Posts Tagged ‘Menage Week’

With three m?nage stories published, and one upcoming from Changeling Press in May, I’ll admit to a delicious fondness for m?nage stories. There’s something about two men, whether they’re gay, bisexual, or decidedly heterosexual, focusing on one woman. To be in the middle of that kind of sandwich…perfect!

In my previous m?nage releases, The Master and His Lover, from Loose Id, and Spaceport: Juiced from Changeling (and the upcoming Spaceport: Come Together), the two heroes were bisexual men in a gay relationship. They’d found their happily ever after, but thought that the addition of a woman made it an even happier ever after. This also occurs in my upcoming June release from Pink Petal Books, Two In Hand. I love writing bisexual m?nage stories. To me, it means that everyone gets extra love. It also seems less selfish from the female heroine’s point of view.

My April release from Pink Petal Books, Her Hungers, is different. Roarke and Adrian are both heterosexual men. In a m?nage situation, as my partner likes to say, “the hot sticks don’t touch.” There will never be any M/M scenes between these two men, nor do they want any. Instead, both Roarke (the Alpha werewolf) and Adrian (a vampire) are focused on Lilah, our kickass werepyre heroine. She’s both wolf and vampire, and needs both men to balance her out. In this case, both Roarke and Adrian feel that each gets his happily ever after. And Lilah’s woman enough to handle both of them.

As an author, I found the M/F/M, heterosexual m?nage harder to write. There needs to be more in it for each character. If Lilah gets two men, then there has to be a reason why Roarke, or Adrian, don’t get two women. Luckily for both of them, they don’t want another woman, and the situation that the three devise works out quite well. It doesn’t start that way.

There’s lots of jealousy and issues to work through, and I won’t lie, it takes some emotional jostling to come up with a HEA that includes all three of them. However, I think, in the end, it’s worth it.

I love writing m?nages. Finding the emotional intensity and balance that it takes to ensure that these three, very distinct characters get not only their happily ever after, but one that works.

If you want to see how well I did, check out Her Hungers, the April release from Pink Petal Books. This scorching hot m?nage may make you think, the more men, the more love. And that’s a great thing!

http://www.pinkpetalbooks.com/index.php/Bookstore/Mary-Winter/Menage-or-more/Her-Hungers.html

To learn more about Mary Winter visit her Website at: http://www.marywinter.com/

Ah, m?nage ? trois. When it comes to the nation’s number one obsession (uhm …sex) I found the French always have a nifty way of reinventing out of the box romps. Quite contrary to what they usually portray in cheap skin flicks, m?nage a trois is about a polyandrous relationship involving three people that usually goes deeper than just a sport between the sheets. And if you’re a fan of the erotic romance genre, I’m sure you know what I’m talking about…yup, hot tryst with two hot alpha males/cowboys/vamps/weres/whatever sexy male creatures who grace your late night fantasy. (I’ll save the two F’s in the alphabet soup for some other day.)

My first introduction to a m?nage story was when I read Stephanie M?nage by Mari Byrne. I was a virgin to smut literature, and I was blown away at that time, thinking, oh man, this author has really hit a woman’s best-kept secret fantasy. I mean, really, what is there not to love about indulging ourselves in a m?nage fantasy? Granted, all men can fuck in real life, but only a few who are really talented with their cocks, and to have not only one, but two, insatiable, handsome prime studs desperately falling in love with the heroine, and ready to cater to her every whim is what makes a m?nage novel a fantastic read. It just hit the spot. We all can relate to that, sympathize with it, and maybe, cannot help but feel envious of the heroine. Who doesn’t?

In Stephanie’s M?nage, I was introduced to a modern day woman named Stephanie Armand who is on a mission to fulfill her secret fantasy: a steamy weekend steamy tryst with two men. But Stephanie gets more than she’s bargained for when two hot hunks–twins– show up at her door and are ready to play. Unbeknown to Stephanie, the twins are princes from another realm who are on a mission to claim their mate.

Aside from the never-ending hot love scenes, the premise of being loved by two twin princes thrilled me immensely. Just think, it’s hard to get a decent man nowadays who won’t take you for granted, let alone two gorgeous otherworldly princes who vow to love you unconditionally. They are perfect lovers, body and soul. What kind of woman wouldn’t want that?

After Stephanie Menage, I hunted for more m?nage novels to quench my new fixation for this type of smut literature. One particularly well written book that sates my appetite is M?nage by Emma Holly. Set in a lush background in the city of Philadelphia, M?nage follows the wild escapades of Kate Winthrop with her two much younger tenants: Joe and Sean. Kate is a divorc?e who owns a bookstore and is living in a big townhouse that she shares with Joe and Sean, who currently are in a relationship, until Joe starts having a crush on Kate. Sean, the irrepressible bad boy, thinks that if he cannot hold on to Joe any longer, he might as well decide to let go with a bang. And thus, the beginning of their m?nage.

For some people if they were in Kate’s shoes, divorce might become their personal hell. But in Kate’s case, rebound never sounded so sweet. Instead of dwelling in the past and her husband’s infidelity, Kate, a sassy lady who is adventurous and very open minded, welcomes Joe and Sean’s seduction with open arms, which is what makes this novel a great sell to me. If your ex dumps you for a younger woman, you, too, can get not only one, but two, young sexy bad boys who totally adore you and treat you as if you are their Goddess. I find the messages conveyed in this story are uplifting; divorce and breakup is not the end of the world, and it’s definitely a new window of opportunity to a new beginning. A steamy new beginning that is.

And if your taste in literature is slightly on the dark side, (no, I’m not talking about Darth Vader here) I recently read a fabulous m?nage book from our very own Selena Illyria’s Blood Claim Prelude. Blood Claim is a vampire story featuring a vampyress named Kit who had been separated from her mate for several months. She suspects that Rysen might be fooling around, but little does she know Rysen has a surprise for her–to revive their drifting relationship.

