Nothing satisfies Lilly. Not even working at The Dungeon BDSM Club as a bondage slave for hire. A slave looking for her true master. None have fit the bill so far. Until Terry. He spins her craving to fever pitch. And she might just fall in love with him, if she could only be his slave. Not just his. Julien and André's, too. His gorgeous Creole lovers. Because they are the perfect Masters. But also keepers of the Black Room. On Halloween, she'll discover just how bad and dangerous their pain-lust game can really be. Will she be able to fulfill their true needs? Or will she perish in the attempt?
“You’re free to go.”
Alone at last with Lilly, Terry spared her no glances. Simply
bent on his heels and pretended to be searching for something in his bag.
Not a word escaped her lips. Lilly picked up her purse and took
the first step toward the door.
“Of course, if you quit, I won’t take you back, like Kelso did
every time you returned crawling and groveling, which means you’ll never find
the Master you’ve been seeking all your life.” This time he snatched a brief
peek.
The utter shock painted on her face was an incomparable reward.
“And that would be a real pity.” He straightened, finally
acknowledging her. “For the Master, I mean.”
“How…” How the fuck can you possibly know? Lilly’s
body screamed to him. “How do you know?”
“‘Cause it’s written all over you.” A few quick strides and he
was on her. “For anyone bothering to read.” Close enough for his breath to play
on her face.
“Most people don’t.” She was gulping air, barely controlling the
arousal he felt uncoiling from the pit of her stomach and drenching her cunt.
“I’m not most people.” Same arousal that was shooting through
his veins and filling his dick faster than he anticipated. “Now, if you’ll
excuse me.” Same arousal that was forcing him to extreme measures to subdue his
unruly shaft.
“You’ve wasted enough of my time.” Were it up to his straining
erection, he’d have flung her to a wall and impaled that perky little ass of
hers.
“Tonight’s opening night.” Were it up to his straining erection,
he’d have lost himself inside that compelling body of hers.
But thank the stars, it wasn’t, or he’d have spoiled the perfect
Halloween slave.
“And I’ve got a show to run.” Exercising fiercer control, he
broke their contact. “So I gotta get ready for it.” Picking up his bag, he went
toward a door to the far right.
“No, wait.” She scrambled after him the second he took the first
step away from her. “I…”
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Insane but True Things About the Publishing Industry and Book Marketing
The publishing industry changes all the time, and it's often a constant battle
to keep up with it when it comes to marketing your books. As publishing has
evolved so has my approach to book marketing. Here are three insane but true
things about the publishing industry, and book marketing, and some solutions to
how to modify your writing and book marketing practices to get around them.
1. There are literally thousands of books being self-published to Amazon and
other platforms daily. The way to handle this from a marketing perspective is
to have a regular book marketing practice. The only way to compete with those
thousands of new authors is to keep your books in the limelight as far as your
target market goes as often as possible.
2. There are a lot of published books that are pure crap. That's right, people
that have no business publishing are now publishing. They're rewriting public
domain books, they're not taking the time to learn their craft, and they're
attempting to do everything themselves without proper research into, for
example how to make a good book cover, or how to edit a book. The only way to combat
this, is to make sure you have a good book cover, and that you have your books
professionally edited, or that you learn to edit and to find your own mistakes
in your writing.
3. Self-published authors are churning out a book or more a month, and then only
charging .99 per full length novel. This trend has made it difficult for
traditionally published authors to sell books, but the solution is not for
authors and publishers to lower the price of their own books, but rather to
step up their marketing and approach it from a quality -vs- quantity
perspective. Readers are willing to pay more for books that are well
written, while cranking out a book or more every month, and lowering your book
prices may seem like the solution in the end it only leads to burn out, and
lost fans because the books aren't well written, oh, and authors who quit
writing. By writing quality books and having a regular marketing routine that
includes your back list you have a much better chance of staying in the
publishing game for the long term.
I hope an understanding of these trends and this advice helps you to stay ahead
of the competition and sell more books!
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