tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74370582717878375842024-03-05T14:30:17.004-08:00Clandestine Classicstotal-e-boundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04473891884213032758noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-13888606795644314062015-01-12T00:00:00.000-08:002015-01-12T00:00:14.030-08:00Gaston Leroux and the PhantomI thought I'd add a little bit about Gaston Leroux to the blog. He's a fascinating guy. Everyone thinks of the Phantom when they think of him, but there's more. I am honored to have worked on one of his works, The Phantom of the Opera. But check him out. He's a neat guy.<br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Leroux">Here's a little bit from Wikipedia: </a><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Cliché anonyme, <br />l'auteur n'a jamais revendiqué <br />la paternité du portrait. (www.fnac.com) <br />[Public domain or Public domain],<br />via Wikimedia Commons</td></tr>
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Leroux was born in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Paris">Paris</a> in 1868. He went to school in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Normandy">Normandy</a> and studied in Paris, graduating in 1889. He inherited millions of francs and lived wildly until he nearly reached bankruptcy. In 1890, he began working as a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_reporter" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Court reporter">court reporter</a> and <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theater" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Theater">theater</a> critic for <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27%C3%89cho_de_Paris" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="L'Écho de Paris">L'Écho de Paris</a></i>. His most important journalism came when he began working as an international correspondent for the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Paris">Paris</a> newspaper <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Matin_(France)" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Le Matin (France)">Le Matin</a></i>. He was present at, and covered, the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_Russian_Revolution" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="1905 Russian Revolution">1905 Russian Revolution</a>.<br />
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Another case at which he was present involved the investigation and in-depth coverage of the former <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palais_Garnier" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Palais Garnier">Paris Opera</a> (presently housing the <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballet_de_l%27Op%C3%A9ra_National_de_Paris" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Ballet de l'Opéra National de Paris">Paris Ballet</a>).<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-2" style="font-size: 11px; line-height: 1; unicode-bidi: -webkit-isolate;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaston_Leroux#cite_note-2" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap;">[2]</a></sup> The basement contained a cell that held prisoners of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris_Commune" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Paris Commune">Paris Commune</a>.</div>
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He suddenly left journalism in 1907, and began writing fiction. In 1919, he and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Bern%C3%A8de" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Arthur Bernède">Arthur Bernède</a> formed their own film company,<a class="new" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Soci%C3%A9t%C3%A9_des_Cin%C3%A9romans&action=edit&redlink=1" style="background: none; color: #a55858; text-decoration: none;" title="Société des Cinéromans (page does not exist)">Société des Cinéromans</a> to publish novels simultaneously and turn them into films. He first wrote a mystery novel entitled <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mystery_of_the_Yellow_Room" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Mystery of the Yellow Room">Le mystère de la chambre jaune</a></i> (1908; <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mystery_of_the_Yellow_Room" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="The Mystery of the Yellow Room">The Mystery of the Yellow Room</a>), starring the amateur detective <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Rouletabille" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Joseph Rouletabille">Joseph Rouletabille</a>. Leroux's contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Conan_Doyle" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Arthur Conan Doyle">Sir Arthur Conan Doyle</a>'s in the United Kingdom and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe" style="background: none; color: #0b0080; text-decoration: none;" title="Edgar Allan Poe">Edgar Allan Poe</a>'s in the United States.</div>
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Leroux published his most famous work, <i>The Phantom of the Opera</i>, as a serial in 1909 and 1910 and as a book in 1911.</div>
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<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9057.Gaston_Leroux">And here's a bit from Goodreads (yeah, he's on there, too!!):</a></div>
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<span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">He suddenly left journalism in 1907, and began writing fiction. In 1909, he and Arthur Bernède formed their own film company, Société des Cinéromans to simultaneously publish novels and turn them into films. He first wrote a mystery novel entitled Le mystère de la chambre jaune (1908; The Mystery of the Yellow Room), starring the amateur detective Joseph Rouletabille. Leroux's contribution to French detective fiction is considered a parallel to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's in the United Kingdom and Edgar Allan Poe's in America. Leroux died in Nice on April 15, 1927, of a urinary tract infection.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.gaston-leroux.net/actualites.htm">You can also learn about him here, too. </a></div>
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I took a little flack for adding kink to the Phantom, but I bring this title of Leroux's to attention: </div>
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<span style="color: #252525; font-family: sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.3999996185303px;">Here's a little bit about my collaboration with Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera:</span></span><br />
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<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">A chance sighting at the Opera, fated love, and three lives in turmoil.</i></div>
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One man pledges to own her, while another wants her heart. The Opera sets the stage for romance and intrigue. In the catacombs below the building lives a man rife with sorrow and passion. The Phantom. But he's not content to live alone. He wants to possess the one woman who can set him free.</div>
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His Christine.</div>
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Viscount Raoul de Chagny doesn't believe the rumours of a Ghost living below the Opera. He only has eyes for Christine, his childhood friend and first love. Together they embark on a sensual journey of discovery and fiery desire.</div>
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But she can only have one man. Will love raise her up or tear their world apart?</div>
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<a href="https://www.totallybound.com/the-phantom-of-the-opera">Available here!</a></div>
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Wendi Zwaduk and Megan Slayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01583513293847035769noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-22992075285380804862014-01-12T00:00:00.000-08:002014-01-12T00:00:04.269-08:00Fashions from the Time of The Phantom of the OperaI thought I'd share some of the fashions from the era the Phantom of the Opera was written. Some are elegant and some are well, hard to figure out how to get into. Grin. Read on!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By English: House of Rouff Français : Maison Rouff , Paris, France (LACMA Image Library. Photograph LACMA.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</td></tr>
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Can you imagine having that tiny a waist? It's a beautiful garment, but does question how easily one can have a spur of the moment hot exchange...</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Liberty & Co., London, England (est. 1875) (LACMA Image Library. Photograph LACMA.) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">By Корзун Андрей (Kor!An) (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons</td></tr>
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This one is gorgeous, too. A beautiful wedding dress that makes it very clear he'd better want you because it's going to be hard as heck to get you out of it.</div>
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Men's clothing seems to be easier to handle, but there is still a lot to it.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Adolph Menzel [Public domain or Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons</td></tr>
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The fashions aren't so bad, but complicated. What do you think? I kind of like them. </div>
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<i>Here's the blurb:</i><br />
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<i>The Classics Exposed…<br /><br />A chance sighting at the Opera, fated love, and three lives in turmoil.</i><br />
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One man pledges to own her, while another wants her heart. The Opera sets the stage for romance and intrigue. In the catacombs below the building lives a man rife with sorrow and passion. The Phantom. But he’s not content to live alone. He wants to possess the one woman who can set him free.<br />
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His Christine.<br />
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Viscount Raoul de Chagny doesn’t believe the rumours of a Ghost living below the Opera. He only has eyes for Christine, his childhood friend and first love. Together they embark on a sensual journey of discovery and fiery desire.<br />
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<i>But she can only have one man. Will love raise her up or tear their world apart?</i></blockquote>
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<blockquote>
“What are you asking of me?”<br />
<br />
“Your submission. Allow me to direct you as if I were the composer of one of your songs. Do you trust me?” Raoul smoothed a lock of her hair between his fingers. She smelt of flowers, a most intoxicating scent. Although she trembled in his arms, she met him for a kiss. Christine whimpered. Damn the blanket and the layers of fabric between them. He longed to feel her body next to his. He parted her robe and shoved the garment from her shoulders, leaving her in her nightgown. He swiped his tongue along her bottom lip and palmed her breast.<br />
<br />
“Raoul,” she gasped, but didn’t swat him away. “I trust you.”<br />
<br />
“Let me make you feel the magic.”<br />
<br />
Christine stared at him a moment. “What do you want me to do?”<br />
<br />
“Give me what I want. Can you do that?” He unbuttoned the top button on her nightgown. “Show me the depths of your soul.”<br />
<br />
“I can.” She whipped her nightgown up over her head, exposing her body to him. Her rosy nipples peaked and the flush spread across her entire chest.<br />
<br />
Raoul shrugged out of his nightshirt and tugged her back onto his lap. Skin to skin, mouth to mouth, he lost himself in her sweetness. His desire to conquer her took over. Christine slid her hands up his chest and twined them behind his head.<br />
<br />
“Do you still wish to learn? This will not be what you expect.”<br />
<br />
“I do.”<br />
<br />
He sat back on his heels and hazarded a glance to the door to reassure himself it was locked.<br />
<br />
“Raoul?”<br />
<br />
“I do not wish to be interrupted.” He grabbed the chair at the small table and dragged it to the couch. “Sit.”<br />
<br />
Christine hesitated, then moved from his lap to the edge of the bed. Raoul eased her onto her back. He crawled between her thighs. “I will pull out so I don’t leave my seed inside you, but I cannot guarantee this won’t hurt.”<br />
<br />
She nodded, but didn’t look particularly agreeable. He braced himself on his knees and one hand. With his free hand, he stroked her cheek. “I will make you feel precious when I’m done.”<br />
<br />
“I’m yours.”<br />
<br /></blockquote>
@Copyright 2012 Wendi Zwaduk and Gaston Leroux<br />
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<br />Wendi Zwaduk and Megan Slayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01583513293847035769noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-13341075292700057342014-01-06T00:01:00.000-08:002014-01-06T00:01:00.636-08:00The real scoop on Northanger abbey<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="background: white; margin-bottom: 15.0pt; mso-add-space: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; text-indent: .5in;">
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read Northanger Abbey with my “spice” sprinkled through it. Actually all of the
Clandestine Classics will heat you up, especially is you’re in the frozen north
now. <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;">Northanger Abbey</span></i></b><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;"> was <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/austen_jane.shtml"><span style="color: #0e2a9a; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Jane Austen</span></a>'s
first novel and was written between 1798 and 1803. The novel is a coming of age
tale, focusing on the comedic adventures of a sheltered seventeen-year-old girl
who learns to navigate the polite society of Bath (a popular English resort
town) and Northanger Abbey (the fancy home of one of the book's wealthiest
families). Her travels are full of mishaps with new friends and love interests.<br />
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Though this was Austen's first novel, it actually wasn't published until 1818,
after her death. Oddly enough, it was published along with her last novel <a href="http://www.shmoop.com/intro/literature/jane-austen/persuasion.html"><i><span style="color: #0e2a9a; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Persuasion</span></i></a>,
a much more mature work than the often screwball <i>Northanger Abbey</i>.
What was the hold up with <i>Northanger Abbey</i>? Well, publishing was
pretty different back in the day. No one had contracts or anything like that.
And publishing was also very expensive. So Austen's publisher bought <i>Northanger
Abbey</i> in 1803 and then sat on it for ten years since he didn't think
he could make any money from it. Austen bought the book back in 1813 with
something along the lines of a 'thanks a lot, jerk' to her reluctant publisher.
