Come Together yet again!

Like to donate to worthy charities? Like super-sexy vampires? Then pick yourself up a copy of the new Coming Together: In Vein erotica anthology, proceeds from which will go to Doctors Without Borders!

To sweeten the deal, let me note that it contains a reprint of my story “Devouring Heart.” I’m always glad to donate one of my stories to the Coming Together series!

Commence FLAILING!

I can barely type this, I'm so trembly with excitement. (No, not that way. Sheez.)

I'm all a-twitter, in the sense of the meaning before Twitter. A-flutter. Squeeing.

So much goodness!

First, my collection Kiss Me Hello: Lesbian Erotic Romance, 11 stories written as Andrea Dale, is now available as a print book from Amazon! That's right, you can buy it for your Kindle (or on other sites for your Nook, Kobo reader, phone, computer screen) as an e-book, and you can hold it in your hot little hands as a print book! You should be able to order it at any bookstore, too.

(Just in time to buy it for that special person for a holiday gift. I'm just sayin'.)

Electronic formats:
Amazon Kindle |  Barnes & Noble |  Smashwords

Second, the mail hath brought me comp copy goodness in the form of Elemental Magic: All-New Tales of the Elemental Masters:

Yes, it's true: I have a story in a Mercedes Lackey edited book, set in her delicious Elemental Masters world. Me. Me.

I mean, look at this table of contents:

Introduction: Mercedes Lackey
A Song of the Sea: Diana L. Paxson
The Fire Within Him: Samuel Conway
Makana: Fiona Patton
War to the Knife: Rosemary Edgehill
Stones and Feathers: Elizabeth Vaughan
Fire's Children: Elisabeth Waters
For the Sake of Clarity: Cedric Johnson
To Ride the River-Horse: Dayle A. Dermatis
The Phoenix of Mulberry Street: Michele Lang
Air of Mystery: Jody Lynn Nye
A Flower Grows in Whitechapel: Gail Sanders and Michael Z. Williamson
Tha Thu Ann: Tanya Huff
The Collector: Ron Collins
Queen of the Mountain: Kristin Schwengel
I Have Heard the Mermaids Singing: Mercedes Lackey

(I tried to take pictures using Photobooth, but they came out backwards....)

My name is on it—my name—along with Diana Paxson and Rosemary Edgehill and my friend Michele Lang and Tanya Huff and Mercedes Lackey herself.

Holy crap.

Fancy a romp in the great outdoors?

"Outside, in the Rain"

When a wife forgets her raincoat on a trip to Scotland and her husband buys her a rubber Mackintosh, they discover a mutual fetish they never dreamed they shared. “Outside, in the Rain” is a sexy story of rubber passion in the Highlands by a legendary erotica heavy-hitter. Includes BONUS story “Storming the Castle.” Note: Contains explicit outdoor sex.

“Outside in the Rain” originally appeared in Coming Together: Al Fresco (All Romance E-Books, 2009).

Cover art by Stanislav Perov  / BigStockPhoto.

Available in a variety of electronic formats
Amazon |  Barnes & Noble |  Smashwords

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"Storming the Castle"

Will a night of passion in a Welsh castle ruin reignite Cassidy and Joe’s crumbling relationship, or will their marriage be demolished along with the historic site? Deemed “exceptional” by Erotica Revealed, “Storming the Castle” is a sexy and romantic short story from a legendary erotica heavy-hitter. Note: Contains explicit sex in the outdoors. Includes BONUS story "Outside, in the Rain."

“Storming the Castle” originally appeared in Sweet Love: Erotic Fantasies for Couples (Cleis Press, 2010), a 2010 Independent Publisher Book Awards winner.

“Exceptional.” Jean Roberta, Erotica Revealed

Cover art by Oleg Komilov / BigStockPhoto.

Available in a variety of electronic formats
Amazon |  Barnes & Noble |  Smashwords

NOTE: Both of these stories are "two-packs"—buy one, and you get both stories for a single price!

Hail the squee!

Now is the time on this blog when I once again squee about a new publication. Because, well, I can’t help it. If you don’t like it…fuck, I don’t know what we’re gonna do. Girl’s gotta squee.

