Romance with a Bite Blog Hop

By Candace BlevinsContests, Safeword: Davenport, Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon

 
Welcome to the Romance with a Bite Blog Hop!

For some, romance can mean tender kisses and gentle caresses, for others it means wrist cuffs, nipple clamps, a beautiful leather belt, and kisses that leave you breathless. But beyond the outer trappings, I think romance happens when two people connect at the soul level. When a man wants to get to know you, and spends the time to understand you enough to be able to see into your heart — that’s romance.

Do you want your fictional romances to mirror real life, or do you prefer over-the-top fantasy? Or, perhaps you’re like me and you have different reading moods, preferring one thing this week, another next week?

Sometimes I get tired of the manufactured drama, and I wrote Safeword: Matte for myself during one of those time periods. It’s two people who’ve worked through their baggage and come together without a million things trying to tear them apart. I more than made up for the lack of angst later, with my two Davenport books, though. I cried as I wrote them, and cried again on every editing pass.

What’s your preference for books: pure fantasy, or fantasy with a dose of reality? Real life Doms make mistakes sometimes. When they do, they admit to it, talk about it, learn from it, and move on. One of my beta readers got terribly upset when I had Zach screw up, so much so that I took one of his screw ups out of the book. I wanted to make him human though, so I left the other instances in. What’s your preference? Perfect alpha male, or alpha male who’s human but takes responsibility for his mistakes?

Safeword: Davenport by Candace Blevins

Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon by Candace Blevins

There are a couple of ways to win in this Blog Hop. There will be a grand prize giveaway drawn from the comments from all blogs, as well as giveaways on the individual blogs. I’ll be giving away the winner’s choice of an ebook of Safeword: Davenport, or Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon on Monday evening, September 3rd.

There are three ways to enter for the Davenport giveaway. Do all three and you’ll be entered three times, or do one and you’re entered once:

  1. Follow me on Facebook and let me know about it (email, comment, or FB message)
  2. Follow me on Twitter and let me know about it (email, comment, or Twitter me)
  3. Comment below.

If you’re already following me on Facebook or Twitter let me know who you are, and I’ll count it.

I do want to warn that these aren’t beginner BDSM books. Everything is consensual, but it’s real pain, and about as close as one can get to total surrender while sustaining a career. If you’re only interested in a little slap and tickle, these may be a bit much for you.

Here’s the blurb for Safeword: Davenport

Dana has never submitted to anyone but her husband — he trained her, taught her to submit. He’s been dead a year and a half though, and she’s beginning to consider the possibility of dating again. She sticks to vanilla at first, but quickly realizes she’s going to need more. As she’s considering the idea of finding someone who would enjoy hurting her without requiring her submission, her life is complicated by a Dom who pushes all of her buttons.

Safeword: Davenport is the first half of Dana’s story, it’s the personal part of her journey, and has a Happy for Now ending. Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon tells the rest of her story and gives us her Happily Ever After.

Warning: This title contains graphic language, consensual BDSM, bondage, intense sensory deprivation, extreme electrical play, enemas, and the use of toys including clamps, canes, plugs, cages, paddles, whips, and floggers.

 

Here’s the blurb for Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon

Dana is ready to submit to Zach, but she’s going to be surprised by the depth of her submission. She’s comfortable Dominating Jacob, but how will the four of them form a unit?

Zach thought he’d worked through his issues, and he was patient with Dana as she worked through hers, but a painful reminder of the past makes him question whether he can accept Dana’s submission. Will he be able to handle being completely vulnerable once again?

Warning: This title contains graphic language, consensual BDSM, bondage, extreme electrical play, enemas, and the use of toys including clamps, canes, plugs, cages, paddles, whips, and floggers.

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You must be 18 or older to enter. Make sure you leave your email address in the comments. Remember, by commenting you are entering to win one of my ebooks, plus it acts as an entry for the Grand Prize given away at Romance with a Bite. The first Grand Prize is a Kindle Fire or Nook Tablet, second is a $130 Amazon or B&N Gift Card, and third is a Large Swag Pack (seen below). Good luck to all who enter!