OK, so Jane Austen was more polite about it. We bet she was thinking that,
though.</span></div>
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What's ironic about this publishing delay is that, out of all of Austen's
novels, <i>Northanger Abbey </i>has one of the most specific historical
contexts and agendas. The agenda here was satire and the targets were the
Gothic novels that were hugely popular in the late eighteenth and early
nineteenth centuries. What on earth is a Gothic novel? Well, this type of novel
is a romantic adventure riddled with soap-opera plot twists, dramatic emotions,
over-the-top narratives, and supernatural elements. A good example of a Gothic
novel would be <a href="http://www.shmoop.com/events/literature/mary-shelley/frankenstein.html"><i><span style="color: #0e2a9a; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Frankenstein</span></i></a>.
However, Austen was mocking somewhat more low-brow Gothic novels, the kind that
aren't taught in English classes today. Basically, <i>Northanger Abbey</i> is
the equivalent of a novel that decided to spoof a popular book like <a href="http://www.shmoop.com/intro/book-club/stephenie-meyer/twilight.html"><i><span style="color: #0e2a9a; text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Twilight</span></i></a> today.<br />
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Austen also mocks the conservative social commentary surrounding Gothic novels.
These commentators railed about the damaging effects novels had on
impressionable young (and female) minds. Out of all of Austen's novels, <i>Northanger
Abbey</i> is the most outrageously comedic.<br />
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<i>Northanger Abbey</i> is also firmly rooted in a specific historical
context. It was totally possible to read and enjoy this book when it was
actually published in 1818 (just like it's very easy to read and like this book
today). But a lot of the book's "contemporary" references to other
authors and novels were a bit dated by 1818, which is something Austen actually
brings up in her preface. Nearly all of the novels that are name-dropped here
were published in the 1790s. Aside from its historically specific references,
the novel overall is pretty universal. It looks at things like love,
friendship, and growing up. Like Austen's later novels, <i>Northanger Abbey</i> humorously
focuses on human behavior. This timeless element is a reason why Austen's
novels are all still so widely read today.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-7802293586176210782013-12-20T01:10:00.000-08:002013-12-20T01:10:42.386-08:00Steamy Excerpt From The Fall of the House of UsherIn just one week my new Clandestine Classic, The Fall of the House of Usher, will be released! I am thrilled to share with you today a sexy moment between Lady Madeline Usher and her brother Roderick's houseguest - Edward.<br />
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There is quite a mystery surrounding the family that involves a mysterious illness. Edward is captivated by the lovely Madeline, but can he save her from the awful curse that the Usher family has endured for generations?<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">Traversing the corridors to get to
Madeline’s room, I mused on the irony that less than a week before I had been
hopelessly lost and confused in the manor. Now here I was, an absolute expert
at finding my way. Given my earlier exchange with Roderick however, I was extra
careful. When I reached her door, I did not even have a chance to tap on it
before it was opened. It startled me.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I was greeted with the most stunning
vision. Madeline stood before me in just her chemise, the firelight
silhouetting her naked form. The lush waves of her hair tumbled about her
shoulders and fell down her back. The candlelight glittered in her emerald
eyes, and her full red lips were slightly parted. She was exquisite. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“Oh, Madeline, you are…” I could not even
finish my words, all I could do was drink in her beauty. The pull in my cock,
the aching want consumed me. No more would I be able to wait for her. I needed
to squeeze her soft flesh, twine my fingers in her luxurious hair, bury my face
in her quim, </span><span class="MsoCommentReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><a class="msocomanchor" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7437058271787837584#_msocom_1" id="_anchor_1" name="_msoanchor_1"></a><span style="mso-special-character: comment;"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">then ravish her until we were both spent.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“Please, Edward, come inside quick.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I could barely
get my legs to move, I was so awestruck by her. Once she closed the door behind
us, she slowly walked towards me and extended her arms. All thoughts of worry
and anything that had occurred earlier were whisked from my mind as I swept her
into my arms and gently laid her upon the large canopied bed. I had never even
dared to go near it prior to that night, the promise of what we hoped would happen
too much to resist.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">At last I found my voice. “You are the most
beautiful thing I have ever seen. Sweet Madeline, know that I truly love you.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">She smiled up at me as I lay on my side
next to her. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“Are you afraid, my love?” I asked.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“I will never be afraid again, as long as
you are with me.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Then I kissed her with a hunger I had not known
I possessed. I invaded her mouth, made her mine with my tongue alone. I held
her face with one hand, and embraced her to me with the other. She grasped my
hair and clutched at my shoulder. I could feel the intensity of her need as it
mirrored my own, and all I could think of was how I wanted to see her naked
before me.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Breaking our kiss, I ripped her chemise
down the centre and tore it from her body. She gasped, but did not protest. At
last I could view her completely, and she was even lovelier than I had
imagined. She had full, ripe breasts with tiny rosebud-coloured nipples that
were tantalising to me. Her frame, while still on the thin side, was shapely at
the hips, and I knew with better nourishment she would fill out even more.<span style="background: lightgrey; mso-highlight: lightgrey;"></span> Between her
legs she had a small patch of dark curls hiding her quim, and I brushed my
fingertips lightly through them.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“Do I please you, Edward?”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">It was the first time I had heard any real
nervousness in her voice since the day we had first met.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“You are more than any man could ever wish
for, be assured of that, my love. Will you let me do as I will? Other than when
I first enter you—which will be quick—I promise I will not hurt you.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“You know how I have longed for this,
Edward. Do anything you like. Do not hold back in any way out of concern for my
virginal state. I want to experience the most that physical love can offer.
Show me, Edward, I am ready for you.”</span></div>
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Morticia Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11838272611430236479noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-15664053025289083962013-12-12T16:29:00.001-08:002014-01-11T10:08:39.554-08:00Fun Facts about the Phantom of the OperaI know it's been a while since I've posted over here, but I thought I'd pop over with some fun facts about the Phantom of the Opera. These are courtesy of The Examiner . Com<br />
Check them out!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">By 2007 the number of film adaptations of Gaston Leroux's novel amounts to 40. including shorts, cartoons, TV, films, and variants.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">You can now include my version as well! *G*</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">In the theatre variations of the musical, the “Red Death” mask the Phantom wears during the Masquerade sequence is a full skull complete with moving jaw.</span><br />
<span style="color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">Huh. I never knew that!</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><a href="http://www.thephantomoftheopera.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088cc; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">musical</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">cannot be performed at any venue that can’t accommodate its massive chandelier.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">That makes perfect sense.</span><br />
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<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Phantom_of_the_Opera" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088cc; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Gaston Leroux’s novel</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">was first published in English in 1911; it was first published (in France) in 1909.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The original Frod book publication of 1910 was illustrated with five paintings by André Castaigne. The paintings served as an inspiration for the 1925 film, and have appeared in many subsequent reprintings and translations.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000361/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088cc; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Brian DePalma </a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">wrote and directed a 1974 film called</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071994/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088cc; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Phantom of the Paradise</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">, which was loosely based on</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><em style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The Phantom of the Opera</em><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Universal released a “talkie” version of its silent film in 1929. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The 1925 film is 107 minutes long, the “talkie” version has a runtime of only 93 minutes. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The 1925 silent movie was filmed in Stage 28 at Universal Studios, Hollywood.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">In 1943 Universal remade its silent classic with</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001647/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088cc; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Claude Raines</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">. </span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">I've seen this one and loved it.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Iron Maiden recorded a song in 1980 titled “Phantom of the Opera.”</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">L</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">on Chaney put egg whites on his eyes to give them a cloudy appearance. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">To achieve his skull-like make-up,</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0151606/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088cc; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Lon Chaney</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">attached a strip of piano wire to his nostrils with spirit gum, pulled it back until he got the tilt he wanted, then attached the other end of the wire under his bald cap. According to the film’s cameraman it cut into Chaney's nose and caused a good deal of bleeding. Cheeks were built up using a combination of cotton and collodion. Ears were glued back and the rest was greasepaint shaded in the proper areas of the face.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000060/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088cc; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;">Gregory Peck’s</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">earliest movie memory is of being so scared of the 1925 film he asked his Grandmother to let him sleep in her bed.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry in 1998 as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant."</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><a href="http://www.andrewlloydwebber.com/" rel="nofollow" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0088cc; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 24px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Andrew Lloyd Webber</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">musical never gives the Phantom a name, but in the novel he is referred to multiple times as Erik.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: HelveticaNeue, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Now that's some trivia! I had no idea on a lot of those. What trivia do you know about The Phantom of the Opera?</span><br />
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<i>Here's the blurb:</i><br />
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<i>The Classics Exposed…<br /><br />A chance sighting at the Opera, fated love, and three lives in turmoil.</i><br />
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One man pledges to own her, while another wants her heart. The Opera sets the stage for romance and intrigue. In the catacombs below the building lives a man rife with sorrow and passion. The Phantom. But he’s not content to live alone. He wants to possess the one woman who can set him free.<br />
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His Christine.<br />
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Viscount Raoul de Chagny doesn’t believe the rumours of a Ghost living below the Opera. He only has eyes for Christine, his childhood friend and first love. Together they embark on a sensual journey of discovery and fiery desire.<br />
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<i>But she can only have one man. Will love raise her up or tear their world apart?</i></blockquote>
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“What are you asking of me?”<br />
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“Your submission. Allow me to direct you as if I were the composer of one of your songs. Do you trust me?” Raoul smoothed a lock of her hair between his fingers. She smelt of flowers, a most intoxicating scent. Although she trembled in his arms, she met him for a kiss. Christine whimpered. Damn the blanket and the layers of fabric between them. He longed to feel her body next to his. He parted her robe and shoved the garment from her shoulders, leaving her in her nightgown. He swiped his tongue along her bottom lip and palmed her breast.<br />
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“Raoul,” she gasped, but didn’t swat him away. “I trust you.”<br />
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“Let me make you feel the magic.”<br />
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Christine stared at him a moment. “What do you want me to do?”<br />
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“Give me what I want. Can you do that?” He unbuttoned the top button on her nightgown. “Show me the depths of your soul.”<br />
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“I can.” She whipped her nightgown up over her head, exposing her body to him. Her rosy nipples peaked and the flush spread across her entire chest.<br />
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Raoul shrugged out of his nightshirt and tugged her back onto his lap. Skin to skin, mouth to mouth, he lost himself in her sweetness. His desire to conquer her took over. Christine slid her hands up his chest and twined them behind his head.<br />
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“Do you still wish to learn? This will not be what you expect.”<br />
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“I do.”<br />
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He sat back on his heels and hazarded a glance to the door to reassure himself it was locked.<br />
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“Raoul?”<br />
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“I do not wish to be interrupted.” He grabbed the chair at the small table and dragged it to the couch. “Sit.”<br />
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Christine hesitated, then moved from his lap to the edge of the bed. Raoul eased her onto her back. He crawled between her thighs. “I will pull out so I don’t leave my seed inside you, but I cannot guarantee this won’t hurt.”<br />
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She nodded, but didn’t look particularly agreeable. He braced himself on his knees and one hand. With his free hand, he stroked her cheek. “I will make you feel precious when I’m done.”<br />
