Evernight Holiday Blog Hop

Welcome to the Evernight Holiday Blog Hop!
 

We love the holidays, we love making our readers happy and we love giving away swag. What better way to do that than to hold a blog hop?

Here's how it works... the more blogs you hop to (shown below) the more chance you have of winning prizes. Each site on the hop is offering a prize and Evernight is offering an iPad 2 as the grand prize! To be in with a chance of winning the site prize simply follow the blog you're visiting and leave a comment which includes your email address. Each entry on each blog is then counted towards the grand prize draw. The more entries you have, the better your chance of winning that iPad 2! You also get extra points for liking the Evernight Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/evernightpublishing. Just make sure you let us know in the comments that you've done so.
 
Happy hopping!

I happen to love Evernight's anthologies, and I'd like to highlight a couple of KINKY Christmas collections my work appears in.

Vanilla-Free Christmas ~ contains my MMF menage story "Three in a Tub:"

This Christmas, Cathy's elderly mother is coming to stay... and staying forever. Cathy's not delighted that her mother is moving in. How is she going to hide her romantic relationship with Jeremy, the young tenant in her basement suite? In preparation of her mother's arrival, Cathy brings in sexy Vance to install a new bathtub that will be easy for her mother to use. She never imagined Jeremy and Vance would team up to give her the gift of a lifetime!

And my story's only one of NINE in this 70,000-word anthology.

If you're interested, get your copy today from Evernight Publishing: http://www.evernightpublishing.com/vanilla-free-christmas/

Or All Romance: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-vanillafreechristmas-1011004-147.html

Vanilla-Free Christmas: Manlove Edition ~ contains my romantic comedy "Enough About Earl:"

This Christmas, good will isn’t all these sexy men are going to get…

Ménage loving and chance encounters will make the holidays merry and bright and hot enough to keep out the cold. From a romp in Santa’s candy house to a dinner party where chains and collars are required attire, Christmas for these naughty men is going to be anything but vanilla.

Be Warned: m/m sex, m/m/m ménage sex, BDSM, sex toys, rimming

~5 Author Kink Anthology~
Boughs of Love by Rebecca Brochu
Dressed for Dinner by Pelaam
Tied with a Bow by Nicola Cameron
Enough About Earl by Giselle Renarde
The Christmas Cookies by Troy Storm  

Even though this antho isn't all about the cutesy, "Enough About Earl" is actually kind of an adorable romantic comedy:

Cam is sick of hearing about Earl, Earl, Earl from his best friend Jodee. Jodee talks about this coworker so often Cam wonders if she's about to dump him for another gay BFF. When they arrive at her office Christmas party, he finally gets to meet this Earl he's heard so much about, and he's surprised that, actually, Earl's not to bad. Who'd have thought two rivals for Jodee's friendship would end up gettin' it on right there at the office party?

Vanilla-Free Christmas: Manlove Edition is now available from Evernight Publishing: http://www.evernightpublishing.com/vanilla-free-christmas-manlove-edition/

All Romance: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-vanillafreechristmasmanloveedition-1011107-145.html

You know what I just realized? I still have one e-copy each of two friends-to-lovers anthologies published by Evernight that I can give away.  One is Lover Unexpected: Manlove Edition, and the other is Lover Unexpected: Sappho Edition.  If you'd like to win one of these two collections, mention the title in your comment.

Happy Holidays!
Giselle Renarde

Festive Frenzy ~ Nobody Gets Lucky

Title: Nobody Gets Lucky

By Giselle Renarde

Genre: Mainstream Lesbian Fiction

Blurb:

When Justine brings Lucky home for Christmas, the family isn’t shy in expressing their dislike of the quirky, single mother. Even Grandma’s taking pot shots at Lucky all through dinner! Sure, Lucky’s tattoos and tight clothes make her an easy target in Mother’s prim and proper dining room, but there’s so much the family doesn’t understand about the woman Justine loves. When they do find out more about Lucky’s past, will they be willing to accept her at all, or will they be able to embrace Justine's new love?

