://twitter.com/CandiFox
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/CandiFoxAuthor/
Amazon Author Page https://www.amazon.com/Candi-Fox/e/B00SI028XQ/You May Also Like
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Disobedience By Design by Regina Kammer @Kammerotica #RLFblog #historicalromance
Today’s featured book is Disobedience By Design by Regina Kammer.In 1860, the railways of Victorian England transport American stevedore Joseph Phillips to the lush countryside of Lincolnshire…and into the arms of Lady Sophia Harwell. But Sophia is betrothed to a violent villain who wants only two things: her virginity and her dowry. Can Joseph save his beloved without scandalizing upper-class British society?
The Lady…
Lady Sophia Harwell has just been presented to Society—and its eligible bachelors—and is quite unimpressed. Her parents are encouraging the suit of the Duke of Royston, a man older than her father! Yet free-spirited Sophia is smitten with Joseph, her brother’s handsome American business partner, a man who introduces her to sensual delights beyond the bounds of propriety and the dictates of her social standing.
…And The Laborer
Joseph Phillips is out of his depth amongst the British aristocracy trying to secure investors for his American railroad enterprise. To make matters worse, he can’t keep his hands off his business partner’s sister. Sophia is far out of his league and expected to marry a duke. But when the duke reveals his villainy, Joseph decides some risks are worth taking, and, to protect Sophia, he embarks upon a partnership of an entirely unexpected nature.
The Harwell Heirs
Victorian aristocracy has very strict rules concerning marital connections and familial obligations. But the Harwell heirs—Helena, Sophia, and Arthur—discover love doesn’t always follow the rules. Scandalous affairs force these scions of society to choose between duty and desire, deference and destiny.
Book 1: The Pleasure Device
Book 2: Disobedience By Design
Book 3: Where Destiny Plays
Genre Historical erotic romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Amazon http://www.amazon.com/Disobedience-Design-Harwell-Heirs-Book-ebook/dp/B01BMMYST8/
Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/disobedience-by-design-regina-kammer/1120029698?ean=2940157828202
Kobo https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/disobedience-by-design-harwell-heirs-book-2
iBooks https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/disobedience-by-design-harwell/id1083060673?mt=11
Inktera/Page Foundry http://www.inktera.com/store/title/4c7f7444-14b7-4ef0-94f2-2e5d0d366c1e
CreateSpace https://www.createspace.com/6038548Regina Kammer Author Social Media
Regina is a librarian, an art historian, and an award-nominated, best-selling, multi-published writer of erotica and historical erotic romance. Her short stories and novels make history sexier, whether the era is Roman, Byzantine, Viking, American Revolution, or Victorian. She’s even sexed up contemporary settings, Steampunk, and Greco-Roman mythology. She has been published by Cleis Press, Go Deeper Press, Ellora’s Cave, House of Erotica, Story Ink, The Naughty Literati, and her own imprint, Viridium Press. She began writing historical fiction with romantic elements during National Novel Writing Month 2006, switching to erotica when all her characters suddenly demanded to have sex.
Website http://kammerotica.com/
Blog http://kammerotica.com/blog/
Twitter https://twitter.com/Kammerotica
Facebook https://www.facebook.com/Kammerotica
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Amazon Author Page http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0054EIEMI/
