HIS and HIS

I neglected to mention that I wrote stories for two new bestselling anthologies from Evernight Publishing: HIS and HIS: Manlove Edition.

HIS includes "Firemen on the Move"

HIS

Strength. Power. Experience. No obstacle is too great when an alpha male decides what he wants, and these dominating men are so sexy and irresistible, no woman would dare think of anything but submission. Billionaires, Doms, and mobsters alike aggressively go after the women they want, and they will stop at nothing to fully possess them and make them beg for more.

My story in this one is "Firemen on the Move."  I was inspired to write it en route to the supermarket, when I walked by a moving van from a company called... oh, now I don't even remember. "Fireman Movers" or something?  I saw a woman was sitting outside the apartment building where it was parked, watching and waiting.

By the time I'd walked home from the supermarket, I had this story all planned out in my mind.  A writer never stops writing.

When Bindi hired "Firemen On The Move" to transport her stuff from her parents' house in the suburbs to her first downtown apartment, she dreamed of meaty firemen jumping out of a truck, muscles surging, ready to lift anything. And that's exactly what she got. Except the company's bona fide firefighter-movers were in fact retired firefighters. She didn't expect them to be so... old!

Despite his age, there's something undeniably appealing about former firefighter Steve. It's not just his incredible body. He's easy to talk to, and when she forgets her purse in the moving van and Steve runs to her door late in the evening to return it... well, Bindi has a pretty good feeling they're going to do more than just talk...

I know what I'm talking about when it comes to older man/younger woman relationships. I was part of one for ten years of my life. (I was the younger woman, in case you're wondering.)

"This Stage of Life," my story in the Manlove edition, has a similar theme: older man/younger man, this time, and in this instance the older man is a teacher and the younger one a former student:

When Andrew pays his old high school a visit, a latent crush storms to the surface. Andrew attended the "Triple Threat" musical theatre program at a respected arts school. When he was a student, he had a girlfriend and the dance teacher, Mr. Czarneki, had a wife. Thirteen years after graduation, Mr. Czarneki is widowed and Andrew identifies as gay. There's a definite spark, and when Andrew follows the dance teacher home like a puppy, Mr. Czarneki shows the former student how to play like one.

HIS: Manlove

HIS: Manlove Edition

Strength. Power. Experience. There’s nothing like a man who knows how to get what he wants, both in and out of the bedroom. And these dominant alphas want nothing more than to please and possess the men they love. No kink is too risqué as these men ensure their lovers never want to be anywhere but under their command.

Come and find out how good it feels to be HIS.

You can snap up a copy of HIS: Manlove Edition from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/His-Manlove-Edition-ebook/dp/B00EK6K758/ref=dondes-20

Same with HIS:  http://www.amazon.com/His-ebook/dp/B00EK8LME6

Did You Know About This?

It's something like this, except different.

Hey, so... did you know I had a website?


Correction: I HAVE a website.  Actually, I HAD one too.  The past tense site was a Webs site, which was shut down by the powers that be because I had the audacity to link to eeevil erotica. For shaaame!


But let's forget about those douchebuckets for a second and talk about my current site.  It's a Wix site.  Shut up--it is so cool.  Yes it is.  Oh, whatever.  You don't know what you're talking about.

Anyway, I've had this site for a while, but it's on my mind today because I finally updated it.  Finally.  After going almost TWO YEARS without setting a grubby little finger on it.

Am I stupid or just a terrible business owner?  Well, both, actually.

Everybody knows that you have to maintain a strong web presence if you want to keep your product/brand visible and accessible and whatever.  I'm on Twitter every day and I'm here at the blog most days too, but letting my website go back to nature was just... stupid.  Really stupid.

So I updated it today.

Here it is:

gisellerenarde.wix.com/erotica/

And I promise to try to be less stupid in the future.

We'll see about that.

Giselle

The Women Who Love to Love Gay Romance

For years, I've been wondering if anyone else had this idea: a book about straight women falling for gay men. Happens all the time, and gay romance is hugely popular right now... so why wasn't some editor putting out a call for gay romance stories where a woman is somehow incorporated into the action?

Well, finally it happened.  I may not be straight (or a reader of gay romance, for that matter), but you can't fight fate.  When Ryan Field announced that he was editing The Women Who Love to Love Gay Romance, I just knew I had to submit something.

