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NEW RELEASE: Cougars

November 6, 2014 by Harper Bliss Leave a Comment

CougarsSeveral things happened since I first had the idea for this mini-anthology. First, I wrote my own story ‘Reunion Tour’ (excerpt below) in record time and immediately considered it my new favourite (amongst my own short stories.)

Then, I fell in love with the model on the cover, and used the image of the gorgeous woman as inspiration for a character in my novelette Piano Lessons (to be released in January.)

Around that time, cougars started to take over my life and I became obsessed with them on Facebook. And all of that was before I read the other authors’ (as usual: Erzabet Bishop, Laila Blake, Cheyenne Blue and Lucy Felthouse) contributions. Needless to say, after reading those, my cougar love reached even greater heights. I haven’t recovered yet. 😉

This brand new mini-anthology is out now. I believe I just made clear how much I love it. (I think we’ll need to do a sequel.)

Here’s the blurb:
Mature women are on the prowl in ‘Cougars’, Ladylit’s new collection of lusty lesbian tales in which older ladies seduce younger ones… or the other way around. An ageing rock star has it bad for the singer of the latest hit band in Harper Bliss’s ‘Reunion Tour’. In Cheyenne Blue’s ‘Gorgon and Goat’ cheese plays its part in bringing two women together, while in Laila Blake’s ‘The Girl Next Door’ it’s a blackout in an apartment building that does the trick. Erzabet Bishop and Lucy Felthouse bring their usual light-heartedness to their stories of, respectively, an older airplane passenger in first class who has a young flight attendant all to herself, and a girl walking her dog who needs to return a stray pup she encounters on her path. ‘Cougars’ contains five mature tales of lesbian desire, in which gray strands of hair are a turn-on, and age and experience are celebrated, not ignored.

Caution: This title contains graphic language and mature f/f sex and is suitable for adults only.

Table of contents
Reunion Tour by Harper Bliss
Gorgon and Goat by Cheyenne Blue
Bali High by Erzabet Bishop
The Girl Next Door by Laila Blake
Returning Riley by Lucy Felthouse

You can get ‘Cougars’ from Amazon:
Amazon US
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Amazon CA
Amazon DE
Amazon AUS

Add it to your GoodReads shelf >>

And here’s an excerpt from my story ‘Reunion Tour’.

You’re a cocky little thing up there. The way you wriggle your ass—I can’t wait to stripe it with my belt. I watch you from the side of the stage. If this were a festival in Europe, my band would be headlining, but here in our home country, yours gets the number one spot. I’d be lying if I said it didn’t smart a little. I may have to take that out on you as well. It’s a win-win, really, the way you bat your lashes—your head twisted up to me—when my hand comes down on your flesh, always defying me to give more. And, when it comes to you, I never fail to have more to give.

You shimmy to the edge of the stage, lifting your arms high above your head, giving your fans—and me—a glimpse of your pale, taut belly and the little silver ring driven into the delicate skin above your belly-button.

“No one will know what it means,” I said when I arranged for Lisa to administer the piercing. “Only the two of us.” Now, every time you flash it, every single time you bare this glittering symbol of whatever we have between us for the world to see, something pierces me, too. A wave of something I don’t wish to define washes over me. I’m old enough to recognize it instantly, but still foolish enough to deny it.

Because you drive me crazy, make me feel things I haven’t felt in years. Not even taking the stage again, after a nine year hiatus, flanked by Tommy and Matthew and Sam, my brothers in arms since 1981, affected me in the same way as the first time I saw that glint in your eyes. All it took was one glance, and I knew.

You flick your head to the right, momentarily pinning your eyes on me, and the whole motion thunders through me, leaves my panties drenched. Speaking of, you’re wearing a pair of mine underneath those leather trousers—the ones that hug your ass so sublimely I need to catch my breath every time you present your back to me on the stage.

“Please allow me to present to you the next big thing,” my manager said. “The Harriettes.” You were obviously their leader, the way you hung back a bit—the way I learned to do all those years ago—to allow the others to shine during moments of lesser importance, like being introduced to a band long past its prime.

“Oh my god,” your bass player giggled. “We are such huge fans. You are our biggest inspiration.” It sounded a bit rehearsed, what with her not even being born yet the year we broke through. You appeared smarter, more composed, shrouded in that cool sort of silence that no one can take issue with.

When we shook hands, though, I detected the slightest hint of sweat on your palm, and when you met my gaze, I knew. I’m old enough to know.

