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Annabeth Lake
Latest book: Master, Take Me (M/m Werewolf Erotica 2-Pack). Published on June 1, 2012.
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Katie Cramer
Latest book: What Lisa Did Next (Cheating Wife Cuckold Fantasies). Published on June 1, 2012.
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Keara Kevay
Latest book: The Erotic Romance Collection. Published on March 10, 2012.
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Midnight Fuchsia
Latest book: The Pain. Published on May 31, 2012.

Shehzaad Yavar
Latest book: Nujhat. Published on February 17, 2012. (5.00 from 1 review)

• The Ride on Aug. 14, 2011
  
  Sexy and emotionally engaging! Smashing stuff! Loved it!
  
• Ain't Even Done With The Night on Aug. 17, 2011
  
  Some typos, but overall an interestingly different take on the genre/s. For whatever reason, the love story didn't really grab me, though that's not to say it was bad; I can see by the other reviews that a lot of other people really got dragged into the story and were really quite invested in Lou and Dianna's happiness, well-being and continued relationship. I have to say, though, when I heard about Karyn's new boyfriend, I was kind of hoping she'd have better luck, that she might somehow be able to hold onto this one and turn his mind around. Still, it's going to be a series, so maybe we'll hear some more about Karyn in the next book too... I also bought the ebook for two of my friends so now I'm kind of hanging out to hear their reactions and what they thought of it. Don't think I'm bagging the main couple, though, because sometimes I'm just more of a minor characters person than a major characters person, though I have no clue why. In the interim, I'll be looking out for that next book.
  
• Best Night Ever on Aug. 17, 2011
  
  It was quite sad, actually, with everything that we learned about Jordan's and Sapphire's pasts, but it did have a happier ending.
  
• Best Night Ever II - Never Again on Aug. 17, 2011
  
  There were a few typos, but, all in all, it was a satisfying conclusion to the previous story.
  
• All of Me on Sep. 02, 2011
  
  A thought-provoking read, for sure. It brings up many more questions and possibilities, in the mind. I wouldn't mind reading a sequel, but I have a feeling this was only meant to be a one-off, and more in the sci-fi vein than the vein of thinking about non-religious spirituality and that sort of thing. After all, having so many "spirits" (or even if you don't believe in spirit, consciousnesses) in one body would certainly be... different. I had a fairly good idea of the ending, before the reveal, but it was rather awful to discover the truth, and really digs into the heart of scientific experimentation and the lengths some people are willing to go, even so far as setting aside their natural morals, or those that they have spent a lifetime abiding by because, let's face it, that's what you do. It seems that the parents merely played by the rules, for a time, so they could later break them. That level of coldness and calculation has to be a bit frightening, I think.
  
• Her on Sep. 04, 2011
  
  Very emotional.
  
• Thirty Minutes or Less on Sep. 04, 2011
  
  An enjoyable read.
  
• Thirty Minutes Till on Sep. 04, 2011
  
  An enjoyable read with a happy ending.
  
• First Kiss on Sep. 04, 2011
  
  High school romances are so cute and conflicted, aren't they? Plenty of angst, and a happy ending for the protagonist.
  
