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Me and She and Florence + the Machine

I'm just sitting here listening to the new Florence + the Machine album. I didn't even realize there was a new Florence + the Machine album until I signed in to my hoopla account looking for something else.

They've been playing the single Hunger on the radio, so I knew there was an album on the way. I just didn't realize it was here. I remember they started playing What Kind of Man months before the release of How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful, which is sitting next to me. It's on the coffee table. I'm on the floor. It's a CD. I'm a person.

I didn't come here to talk about Florence, although I certainly could. I could tell you about the time my friend Nafisa booked us tickets for a play, but she got the dates mixed up so we arrived at the theatre with tickets that weren't good until the following week. We ended up grabbing dessert instead and talking to some girl whose name I don't remember. This girl and her girlfriend were obsessed with Florence. They went to every concert they could afford, which isn't saying much, because it takes a lot of money to stalk a band.

(Just ask my old friend from Girl Guides, who attended every Barenaked Ladies concert in Ontario in the mid-90s.)

Anyway, every time Florence + the Machine comes on the radio, that random girl I met with Nafisa comes to mind. I don't know if she and her girlfriend are still together and still obsessed with Florence, but I'd like to think they are. On both accounts.

I could also tell you about driving up to the cottage last week, armed with this copy of How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful that now sits beside me. We've been driving to this cottage for 20 years.  In that time, I've learned that we lose Toronto radio stations somewhere past Whitby. It's easier to listen to CDs than constantly be trawling local stations.

On the way up, we listened to Florence + the Machine as soon as we lost our Toronto radio. My mom had never heard of Florence, but after a song called Third Eye, she said, "You know, I really like this music. It's very uplifting."

From now on, that'll always be my association with Third Eye: it's the song my mother found uplifting.

I could tell you a week's worth of stories from the cottage. This year's stories are more life-altering than usual.  And, in fact, I've already told them.  I told them to my girlfriend, in letter form. And to you, in the form of a book of correspondences--my second book of correspondences from cottage country, in case you're keeping track.

If you're at all interested in my musings, my family, and my life, I invited you to seek out Hi Babe: Letters to My Sweet.

If you're reading this in the month of July (2018), you can get your copy absolutely free during the big annual Smashwords sale.

Hi Babe is also available at a bunch of ebook retailers and subscription places, and you're welcome to pay, if it be your will, but if you can get it for free... why not?

https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/879056?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica

By the way, here's the song my mom found so uplifting:

Friends Become Lovers in this #FREE #Lesbian #Erotic #Romance

I couldn’t help but stare. There was just so much to look at.

Innes caught me, of course, and said, “She’s gorgeous, don’t you think?” Following my gaze to the huge cluster of Marilyn Monroe prints hanging over her TV, she went on to say, “If you ask me, she’s the most desirable woman there ever was.”

“Can’t argue with that,” I replied, even though I surely could have.

I could have said, “I know one woman who’s ten times more beautiful than Marilyn Monroe.”

Innes would have looked at me funny and hesitated before asking, “Who?”

Then I’d move in so close she would flinch. I’d wrap my arms around her curvy middle and say, “You, Innes. You're the most beautiful woman I've ever laid eyes on.”

I would kiss her, then—our first kiss, at long last! Whether she'd kiss me back or pull away I really wasn't sure. That's what had held me back all these years. To me, a kiss was a point of no return. From there, either a relationship began or a friendship ended.

If I were to kiss Innes, everything would change. For better or for worse...

*****

A couple weeks ago I uploaded my lesbian erotic romance short "Marilyn in the Middle" to Amazon, told you about it, and assured you it would soon be available from other retailers. Welp, I forgot all about it after that. No, that's not true. I could have sworn I'd uploaded it. But no. I hadn't.

By way of apology for the oversight, I've made "Marilyn in the Middle" FREE at those forgotten retailers. Not forever. One week only, so download your free copy today from...

Kobo, Smashwords, Excitica or Barnes and Noble

Marilyn in the Middle: A Steamy #Lesbian #Romance Short

My rights recently came back to me on a lesbian erotic romance short that originally appeared in an Evernight anthology called Lover Unexpected: Sappho Edition.