I think we can all relate to this scenario. After the honeymoon is over, your true love stops treating you like his bride. He scratches. He burps. His charm is gone. You stop hearing him say “I love you.” Instead, the biggest phrase he uses for communication is “what’s for dinner?” Wouldn’t it be great if for one special night, he’d do a special surprise for you, a silk and red rose banquet topped with a grand finale with two of him, ready at your disposal, ready to fulfill you with whatever you have in mind? Exactly, that’s why I dig this story so much.

So, in the end, what makes a m?nage story so appealing to women readers? I think it all boils down to the fact that we as human beings are always searching for acceptance in society and love. Not all of us are blessed with a fairy-tale romance in real life, and by splurging ourselves into these fantasies, these fabulous authors provide us with a momentary escape from everyday reality.

Whether it is an ordinary woman who has been claimed by twin princes, or a divorc?e who is swept into a hot tryst with her young sexy admires or a vampyress who is being pleasured by her mate(s), all in all, these stories will make your heart warm, allowing you to retire to bed with a smile, feeling good about yourself. After a couple of hours spent reading these books, you, too, will be transported into this momentary utopia and be the heroine in those stories.

So, go ahead, and indulge your fantasy. And besides, these books I just told you about are fabulous books. Really. If you haven’t read them, go buy them now…

Lizzie Lynn Lee is the author of Lady of the Snow, Out Now at Changeling Press:

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Shunga Chronicles: Prince and the Assassin

Call me Midori.

I’m the last of my kin and bearer of the kitsune-bi, fox-fire eyes. As bearer of the mark, I was born to kill. In fact, I’m so good at killing, my overlord Buntaro entrusts me to spy and eliminate all his enemies. But all that changes when my master orders me to kill a man I nicknamed Gorgeous Cock. His irresistible charm causes me some wanton aches between my thighs, making it difficult for me to execute my duties.

It’s hard to kill your enemy when you fall in love with him…

Coming Soon to Changeling Press!

You can find more about her on her website: www.iLizzie.com

To read a blurb and excerpt of Selena Illyria’s Blood Claim: Prelude, please click here: http://www.loose-id.com/detail.aspx?ID=879

I consider myself a relative newbie in this world of erotic romance authors. However, I’m a long-time fan of the genre. Yep, I’m a voracious reader and given the choice of a straight contemporary romance or a m?nage, I have to confess that nine times out of ten the m?nage will end up in my cart.

My desire to write this type of story stems from the fact that I was fortunate enough to stumble upon some pretty fantastic m?nage writers. My first forays into m?nage books included Lora Leigh’s Men of August series and Maya Banks’ Coulter’s Woman. From the first page of my first m?nage book, Marly’s Choice, I was riveted by this idea of two (or more) men who were completely devoted to the happiness of their woman–in and out of the bedroom.

When I decided to try my hand at writing a book, I knew I wanted to write a m?nage scene. The problem was–in my first book Erotic Research–my couple was stranded in a cabin in a snowstorm–alone. Unless I managed to work in an appearance from the abominable snowman, it seemed my m?nage wasn’t going to happen! I was able to work around this concept by creating the fantasy of a m?nage. Ross–with the help of several sex toys–draws the picture of a m?nage in Julia’s mind and I have to tell you, it was a fun scene to write.

I think one of the most important part of a m?nage story is that the characters trust each other. In Tequila Truth, my characters had been roommates and best friends for years. They share everything and when Colt and Heath discover Kylie’s secret fantasy for a m?nage, they decide to accommodate her, certain they can offer her everything she desires–safely.

?There is one thing that’s been bothering me, Colt. One thing that almost stopped me suggesting this whole idea. We’ve never shared a woman. I don’t give a damn how experienced we are, we’ve always operated solo. We could hurt her even worse than that prick from the other night.?

Colt grinned as if he’d expected this argument. ?We won’t hurt her, Heath. I’d rather cut off my left nut than hurt that girl and I know without a doubt you feel the same way. She’s our girl. She has been since the day we met her. Besides, buddy, you are the only man in the world I’d share a woman with.?

Heath considered his words. Damn cop was right. Kylie was their girl and if he’d ever been tempted by the prospect of a m?nage, Colt and Kylie were the only people he trusted enough to try it with.

Of course, there are other factors that can lead characters toward a m?nage. In Retreat, Jon and Night were raised in a cult that practiced BDSM. Their ideas of love and sex were heavily influenced by the way they were raised. When they meet Carly, they realize she is the one woman who will accept them as they are and who, in essence, can complete them.

Looking over his shoulder, Jon motioned for him to join them. He knew instinctively what Jon wanted. Walking toward the couple, he placed himself directly behind Carly. He took her hands from Jon and lightly clasped them behind her back.

?Link your fingers,? Night whispered in her ear. She obeyed and he slowly dragged his hands up her arms, reaching around in front of her until he loosely clasped her with one arm around her shoulders and another fully around her waist. Night tightened his arms slightly, pulling her more firmly against his chest in a bear hug. Her hands accidentally brushed against his rock-hard erection and he sucked in a deep breath at the sensation.

Carly stiffened only a moment in his embrace before relaxing and sighing softly.

Looking over her shoulder, Night could see realization dawning on Jon’s face. She was no shrinking violet.

She was willing to take them both on.

Confusion crossed his friend’s face for a brief second and Night found himself grinning widely. After all these years, could Carly be the one woman who would complete them? Save them? Jon saw his grin and returned it.

?Jon,? she whispered and Night knew she was waiting for his explanation. Or was she waiting for his permission? Her fingers rubbed against his cock again and he knew this time it wasn’t an accident.

?I warned you, Carly. I want everything from you. Everything.? Jon’s gaze traveled over her shoulder and met his. ?He’s my best friend. Everything that’s mine is his.?