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“I’m yours.”<br />
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@Copyright 2012 Wendi Zwaduk and Gaston Leroux<br />
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wendi Zwaduk and Megan Slayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01583513293847035769noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-32593709769658078372013-11-20T22:52:00.002-08:002013-11-20T22:52:56.113-08:00Edgar Allen Poe and a Happily-Ever-AfterI'm a little behind the times here this month - there have been so many projects I've been working on, that I forget what day it was! But I want to talk to you about my new Clandestine Classic that will be out on December 27th - The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allen Poe. I have always loved Poe, and House of Usher is one of my favourite stories. I've even seen the Vincent Price film rendition many times. But there is one singular thread that runs through all of the interpretations of Poe's story that I've encountered - poor Lady Madeline is doomed to a gruesome death. Not exactly the height of romance.<br />
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In searching for something to pair with The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, it was necessary to choose a classic that would be in the horror genre. Horror, in and of itself, isn't the most romantic of genres - although no one can deny the romance of Dracula or Phantom of the Opera. Even Sleepy Hollow had the rivalry of two men over the fair Katrina at the heart of the story. I'll admit, I kept returning to Poe as an option - not because of his love stories - but because I love his prose so much.<br />
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My first choice of Poe's was always House of Usher, but it seemed an insurmountable task. The only female named is the Lady Madeline, and she is only in the story twice - and never speaks or is spoken to. I tried to see if there were other stories by Poe that would better prospects, but in my opinion, there weren't. After reading and re-reading it over and over, I finally figured out how to make Lady Madeline a more central character, and to bring about a romance between her and the visitor to Usher. Since I couldn't change any of the original prose, it became necessary to interject my words in between so that it was plausible that Lady Madeline doesn't die horribly. Here is a small excerpt of one of her early encounters with her brother's visitor, Edward.<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB">I went past the doorway on my right where I
had sworn I had heard a scraping noise, and paused. I was tempted to knock on
the door, to see if my guess was correct about the Lady Madeline. After
Roderick’s little burst of temper that morning however, I found myself suddenly
cautious. I could not seem to find the normally brazen courage that would allow
me to put my theory to the test. My own trepidation about being caught where I
should not be, then being put out of the house, made me unusually timid.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“Fool,” I mumbled to myself, and determined
I should like to see the space below the stairs first before I made any rash
decisions. I walked about a dozen paces to the railing above the ballroom and
looked down. It was indeed a grand room, and must have been spectacular at one
time long ago, lit by a thousand candles, sparkling lights and festive garlands
reflecting back from the solid wall of mirrors on one end. But now it lay in
disrepair—the cracks in the mirrors left unfixed, the marble floor scuffed and
chipped, and the enormous chandelier dulled by a thick layer of dust. I focused
instead on the terrace doors at one end that appeared as though they would open
onto a courtyard. As I had suspected, this explained the light I had seen.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I jumped and turned around swiftly at the creak
of a door. Frozen, I stared in horror at the very doorway I had stood in front
of just moments before. The door was<a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" style="mso-comment-date: 20131103T2250; mso-comment-reference: S_1;"> opened</a></span><span class="MsoCommentReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8.0pt; line-height: 150%;"><a class="msocomanchor" href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7437058271787837584#_msocom_1" id="_anchor_1" name="_msoanchor_1"></a><span style="mso-special-character: comment;"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">, yet no one came forth.</span> I thought to myself what a silly coward I
had become since my arrival at the gloomy mansion, and resolved that I must
have the frights due to the atmosphere the house exuded.</div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Gathering myself, I slowly advanced towards
the room where I imagined I had heard a scraping noise the previous night. I
startled once more, but this time I was rewarded for my fears. It was the
lovely Madeline herself, timidly peeking out from the archway to her quarters.
She caught my gaze and covered her mouth with her delicate fingers. I fear I
had caught her by surprise as well.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“I thought I heard a voice,” she said
softly.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“My dearest lady,” I said, bowing before
her. As I rose, I continued, “Please forgive me if I have alarmed you. I am
Edward, Roderick’s boyhood chum, and he invited me to stay here with him. I…”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I stopped myself from mentioning that I had
seen her that first night, concerned that she either would not remember she had
done that, or would be mortified that I had witnessed her in such a state. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“Well,” I continued, “I was actually just in
the midst of exploring whilst the valet was occupied on an errand in town, and
Roderick was napping…”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">“You must come in at once,” she said in
hushed tones.</span></div>
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<span class="MsoCommentReference"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size: 8.0pt;"><span style="mso-special-character: comment;"></span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB">I will be back next month for a spicier excerpt - see you then!</span></div>
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<br />Morticia Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11838272611430236479noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-36865309892942392692013-11-06T00:01:00.000-08:002013-11-06T07:03:40.193-08:00Have you visited Northanger Abbey yet? It's very "hot" there.<div class="MsoNormalCxSpFirst" style="mso-layout-grid-align: none; mso-pagination: none; text-align: justify; text-autospace: none; text-indent: .5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
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<b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Tell me why you love Regency romances and you might win a copy of this
book.</span></i></b><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">When Catherine Morland meets John Thorpe and
Henry Tilney in Bath, England, she is thrilled by the attention both men pay
her. But she soon realises what a social climber John is and the very handsome
Henry is the man who lights the sparks inside her. When Henry’s father invites
her to visit their country mansion, Northanger Abbey, she is delighted to have
more time to spend with Henry. As the days pass Henry introduces her to a
whole new world of eroticism, a world beyond her imaginings. A world where sex
knows no boundaries and even her deepest, most secret fantasies, can be played
out behind closed doors. This is the story of the initiation into life
of the naïve but sweetly appealing heroine, Catherine Moreland. A woman who
suddenly finds herself an enthusiastic participant in the darker side of sexual
activities. At the same time she finds herself embroiled in a real drama of
misapprehension, mistreatment, and mortification, until common sense, humour
and a crucial clarification of Catherine’s financial status, resolve her
problems and win her the approval of Henry’s formidable father.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Excerpt:</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<b style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 48pt;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Darkness impenetrable and immovable filled the
room. A violent gust of wind, rising with sudden fury, added fresh horror to
the moment. Catherine trembled from head to foot. In the pause which succeeded,
a sound like receding footsteps and the closing of a distant door struck on her
affrighted ear. Human nature could support no more. A cold sweat stood on her
forehead, the manuscript fell from her hand, and groping her way to the bed,
she jumped hastily in, and sought some suspension of agony by creeping far
underneath the clothes. To close her eyes in sleep that night, she felt must be
entirely out of the question. With a curiosity so justly awakened, and feelings
in every way so agitated, repose must be absolutely impossible. The storm too
abroad so dreadful! She had not been used to feel alarm from wind, but now
every blast seemed fraught with awful intelligence. The manuscript so
wonderfully found, so wonderfully accomplishing the morning’s prediction, how
was it to be accounted for? What could it contain? To whom could it relate? By
what means could it have been so long concealed? And how singularly strange
that it should fall to her lot to discover it! Till she had made herself
mistress of its contents, however, she could have neither repose nor comfort;
and with the sun’s first rays she was determined to peruse it.</span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">But many were the tedious hours which must yet
intervene. She shuddered, tossed about in her bed, and envied every quiet
sleeper. The storm still raged, and various were the noises, more terrific even
than the wind, which struck at intervals on her startled ear. The very curtains
of her bed seemed at one moment in motion, and at another the lock of her door
was agitated, as if by the attempt of somebody to enter. Hollow murmurs seemed
to creep along the gallery, and more than once her blood was chilled by the
sound of distant moans. She began to wish for Henry Tilney to find his way
secretly to her room to help allay her nervousness.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">When the door to her room opened slowly she
searched frantically for something with which to defend herself, not knowing if
it was ghost of human who trespassed. When she saw Henry slip into the room,
fingers to his lips, she poofed out a sigh of relief. Had just thinking of him
conjured him up?</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“What are you doing here?” she whispered as
softly as she could, noticing that he had divested himself of all his clothes
save a thin pair of breeches and a loose shirt.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“I feared the storm would disturb you and wanted
to ease you through it.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“But—But—But what if someone sees you walking
around like that?” Her fingers gripped the bedclothes.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“General Tilney and my mother are long fast
asleep,” he whispered back, “and I hope the same for my sister. However, since
she sleeps two doors down we must be careful not to do anything to call her
attention.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“And what would we be doing?” she asked.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">With a smile Henry approached the bed and eased
himself down on top of the covers next to her. “I hope many things,” he told
her. “I have felt this strong attraction between us from the first moment of
our meeting and I have seen in your eyes a like feeling. If I am mistaken
please advise me of it and I will leave a once.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Even as the blood stirred within her and her
pulse rate accelerated, she felt compelled to offer at least a token protest. “I
assure you that I am still an innocent, an unsullied and respectable female.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">His hand cupped her cheek, turning her face to
his. “My dear sweet Catherine, I am fully aware of that. I would take no
advantage of that if you bid me leave. And if you bid me so I will be gone and
this will be as if it never happened. But understand that you have my full
respect as well as a number of other emotions that far surpass it. From our
first meeting I have dreamed of being the one man to show you the pleasures of the
body. I care for you so much. Please do not turn me away.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">She could have demurred further but she was so
eager for his touch that it seemed to her a waste of time so she simply smiled
and placed her hand over his. “And I have dreamed of the same things.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Henry leaned his head closer to her face and
placed his lips on hers. They were firm and moist and the touch was utterly
pleasant. He brushed his mouth lightly over hers in a back ad forth motion,
teasing her, until his tongue peeped out to trace he seam of her lips.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“Open your mouth for me, sweet Catherine,” he
urged. “Let me in.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">She did so and when his tongue swept inside it
filled her with a sensation of pleasure that danced through her body. Her
nipples tingled and at once the sensitive muscles in her cunt trembled. She
felt the liquid of her arousal soaking the crotch of her nighttime bloomers and
had to press her thighs together. All this from a kiss! Imagine! But it was far
beyond any kiss she’d ever imagined. Henry’s tongue touched the inside of her
mouth everywhere, sliding over her own tongue in a movement that coaxed her to
let hers dance with him. He thrust it in and out, mimicking the act of sex she
and Virginia had read about and arousing her even more.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"> Pulling the gown up far enough, he proceeded
to pull one nipple into his mouth. Catherine’s breath caught at her throat as
he sucked deeply on it then gently scraped it with his teeth. He cradled her
breast in his warm palm kneading it gently as he continued to suck and nip at
the stiff peak. Her blood heated and the fire roared straight to her cunt to
meet the insistent throbbing in her already wet tissues. He gave equal
attention to her other breast until she was arching up to him in delight.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">When Henry lifted his head she cried out. “Oh,
continue, please, I pray you. I cannot bear it if you stop.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">His smile was mesmerizing. “If I am to continue
we must move all this fabric out of the way.” He plucked at her gown, rucked up
around her neck, and ran a finger around the waist of her drawers. “I wish to
see your body in its entirety that I may worship every inch of it.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">No one had seen Catherine naked since she was a
child with the exception of her partner in crime, Virginia. But she trembled in
anticipation of Henry’s gaze taking in every inch of her and hoped she would
not be found wanting. Mutely she nodded and allowed him to assist her with the
removal of her nightwear, shivering slightly as the cool night air wafted over
her.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Henry placed a kiss between her breasts. “I am
not shy of my own abilities to warm you up but I think a fire would help us
along.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Catherine lay nude with her arms crossed over her
breasts, her eyes glued to Henry as he built up the fire until it leapt into a
nice flame. But the fire was not the only ting that heated her as Mr. Tilney
began to slowly remove his own clothing, draping it over the arm of a boudoir
chair. She was stunned at the sight of his magnificent body, gleaming in te
firelight, the curled hair on his chest slightly darker than that on his head
and darker still as it clustered around his cock which stood straight out in
all its glory. Her fingers itched to touch it, to test its feel, to rub herself
against it. To see if it would fit within her as the book had described.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Henry Tilney smiled at her as he stood beside the
bed, what she could only describe as hunger flaring in his eyes.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“Go ahead,” he urged. “Touch it. I can see that
you want to.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">She reached out her hand and closed her fingers
around silky skin over a hard as steel core. “Oh! It feels hot!” Experimentally
she slid her fingers up and down, from tip to root and back again. It flexed
beneath her touch, a most pleasant feeling so she did it again and yet again.
