PASSION’S HOPE by Julie Shelton has
been nominated by BDSM Writers Con for its Golden Flogger Award!!! Congrats to
Julie. Read on to find out more about this great book and about Julie.
Passion’s Hope is Book Three of The Doms of Passion Lake.
WARNING: This book
contains material that could cause spontaneous combustion of both panties and
electronic devices. Read at your own risk. You might (okay, honestly? There is
no “might” about it—you WILL) need a bucket of ice water and an industrial fan
to survive the reading experience. You have been warned.
BLURB
On the run from
an abusive Dom, Charlotte Fielding has sworn off men and the BDSM lifestyle. She’s
only attending this particular Open House for the free food. But when her
abuser, who also happens to be at the club, confronts her, former SEALs Nikolai
Rostov and Jay Gillespie come to her rescue and offer to help. But that would
require her to trust the two hunkiest Doms she’s ever met. And Charlotte’s all
out of trust.
But fate has
brought these three people together—Nik, the big Russian Daddy Dom, Jay, the
switch, and Charlie, the submissive who needs what both of these men have to
offer. Just as they need what she has to offer. Can she learn to trust
them? Can she risk her heart? And when
danger comes for her will she stay and let Nik and Jay risk their lives to keep
her safe? Or will she run—and risk destroying the only happiness she’s ever
known?
“THE
PERFECT DADDY DOM”
“The Daddy Dom. I have always been
fascinated by this concept. Who wouldn’t love an alpha man who loves you, takes
care of you, nurtures you, protects you, and helps you be a better you? Julie
Shelton absolutely nailed the idea, or at least my idea, of the perfect Daddy
Dom in Passion’s Hope, her newest installment in The Doms of Passion Lake
series.
I think I fell in love with former
SEAL Nikolai Rostov, Nik to his friends, almost from the first page. With Nik,
Ms. Shelton has created the kind of Dom that I have always dreamed of. In fact,
Nik is pretty close to perfection. He is sweet and caring and loving toward his
partners, Jay and Charlotte. Yet he is firm and demanding when called for. I
pretty much melted into a big puddle while reading Passion’s Hope because of
how much I loved Nik. I don’t think she could have written a more wonderful
Daddy Dom.”
PASSION’S HOPE ADULT EXCERPT
Charlie yawned, curled
into a little ball, and tightened her muscles. Then, straightening her legs,
she raised her arms above her head, stretching in all directions, luxuriating
in the feel of her muscles limbering up. Mmmm.
That was—oh, my God! Her eyes flew open and she sat bolt upright, looking
around in a panic. Fuck, fuck, fuck, what
time is it? Master will want his cock sucked! Where is he? Why didn’t he wake
me? Oh, my God, he’ll be furious! Her throat thickened with tears of dread.
I can’t take another punishment. I just
can’t. I won’t survive it. Her heart plummeted and her muscles tensed as
the prospect of yet another beating loomed before her. Until, suddenly, her
memories came flooding back. Nik. Jay. The Club. A sob escaped her as she was
flooded with a profound sense of relief, followed by a shaky sigh. She sank
back down against the pillows
She wasn’t at Perry’s
house. This wasn’t Perry’s bed. That should have been her first clue. If she’d
still been his prisoner, she definitely wouldn’t have been afforded the luxury
of being in his bed. She would have been in a wooden box under the bed, waiting for him to pull her out and force her to
suck his cock. No, she wasn’t at Perry’s. She was someplace called Passion Lake
Lodge. In Nik Rostov and Jay Gillespie’s apartment. Somehow she’d wound up here
after witnessing their mesmerizing, \intensely passionate scene at Club Risqué.
After which Perry had confronted her. Hit her. Called her a cunt and a
worthless whore—
There were other
memories, too, all jumbled together, some more vivid than others. Waking up to
see Jay lying sideways across the foot of the bed, his head hanging off the
edge, with Nik looking down at him tenderly, slowly fucking his mouth.
