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  I formally notified WCP that I wished to withdraw books and the company has confirmed they have been withdrawn.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:

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.

It Isn't Easy, Being a Dominatrix!

My book, Garden of Thorns, subtitled, It Isn't Easy, Being a Dominatrix, was published on New Year's Day by Torrid Books.  I'm really pleased with it.

It tells the story of Jennie, who suffered many misfortunes, but when she meets leather-clad Galatea and her strange slave, Cyan, her trials really begin.  Here's a snippet:

Jennie woke: the car had stopped. She looked up into Galatea’s smile.
“We’re here.” The woman raised her arm and Jennie sat upright.
“Where?”
“Home. Where Cyan and I live. And work.”
It was a street rather like the one in which she’d been ambushed. Old, brick-built factory and warehouse units. The car had pulled into an entry and a wide door was lifting itself up in front. When it was open, the car surged forward into a dark space. The white-painted wall of the garage was lit up in the headlamps. Random items were hanging on it. Leaning in the corner was a T-shaped frame made of stout timbers. Jennie gasped.
Hanging from the ends of the T-frame were chains, terminating in metal bands.
Manacles.
Behind the car the door was silently closing.

Here's a link to the Torrid Books website:
: http://www.whiskeycreekpress.com/torrid/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=61&products_id=775&zenid=c32091252cd5dba1b2371de64451a33c

Harmony in the Harem: a new departure.

Mae West said that faced with the choice between two evils, she'd always go for the one she hadn't tried yet.  My latest book, A Taste for Blood, is my first vampire story and the one I'm writing now is another first: the lovers are men.
I've made references to 'boy-on-boy' action in earlier books: In Rose Without Thorns there were the Gay Gardeners, but that's definitely a woman-man romance.
Now I've got the last two chapters of Harmony in the Harem in first-draft form.  Although it includes lots of heterosexual activity, this time the romance is homosexual.  I hope you all enjoy it.  I expect it will come out in late 2014.
To keep you going till then my full-length BDSM novel Garden of Thorns  is to be published in early 2014.
Busy, busy, busy!

Great Reviews for Virginia!

**** Review by Robert D Clark

Virginia, by Yvonne Sarah Lewis, is unashamedly a work of erotica. Fine if erotica is your thing, but what if it isn’t? If you look closely, his book is far more.
The protagonist, Virginia, is a strong woman who lives her life the way she wants. If “the way she wants” means loving more than one man, so be it. She is rational and mature enough to realize love doesn’t have to be exclusive or possessive.
Although there are many graphically presented sexual encounters, this is not a simple “jump in the bed” book. It is a careful study of relationships. The personalities of the characters are different, be they the gentle Peter and his loving wife, Virginia’s sexually aggressive neighbors, or Mike, the painter who can’t paint unless he’s cheating on his significant other.
None of the characters are perfect. They can’t be. They’re human. Imperfections aside, they all have strengths to more than make up for their weaknesses. Ultimately, each in his or her own way, they are good people.
Virginia is the glue holding them together and person able to bring out the best in all of them. Lewis does a fine job of fleshing out her protagonist. You may or may not approve of Virginia’s life style, but her nurturing nature, ability to overcome obstacles without hurting other people, and ability to love other people, even some who don’t at first seem to deserve it, make her an estimable character and the book an enjoyable read.
 

 **** Review by SR Howen
Virginia, by Yvonne Sarah Lewis starts out with a bang. No pun intended. The first scene is a subtle but hot sex scene, the author treats the scene realistically, while there is a little purple prose, it fits the scene and the thoughts of "Ginny". It's not just the sex that draws you in, you are introduced to intriguing plot points from page one.
Ginny's lover is married, but as the book unfolds we find out that his wife knows about their affair, or better to call it an arrangement. Ginny isn't your typical woman on the side, either. As right at the start we know she lives on a farm of some sort. Another tease is Ginny's thoughts on how she trained Peter, got him at the right time. And as the story goes on, we discover Peter isn't her only lover . . .
Questions are raised. And you are drawn in to find the answers.
Ginny has depth that comes out in the author's skillful handling of language and pace. Descriptions are colorful, yet not overdone, just enough to set the scene and the emotions.
Ginny, is the character that brings it all together, her flaws and emotions rule the day. I love her internal thoughts that run throughout the book, giving you a glimpse of both what others see, and what she thinks through her sexual encounters and her everyday life. It makes it real, and that's one of the things I really like about this book. So many erotic tales are contrived. The sex is over the top phenomenal, and mind blowing with every encounter, not so, as we get Ginny's thoughts to remind us of encounters we might have had, that weren't so phenomenal, but we let the other person think they were.
It's a neat feat for an author to manage this many intimate encounters and still bring a story to life. When things don't go well, and Ginny is left with making a choice . . . well you will have to read to find out if in the end this free spirited woman has to give up her lifestyle to save what she loves most.
Four stars for this sexy tale, it kept my interest from start to end, with an ending that isn't the normal formula romance ending.

Even Writers Take Vacations

I just spent a great week with a host of other writers at the Caerleon campus of the University of Newport, South Wales.  The statue above is at the entrance to the little town.

I attended lectures on writing romances - most of my books have a romantic element, even In the Japanese Knot Garden is ultimately about the fulfilment of love.  And I gave a talk on writing erotica - well, I would, wouldn't I?  With the astonishing success of that book  there's more interest in the subject than usual.

Here's the main building, flying the Welsh dragon flag.  Although we'd had two months of almost continual rain, it's always sunny at Caerleon.

They have an annual arts festival and there are sculptures throughout the town, including the biggest Welsh love-spoon in the world.  There's even one depicting fellatio, but here's my favourite:

"You carry on with that lad, while I comb my hair."

Photographs by Mike White © 2012