The soft wiry curls surrounding it brushed sensually against the edge of her
hand and by the third slide a small drop of fluid eased from the tiny slit in
the head. Catherine stared in wonder and before she could help herself touched
the tip of one finger to it. Bringing her finger to her mouth she licked
slowly, enjoying the slightly salty taste of it.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Tilney’s expression heated as he watched her. Do
you fancy the taste, then?”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Catherine nodded mutely.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“Soon I might ask you to take me in my mouth,” he
told her, “but right now I would like to savour your taste, also. Will you
allow me?”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">She nodded, lying still as he separated her legs
and knelt between them. The moment his fingers touched the lips of her cunt
every nerve in her body leapt to attention. She wanted to squeeze her thighs
together against the pulse pounding inside but Henry kept her legs separated
with his wide shoulders. He opened her lips and stared intently at her—what had
Isabella called it?—her pussy, the intensity of his gaze heating her even more.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“Your cunt is so beautiful,” he breathed “Just as
I imagine—all pink and pretty and so, so wet.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">He ran one finger the length of her slit and
brought it to his mouth to taste as she had done with his liquid. He
closed his eyes, obviously savouring the taste, then leaned down and ran his
tongue where his finger had touched. Catherine was sure her body was on fire
now, every fibre of her demanding more. She wanted him to do all the things she
and Virginia had experimented with, and more. To touch every part of her body
inside and out. When he sipped one finger inside her slick sheath she could not
help but gasp at the intensity of the sensation.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“Hush.” He smiled up at her. “We must be
perfectly quiet or I will have to stop.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">No! No, no, no!</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">She clapped one hand over her mouth and pressed
her lips hard together, but oh! It was so hard to keep still as his fingers
thrust in and out of her in a rhythm that made her entire body throb.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“I am going to touch your clit, my sweetness,” he
whispered. “Pray do not cry out.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">But even her good intentions could not completely
stifle the little whimpers as he inched and rubbed that furled knot of flesh
while his fingers continue to plunder her. Oh, dear lord, this was so much more
than she expected. Every nerve in her body seemed to centred in that one spot.
She pushed herself against his touch, swallowing a scream of delight when his
tongue replaced his hand on her clit while he continued to work her quivering
cunt. The surge of need rising within her was far more than she’d experienced
in the little games she and Virginia had played. She was losing control of
herself as unbelievable feelings swept through her.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Tilney lifted his head. I am going to give you an
orgasm, my sweet.” His voice was gruff with restrained passion. “Since this is
your first time it will relax your inner muscles and make the way easier for my
cock. Yes, I feel it coming on now. Oh, how tightly your cunt closes around my
fingers. How sweet your little clit tastes to my tongue. Pray prepare yourself,
Catherine, for it is almost upon you.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Yes! She could feel a force gathering within her.
She closed her eyes and threw her head back, biting down on the edge of her
hand as violent spasms swept through her shaking her entire body. She pushed
hard against Henry’s fingers and in fact wound her legs around his neck to pull
him in tighter and bucked up against him. The room fell away and she conscious
of nothing but the shudders wracking her, tossing her into a void where the
only thing that mattered was this powerful force that gripped her body.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">She was barely aware of the tremors subsiding, of
Tilney slowing the pace of his fingers, of his tongue lapping easily every inch
of her quivering cunt until the last of the spasms had subsided.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Henry moved up to kiss her licking her lips
before sliding his tongue into her mouth. She could taste herself on him, a not
unpleasant taste and actually sucked his tongue.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“Sweet Catherine.” He lifted his head and looked
into her eyes. “I am so honoured to be your very first lover. You held nothing
back ad that orgasm will prepare you to accept the length of my cock. Do not
move.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">He rose from the bed and fished something from a
pocket of his trousers. When he returned against to kneel between her thighs
and she saw he held a strange item in his hand.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“This is a condom,” he explained. “A safe,
because that’s exactly what it will make you. We do not want to get you with
child and I want to be most careful with you.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">She had read about such devices in <i>the book</i>
and watched in fascination as he rolled it onto his swollen cock. When he was
finished he loomed over her, balancing himself on his hands.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">“You know this will hurt a little, right? But I
will be as gentle as possible with you.” He slid his fingers inside her again,
smiling in satisfaction at what he felt. “So wet. And relaxed. This will be
fine.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">He brought the head of his cock to her opening
and prodded gently. She flinched at first, not sure she could take something
that size inside her but Tilney soothed her with whispered words. He brought
her knees up and pressed them back, opening her more and easing his passage
into her body. Inch by inch he slid into her, filling her until she was sure
she could not take another inch of him. And yet she wanted more. Her body was
again in a state of high excitement, her breath coming in short pants, her
heart racing.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Tilney’s eyes glittered as he stared into hers.
“Now, Catherine. A little inch and no more.”</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">He moved one hand to
her clit, rubbing it over and over, bringing her to a higher level of need. At
the point where she was actually ready to beg he thrust his hips forward in a
hard movement. So aroused was she that she barely notice the brief stab of
pain. And then he was seated inside her completely, every fibre of her body on
fire for him. His pace as he moved in and out of her was slow at first, his
eyes watching her for signs of discomfort. But when he saw only pleasure he
increased his pace until he was hammering into her with force, his breath raspy
in the ar. The moment the walls of her cunt began to spasm anew he let himself
go. Catherine could feel his cock pulsing inside the condom, vibrating against
her inner muscles which clamped down on him like a vice. Catherine felt tossed
into space, a void of pleasure filled with rockets and firecrackers that
stabbed through her with the most delightful pain of arousal.</span></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-18512746404345382272013-10-20T19:36:00.001-07:002013-10-20T19:36:47.439-07:00It's Almost Halloween - What is Your Favorite Scary Story? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Halloween is my favorite holiday. I've always loved it ever since I was a kid. Of course, back then it was the candy and dressing up. It was also a time to get together with my friends, have a party and scare ourselves. That was where watching creepy movies and telling each other terrifying stories with only the flashlight on came into play. <br />
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My first Clandestine Classic - The Legend of Sleepy Hollow - was always one of my favorite stories. The whole part where the Headless Horseman is chasing Ichabod was so suspenseful and terrifying. The fact that the story had been fairly lighthearted up until that point seemed to add to the menacing quality of it. I'll tell you a little secret, I have another classic coming out soon that is also known for being rather frightening. Sorry, but you'll just have to wait to find out more. In the meantime, I'll leave you with a quick scary excerpt from my take on Sleepy Hollow that gives you an idea as to how I added to the story:<br />
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The following evening after Brom’s ravings to the farm hand—which were now circulating all over the valley, the villagers always hungry for a new story—Katrina feigned a headache that she might retire early. At this juncture, the brute who had pretended to be a malevolent horseman was lost in his own thoughts, and waved her away without a glance.<br />
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I wish I could have been inside their cosy cottage to see the expressions as they crept across the increasingly alarmed Brom’s face, but I was only able to hear the end result from Katrina the next day. You see, I was much too involved in being the Headless Horseman myself, who just so happened to be paying a visit to the mocker of spirits, the one and only Brom Bones.<br />
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I can impart to you however just how mad the dear Brom appeared to be as he came running from their honeymoon home, screaming and cursing at me and poor Barrister, who was not used to all of this commotion. He conveniently reared up as Bones halted and shook his fist, yelling out, “Begone, devil! Never return here!”<br />
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Since I dared not answer in voice, I had a little message prepared for Master Bones, wrapped about a rock and tied with string. I hurled it at his head—as much in settlement for Ichabod’s lump as anything else—where it thumped him heartily enough to facilitate my getaway.<br />
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The contents of my missive—or should I say the Horseman’s—were thus. ‘You shall forever be cursed by me, unless you leave these lands forever, and never return!’<br />
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Katrina watched through the bedroom curtains to see his response as he rubbed his sore head and read the note. Muttering more curses to himself, and gesturing wildly, he burst back into the cottage. She came downstairs, pretending to have just woken to find him there.<br />
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“My dear husband, where have you been all this eve? I waited up as long as I could, but when you had not returned for supper, and the hour grew so late, I’m afraid I could keep my eyes open no further.”<br />
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Brom stopped short, and slammed his fist on the table. “What the devil are you blathering about? I’ve been here this entire time, ever since the sun dipped low, and there was no more work to be done in your father’s precious fields. I am sick of this whole farm—I wish to hunt again—to do a man’s work. And now, now I am being taunted by an addled wife and a cursed Horseman!”<br />
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Katrina made to weep at his harsh words. “Oh Brom, whatever do you mean? I thought you were happy here with me on my father’s quiet farm. I’m just so confused as to why you did not come home this entire evening.”<br />
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“Quit speaking nonsense, Katrina, I have been here since the stew and corn muffins you served for supper.”<br />
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“Brom, I will swear an oath if need be, you were never here, and I certainly didn’t serve a stew, but if you are hungry now I can make you a hasty pudding, or reheat the roast chicken I had actually prepared for your return from the fields.”<br />
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Katrina was careful to ensure that her entreaties were done with nothing but the most loving concern for her muddled husband.<br />
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“But I…this makes no sense. Well, surely you heard the Horseman just now?”<br />
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She gasped and put a hand to her mouth, running to the kitchen window. “Where? Oh God save us, where is the Horseman? I don’t see him!”<br />
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Brom looked down, running a hand through his hair. “He was here, you must have heard him, he…wait! Here—feel this lump on my head, and look at this note he tossed at me, tied to a rock. This is the proof of it!”<br />
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Katrina obliged him, and felt the knot on the back of his head. Then she took the note—and though she could see the words as clear as the daytime—she kept with our scheme by answering, “Yes, there is a lump, you must have banged your head hard. But there’s nothing but an empty piece of paper here. I see no writing.”<br />
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He snatched the paper back from her.<br />
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“Don’t be daft, of course there’s writing here. It’s the Horseman threatening to curse me unless I leave these lands!”<br />
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Katrina dropped her face into her hands.<br />
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“What?” demanded Brom. “What are you wailing about now?”<br />
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She looked up and placed one hand tenderly on his arm. “Oh my poor, poor husband, I fear you are not in your proper senses. First you tell me there’s a book of spirit curses here, and now that you are getting written messages from beyond. Oh, what shall we do! What if they take you away to one of those lunatic asylums in the city? What shall I do?”<br />
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With that declaration, Brom had a most distressed look upon his face, and our fair lady knew that we were very close to succeeding in our plan.<br />
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To pick up your copy of Sleepy Hollow, head on over <a href="https://www.totallybound.com/the-legend-of-sleepy-hollow?author_id=229">HERE</a>Morticia Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11838272611430236479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-38648444429806088022013-09-20T23:53:00.000-07:002013-09-20T23:53:31.258-07:00Is Scary Sexy?There are so many great classics out there - many that have been read over and over. Some, such as Pride & Prejudice, Phantom of the Opera, or Wuthering Heights just scream romance - even if they are tinged with melancholy. (Pssst - these classics are available in the Clandestine Classics library at this very moment - you should take a peek!) But what about other stories where the themes center more on the macabre? Is there any way that those could be considered romantic?<br />
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Personally, the most romantic horror classic to me has always been Dracula (uh, yes - also available!) There's just something about the original, sexy vampire that does it for me. Gary Oldman helped too. *grin* But there are plenty of other stories where you might wonder how anyone could find the romance in them. I suppose that would depend on what you considered romantic.<br />
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Not everything related to romance has to be mind-blowing, off the hook sweaty sex with muscle-bound studs - although - that's good too. For me, what is really sexy is that feeling of being so lost to another person emotionally, that they are all that you see. You want them to be happy, and you want to be there with them no matter what. So sometimes, the scary stories can be very sexy. The fear of whether or not these two people can overcome something horrific to get to their happily-ever-after can be very compelling.<br />
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow is scary in a more wink-wink type of way. Irving was more of a satirist in some ways. So when I wrote my parts to the story, I needed to stay true to his original voice, which was more of a lighthearted romp, than a nightmare inducing tale. Within a few months, I will have another classic coming out. I can't reveal which one it is yet, but I can promise you that there will be suspense and terror in it. Oh - and lots of romance too.<br />
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<b>We read so many books and
hear so much discussion and see so many movies dealing with arranged marriages
in the Regency Era that I think we’ve come to think of them as the norm. Not
so.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Surprise!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Love matches were much
more common than we know, but with one caveat—the selection had to come from a
specific pool of candidates. Those considered proper. Acceptable. Part of that
particular social group. Perhaps that’s why I was so excited about <i>Northanger Abbey.</i> While Catherine wasn’t
socially unacceptable, she swam at the edges of Henry’s social environment.