Buy Link: http://store.untreedreads.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=238&products_id=270

Festive Frenzy ~ Christmas Stalking

Title: Christmas Stalking
Author: Selena Kitt
Genre: Romantic Suspense
 
Blurb:

Alone and on the run, Ginny is desperate to stay one step ahead of danger while still trying to protect her sister and her sister's boys. Forced from her home and holding the key to a horrible secret, Ginny is haunted by her memories and pursued by a man who will stop at nothing to regain his control over her. The appearance of a mysterious man in her time of greatest need forces Ginny to decide whether she will take the chance to trust this handsome stranger.

Buy Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004EYTA7M/ref=nosim?tag=wwwexcessicac-20&linkCode=sb1&camp=212353&creative=380549

Festive Frenzy ~ Red Satin Christmas

Title: Red Satin Christmas
Author: Giselle Renarde
Genre: Transgender Lesbian Erotic Romance

Blurb:

What fun would a family Christmas be if everybody got along?

This is a Christmas of firsts for girlfriends Regan and Maisie. Maisie hasn't returned to her hometown since beginning her transition from male to female. Her mother and sisters welcome her with open arms, but what about brother Jerry? Is he just going to ignore her forever? And who is this mystery woman he's brought home for the holidays?

Regan figures she's just along for the ride, lending her girlfriend support, until Maisie's mother surprises her with a special dinner guest. Regan hasn't spoken to her hard-drinking Cree father in years, and he's the last person in the world she wants to sit across from at Christmas dinner. Can Regan finally trust the man who's once again claimed to have changed for good?

Together, Regan and Maisie face drama beyond their wildest imaginings. Will their trials during this eventful family Christmas challenge their bond... or vanquish their limitations?

Buy Link: http://www.loveyoudivine.com/index.php?main_page=document_product_info&cPath=66&products_id=869&zenid=040fd7da815f21d89a78ba7c81d3626e

Festive Frenzy ~ A Gift for Adam

Title: A Gift for Adam
Author: Adriana Kraft

Genre: Erotic Romance

Blurb:

Home and Garden assistant manager Evie Strand has painstakingly embroidered a set of seven thongs as a gag gift for her best friend—only she brought the wrong box to the store Christmas party, and now Adam Grant from Automotive is holding them up for everyone to see: Kiss my..., Tight Fit—could things get any worse? Adam may seem like a total rake, but he can tell Evie’s deeply embarrassed and he resolves to make it up to her. Who knew where a simple dinner date would lead?

Buy Link: http://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-agiftforadam-15720-149.html

Holiday Affairs

How do you like this cover? *gorgeous*  It belongs to a new anthology from Mischief Books called (as you might have guessed) "Holiday Affairs."

Sexy holiday encounters. Original erotica from Giselle Renarde, Charlotte Stein, Kathleen Tudor and many more.
  
Candy struts into a campsite with one thing on her mind: misbehaviour with all six men at the fireside. 

One man’s fixation with airline stewardess’s leads to a layover he’ll never forget. 

On vacation in Las Vegas, a dissatisfied wife is bought a very BIG present by her husband.

I just want to mention that Mischief Anthologies are super-good value. Really great prices. And this one, which includes my 6-on-1 gang bang (WOW!), is available now:

Festive Frenzy ~ A Baumgartner Christmas

Title: A Baumgartner Christmas
Author: Selena Kitt
Genre: Menage
 

Blurb:

In spite of a brief experimentation early in their relationship, Doc and Carrie Baumgartner have since maintained a monogamous marriage without too much difficulty or even temptation--until now. A move far from home, coupled with new friends and long hours away from each other in classes or at work, have left the young Baumgartner couple on shaky ground. Doc believes bringing in someone "new" like they did early in their relationship might add just the spice their marriage needs, but Carrie isn't so sure about that plan. Doc has a surprise Christmas present for his wife anyway--but in an ironic twist, he discovers she has one for him as well, and each gift allows the Baumgartners to rediscover, in the true spirit of Christmas, an expansive love that includes not only their feelings for each other, but their ability to share that inclusive passion with others as well.

Buy Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006P5A644/ref=nosim?tag=wwwexcessicac-20&linkCode=sb1&camp=212353&creative=380549

Festive Frenzy ~ Vanilla-Free Christmas: Manlove Edition

If this title looks familiar, that's because "Vanilla-Free Christmas," published by Evernight Publishing, was just released yesterday.  Today, it's Manlove's turn: 5 kinky stories of Christmas gaiety.

