Sexy to Go – Volume 1
Sizzling short stories from top-selling authors
Sample romance in all its flavors in Sexy to Go. From paranormal
to contemporary, you’ll find your fix here. Look for a brand new collection
every month.
Dancing in the Flame
By Ann Gimpel
What is it About Romance?
“Red is the color of my true love’s hair.”
“I’ll never love blue eyes again.”
“Gonna wash that man right outa my hair.”
“Suzanne takes your hand and she leads you to the river…”
The list of “love” quotes is endless. Face it, as human beings we’re
fascinated with love and sex. From an anthropological standpoint, that’s
probably a good thing. It’s kept our race from dying out.
It’s only been in modern times that marrying for romantic love has
become acceptable. As recently as a hundred years ago, virtually all marriages
were arranged for any number of reasons from property transfers to a family
needing to offload a daughter they couldn’t afford to support. At least in my
imagination, many a family spat occurred around the supper table when Father
told his offspring who and when they’d marry.
Yes, it was Father doing the telling. They definitely ruled the roost.
Mothers sat by quietly wringing their hands. The women’s rights movement is
relatively recent. We didn’t get the vote in this country until 1920. Women in
Liechtenstein (a principality next door to Switzerland) didn’t get the vote
until sometime in the 1960s! And women in many third world countries where they
can’t even go to school would kill for a say in their lives.
Whoops! Sorry about the digression. Except it really isn’t. I see a
strong link between romance and women being independent. It’s empowering to
know we can pick our own partner and that we can marry for love. If things go
well in a relationship, that love blooms and matures and provides the very best
human interaction imaginable. It’s not accidental that married people live
longer. I think it’s because they feel loved and cared for and are able to love
and nurture in return.
A popular subgenre in romance fiction is second time around romance. It
works for the same reason people go to a high school reunion and take up with
an old flame. The chemistry is still there. Of course the problems and issues
are still there as well, but maturity gives us better coping mechanisms and
more of an ability to empathize with our partner’s needs. Three of my novellas,
Destiny’s Shadow, Out of the Shadows, and Alpine Attraction feature couples who
found one another again. The flame truly does burn sweeter the second time
around.
For those of you in relationships, what are the most important
ingredients you sought in a mate? Why those attributes and not something else?
Sometimes people are shy, so I’ll lead out. I wanted a man who was kind. He had
to be a mountain climber so he’d be supportive of what’s been a lifelong
addiction for me. He had to be honest and honorable—in other words, I needed to
be able to trust him unequivocally. Lastly, he needed to want to be a daddy.
Funny how those things work. Our kids grew up and now we have dogs. The same
principles apply. Kids pretty much run your life!
I’d love to hear what you think. What did you want in a partner? Did it
work out the way you hoped? Come on now, don’t be shy.
Find Ann here (Author links):
http://anngimpel.blogspot.com
http://www.amazon.com/author/anngimpel
http://www.facebook.com/anngimpel.author
@AnnGimpel (for Twitter)
Author Bio:
Ann
Gimpel is a national bestselling author. She’s also a clinical psychologist,
with a Jungian bent. Avocations include mountaineering, skiing,
wilderness photography and, of course, writing. A lifelong
aficionado of the unusual, she began writing speculative fiction a few years
ago. Since then her short fiction has appeared in a number of webzines and
anthologies. Her longer books run the gamut from urban fantasy to paranormal
romance. She’s published over 25 books to date, with several more planned for
2015 and beyond. A husband, grown children, grandchildren and three wolf
hybrids round out her family.
Sexy
to Go, Volume 1
Assistant
Seduction by Jocelyn Dex
When the temp
agency sends Kyla a hunky male assistant, who looks as if he stepped out of one
of her erotic stories, will she keep the relationship professional or give in
to her deepest desires?
Punishing
the Messenger by Tara
Quan
When her
flighty cousin bails hours before the wedding, Kailee Chan is forced to deliver
the news. The dominant groom punishes her instead, and her submission leads to
a far more serious commitment.
Trio
Concerto by Eva
Lefoy
Casi suffers a
scheduling mishap, but finds impromptu sex in the forest fulfills more than one
personal fantasy. When the sexy shifters vanish, she’s left with an invitation
to return. Does she dare?
To Love
Again by Allie
Ritch
Kara is a
reincarnated sorceress who has cheated death to return to her vampire lover
again and again. She always comes back to Griffin. And she always leaves him,
too. Now the anniversary of her first death has arrived, and she’s fated to
die. Will she finally let Griffin turn her so they can be together forever? Or
will she love him again in the next life?
Faking It by Sofia
Grey
Lucy can’t
believe her luck. Upgrade to 1st class flight and a hot hunk in the next seat.
He’d never be interested in a geek, so maybe it’s time to reinvent herself?
Faking it has never been such fun.
Unconventional
Spark by Allyson
Lindt
If Jade can’t
learn to balance business and pleasure, she’ll lose the best thing that’s ever
happened to her—the unconventional spark she shares with her boyfriend, Brandon
Keira’s an
indentured hooker. Mired in the hopelessness of her dreams, she longs for more
and finds it in Barrett. He’s not what he seems, but neither is she—except she
doesn’t know it yet.
Skin by Leigh
Ellwood
Skin - One
needs a tough skin to endure an unpleasant situation. When Lt. Andromeda Kurn
is sentenced for damaging property during a shore leave, the skin suit she must
wear enhances the pleasure of her punishment.
Meant to Be by Nerika
Parke
A rock concert,
a chance meeting with a sexy musician and a night on the beach turn Jessica’s
unremarkable life upside down when she takes a weekend away for her birthday.
Dreamwalker:
Key to Paradise by Pamela
Moran
Pulled together
through a world of dreams, Lena and Davis might have found the Key to Paradise.
Can he convince her to take a chance, to believe in impossible possibilities,
to hold on to their dream?
For His
Pleasure by Shiloh Saddler
A black slave
and white plantation owner’s son narrowly avoid being separated when the estate
is sold. Forced into poverty they must work hard to survive. But through the
hardship their love endures.
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