A Dark and Delicious Holiday Season
What turns you on about the holidays? The food? The gifts? The holiday parties?
Well, I have a party that will be painless to attend…or will it? <insert maniacal laughter here>
I’ve joined the Evernight Publishing team for a hot, kinky holiday anthology that is bound to get you in the mood for the holidays. Or, just get you in the mood. It is entitled ‘Twas a Dark and Delicious Christmas and I’ve seen some of the titles for the other stories and I think this book will get your chestnuts roasting in a hurry. My story is Holly’s Clause and features a hunky UPS man and a demon named Tan. More details to come at the launch party.
All the stories are “dark” as in paranormal and all the stories are “delicious” as in sexier than Colin Firth in that wet shirt (sigh). So, to kick off the release of this 13 author anthology, I’m inviting all of you to my Book Boost Blog on December 8th for an all day BLOG FEST with prizes and guest authors and who knows what will happen when you mix a bunch of erotic writers with a holiday full of spirits.
I’m giving away a pair of collectible Harley Davidson Biker Santa boxer shorts! Love long. Ride Hard. Oh wait, I think I got that slogan a bit wrong. Oops!
Basically, we are going to have a great time and I hope you’ll join us! Until then, I’ll leave you with an article about how a classic Thankgiving dessert can lead to a better sex life. Dig in! Enjoy.
“Throw away the perfume and go get some pumpkin pie,” said Dr. Alan Hirsch, Director of Chicago’s Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Center.
In a study of men ages 18 to 64, 40 aromas were tested to determine which arouses men the most. The smell of pumpkin pie topped ladies’ fragrances.”The number one odor that enhanced penile blood flow was a combination of lavender and pumpkin pie,” said Hirsch.
Hirsch said that combination increased penile blood flow by an average of 40 percent in participants.Pumpkin pie was the single strongest stimulant.”Maybe the odors acted to reduce anxiety. By reducing anxiety, it acted to remove inhibitions,” said Hirsch.
Pumpkin pie isn’t the only Thanksgiving favorite that arouses a man. The same study showed that older men showed a strong response to vanilla.If your partner enjoys sex on a regular basis, allow him to pull the strawberry-rhubarb pie out of the oven. Men with the most satisfying sex lives responded strongly to strawberry.
“Every odor we tested aroused the participants,” said Hirsch.However, not all of them created strong responses. Therefore, you may want to keep your man away from the cranberry sauce. The aroma of cranberry offered the smallest increase in blood flow, only two percent.
There is some good news, Hirsch said: “Nothing turns a man off.”
This Thanksgiving, if you want a little something extra to be thankful for, you may be able to create a big change in the bedroom by making a little change in the kitchen.
Source: http://www.wpbf.com/health/25853470/detail.html
My comments: What if we incorporate the pumpkin pie into the bedroom? Double the calories? I mean, passion? Hmmm…perhaps a scene from my next erotic novella. And the title could be…. (see contest below)
Contest time:
As my thanks to all my lovely friends and blog followers, a PDF copy of your choice from my backlist to one commenter from today. Just give me a great title for my next erotic novella.
And the winner of my tiny print copy of Vegan Moon (from two posts ago) is Carol Shenold! CONGRATS! Please contact me via my website to claim your prize.
Hope you and yours have a dark & delicious holiday season.
C.J. Ellisson
Marissa Farrar
Kerri Nelson
Liz Pelletier
Suzanne Johnson
Boone Brux
Dawn McClure
Liz Pelletier loves to write dark paranormal romances, although they tend to turn into black comedies by the time she's done. 
In her spare time, she co-owns and manages two fabulously popular sites dedicated to writers and readers.
Dawn McClure is a multi-published paranormal romance author. She lives in BFE South Dakota, where the nearest mall is a depressing 80 miles from her house. 
Between the ice storms and the tornados prevalent in her area she works at an elementary school as a paraprofessional by day and writes humorous, snarky paranormals by night.
C.J. Ellisson lives near Washington DC with her husband, two children, two Staffordshire bull terriers and a young cat to whom she’s newly allergic. 
After spending most of her working life associated with real estate, she’s now pursuing a new passion of fiction writing. Her Erotic Urban Fantasy series stars a smart, strong, and slightly sarcastic female vampire running a resort for the undead in Alaska.
Suzanne Johnson grew up in Northwest Alabama in the shadow of Elvis Presley, Bear Bryant, and the annual Mule Day festivities. A finely honed sense of the absurd was inevitable.
A longtime New Orleans resident, she exorcised her Hurricane Katrina demons in Royal Street and River Road, first installments in a new urban fantasy series coming in 2011 from Tor Books. Suzanne lives in Auburn, Alabama
Kerri Nelson- After an education and career in the legal field, Kerri began to pen romantic suspense novels with a legal or law enforcement theme. Kerri is a multi-published author of romance in many different genres and her latest paranormal 
“Vegan Moon” will release from Eternal Press in September 2010.
She is a true southern belle and when she’s not reading or writing, you’ll find her baking homemade goodies for her family.
Boone Brux lives in Anchorage, Alaska, where there’s never a pesky sunshine problem during the winter. Living seventeen years in the bush gifted her with valuable life lessons like, 
Marissa Farrar, born in Devon, England, loves to travel and has lived in both Australia and Spain. She now resides outside of London with her husband and two children. 
She has a degree in Zoology, but her true love has always been writing. Marissa writes horror as well as paranormal romance. Alone is her debut novel and her second, The Dark Road, will be released soon.
Wow, I can’t wait to read your anthology. It sounds delicious. I love the statistics on smells.I especially love the fact that nothing turns a man off. Amen! Congrats and have a great Thanksgiving.
Boone
I know, right? I mean when it comes to men and food plus mean and sex…how can you go wrong?
Miss chatting with you, my sweet. Where have you been??????
Huggers,
K.
Two words, Golden Heart. I finally got it in the mail. Now I’m pulling myself out from under the rest of my obligations and recovering from the flu. I’m almost 100% again. I hate being sick. I’m such a wuss.
Miss you too. It sounds like you’ve been busy…in a good way.:)
Oohh..that sounds too yummy! Can a chocolate-covered Santa (in boxer shorts) be headed our way?
How about a chocolate covered UPS man?
Hi Suz! xoxo