Title: Vanilla-Free Christmas: Manlove Edition
Author: Various
Genre: BDSM, Kink, Gay

Blurb:

This Christmas, good will isn’t all these sexy men are going to get…

Ménage loving and chance encounters will make the holidays merry and bright and hot enough to keep out the cold. From a romp in Santa’s candy house to a dinner party where chains and collars are required attire, Christmas for these naughty men is going to be anything but vanilla.

Be Warned: m/m sex, m/m/m ménage sex, BDSM, sex toys, rimming

~5 Author Kink Anthology~
Boughs of Love by Rebecca Brochu
Dressed for Dinner by Pelaam
Tied with a Bow by Nicola Cameron
Enough About Earl by Giselle Renarde
The Christmas Cookies by Troy Storm  

Did you notice that I've got a story in there?  Even though this antho isn't all about the cutesy, "Enough About Earl" is actually kind of an adorable romantic comedy:

Cam is sick of hearing about Earl, Earl, Earl from his best friend Jodee. Jodee talks about this coworker so often Cam wonders if she's about to dump him for another gay BFF. When they arrive at her office Christmas party, he finally gets to meet this Earl he's heard so much about, and he's surprised that, actually, Earl's not to bad. Who'd have thought two rivals for Jodee's friendship would end up gettin' it on right there at the office party?

And an itty bitty excerpt:


“Sorry, I should have introduced you properly.” Jodee grabbed Cam’s hand and stuck it out to shake Earl’s. “Earl, Cam. Cam, Earl.”

“I’ve heard so much about you,” they both grumbled. And then, with surprised smiles, “Really?”

“Jodee talks about you non-stop around the office,” Earl said. “Every day it’s, ‘Cam did this, Cam thinks that.’ For the first few months I worked here, I thought you were her husband.”

Cam laughed. “You’re kidding. At home, it’s like, ‘Earl, Earl, Earl.’ Sometimes I just want to say, ‘My God! Enough about Earl!’ You know?”

“Oh, I know,” Earl said. “I’ve hated you for months, and we’d never even met!”

“I’ve hated you too!” Cam said, feeling at one with his mortal enemy.

“Jeeze, guys!” Jodee rolled her eyes. “Get a room.”

Vanilla-Free Christmas: Manlove Edition is now available from Evernight Publishing: http://www.evernightpublishing.com/vanilla-free-christmas-manlove-edition/

All Romance: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-vanillafreechristmasmanloveedition-1011107-145.html




Enjoy!
Giselle

Festive Frenzy ~ Santa's Boss

Title: Santa's Boss
Author: Adriana Kraft
Genre: erotic romance (menage)

Blurb:

Always authentic, Assistant Mall Manager Joy Danser insists that her mall Santas must have real beards so children can believe. But even she is unprepared for the very real Santa who visits her bed invisibly this Christmas season. Is she dreaming, or has she gone mad? Joy consults Sophia Nardiz, manager of the Magical Gypsy shop at her mall. Sophia reads her palm and gives her a cryptic message: Joy is at a crossroads, and she must trust her intuition.

Owner of the Magical Gypsy chain and a true Gypsy himself, Nick Polaris is thrilled to play Joy’s Santa, in the mall and in her bed, but he knows it’s only a lark. For true love, he’ll need someone with Gypsy blood. Must he renounce the Scottish redhead he enjoys so much?

Buy Link: http://www.extasybooks.com/santas-boss-7/

Oh, I Forgot to Mention... (about this MMF Christmas cougar story)

...a lot of stuff, actually.

In my last post, I kicked off this year's Festive Frenzy with a promo for a new BDSM anthology called Vanilla-Free Christmas.  This collection from Evernight Publishing JUST hit the market today, and there are about a thousand things I wanted to say about it... and then didn't.

So I'm back, to say all the things I didn't say.

First off, as the title suggests, Vanilla-Free Christmas is a collection of stories that are kinkier than your a-ver-age holiday fare.  My story is MMF menage about a cougar landlady, the young guy who lives in her basement apartment, and a bathtub installer.  The story is called "Three in a Tub." (as in, "Rub-a-dub-dub"... although, I guess that would be "Three MEN in a tub"... anyway...)

