Showing posts with label The Master's Prize. Show all posts
Showing posts with label The Master's Prize. Show all posts

Tuesday, 17 April 2012

OMG! Lisabet Sarai reviewed my book!



I am so excited! Award winning author and one of my idols Lisabet Sarai has read and reviewed THE MASTER'S PRIZE and she liked it! Whoo hoo!

Drop by her blog and see what she had to say :

http://lisabetsarai.blogspot.com/2012/04/review-masters-prize-by-maggie-nash.html

Thanks so much Lisabet!  Muahhh! 

Monday, 9 April 2012

Why do I love BDSM romance?

You know 10 years ago I would never ever have dreamed of writing about BDSM, let alone writing BDSM stories. Not knowing anything about it other than what I'd heard in whispers over the years, I thought (and I'm sure a lot of people still do) that it was all about being beaten up and tortured. I couldn't even imagine a time when a person would want to be put through what I saw as an unnecessary and painful ordeal. I thought these people must have some type of psychiatric disorder and they desperately needed help.

At the same time as I was thinking these bad things about a philosophy and a lifestyle I knew next to nothing about, I was finding myself fantasizing about all sorts of situations that made me feel very confused and conflicted. On the one hand I condemned BDSM through misunderstanding and misinterpretation, and on the other I found myself drawn to movies and stories where the heroine was completely at the mercy of another person. And not necessarily a hero either.

As an impressionable adolescent I watched as Robert Redford held a gun to Katherine Ross while insisting she take her clothes off. I got so hot that I still dream about that scene.  Worse, I remember watching a movie about a serial killer where he tied his victims to a bed and touched them all over while watching on fully clothed, and I wished it was me. Of course my fantasy turned him into a handsome lover who eventually let me go, but at the time I thought I was quite disturbed!  Heck, it's amazing that my strict Catholic upbringing didn't send me to the loony bin even thinking about it. Okay, maybe I still think I was disturbed!

Later, when I discovered fumbling sex with my boyfriend and we made out in alleys and on the beach, the thought of being seen by others turned me on at the same time as it horrified me! I watched the movie EMMANUELLE which gave me years of scenes to fantasize about but I thought I was being really really naughty! Boy did that make me feel weird, but I never really made the connection to BDSM. Not until years later.


I was already reading and writing erotic romance when I bought a book to support a fellow new author and read it in one sitting. The book was NO ONE BUT MADISON by Doreen Orsini. I had no idea it was BDSM until I read it. I couldn't put it down, and to this day I revisit it over and over again. In fact I have probably read it more than 20 times since it first came out in 2006. Thank you Doreen for starting me on my journey of discovery!

It all began to make sense. All those pent up feelings and fantasies were not just me. Others had them too. Others even lived their life by them. How exciting! What a relief!

I spent the next few years reading as many BDSM romance books as I could, finding wonderful authors such as Joey Hill, J W McKenna, Delilah Devlin and more recently my fan girl crush is on Cherise Sinclair. But I still had no idea what attracted me to this genre and this lifestyle.

In the middle of this I decided that if I was going to fantasize, I needed to write it all down, but before that I had better do my research. I spent months looming on BDSM sites, reading non-fiction books on the subject, speaking to practicing subs (since quite frankly, I'd decided that was more me!) before I started my first book on it.

THE MASTERS PRIZE was the result, and even though I don't think I got it completely right, I did manage to get a lot of my pent up feelings out and down on the paper. I finally found a way to express what I had been feeling all of my life. It was incredibly freeing for me and I hope others have been able to see that in the book. Of course it isn't a real depiction of BDSM as I do not live the lifestyle, but I have spent a lot of time living in the headspace of a sub, and researching it all was so much fun :-) I know a few who read it loved it, so that's the main thing!

So back to the topic. Why do I love BDSM romance?

Remember these are my own opinions, and many of you may disagree with me and that's okay. This is all about what I feel personally.