Cheers to Henry for seeing what a treasure she is and for inviting her to visit
his home.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><b>As the gentle sex, women were to be without vices and
opinion. They were to be modest, dutiful and the prettier the better
(reputation, breeding and fortune also came into play when calculating their
worth). Which makes it all the more heartwarming that henry chose Catherine
over all the other females out there for his selection.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><b>Like other women of her era, Catherine was unfamiliar with
much about sex, although she and a close friend has giggled in younger days as
they secretly pored over a volume from the parents’ library, and even
experiment a little on each other. But nothing really prepared Catherine for
the heights of passion Henry took her to.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><b>Despite what many of us have heard/red, there was lost and
lots and lots of sex in Regency England. Men and women found ways to dispose of
the many layers of restrictive clothing they wore so they could make love—have
sex—fuck constantly. Take your choice. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><b>Remember, this was before the days of modern pharmacies so
improvisation was the word. Condoms were handmade from lambskin or sheepskin,
and lubes were often something as simple as olive oil. <o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><b>Jane Austen is the acknowledged leader of Regency romances
so it was with a great deal of excitement that I dove into Northanger Abbey and
opened the bedroom door on Catherine and Henry. I hope I did you proud, Jane.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #434343; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;"><b>Excerpt:<o:p></o:p></b></span></i></div>
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<b>Darkness impenetrable and
immovable filled the room. A violent gust of wind, rising with sudden fury,
added fresh horror to the moment. Catherine trembled from head to foot. In the
pause which succeeded, a sound like receding footsteps and the closing of a
distant door struck on her affrighted ear. Human nature could support no more.
A cold sweat stood on her forehead, the manuscript fell from her hand, and
groping her way to the bed, she jumped hastily in, and sought some suspension
of agony by creeping far underneath the clothes. To close her eyes in sleep
that night, she felt must be entirely out of the question. With a curiosity so
justly awakened, and feelings in every way so agitated, repose must be
absolutely impossible. The storm too abroad so dreadful! She had not been used
to feel alarm from wind, but now every blast seemed fraught with awful
intelligence. The manuscript so wonderfully found, so wonderfully accomplishing
the morning’s prediction, how was it to be accounted for? What could it
contain? To whom could it relate? By what means could it have been so long
concealed? And how singularly strange that it should fall to her lot to
discover it! Till she had made herself mistress of its contents, however, she
could have neither repose nor comfort; and with the sun’s first rays she was
determined to peruse it. <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>But many were the tedious hours
which must yet intervene. She shuddered, tossed about in her bed, and envied
every quiet sleeper. The
storm still raged, and various were the noises, more terrific even than the
wind, which struck at intervals on her startled ear. The very curtains of her
bed seemed at one moment in motion, and at another the lock of her door was
agitated, as if by the attempt of somebody to enter. Hollow murmurs seemed to
creep along the gallery, and more than once her blood was chilled by the sound
of distant moans. She began to wish for Henry Tilney to find his way secretly
to her room to help allay her nervousness.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>When the door to her
room opened slowly she searched frantically for something with which to defend
herself, not knowing if it was ghost of human who trespassed. When she saw
Henry slip into the room, fingers to his lips, she poofed out a sigh of relief.
Had just thinking of him conjured him up?<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>“What are you doing
here?” she whispered as softly as she could, noticing that he had divested
himself of all his clothes save a thin pair of breeches and a loose shirt.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>“I feared the storm
would disturb you and wanted to ease you through it.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>“But—But—But what if
someone sees you walking around like that?” Her fingers gripped the bedclothes.</b></div>
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<b>“General Tilney and my
mother are long fast asleep,” he whispered back, “and I hope the same for my
sister. However, since she sleeps two doors down we must be careful not to do
anything to call her attention.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>“And what would we be
doing?” she asked.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>With a smile Henry
approached the bed and eased himself down on top of the covers next to her. “I
hope many things,” he told her. “I have felt this strong attraction between us
from the first moment of our meeting and I have seen in your eyes a like
feeling. If I am mistaken please advise me of it and I will leave a once.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>Even as the blood
stirred within her and her pulse rate accelerated, she felt compelled to offer
at least a token protest. “I assure you that I am still an innocent, an
unsullied and respectable female.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>His hand cupped her
cheek, turning her face to his. “My dear sweet Catherine, I am fully aware of
that. I would take no advantage of that if you bid me leave. And if you bid me
so I will be gone and this will be as if it never happened. But understand that
you have my full respect as well as a number of other emotions that far surpass
it. From our first meeting I have dreamed of being the one man to show you the
pleasures of the body. I care for you so much. Please do not turn me away.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>She could have demurred
further but she was so eager for his touch that it seemed to her a waste of
time so she simply smiled and placed her hand over his. “And I have dreamed of
the same things.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>Henry leaned his head
closer to her face and placed his lips on hers. They were firm and moist and
the touch was utterly pleasant. He brushed his mouth lightly over hers in a
back ad forth motion, teasing her, until his tongue peeped out to trace he seam
of her lips.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>“Open your mouth for
me, sweet Catherine,” he urged. “Let me in.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>She did so and when his
tongue swept inside it filled her with a sensation of pleasure that danced
through her body. Her nipples tingled and at once the sensitive muscles in her
cunt trembled. She felt the liquid of her arousal soaking the crotch of her
nighttime bloomers and had to press her thighs together. All this from a kiss!
Imagine! But it was far beyond any kiss she’d ever imagined. Henry’s tongue
touched the inside of her mouth everywhere, sliding over her own tongue in a
movement that coaxed her to let hers dance with him. He thrust it in and out,
mimicking the act of sex she and Virginia had read about and arousing her even
more.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> </span>Pulling the gown up far enough, he proceeded to pull one nipple
into his mouth. Catherine’s breath caught at her throat as he sucked deeply on
it then gently scraped it with his teeth. He cradled her breast in his warm
palm kneading it gently as he continued to suck and nip at the stiff peak. Her
blood heated and the fire roared straight to her cunt to meet the insistent
throbbing in her already wet tissues. He gave equal attention to her other
breast until she was arching up to him in delight.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>When Henry lifted his
head she cried out. “Oh, continue, please, I pray you. I cannot bear it if you
stop.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>His smile was
mesmerizing. “If I am to continue we must move all this fabric out of the way.”
He plucked at her gown, rucked up around her neck, and ran a finger around the
waist of her drawers. “I wish to see your body in its entirety that I may
worship every inch of it.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>No one had seen
Catherine naked since she was a child with the exception of her partner in
crime, Virginia. But she trembled in anticipation of Henry’s gaze taking in
every inch of her and hoped she would not be found wanting. Mutely she nodded
and allowed him to assist her with the removal of her nightwear, shivering
slightly as the cool night air wafted over her.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>Henry placed a kiss
between her breasts. “I am not shy of my own abilities to warm you up but I
think a fire would help us along.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>Catherine lay nude with
her arms crossed over her breasts, her eyes glued to Henry as he built up the
fire until it leapt into a nice flame. But the fire was not the only ting that
heated her as Mr. Tilney began to slowly remove his own clothing, draping it
over the arm of a boudoir chair. She was stunned at the sight of his
magnificent body, gleaming in te firelight, the curled hair on his chest
slightly darker than that on his head and darker still as it clustered around
his cock which stood straight out in all its glory. Her fingers itched to touch
it, to test its feel, to rub herself against it. To see if it would fit within
her as the book had described.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>Henry Tilney smiled at
her as he stood beside the bed, what she could only describe as hunger flaring
in his eyes.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>“Go ahead,” he urged.
“Touch it. I can see that you want to.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>She reached out her
hand and closed her fingers around silky skin over a hard as steel core. “Oh!