I don’t have Bound by Lust (edited by the smoking-hot Shanna Germain) in my eager hands yet, but oh, I wish I did! It contains my story “A Few Things to Pick Up On Your Way Home,” aka “Oh Crap, Dayle Wrote Another Stupidly Long Title Again.”*

Aaaaanyway, we-all are doing a blog tour to get you all hot and bothered about the anthology. I hope you’ll wander over to Janine Ashbless’s blog on the 12^th to say hi to me, and that you’ll pop in here on the 18^th to meet Clarice Clique. Here's the full blog tour list (the first name is the host, the second name is the guest):

June 11

Shanna Germain / Welcome

June 12

Janine Ashbless / Andrea Dale  (hey, that's me!)

June 13

Rachel Kramer Bussel / Sharazade

June 14

Allison Wonderland / Craig Sorensen

June 15

Lisabet / Shanna Germain

June 18

Andrea Dale / Clarice Clique

June 19

Erotica for All / Kristina Wright

June 20

Alison Tyler/ Alison Tyler

June 21

Nikki Magennis / Allison Wonderland

June 22

Kristina Wright / Kristina Lloyd

June 25

Clarice Clique / Justine Elyot

  

June 26

Vida Bailey / Veronica Wilde

June 27

Veronica Wilde / Teresa Noelle Roberts

June 28

TBD / Alana Noel Voth

June 29

Kristina Lloyd / Nikki Magennis

July 2

Jeremy Edwards / Vida Bailey

July 3

Teresa Noelle Roberts / Janine Ashbless

July 4

Dorla Moorehouse / Review & Excerpt

July 5

Justine Elyot / Donna George Storey

July 6

Shanna Germain / Closing 

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*What? I didn’t use a song title? What…what the hell, man?

Lusting for Steamlust

So, I mentioned earlier that I have a story in the forthcoming steampunk erotic romance anthology, Steamlust. I am so excited to have a story in this, I can barely contain myself. My story, "Lost Souls," is about a inventor who stages séances. But it's okay, she feels bad about it….

So far, RT Book Reviews has given it 4 stars, and Publishers Weekly said, "Wright’s anthology of sizzling steampunk romance is a sensual, passionate, and humorous collection of alternate histories, fantastical worlds, and time travel romps. The heroines are strong-willed, intelligent, technologically savvy, and elegant in their fashionable corsets." (Read the full review here.)

On top of that, there's a scrummy book video for it, with fun animation and a killer soundtrack:

Steamlust comes out next month but is already available for pre-order, just in time for the steampunk Hallowe'en party I'll be attending!

More Scary Kisses ebook

More Scary Kisses, an anthology of paranormal romances that includes my story "Matchmaker," is now available as an ebook! So if you've been waiting to read it on your Kindle, now's your chance!

"College Reunion" now available from Soul's Road Press

"College Reunion" by Andrea Dale

At her college reunion, a woman tells her husband a steamy story about overhearing a couple having sex in a study lounge. Little does she know the tale will inspire her husband to bend her over an old oak desk in the very same lounge and give her bottom a blistering she won’t soon forget…. A sexy spanking short story from a legendary erotica heavy-hitter.

"With stories like 'College Reunion' by Andrea Dale…who’s got time to study?"
— Cleis Press

“College Reunion” originally appeared in C is for Co-Eds (Cleis Press, 2007)

Cover photo by Forever Captured / iStockPhoto.

Available in a variety of electronic formats
Amazon |  Barnes & Noble |  Smashwords

Indoors and out - new stories available

Soul's Road Press some new Andrea Dale stories available: One that takes place in the big city and two set in the great outdoors. Enjoy!

"Come to My Window"

Small-town girl Katy craves the big city, the bright lights, the energy and passion…and the woman who would introduce it all to her. She finds all that and more in sophisticated Emilie, who presses her naked against a window and forces her to face her deepest, darkest desires. A lesbian short story “packed full of hot steamy sex.”