She trembled in his arms and Night tightened his hold again. The three of them stood frozen for several moments until Night heard the one small word he knew would change his life forever.

?Yes.?

The last m?nage I wrote won’t be released until June 3 and is the sequel to my latest book with Ellora’s Cave, Sugar and Spice. Everything Nice was actually a dare from a fellow writer and friend, who challenged me to write a m?nage that was m/m/f. I cannot tell you how much I struggled over this concept, but in the end, I believe it is probably one of my favorite stories. This one is red hot!?
Charlie glanced down and Taylor gripped Allie’s bare knee with his right hand, while his eyes never left Charlie’s face. The short skirt she was wearing only covered her to mid-thigh. As Taylor’s hand crept up her leg, Charlie looked up at her face, expecting to see and hear her refusal at being touched so intimately in a public place.

He was shocked by the look of desire in her eyes. She wanted Taylor to touch her. Charlie was blown away by the realization and again he felt like an outsider, but he couldn’t move from the table, couldn’t leave them alone, even if it was the proper, polite thing to do.

“Get your hand off her, Taylor.” His voice was quiet, but only a fool wouldn’t hear the anger.

Taylor’s fingers traveled along the hem of her skirt before disappearing beneath the lacy garment.

“It doesn’t have to be either-or,” Taylor whispered.

Charlie watched as a lovely flush colored her porcelain cheeks and he heard her soft intake of breath.

“Allie,” Charlie said, determined to save her if that’s what she wanted. One look at her proved she wasn’t opposed to Taylor’s touch.

“You’re so soft and warm,” Taylor murmured, turning to look at her with a gentle smile. Then, to Charlie’s shock, his friend spoke to him. “Touch her, Charlie.”

I love m?nages. Reading and writing about them and I consider myself a huge fan of the genre. To read more about these stories and Mari’s other books, please visit www.maricarr.com

Writing m?nages isn’t as easy as one may think. Or perhaps it is easier than one can imagine. It depends on the writer. At first I found them hard to write. You need to remind the reader whose hands are where, who is doing what. All hell can break loose if you make a mistake. You don’t want to lose a reader because she can’t keep track of your characters and their actions.

If your readers really get into the story, they will be thrown when suddenly there is a fifth hand, or someone who is tugging on hair at the same time they are tickling toes.

With several m?nages written (threesomes, foursomes, and more I’d like to share a little advice. Take what you can use and leave the rest for someone else. What works for me may not work for you, but I hope to be able to give some help to those who can use it.

Know your characters. What makes them tick? Who are they? What are they? Get to know them inside and out before attempting to write a love scene. This applies to all love scenes, m?nage or not. Your reader will love you all the more for it. Also, the more emotionally involved you are with your characters, the more real and sensual the scene will be. Your love for the characters will shine through. Readers can tell if an author enjoyed writing the story.

If your character has special powers, remember that during the m?nage. If a character has issues -don’t ignore them to write a ‘perfect’ scene. None of us are perfect, and those little human quirks can make a love scene come to life.

After writing your stories, have someone read them for you. They will certain notice hands and body parts out of place faster than you will. An author already knows what happens in the scene and because of that, they may think something is clear or obvious, but the reader may be missing a little bit of information that keeps them from really getting it.

Since this is a blog, I can’t expand too much, but I would also recommend picking up a few stories with very good m?nage scenes. I won’t name the ones I’ve enjoyed so I can’t be accused of promoting my? friends, but I can certainly encourage you to read my stories *wink. (BBW: Suffering Sassafras ends with a trio, Fondest Desire has m?nages of numerous partners and kinds, but ends with a pairing, and The Bodyguard has a m?nage scene, but ends with a pairing. I also have a few short stories with m?nages, but they are part of anthologies- Tarot Card Anthology: Synchronicity series.)

You can find out more about Michelle on her Website: http://www.michellehasker.com/

Blurb:

Gayle gave up looking for love when she left the big city for the mountains in North Pennsylvania. She finds it ironic that once she settles into her new home she meets two of the sexiest men she’s ever seen. Men she could love. She’d been with more handsome men when she’d been a plus-sized model, but these two have a sex appeal she can’t resist — until she stumbles upon them making love in their backyard. Deciding the only way to get over them is to hide from them, she does just that. She gets away with it too, until the men decide enough is enough and they come to visit.

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Excerpt:

Big, Blooming & Wild!: Suffering Sassafras
Michelle Hasker
All rights reserved.
Copyright ?2008 Michelle Hasker

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Gayle growled and stomped over to the sink. Here she was, yet again, contemplating walking over to the neighbors. Not just any neighbors, but two of the most fine specimens of men she’d ever seen. And she’d seen a lot of them. Hell, she’d done several. A grin spread across her face and she welcomed it as she started to wash dishes. Anything to take her mind off the Yummy Brothers.

The Yummy Brothers.

Han and Luke — they’d never told her their real names — were so hot she had to concentrate not to pant in their faces when they came around to visit. She really wished they’d come around and ask her to join them in a m?nage.

Catching the two of them making love in their gazebo had been hotter than she’d ever thought possible. Ever since that incident, she’d been imagining herself there with them, in between the two men, receiving all of their lusty attention.

Images of the two men flashed through her mind. She imagined Luke leaning back against the railing while Luke knelt in front of him, taking his cock deep in his throat. The sounds Han would make as Luke brought him closer to release still echoed in her ears. It also made her so wet and horny she wanted to go right back to bed and relieve her frustration.

Maybe that wasn’t a bad idea at all.

Ignoring the pile of dirty dishes, which was becoming easier and easier every day, she left the kitchen, cut through the living room and followed the hallway to her bedroom. She closed the door and made sure all her curtains were closed. Once the room was as dark as possible, she discarded her clothes and climbed onto the bed. Now it would be easier to pretend Han and Luke were here with her.

She relaxed on the bed, imagining two warm bodies hugging her sides. They would run their hands all over her body. First they’d play with her breasts, each massaging one as they licked and nibbled on her nipples.