My story in this collection is called Baby Got Bach, and I hope Owen Pallett never ever reads this blog post because I'd be really embarrassed if he knew my character Jamieson Lynch was loosely based on him.  I hardly ever get crushes on guys anymore, but when I do they're pretty much always gay guys. This story was either going to be me perving over Rufus Wainwright, or me perving over Owen Pallett.

Rufus fans, you'll get yours one of these days.  I've got half-baked plans.

Now... maybe you've never heard of Owen Pallett.  Or maybe you've heard of him as (formerly) Final Fantasy.  Or maybe you know him well and agree that he's a musical genius.


Anyway, I read Ryan's call for subs right around the time Owen Pallett's violin concerto was premiered with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.  I was there, kids.  Oh yes I was.  And so was he, though not performing his own work.  He DJ'ed the afterparty.  I saw him.  He was RIGHT THERE, close enough to touch, but do you think I had the balls to walk up to the guy and say, "Great concerto, dude"?  Or something equally innocuous?  Or idiotic?  Or just... anything?

Nope.  Couldn't do it.  We were in the same room and I couldn't force myself to say hello.

So instead, I wrote this story.

It's pervilicious.

Here's the book blurb:

If you’ve ever wondered what it might be like to be a straight woman thrust into the intimate, emotional relationship of two gay men, this book might answer a few of your secret questions. It’s a collection of very different fictional stories that mesh together and create fantasies that in some cases could actually happen in real life.

When one gay man falls in love with his best girlfriend and her boyfriend, it becomes a heart-wrenching trilogy with three new adult stories by Bella Stanberry that cross social boundaries for which the characters will eventually pay a price. In Anna Black’s Fallen Angel, the straight female character finds out what it’s like to explore her most discreet fantasy. And in Baby Got Bach by Giselle Renarde the straight female character is invited to cross a line that leaves her terrified.

A Touch of Therapy by Morgan Honeyman delves into new age lessons about how to heal as the main character observes two gay men from a comfortable distance. Li Blaine’s Changing Curses is a more lyrical dream world which takes a mystical approach when the main character figures out a way to rid herself of a curse. The Facilitator by Tilly Hunter shows how a woman can find herself involved with her best gay friend and his boyfriend, with handcuffs and her grandmother’s wooden spoon. And in the sweet, tender tale of Lustful Wishes by R. Noir, the main character is a confused young man who has had both women and men in his life and he’s trying to figure out how to do the right thing.

All these stories combined with The Courage to Jump by Oleander Plume, where an m/m erotic romance author gets a chance to meet and explore her gay characters in real life, create a world of dreams that challenge one of the least mentioned topics today: The Women Who Love to Love Gay Romance.

Available from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/The-Women-Love-Romance-ebook/dp/B00EW0N9JI/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1377965571&sr=1-3&keywords=the+women+who+love+to+love+gay+romance

FREE READ: The Public Life of Private Paulsen #transgender #historical #romance

This darling little love story originally appeared in my out-of-print anthology "My Mistress' Thighs" (which received an honourable mention in the 2011 Rainbow Awards--not that I'm bragging or anything) and was also available as an ebook from a now-defunct publisher.

But I've revived it, just for you!

And why?  Because every time I see a tweet about Chelsea Manning and transgender issues relating to the military, I think about this story. "The Public Life of Private Paulsen" is a post-war historical about a pair of soldiers who always shared a special connection.

Where can you get this free ebook?

I've uploaded it as a FREE READ at my new Coffee Time Romance webstore: http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/BookStore/pubs_product_book_info/indie-authors-giselle-renarde-c-193/the-public-life-of-private-paulsen-p-10944


If you don't know me or my work, maybe I should add, as a disclaimer: this story contains explicit sex.  If you do know me and my work, maybe you'll be surprised by the amount of sweetness in this little short. It's so tender.  Oh, I just love it.

The headlines read: Private Paulsen went abroad and came back a broad.

World War Two changed the lives of all GIs who went into battle, but in the case of Private Paulsen, post-war transformations prove wildly more dramatic. 

After undergoing one of the world’s first sex change operations in Europe, the Private returns home with a splash…a brand new identity. Pearl Paulsen is instantly the most intriguing and yet reviled celebrity in the country, but her fame provides little comfort when she misses the man she loves. 

