Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Guest Post & Giveaway: THE HIGHWAYMAN'S PROPOSAL by Vanessa Liebe

Why does Lady Godwin find it so hard
to obey her highwayman?
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THE HIGHWAYMAN'S PROPOSAL
Vanessa Liebe
Series: The Blakeney Brother Adventures, Book 3
Genre: Historical Erotic Romance
Publisher: Blushing Books
Publication Date: April 12, 2017
Gabriel Blakeney is a man who protects those he loves at all costs. If that means becoming a highwayman to help support the community that raised him, then that's what he'll do. Risking his life each night, he robs from the rich to redistribute among the poor. He does it to survive. But what he'd really like is to find a woman of his own to protect and love. Despairing of ever finding her, things change one night when he meets Lady Caroline Godwin. Here is a lady who needs protecting all right-from herself.
Desperate times call for desperate measures. And Lady Godwin is desperate. Her father has lost a fortune at cards and is bed bound after a stroke. Somehow, she must raise the money within a month or lose her home. Worse, she may be forced to marry the despicable Lord Shard-her father's creditor-to protect the family name and pay the debt. Frantic, Lady Caroline remembers being held up a few weeks ago. She makes the audacious decision to rob the handsome highwayman. But Caroline gets far more than she bargained for.
With card sharps, traitors, and the militia to worry about, Gabriel and Caroline find danger ever present. He is determined to keep her safe throughout, even if that means a trip over his knee.
Publisher's note: This romance contains elements of discipline, and explicitly described sexual encounters.
The story is full of twists and turns, passion, punishments, theft, schemes, setting a trap, seeking revenge and gaining restitution.
- Kathy Heare Watts, Goodreads Reviewer
A heartwarming adventure. This book is a delightful, feel-good journey, with some mild discipline scenes and moderate love scenes. It is full of humor, danger and adventure, with well-developed characters and an interesting twist.
- Dyane, Amazon Reviewer

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Other Books in the Series

Don't miss the first two books in The Blakeney Brothers series.
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SMUGGLER'S BOUNTY
Series: The Blakeney Brother Adventures, Book 1
When Elizabeth and William are together passions ignite, sparks fly, and danger lurks around every corner. Can they avoid the cruel preventative officer hot on their heels? Will they finally find the happiness that has so long eluded them both?
"An excellent book, full of adventure and hot romance"
- Joanie M, Amazon Reviewer
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TAMING THE SPY
Series: The Blakeney Brother Adventures, Book 2
Cameron Blakeney is a spy for the Crown. When he's tasked to observe two French spies in Portsmouth, he hopes to use the opportunity to locate his youngest brother, too. What he's not expecting is to be working with a co-agent in the form of the lovely, undisciplined Lady Arabella.
"Fast paced and fun! Not your typical victorian romance."
- Pettigg, Amazon Reviewer

Guest Post

Hello,

My name is Vanessa Liebe and I write fun & sexy erotic romances, both contemporary and historical. Today I’d like to talk about the importance of sexual tension in a Romance, especially Erotic Romance.

Readers are anticipating that first kiss between the hero and heroine since page one of any romance story, or erotic romance. Therefore it needs to be a good one, putting the reader right there in amongst the action. If the sexual tension has been heightened enough the reader would want to be kissing the hero too. The first kiss is an important step in any relationship and takes the sexual tension to a new, higher level of intimacy. Without that tension, the story falls flat.

Below are some examples on how this is done.

When the heroine notices something particular about her man that lets the reader know she’s falling for him, for example his strong hands or his gorgeous yet guarded green eyes, the tension is much more effective. The reader shouldn’t be simply told the hero is “hot.” Instead, the character is shown to be hot by the reactions of the observer. The best way to achieve this is through physical and mental reactions such as flushing, feeling faint, tingling sensations in parts of their body, an inability to speak, etc. Characters who are sexually attracted either find any excuse to touch each other in casual interaction or try to avoid the other person because they’re afraid they might lose control. Either way, these small intimacies, or when the opportunity for having them is avoided, show sexual tension.

The level of sensuality in the novel will dictate what the characters notice about one another. In a sweet romance, the heroine isn’t going to notice a guy has a hard on in his jeans for her, but in an erotic romance she definitely will. The sexual tension has to fit the situation.

There is no tension at all if there aren’t things that pull the two main characters apart sexually as well as pull them together. There needs to be believable reasons why the couple can’t come together initially. It helps if the two main characters want to know more about each other and they can do this by dropping their guards, letting the other person in. Secrets or flaws of character are revealed, vulnerabilities, or maybe past experiences. All of these things show the reader how important each of them are becoming to one another.

How about you? Is there a favourite part in a book you’ve read which shows perfect sexual tension?

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About Vanessa Liebe

Vanessa Liebe is the author of fun, sexy erotic romance and erotica, both contemporary and historical. She mostly writes in the Fantasy and Paranormal categories as she likes a man with bite.
Vanessa is married with three children and resides in Hampshire, South East England. When not house training her children, reading or writing, she likes to sit in the garden with a glass of rose wine.

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