Gayle cupped her breasts and squeezed them, teasing her nipples into hard peaks before she slid one hand down her stomach to her mons.

Of course the guys wouldn’t be content with just her breasts. Gayle rolled over and fumbled in her nightstand drawer. She pulled out Jumbo, her favorite vibrator. It was long and thick, the way she liked her men.

She slid her hand up and down the life-like dick, over the contours that felt and looked like veins. She rubbed her fingers over the tip of the dildo and wondered if Han would let her take Luke’s place, on her knees, giving him head like there was no tomorrow.

Jumbo was her favorite toy. And then Double Trouble, the dildo designed for double penetration. Though she’d almost reached for that one, Jumbo had balls inside to make it undulate. It was one of the reasons this was her preferred toy.

Gayle was wet enough that she didn’t need any lube, but she grabbed the bottle anyway. She squirted some on her hand and caressed it onto the vibrator as she wondered how the men would compare. In her fantasy they would both be here in this room. Both touching her and pleasuring her with their mouths and cocks until she passed out with exhaustion and satisfaction.

She slid her slick fingers down to her clit and played with the taut bud, rubbing it and pinching it as she imagined Han down there. He would lick her pussy until she came, and then Luke would push him aside so he could have a turn.

The thought of the two of them eager for her pussy was so arousing she pinched her clit hard and almost came. Damn. She wanted them something fierce.

Arms, legs, warm flesh pressing against your face. Mmm, soft, damp with sweat, a nipple touching your lips. The scent of sex, man–woman, does it matter when you’re so turned on you can’t catch a breath and your hands tremble enough to scramble an egg… in the shell?

M?nage: more than two, right? Three in a bed–two men, three, maybe two woman and a man–that’s every man’s fantasy right? But, can he handle it? Does he care? Coming so fast the women are left to their own devices. Someone’s got to be bisexual, one hopes. And while he lays there, erection gone, ego possibly deflated, he watches, transfixed as the women he covets more than life itself, pleasure each other. Yes, a man’s fantasy. You see, while these two entangle each other in their webs, suckle and diddle each other to distraction, he’s earnestly urging his cock to awaken.

Too close to reality? Possibly. Erection malfunction happens. Jealousy, uncertainty, one partner wants while the other flees terrified of what ‘everyone will think of my nude body’. Yet, m?nage and more is the inner most fantasy of millions of us. The perfect entrance made by the most luscious fem or man while you lay there, waiting for them to ‘do you’. That’s the fantasy, yes?

That can happen too. A little planning, a lot of talking and an evening of trust can lead you and your lover to the most amazing time of your lives. Maybe even more than one. Swoon!

Ever been out with your love and seen someone who you’d do in a heartbeat? Do you tell your love? Talk about it? Make plans? That’s how it begins. Learning what you like, what you want. What you’d like to do before you die. That list, remember that list of things you couldn’t bear to die before you’ve done them all? We all have them. Some of us are brave enough to go after the experiences we want.

Walk up to that fellow and leaning down, baring just that little bit of cleavage, or a lot, when you whisper into his ear, “Do you want me?”

He’s shocked, at first. Not sure he actually heard those words, but there’s a stirring in his slacks. He turns and looks into your eyes. His whispering reply takes your breath, “Yes, I want you. Come with me.”

And of course you do, you follow him and the breath you thought gone returns and you gasp. Your love follows you, his body pressed firmly against yours as you cross the floor. Imagine being sandwiched between them. Naked flesh against naked flesh, limbs entwined, goose flesh racing.

A woman’s fantasy is to have two men servicing her. Why not? There are also bisexual men and women who yearn for the touch of the opposite sex. A recent release of mine has a slightly different take on this m?nage story. Two males, mated cougar changelings, crave the company of a woman. They need a mate, someone who will give them kits as well as cherish them and the clan they belong to.

Here’s a taste of Feral Heat, a book co-authored by myself and Jamie Hill — the first in a trilogy of books about changeling tribes of cougar, bear and wolf.

Feral Heat

Book #1 in the Untamed Heart Trilogy

Jude Mason and Jamie Hill

Publisher: Total E-Bound

URL: http://www.total-e-bound.com/

Contents: Paranormal/ Shapeshifter/ M?nage/ MMF

Buy Link
http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?s=o3f2w6558676&strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=362

Blurb:

The female’s scent is highly arousing, even to a cougar closely mated to his male partner. But Kai is no ordinary cougar. He’s a changeling, sometimes a highly sexed human, and sometimes an even friskier cat. He mounts the seductive Sable, unaware of her mission and exactly what he’s preparing to lose.

The talisman amulet has kept the cougar clan at peace for generations. When it’s stolen Kai and his mate, the handsome Aric, set out on a journey to recover it. Meeting treachery and deception at every turn, the duo are forced to battle not only for the peace of the cougar clans, but for their very survival, and the life of their newfound love, Sable.

Excerpt:

Aric woke him midway through the night, and the men changed places. Kai leaned against the rock and peered outside while his sexy blond stud lay curled up next to Sable’s warm body.

He kept watch, but nothing happened. Time crawled.

The first shards of morning light reached into the cave. Kai sat silently, studying the two handsome, slumbering forms. Aric rolled over in his sleep, pressing his morning erection against Sable’s arse. She woke, seemed to get her bearings and reached back to grip the staff poking her. Staring at Kai, her eyes never leaving his, she carefully turned and bent forward, taking Aric’s manhood into her mouth.

Stroking his own erection, Kai watched Sable lick and suck Aric’s. She brought the half-slumbering cock to full attention, her tongue laving every bit of the silken shaft. Kai groaned as her hands fondled Aric’s heavy ball sac, milking the orbs with her smooth caresses. He wanted those hands to be his, those lips to be his. He knew best how to please his golden stud, and he rejoiced in that knowledge. His heart beat faster as thoughts of past encounters flashed through his mind. Desperately he pushed them aside and focused on the here and now.

