Marie Sexton, Talia Carmichael, and S.A. Meade: A Naughty Threesome Blog Tour!

Hello, and thanks for joining us as we kick off our Naughty Threesome Blog Tour! As this is Day 1 of our tour, we’d like to invite you to tag along as our three authors, Marie Sexton, Talia Carmichael, and S.A. Meade all meet for the first time.

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Sue and Marie arrive at Talia’s place. Hugging them, Talia ushers them into the living room. They all sit around the center table laden with snacks and drinks. Marie grabs a bag of chips and Sue a glass of wine. Talia snags a beer, taking a deep drink then lowering it.

“I’m excited about our releases coming up.” Talia bounces in place, too giddy to keep still. She jiggles the bottle of beer.

“Me too,” Sue and Marie say together.

“Jinx!” they say together again.

They all laugh.

“I’m so nervous about this book,” Marie says. “I hope my readers don’t hate it.”

Sue and Talia look at each other then back at Marie. They laugh, but sober quickly as they realize she is serious.

“Marie, I’ve read all your books and loved them. And this time won’t be any different,” Talia assures.

Marie shakes her head. “But this is a departure from the contemporaries I usually do. What if it sucks?”

“Lady, believe me, it doesn’t suck,” Sue says decisively, taking a gulp of wine. “I loved it.”

“Why do you look like you are about to keel over after one glass of wine?” Talia asks Sue.

“I’m a Newbie with my first book. I see major suckage in my future, so Marie can’t suck. I have that all covered.” Sue takes another gulp of wine.

Talia takes the glass from her, putting it on the table, then pulls her to her feet. They go around and join Marie on the other side of the table. They all rest back against the couch.

“Aren’t you nervous about your book coming out too?” Sue eyes Talia.

“Beyond nervous. But I’m a little drunk.” Talia attempts to make the gesture but fails instead wiggling her fingers. ”Since I am a happy drunk I’m feeling Zen. Ask me when I sober up. Then I will be bat-shit crazy and biting off my fingernails. So come on and give me the details on your books. You first Marie.” Talia pokes Marie in the shoulder.

Marie: “Song of Oestend is my first non-contemporary. I guess you could call it fantasy, although not traditional fantasy. It’s more of an alternate universe, set in a frontier-type setting. With a haunted house, and wraiths running around in the night. Oh. And a bit of mild bondage. *wink*

Sue gropes for the chips. “It’s very atmospheric and the sex is hawt.”

“That sounds good. Especially the bondage.” Talia winks, then turns to Sue. “Now share yours.”

“I wrote Stolen Summer as a challenge to myself. It’s my first erotic romance. It’s about the excitement of discovering the love of your life and then nearly having it snatched away for good. There’s a lot of naughty bits, sad bits, explosions and gunfire,” Sue replies.

“Ohhh, sounds angsty. Love books like that,” Talia says.

“I love explosions and gunfire!” Marie says. She turns to Talia. “You’re not getting out of sharing yours, missy.”

“Yeah come on and give it up.” Sue pokes Talia in the side.

Talia laughs. “Okay, okay. Ralston’s Way is about a strong silent type cowboy who hates change, but life is changed when a computer geek takes on the job as his office manager. The cowboy is thrown for a loop by this geek who isn’t as he seems. And he makes the cowboy want to know more.”

Marie: “Ooh! I have a strong, silent cowboy too!”

“I love the sound of that!. All these hunky cowboys.” Sue searches for the dip.

Marie: “Let’s talk inspiration. Where did your story come from?”

Sue gulps another gobful of wine.”Mine came out of a challenge on the writer’s forum, Absolute Write. The challenge was to write an erotic piece in a totally opposite point of view than usual. I usually write in close third from a woman’s POV, so I wrote a scene in first from a man’s POV. It was quite…hawt and Colin and Evan, the characters, wouldn’t leave me alone. They kept tugging at my sleeve and telling me to write their story.

Marie: “That’s interesting. Song of Oestend is a bit of a switch for me as well. I almost always write in first person, and this is one of only two things I’ve written in third. It felt odd, but I guess Aren needed to keep me at a bit of a distance.”

“Sue,” Talia says, “it is a good thing you listened to your men or else we wouldn’t have gotten to read about them. And Marie, we have to go where they tell us. I had a similar thing with my heroes. Ralston, my cowboy, wanted things his way. Thus the title. But Blayne showed him that sometimes when things that aren’t your way that it can be very entertaining and sexy. Ralston was resistant because he hates change. It was fun.” Talia chuckles.

Marie: “I wanted to write about a cowboy and an artist. But I also wanted to write about a haunted house. Then I read The Warded Man, by Peter V. Brett, and I was really intrigued by the idea of these things running around in the night. And then somebody (probably Heidi Cullinan or Ethan Stone) said, ‘Put them all together.’ So I did.”

