At the Romantic Times BOOKreviews annual convention in Pittsburgh, my first Hidden Grotto erotic fiction book, House of Dark Delights, was given the Reviewers Choice Award for Best Erotic Fiction of 2007. All hail smart erotica! If you're 18 or over, check out these erotic fiction excerpts from House and the second Hidden Grotto book, Bound in Moonlight.
The second book in my Hidden Grotto erotic fiction series, Bound in Moonlight, is on sale now in bookstores, Amazon, B&N.com, as an an ebook, too. If you're 18 or over, you can read erotic fiction excerpts and reviews, enter my monthly contest to win a signed book, and much more on my website, Erotic Fiction by Louisa Burton.I also found out recently the the first book in the series, House of Dark Delights, has been nominated for Best Erotica Novel in the Romantic Times BookReviews Reviewers Choice Awards. It's an honor to be recognized by the critics as well as the readers. Wish me luck when the winners are announced at Romantic Times' annual convention in Pittsburgh in April, which I'll be attending.
Coming soon to my website and blog: a NEW EXCERPT from Book #3 in the series, Whispers of the Flesh, which is due out in October '08. Check my erotic excerpts page; I'll post it as soon as I can come up for air from writing Book #4. If you'd like to receive an email when my books hit the shelves, just sign up for my email newsletter. It's only sent out every once in a while, when there's real news to share, and of course you can unsubscribe at any time by clicking a link in the email.
Happy trails...
I'm delighted to announce the release of
Bound in Moonlight
Bound in Moonlight is the second book in my Hidden Grotto series, which has become an instant hit with fans of smart erotica. Book #1, House of Dark Delights, has gone back to press and is being published in Germany, Spain, and Serbia. Book #3, Whispers of the Flesh, is tentatively scheduled for Oct. 2008, and I'm currently writing #4. For excerpts, my contest, and much more, visit me at louisaburton.com.
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For centuries, the Castle of the Hidden Grotto, tucked into the French countryside, has provided its guests with a haven where no fantasy is taboo and any erotic dream can be indulged. Seduced by its beautiful immortal residents, the latest visitors shed their inhibitions and surrender to their deepest longings.... A sheltered heiress encounters a beguiling stranger who frees her from her gilded cage by tutoring her in the arts of love.... Ruined and impoverished, a rector's daughter allows herself to be sold at a slave auction for one week of sexual servitude.... A woman with ancient ties to the castle is forced to confront her destiny—and a passion as consuming as it is forbidden.
Advance Reviews for
Bound in Moonlight
"Louisa Burton is an absolute genius! This second book in the Hidden Grotto series (after House of Dark Delights) is refreshing and erotically sexy. I was up until 3 a.m. because I could not put it down, and the surprising last pages are keeping me breathless for the next installment." Mandy Burns, Fresh Fiction
"Altogether, this is a fun and sensuous collection of stories, and it's neat to see the little threads that run through them all but aren't obvious until you get to the end.... A very enjoyable book, and I'll be impatiently waiting to see another in the series." Night Owl Romance
"The sexuality is vibrant and beautiful in this novel, the author's language lending each scene a magical aura.... Bound in Moonlight is a lovely novel of fantasy and erotic adventure, certainly a must-read for the serious erotica reader. I couldn't put it down, and will be hard-pressed to patiently wait for the next release from this author!" Maria Shaink, Romance Junkies
"This sequel to the delightful erotica fantasy House of Dark Delights contains three well-written, heated tales of forbidden, star-crossed love. Readers will enjoy the sexcapades of fully developed lead couples as Louisa Burton provides a strong follow up anthology that will have fans wanting another tryst at Chateau de la Grotte Cachée, where your inhibitions are left in Paris." Harriet Klausner
In the Flesh is a monthly reading series hosted at the appropriately named Happy Ending Lounge, and features the city's best erotic writers sharing stories to get you hot and bothered, hosted and curated by acclaimed erotic writer and editor Rachel Kramer Bussel. From erotic poetry to down and dirty smut, these authors get naked on the page and will make you lust after them and their words. Since its debut in October 2005, In the Flesh has featured such authors as Laura Antoniou, Mo Beasley, Lily Burana, Jessica Cutler, Stephen Elliott, Valerie Frankel, Polly Frost, Gael Greene, Andy Horwitz, Debra Hyde, Maxim Jakubowski, Emily Scarlet Kramer of CAKE, Josh Kilmer-Purcell, Edith Layton, Logan Levkoff, Suzanne PortnoySofia Quintero, M.J. Rose, Lauren Sanders, Danyel Smith, Grant Stoddard, Cecilia Tan, Carol Taylor, Dana Vachon, Veronica Vera, Susan Wright, and many others. The series has gotten press attention from Escape (Hong Kong), Flavorpill, The L Magazine, New York magazine, Philadelphia City Paper, Time Out New York, Gothamist, Nerve.com and Wonkette, and has been praised by Dr. Ruth. This is not Amanda Stern’s Happy Ending Reading Series.
Louisa: That tour is memorable to me for three things. First, meeting you, of course. Second, the constant ache in my jaw from the rictus grin I had to maintain for five freaking days. And third, a live radio interview where the guy pointed to my current historical romance, asked me if there was any sex in that book, and shoved the mike in my face. On high alert (it was a crude trap—he didn't even try to cover it with leaves and twigs) I said, "Yes, there is."Lowering his voice to a salacious purr (so help me God), he said, "Ooh, it's one of those dirty books. You write those dirty books, huh?"The reply that leapt to my lips was, "Where's your head at?"Later, he thanked me for being a good sport. I said, "I wasn't." I'm still befuddled by people whose primary response to sex is that it's filthy, and that right-thinking people don't talk about it, read about it, or do it except between freshly starched sheets with the lights not just off, but unplugged, and maybe the circuit breakers tripped. Personally, I think God knew what she was doing when she made sex fun.
Lori: So, speaking of sex, (since I guess that’s what we’ll be speaking of!) what's this I hear about your father's dresser drawer, hmmm?
Louisa: Yeah, Inigo the Satyr.He's one of the four immortals who lived in a secluded French château where my series is set. The others are a tall blond elf who can change his gender at will, the beautiful Babylonian goddess he loves but can't make love to, and a reclusive djinni who must fulfill the darkest desires of any human he touches. They all qualify as incubi or succubi, "sexual demons" who satisfy their carnal hungers by seducing—sometimes by enchantment—human visitors to the château. Inigo is the only one who isn't tormented to one degree or another. He's the incubus with the lampshade on his head, a total hedonist who always has to be up on the latest trend. He keeps a running blog on the MySpace page, but it's also on my website.
Louisa: I've got to get the word out about this website. I really want people to see it. It's totally Byzantine and getting more so by the day. The entire world of the Hidden Grotto is explored on there in lunatic detail, or it will be before I'm done with it. Who am I kidding? I'll never be done with it. I'm way too into it. Somebody ought to stage an intervention and get me into a twelve-step program to stop adding new content.
Louisa: ::::puffing herself up self-importantly::: No, they called it "exquisite and riveting literary erotica," but I don't like to use the L-word. It scares people. The way I think of it, HOUSE OF DARK DELIGHTS is made up of a half-cup of fantasy, a half-cup of romance, a pinch of mythology, a dash of history, and a great big gooey ice cream scoop full of erotica (rocky road—yeah, baby). I think that's why Bantam put "Fiction" on the spine, 'cause they couldn't figure out where it should be shelved. Just to further complexify things, the books aren't novels per se, but collections of connected stories, three or four to a book.