A drop of pre-cum oozed from the slit in Kai’s bulbous cock head. He stroked a finger over the juice and lubricated his pulsing crown. It wouldn’t take much for him to shoot, watching the beautiful vixen with his blond lover.

Her full breasts bobbed with each movement of her head. Her luscious lips slid up and down over Aric’s turgid erection with an ease that fired him. The shaft disappeared as she swallowed, then glistened in the morning light when she came up for air.

Aric awakened and apparently only then realised what was happening. He ran a hand through Sable’s tousled hair, caressing her cheek before pressing her face to his groin firmly. With a few more strokes his cock erupted.

Sable swallowed the offering, sucking his shaft to get every last drop. She licked him clean neatly with her tongue and left him lounging in a pleasant stupor.

Rising to her hands and knees, she presented her arse to Kai. She glanced over her shoulder, a smouldering look in her eyes.

Thoughts reeling, his heart reached out to her as he lunged forward, sinking his tongue into her damp pussy. Given a choice, he’d have happily spent hours with his face buried there. Unfortunately time was not on their side.

They needed to leave the cave as soon as possible. They’d already lingered longer than they should have, but Kai knew they’d been safe while the rainstorm pelted them. The morning sky was clear, a perfect day to hunt. If Dagen was as smart as he thought he was, he’d know that too.

Kai rose up, thrusting his needy cock into Sable’s pussy.

She gasped, her head snapping backwards.

“I want more time with you. Both of us do.” he murmured, pounding her. “The cave isn’t safe any longer. We need somewhere, a place to be together, the three of us.” He wanted to add something else, but there just wasn’t enough time to organise his thoughts.

“I’ll put out the fire.” Aric sprang to his feet and kicked dirt into the flames to douse them.

“And I’ll put out this fire,” Kai muttered through gritted teeth. “Your cunt sheathes me like a silken glove. It gives me great pleasure, like no female pussy ever has.”

“More time, Kai, yes.” Sable lowered her head and lifted her arse higher. “But fuck me now.” And in a much softer, nearly unheard voice, said, “I think I love you.”

“I will,” he gasped in return. “I do.” He thrust forward solidly and gripped her hips. Shuddering, he exploded. His balls emptied into her smooth channel. Clutching her firmly, Kai held her arse tight to his belly and ground out the remnants of his release. As if from a distance, he heard Sable’s shrieks of ecstasy as his own ears roared with his glorious climax.

“By the gods,” Aric hissed. “Every animal in the forest heard that racket.”

Sable remained on hands and knees, crawling away as Kai withdrew.

If I got your interest up, the book is for sale at Total E-Bound publishing house, along with Book 2, Bear Combustion and being released on April 13^th, Book 3, Wolfen Choice.

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A few years back, I was hesitant to read or write menage. I always loved a one-on-one relationship and didn’t think I could get into a story about three partners. After reading menage and trying my hand at writing one, I found out what I’d been missing. I love the complexity of the romantic relationship between three characters who aren’t just together for sex, but also because they love each other.

Like characters in a one-on-one romance, their personalities need to fit together for the story to be believable. Sometimes it can be tricky to build the relationship without having one character seeming left out, but if their personalities are right for each other, they’ll work it out for themselves.

I’ve found that each partner takes on a different role that keeps their family together. Though all three love each other, usually one stands out as the “sex god,” or the guy or lady the other two can’t ever seem to resist. In my most recent menage story, Menage a Tasia, that character is Drago. He’s very dominant and though he adores his mates, he also has a strong independent streak. He’s their protector, though that’s not to say they haven’t done their share of protecting him in return. In this particular book the role of mediator falls to the female, Tasia. She’s the most well-adjusted of the three and has the least emotional baggage. Tasia knows when her guys need a reality check and she doesn’t hesitate to tell them. She also realizes when they need emotional support and she’s the one who binds them together. The character both Tasia and Drago love deeply is Staff. He’s the slow burn, the one who takes a little longer to surrender, but once he does there is nothing he won’t do for his mates. He’s the one who signifies the roots of their family, setting the standards for trust and still loving deeply even after being hurt.

In my vampire/shapeshifter menage, Carnal Obsession, the male characters don’t have a sexual relationship, but the love and respect is still there between all three. In this story, the roles are shifted around. Ceres is the sex goddess, keeping both her males entranced. Pascal is the mediator, coaxing his stubborn partners into admitting how they feel about each other, and Noble is the crux of the family, the one with the strong code of honor.

The characters always have different personalities and sometimes the roles change in each story, for instance in my vampire menage, The Masters: Samson, the ancient vampire, Sampson, is the remote sex god and Jendaya is the mediator. Cortez is the comic relief, the guy who arouses his partners’ tempers and amusement as much as their desire. No matter what their roles or personalities, the characters in menage find a way to blend and work out a loving relationship, in and out of the bedroom.

Writing menage has been challenging and a lot of fun. Since my first menage, Carnal Surrender, I’ve written thirteen in total and have a new menage series, Naughty Nights, scheduled for release by Changeling Press in late 2009. As a reader and a writer, menage has become one of my favorite types of erotic romance. It might not be for everyone, but if you’ve never tried it give it a chance. I’m really glad I did.

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There is nothing hotter than a well-written romance featuring a m?nage a trois. When it comes to erotic romances featuring threesomes, a reader will find lots of combinations available for their reading pleasure. I think author, Dawn Halliday does a great job of describing the possibilities when it comes to multi-partner love.

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For me, the attraction of writing a threesome story is in exploring the dynamics of three people as they become a tight unit. My preference when reading a threesome story is for all three characters to have equal standing in the relationship rather than a couple adding a third or hooking up for a one time sexual experience. I like to think of a threesome as something permanent. This is the type of story I prefer to read and the type of story I gravitate to when I’m writing a threesome story. In other words, I tend to write a m/m/f story where there are two men and one woman and all three characters share the love. I enjoy this type of story because I feel there’s more equality between the three main characters if they are all fully involved in the romance.