It took me a long time to sort out why I was attracted to this fantasy, but I think I have a handle on it now.

There four parts to my answer:

1. It's about letting go without losing yourself. The characters in BDSM are courageous enough to let go of their lives, their fears, anxieties, and yes, even their orgasms and place themselves in the hands of another. What an incredible gift to give another human being! And how freeing for an individual to be able to do it, allowing another to make decisions on what your body will have or not have.

2. It's about trust. There is no way you can give over of yourself to another if you don't trust them to allow you to be the one with the ultimate control. You gift them with yourself, but know that they can't do it without your consent and willingness. Being in a relationship where you trust another person to be responsible for what happens to you is, as I said, an amazing gift, and without trust it's not going to happen. How wonderful to be able to trust someone this much!

3. It's about heightening sensations. Being unable to control what happens to you makes you hyper aware of every inch of your body. It's an amazing feeling and very addictive :-) We've all heard that old adage "There's a fine line between pleasure and pain". Being taken to another plane with sensations given in a loving way can only heighten the pleasure and take it to even greater heights. (great song too!).

4. It's about being sane (knowing what you're doing at all times), safe (using caution and safety in all that is done) and consensual (knowing that both sides agree at all times and that it's okay to change your mind and stop).

As you can see, most of my reasons for loving BDSM romance involve the dynamics of the exchange of power. The deep emotions, the great sex and the amazing sensations are the results of this and can't exist without them. Plus I guess I'm just a tad kinky :-)

So give me a sassy sub who willingly gives control over to a loving Dom and I'm happy. If he gives her amazing experiences by pushing her limits, and pushing mine as the reader, all the better!

And before you ask - yes, I have tried a lot of what I researched :-) Not telling which bits though :-) My plan is one day to be brave enough to visit a club or even to a BDSM retreat for a weekend escape...so one day you never know! All in the name of research of course!

These days I have plenty of authors I enjoy reading who write BDSM the way I like it. As I mentioned, I love Cherise Sinclair, plus there's also Nichelle Gregory, Desiree Holt, Ann Jacobs, Katherine Kingston, Mackenzie McKade, Sindra Von Yissel, Qwillia Rain, Reese Gabriel, Lisabet Sarai, Lily Harlem -  and the list goes on. Some of these lovely authors live the life, some of them, like me -  fantasize and research....but boy do I enjoy reading them as I am sure they love writing them.  Reading these books is like joining a secret women's business society!

My guilty pleasure. *Bliss*




My second BDSM book is available now. It's called ILLUMINATIONS.  It's set in Victorian England and is related to a full length novel I am writing. Victorian England as a setting puts an entirely new spin on it for me but the emotions are the same.

So for a chance to win a copy of ILLUMINATIONS, tell me why YOU like BDSM romance? What good BDSM books have you read lately? Or just say hi!  Don't forget to leave your email address in your comment so I can contact you if you win.

I'll choose the winner randomly from all the comments and you have until Wednesday night (Aussie time) to post.




Don't forget to come back on Thursday because I have Aussie BDSM/Steampunk author Cari Silverwood dropping by with a peak at her latest release!

Sunday, 29 January 2012

SUNDAY SNOG - The Master's Prize

Hey folks...here we are again with a SUNDAY SNOG!  Today I have the first kiss between the reluctant sub Elise and her soon to be Master - Mitch.  That's right...it's from THE MASTER'S PRIZE - my first BDSM story with Total-e-bound.

Don't forget to check out all the other SUNDAY SNOGS via Victoria Blisse's blog.  Click on the graphic to find them all :-)


And now for mine!