Safeword: Davenport is available at:

Safeword: Davenport at Amazon Safeword: Davenport at Excessica Safeword: Davenport at Barnes and Noble Safeword: Davenport at Bookstrand
Safeword: Davenport at Smashwords Safeword: Davenport at ARE Safeword: Davenport at BooksOnBoard

Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon is available at:

Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon at Amazon Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon at Excessica Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon at Barnes and Noble Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon at Bookstrand
Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon at Fictionwise Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon at Smashwords Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon at ARE Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon at Books on Board

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You can return to the Romance with a Bite Blog Hop Page, or continue onto one of the next five blogs in the list:

* For Your Eyes Only–Author Lani Rhea
* The Brunette Librarian
* Guilty Indulgence
* A Thing for Wings – Sarah Gilman Books
* Romance Beckons

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48 thoughts on “Romance with a Bite Blog Hop”

  1. I love fantasy with a dose of reality. I love real, strong, alpha dom.

    FB follower: Kelsey Summer
    Twitter Follower: @Kelsey_summer

    kesummer69 at gmail dot com

  2. I have and love all your books but had to stop in and tell you that!! I love fantasy with a dose of reality. A strong alpha man who loves completely yet makes mistakes and learns from them. The best thing about a dom is he communicates no matter how hard it is to do so, he has to!

    susanmplatt AT hotmail DOT com

  4. let’s see – I like to mix it up – what may work for me one day won’t always the next… but I do love the scenarios that I have no chance of being a part of – whether because I’m just not wired that way or I’m a chicken… not sure.

    Followed on FB – gaele hi
    Follow on twitter – @gaelehi

    thanks for participating and sharing … glhince@gmail.com

  5. I love finding new to me authors! The book looks amazing and look forward to reading it 🙂
    bhunter(at)hotmail(dot)com

  7. I like to read a variety of genres. I like to read fantasy but with reality.
    FB follower JeanPatton
    skpetal at hotmail dot com

  8. I prefer fantasy with a dose of reality. But I’ll read outrageous ones from time to time.
    bituin76 AT hotmail DOT com

  9. Romance doesn’t always have to be something elaborate. It could be having your loved one bump your knee with his under the table while you’re at the restaurant with relatives.

  14. I love so many different kinds of romance stories, so thanks for the chance to read one of your stories.

    Caity_mack@yahoo dot com

  18. Thanks for participating! Really like the hop so far!! I love reading, especially romance. I love reading contemporary, historical and erotic romance. I love the happy ending that is garenteed at the end. My favorite book is Lover Mine by JR Ward! I love John Matthew and Xhex. My favorite romantic moment was when my fiancé asked me to marry him! We meant two years ago right around when summer was ending! I think it is romantic when he brings me flowers because no one else has ever done it! My friend and I went out for our last big night out before classes started again. Thanks so much! Hope everyone else is having a great long weekend!!

    prettyunicorn78@yahoo.com

  19. FB-Kaylyn Davis Twitter- @kaylyn_davis I have been following both for quite some time.I like my romance with a little fantasy. I also like my BDSM a little dark & heavy. Thank you for the giveaway.
    kaylyndavis1986@yahoo.com

  24. I like to have an eclectic selection of romances: from sweet fluffy romances to hot, hard, adventurous romances.
    BTW, love the guy on SAFEWORD:MATTE. Very,very hot.
    FB-Michelle Bledsoe
    Twitter- @MABledsoe

    koonie2888 at yahoo dot com

  25. Thanks for the awesome hop and giveaways! This is so much fun! Thank you! My favorite thing about romance is the romance. lol I love the characters, the plots, the HEA’s, the love. I love it all!
    Facebook: Shadow Kohler
    Twitter: @LuvToRead09
    shadowluvs2read(at)gmail(dot)com

  27. It all depends on my mood. One week, I want sweet and cute. Another day, I want it down and dirty!

    Thanks,
    Tracey D
    booklover0226 at gmail dot com

  31. The books sound super hot! Thanks for joining the hop and for the awesome giveaway!
    ehaney578 at aol dot com

  33. Hey Candace, I already follow you on Facebook and Twitter. Loved Davenport and Davenport and Chiffon.
    Have a great day!!
    Qwillia
    qwilliarain(at)gmail(dot)com