You take your first of many faux-modest bows. After five months on the road, I know your routine by heart. I can only imagine the adrenalin coursing through your blood right now. Not that it doesn’t still happen to me, but the years have taken away the highest highs. I’ve learned to put it all into perspective more, to see the long-run—the end game. But I hope you’re enjoying this moment, because it truly is glorious. Unencumbered by self-consciousness, lifted up by the incessant roar of the thousands of people in front of you, that one moment you sang and strutted your ass off for the past forty-five minutes. The higher your high, the more you’ll want me after.

Yes, I ♥ Cougars! I hope you do too.

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Girls in Love by Laila Blake

October 24, 2014 by Harper Bliss Leave a Comment

Girls in LoveThe first time I read a Laila Blake story was when I was going through submissions for Anything She Wants. Obviously, Laila’s story ‘The Corner Chair’ made it into the anthology effortlessly. I was instantly captivated by her poetic prose and thoroughly impressed by the sheer talent she displayed, even in a story of a mere 4000 words.

I’ve worked with Laila many times since then, and she has never failed to produce work of the highest standard. Every time I have the pleasure of reading a brand new Laila Blake story, it’s such a joy, and I remain as impressed as ever, often shaking my head in disbelief and muttering to my wife, “Damn, she’s so good.”

Today, I’m extremely chuffed to present to you Laila’s first mini-anthology Girls in Love, published by Ladylit. It contains five delicious, gorgeously written lesbian erotica tales, nicely bundled together for your reading pleasure.

Here’s the blurb
Childhood friends turn lovers in a snowy cabin, a student seduces her teacher in her own class room, and together two women overcome the prejudice of her family once and for all. These five lesbian erotica stories by Laila Blake are about laughter, kink and above all: about Girls in Love.

Table of contents
Bird of the Summer (*)
House-Broken
Midnight Clear (*)
Doll-faced Demons
The Corner Chair (*)

(*) These stories have previously appeared in Ladylit books.

And it’s available from these retailers
buy
Direct from Ladylit
Amazon US
Amazon UK
Amazon CA
Amazon DE
Amazon AUS
All Romance
Smashwords
Kobo
iTunes US
iTunes UK

You can add Girls in Love to your Goodreads shelf here >>

Happy weekend!

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Blue Woman Stories Volume 1 by Cheyenne Blue

October 2, 2014 by Harper Bliss 3 Comments

Blue Woman Stories Volume 1 I have a stack of lesbian erotica anthologies in print that (for some reason, ha ha) made the move with us from Belgium to Hong Kong. Most of these contain a story by Cheyenne Blue. There are authors whose style enchants me, who can put so much in a story by using so little words. Cheyenne is one of those authors. In fact, it was after reading another one of her beautiful stories (“I Wish I Knew You” in Girl Fever) that I contacted her, asking if, by any chance, she’d be interested in working with Ladylit because it was our dream to work with accomplished, excellent erotica writers like her. That was two years ago.

Today, I can’t begin to tell you how proud I am to have been working with Cheyenne for a while now. She edited Forbidden Fruit for us, is a regular contributor to the themed mini-anthologies I put together for Ladylit, is currently editing my novel At the Water’s Edge, and we’ve just released her first short story collection Blue Woman Stories Volume 1.

Cheyenne has many, many, many lesbian erotica short stories out there, and Ladylit has the extreme privilege of collecting them. The ‘Volume 1’ in the title is there for a reason, as many more of these will follow.

Some of you will have read a few of Cheyenne’s stories, if not in a Best Lesbian Erotica edition, then perhaps in one of the mini-anthologies or in Forbidden Fruit. If so, I don’t need to tell you how fantastic they are. If not, well, here’s your chance for a crash course in the brilliance of Cheyenne Blue’s writing! 😉

But, perhaps, you need a bit more convincing, so let me try: the characters in the 5 stories in Blue Woman Stories Volume 1 are real in the sense that they’re not ‘accidental lesbians’ (meaning they meet and think ‘oh hey, why not’ and drop their panties) (god, I hate stories like that). Cheyenne’s language is tight and poetic, rhythmic and arousing, and (my personal favourite) able to rouse strong emotions.

I, for one, have never been disappointed by one of her stories (and I’m slowly trying to convince her to write something longer for Ladylit), but hey, I know, I’m a fan girl. (But wait until you read her contribution to the upcoming Cougars mini-anthology. The wife and I were both chuckling at it from the start, until it got too hot, then we stopped laughing. You’ll soon be fan-girling with me!)

Okay, you get it, I love Cheyenne Blue. I can only hope you derive the same sort of enjoyment from reading her stories than I do. I’m proud, and honoured and totally chuffed to have had a hand in publishing this collection, and I hope you will give it a chance.