Unfortunately, she’d sunk back into oblivion before getting the chance to watch
Nik’s body convulsing in climax. She had dim recollections of being cradled
after nightmares about Perry. Of begging for kisses—oh, my God, surely that’s a dream. Surely I never—her hands flew to
her mouth as her sense memory kicked in. Nik and Jay. Their scents, earthy and
masculine. Their touch, soothing and gentle. Their lips, sweet and tender,
placing kisses on her mouth, her cheeks, her eyes, and the tip of her nose.
Okay,
now I’m officially embarrassed.
She had other
recollections, too. Of being carried to and from the bathroom, of being cradled
in the tub and bathed by gentle hands, of being placed on the toilet and held
so she didn’t fall off. All these things had happened more than once, although
she had no idea how often. Time had definitely passed, but just how much time was lost in a fog. Everything
was chaotic and out of focus.
Carefully, she looked
around again. Thank goodness her head no longer hurt. But do not rejoice, ladies and gentlemen, she thought wryly, her
lips twitching, because now everything
else hurts. She felt like she’d been
tied to the tracks and run over by a freight train.
She was alone in the
massive bed. An IV needle had been inserted into her arm and a glucose drip bag
hung from an IV pole next to the bed.
She heard the low
murmur of voices and the sound of splashing water coming from the bathroom.
Automatically turning her head, she stared at the closed door. Telling herself
it was none of her business, she lay there for a minute gnawing on her upper
lip and fighting her curiosity. Until it finally got the better of her. Her
insatiable desire to know more about these two fascinating men had her pulling
the IV needle out of her arm and sliding out of bed. A sudden wave of dizziness
swept over her, forcing her to place a steadying hand on the side of the bed.
Legs wobbling, she walked barefoot across the plush carpet toward the bathroom.
Jesus! Why was she so weak? Silently
she opened the door.
Nik Rostov was standing
in the middle of the enormous, glassed-in shower stall. The glass was steamed
up from the heat of the water, but Charlie could clearly see him. His head was
thrown back in ecstasy, gripping the sides of Jay Gillespie’s head with his big
hands, his long fingers twisting in Jay’s long hair. Jay was on his knees in
front of NIK, his head moving downward as he sucked the Russian’s cock all the
way to the back of his throat.
“Yes! Yes!
Christ, malchik, that’s so
good! So fucking good!”
Charlie’s eyes widened
and she was swept by a wave of sheer lust. Holy
shit! This had to be the sexiest thing she had ever seen in her entire life.
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Passion’s Hope is Book Three of the series The
Doms of Passion Lake. Book One is Passion’s Dream, Book Two is Passion’s Fury,
and Book Four is Passion’s Triumph. Each book is a stand-alone read with a HEA.
But time does pass from book to book and the characters all appear in each
other’s books, so you might enjoy reading them in order.
Don’t
miss the other books in the series:
PASSION’S
DREAM, BOOK ONE
Blurb
When Clay
“Raven” Nighthorse is offered a job as bodyguard to a woman being stalked by
her vengeful ex, he’s ready to turn it down.
Until he discovers that she is the woman he met on a beach three years
ago. The woman with whom he felt an
instant connection. The woman who has
been haunting his dreams ever since.
Leah Stanhope
has never forgotten the day she found her husband in bed with another
woman. Nor has she forgotten the
kindness and compassion of the complete stranger who’d simply held her in his
arms and let her cry herself out on a public beach. She despairs of ever seeing him again until
fate brings them together in a conflagration of desire and smoking hot
passion. Can Clay convince Leah to risk
her heart? And when her stalker finds
her, will Clay be able to stop him in time?
PASSION’S
FURY, BOOK TWO
Blurb
When
Simon Rafferty finds Kylie Ferrell sleeping in her broken-down car by the side
of the road near Passion Lake, Virginia, the connection between them is
instantaneous and combustible. He
recognizes her as the woman he and his two brothers have been searching for all
their lives. Their lifetime
submissive. And the fact that she’s homeless,
injured, and targeted by the mob? Minor
details.