When Pearl meets up once again with George, the soldier she fought beside at Normandy, will the sparks they'd suppressed during the war return?  Now that Pearl has the body she’s always wanted, can love bloom between the two?   

Get it now. Tell your friends.  Here's the link: http://www.coffeetimeromance.com/BookStore/pubs_product_book_info/indie-authors-giselle-renarde-c-193/the-public-life-of-private-paulsen-p-10944

Hugs,
Giselle

Well, Blow Me Down!

I never expected this to happen.  Never in a million years.

Last week, when I clicked the Amazon link to my trans lesbian romance "Friday Night Lipstick," I got quite a shock.  It was charting: #77 in Lesbian Romance.

Wow!

I'm the first to acknowledge that my transgender romance stories are niche products.  I write them because they deserve to be written.  I write them because they reflect my relationship with my girlfriend, who is trans.  I write them because she told me long ago that she found erotica involving transgender characters very frustrating--fetishistic in a way she found toxic and insulting.  I wanted to write fiction with trans characters and include erotic content she could relate to.

Essentially, I write trans fiction for trans people.  The market isn't huge.  I know that.  And that's why I was so blown away to see this little book in the top 100 lesbian romances on Amazon.

The other reason I was so shocked to see Friday Night Lipstick charting is that my leading ladies are both over fifty.  I didn't think a romance involving women in the 50+ age group would have much appeal, but I couldn't make them younger.  My characters tell me their stories.  You can't make this stuff up.  And when they tell you how old they are, you can't say, "No you're not."

I'm blown away and elated that my little trans book has been so successful... and it's all thanks to you!

Much love to everyone who has purchased a copy of Friday Night Lipstick.

If you'd like to read the first chapter, it's available to read for free right now at D. Renee Bagby Presents First Chapters:  http://drb1stchp.com/2013/08/friday-night-lipstick-by-giselle-renarde/

Get it charting again at Amazon, right here:
http://www.amazon.com/Lipstick-Transgender-Lesbian-Romance-ebook/dp/B00EH4BBGW/ref=dondes-20

One Day Only: Promo Opportunity for Authors of GBLT Fiction

Passing this along from Dawn at LR Cafe:

**Permission to forward granted**

Join us Friday Aug. 23rd here at the LR Cafe Yahoo Group as we celebrate all things GBLT. Lots of wonderful authors, yummy books and more show up on this special day so get those reading lists ready....you never know, you might find a new author or three to enjoy. *grins*

A few things before you post tomorrow-please make sure you read these first!!!!

1) You MUST be a member of the LR Cafe in order to participate. You can join at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/loveromancescafe and remember, this is a HIGH VOLUME group so please go on special notices or digest if you don't want a ton of posts in your email.

2) You can begin to start posting anytime after 1am est (USA) which means in the UK anytime after 5am their time. 

3) Only GBLT promos are allowed this day. 

4) No limit on promo posts 

5) Promotion companies/people are allowed to post for their gblt clients

6) If posting an excerpt, please make sure to follow our excerpt posting rules which are this:

*In subject line, a heat rating for the excerpt itself & the genre of the book. Example would be PG13 Excerpt/Title by Author/Paranormal M/M

*In the email/post body make sure you have a link for readers to go get more information on the book. No link might mean you lose a reader. It can be your blog/website, publishers coming soon page, etc.

7) Work in progress posts are welcome as long as you tell us it is a wip.

8) I host a few contests on this day and you are more than welcome to either shoot me an email to donate a prize (not required btw) or put a contest post up yourself. 

If any questions, please email me at dawn_roberto@yahoo(dot)com with 'GBLT Promo Day'in subject. This is so I am not thinking you are a spam post.

Dawn

Owner/Moderator-LR Cafe Yahoo Group

New Anthology! Baby Got Back: Anal Erotica

Every time I type the title of Rachel Kramer Bussel's new anal sex anthology, I end up writing "Bach" instead of "Back."  That's because I recently wrote a music-nerd story for a Ryan Field anthology and called it "Baby Got Bach."

But that's not what Rachel's anthology is called.  It's called "Baby Got Back."  Not Bach.  Back. Just got my contributor's copies in the mail yesterday and they're lovely, just like all Cleis books.