  34. Thank you for participating – it’s a great way to discover new authors

    shermie40 at yahoo dot com

  35. Thanks for being on the hop! Long time follower:
    FB: Mel Bourn
    Twitter: @MelCamino5

    mel
    bournmelissa at hotmail dot com

  40. Really looking forward to reading this book.
    FB Follower: June Manning
    Twitter Follower: @juneannm

    Thanks for the giveaway 🙂
    June
    manning_j2004 at yahoo dot com

  41. I have to be honest and tell you that I think hardcore BDSM is something I’m not interested in reading. I think it’s OK to experiment in a light and playful manner with role-playing, handcuffs or blindfolds to spice things up in the bedroom. But I would never be attracted to anyone who needed to give another pain or humiliation to get pleasure.
    mcv111 at hotmail dot com

  43. I love your books! I can’t wait to read the Davenport ones, especially since I’ve heard wonderful things about them. Thanks for participating!

    FB: Emily Wells
    Twitter: chickie434

    tiger-chick-1(at)hotmail(dot)com

  44. I’m following you on Twitter and Friended you on FB 🙂

    lindsayavalon (at) gmail (dot) com

  46. Lisa — I totally agree. Owning up to your mistakes is very important to me, and when people don’t do it… well, it’s one of my pet peeves. Now if I can just convince my kids of this — LOL.

    Susan — I’m glad you’ve enjoyed my books. Thanks so much for stopping by to tell me. And you’re right about communication being important!

    Gaele — most of the time I prefer scenarios that fit the way I’m wired, though I do have a few kinks purely in the fantasy department that probably shouldn’t be brought into real life. So I can understand the allure of reading some kinks that may not be your thing IRL.

    JeanMP and JanD — I think finding the right mix of fantasy and reality is important for me, too.

    Andrea — You are sooo right. The little things can send your heart soaring higher than the big stuff, sometimes.

    Paloma — I’m glad you’ve liked them!

    Foretta — I enjoy books in a series also. Even if it’s different main characters for each book, it’s still nice to be familiar with the setting and world.

    Patti — I like the happy-ending guarantee thing, also. Not all cultures believe in putting happy endings into their popular books, and I’m pretty thankful ours does, at least for now.

    Kaylyn D — if you like your BDSM dark and heavy then you should love my books 🙂 I try to keep it light and realistic, too. However, even in Safeword: Matte, where I was sure I had toned the S&M down, everyone talks about how intense it is. I figure that probably means I’m not capable of writing anything except the intense stuff.

    Crystal Craig — I know what you mean. Too realistic can be a problem, but too perfect doesn’t always work for me, either.

    Michelle Bledsoe — Glad you like the cover, a few reviewers have had a lot of snarky fun putting it down, but I’m still happy with it. I wasn’t so sure about the thing on his head at first, but he’s bald for part of the book and has hair for part of it, so even that works out.

    Monica — sounds like my books won’t be something you’ll want to read. I don’t want to traumatize anyone, which is why I put the warnings out there that I do. I truly only want the people who are going to enjoy my writing to read it, because I realize it’s not for everyone. As long as BDSM is consensual and basic safety practices are taken to minimize the risks involved, there’s no right or wrong to it. If a slap and tickle get you off then that’s what is right for you. If someone else needs a cane, belt, and other methods of delivering intense pain, then that’s right for them. It’s all good, as long as you’re getting your needs met (and it’s consensual and safe, etc.).

    Mary Roya — I do hold back some, to be honest. And when I don’t, my beta readers usually help me figure out where I need to tone things down. Well, most of them. One of them is of the “more, more, more” frame of thought — LOL. Usually, once they point out the parts that squicked them, I can see their point and can figure out how to tone it down without removing that part completely.

    Thanks to everyone who commented, and good luck with the drawing (which I’ll be doing soon, BTW).

  48. Love your covers. did you have input on them? Thanks for being a part of the hop. I hope that you had a great Labor day weekend!
    jessangil at gmail dot com

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