By Lucy Felthouse (Guest Blogger)
Welcome to my blog tour for my new F/F erotic romance, Sweet Spot! I've got a bookstore gift voucher up for grabs. To enter, use the Rafflecopter link at the end of this post.
Once I decided what I wanted to do for
the Hot Pink series from Ellora’s Cave, the setting was the
least of my worries. Because I knew I was going to write a book in
the Raw
Talent sports romance series, and that it
would overlap a little with the first book, Grand
Slam, then much of the setting was already
there. The stadium where the US Open is played in New York City, the
fictional Los Carlos Tennis Academy in California... my Grand Slam
co-author, Lily
Harlem and I had already built that world and so I
just had to expand on it.
Not all of the action takes place at
the Billie Jean King National Tennis Center or Los Carlos, though.
But for the most part, the other settings are generic, fictional, and
I just let them flow naturally as I wrote. Swanky hotels,
apartments... just a backdrop for the angst, action and sexiness
going on between the four walls. I already have an idea what I’m
going to write about for the next Raw Talent book, though, and
setting is definitely going to be a more major player. BDSM club,
anyone?
Happy Reading,
Lucy x
Blurb
Sweet Spot by Lucy Felthouse, a Raw
Talent book.
Virginia Miller is an up-and-coming
tennis star. She’s gone from a ratty tennis court in a park in
south London, England, to the world’s top training facility—Los
Carlos Tennis Academy in California. In awe of the talent around her,
Virginia is all the more determined to make the most of the
opportunity and show that she’s worthy of her place there. Her
mentor, Nadia Gorlando, has every faith in her.
But Virginia finds herself
distracted—Nadia, as well as being a top-notch tennis player, is
seriously sexy, and Virginia’s mind keeps wandering where it
shouldn’t. Will her crush get in the way of her career, or can she
find a way to push the other woman out of her mind before it’s too
late?
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Excerpt
Nadia Gorlando and I had just gotten
off the exercise bikes in the gym when one of the academy’s
coaches, Peter Ross, headed over to us, all smiles.
“Hey, Nadia,” he said, his
all-American grin widening and his blond hair flopping down over his
forehead, “I need a huge favor.”
I flicked my gaze to Nadia. She raised
one of her perfectly shaped eyebrows and waited for him to continue.
He did.
“I totally lost track of time just
now and I have an appointment with Travis Connolly. Would you mind
wiping down my machine for me? Or maybe stick a note on it saying
it’s out of order? I don’t want to leave it all sweaty for
someone else. You’ll be doing me a real solid. I’ll owe you.”
My jaw almost hit the floor.
Now Nadia rolled her eyes, looked over
at the offending machine, then back at Peter. “Sure, I understand,”
she said, as cool as ice. “The world’s number one can’t wait.
Go right ahead—I’ll fix it for you.”
He babbled a load of thanks, then
jogged out of the gym.
I gaped at her. “You’re not going
to do it, are you?”
Nadia chuckled. “Of course not. He
may be coaching Travis Connolly and Rufus Lampani for the US Open,
but that doesn’t mean I’m going to clean up his mess.” She
pointed with her chin over to the machine Peter had just vacated.
“Come on, V, I’ll show you how I’m going to deal with this.”
I followed her, grinning. Her tone told
me that it was going to be something fun. Well, for us, anyway.
Probably not for Peter.
Sure enough, when she returned from the
room off the side of the gym, she had a pad of paper and a pen in her
hands. Deliberately shielding the pad from my view, she wrote
something down, then pulled off the top sheet. Folding it, she then
propped it on the sweat-slicked seat so the writing was on view to
anyone who happened past.
When I’d read and absorbed the words,
I turned to Nadia, impressed. Her smile lit up her face, showing
dimples in each cheek, and her brown eyes gleamed with amusement.
It was in that moment that I decided I
had the serious hots for Nadia Gorlando.
The sign read,
PLEASE EXCUSE THE STATE OF THIS
MACHINE. PETER ROSS, TENNIS COACH SUPREMO, “LOST TRACK OF TIME”.
Lucy Felthouse is a very busy woman!
She writes erotica and erotic romance in a variety of subgenres and
pairings, and has over 100 publications to her name, with many more
in the pipeline. These include several editions of Best Bondage
Erotica, Best Women's Erotica 2013 and Best Erotic Romance 2014.
Another string to her bow is editing, and she has edited and
co-edited a number of anthologies, and also edits for a small
publishing house. She owns Erotica
For All, is book editor for Cliterati,
and is one eighth of The
Brit Babes. Find out more at
http://www.lucyfelthouse.co.uk.
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6 comments:
Hi, Lucy! Good luck with this one. Nadia sounds like quite a character!
Sounds interesting... I do not usually read F/F books, but I have enjoyed other books by you... thanks for sharing!
Thanks so much for hosting me, Lisabet!
Thanks Ameliah - I had great fun writing this one!
Thanks for stopping by, Colleen!
Looking forward to this one. Thanks for the giveaway.
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