EXCERPT from THE MASTER'S PRIZE from Total-e-bound




“Hoo wee, ladies and gents, we have a winner. A donation is making its way up to the studio as we speak to claim his kiss with the sexy Miss Elise Blake. Stay tuned for this momentous occasion. We’ll be back with the tongue action after these few words from our ever-popular sponsors. Don’t move.”
Throwing off his earpiece again, he raced out into the corridor to meet the elevator. As the doors opened he stopped in his tracks then moved forward laughing. “Mitch Collins! Bloody great to see you, mate. How’ve you been?”
“Can’t complain,” said the deep voice belonging to the man coming out of the elevator. “Things will be infinitely better once I get what I came for.”
Davo shook his hand vigorously. “The kiss, oh yeah, the kiss. Well, you’re a lucky bastard, Mitch. She’s a real looker.”
“So I believe.”
Elise almost fainted on the spot. She recognised both the name and the sexiest voice she'd ever heard. It was him, the man from the BDSM club. Shit! The club she’d gone to after her crazy friend Nicole dared her. He was the training master who had the body she’d been having erotic dreams about and somehow he’d found out her name. How had he done that? The memory of how much she’d been turned on by that place freaked her out, and the thought that this gorgeous hunk of man presumed that she would be his willing slave made her fascinated, angry, and scared to death at the same time. And, if she was truly honest with herself, incredibly turned on. However, she still wasn’t quite sure she could go through with the whole dominant–submission thing, so once when he'd called looking for her and told her secretary that they had met at a friend’s club and she realised where he meant. Afraid of what the consequences would be if she gave in to her desires, she'd decided not to return his calls. She’d been avoiding him for weeks. In fact, she’d been trying to forget that night at the club altogether, not that it was easy. The erotic scenes she’d witnessed invaded her dreams every night, and now a consequence of that visit was standing right here in front of her. Holy shit, great predicament, Elise!
Bloody hell, why did he have to be so damn gorgeous? She’d looked him up on the Internet and the photos she’d found didn’t do him justice at all. The shaggy dark brown hair was the same, but those dark blue eyes rimmed by those incredibly long eyelashes, and that lopsided grin? Oh man, then there was his body. It should be illegal for a man to have shoulders so broad and a bum so muscular you just wanted to sink your teeth into it.
It doesn’t matter.
She still didn’t want to go out with him, especially after the arrogant way he’d been pursuing her. He didn’t seem to understand the meaning of the word ‘no’, and she still didn’t understand why he picked her. She was sure they’d never met in person before. In fact, along with the mask, she’d been careful not to interact with anyone at that club. She wasn’t sure she was ready to explore that particular fantasy for real. Not yet.
Anyway, it was the principle of the thing. She had no time for rich jerks who thought they only had to flash some cash and every woman would jump at being their slave. She’d already done the rich boyfriend thing and it sucked big time. Even if she did fantasise about giving over control of her body to a dominant lover, she always chose her own men on her own terms, and that was the way she liked it. If she kept reminding her self of that fact, she just might believe it too.
Mitch caught her looking and smiled with that impossibly sexy mouth. Oh man, what a smug smile. Even if he did make her insides shiver, she wasn’t putting up with smug. Standing up straight to her full five foot seven in height, she stared him right in the face… around about his chin level actually…and spoke. “And who might you be?”
The smile didn’t waver even for a millisecond. He was good, but she was better.
“I take it you have the required money with you, Mr.…? What did you say your name was?”
Davo stepped in between them, grabbing Elise’s hand. “Elise love, don’t you recognise him? This is Mitchell Collins. He’s the owner of Collins Technology. Of course he has the money, and if he hasn’t got it on him, I know he’s good for it.”
Throwing Davo’s hand back to him, Elise moved to stand beside him so she could keep an eye on her quarry. “Oh? You sell computers or something?” She knew exactly how much he was worth, but there was no way she was letting him know that. Let him put that in his pipe and smoke it!
The corners of his mouth kicked up just a touch. “Something like that, Elise. And please call me Mitch. There’s no need to be so formal under the circumstances now is there? In a few minutes, we’ll be on quite intimate terms.”
Her mind went into overdrive. Oh shit! This was the man in her fantasy dreams. Oh God, don’t lose it now, Elise. Forcing herself to calm down, she took a deep breath in and blew it out slowly. She could do calm. She was in complete control of herself. And pigs might fly too, but she was sure going to give it a try.
“Why not, Mr. Collins? In a few minutes, it will be all over and we’ll probably never see each other again. Why bother getting familiar?”