• Afterthoughts on Sep. 04, 2011
  
  Sad and touching, but at times happy and full of hope. A wonderful collection of emotional poems. My only qualm -- and it's not really, strictly a "qualm", per se -- is that I don't believe you have to have religion to have spirituality, to feel a part of the universe and valued, valuable and needed by the rest of the world: you just have to be you. A lot of the poems are very sad and I think the thing you have to remember when you read them is that they are to make you think. Merely because others don't -- or have trouble showing -- that they care (or even love) you, doesn't mean that you aren't loved: you should always love yourself enough to care what happens to you and how your actions reverberate through the world and the people/living beings that you interact with. Loving yourself doesn't have to mean you're "in love" with yourself, but you've got to acknowledge yourself and realise that just because it's coming from you, that doesn't make it okay if the sentiment is meant to hurt and debilitate. Life and the very act of living and feeling can hurt, but not all pain has to be destructive, debilitating pain. And if no one else cares for you, or you feel that they don't, then it's not because you shouldn't be cared for -- you should always care for yourself -- and the future is a mystery. Anything can happen. Even change. You may, in the most unlikely moment, meet someone you can really care for and who really cares for you. You are never alone in the world. If you are alive, you are a part of all Life and the physical things and processes that facilitate life. In life, I think tolerance has to be one of your best assets. Tolerance allows you to learn and love, not matter what anyone else tells you. Everything you feel inside is real for you; it's real. It's saying something to you -- someone or something is saying something to you, either you or someone you know and think about, in the front or the back of your mind. Your feelings matter. Why, then, wouldn't anyone else's? You don't have to be alone in this world -- you aren't alone! These poems made me think about something I don't think about a whole lot -- the way some people relate to the world and how, even though they might have many labels for themselves that are different to the labels others appoint themselves still, we are all basically the same, in a good way. We all have emotions and we all deal with them and handle them in different, but sometimes quite similar ways, and we all need recognition, love, safety and to live and, ideally, to learn and go on learning our whole lives (which, in truth, we do, though we may not realise). We sometimes build up walls that tell us we're different, but they're both real and unreal in varying degrees. And sometimes, the walls are for different reasons; why we label ourselves "different" is for different reasons. A way to separate ourselves from others, maybe to shield ourselves from emotional hurt and pain, but also, sometimes, to allow ourselves to feel as though we have something meaningful in our lives that we clutch onto and which sometimes ends up stilting us, too, not allowing us to see the good that we could allow into our lives by perhaps opening our minds and allowing ourselves to connect again. Life isn't always going to be glorious and joyous, but we don't have to be unhappy just because we're not "happy". Emotions are more complex than that, really, and are constantly unfolding in various shades and lights and aspects, affected by our present, future and past, as well as everyone that we know, interact with and know, hear, or read about, or even dream or someone merely from our imaginations. Tolerance allows us to live our lives to the fullest extent and also to connect more fully. It can be a really great thing; for you, and for those around you. I think these poems are trying to point out how life can be dulled and how you can hurt yourself very badly if you don't love yourself and if you don't allow yourself to accept the past as the past and take your lesson from it and move on. And I also feel that it strongly encourages tolerance between people to foster better relationships (and understanding in relationships), whether they be romantic or not. I am not a religious person, myself, but I am of the belief that if it makes you a better person and allows you to enjoy your life more fully and be more aware of yourself as an individual as well as one living in a community, as a part of the world, go with it -- certainly! But we don't just have one form of belief in our lives, we have many, many, and as we go on learning and living, and reflecting on our lives, we may alter our beliefs, but that doesn't make what we believe in or believed in any less important to our life's journey. Ah... such a long review! If you find it tedious, reading it all (on a computer screen, no less!), I'll understand. Basically, I quite liked the poems. :) I know I could have brought that same thing across in less words, but a fair portion of the poems evoked such downheartedness that I just had to go off on a tangent and ramble. I know I've felt quite downheartened, myself, at times, but life isn't only about hurt and hurting. It's also about connecting with the world and with others and with ourselves (and getting to know ourselves better through our interactions with the world), and finding joy in life. Life is sadness, but also happiness: living is to have feelings. I guess that's all I meant to say. I don't know you, the author, and I might not know any of your readers (past, present or future), but I do know we're all in this world together. Yeah, well, that's me -- rambled on enough. Shall stop now. :)
  
• The Meat Market on Sep. 05, 2011
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  **Contains Spoilers... Sort Of** Man, that gave me the creepy crawlies! Were this listed under horror, I would definitely have given it 4 out of 5 stars, but under erotica, I feel the twist at the end kind of ruined the whole erotic element that had been built up through the start and middle. I was thinking maybe this woman would get to know one of the guys as a human being and change her mind about her coldness towards him/them, but that's not what happened. And that wasn't what you wanted to convey in your story... that's what I would have liked to have read, but it's your story. Good job on the creepiness, though. I actually didn't see it coming. I guess it shows that I don't read a lot of horror.
  
• Writer's Workshop on Sep. 13, 2011
  
  An interesting concept.
  
