In His Wake: His #6 Now Available!

I have a new release annoucement and some news for everyone today.  First...

In His Wake: His #6 is finally available!  It is still processing at B&N and Kobo, but a phone call to Amazon got it moving.  Without further ado...

In His Wake: His #6 (A Billionaire Domination Serial)

A Domination and Submission Romance

When Chloe Bloom left the Brazilian island paradise of Ilha de Flor and her billionaire Dom and lover, Adrian Knight, she thought she was returning forever to her controlled, sedate life as an up and coming junior partner at the premier environmental law firm on the East Coast.  But that firm is exactly what Adrian needs to defend himself from a pending indictment designed to ruin him and pry ownership of the island from his grasp.  Facing Adrian again in a harsh winter metropolis far from their tropical haven, Chloe struggles to master the tumultuous emotional fallout the man seems destined to leave in his wake, even as he draws her reluctantly back into his bed.  She’ll have to decide if she’s fighting with him or fighting for him and exactly how much she’s willing to risk for Adrian and everyone waiting back on Ilha de Flor.

Length: 16,500 words

 

You can find In His Wake: His #6 now on all Amazon channels (including Amazon US and Amazon UK) and on All Romance eBooks.  It should be available shortly on B&N and Kobo.  Unfortunately, due to Smashwords policies, Smashwords and Apple readers will have to wait until the serial is complete and all titles can be released at once. [Edit: B&N has His 6 live now!]

 

We're only two titles from the end of the His Series now, and I have to take a second to tell all of you how much your support has meant to me.  Thank you for spending your hard-earned money to follow the journey of Chloe and Adrian.  Thank you for the emails telling me how much you love them and asking when the next story is coming.  Thank you for the reviews (especially the one vowing to come find me and the draft of His #6--that one made me smile).  Thank you for spreading the word about the His Series to your friends, family, and neighbors.

 

I also want to mention that I have taken over one of the Sunday spots on the popular erotica blog One Handed Writers.  Stop by and check out my posts!  Again, I'll be there every other Sunday.

 

Also, if you like the idea of chatting with other erotica and erotic romance readers and authors, award-winning erotica legend Selena Kitt has recently launched a reader forum on her site for Excessica Publishing.  I'll be around when I'm not writing furiously!  Which reminds me...

 

In the NEAR future, you can look forward (I hope) to the completion of the His and Weekend Submissive Series, the beginning of a new romantic domination serial, the return of the Bitter Creek Doms, and...a full length novel that will be part of a big multi-author promotional event that just might include a new book from a NYT bestselling novelist.  More details after New Years!

 

Until then, my friends, Happy Holidays and Happy Reading!

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.

Under His Sway: His #4 Now Available

After many a technical glitch with distributors over the last week, Under His Sway: His #4 (A Billionaire Domination Serial) is finally available for purchase at Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and All Romance, and should be available shortly through Kobo.

Here's the scoop...

 

 



Under His Sway: His #4 (A Billionaire Domination Serial)

When Chloe Bloom agreed to put her legal career on hold to become the sexual submissive of billionaire developer Adrian Knight, she did so with the explicit stipulation that their arrangement would last only three months—and the unspoken promise to herself that she would not fall for the amber-eyed, sable-haired Dom.

Knight’s motives were no less veiled as he courted more than Chloe’s sexual service, concealing his prior acquaintance with the wealthy playboy who so recently broke her heart and sent her fleeing her public humiliation.

Now, as personal agendas become secondary to the growing attraction—and unnerving intimacy—between the black sheep billionaire and his beautiful submissive, shared hopes soften old resolve.  Will the sudden arrival of a man determined to buy their island haven shatter those tentative bonds and break the spell of desire holding Chloe under the sway of her secretive Master?

Length: 12,600 words

And, in case you're wondering (and I hope you are), In His Grip: His #5 is making its way through the publishing process now.  We're halfway through the serial now, and things are going to get a lot rougher for Chloe and Adrian from here on out!

Erotica fans have also been asking about Weekend Submissive 2, and I'm happy to say it's going through its final edit now.  I hate to promise release dates anymore, with the glitchiness and longer processing times with the distributors lately, but it really shouldn't be more than a few days.

I hope this makes for a good weekend.  Enjoy!

At His Mercy: His #3 Out Now And On Sale

I love the emails and messages I've been getting asking about At His Mercy: His #3, and I'm happy to announce it is out now and on sale for 99 cents during its debut weekend, through Monday, Oct. 15.

 

 



Stealing beautiful, accomplished lawyer Chloe Bloom right out from under the nose of his worst rival isn’t turning out to be as easy as playboy Adrian Knight had hoped, even with the advantage of having her all to himself at his resort on his own tropical island.  She may be spreading her legs for him, but the rest of her remains closed.

Chloe’s plan to soothe the wounds of her lover’s infidelity by learning the art of separating lust from love, while enjoying the physical delights of her purely sexual submission to Adrian, hits a snag when the arrival of one of his former submissives has her feeling something distressingly like jealousy.  Once riled, Chloe can’t help letting her defiance get the better of her.

With his hands already full trying to tame his Miss Bloom, even Adrian is ill-prepared to meet the challenge as an insistent broker intent on buying Ilha de Flor and an investigator from the Brazilian environmental police arrive to complicate his life.  Both men are after much more than Adrian is willing to give, and one won’t take no for an answer, even from Chloe.

Punishment and pleasure lay ahead for Chloe Bloom as she angers, entices, and finally throws herself upon the mercy of Adrian Knight.

Length: 14,500 words

Bonus Material: Includes excerpts from erotica shorts Valentine’s Dom and Satyrs: Supernatural Ménage A Quatre by Erika Masten.

Warning: Explicit sexual content, including elements of light domination. Intended for mature readers only. All characters depicted in this story are 18 years of age or older, and all sexual activities are of a consensual nature.

His (A Billionaire Domination Serial)
At His Whim: His #1
In His Service: His #2
At His Mercy: His #3

In other news...

Sticky Sweet Books has confirmed for me that the release schedule for the rest of the His Series has been accelerated, so they WILL be coming out every week from this point onward.

And those of you who have been emailing to ask about the Weekend Submissive erotica series will (I hope) be happy to learn that Weekend Submissive 2 is my next title up for release.  It's my hope to get the backlog of releases pushed out and all the outstanding series finished up before the end of the year.

Here's to a very steamy holiday season!

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.