New Release: Rules To Live By

Hi guys!

Wait, I know what you're thinking, you're thinking, "Hey, no, you're supposed to be posting a vignette today." And I will! It's written, ready to go, and I will give it to you today. But first...first. I have a new release out today, my first story with Riptide Publishing, an amazing anthology of kinky goodness. Yes, there are other authors, and they are fantastic. Blurb? Sure!

Four intimate tales of power exchange, discipline, risks taken, and pleasures earned.

A list of rules to live by.
In Cari Z’s House Rules, jealousy leads Jonathan to break the rules his lover has established. He can’t decide which he enjoys more: his punishment, or the reward afterward. Good thing he gets both.

A lesson in humility.
In The Harder They Fall by Heidi Belleau and Lisa Henry, spoiled college boy Tad hires a prostitute, but “Daddy” couldn’t care less about what Tad wants. Instead, he’s going to give his spoiled little boy exactly what he deserves.

A cage that means freedom.
In Master Key by Anah Crow and Dianne Fox, Marquis offers Navin the key to the most intimate of locks, hoping it will help them to prioritize their relationship. And it does—until work and insecurities threaten to drive them apart again.

A spool of rope and a desire to be bound.
In CTRL Me by Anna Zabo, a night out between friends turns hot and tempting when Gabe deliberately pushes Tom’s submissive buttons. Then Tom discovers rope in Gabe’s glove box—and not the type for securing luggage.

 There's a blog hop as well, with giveaways and exclusive content and all sorts of fun. I'll be tweeting all the stops, but if you want to follow along (which, unless you're Blaine and have already won a copy of this book, why not?) here's the link to the list of stops! Rules To Live By.

Or if you're already digging it and want to check it out, first, Thank You Very Much, You Awesome Person! And second, here it is at Riptide: http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/rules-to-live-by, and here it is at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Rules-Live-Heidi-Belleau-ebook/.

Okay, I think that's that. I'm really excited about this anthology and my story in it! My first release of 2015, could it be any better? Only if there wasn't a foot of snow outside right now.

Happy Valentine's Day! + movie reviews

Hi guys!

Yay, it's that day of love and sex and abject consumerism. Hey, I'm not objecting; this day is also my anniversary, because you know who forgets Valentine's Day? Nobody, that's who, including my man. Only this Valentine's Day he's stuck working on homework after a morning out and about, so I got him some flowers and chocolates and he promised to take me out later this week. Win-win!

And because it's Valentine's Day, and because the perfect new movie for the day just premiered, naturally we went and saw...Kingsman!

Of course we went and saw Kingsman--you couldn't pay me to sit through 50 Shades. Kingsman was exactly the sort of movie I love: irreverent, funny, clever, and full of badass men and women (I appreciated that the women were more than props, both the main ladies rocked completely as far as I was concerned). The fight scenes, especially Colin Firth's in the church--yes, fighting in the church, this isn't exactly a spoiler but it is probably the best part of the movie--were both ridiculously over the top and completely awesome. This is a cheesy, delightful, sexy, fantastic movie. And did I mention it has Colin Firth looking goddamn incredible?

My honey and I also went and saw Jupiter Ascending the other day...which...hmmkay, you know how some movies are so awful that they swing around and become good? This movie is not quite that. It's not good, there are plot holes you could pilot a spaceship through (literally, they do this several times, oh those plot holes, so convenient) and the acting is...well, just goddamn. They could have done better. It feels like they should have done better, except how could they when the script was so bewilderingly awkward? The best thing about Jupiter Ascending was, honest to god, the fact that Sean Bean's character survived. That and the visual effects, which were genuinely stunning.

LIVE, SEAN! LIIIIIVE!!!

At any rate...so! I've got a new release on Monday that I'll chat up later (but if you want to know more now, go here for some really excellent BDSM stories, and I'm not just saying that): http://riptidepublishing.com/titles/rules-to-live-by. I've got a vignette to write this weekend, a few other stories to look at (yes, Bath, I'm looking at you;) and friends from Tennessee in for a few days, so life is busy. 

Happy V-Day, darlins :)