Identical
triplets and former spec ops soldiers, Caleb, Simon, and Ash Rafferty are more
than capable of handling anything life throws at them. Including a sweet, sexy, lusciously curvy
woman who has sworn off all men and who is clueless about the darkness of their
needs and desires. Clueless…but
intrigued. These dominant alpha males
will do whatever it takes to get her into their bed, their hearts, their
lives…and their dungeon.
But Kylie has secrets
that put them all in deadly danger. And
when that danger catches up with her, Caleb, Simon, and Ash must launch a
desperate search to find her before she is ripped from them forever.
PASSION’S
TRIUMPH, BOOK FOUR
Blurb
Former
SEAL Dr. Lucas McKay and his brother Alex, former FBI agent, have been looking
for their lifetime submissive. And they may just have found her in the new
Director of the Passion Lake Library. She’s sweet. She’s curvy. She’s
adventurous. She’s a green-eyed, freckle-faced redhead with the world’s sexiest
glasses. And she’s chock full of secrets. Not the least of which is the fact
that she writes steamy BDSM romances in her spare time. She’s also a virgin who
has never done any of the kinky stuff she writes about.
When
they discover this, they offer to act as her temporary Doms, giving her lots of
first-hand experiences designed to enrich her writing and make her D/s scenes
more authentic and emotional. Since she’s as attracted to them as they are to
her, she leaps at the chance. Unfortunately, Lily has another, even deadlier
secret. One with the potential to destroy not only her but the two men she’s
grown to love. Will death triumph? Or will love?
ABOUT
THE AUTHOR
Julie
has always loved stories, both reading and writing them. A career as a
children’s librarian eventually led to her dream career as a freelance
storyteller and puppeteer, a business she operated successfully for twenty-five
years. During that time she created and wrote all the original material for Kidstuff, a monthly language arts
resource newsletter for early childhood educators. For that endeavor she won
the prestigious EDPRESS Award, given by the Educational Press Association of
America. She has also written other resource materials for preschool and early
elementary teachers.
Now she writes erotic
romances. Go figure.
Q. What were some early influences on
your writing?
Nancy Drew and Mad magazine.
Q.
Where do your ideas come from?
Everything I’ve ever seen, read, heard or done. I
wrote an entire medieval romance just from seeing a blue gown worn by a minor
female character in the movie Becket.
The entire novel just sprang into my mind fully-blown. I could hardly write it
down fast enough. I wrote it on 3 x 5 index cards, since I was in college doing
research and that was all I had to write on, one sentence per card. They took
up an entire shoebox. After carrying that shoebox around for forty years, that
novel eventually became Dark Warrior.
Q.
Do you feel humor is important in romantic fiction?
I feel that
humor is important in everything! I can’t imagine how dreary life would
be without it.
Q. Are sex scenes easy or difficult to write?
Easy in that I know
where all the parts go. Difficult in finding exciting and interesting new ways
to describe how the parts get there and what happens as a result. Otherwise
what you get is a medical treatise. After all, there are only a finite number of
words in the English language suitable for describing an orgasm. And they’ve
all been used ad nauseum.
Q. Name three things that inspire you?
Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 2
in C Minor, the Smoky Mountains, the full-length ballet Romeo & Juliet, and medieval illuminated manuscripts. Okay,
that’s four things. So sue me.
Q.
Dogs or cats?
Cats
Q.
Chocolate or Vanilla?
Pistachio
Q.
Coke or Pepsi?
Coke. Definitely Coke.
Q. Leather or Lace?
Lace.
And Velvet. And silk. Oh, and satin. Yeah, satin…with lace…
Q. Guilty
Pleasure?
Edwards® Hershey’s Chocolate Crème
Pie. OMG! You know how most people cut their pies into six pieces? I cut this
one into…two. Most of the time.
MY LINKS
Twitter: @JulieCShelton
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