It feels hot!” Experimentally she slid her fingers up and down, from tip to
root and back again. It flexed beneath her touch, a most pleasant feeling so
she did it again and yet again. The soft wiry curls surrounding it brushed
sensually against the edge of her hand and by the third slide a small drop of fluid
eased from the tiny slit in the head. Catherine stared in wonder and before she
could help herself touched the tip of one finger to it. Bringing her finger to
her mouth she licked slowly, enjoying the slightly salty taste of it.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>Tilney’s expression heated
as he watched her. Do you fancy the taste, then?”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>Catherine nodded
mutely.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>“Soon I might ask you
to take me in my mouth,” he told her, “but right now I would like to savour
your taste, also. Will you allow me?”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>She nodded, lying still
as he separated her legs and knelt between them. The moment his fingers touched
the lips of her cunt every nerve in her body leapt to attention. She wanted to
squeeze her thighs together against the pulse pounding inside but Henry kept
her legs separated with his wide shoulders. He opened her lips and stared
intently at her—what had Isabella called it?—her pussy, the intensity of his
gaze heating her even more.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>“Your cunt is so
beautiful,” he breathed “Just as I imagine—all pink and pretty and so, so wet.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>He ran one finger the
length of her slit and brought it to his mouth to taste as she had done with
his liquid. He closed his eyes, obviously savouring the taste, then
leaned down and ran his tongue where his finger had touched. Catherine was sure
her body was on fire now, every fibre of her demanding more. She wanted him to
do all the things she and Virginia had experimented with, and more. To touch
every part of her body inside and out. When he sipped one finger inside her
slick sheath she could not help but gasp at the intensity of the sensation.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b>“Hush.” He smiled up
at her. “We must be perfectly quiet or I will have to stop.”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><i>No! No, no, no!</i><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>She clapped one hand
over her mouth and pressed her lips hard together, but oh! It was so hard to
keep still as his fingers thrust in and out of her in a rhythm that made her
entire body throb.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>“I am going to touch
your clit, my sweetness,” he whispered. “Pray do not cry out.”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>But even her good
intentions could not completely stifle the little whimpers as he inched and
rubbed that furled knot of flesh while his fingers continue to plunder her. Oh,
dear lord, this was so much more than she expected. Every nerve in her body
seemed to centred in that one spot. She pushed herself against his touch,
swallowing a scream of delight when his tongue replaced his hand on her clit
while he continued to work her quivering cunt. The surge of need rising within
her was far more than she’d experienced in the little games she and Virginia
had played. She was losing control of herself as unbelievable feelings swept
through her.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Tilney lifted his
head. I am going to give you an orgasm, my sweet.” His voice was gruff with
restrained passion. “Since this is your first time it will relax your inner
muscles and make the way easier for my cock. Yes, I feel it coming on now. Oh,
how tightly your cunt closes around my fingers. How sweet your little clit
tastes to my tongue. Pray prepare yourself, Catherine, for it is almost upon
you.”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Yes! She could feel
a force gathering within her. She closed her eyes and threw her head back,
biting down on the edge of her hand as violent spasms swept through her shaking
her entire body. She pushed hard against Henry’s fingers and in fact wound her
legs around his neck to pull him in tighter and bucked up against him. The room
fell away and she conscious of nothing but the shudders wracking her, tossing
her into a void where the only thing that mattered was this powerful force that
gripped her body.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>She was barely aware
of the tremors subsiding, of Tilney slowing the pace of his fingers, of his
tongue lapping easily every inch of her quivering cunt until the last of the
spasms had subsided.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Henry moved up to
kiss her licking her lips before sliding his tongue into her mouth. She could
taste herself on him, a not unpleasant taste and actually sucked his tongue.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>“Sweet Catherine.”
He lifted his head and looked into her eyes. “I am so honoured to be your very
first lover. You held nothing back ad that orgasm will prepare you to accept
the length of my cock. Do not move.”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>He rose from the bed
and fished something from a pocket of his trousers. When he returned against to
kneel between her thighs and she saw he held a strange item in his hand.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b>“This is a condom,”
he explained. “A safe, because that’s exactly what it will make you. We do not
want to get you with child and I want to be most careful with you.”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>She had read about
such devices in <i>the book</i> and watched
in fascination as he rolled it onto his swollen cock. When he was finished he
loomed over her, balancing himself on his hands.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<b>“You know this will
hurt a little, right? But I will be as gentle as possible with you.” He slid
his fingers inside her again, smiling in satisfaction at what he felt. “So wet.
And relaxed. This will be fine.”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>He brought the head
of his cock to her opening and prodded gently. She flinched at first, not sure
she could take something that size inside her but Tilney soothed her with
whispered words. He brought her knees up and pressed them back, opening her
more and easing his passage into her body. Inch by inch he slid into her,
filling her until she was sure she could not take another inch of him. And yet
she wanted more. Her body was again in a state of high excitement, her breath
coming in short pants, her heart racing.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Tilney’s eyes
glittered as he stared into hers. “Now, Catherine. A little inch and no more.”<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>He moved one hand to her clit, rubbing it over and over, bringing her to
a higher level of need. At the point where she was actually ready to beg he
thrust his hips forward in a hard movement. So aroused was she that she barely
notice the brief stab of pain. And then he was seated inside her completely,
every fibre of her body on fire for him. His pace as he moved in and out of her
was slow at first, his eyes watching her for signs of discomfort. But when he
saw only pleasure he increased his pace until he was hammering into her with
force, his breath raspy in the ar. The moment the walls of her cunt began to
spasm anew he let himself go. Catherine could feel his cock pulsing inside the
condom, vibrating against her inner muscles which clamped down on him like a
vice. Catherine felt tossed into space, a void of pleasure filled with rockets
and firecrackers that stabbed through her with the most delightful pain of
arousal.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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In the original, Brom is portrayed as a harmless mischief maker. Yet - how harmless is he really if he doesn't have a problem thwacking poor Ichabod on the head with a pumpkin so as to take him out of the running? And since we're left with a mystery as to what really happened to the poor fellow - we don't know if Ichabod was killed (as his worldly effects are left behind) and disposed of by Brom, or if it was merely a prank to scare him off. At the least, physically attacking him with a large object and knocking him off a horse must have caused him some damage.<br />
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So when I tackled the expansion of Brom's character for my erotic take on Sleepy Hollow, I had to figure out the answer to that question before I could go any further with my story. Without giving too much away, I decided that because the inference Irving gave was that Brom was a bully, and considered himself top dog with the younger males (the mention of Brom's 'gang'), he probably wouldn't tolerate anyone getting the best of him. It felt to me that since Katrina was considered the female prize of Sleepy Hollow, he would do whatever it took to win her, and that his actual love for her was suspect at best. Ultimately, in my version, Brom is a bit more sinister. And not the brightest thing on two legs. Here's a little snippet when Deidrich - the third in their love triangle, meets Katrina for the first time to ascertain what exactly could have happened to Ichabod:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Well, it is quite odd. The very night I found out that Brom was planning on asking for my hand—and had threatened me with disgrace if I didn’t agree—we were having a grand quilting frolic here. Many stories of a sinister nature that are familiar to anyone who has spent time in the Hollow were shared at the party, including one from Brom regarding the Headless Horseman. After the party, and after Ichabod had left me weeping here, it would appear from all accounts that he was stolen by the very horseman Brom had spoken of at the party. When I asked him about that, he wouldn’t give me a clear answer, he just kept reminding me that now there was no reason to refuse him my hand, and that we should be married forthwith.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Yes, that is quite the coincidence. Well, I am here to tell you, fair Katrina, that Ichabod did meet up with a horseman that evening, but I am not convinced that it was actually the headless one that you speak of. Tell me all you know about this legend.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />She shared with me every dark and ominous element of the tale, and the more I listened, the more I was convinced that it was Brom or one of his gang who had actually been behind the evil doing. But I needed to be sure.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“My lady, I have an idea.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Katrina looked at me hopefully, a light shining in her beautiful blue eyes that almost threw me off my train of thought. I proceeded to outline the first part of my plan. If it could be ascertained that Brom had indeed been the one to perpetrate the pumpkin-bashing upon Ichabod, then I was sure that I could use my lover’s obsessive knowledge of Cotton Mather’s witchcraft books—and the other superstitious fol-de-rol that he was so fond of—to perpetrate a most wonderful scheme.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />I determined that we had tarried far too long in the barn, and that soon the lady Katrina’s new groom would come searching for her, any fatherly considerations being cast aside.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“My dearest Katrina, I need you to get Brom drunk on as much whiskey as you can, and then have him tell you all about the night Ichabod went missing. Do you think you can do that?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />She laughed. “Why, that is no challenge at all. The bigger one would be that he wouldn’t become sodden with drink. I will do as you ask, but what do you hope to discover?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“That your newly wedded groom was masking himself as the horseman that night. Whether he intended Ichabod lasting harm, or just a good scare, I can’t say. But I will tell you, I did have a fear that Ichabod might never come back to us. Where can I meet you three days hence?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Katrina looked more troubled than ever. “I’ve always known that he’s an awful brute—but to try and injure someone—or worse—it’s too terrible to conceive! Yes, I will do as you say, and I will meet you at a place in the woods near the old scarecrow.”<br /><br />Katrina gave me all the details, and we agreed to meet at an early time of the morning, when Brom was usually still in his cups. If she wasn’t there within the hour, then I would try again the next day until we were able to connect. Before I took my leave of her, I took a chance on one thing.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Sweet lady, there is a favour I wish to ask of you. I would like to taste your delicious mouth so that I can hold on to the dream of future revelry between the three of us. Would you grant me this request?”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />She responded by leaning forward and placing her hands on my shoulders. Parting her mouth, she closed her eyes and then moved in closer to me. I was completely mesmerised by her proximity and the promise that her pouty moistened lips offered. Her tiny pink tongue peeked out from between her pearly teeth, and I groaned. Scooping her onto my lap, I crushed my mouth against hers and took possession of her with my tongue. I thrust it inside and let it dance with hers until I felt her go limp in my arms—I presume from the intensity of my kiss.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />At last, I pulled away, for I could not allow myself to be tempted into any further action at this juncture. My cock was so hardened and uncomfortable, I doubted my ability to safely exit via the ladder. She sighed in my arms.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Oh, Diedrich, we must make this plan work. I shall expire from want if I cannot have both you and Ichabod in my bed.”</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />“Alas, Katrina, I will expire as well. Until three days from now.”</span> <br />
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One evening, I made a special request of my two lovers, for I had dreamt of it from the moment I first saw the barn on the hill, and Ichabod told me his tales of Katrina.<br />
<br />
“Ichabod, did you bring your whip with you—the one I used on the last night as the Horseman?”<br />
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I was clearing the plates from our most enjoyable supper of roast pheasant and corn relish, and Ichabod was on the settee, one hand roaming down the front of Katrina’s bodice, and the other licking his fingers from the candied fruits she had served. He stopped sucking his digits long enough to answer me.<br />
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“Why yes, Diedrich, I did. What dirty little activities did you have in mind for tonight?”<br />
<br />
Katrina giggled, and as always, I knew our wanton lady was ready for anything.<br />
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“I feel somewhat left out,” I lamented, “For I never had the opportunity to try either one of you in the hay loft. Do you think it safe we repair there this night, with your parents out of town?”<br />
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Ichabod removed his hand from Katrina’s bosom, and she whimpered. “Oh, my teats were pebbled for you, and now my cunny is wet for you both. Why stop?”<br />
<br />
She suckled one of the sticky fingers Ichabod presented her, and he groaned.<br />
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“Yes, really, Diedrich. I have no objections to taking our lady right here.”<br />
<br />
I approached them both, and leant to kiss each one languorously, hoping to convey that we had the next few days to lazily indulge in all manner of physical delights.<br />
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“Yes Ichabod, we shall take Katrina here, there, everywhere we can. But give me the gift of this request tonight, for I was deprived of the doing that which I have only heard tell of.”<br />
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I took the hand of each one, and pulled them from the sofa. “I shall bring some cider and a coverlet. Ichabod, wherever your whip is, make sure you have it with you.”<br />
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The last of the snow had melted away, and we were just approaching the beginnings of spring. I had waited all of the freezing winter whilst we confined our lovemaking to the cottage near the fire, and I was anxious to finally bring my fantasy to life. Ichabod grabbed his satchel that contained his whip and I knew not what else, and I grabbed the other provisions. Katrina became the temptress by undoing the laces of her outer blouse, and letting it fall open, allowing her bosom to burst out of the inner restraints of her clothing. Then she laughed, and ran up the hill towards the barn, leading the way with her lantern.<br />
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At last, I was inside the barn and heading to the hayloft where I had only been once before, and shared but a kiss with the sumptuous lass. My cock was straining so much against my pants, I felt as though I was a young lad, meeting with a hoyden for my first carnal adventure. I grinned at Ichabod as he was about to follow Katrina up the ladder, and was so overcome in my excitement for this moment that I grabbed the back of his neck, turned his face toward me, and shoved my tongue in his candied mouth. I licked around the inside, tasting the sweetness there, and bit his lower lip as I retreated.<br />
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“I am famished for you both, and ready to tie this wanton lady up, then use the very whip that brought about the exit of that brute that dared ever to touch her precious flesh.”<br />
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Ichabod grabbed the bulge in my pants, and I gasped, so excited that I was at the point of pain. “Yes, Diedrich, we are lucky indeed to have her between us.”<br />
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I think what of the things I've had the most fun with in my writing career is taking Jane Austen's <i>Northanger Abbey</i> and "heating it up." When I read the book I fell in love with Catherine and Henry and their intriguing dance around each other. I thought how unsatisfying it was that we didn't get to see what they <i>really</i> did at <i>Northanger Abbey</i>, so when the opportunity came long to "open the bedroom door" I gleefully jumped through it. </div>
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This delicious little scene is one of my favorites. If you haven;t read the book yet I hope this will titillate you enough to get a copy and read <i>al</i> about it!</div>
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Darkness impenetrable and
immovable filled the room. A violent gust of wind, rising with sudden fury,
added fresh horror to the moment. Catherine trembled from head to foot. In the
pause which succeeded, a sound like receding footsteps and the closing of a
distant door struck on her affrighted ear. Human nature could support no more.
