In His Grip: His 5 Out Now, Plus A Quick News Roundup

Yes, as the post title suggests, I have recovered from the plague (okay, it was a very very bad cold), and In His Grip: His #5 has been released.  As usual, it will be on sale for 99 cents for the early birds, probably until tomorrow night (pacific time).  Here's what I've got for you, lovely readers:

 

 



In His Grip: His #5 (A Billionaire Domination Serial)

This fantasy life as the sexual submissive for gorgeous billionaire Dom Adrian Knight on the private Brazilian island paradise of Ilha de Flor is crashing down around the shoulders of Chloe Bloom, beginning with her realization that she’s falling in love with the debonair British rake and furthered by the arrival of the ex-boyfriend who betrayed her so publicly with other women.

Adrian is fast losing control as well, stunned and wounded by Chloe’s distance from him as she comes face-to-face with his greatest rival and her former lover, Penn Ellison.  Knight’s nemesis comes well-prepared, armed with secrets that could pry the beautiful submissive from Adrian’s arms and threaten his plans for the island itself.

As she struggles to maintain her newfound faith in her rogue Dom, Chloe will discover the real motive behind Adrian’s seduction and the legacy of his family’s influence on him…and find herself feeling less like she is safeguarded in Knight’s care and more like she’s trapped in his grip.

Length: 14,600 words

Bonus Material: Includes excerpts from domination erotica shorts My Two Doms: Hot Hard Ménage #3 and Bridled: Bitter Creek Doms #1

 

In His Grip: His #5 is available now at Amazon (US, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, and Japan), Barnes & Noble, and All Romance eBooks.  Once the entire series as been released (in December), it will be available on Smashwords and Apple, as Smashwords (who distributes the titles to Apple) does not allow serials to be released until the entire series is ready for distribution.  His 1-3 are also available through Kobo, and more titles will be released there shortly.

 

Aaaand for a quick update on upcoming releases, I wanted to let my erotica and erotic romance readers know that I'm taking a new approach to future projects.  I won't be pursuing any more of the "taboo erotica" projects at this time, but that does leave several other series outstanding.

 

While there will not be a Bitter Creek Doms 3 or 4, there will be future titles in the Bitter Creek Dom(s) series  (AND SOON!).  The same for the Dom Next Door series.  The series will continue with erotic romance novelettes (12-15,000 words each) and novellas (20-30,000 words).  That means stories with more plot and character development while maintaining the level of steamy intimacy and romantic domination so popular with both erotic and erotic romance readers.

 

The exceptions will be the Weekend Submissive series, which WILL have the promised part 2 and 3 (without a change in style or structure), and Claimed In Battle: Master Vampire #4.  People have been waiting a long time for me to finish up the vampire series, and I'm planning on getting that tied up in December or January.

And, of course, there have been a lot of requests for more titles like Satyrs, and I think the shift to a longer erotic romance format will be perfect for fans of my paranormal menage tales.  Look for a paranormal menage novella in the next couple of months.

 

So...I hope that's good news for everyone.  More erotic romance!  More Bitter Creek Doms and Dom Next Door--but as erotic romances!  More paranormal menage!  More Weekend Submissive!  Now, if you will excuse me, I have a lot of writing to do.

A Blog Vixen Is Born

Hello, World!

My name is Erika, Erika Masten, and I'm a seducer and corrupter.  (Hi, Erika!)  Specifically, I'm a writer of erotica and erotic romance, usually with a strong shot of dominating alpha male-no ice, in a dirty glass.  :)  If you have found your way here, you probably already know that.

So, yes, I have finally managed to carve out the time to start a blog, despite having numerous erotica and erotic romance series in-progress.  In fact, I think this is probably the best way for me to keep people informed of what's going on with all those series I have yet to finish.

For my first post, a quick update on the erotic romance serial that has just seen the release of its first title...  His is planned as an 8-part serial, each story being about 12,000 words, the first priced at 99 cents and later installments at $2.99 each.  Here's the scoop on the first title...

 

 

At His Whim: His #1 (A Billionaire Domination Serial)

Chloe Bloom is running away from a life’s worth of unfaithful men, the most recent being society scion Penn Ellison. The South American cruise is supposed to be her chance to forget her problems in exotic locales and the arms of gorgeous strangers, if only her heart and libido would cooperate.

Adrian Knight lets people think he’s the manager of the luxury resort on the private Brazilian island of Ilha de Flor when in truth he’s the owner, a perfectly poised example of the kind of rake you get with a few generations of ridiculous wealth.  Sex is a transaction for him, until Chloe Bloom walks out of the arms of Knight’s lifelong rival and into his resort.

With Chloe looking to explore this particularly male concept of lust without love, and Adrian unable to resist his competitive urge to claim what his rival lost, it’s a matter of time before she is on her knees and at his whim.

Length: 12,500 words

At His Whim: His #1 is available at Amazon US (also UK, Germany, France, Spain, and Italy), Barnes & Noble, AllRomance.com, and Smashwords, and it should be available shortly at Apple, Kobo, Sony, and Diesel.

Also...here's a sneak peek at the cover for the next release, In His Service: His #2, slated for release this week.  Though it was supposed to be released yesterday, some technical glitches have delayed it a day or two, but it WILL be available by this weekend.

For those of you waiting for new titles in the Weekend Submissive, Bitter Creek Doms, The Dom Next Door, Supernatural Menage, and Claimed vampire series, I am working away!  I swear!  I haven't forgotten you.

Thanks for stopping in.  I leave you with a melody that's stuck in my head and so appropriate to steamy tales of erotic domination.  Constant Craving by K.D. Lang, one of my favorites.