Found some beautiful colour in a town centre shrubbery when I ventured out this morning. This was a bit of an expedition for me, as winter and fibromyalgia aren’t a good mix and I very… Read More
BELOVED NEMESIS is my latest self published release, out this week. It’s new, but it’s not absolutely, completely and entirely new because a version of it was published almost tw… Read More
At long last, here it is, the fourth instalment of my SECRET PLEASURES series. I meant to publish this ages ago, but circumstances seemed to conspire against it. Health, crises of confidence… Read More
Last Thursday, 15th March, our dear little cat Mindy died suddenly. It happened super quickly and she probably didn't know what was happening and had no time to be frightened. When I found h… Read More
I've bundled my two menage romance novellas POWER OF THREE and TEMPTED BY TWO into one steamy love triangle anthology! So if you enjoy stories where one woman falls in love with not one but… Read More
Here are DELICIOUS PLEASURE and DELICIOUS PAIN posing naughtily on the pink pouffe in the Dumpster Office of Doom!DELICIOUS PLEASURE is a collection of short fiction devoted to general sensu… Read More
The print edition of my super steamy, super length novel WILD IN THE COUNTRY is here!Very pleased with the result as I designed the cover myself. The gorgeous stock image makes it, of c… Read More
These arrived this morning!They're my author copies of a Spice Briefs anthology that's been published in Japan. I don't know what the antho is actually called though. Maybe a Japanese speake… Read More
I've been foofing about with Createspace, and making print copies of some of my self published work. Some time ago, I published a print copy of Lessons and Lovers, with a beautiful cover by… Read More
Well, after a long, long wait and years of being unavailable, WILD IN THE COUNTRY is finally published again! This is my saucy country romp novel, and it’s a bumper one, over 300… Read More
I'm currently working towards self publishing this older title of mine, WILD IN THE COUNTRY. And this cover perfectly expresses my vision of Flora, the heroine. When we were discussing ideas… Read More
This is my latest release under my alter ego pen name, Delaney Silver. My Delaney books are a bit edgier, a bit racier and more explicit than my more recent Portia Da Costa books. They're se… Read More
A Pretty Weird Bloke is my latest self published release. It's a bit of a shortie, but hopefully weirdly sweet in a kinky BDSM sort of way. If that makes any kind of sense... why not give it… Read More
A TOUCH OF HEAVEN is my sensual paranormal romance novella about a gorgeous, mysterious stranger who entrances a forty-something woman who's beginning to have doubts about her own attractive… Read More
Looking for something short and sexy and told from the male POV? Well, look no further!HIS PRIVATE DANCER - a decadent tale of saucy burlesqueWith a front row seat at a private burlesque sho… Read More
My sensual contemporary romance, FAR FROM PERFECT, is being given a new lease of life, courtesy of Entangled Publishing!To celebrate, it's available a… Read More
LESSONS AND LOVERSLover after dark…By day, he's the perfect personal assistant, bodyguard, chauffeur… by when the lights go down, he's a devastating sex machine, using his hand… Read More
"The passionate love story of independent off-beat Lizzie and her gorgeous multi-millionaire, John Smith, every woman's idea of the sexy older man."The Accidental Call Girl, The Accidental M… Read More
Blargh! I'm poorly, and I have been for a week and a bit now. I feel better than I did, but this bout of what I suspect is Swine Flu, has really knocked me out of the great groove of product… Read More
Here's a photo of the Dumpster Office of Doom that shows real improvement!I now have a desk. With a phone. And a lamp. There's still a mass of stuff to sort and get rid of, but it's sort of… Read More
As you know, I've been writing a thing called Thing, a sort of generally romantic women's fiction non-plotted writing exercise just to keep my hand in. I've done about 8K of this 'thing' so… Read More
Well, here it is, The Dumpster Office of Doom!I'm sure you'll all think this is a 'before' picture, but it's actually taken just now. LOL I'd estimate about 50% of the 'stuff' has gone, but… Read More
For everyone wondering what I'm up to...Yes, I am writing. But I've had to put aside the WIP I was working on. Again. Even though I love the characters and their story, and have introduced s… Read More
Do you have a Nook reader? Would you like to read my sexy, kinky billionaire meets feisty Bettie Page lookalike romance for a bargain price?THE ACCIDENTAL CALL GIRL is now available digitall… Read More
Look at that grin! I've always loved that image! And now he's challenging you to plunge into a BDSM adventure with him... for a very modest price. :)IN SEBASTIAN'S HANDS is on sale at a spec… Read More
