Greetings and welcome to another MFRW Book Hooks blog hop.
My blog tour for the 25th Anniversary Edition of my first novel Raw Silk is going on now. It’s an excerpt tour, which means you’ll find a different snippet at every stop. And I’m giving away a $25 bookstore gift certificate to one lucky reader. Every day you have a new chance to enter. You can find the list of stops here:
https://goddessfishpromotions.blogspot.com/2024/09/excerpt-tour-raw-silk-25th-anniversary.html
Meanwhile, for today’s event I’m sharing an excerpt nobody else has, from the latter part of this intensely sensual erotic romance. Enjoy!
Oh, one more thing – the e-book is only 99 cents during the tour, at Amazon and Smashwords.
Amazon US: https://www.amazon.com/Raw-Silk-Lisabet-Sarai-ebook/dp/B0DF6Q2S2B
Amazon CA:
https://www.amazon.ca/Raw-Silk-Lisabet-Sarai-ebook/dp/B0DF6Q2S2B
Amazon UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Raw-Silk-Lisabet-Sarai-ebook/dp/B0DF6Q2S2B
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1611408
Blurb
In a foreign land, a woman discovers exotic new realms of the senses.
When software engineer Kate O’Neill leaves her lover David to take a job in Thailand, she embarks on a sensual journey that will change her forever.
In the glittering City of Angels, Kate becomes sexually involved with two very different men—a handsome and debauched member of the Thai aristocracy, and the charismatic, dominant proprietor of a sex bar. With Anand Rajchitraprasong, she discovers her own almost unlimited capacity for erotic pleasure. Meanwhile, Gregory Marshall shows her what she has hidden from herself: a deep desire to submit, to surrender herself body and soul to someone with the power and compassion to master her.
Each lascivious adventure binds her more closely to her lovers. Then David comes to Bangkok, and Kate realizes that she must choose one of the three men who all desire her.
Long considered an erotic classic, Raw Silk chronicles one woman’s intimate voyage toward love and self-understanding. This twenty-fifth anniversary edition has been freshly edited and includes a new introduction plus a bonus chapter.
The Hook
Have I made a terrible mistake? she wondered, leaning on the balcony railing and drinking in the elusive freshness of morning. Gregory said he loved her, but what did that mean? He was a mystery. He might be a criminal, for all she knew. He might have other lovers—he’d more or less admitted he has other slaves. Would she just become another of his toys? He might even be married already.
That didn’t seem plausible. He wouldn’t have proposed if he hadn’t been serious. After all, why should he? He knew he could have Kate body and soul without any kind of reciprocal commitment.
And she—lost in her submissive trance, she’d been ready to say yes, right there. To a man she’d met less than two months ago.
God, she was so stupid!
When Gregory finally awakened, she’d tell him she’d changed her mind. That she’d been blinded by lust, in no state to make a life-changing choice. That she needed more time and more information before she was sure.
Would he understand and assent? If not, could she let go of him? His returning the leather collar had signaled his intentions. She could assume it willingly, acknowledging him as her master. Or she could keep it “to remember him”, the only trace of him remaining after he’d gone.
The notion was a knife in her gut, pain far worse than he’d ever inflicted upon her. She couldn’t relinquish him. She needed him too much, wanted him—loved him? The agony she felt, imagining a life without him—was that a symptom of love?
Gradually, as she watched and mused, the lead-colored clouds hanging over the Chao Phraya flushed flamingo pink. A barge laden with sand made its placid way upstream. Otherwise, the river was empty, flowing solemn and endless toward the sea. Morning birdsong reached her ears, even up here on the tenth floor. The first rays of the rising sun struck a glint from the gilded stupa of a wat across the water.
The peace and beauty mocked her. Tears gathered in her eyes, spilling over to run down her cheeks and onto her bare breasts. What should she do?
“Kate.”
Gregory’s voice turned her name into a caress. He rested his big hands upon her shoulders, pulled her body against his and nuzzled the spot below her ear. She sank back, melting in the fevered heat that radiated from his naked flesh. She couldn’t help herself.
“Having second thoughts, little one?” He flicked her earlobe with his tongue and sent electric currents streaking down to her sex. Although the gesture seemed playful, his tone was serious, without his characteristic mockery.
Kate turned her back to the dawn, seeking his eyes. “To be honest, yes.” The ache under her sternum made it hard to speak. “Last night, everything seemed so clear. This morning…”
“This morning you have doubts.” He combed his fingers through her curls, massaging her scalp. “Ah, Kate! When I woke to find myself alone in our bed, I knew you’d been thinking too much.”
His fingertips traced the line of her cheek. Then he cupped her chin and bent to kiss her.
Her fears evaporated like morning mist off the river.
Be sure to visit the other authors participating in today’s hop. And why not pick up a copy of Raw Silk? It’s less than a buck.
3 comments:
Ah, your descriptions always get me, from the shade of the clouds to what the morning air feels like. I especially loved this line: Gregory’s voice turned her name into a caress.
Wow - this phrase "evaporated like morning mist off the river" was succinct and yet spoke volumes.
Her heart is at war with her common sense. Such a difficult situation, and he seems so hard to resist!
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