• His Robot Girlfriend on Sep. 19, 2011
  
  An interesting concept. Overall, I thought it was alright.
  
• The Last Tattoo, A Short Story on Sep. 24, 2011
  
  Hmm... Interesting, but a little too short to really make all that much of an impression. There's quite a bit of character explanation, but the storyline is then quite simple. Though, in all fairness, I wasn't expecting it to be phenomenal at that length. There's just one thing I was confused about... was the girl that came in for the tattoo also one of Wilbur's kind?
  
• The Gathering on Sep. 24, 2011
  
  It gives one something to think about, certainly.
  
• The Captive on Sep. 24, 2011
  
  Simple, but effective.
  
• The Lawyer on Sep. 24, 2011
  
  Sad, but true. This really happens. People slowly become machines and give away their humanity and their connection to the living, breathing, feeling being inside them and those around them. I quite liked this short story, though, being a bit of a romantic, it would have been cute if he could have reconciled with his wife and helped her to see the larger truth and how she was so badly hurting herself by blindly following along with a system she didn't truly understand (or even, as it seems, want to understand).
  
• Cyber Lover on Sep. 30, 2011
  
  For being as short as it was, I sorta liked it. Concise and to the point. It would have been interesting to see this idea expanded into a longer story with some more background on the characters...
  
• Pillow Talk - Romance Short Story on Sep. 30, 2011
  
  Interesting and fun. With a little work, it could be really awesome.
  
• King Jimmy on Oct. 02, 2011
  
  Well done!
  
• Siberian Jay on Oct. 21, 2011
  
  I liked your poetry. :)
  
• Music in the mountains on Oct. 21, 2011
  
  I really liked these poems because I feel as though I can relate to them a lot... and they sort of make me miss my childhood when I felt safe and loved... but I'm not sad, I'm happy. I guess when you get older, you have to find new ways to feel secure and cared for... after all, I have changed too, not just my surroundings. Anyway, I really liked your poems! :)
  
• 3 Poems on Nov. 29, 2011
  
  I really liked your poems. They conveyed a lot of story in little words. In the line "...and the sea is the one we’re lost in, call Life" there's a small typo, I think. You meant "called Life", didn't you?
  
• Three Poems on Nov. 29, 2011
  
  Interesting, but very short. Maybe better suited as part of a larger set of poetry where they could act as foreshadowing pieces for the themes of the other poems.
  
• Phoetry on Nov. 29, 2011
  
  I thought the little poems and the pictures went well together.
  
• Water on Nov. 29, 2011
  
  A little too thin on storyline, for me. Feels much more like wish fulfilment (for the character) than anything else. With expanding, it could go places. It was just too short for me.
  
• Where The Sun Sets on Dec. 04, 2011
  
  Something a little different, but an intriguing, interesting read, nonetheless.
  
• Kafka's Heater on Dec. 13, 2011
  
  An interesting tale...
  
• Nujhat on Feb. 17, 2012
  
  It drew me in slowly and made me think about what you were saying... I liked your poems. My favourite has to be "You Define Me", though I couldn't say why. I really liked this line: "Bricks as bones, you build me up again slowly". I'd love to see a larger collection of poetry from you. :)
  
• Artificial Love on Feb. 22, 2012
  
  Aw!
  
• Spank Me, Senator! on March 07, 2012
  
  Aw, now I want to read more about these two! :-) If you ever think about making this into a longer story, I'd be happy to read it.
  
• Spanking Stacey on March 07, 2012
  
  Aw, I liked the ending! The characters weren't Barbie doll-perfect, and I think that worked well. It really leaves the reader with an impression of the characters, and wondering what's going to happen next in their lives.
  