“Elise! Don’t forget Mitch is donating money to our charity…”
Mitch laughed. A deep, throaty, sexy laugh. Damn. Why did that sound make her panties dampen of their own accord?
“I don’t mind calling you Miss Blake if you really want me to. Makes no difference to me. It’s all in a good cause.”
Great going, Elise. Keep it coming, nice and easy. “So you’ll just give us the money then?”
There came that laugh again. “Nice try, but no. I always collect on what I’m owed, and make no mistake, I plan on collecting from you, Miss Blake, and the pleasure will be mutual. You can count on that.”
Damn.
A spiral of anticipation ran up and down her spine and then made a beeline to her pussy at his last words, but before she had a chance to reply, the studio technician popped his head out the office door in the nick of time.
 “I’ve played four songs and I’m on the third commercial. You guys better get your arses back here and now or we’ll lose the listeners.”
Davo jumped to attention. “Okay, guys, we’d better get to the studio. Do your lip lumbering exercises, we’re about to broadcast a five thousand dollar lip lock.”
Great.
Shit.
Hell.
How the fuck was she going to get out of this?
Davo showed Mitch in to the studio then turned to Elise, whispering in her ear as he leaned towards her. “You have to do this, Elise. No getting out of it now. Come on, it’ll be fun.” He placed an arm around her shoulder and pulled her towards him, looping his other arm through hers.
It looked like there was no escaping it. Bloody hell. It was only a kiss. Only a kiss with a practicing dominant who’d finally caught up with her. Sure. Only a kiss. Maybe once he got the kiss from her, he’d leave her alone.
Yes, hold that thought.
Did she really believe that?
Nope, not for a minute. Not after all the trouble he’d gone to. She wouldn’t put it past him to have engineered the whole thing.
“Elise?” Davo whispered, his hand covering the mike.
She sucked in a deep breath. “Okay, I’ll do it. But remember, it’s just a show for charity. Nothing more.”
Davo let out a relieved breath as he reclaimed the microphone. “Okay, listeners, the moment you’ve all been waiting for. The Big Kiss! We have computer tycoon, Mitchell Collins, here live in the studio about to lay one on our gorgeous newsreader, Elise Blake. Woo wee, I can feel the heat from here and they haven’t even started yet.”
The grinning disc jockey pressed a button on the panel in front of him and a sucking sound effect rang throughout the studio. Elise stuck her tongue out at him, and blushed from the top of her head to the tips of her toes. Just great. Thanks to her pale colouring she could always count on her body to embarrass her just at the wrong moment.
“Take your places, Mitch and Elise.”
Mitch turned to Elise and placed his hands on either side of her face. “I promise I’ll be gentle.”
She tried to be nonchalant. She could do it if she tried really hard.
Only a kiss, remember.
“Go on. Get it over with. I just hope you cleaned your teeth this morning.”
He smiled at her.
Damn, the insult didn’t work.
There was that sexy, cocky and smug grin again. What was keeping him? Just do it, for God’s sake…oh God, here it comes.
He nodded at Dano who signalled the thumbs up that the microphone was now live.
“I’m always ready to kiss a woman who has a voice like sin and a body more beautiful than I ever imagined.”
“Huh?”
The grip of his hands on her face tightened, and even though he wasn't hurting her, he held her firmly in place. “Shut up and don’t move.”
What did he say?
Before she could ask him out loud what the heck he was talking about, he brushed his lips over hers. Once, then once again. Just a light touch, but some major tingles were happening in her chest about now. Without thinking, she slipped her arms around his neck, and buried her hands in his silken hair. Her eyes closed and he went in for the kill, taking complete control.
Oh my God - the man could kiss!
The pressure increased as his tongue prodded her lips open, and she almost fainted from the intensity of the intrusion. His breath tasted of something fruity and exotic and his clever tongue was thrusting at just the right speed to cause maximum arousal.
Slow, slow, fast. Slow, slow, fast.
Breaths mingled. Tongues tangled and time stood still. Mitch slid his hands from her waist to her buttocks and squeezed. Hot liquid seeped onto her underwear as her whole body tingled with unbelievable sensation and scorching heat.
Whoa, baby!
He pulled her closer, rubbing the hard length of his erection against her body,  confirming he was as aroused as she was. Steamy pictures of them both naked and writhing together on black silk sheets flashed through her mind. She could almost feel his sweat dripping on to her chest as he thrust inside her. Holy shit!
The sound of raucous whistles and clapping brought her back to reality. Pushing herself away from Mitch, she sucked in a deep breath, turning away from him so she could get her bearings.
Oh my God!
She’d never gotten that turned on in such a short space of time before, especially not with a total stranger.
“We had lift off, ignition and spontaneous combustion all at once here folks. The temperature just went up twenty degrees in the studio. Phew! Now that is what I call a K.I.S.S!”


