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Saturday, April 2, 2016

she has other ideas - I Wish I'd Never Met You by Tanith Davenport

Afraid to come out, Elodie chose to destroy her relationship with Flick rather than let her family know who she was. But now she wants to right the wrong she did—if she can only find the nerve, and if she can convince Flick to see past the pain she caused.

Description: 

Published: February 23rd, 2016
Cover Artist: Posh Gosh

Flick Lindenwood, fresh from college, has returned home to the suburban haven of Green Valley, back to society…and the source of her heartbreak. Four years ago Elodie Hamilton savagely broke her heart, and Flick has no intention of letting her pretty ex get back under her skin. As far as she’s concerned, she and Elodie never happened.

But Elodie has other ideas.

Afraid to come out, Elodie chose to destroy her relationship with Flick rather than let her family know who she was. But now she wants to right the wrong she did—if she can only find the nerve, and if she can convince Flick to see past the pain she caused.

GUEST POST
Reasons to Read Erotic Romance 

I have a confession to make. When I first began writing erotic romance, I hardly ever read it. I was a product of the online slash fiction market, getting my training from seeing the widely differing quality of writing that was up on Livejournal - all the tricks that worked alongside the ones that made the writing clang in your head. 

I'm not sure why I didn't read it. Possibly I had an image in my head that many people do, that of the books at the back of the shop that everyone's thumbed through and not bought. I still get people dismissing erotic romance as nothing but "smut". And you know what? They're wrong. 

It's true, we read erotic romance to enjoy the sex scenes, but that's only one of the reasons I read it. I'm not ashamed to admit I like a good erotic scene. Why not? Like any other genre, good writing is good writing and draws in the reader. A good sex scene can be sensual, emotional, intense; it's underpinned with meaning and moves the plot along. 

But I also find, for me, that erotic romance tends to have a more satisfying romantic arc. I get impatient with some romance novels for keeping the central couple apart. They don't get together until the very end. In erotic romance, while there may not be a Happy Ever After until the end, the couple (or more, if it's menage) get involved much earlier on and build a relationship gradually, with the reader urging them on. I read one romance where I couldn't even tell who the heroine was supposed to end up with until three pages before the end, and then next thing they were engaged. Didn't work for me. 

And best of all for me, erotic romance can cover any genre. Cowboys? Historical? Sci-fi? There's something for everyone. As a writer it gives me all sorts of opportunities; as a reader, there's so much to choose from. Everyone's happy. 
So I now love to read erotic romance. And let's face it, it's worth it.

About the author:
Tanith Davenport began writing erotica at the age of 27 by way of the Romantic Novelists' Association New Writers' Scheme. Her debut novel "The Hand He Dealt" was released by Total-e-Bound in June 2011 and was shortlisted for the Joan Hessayon Award for 2012. 

Tanith has had short stories published by Naughty Nights Press and House of Erotica. She loves to travel and dreams of one day taking a driving tour of the United States, preferably in a classic 1950s pink Cadillac Eldorado. 

Tanith's idea of heaven is an Indian head massage with a Mojito at her side. 

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3 comments:

Beppe DM said...

Thanks for the giveaway!!!

Unknown said...

This should be a great read

kim hansen said...

Sounds like a good read.