I got the idea for Three in a Tub while watching commercials late at night on CBC television.  I guess they anticipate everybody watching in the wee hours of the morning to be elderly insomniacs, because so many of the commercials are for things like the Acorn Stairlift.  My initial thought was to write a story about a woman preparing her home for her elderly mother to move in, and falling for the Stairlift installer.

Then I saw a commercial for those bathtubs... I forget what they're called... "walk-in tubs" maybe?  Something like that.  It's another product intended for the elderly and/or people with mobility problems.   The tubs are high and they have a door, so you can sit down on a bench and have a bath.  Anyway, I'm not trying to sell you one, it was just the inspiration for this story.

Here's the blurb:

This Christmas, Cathy's elderly mother is coming to stay... and staying forever. Cathy's not delighted that her mother is moving in. How is she going to hide her romantic relationship with Jeremy, the young tenant in her basement suite? In preparation of her mother's arrival, Cathy brings in sexy Vance to install a new bathtub that will be easy for her mother to use. She never imagined Jeremy and Vance would team up to give her the gift of a lifetime!

*bow-chicka-wow-wow*

You know what? Let's have an excerpt from Three in a Tub:


“So, how long is this installation going to take?” Jeremy asked, puffing out his chest like a peacock.

“I’ll be done by five,” Vance said. “Just like I told your landlord.”

Cathy shook her head as the kettle burbled and clicked off behind her. “Anybody care for some tea?”

“Is it going to be noisy?” Jeremy asked, taking one step closer to Vance.

“There will be some noise involved, yes.”

“Dust?”

“No, not much dust.”

“But noise?”

“Yes, noise.”

These men were ridiculous.

“Well, we don’t want to keep you from your work,” Jeremy said, and then grabbed Cathy’s hand. “We’ll be in the basement if you need anything. So long.”

Cathy caught a glimmer of jealousy in Vance’s eyes as Jeremy dragged her down into his suite. She wanted to be upset with him, but she was strangely amused by his guard-dog demeanor.

“Jeremy!” she said, trying not to laugh. “You brat! That man’s going to think we’re down here doing…”

“Doing what?” Jeremy pulled her into his subterranean bedroom and swept off his robe.

He was naked underneath, as usual, and he wrapped his fist around his hard cock, pumping it slowly while she watched. “Doing this?”

Cathy reached out to touch it, and he swept her into a hot kiss. She loved the slick sensation of his precum on her fingers. Making love with a man twenty-five years her junior was like falling into a time warp. She was young every time they fucked. He made her young again.

Releasing their kiss, Jeremy unbuttoned her cardigan and tore it off. “You know what I want?”

Bang, bang, bang! Vance was working away up there, making all the noise he’d promised them. Jeremy fought back by turning on his radio. Classic rock. Something they could always agree on.

“You know what I want?” Jeremy asked again.

She grinned while he undid her khakis and pushed them down. “What do you want, Jeremy?”

“This.” Thrusting his hand beneath her panties, he cupped her mound and squeezed. “I want your pussy, Cath.”

His breath was so hot on her ear she nearly fainted as he tore off her camisole.

“Nobody’s ever talked to me the way you do,” she told him.

“You’re no withering flower,” he said, rubbing her clit. “You can take it.”

He always did that, always came on too strong. Not the words—Cathy loved his filthy mouth—but the touching. She pulled back and said, “Lube…”

But Jeremy had a better idea. He tore off her panties and tossed her on the bed like a sack of flour. It made her laugh, the way he manhandled her, because he wouldn’t do it if he thought of her as a frail old woman. It was nice to be treated with respect, especially when respect came with a side order of hot sex.

***

So, there you go.  An excerpt from "Three in a Tub." And my story's only one of NINE in this 70,000-word anthology.

If you're interested, get your copy today from Evernight Publishing: http://www.evernightpublishing.com/vanilla-free-christmas/

Or All Romance: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-vanillafreechristmas-1011004-147.html

Coming soon to the other places. :-)

Enjoy!
Giselle