"'Come to my Window' by Andrea Dale is another story that I found refreshing and well written. It's short, about 9 pages, but it's packed full of hot steamy sex in a unique and fun setting - pressed against a window overlooking the city of New York. Who wouldn't have an orgasm with that kind of view, not to mention the excitement of possibly of being seen in the act."
— outinprint.net

"Further spankings and a dose of Gallic humiliation is administered in Andrea Dale's 'Come to my Window,' a sort of coming of age story filled with revelations and humiliations while having one’s bottom pleasantly blistered."
— eroticarevealed.com

“Come to My Window” originally appeared in Where the Girls Are: Urban Lesbian Erotica (Cleis Press, 2009)
Available in a variety of electronic formats

Amazon |  Barnes & Noble |  Smashwords

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"In Flight"

When you’ve been screwed by an ex, it’s hard to trust again. It takes a red-tailed hawk named Rudy and a sexy falconer named Pam to teach a broken woman how to respect herself and love again. A spicy-sweet lesbian love story.

“In Flight” originally appeared in Best Lesbian Love Stories: Summer Flings (Alyson Publications, 2007) and was republished in Best Lesbian Romance 2009 (Cleis Press, 2009)

“Andrea Dale's ‘In Flight’ has metaphorical power.”
— Seattle Gay News

Available in a variety of electronic formats
Amazon |  Barnes & Noble |  Smashwords

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"After the Rain"

Can a homebody Adirondack hotel clerk find happiness with a gregarious world-traveling Australian? Or will their erotic encounter in the rain-dappled forest be the extent of their relationship? A sexy and touching lesbian short story.

“After the Rain” originally appeared in Travelrotica for Lesbians: Erotic Travel Adventures(Alyson Books, 2006)

Available in a variety of electronic formats
Amazon |  Barnes & Noble |  Smashwords

Free fantasy story available!

"What Dragons Prefer" — free fantasy short story from Soul's Road Press!

A dragon slayer arrives to rescue a threatened town, but the real threat and the dragon’s true desires are not necessarily one and the same.

“What Dragons Prefer” first appeared in Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine, Fall 1994; and republished in Dragons: A Celebration of the Greatest of Mythical Creatures, January 1996.

Available free in a variety of electronic formats from Smashwords
(includes formats for Amazon Kindle and Barnes & Noble Nook).

Lots of my stories now available online!

I’m delighted to announce a new, exciting phase of my writing career: I’ve partnered with a small publisher to sell my previously print-published stories (and a few new stories, and maybe even a novel or two) as e-books!

The smashing folks at Soul’s Road Press have been hard at work getting some of my Yule/Solstice/winter-themed erotica available in time for the season. In fact, they even got a Halloween-themed story up in time for that holiday, but I was too busy to promo it!

The stories are available in a variety of formats for a variety of e-readers (or just for reading on your computer): Kindle, Nook, .pdf, you name it.

I’m especially chuffed about having my short novel (novella-length, for those of you who get that term) In Her Hands up and available for sale. Erotic romance In Her Hands was a top-10 finalist in the Brava Novella Contest a few years back, and in fact two different publishers were interested in buying it (in the end we couldn’t agree on a contract). But the thing is, I love this story, and everyone who’s read it (first readers, contest judges, editors) have also loved it. I hope my readers love it, too!

Sarabeth Delany’s fantasies come to life when she meets male model Michael Steele—the inspiration for her erotic sculptures. They bond over a discussion of art and passion…which leads to steamy nights with blindfolds and erotic photo sessions.

Michael appreciates the advantages modeling has given him, but he’d really rather be behind the camera. He longs for a woman who’ll love him for who he is, not his fame. When he finds out about Sarabeth’s sculptures, will it mean the end of their affair…and her career?

Secondary characters Brad (Michael’s best friend) and Anya (Sarabeth’s best friend) are crying out for their own love stories to be told. They’re not going to end up together, though: Brad’s going to be smitten by a torch singer named Genny, and Anya, a voice actress, is destined to fall for a voice actor just from talking to him…before she ever meets him face-to-face.

"In Her Hands" for Kindle

"In Her Hands" for Nook

"In Her Hands" at Smashwords (variety of formats)

If In Her Hands sells well as an e-book, I’m definitely going to write Brad and Anya’s tales, and then package all three together as a print book. Fingers crossed!

Meanwhile, you can also buy the following erotica stories, all also written as Andrea Dale:

“Redemption”

“Peppermint Stick”

“The Witch of Venice”

“The Queen of Christmas”

“Frozen”

And one (so far) sweet romance, “The Best Catch,” written as Andrea Loewen.

Moving forward, I’ll try to be better about announcing when new stories are available. But if I’m busy writing, you can also check out Soul’s Road Press and see what new stories they’re offering!