Take a look at this super giveaway that I'm involved in! Seventeen authors are all giving away prizes, and you've got seventeen days to enter and win. Seventeen has always been a lucky… Read More
Legion by William Peter BlattyMy rating: 5 of 5 starsI love this book. For me, it's better than The Exorcist, which I also think is wonderful. Legion manages to combing a gripping police pro… Read More
Can the student become the master?When financial executive Joanna Darrell loses her temper with a client it sets in motion a chain of erotic events beyond her wildest most fevered imaginings… Read More
January has been a reasonably productive month. Not stellar, but at least I've made some progress on a variety of fronts. THE BOSS'S SECRET is moving forward; fairly slowly, but at least it'… Read More
Here's my progress chart for Mini Habits so far in 2016! So far I've hit my tiny targets every day, sometimes only just, sometimes by a mile! Go me!W = writingR = readingG = getting rid of a… Read More
These are my new glasses for computer use. The slightly golden tint helps to reduce glare and eye strain and they seem to be working quite well on that score. I was a bit worried that I woul… Read More
Am making slow but useful progress on The Boss's Secret. It's crawling along really, but some progress is better than no progress at all, so it's all a plus.I'm reading an interesting how to… Read More
Murder Most Royal by Jean PlaidyMy rating: 4 of 5 starsI read this book years and years ago, probably when I was in my teens, so I'd forgotten almost everything about it... and forgotten how… Read More
Our lad Mork is a bit under the weather at the moment. It's a combo of a recurring cough, caused by a viral thing he caught from his mum, originally, and a sore tooth that the vet discovered… Read More
I think I might be getting a migraine today, which is a bit annoying, because I've been doing quite well so far in 2016 achievements-wise. With luck though, I might be able to fend off the w… Read More
In an attempt to jumpstart my commitment to writing in 2016, I treated myself to a new Macbook Pro for Christmas. My old one is still working well, but it's using an old OS, and I fear that… Read More
In 2016, I'm trying to motivate myself by using a system called Mini Habits. This amounts to setting ridiculously tiny goals for myself each day. They're so small that it's almost impossible… Read More
For a little while now, I've been taking a break, not only from blogging, but writing fiction too. At the beginning of August, I just felt overwhelmed by it all, and I decided that I n… Read More
My Black Lace novel HOTBED is released today in the UK in a new print version! HOTBED is a very naughty book, rather kinky, and not a romance. It's what I'd call a 'woman's journey of sexual… Read More
HER SECRET is out as an individual title now!Lover from her past…Jamie Lennox is the first man that Susannah ever loved, but now he’s different, dangerous and more devastatingl… Read More
My latest billionaire book is out now! HOW TO SEDUCE A BILLIONAIRE is alternative take on the relationship between a rich, Alpha male and a virgin. I do hope you'll like it, and come to love… Read More
Yay! SUITE SEVENTEEN is published anew in the UK today with a brand new and very dramatic cover. This is one of my favourites of my own books. I love it because the heroine, Annie, is a woma… Read More
I'm thrilled to announce that the WTRAFSOG Gemstone Collection #8 is released today! It's wonderful to share the billing with such a fantastic group of authors, and I'm deeply grateful to th… Read More
My short menage novella POWER OF THREE is included in Volume 8 of the WHAT TO READ AFTER FSOG Gemstone collection!So if you haven't yet got hold of this naughty novella, now's a good time to… Read More
Byword didn't pan out, so I'm trying a new blogging tool. Whether this coaxes me into blogging properly again remains to be seen. LOLThere is quite a bit of news to impart, so I really shoul… Read More
Here's the cover for my December Black Lace reprint, SUITE SEVENTEEN. I think this is a very clever cover as it shows a couple who could easily be Valentino and Annie, but also avoids contra… Read More
Apparently this is the result of a BookBub promotion, funded by my publisher. I had no idea it was occurring, although I figured out they'd put IN TOO DEEP out at a special price for a while… Read More
The MASTERED boxed set releases tomorrow, but my companion piece novella, THEIR SECRET, is already available from a variety of outlets, if you want to get a taste of the Secret Pleasures wor… Read More
Here's the newly revealed cover for MASTERED, a red hot BDSM boxed set that I'm a part of. It contains ten hot stories of sensual pleasure-pain and I'm proud to be part of such an incredible… Read More