ENJOY!  If you want to read the rest, you can get it HERE

And don't forget to pop over to Victoria Blisse's place to get some more HOT and SEXY SNOGS!

www.victoriablisse.co.uk

And also remember the BIG BLISSE KISS on Feb 12th! I'll be participating in that and there will be loads of prizes!





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Monday, 6 April 2009

New review for THE MASTER'S PRIZE

Whoo hoo...thanks Chrissy from Romance Junkies!

Here's a snippet of what she had to say...

THE MASTER’S PRIZE is an exciting tale that allows readers to examine the early stages of a BDSM relationship. Maggie Nash tells this story using such vivid details and gives the characters realistic reactions so that it’s easy to feel like you’re actually present during their interactions and witnessing the whole thing. What I especially like about this story is that Elise is a strong character and maintains her stubborn streak and independent nature throughout the storyline – even though she does enjoy taking a submissive role with Mitchell.

Here's a link to the whole review: http://romancejunkiesreviews.com/artman/publish/contemporary/The_Master_s_Prize.shtml

Click HERE to buy the book.

The Master’s Prize

Author: Maggie Nash
Publisher: Total E-Bound
Release Date: March 16, 2009
Blue Ribbon Rating: 4

Sunday, 15 March 2009

It's about time I had a release of my own!


I can't believe it...after all this time The Master's Prize is finally out again Monday 16th and I have a single title story available again. Whoo hoo me! Do me a favor and check it out! This story was so much fun to write, and I had such a great time researching for it! LOL....and so did the dh *vbg*.

Here's the blurb:

What happens when a conservative girl sneaks in to a BDSM club for a look and makes an impression on the Master trainer? He pulls out all stops to claim her for himself. Her secret fantasy scared her to death so why did his masterful ways prove so irresistible?

Available NOW from Total-E-Bound.

So do you want to read an excerpt? Click HERE

BUY the book HERE

Sunday, 18 January 2009

Drumroll....The Master's Prize has a new cover!


And I love it!

Thank you April Martinez - Cover Goddess!

The Master's Prize will be released in March by Total E-Bound. I can't wait!

I have a new cover!

But I can't show it to you yet :-)

Just waiting for the go ahead...but I can tell you...you'll love it as much as I do!

Waiting...waiting....

Tuesday, 9 December 2008

The Master's Prize release has been moved up!

Whoo Hoo :-)

I just heard from my lovely editor at TEB, Jess...The Master's Prize is now coming out next March! Yay me!

So you will all get to read the new and updated adventures of Mitch and Elise sooner :-)

I'll keep you posted. I can't wait to see what cover they come up with. I love TEB covers

Sunday, 12 October 2008

New Sale!

Great News!

I am very pleased to announce that I have just signed a contract with Total E-Bound for The Master's Prize. It will be released in April 2009.

Whoo Hoo!