Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews gives Five Stars and a True Gem award to Safeword: Quinacridone

Kitty Angel at Guilty Pleasures Book Reviews gave Safeword: Quinacridone Five Stars, and a True Gem Award, and said: Some things are disturbing to this very vanilla person but, the way it was written was phenomenal! This was BDSM to the extreme -– not just whips, chains, hand-cuffs, floggers -– a total different BDSM that shows a true masochist and a true sadist at it’s best. Will I read more of Candace Blevins? Most definitely. I absolutely enjoy her characters. They are all totally different and I can’t wait to see what she has in store for us next.

Safeword: Quinacridone gets 4.5 out of 5 kinks from KinkyBookReviews.com!

Reviews: Debbie at Kinky Book Reviews gave it 4.5 out of 5 kinks and said: I fell in love with the hero from the start. I was really in the moment at all times with this story and felt like I was fighting for this relationship right along with the characters. The scenes literally jumped off the page, sometimes making me want to run into Travis’s arms…sometimes away! Overall, this was an excellent and intense read. I feel that every book Ms. Blevins writes is better than the last and this was her best so far. I look forward to the next journey she takes us on. I also fear it a bit. _____________ You can see the blurb and one excerpt here, and another excerpt here. Safeword: Quinacridone is available at Amazon.

Release Day — Safeword: Quinacridone

Safeword: Quinacridone is available on Safeword: Quinacridone is available at Amazon as a Kindle Select, meaning if you’re a Prime member, you can borrow it for free. Here’s the blurb and an excerpt. What happens when an introverted artist who only likes sex when it’s a one-night stand meets a computer-geek-extraordinaire with his own sexy secrets? Objectification, romance, pain, adoration, lots of kinky toys, and oodles and oodles of wonderfully imaginative sex. Join Cara and Travis on their journey to mesh their distinctive sexual tastes into a loving relationship with blow-your-mind kink.    Ob·jec·ti·fi·ca·tion: Treating a person as an object for use, with no regard for a person’s personality or sentience. Regarding someone as a commodity; considering them merely an instrument towards one’s sexual pleasure.  Examples of OBJECTIFICATION: A woman is on her back at the edge of a tall bed with hands and feet bound together and restrained above her head. A curtain drapes from a canopy above and puddles on the backs of her thighs. The man about to penetrate her sees only female genitals available for use. A woman is dressed in a full latex blow-up doll costume with durable latex ‘pockets’ stuffed into her orifices. She is bound into a position giving easy access to all three holes at a party. Her face is completely covered excepting nose and mouth. The men do not know who is in the costume. Safeword: Quinacridone is a stand-alone book. You do not need to have read the previous books in this series. Warning: This title contains graphic language, consensual BDSM, extreme objectification, bondage, watersports (one scene), chemical play, fisting, temporary body modification with saline injections (one scene), and the use of toys including clamps, canes, plugs, paddles, whips, floggers, and zip-ties.   Excerpt: “Do you remember when I told […]

Cover Reveal — Safeword: Quinacridone

I am uber-excited about sharing Travis and Cara’s story. I don’t have a release date yet, or an official blurb, but I have a cover!!! Travis is a computer geek, Cara’s an artist. The couple explore objectification, which may not sound too extreme at first glance, but I’ve seen couples take it much farther than I’d want to go. These two keep it mostly sane, but the temptation is there, to see how far they can travel down the rabbit hole. If you’ve read my earlier books, you’ll note two major differences in this one. My previous works dealt with experienced players, but Cara will learn about world of BDSM from Travis. More substantially, Cara is not a submissive, and there’s very little D/s — only what’s needed in a scene to integrate the objectification scenarios Travis builds. Here’s the warning you’ll eventually see below the blurb. If watersports are a major squick for you, don’t let it scare you too bad, as it’s only in one scene, and is addressed as more curiosity than kink. Warning: This title contains graphic language, consensual BDSM, extreme objectification, bondage, watersports, chemical play, fisting, temporary body modification with saline injections, and the use of toys including clamps, canes, plugs, paddles, whips, floggers, and zip-ties. In a nutshell, there’s a decent amount of S&M — more than most books, but not to the levels in my previous works. We see very little D/s between our couple, though we see a good bit from secondary characters. I’ll repost this short teaser excerpt, as I think it gives a good introduction to Travis and Cara. “Do you remember when I told you to say yellow if you needed me to realize you couldn’t breathe, or wanted me to understand something wasn’t working for you?” She looked […]