Writing a m?nage a trois story is challenging. Let’s face it – two people in a relationship can be complicated. Adding an additional third person to the mix can be messy. Jealousy is sometimes an issue. Honesty is a requirement. Open communication is important. Adding an extra character, either male or female, to a relationship brings all sorts of extra emotions to the equation, a very attractive proposition for a writer, I think!

For that reason, most threesome stories are character rather than plot driven with the characters’ reactions driving the story. At the end of the story all three characters are changed.

My story LETICIA’S LOVERS is definitely character driven with the story focusing on the characters Leticia, Gavin and Charlie and their relationship, the jealousy and the building love as they work out where they fit in a viable relationship. However, the disease Leticia suffers from (the feline AIDs) also drives the story a little.

FRINGE BENEFITS is also a character driven story. Marie realizes she has fallen for both Shane and Kelvin. The casual friends with benefits deal they’ve had going isn’t working for her any more. Marie wants forever but she’s worried about rejection, about how Shane and Kelvin will react, and about how a relationship will work if there are three of them.

In Fringe Benefits Shane and Kelvin aren’t lovers, although they’re close friends and they talk about it. They’re not frightened to touch each other, and I leave readers with the impression the three will become lovers in the true sense in the near future. Hmm, I see a follow-up story hovering…

SEX, SPIES and SAPPHIRES is very much a plot driven story in that the characters remain the same throughout the story and react to the plot as it unfolds. Sarah, Flynn and Thomas are different. That’s all I’m saying about this story. You’ll have to read it to learn exactly how it’s different because I don’t want to give away too much.

The above stories are available at Ellora’s Cave

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Shelley Munro writes erotic romances for Ellora’s Cave and Samhain Publishing. She lives in New Zealand with her husband and a small bossy dog. You can visit her website at www.shelleymunro.com

Do you like romances featuring threesomes? What do you like/dislike about them? Which combinations do you prefer to read about?

The Problem with M?nages

I love m?nages.? I’m not alone in that.? Whenever I ask readers what their favorite types of stories are, inevitably, someone says “m?nage,” and everyone else agrees.? What’s the appeal?? Simple.? If one man is delicious, two or more men make a sensual smorgasbord.

I’ve always written M/F/M threesomes.? Other writers do other combinations, and they’re wonderful, too.? But, I’m selfish – I want both men concentrated on the woman and her pleasure.? You see, I always put myself into my heroine when I write, and I get the same wonderful sexual experiences she does.? Vicariously, of course, but I think you’ll get my drift.? As sexy as two men loving each other is, I prefer both of them totally devoted to making me a very happy lady.? That’s just personal preference.? Your mileage may vary.

For someone who’s been writing romance since 1990 and has been published since 1995, M/F/M initially created a bit of a problem.? As much as I love nice guy heroes, no one gets turned on by a wimp.? A good romance hero is not the kind of guy who’ll share his woman.? So, what could make him allow another man to pleasure his mate?

This was a sticky problem for me, and I tried various ways to get around it.? In the first M/F/M scene I ever wrote, the second man was actually an android the heroine had programmed to look and act exactly like the hero.? So, in this sense, the second man was also the hero.? But that was just one scene in an M/F story.

Next, I toyed with the idea that the two men were identical twins.? I thought that would make them identify with each other enough to allow them to share.? Plus, I gave them a reason they had to cooperate – the heroine needed the sperm from two men to conceive the heir to her throne.? My e-book from Changeling, Eria’s M?nage, was born.

Eria’s M?nage

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I gave the men personalities the exact opposite of each other.? Tad was the cool, calculating intellectual, and Brath was the near-Brute.? In fact, Brath hardly ever spoke in more than monosyllables and grunts.? But, that gave me something else that was a lot of fun.? They could pretend to be each other, and so my heroine could never be sure which man was doing what to her.

I followed that theme with a contemporary short that will be out from Harlequin Spice Briefs this year.? It involved two hunky men, one long, pitch-dark train tunnel and one very lucky woman.? But, again in the total lack of light, my heroine couldn’t be sure which man’s hands were where on her body and which man’s mouth was doing other wonderful things to her.

Menage on a Train

Other m?nage stories involved two men making love to the heroine, but neither were her eventual lover.? The guys were just doing their jobs, and doing them very well, indeed.? In Demons R Us, my heroine conjures a demon to get her ex-husband and his lover out of her house.? Instead of one demon two devilish men appear.? In payment, they don’t want her soul.? They want her body.? These guys even have wings, and one scene gives new meaning to “fly united.”? When they’ve done their work, though, they return to the underworld, and my heroine finds someone human who’s also devilishly handsome.

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Elfin Delights shares a similar theme.? This time, the two guys are elves who’ve been sent to the human realm to find the missing elf queen.? They put my heroine through several sexual tests, and when she passes with flying colors, she gets her reward in the form of the incredibly sexy elf king.? It’s kind of a reverse role Sleeping Beauty.

Elfin Delights

Finally, I bit the bullet and decided to write a historical erotic romance where the hero made the conscious decision to share his woman.? I really, really wanted to be in an up-coming series of stories from Red Sage that told about the travels of a man named Trey across space and time, helping human couples find their happy endings.? I created Edward and Margaret Sinclair as the Victorian couple he’d join.? Edward and Margaret are deeply in love, but in that repressive time, neither of them was taught how to enjoy the marriage bed.? As a result, she’s shy, and he’s clumsy.? Not a good situation to create marital bliss.? Edward makes a huge sacrifice for his wife’s happiness – he allows a stranger named Treveylan to initiate Margaret into sexual pleasure.? And, he watches so he can learn how to satisfy his wife himself.? This story should be out later this year.