• Stranger Sex: Three Different Ways on March 14, 2012
  
  Constructive criticism: Out of the three stories, I preferred the second as it offered more in the way of storyline and character development. For it being erotica, the first and third stories really didn't give enough of either of these for my complete satisfaction. There were a few typos dotted throughout too, but it wasn't so bad I couldn't go on reading. Though it's not usually what I like to read, I thought I'd try something different, and all of the stories were okay, but I think Whip Me Harder was the standout of this collection. I really found myself thinking quite a lot about Rachel's psychological condition and wishing there was a little more background to both her's and the unnamed man's thoughts and emotions regarding their new-found relationship. I'd have liked this particular story to be longer because I felt it could really get down to exploring some serious, true-to-life issues. I can, however, live with it being as is. So, yes, out of the three, number two was my favourite. The first and last story didn't really flesh out the characters as people enough for me, they just seemed a little too much like give-me-what-I-want machines, not that I mean to sound horrible. I just think, in real life, people can't always expect things to go down like that, and they have other motivations in life also... And sometimes the sex doesn't have to be what other people would consider mind-blowing because, in real life, there's a component to it that it's often hard to capture in stories... the emotional connection two people can have to one another that make living life just a little bit sweeter, and sometimes a little sadder. Sex is important, but in many cases it wouldn't be as... meaningful... without that emotional connection. A relationship is about two people (or sometimes more), and I don't feel Rough Custody or Taken In The Dark really embodied this enough for my liking, or explained the reasons why this may not (exactly) be the case. I can appreciate that the female protagonists also wanted to give the guy's back as good as they got (sexually), but from my point of view... well, I see how it could be debilitating sometimes if one really, honestly did live in that sort of state. For your life, as well as your relationships. Some people may be okay with it (may see it as giving them freedom and room to live out their fantasies and find what truly satisfies them sexually), whilst others may not (who may just want to be with that one person because they love them for being a person, and not merely (or mostly) a sex object). Lastly, I hope you don't think I was dissing your stories. I wasn't trying to, even if I ended up doing so. Sorry. They just gave me a lot to think about, and I *know* - maybe it's a side effect of high school English class, or something, but when I get started, I can analyse things to death, not always seeing the simple simplicity that a story was merely meant to be... that it's just entertainment. Sometimes I get overly attached or excited about a piece and I want it to be something more... that's just the type of weird I am. But back to Whip Me Harder, I would love, love, *love* more of this story! I guess it just speaks to me. And the ending - gulp! I definitely didn't see that coming. I don't know what to think about that comment, truthfully. It sorted gave me chills but I could also see it in a potentially romantic light, too. (I'm a bit of a romance junkie, eep!) Call me old-fashioned, stuck-up, or whatever. Do keep writing, though; I can see something really touching (and possibly quite raw) happening in the future. :-) Rating: Rough Custody - 3.5 Stars, Whip Me Harder - 4.5 Stars; Taken in the Dark - 3.5 Stars. Overall - 4 Stars.
  
• Connections (A Short Erotic / Erotica Romance) on March 14, 2012
  
  I can see why this story got such high praise. It was slightly awesome! Plenty of character development, a plot, romance, and an emotional, fulfilling sex scene. :-)
  
• Star Spangled Spanking on March 17, 2012
  
  I liked this story, just not as much as your other story I read, Spank Me, Senator! I don't really know why, but maybe it was because Sami and Evan were already a couple and weren't getting to know about each other for the first time and already knew a lot of stuff about each other emotionally and psychologically. Can't really explain it, but it was okay, just not super excellent for me. For others? Who knows?
  
• For Daddy's Love on March 19, 2012
  
  Awesome erotica, but I do wonder -- don't the boys ever like being spanked too?
  
• The First Collection of Poems: A Small Collection of Poems on March 20, 2012
  
  I loved these little poems of yours. :-)
  
• How to Fake an Eye Smile, and other poems on March 21, 2012
  
  Just what the description says: some trivial, some serious, some humorous. They certainly give the reader something to think about. An interesting collection of poetry.
  
• Good Sense Of Humor, Must Have Tentacles (Alien Sci-Fi Tentacle Sex Erotica) on April 05, 2012
  
  I really liked this! A good mix of erotica and romance. Simple and incredibly cute!
  
• The Monster on April 09, 2012
  
  Aw, that's sad!
  
• Alien Double Penetration (Two Steamy Alien Abduction Stories) on April 09, 2012
  
  Hey, this was good, but there were some typos (mostly in the second story).
  
• You Will Notice That Hallways Are Painted (short story) on May 25, 2012
  
  Hey, I loved this story!