Audio excerpt of Safeword: Davenport

The BDSM Group on Goodreads is featuring an audio excerpt of Safeword: Davenport. To celebrate, I’ll be giving away the winner’s choice of either of the Davenport books. Just leave a comment here, or talk to me in the Goodreads BDSM thread, and you’ll be entered. You can also enter to win one of four of my books at the Black Friday Book Bonanaza Hop. Check back late next week, as I hope to be able to share the new cover for Safeword: Quinacridone. I posted a short excerpt Friday, on the one day Black Friday hop.

A long overdue update

I’ve been in my writing cave for what seems like forever. When I finished the last Davenport book I thought my next book was mostly written, and I was certain it wouldn’t take long to finish. I wrote Safeword: Quinacridone last year, but it needed a little something extra, so I set it aside to write something else, hoping some distance would help me see what it needed. However, I’ve rewritten much of the story, and the word count is now more than twice what it was when I “finished” it last year. Travis is a computer geek, Cara’s an artist. I adore both, and wanted to do right by them. Travis and Cara explore objectification, which may not sound too extreme at first glance, but I’ve seen couples take it much farther than I’d want to go. I’m good with a little dehumanization for an hour or two, but then I’m ready to come out of the scene and be myself again. Cara mostly agrees with me, but the idea of longer term objectification appeals to her, so this journey is, in part, finding a balance that allows the couple to fully explore their kink without losing any of Cara’s personality. Travis loves her, adores her, and worries where they’ll end up in a few decades as they each play off of the other’s kinks. First, there’s some baggage both must deal with. Most of my female leads are experienced in the world of BDSM, but Cara isn’t. She’s brand new, and has to come to terms with labeling her kinks before she can feel comfortable in a relationship with the person who first named them. I’m excited about this book, and can’t wait until it’s finally ready for release. I should have a cover to share in the […]

Indulgent Blog Hop

Welcome to the Guilty Indulgence Blog Hop! What’s an indulgence for an author? Something we write specifically for ourselves. In my case, it’s Safeword: Matte. At the time, it seemed every book I read had all of this drama pulling the fated couple away from each other, and forcing the couple to fend off all manner of contrived conflicts and misunderstandings to somehow stay together. I wanted to watch a couple come together with only the usual obstacles, so I wrote it. We still have a little conflict and drama, of course. Books must have something to make them interesting, but I enjoyed writing it, and I’m told it’s a pretty fun book to read. I’ll give away an ebook copy of Safeword: Matte on Sunday evening, September 23rd. There are three ways to enter — do all three and you’ll be entered three times, or do one and you’re entered once: Follow me on Facebook and let me know about it (email, comment, or FB message) Follow me on Twitter and let me know about it (email, comment, or Twitter me) Comment below. If you’re already following me on Facebook or Twitter let me know who you are, and I’ll count it. Here’s the blurb for Safeword: Matte Matte, pronounced mah-tay, is the word used in some forms of martial arts to stop a fight. It’s the Japanese word for stop or wait. Sam (short for Samantha) has made a hobby out of learning the various fighting disciplines, but she also happens to be a sexual submissive. What better safeword than matte? Sam wants to find someone to submit to who she can’t beat in a fight. She’s tried to make it work with men from the scene who know nothing about fighting, but it doesn’t feel real to […]

Bitten by Paranormal Romance 18 and Over Blog Hop

Welcome to the Bitten by Paranormal Romance 18 and Over Blog Hop! I’ll give away the winners choice of an ebook of either Safeword: Davenport or Safewords: Davenport and Chiffon on Monday, September 17th. 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: Follow me on Facebook and let me know about it (email, comment, or FB message) Follow me on Twitter and let me know about it (email, comment, or Twitter me) Comment below. If you’re already following me on Facebook or Twitter let me know who you are, and I’ll count it. I feel I should 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, […]

Romance with a Bite Blog Hop

  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? There are a couple of ways to win in this Blog Hop. There will be […]