Here’s the blurb
A long-time couple weave a fantasy of seducing a straight woman, old friends become lovers in the French countryside, and a cop sent to investigate a suspected dope grower finds more than she expects in a tropical garden. Cheyenne Blue’s lesbian erotica has been a staple of many anthologies since 2000. Blue Woman Stories Volume 1 collects together for the first time five of her best-loved stories.

Table of contents
What If?
A Tangle of Vines
Car Bomb
How Does Your Garden Grow?
Cully’s Run

And it’s available from these retailers
buy
Direct from Ladylit
Amazon US
Amazon UK
Amazon CA
Amazon DE
Amazon AUS
All Romance
Smashwords

You can add Blue Woman Stories Volume 1 to your Goodreads shelf here >>

Enjoy!

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Guest post at Women & Words

September 13, 2014 by Harper Bliss 1 Comment

WW

I was very lucky to be interviewed by Andi Marquette of Women & Words. We talk about Ladylit, Hong Kong and Forbidden Fruit (of course.) 😉 (If you like lesfic, Women & Words is definitely a website to follow.) Do join the conversation for a chance to win a copy of Forbidden Fruit.

Meanwhile, the Forbidden Fruit Blog Tour is still in full swing. Don’t forget to leave a comment and win a nice bundle of lesbian erotica.

Oh, and do stop by my blog tomorrow… I’ll be sharing the very first excerpt of my upcoming novel At the Water’s Edge for A Snog for Sommer.

Have a lovely weekend!

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Q&A: Cheyenne Blue on ‘Forbidden Fruit: stories of unwise lesbian desire’

September 5, 2014 by Harper Bliss 2 Comments

Forbidden FruitI can’t remember when exactly Cheyenne e-mailed me for the first time with the idea for this anthology, but I do distinctly remember falling in love with the theme instantly and… I also know that a whole lot of months have passed since that very first e-mail. Meanwhile Cheyenne has been an outstanding editor, and collected 17 deliciously forbidden stories (including one of mine, and not because I made her, or at least so she claims.) ;-p

Forbidden Fruit: stories of unwise lesbian desire is out today and you can buy it for $0.99 only (the price is so low, it should be forbidden!) 😉 This low price is only temporary though, so it’s best to grab these 17 hot tales now (just saying.)

As a reminder, here’s the blurb:

She’s off limits but the attraction burns so bright it’s impossible to resist.

This collection of seventeen stories charts the spectrum of unwise lesbian desire, gathering tales of women you should resist—but can’t. In Jean Roberta’s Shelter the bad girl’s back from prison. An upper-class lady seduces her maid in Laila Blake’s poignant story set in Regency England, while a Catholic nun is beguiled by a hooker in Lisabet Sarai’s powerful The First Stone.

These women are cops, slave owners, doctors, Dommes, and horse thieves, and you’ll find them at the pool, being seduced by older women, putting their job on the line for lust, or seducing the salt-and-pepper butch.

With stories from writers at the top of their game, including Sacchi Green, Erzabet Bishop, Beth Wylde, Harper Bliss, and Allison Wonderland, this collection is sure to thrill.

And you can buy it (for $0.99 until 11 September!) here:
buy
Direct from Ladylit
Amazon US
Amazon UK
Amazon DE
Amazon CA
All Romance
Smashwords

Add it to your Goodreads shelf >>

Of course, to mark this joyous occasion (because this release will result in a party at Ladylit HQ tonight, seeing as we’re bursting with pride), I’ve subjected editor extraordinaire Cheyenne Blue to my usual high brow questions. My blog is all yours from here, Cheyenne…

1. Sell us your book in one sentence.
She’s off limits but the attraction burns so bright it’s impossible to resist.

2. Favourite line (or paragraph) from Forbidden Fruit
This is a difficult one, as there are seventeen stories from seventeen wonderful authors in Forbidden Fruit. It’s a near impossible task to pick one story, let alone one line or paragraph, that is my favourite. However, I’ll select one paragraph that epitomizes the forbidden fruit theme, the urgent desire for that which you cannot have. This paragraph is from Lisabet Sarai’s story “The First Stone” in which a nun working in a halfway house falls for a hooker in her care.

Something jolted through me—a lightning strike, a sudden storm, some personal earthquake. The floor dropped out from under my chair and I found myself suspended in space. My breath caught in my throat and perspiration soaked the armpits of my gray wool sweater. I’d been chilly before—we tried to stretch our donors’ generosity as far as possible—but now I burned. I couldn’t tear myself away from her gaze, though I knew I’d been staring far too long.