And then, one day, I just said, “Aw, what the hell?” and created a man from out of this world to join a married couple who haven’t been having much intimacy.? His name is It, and he comes from another world.? He’s green, and he can shapeshift into all sorts of human shapes.? He can even be part woman and part man and make both lovers happy at once.? The story is called Sexation.

Sexation

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So, you see, the problem of m?nages leads to a lot of different permutations and combinations.? All of them creative and lots and lots of fun.? And all of that fun is for me.

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Sure, Twister is fun. But can you describe a game of Twister, play by play? Even more critically, can you infuse your description with emotional depth and searing sexual tension? If you answer yes, then you are officially qualified to write m?nages – a trios, quatre, cinq, etc. Chuckle.

While I’ve only written one book that was intended to have m?nage play throughout, m?nages have a way of creeping up on me and making hit and run appearances to elevate the action and emotional stakes between two main characters.

In Beloved Vampire (release date August 2009), my vampire hero, Lord Mason, has two third marked servants, a husband and wife, Enrique and Amara. He chose them that way so he could remain emotionally distant, but in one particular m?nage scene, he shows our heroine, Jessica, who has hidden to watch, the level of intimacy that can be shared in a way she’s only known through a brutal vampire master:

When the vampire settled back on the divan, Enrique slid his arm under Amara so they came up together in a supple movement. Amara began the shimmy and Enrique turned with her, moving in behind her body to adopt a similar movement, synchronizing the masculine and feminine forms of the dance, the spins coordinated as if they were inside one another’s mind. Perhaps, with their link to Mason, and their love for one another, they were. Amara twisted between the two men, rubbing up against her husband, then spinning to her knees to Mason for a caress and another mouthful of food. Back to the feet of her husband to press her lips in fervent adoration against his thigh, before coming back to her feet so she danced once more for Mason.

And then, later in the same scene…

She’d been shared by Raithe before. But this was different, Jess couldn’t deny it, no matter how she wanted to do so. Enrique bent, licked Amara’s nipples between the vampire’s fingers, then took Mason’s fingers into his mouth as well. Mason caressed the man’s nape with a free hand and then dropped it along his back. Enrique’s loose pants were slit on the side all the way to the hip, open to the creature to whom they were both bound. Mason’s hand slid into that side opening and tightened on one muscular cheek. As he did, Amara put her hands behind her back, tugged open the tie holding Mason’s tunic closed. Then she raised her arms, slid them around Mason’s neck to lift herself.

This scene intended to open Jessica’s mind further to the way a vampire could pleasure her, without causing her harm. While Amara and Enrique are loved by Mason, it is not the love he will of course eventually share with Jessica alone.

Even in the menage book I wrote (Holding the Cards) I didn’t intend for the relationship to be permanent between all three of them. Lauren was a damaged Mistress who falls hard for the brooding submissive Josh, and through the strategy of his closest friend Marcus (who is gay), a game of dominance and submission is launched between the three for one weekend on an island populated only by them. It was always intended that the happily ever after be between Josh and Lauren, with Marcus’s full blessing:

“A six of diamonds,” Lauren held it up for Marcus’s inspection.? “Josh,” she pulled another card from the deck, “has drawn a five of spades.”

Marcus studied her face a moment, then leaned forward and drew off the other side.? “A two of hearts.? The lady wins.”

“So what does that mean?” Lauren asked, feeling Josh turn toward her.

“The rules say you may ask anything of us, Lauren,” Marcus’s eyes met hers, steady, “and we will obey.”

As a Dom himself, Marcus obviously knew what words would cause the knees to go weak, a rush of liquid arousal between the thighs.? Lauren drew in a breath.

A part of her was tight like a clenched fist, remembering the past, and how those games had turned out.? Another part of her was curious, hoping for something.? Hoping that even a modicum of what Marcus said might be true, that maybe strangers could succeed in achieving intimacy, in the right environment, where lovers had failed.

Those familiar with my work know I don’t really deal in the world of “Don’t, stop, I’ve never done this before.” Not that my characters are overwhelmingly sexually experienced. It’s more that they’re open to the transforming and healing power of emotionally driven sexual expression. That expression may morph into a permanent relationship, or simply be a temporary meeting of minds and bodies for an intense, life changing experience.

For instance, in A Vampire’s Claim, my Australian bushman Dev is about as straight as a male can get, but this m?nage focuses on trust and surrender:

A pair of male hands had steadied him from behind when Daniela stopped the bucking of the chains. Now Dev stiffened as he realized they were not Thomas’s hands. Alistair’s capable, strong palms moved over the welts, digging in a little as his melodious voice offered a sensuous, low chuckle. “It hurts, but he likes it, too, Lady D. It’s almost fate, the way those that like the pain sometimes drop in our laps. I’m just sorry I didn’t find him first.”

*Don’t let him touch me. I don’t…I don’t have any interest in men.*

*I know you don’t.* Her voice purred in his mind. *But I want to see him touch you. It gives me pleasure. One handsome man caressing another. Will you surrender to my pleasure, let it become your own? Feel it, take it for yourself?