For years, my girlfriend's been telling me I should write a romance story about a trans woman falling in love with a trans guy, so I finally did, and it's in this book.  "Everybody Knows" follows a girl who made a mistake and a guy who's been hurt before.  It's a reluctant love story, the kind where you really root for these crazy kids.  Just stop being so proud!  Stop being so scared!  LOVE EACH OTHER!

And obviously my story's not the only one.  There are 22 others in this book.

Here's the blurb:

Baby Got Back is a stimulating set of page-turning stories of anal fun. Rachel Kramer Bussel has edited some of the bestselling erotica books in the business and this is her first book devoted to all manner of backdoor pleasures. These daring and, dare we say, cheeky sex stories have a lot of variety. plenty of excitement and offer much erotic inspiration.

Whether you love anal sex or have never tried it, Baby Got Back, edited by award-winning author and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel, offers a peek at what happens when men and women check their inhibitions at the door. You'll find bend over boyfriends, butt plugs, "A Taste of Jamaica" and "Body Heat." In "Rectified," when Lela gets bored with every sex position out there, Brad arrives to teach her about one she learns is everything she'd hoped for and more. In "Delivery," Lynn takes a break from a Vegas bachelorette party so Wesley can show her a very good time. Whether exploring a new side of backdoor pleasure or affirming their passion for this sometimes taboo activity, the characters in this book savor every moment.

Baby Got Back is published by Cleis Press: http://www.cleispress.com/book_page.php?book_id=547

Into the Woods (and out of the woods, and home before all hell breaks loose)

Do you love Sondheim?  I do.  Into the Woods is the bestest musical ever.

Is this just random blathering?  Has Giselle lost her mind?

Yes and no. 

In case you were wondering where I've been (do you miss me when I'm gone?), I spent last week in the woods.  No electricity, no cell reception, no internet, no showers.  I was totally and utterly unavailable.  It was goooood.  Well, aside from the fact that it was fucking FREEZING in Northern(ish) Ontario and my poor little tent got soaked two nights in a row.  None of that stuff's really a big deal.  I can take it.  I love the woods.

So, when I got back from the woods I discovered that Amazon's been a bastard again.  After banning two of my last three releases (Stripping My Son's Sleeping Girlfriend and Adam and Sheree's Family Vacation), they were reluctant to allow the re-release of my beautiful trans lesbian romance Friday Night Lipstick. Because it used to be available. From a publisher that went out of business. 

If I knew how to do stuff, I'd create a gif of Nelson Muntz saying "Stop Plagiarizing Yourself" and put it right here.

But everything finally seems to be under control, and Friday Night Lipstick is now available from Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Lipstick-Transgender-Lesbian-Romance-ebook/dp/B00EH4BBGW/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1376794433&sr=1-1&keywords=friday+night+lipstick

It's a lovely little story. Makes me cry every time I read it. You should buy a copy. It's good.

In other musical-related news, also while I was in the woods, an anthology called HIS: Manlove Edition came out.  I'm mentioning it in this post because my story involves a former theatre student hooking up with his high school dance teacher.

The Evernight anthology is all about gay alpha guys and older/younger pairings and BDSM... I'll put up a more thorough post about the antho later in the week, but I see that it's selling well at evil Amazon, so you probably know all about it already: http://www.amazon.com/His-Manlove-Edition-ebook/dp/B00EK6K758/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1376797131&sr=1-1&keywords=his+manlove+edition

See?  Sondheim and camping and a new release blocked by Amazon and another release selling like crazy on Amazon and a musical theatre student/teacher relationship.  We've come full circle... into the woods and out of the woods and home before...

New #Lesbian #BDSM Audiobook: Saturday on a Tuesday

Office workers after hours. Coffee-coated boobs. Belts and bondage and spankings, oh my!

"Saturday on a Tuesday" has got everything you're looking for in a lesbian sex-at-work BDSM story.  Originally published in the "Smut in the City" anthology edited by Lucy Felthouse and Victoria Blisse, it's now available as a standalone audiobook!

Junior lawyer Liddy's ex-girlfriend called her a Saturday Night Lesbian--a woman who acts straight during the week and only gives in to temptation at the weekend. When Gemma, a partner at the firm, finds the young woman in the lunchroom after hours, she uses her hand, her belt, and a tray of ice cubes to help Liddy prove she can get crazy any night of the week. 