A cold sweat stood on her forehead, the manuscript fell from her hand, and
groping her way to the bed, she jumped hastily in, and sought some suspension
of agony by creeping far underneath the clothes. To close her eyes in sleep
that night, she felt must be entirely out of the question. </div>
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With a curiosity so
justly awakened, and feelings in every way so agitated, repose must be
absolutely impossible. The storm too abroad so dreadful! She had not been used
to feel alarm from wind, but now every blast seemed fraught with awful
intelligence. The manuscript so wonderfully found, so wonderfully accomplishing
the morning’s prediction, how was it to be accounted for? What could it contain?
To whom could it relate? By what means could it have been so long concealed?
And how singularly strange that it should fall to her lot to discover it! Till
she had made herself mistress of its contents, however, she could have neither
repose nor comfort; and with the sun’s first rays she was determined to peruse
it. </div>
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But many were the tedious hours which must yet intervene. She shuddered,
tossed about in her bed, and envied every quiet sleeper. The storm still raged, and various
were the noises, more terrific even than the wind, which struck at intervals on
her startled ear. The very curtains of her bed seemed at one moment in motion,
and at another the lock of her door was agitated, as if by the attempt of
somebody to enter. Hollow murmurs seemed to creep along the gallery, and more
than once her blood was chilled by the sound of distant moans. She began to
wish for Henry Tilney to find his way secretly to her room to help allay her
nervousness.<o:p></o:p></div>
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When the door to her
room opened slowly she searched frantically for something with which to defend
herself, not knowing if it was ghost of human who trespassed. When she saw
Henry slip into the room, fingers to his lips, she poofed out a sigh of relief.
Had just thinking of him conjured him up?<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“What are you doing here?”
she whispered as softly as she could, noticing that he had divested himself of
all his clothes save a thin pair of breeches and a loose shirt.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“I feared the storm
would disturb you and wanted to ease you through it.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“But—But—But what if
someone sees you walking around like that?” Her fingers gripped the bedclothes.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“General Tilney and my
mother are long fast asleep,” he whispered back, “and I hope the same for my
sister. However, since she sleeps two doors down we must be careful not to do
anything to call her attention.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“And what would we be
doing?” she asked.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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With a smile Henry
approached the bed and eased himself down on top of the covers next to her. “I
hope many things,” he told her. “I have felt this strong attraction between us
from the first moment of our meeting and I have seen in your eyes a like
feeling. If I am mistaken please advise me of it and I will leave a once.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Even as the blood
stirred within her and her pulse rate accelerated, she felt compelled to offer
at least a token protest. “I assure you that I am still an innocent, an
unsullied and respectable female.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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His hand cupped her
cheek, turning her face to his. “My dear sweet Catherine, I am fully aware of
that. I would take no advantage of that if you bid me leave. And if you bid me
so I will be gone and this will be as if it never happened. But understand that
you have my full respect as well as a number of other emotions that far surpass
it. From our first meeting I have dreamed of being the one man to show you the
pleasures of the body. I care for you so much. Please do not turn me away.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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She could have demurred
further but she was so eager for his touch that it seemed to her a waste of
time so she simply smiled and placed her hand over his. “And I have dreamed of
the same things.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Henry leaned his head
closer to her face and placed his lips on hers. They were firm and moist and
the touch was utterly pleasant. He brushed his mouth lightly over hers in a
back ad forth motion, teasing her, until his tongue peeped out to trace he seam
of her lips.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Open your mouth for
me, sweet Catherine,” he urged. “Let me in.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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She did so and when his
tongue swept inside it filled her with a sensation of pleasure that danced
through her body. Her nipples tingled and at once the sensitive muscles in her
cunt trembled. She felt the liquid of her arousal soaking the crotch of her
nighttime bloomers and had to press her thighs together. All this from a kiss!
Imagine! But it was far beyond any kiss she’d ever imagined. Henry’s tongue
touched the inside of her mouth everywhere, sliding over her own tongue in a
movement that coaxed her to let hers dance with him. He thrust it in and out,
mimicking the act of sex she and Virginia had read about and arousing her even
more.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"> </span>Pulling the gown up far enough, he
proceeded to pull one nipple into his mouth. Catherine’s breath caught at her
throat as he sucked deeply on it then gently scraped it with his teeth. He
cradled her breast in his warm palm kneading it gently as he continued to suck
and nip at the stiff peak. Her blood heated and the fire roared straight to her
cunt to meet the insistent throbbing in her already wet tissues. He gave equal
attention to her other breast until she was arching up to him in delight.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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When Henry lifted his
head she cried out. “Oh, continue, please, I pray you. I cannot bear it if you
stop.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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His smile was
mesmerizing. “If I am to continue we must move all this fabric out of the way.”
He plucked at her gown, rucked up around her neck, and ran a finger around the
waist of her drawers. “I wish to see your body in its entirety that I may
worship every inch of it.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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No one had seen
Catherine naked since she was a child with the exception of her partner in
crime, Virginia. But she trembled in anticipation of Henry’s gaze taking in
every inch of her and hoped she would not be found wanting. Mutely she nodded
and allowed him to assist her with the removal of her nightwear, shivering
slightly as the cool night air wafted over her.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Henry placed a kiss
between her breasts. “I am not shy of my own abilities to warm you up but I
think a fire would help us along.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Catherine lay nude with
her arms crossed over her breasts, her eyes glued to Henry as he built up the
fire until it leapt into a nice flame. But the fire was not the only ting that
heated her as Mr. Tilney began to slowly remove his own clothing, draping it
over the arm of a boudoir chair. She was stunned at the sight of his
magnificent body, gleaming in te firelight, the curled hair on his chest
slightly darker than that on his head and darker still as it clustered around
his cock which stood straight out in all its glory. Her fingers itched to touch
it, to test its feel, to rub herself against it. To see if it would fit within
her as the book had described.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Henry Tilney smiled at
her as he stood beside the bed, what she could only describe as hunger flaring
in his eyes.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Go ahead,” he urged.
“Touch it. I can see that you want to.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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She reached out her
hand and closed her fingers around silky skin over a hard as steel core. “Oh!
It feels hot!” Experimentally she slid her fingers up and down, from tip to
root and back again. It flexed beneath her touch, a most pleasant feeling so
she did it again and yet again. The soft wiry curls surrounding it brushed
sensually against the edge of her hand and by the third slide a small drop of
fluid eased from the tiny slit in the head. Catherine stared in wonder and
before she could help herself touched the tip of one finger to it. Bringing her
finger to her mouth she licked slowly, enjoying the slightly salty taste of it.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Tilney’s expression
heated as he watched her. Do you fancy the taste, then?”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Catherine nodded
mutely.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Soon I might ask you
to take me in my mouth,” he told her, “but right now I would like to savour
your taste, also. Will you allow me?”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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She nodded, lying still
as he separated her legs and knelt between them. The moment his fingers touched
the lips of her cunt every nerve in her body leapt to attention. She wanted to
squeeze her thighs together against the pulse pounding inside but Henry kept her
legs separated with his wide shoulders. He opened her lips and stared intently
at her—what had Isabella called it?—her pussy, the intensity of his gaze
heating her even more.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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“Your cunt is so
beautiful,” he breathed “Just as I imagine—all pink and pretty and so, so wet.”<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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He ran one finger the
length of her slit and brought it to his mouth to taste as she had done with
his liquid. He closed his eyes, obviously savouring the taste, then
leaned down and ran his tongue where his finger had touched. Catherine was sure
her body was on fire now, every fibre of her demanding more. She wanted him to
do all the things she and Virginia had experimented with, and more. To touch
every part of her body inside and out. When he sipped one finger inside her
slick sheath she could not help but gasp at the intensity of the sensation.<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
“Hush.” He smiled up
at her. “We must be perfectly quiet or I will have to stop.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<i>No! No, no, no!</i><o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
She clapped one hand
over her mouth and pressed her lips hard together, but oh! It was so hard to
keep still as his fingers thrust in and out of her in a rhythm that made her
entire body throb.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“I am going to touch
your clit, my sweetness,” he whispered. “Pray do not cry out.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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But even her good
intentions could not completely stifle the little whimpers as he inched and
rubbed that furled knot of flesh while his fingers continue to plunder her. Oh,
dear lord, this was so much more than she expected. Every nerve in her body
seemed to centred in that one spot. She pushed herself against his touch, swallowing
a scream of delight when his tongue replaced his hand on her clit while he
continued to work her quivering cunt. The surge of need rising within her was
far more than she’d experienced in the little games she and Virginia had
played. She was losing control of herself as unbelievable feelings swept
through her.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Tilney lifted his
head. I am going to give you an orgasm, my sweet.” His voice was gruff with
restrained passion. “Since this is your first time it will relax your inner
muscles and make the way easier for my cock. Yes, I feel it coming on now. Oh,
how tightly your cunt closes around my fingers. How sweet your little clit
tastes to my tongue. Pray prepare yourself, Catherine, for it is almost upon
you.”<o:p></o:p></div>
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Yes! She could feel
a force gathering within her. She closed her eyes and threw her head back,
biting down on the edge of her hand as violent spasms swept through her shaking
her entire body. She pushed hard against Henry’s fingers and in fact wound her
legs around his neck to pull him in tighter and bucked up against him. The room
fell away and she conscious of nothing but the shudders wracking her, tossing
her into a void where the only thing that mattered was this powerful force that
gripped her body.<o:p></o:p></div>
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She was barely aware
of the tremors subsiding, of Tilney slowing the pace of his fingers, of his
tongue lapping easily every inch of her quivering cunt until the last of the
spasms had subsided.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Henry moved up to
kiss her licking her lips before sliding his tongue into her mouth. She could
taste herself on him, a not unpleasant taste and actually sucked his tongue.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
“Sweet Catherine.”
