She had come to see him #SexySnippets Keeping Secrets #asmsg

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Thank you to everyone who helped me out last week with my POV dilemma. All your comments were really useful and I decided to settle with 3rd person for the Keeping Secrets manuscript.

Editing continues and I find I'm rewriting huge chunks of the story.I guess it's to be expected. This is the 3rd story I ever wrote. In fact I wrote it before all my currently published books. So it is going through an overhaul in preparation for a release date in late April/early May.

I'm having a cover reveal event on April 4th. If you can help me out with hosting on your blog, please complete the form here. The cover reveal pack will be sent out with HTML, so all you have to do is copy and paste it. If you can help out, I'd be more than grateful.

Here is the draft blurb.

Have you ever loved someone and didn’t even know it?

That’s the dilemma facing Felix Essien when he wakes from a coma to find he is married to the most beautiful and sensual woman he’s ever known. He cannot remember her or their wedding. He who had sworn never to get married or to give his heart to another. Yet he feels an intense bond with her that he intends to explore fully.

Ebony can’t believe her good fortune when her paper husband wakes not remembering the temporary marriage arrangement with no intimacies he’d proposed but is now the adoring husband she’s always dreamt of. She plans to make the most of the passion blossoming between them.

However would he still feel that way when he regains his memory and realises she’s been keeping secrets and their marriage is not what he thinks it is.

Now for my snippet. I think this scene speaks for itself. I hope you enjoy it.

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The soft, regular sound of someone breathing in sleep caught his attention. In a shadowed corner of the room, Ebony lay curled up in a chair, elbow crooked under her head on the armrest, the book she'd been reading discarded on the floor. She looked so fragile, so beautiful in sleep. For a moment, Felix couldn’t breathe. Something held his heart in a vice. A smile curled his lips as warmth settled on his shoulders like a blanket. She'd come to see him, after all.

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#WordlessWednesday African Princess by @DarioJart @deviantART #fantasy #art

Source: DeviantArt

Sometimes doing a favor can change your life forever-Through The Dom's Lens @MamaD8 @EvernightPub #BBW

Happy Monday, people! I'm so excited this morning to have the lovely author Doris O'Connor on my blog. I'm a huge fan of her writing and I'm pleased to say she's also a friend too. She writes erotic romance with the perfect blend of the sexual, emotional and romantic elements, just the way I love it. Her latest interracial erotic romance book Through The Dom's Lens is no exception. This book is at the top of my TBR, just as soon as I send off edits to editor.

For now, please make her feel welcome as she explains what inspired this latest book.

Take it away, Doris....

Thank you so much for inviting Master J on your blog today, Kiru.

When Master J first popped into my head, I didn't know too much about him. I never do with my characters as I'm a complete and utter panster, but he very quickly became a strong voice, demanding I tell his story the way he saw it. When we first meet him he is rather disillusioned with life in general and with this photo shoot in particular.

Please HELP me with my experiment! #SexySnippets

Welcome back to Sexy Snippets. This weekly meme is hosted by The Nuthouse Scribblers where we share seven sentences from a published book or work-in-progress. If you're a writer, feel free to join us by signing up at the Sexy Snippets page. Sign up opens every Tuesday and closes midnight every Saturday (UK time).

This has been an exhausting week in KiruWorld when it comes to writing. Losts of changes abound. One of them is that I'm considering POV changes in from 3rd to 1st person for the Keeping Secrets manuscript.

So I'm going to do an experiment with you guys for my sexysnippets. I'm going to share the same 7 sentences from the start of the wip in 1st and 3rd person and let you tell me which you prefer. I am grateful for your help. Thank you.

Here's the 1st person POV

“Mrs. Essien, your husband is out of the coma.”

Phone pressed against one ear, the other hand reaching for the remote control, I bolted upright. My hand shook as I fumbled to mute the television news channel I'd been watching. The discarded controller clanked onto the clear glass-topped side table.

"D—did I hear you correctly? Felix is awake?" I couldn't hide the tremor in my voice nor relax my tight-knuckled grip on the overstuffed arm of the upholstered cream sofa. Disbelief warred with hope, trampling all over my troubled mind.

Here it is in 3rd person POV

“Mrs. Essien, your husband is out of the coma.”

Phone pressed against one ear, the other hand reaching for the remote control, Ebony bolted upright. Her hand shook as she fumbled to mute the television news channel she'd been watching. The discarded controller clanked onto the clear glass-topped side table.

"D—did I hear you correctly? Felix is awake?" She couldn't hide the tremor in her voice nor relax her tight-knuckled grip on the overstuffed arm of the upholstered cream sofa. Disbelief warred with hope, trampling all over her troubled mind.

So tell me which one you prefer, please and thank you.

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#WordlessWednesday Lupita Nyong'o

Source: MyDaily

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The lips are only the start #SexySnippets Keeping Secrets #theEssiensarecoming

Welcome back to Sexy Snippets. This weekly meme is hosted by The Nuthouse Scribblers where we share seven sentences from a published book or work-in-progress. If you're a writer, feel free to join us by signing up at the Sexy Snippets page. Sign up opens every Tuesday and closes midnight every Saturday (UK time).

I got the first round edits back for Keeping Secrets, book 1 of the contemporary romance series The Essien Trilogy about the Essien family business dynasty and follows the exploits of three brothers, Felix, Mark and Tony. This dramatic series is loaded with secrets, scandals and sex.

In Keeping Secrets, you meet Felix and Ebony who have to battle amnesia, personal demons and secrets before they can have a happy ending. This book should be out Spring/Summer 2014. I really can't wait. In the meantime, here is a snippet.

In this scene, Felix promises to kiss Ebony every time she bites her lip. What's a girl to do when a man makes such a promise? Enjoy.

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“You do realise I bite my lips a lot, especially when I’m nervous or thinking,” she said, out of breath.

“In which case, I’ll be spending a lot of time kissing your sweet lips better.” Pure masculine enjoyment played on sensuous lips and deep longing unfurled within her.

“We’ll never get anything done.” Her smile widened at the thought of Felix interrupting his planned activities just to kiss her each time she bit her lips.

“On the contrary, I can think of wonderful and pleasurable things we could accomplish together.” He leaned back to sweep his gaze over her body, leaving a trail of heat behind. “The lips are only the start, the rest of you will need attention, too.”

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