It's called Marilyn in the Middle and if you're wondering if the Marilyn being referred to in the title is in fact Marilyn Monroe, why yes. Yes she is.

For this friends-become-lovers story, I took inspiration from a friend I had in high school. She knew she was a lesbian, but she fought her impulses tooth and nail. She was also mildly obsessed with Marilyn Monroe.

I stole the Marilyn Monroe obsession for this story, but my character Innes isn't fighting her sexuality. If she's fighting against anything, it's love. Her best friend is in love with her and she chooses to kind of... not notice. Because if you notice, you have to act, and if you act it could all go wrong. Right?

Marilyn in the Middle
by Giselle Renarde


Best friends make the best girlfriends…

Jasmine’s in love with her best friend Innes, but Innes is obsessed with Marilyn Monroe! Innes has even decided to dye her hair platinum blonde so she’ll look more like the object of her affection. When Innes asks Jasmine to do the honours, of course she agrees. She’s tired of playing second fiddle to a movie star, but maybe the intimacy of the act will give her the courage to tell her best friend how she really feels.

If this goes badly, Jasmine will lose not only the woman she loves, but her closest friend. But if Innes feels the same way, it could spell Happily Ever After for two best friends.

A steamy lesbian romance short from award-winning author Giselle Renarde.

Buy now from Amazon. Coming soon to more retailers!

Erotic Older Women: The Complete Collection is Now Available!

Have I got a treat for you!

Remember my Erotic Older Women series of erotic anthologies? Well, they're now available in one collection. You can buy the paperback, you can buy the ebook--the choice is yours. More than twenty short stories in total: lesbian erotica, menage, BDSM, public sex, toys galore, kinky stuff, sexual fantasies. Lots of literary erotica starring older women. Senior sex with loving partners, age difference erotica with eager young lovers. This book's got it all!

Erotic Older Women
The Complete Collection
by Giselle Renarde

Erotic older women prove it’s never too late for new experiences! In this superbundle of three erotica anthologies, explore older women’s wild, lesbian and kinky desires. From group sex to spanking to sex at the office, we catch older women enjoying forbidden fantasies over the course of more than twenty sexy stories. Whether they’re getting amorous with long-term partners or younger lovers, the women in these stories delight in carnal encounters. Enter a world of enjoying aging bodies in Erotic Older Women: The Complete Collection!

There are oh-so-many places to purchase the Erotic Older Women collection. Here are just a few:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01NBWO4M3?tag=dondes-20
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/697728?ref=GiselleRenardeErotica
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=1NzxDQAAQBAJ

BN: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/erotic-older-women-giselle-renarde/1125512833?ean=9781542663045
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/erotic-older-women-the-complete-collection
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/id1197165732

A1Ebooks: http://www.a1ebooks.com/book.htm?pr=11718
Excitica: http://www.excitica.com/index.php/erotic-older-women-the-complete-collection.html
Lulu: http://www.lulu.com/shop/giselle-renarde/erotic-older-women-the-complete-collection/ebook/product-23035438.html

Old Friends

Willsin Rowe started writing erotica the same year as me (pussies and dicks since 2006!) and we met through eXcessica Publishing in... I'm going to say 2008. Sounds about right. We're both contributors at Oh Get A Grip!, a blog where aging writers natter at each other (kidding!) and he's a great guy (not kidding!). I can't think of anything negative to say about him, so he must be.

In addition to being a great guy, he's also a really amazing cover designer. If you're an author in search of a cover, I'm just going to go ahead and recommend him to you. There. Done. I've recommended him and I can't take it back.

He's got a few premade covers up for sale at https://thebookcoverdesigner.com/designers/willsin-rowe/ and he says he's going to add more soon. He's also got his contact information on that page if you want to get in touch with him about custom cover art.

Don't be afraid. He won't bite. We're talking really nice guy. Use him: https://thebookcoverdesigner.com/designers/willsin-rowe/