Again, this was one scene in a book that focused the intensity between two characters alone. However, I’m facing a unique situation now. Unless the muse changes her mind, I’m about to write my first official m?nage love story – where more than two characters will fall in love and have an HEA with one another. And that is the challenge, isn’t it? In our real lives, we know that coordinating a lasting relationship between two people is nothing short of a miracle. So exploring that between more than two is a challenge. Some of my readers have already met the main character of this next book, which will be part of the Vampire Queen series. His name is Gideon, a soul-scarred vampire hunter who appeared as Jacob’s brother in Mark of the Vampire Queen. In fact, there was a m?nage scene in that book, where Lyssa, Jacob’s vampire mistress, decides to share the brothers:

He couldn’t know what Gideon was thinking. Jacob wasn’t sure if that was a place he wanted to go anyhow. Something hard to define was pumping through his own blood. This was the woman he loved, that he considered his, even though he knew his possessiveness amused or irritated her by turns. Over the past few weeks, she’d offered his body to others. Commanded him to submit. Taught him that pleasure could be found in surrendering to her will. During those times, he’d found he needed her touch, her command as a compass to find that pleasure. So now the tables were turned. She intended to seduce his brother, perhaps only for the reasons she’d stated. But to immerse them all in the flood, she needed Jacob’s ability to arouse her. That admission, so simply offered with those words – *Come to me, Jacob. I need to feel your touch* – had him torn between an intense, emotional reaction to the revelation, and a close-to-the-edge, violent response at the thought she intended him to share her with another man. His own brother.

Initially, I intended for Gideon to have a sweet heroine in his own book. She’d be in trouble and in need, perfect for his high level testosterone, major-bad-boy-with-a-dark-hurting-side personality. But my muse turned her nose up at that idea. She thinks Gideon needs a firm hand, someone to break him down, and she doesn’t think it should be one person, but two. A male vampire, and his female servant, who just also happens to be a Mistress at her upscale BDSM club, though she submits to the vampire.? Sometimes I wonder if my muse plays that story game – you know, the kind where you throw ten different characters, plots and outcomes into a hat and choose them randomly? I think she does it just to screw with me, because I’m left holding those three pieces going, “You’ve got to be kidding!” But she’s usually right, and, sure enough, the idea is taking hold of my imagination in a firm grip.

To me, a love story is only limited by the characters themselves. Is an enduring, romantic love possible between more than two people? Sure. Love makes just about anything possible. But as I said, it would be challenging, and I expect it would take a tremendous amount of work. But, the good news is, when it’s the world of romance fiction, a happily-ever-after is guaranteed.

Joey W. Hill is author of twenty paranormal and contemporary erotic romances for Berkley Sensation, Berkley Heat and Ellora’s Cave. Her latest, A Vampire’s Claim, continues the national bestselling and award winning Vampire Queen series. Free excerpts and information on all her work can be found at www.storywitch.com

A m?nage a trois by any other name…

It’s the stuff of fantasies for many, a lifestyle for a few, and a deep commitment for even less, but what is really in a name?

M?nage a trois: French, literally, household for three.? It appears such a melodic phrase, doesn’t it? But oh what a tortured history it weaves. Modern interpretation is as ‘threesome’, a sex act, but in fact it is oh so much more.

While of course, the concept of a household of three is longstanding; they are by no means peaceful, nor as simple as ‘just sex’ if history is anything to go by (sex, simple? Lol). Take Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire from approx. the Regency period as an example. She was usurped in her husbands affections by her best friend, and until the day she died was tied into an unhappy marriage and forced to cohabitate with her husband and his much preferred mistress. In opposition to that, by all appearances–even though her life was not at all easy–Lady Emma Hamilton of the same era lived with both her husband and her lover Lord Nelson in apparent harmony until the men’s deaths, only to later die in penury.

Fairly tragic indeed, I must say, but if we fast-forward to today, has it changed much? In essence, I think not much, yet in a wider scale, immensely so. In an age where our sexualities are much more open, people find it easier to embrace some of the sexual opportunities of a threesome–or at least their fantasies of a m?nage a trois. But the actuality of living the lifestyle, I don’t know that it’s any easier, but…well, that’s a post for another day.

But what about those late-night-get-you-off fantasies? Because to be sure, a threesome is not a m?nage a trois, but m?nage a trois is much like polyamory (loving more than one/ responsible non-manogamy)–which is not to be confused with polygamy.

Confused? Let me explain.

No doubt you’ve seen amongst the erotic romance publishers the terms mmf/mfm/fmf or even ffm, they’re all m?nage, right? Well indeed, if you’ve got this far, you’ve no doubt figured where I’m going with this–these things are indeed not all like the other. While, indeed they are all an indicator of multiple partner sex in between the covers, it’s not a be all and end all of what’s in the book.

For example: In my first book, Persuading Jo (mmf), two bisexual men have long been keen on their best girl, but not just for some one off sex games, but as an intricate part of their lives. An expansion on the wife, two kids and picket fences deal if you like–only in this scenario there are two husbands and a wife… At the end of the day, these three people are going to spend their lives together as one family unit– m?nage a trois at it’s most literal, and polyamorous, the situation of loving more than one.

Now in total opposition to that in Par 3 (mfm), a husband and wife are both separately wondering if their marriage has run its course, while at the same time hoping it hasn’t.

It’s the outrageous suggestion by a friend of a threesome to kick-start their waning sex life that’s at the heart of this story. In this instance, I class this story as a threesome. I also put Curious Intimacies in this group too, even though it comes with the mmf classification. My main reason–because at the end of the day it’s just all about the sex between the three. There’s plenty of love, of course, between our main couple (in these two cases m/f), and much affection between them and their third, but that’s where it ends. It’s arousing and daring and outrageous, but fleeting…at least as far as the sex goes, anyway; it’s an experience, not at all a lifestyle. (but oh man, what an experience!)

But that’s not to say all mfm books are threesomes. Witch Vamp Were? is a case in point. The trio of Witch, Vampire and Were end up in a committed polyamorous relationship, but rather than a sexual circle where the sexual loving goes in all directions, it’s a little more linear with the heroine being in the center receiving love from both ends. The ends don’t touch…well, that’s the theory, anyway. Sometimes I wonder if I might let that line might get a little wiggly.

At the end of the day, what does this mean to you, the reader? Well, what it does mean is that you get your fantasies fulfilled either way. Whether it’s a sexy, naughty one off encounter that you and your lover have with a stranger (or indeed a close friend), or a story about sexual fluidity that allows you to vicariously live loving more than just one partner, we m?nage authors have got you covered.

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