The Moment of Happiness

Travelling at high speed with a friend yesterday I discovered I was happy.  Not ecstatically pleasured, but simply happy.  I'd done a little writing and signed it off, and was now on my way to go walking with him in the sunshine.  He drives very fast and while he's much safer driving at that speed than I would be, it was clear that any mistake or mechanical failure could be instantly fatal.  No messing about in hospital; straight to the morgue.  Yet if I had to go, then I'd rather it be while I was happy.  The prospect of instant death was irrelevant: what mattered was the moment, the happy moment.  I could have kissed him.  But I didn't, not while he was driving!

It occurred to me that I'm often happy but don't realise it.  I'm too busy, pressing on to the next thing or worrying about the last one.  Now I was content to relax and enjoy each moment as it came, the hedgerows whizzing past, glimpses of countryside, snatches of birdsong.  Living - for the moment - in the moment.  And that's all it took.

We had a pleasant, hilly walk, a good pub meal, and saw the sunset from the garden of the pub.  Then he drove us home.  At high speed.

Red Knicker Day

I declare today a Red Knicker Day.



It looks like someone's been having a Red Knicker Night!

The Whore of Nightingale Farm

I've now started work on my new novel.  The working title is Poppy.  She's a character from my book Virginia, a newly-wed girl who posed for Mick the painter a couple of times.  She also ended up in his bed.  In the new book, this infidelity causes trouble with her husband.

I've written the first chapter, where Poppy's husband Steve throws her out of the house and delivers her to Ginny, whom he calls The Whore of Nightingale Farm.  I have a lot of events and characters planned for Poppy's future.  These may include a night raid, and a visit by Ginny's old lover Charlie--it's about time he got out of jail.  I'm looking forward to finding out what happens in chapter 2!

On a mundane note, the shenanigans with Whiskey Creek Press and Start Publishing had demotivated me so that I've hardly written a word for months.  Well, it now looks like being sorted out--in a few more months.  And whatever happens, I'm back writing again!  Yippee!

Whiskey Creek Press

My publisher, Whiskey Creek Press (WCP) may be taken over by Start Publishing, a part of Start Media.  A contract amendment was sent to WCP authors but the terms were unattractive so I have not signed.  My original contracts with WCP will therefore stand.  The takeover was targeted at the end of June 2014, but I've seen no evidence of progress. 
Since a change of publisher was in the offing anyway, I decided to take back from WCP those books for which my WCP contracts were finished, and try them elsewhere.  Publication by WCP had continued on an 'at will' basis following the end of the contract period.  I formally notified WCP that I wished to withdraw books and the company has confirmed they have been withdrawn.
The following books are not now available:
A Rose Without Thorns
In A French Country Vineyard
In An English Country Dungeon
In The Japanese Knot Garden
Laodameia
Torrid Teasers #56, containing Dancing With Douglas and Everyone Gets Frisky At Weddings.
My other books are still within contract with WCP and remain available:

Harmony in the Harem - out now!

My latest book came out this month.  I now have fourteen books available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble.  Here it is:

Simon has loved and left many women, but in sultry Charlotte he meets his match.  She poses a conundrum: “How can I take you as my lover and still keep faith with my husband?”  A book on harem etiquette shows her how to solve the riddle.  Has Simon considered the consequences of sharing her with her husband John?  Has she?  His contempt for John changes to pity and burgeons into something more.  The result is something none of them could have foreseen.

And here's the Amazon link:
http://www.amazon.com/Harmony-Harem-Yvonne-Sarah-Lewis-ebook/dp/B00KRQ2VDG

My publisher's being taken over, so I've had to switch all the links on my website from the publisher's site to Amazon.  Here's my website: http://yvonnesarahlewis.com/

Hope you enjoy it!

A delightfully decadent tale

"If you want a rousing tale of BDSM, like 50 Shades of Gray, but better written, and more realistic to the world of BDSM, then this book is for you"

I've just had a great review for Garden of Thorns: "I found the book well written, the sex scenes hot. And there were a lot of them, one after another, with the story woven in between them. The tale is intriguing with enough roadblocks thrown in to make it an edge of your seat read to see what happens next."

See the full review by S. R. Howen 2014 EPIC award winner at http://www.amazon.com/Garden-Thorns-Yvonne-Sarah-Lewis-ebook/product-reviews/B00HNAWCF6

 

Harmony in the Harem due in June

 Here's the cover for my new book coming out from Torrid Books in June 2014.

Simon has loved and left a lot of women, but in sultry Charlotte he meets his match.  She poses a conundrum: “How can I take you as my lover and still keep faith with my husband?”  She’s read a book on harem etiquette which shows her how to solve the riddle.  Has he considered the consequences of sharing her with her husband?  Has she?  His contempt for her husband changes to pity and burgeons into something more.  The result is something none of them could have foreseen.

 

I'm very excited about this, a new departure for me, including significant 'boy-on-boy' action.  Hope you all enjoy it too.