3. Last book that blew you away?
I read a lot, and I am very active on Goodreads (Hint: friend me! I’d love it!) so the books that blow me away are a diverse mix.

I’ll go with a short story collection I read recently by Ivan E.Coyote “Close to Spider Man”. These teeny-tiny coming of age stories are bleak, blunt, and beautiful.

4. Which celebrity is at number one of your imaginary to-do list?
Years pass, and my obsession with Amelie Mauresmo, now-retired tennis player, remains undimmed.

5. What’s your favourite sexy song?
There’s one song that gives me chills every time I hear it, with its sensual cleverness, and more than an overlay of bittersweet yearning.

Autumngirlsoup by the late, great Kirsty MacColl. Here it is on You Tube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebX2WCwzWKQ

Kirsty’s lyrics, particularly on the album “Tropical Brainstorm” which includes Autumngirlsoup, show an earthy, natural sexuality as well as wicked humor. There’s songs about stalking, about falling for a bastard, about the fun of cybersex.

6. What are you most proud of?
Erotica-wise, I’m proud of my longevity in a genre where writers come and go. My first story was published in 2000, and nearly 15 years later, I’m still here, still publishing, still producing stories I’m very proud of. And now I’m editing them too.

Apart from that, I’m proud of my ability to cook eggplant in seven different ways, put away a bottle of red wine on demand, and more or less keep time in my step aerobics class.

7. Who’s your favourite TV Character?
I’m sci-fi nut, and a Trekkie, so I’ll go with Kira Nerys from Star Trek: Deep Space 9. Or Starbuck from the reimagined Battlestar Galactica. I like complex, strong characters, and those two nail it.

8. Which author’s books are a must-read?
I’m Australian, and I love the physicality and guts of Australian English. Aussie writer, Tim Winton, is a fabulous read, literary but accessible, with a deep love of the outdoor world, small communities, and the ocean. “Breath” is my all-time favourite, but “Cloudstreet” is an iconic Aussie book, recently voted Best Australian Book in a public poll.

9. Anything else you want us to know?
I have to have my fingernails really short. Really, really, REALLY short. I can’t type if the nails are even close to my fingertips. The sensation of fingernails on keyboard gives me the shivers, and not in a good way.

10. What’s next for you?
I am currently in the final stages of putting together some collections of my short lesbian erotica. The first of these will be published by Ladylit later this month under the title “Blue Woman Stories: collected lesbian erotica of Cheyenne Blue”. This is very exciting for me—prior to this my work has been scattered through dozens of anthologies and websites. To see it brought together as a single author collection is very satisfying.

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P.S. Do check out Cheyenne’s blog for information on the Forbidden Fruit blog tour. There are lots of lesbian erotica goodies to win!

You can buy Forbidden Fruit: stories of unwise lesbian desire on Amazon US, Amazon UK and Smashwords (and it will soon also be available in paperback.)

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Table of contents Forbidden Fruit

July 7, 2014 by Harper Bliss 2 Comments

Cheyenne Blue, the tireless editor of Forbidden Fruit: stories of unwise lesbian desire, and I have been e-mailing back and forth for a few weeks now, ooh-ing and aah-ing about the amazing line-up for this Ladylit anthology. There are some impressive names in this TOC, and the (for now) lesser-known ones have delivered equally hot forbidden tales of lesbian lust.

I’ve read all the stories and, well, as far as beach reads go, this one may be ideal (as long as you have a cool body of water nearby to bring down your core temperature.) Much more on this anthology closer to its release date (set for late August). For now, I’m just very happy, a little bit proud and extremely grateful to Cheyenne for bringing together such a talented group of authors in this anthology.

Table of Contents for Forbidden Fruit: stories of unwise lesbian desire
Our Woman by Rebecca Lynne Fullan
Hands Off by Ava-Ann Holland
Shelter by Jean Roberta
Ungodly Ours by Allison Wonderland
The Rules by Rachel O. Esplanade
The Further Adventures of Miss Scarlet by Emily L. Byrne
Sunset, Sunrise by Sacchi Green
The Clinton County Horse Thief Society by Axa Lee
Freedom by Harper Bliss
Ascending Amelia by Erzabet Bishop
Bachelorette Party by Beth Wylde
Thanks to Irene by Nicole Wolfe
Ash by Niki Crow
The Law of Reciprocity by Laila Blake
The Shallow End by L.C. Spoering
The First Stone by Lisabet Sarai
Out for the Count by Cheyenne Blue

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