Read a Sample:

“I hope you wore pleasing panties today,” Gemma said, pushing her voice into a lower register, making it boom and reverberate throughout the kitchen. “I don’t want to be disappointed by a ratty pair of undies when I lift this skirt.”

“You won’t be disappointed, ma’am.” Liddy wiggled her bum, beckoning Gemma’s advance. “I think you’re really going to like my pretty panties.”

Gemma lifted that grey woollen skirt, and what she found underneath pleased her immensely. Liddy’s panties were pink. Hot pink, and mesh with a rhumba ruffle on the derriere.

“Do you?” Liddy begged. “Do you like my panties, ma’am?”

“Very much so.”

“I like them too, ma’am. They feel wonderful against my skin.” She turned enough that Gemma could see the splashes of creamy coffee against her pale flesh. When she arched up, droplets fell from her hard nipples and splashed against the table. “Did you want to feel my panties against your palm, ma’am?”

Gemma’s heart palpitated, but her hand remained steady. She accepted Liddy’s invitation, smacking the girl’s ass. Those hot pink rhumba ruffles fluttered as the blow landed, and Liddy yelped. She slid across the table when Gemma spanked her again, knocking the coffee mug to the floor. When it shattered, she cried, “I’m sorry! I’ll clean it!”

“Not just yet,” Gemma insisted, tearing down Liddy’s pretty panties.

Find the audiobook at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Saturday-Tuesday-Anastasia-Erotic-Explicit/dp/B00DJBSNII/ref=dondes-20

Your Ideas: Want 'em, Need 'em, Gotta Have 'em!

Remember earlier in the month when I told you author Joan Price was looking for help with a new book?  What kind of help?  Comments, thoughts, and ideas from people like you! (You're over 50, right?)

Joan is writing The Ultimate Guide to Sex after Fifty and she'll be extracting snippets (the word "snippets" kind of looks like "nipples" to me... I don't know...) from your comments to publish in her book.

The reason I'm bringing it up again is that she's posted even MORE ideas she'd like you to consider if you're interested in getting in touch with her.  This is all posted at Joan's blog: http://betterthanieverexpected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/your-comments-invited-for-my-new-book.html but I'll cross-post the new info here:

Anything you want to say interests me, and nothing is too weird or outrageous, as long as it's honest. For example:


If you're in a relationship now:

• How do you keep it sexually vibrant?
• What is interfering with having a satisfying sex life?
• Do you use any of these with your partner: role-playing, reading erotica, watching porn or romantic films, pet names, silly games, sexy games...?
• If your relationship is not sexually vibrant, what's missing?
• Do you consider yourself kinky? What form does that take, and what do you love about it?
• If you and your partner are monogamous, how do you keep sex lively?  
• If you and your partner are nonmonogamous, what went into that decision, and what are your boundaries / rules / agreements?
• How did you meet your partner? How did you know that he/she was special?
• If your relationship is bad, what would make you decide to leave?
• Have you used counseling to improve communication, sex, or other issues? 

If you're not in a relationship now:

• What do/don't you like about being single?
• Do you consider yourself to be in the dating life?
• How do you meet other singles?
• Good, bad, ugly about online dating?
• Do you have or would you accept a "friend with benefits"?
• Do you use safer sex with a new partner? If so, what safer sex precautions to you take? If not, what goes into that decision?
• Describe your worst first date (after age 50).

Whether or not you're in a relationship now:

• What medical conditions have impacted your sex life, and how have you dealt with them?
• How have sex toys enriched your sexual enjoyment (either solo or partnered)?
• How have your sexual likes & dislikes changed after age 50?
• What would you like to try that you haven't ever done?
• What do you fantasize about, but you wouldn't like to do it in real life?
• What didn't I ask that I should have?

I'll continue to update this list when different topics come up. Many thanks!

Also note that if you choose to email Joan or leave a comment on her blog, you're granting permission to be quoted (anonymously) in her book... but that's the whole point of commenting.

Be immortalized! Here's her blog post again: http://betterthanieverexpected.blogspot.ca/2013/07/your-comments-invited-for-my-new-book.html

:-)
Giselle