“Sounds like a great mixture. I read the excerpts and blurb and can’t wait to read the whole book. It will be mine when it releases.” Talia rubs her hands together in anticipation.

Marie: “So, we have a cowboy and a computer geek in Ralston’s Way, and a cowboy with an artist in Song of Oestend. Sue, give us the rundown on your Stolen Summer boys.”

Sue eyes the half-empty bottle of wine. “Evan is a journalist for a quality (unnamed) British newspaper. He’s a bit on the cynical side and he’s in a stale relationship with a woman. He’s known Colin since they were at University together, they were roomies and there’s a drunken night of watching porn films with Colin that’s nagging at him a bit. Colin is a lecturer in Poetry at Oxford University. He was a bit of a player in the past and he’s gone through a string of unsuitable relationships.”

“It seems as if we all have heroes that are vastly different. I love opposites that get together in books. It makes for them seeing things in a different way. Lots of fun to be had.” Talia grabs a chip from Marie, eating it and drinking another sip of her beer.

“Opposite attract is one of my favorites, too,” Marie says. “Although probably anybody who’s read my books knows that already.”

“Yep. I do know that, Marie. It’s what makes your books so interesting. That and I love your characters. Another important thing in books. That and when they finally realize that they are attracted to each other and make the move.” Snort. “That sounds so bad. Can’t come up with anything better my brain is fogged from being tipsy. Ralston kissed Blayne and shocked him since Blayne didn’t even know if he was actually gay. Then Ralston waited for Blayne to come to him. He is a wicked man. But Blayne showed him. Ahhh…those two are well matched.” Talia takes another drag of her beer.

Marie: “Aren is very aggressive. He basically jumps Deacon. He hasn’t had sex for a while, and he’s not about to take no for an answer!”

“Aren sounds like my kind of man. Go get your man, Aren. I’m sure Deacon enjoys every moment.” Talia laughs.

“Poor Evan was embarrassed as all get-out because Colin kisses him in the middle of dinner in a local Italian restaurant. When they get back to Colin’s flat, Colin decides to come clean and … let’s just say Evan gets quite an education and it’s not about poetry.”

“Public displays of affection are awesome. Go Colin, let him know how you feel. Teach Evan really well. And I think it’s poetry of the bodies.” Talia snickers wickedly. “Well ladies, enough of our books. They are out and we are here to party. We have a blog tour to prepare for. Let’s drink, eat and be merry that we got through to release day.”

“All except for poor Sue, who still has a week of nail-biting ahead of her,” Marie points out, handing Sue some extra chocolate. “Take two of these and call me in the morning.”

“Whoops. Sue, we’ll be nail biting with you. And we can drink again on that day too. For now…” Talia raising her bottle then realizing it is empty. She puts it down and gets a glass of wine and raises it. “Congrats on your release, Marie. And your upcoming one, Sue. And here’s to many more for all of us to come.”

“Back atcha ladies. Can I have my chocolate now? I’ve run out of fingernails.”

“I’m partial to caramel so have some of that too.” Talia hands over some caramel to Marie and Sue.

“Cheers!” to all of you who joined us!

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Buy links:
Ralston’s Way, by Talia Carmichael: http://tiny.cc/3mqw2 (available now)
Song of Oestend, by Marie Sexton: http://tiny.cc/mkqzb (available now)
Stolen Summer, by S.A. Meade: http://tiny.cc/5qsa0 (available for pre-order, release date August 29th)

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Please be sure to follow us on our blog tour. We’re keeping track of everybody who leaves a comment along the way, and on August 30th, we’ll choose one person to win our Grand Prize!

The Grand Prize winner will receive:
● $50 All Romance Ebook ebooks bucks! (You must have an account at All Romance Ebook so we can send the prize to you.)
● 1 pdf from Talia’s backlist (winner’s choice of Detour, Reckless Behaviour, or A Tender Roughness)
● A swag pack from Marie
● 1 ebook from Marie’s backlist (winner’s choice of Promises, A to Z, Strawberries for Dessert, or One More Soldier)
● 1 pdf of S.A. Meade’s Stolen Summer

Follow along and comment often. The more places you visit us, the better your chance of winning.

Monday, August 22nd: Top 2 Bottom Reviews (http://top2bottomreviews.wordpress.com/)
Tuesday, August 23rd: Talia Carmichael’s blog (http://taliacarmichael.com/blog/)
Wednesday, August 24th: Amara’s Place (http://www.amaras-place.blogspot.com/)
Thursday, August 25th: Fiction Vixen (http://www.fictionvixen.com/)
Friday, August 26th: Marie’s blog (http://MarieSexton.net)
Saturday, August 27th: Heidi Cullinan’s blog (http://heidicullinan.wordpress.com/)
Sunday, August 28th: Smexy Books (http://www.smexybooks.com/)
Monday, August 29th: S.A. Meade’s blog (http://kestrelrising.blogspot.com/)

Thanks again for stopping by, and thanks to Top2Bottom for having us!