He lifted his head and looked into her eyes. “I am so honoured to be your very
first lover. You held nothing back ad that orgasm will prepare you to accept
the length of my cock. Do not move.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
He rose from the bed
and fished something from a pocket of his trousers. When he returned against to
kneel between her thighs and she saw he held a strange item in his hand.<o:p></o:p></div>
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“This is a condom,”
he explained. “A safe, because that’s exactly what it will make you. We do not
want to get you with child and I want to be most careful with you.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
She had read about
such devices in <i>the book</i> and watched
in fascination as he rolled it onto his swollen cock. When he was finished he
loomed over her, balancing himself on his hands.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
“You know this will
hurt a little, right? But I will be as gentle as possible with you.” He slid
his fingers inside her again, smiling in satisfaction at what he felt. “So wet.
And relaxed. This will be fine.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
He brought the head
of his cock to her opening and prodded gently. She flinched at first, not sure
she could take something that size inside her but Tilney soothed her with
whispered words. He brought her knees up and pressed them back, opening her
more and easing his passage into her body. Inch by inch he slid into her,
filling her until she was sure she could not take another inch of him. And yet
she wanted more. Her body was again in a state of high excitement, her breath
coming in short pants, her heart racing.<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-align: justify; text-indent: .5in; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
Tilney’s eyes
glittered as he stared into hers. “Now, Catherine. A little inch and no more.”<o:p></o:p></div>
<div class="MsoNormalCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: .5in;">
He moved one hand to her clit, rubbing it over and over, bringing her to
a higher level of need. At the point where she was actually ready to beg he
thrust his hips forward in a hard movement. So aroused was she that she barely
notice the brief stab of pain. And then he was seated inside her completely,
every fibre of her body on fire for him. His pace as he moved in and out of her
was slow at first, his eyes watching her for signs of discomfort. But when he
saw only pleasure he increased his pace until he was hammering into her with
force, his breath raspy in the ar. The moment the walls of her cunt began to
spasm anew he let himself go. Catherine could feel his cock pulsing inside the
condom, vibrating against her inner muscles which clamped down on him like a
vice. Catherine felt tossed into space, a void of pleasure filled with rockets
and firecrackers that stabbed through her with the most delightful pain of
arousal.<o:p></o:p></div>
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long time. She lost no time in taking hold and closing her mouth over the
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at the flower. Or a good English bee, which sucks from flowers until content.
For although Tom loved Sophia truly, he thought her lost to him, so he took his
pleasure where he might. As long as the lady was willing, and this lady for
sure and certain was.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">So well did he succeed that she cried
out and shuddered as he brought her to that sweet conclusion so long looked
for. She gave up tormenting his cock with her mouth, and her temporary state of
incoherent bliss gave him the opportunity he needed to reverse his position. He
was now in a situation to pleasure her, cock to cunny, and he did so, not
losing any time and using the lubrication he had already imparted to her to
drive into the depths of her body.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Again he thrust, riding her hard.
Her response was to lift her legs and curl them around his waist with
remarkable dexterity for an older woman. However, it could be said that an
older woman in possession of her faculties and her bodily strength would learn
the ways of her form, and could use it to better ability than her coltish
younger sister.</span></div>
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prodigiously, but did not stop his efforts until he too had arrived at his
looked-for conclusion. </span></div>
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horse and coming up to Susan, enquired of her in a very abrupt and confused
manner, being almost out of breath with eagerness, whether there was any lady
in the house? The hour of night and the behaviour of the man, who stared very
wildly all the time, a little surprised Susan so that she hesitated before she
made any answer, upon which the gentleman with redoubled eagerness begged her
to give him a true information, saying he had lost his wife and was come in
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do carry me up in the dark and show her to me, and if she be gone away before
me, do tell me which way I shall go after her to meet her, and upon my soul, I
will make you the richest poor woman in the nation.” He then pulled out a
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A young Washington Irving</div>
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Washington Irving had a strong feel for satire, and his first successful book , <i>A History of New York</i>, parodied the self importance that was prevalent of many New Yorkers at the time. He wrote this book under the pseudonym, Diedrich Knickerbocker, and launched his own brilliant promotional campaign to generate interest in his book. He placed several missing persons ads in the newspaper seeking to find the crusty old Dutch Historian, Knickerbocker. He also placed ones that were supposedly from the hotel where he was staying, stating that if he failed to pay his bill, then they would publish his book and collect the royalties. The story held the public in thrall, and they rushed to buy it when it came out.*<br />
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The fictional Diedrich Knickerbocker</div>
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Thus, Diedrich Knickerbocker was born, and would go on to be a part of New York's history to this day. Think the New York Knicks, residents of Manhattan being referred to as Knickerbockers, the Knickerbocker Hotel, and the Knickerbocker Theatre on Broadway.<br />
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But Irving wasn't done with good ol' Diedrich yet. He reappears in Irving's Book <i>The Sketchbook of Geoffrey Crayon</i>, a collection of short stories including "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow." He is especially an integral part of Sleepy Hollow. The beginning of the story states that it was found amongst the papers of 'the late Diedrich Knickerbocker'. As the story is told in first person, it begs the question of how Knickerbocker would know so much about the interior thoughts and intimacies Ichabod and Katrina shared. Unless... <br />
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And this how my Diedrich was born when I added him into the Clandestine Classic version of Sleepy Hollow. For how else would Knickerbocker know so much unless he was intimately involved with both Ichabod and Katrina? As in the third to their lusty threesome. And lusty they are. Here is a small extra-hot excerpt that includes a younger, and decidedly less grumpy Diedrich:<br />
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breasts were exposed to our eyes, her peachy nipples at a hard peak. All that
she had left to divest herself of were her undergarments, and she did so slowly
and saucily, creating more discomfort for my crotch. I could tell this would
not do for what I had planned, wanting to take my time with her tied up to the
railing and taking her downstairs as well where I could tie her to a post and
whip her. I would not last in this condition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“My dearest lovers, I’m afraid I need a quick release in order to
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Both Ichabod and I were still near the top of the ladder standing in the
loft, and Katrina—now completely nude—crawled over to us. She looked up at
Ichabod and winked. He dropped to his knees, and they began to pull at the
opening of my pants. Katrina tugged them down to my ankles, whilst Ichabod
cupped my bollocks with his long fingers, teasing and tickling the underside in
the way he knew I loved so well. He then presented my pulsing staff to Katrina,
and she sucked it into her mouth</span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> greedily,</span><span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;"> taking
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I suppose for the sake of clarification only, I should mention that
whilst I am not short changed in the manhood department, my cock did not
present as much of a challenge as Ichabod’s gargantuan member did. She suckled
me in a hungry manner, pulling at my shaft with her hot moist mouth, sending
delicious shivers up my spine. Ichabod replaced his hands with his mouth on my testicles,
and sucked each in one at a time, licking them boisterously. As I was already
in a fevered state before they began, their lusty mouths on both cock and balls
simultaneously afforded me no chance to resist, and I spent my seed down the
lovely Katrina’s throat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">I fell to my knees in thanks to them both. I kissed each one in
succession, my fingers entwined in their hair, tasting first my salt, then my
musk on their tongues.</span></div>
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* Information gathered from Wikipedia on Washington Irving.<br />
<br />Morticia Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11838272611430236479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-77243710575185302882013-06-12T00:00:00.000-07:002013-12-12T16:24:19.449-08:00Sharing a Snippet from The Phantom of the Opera!<br />
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Have you ever read one of the classics and wondered was happened behind those doors, curtains, trees? Yeah, us too. As you've seen, we've brought you the stories with those thrilling bits included. Here's my addition to the line, <b>The Phantom of the Opera</b>.<br />
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Why the <a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=306&P_ID=1827">Phantom</a>? Well, I've been asked a lot to change the ending. I won't give it away, but some aren't thrilled with who gets the girl. I liked the way the book worked out and I <i>loved</i> the idea making the story line sizzle. I also enjoyed the challenge of sticking with Gaston Leroux's plot line. He's got a complex story going on there, but there were so many little places where a little heat went a long way! Yes, working with the time period and language of the day wasn't always easy, but it helped me to appreciate the little things, like not having to wear so many layers of undergarments! Grin. Want a taste of the <a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=306&P_ID=1827">Phantom</a>? Keep reading!<br />
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<i>Here's the blurb:</i><br />
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<i>The Classics Exposed…<br /><br />A chance sighting at the Opera, fated love, and three lives in turmoil.</i><br />
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One man pledges to own her, while another wants her heart. The Opera sets the stage for romance and intrigue. In the catacombs below the building lives a man rife with sorrow and passion. The Phantom. But he’s not content to live alone. He wants to possess the one woman who can set him free.<br />
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His Christine.<br />
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Viscount Raoul de Chagny doesn’t believe the rumours of a Ghost living below the Opera. He only has eyes for Christine, his childhood friend and first love. Together they embark on a sensual journey of discovery and fiery desire.<br />
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<i>But she can only have one man. Will love raise her up or tear their world apart?</i></blockquote>
<a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=306&P_ID=1827">Available here!</a><br />
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Teasers are so great, aren't they? I'd love to share a snippet from <a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=306&P_ID=182">Phantom</a> with you! Happy Holidays!!!<br />
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“What are you asking of me?”<br />
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“Your submission. Allow me to direct you as if I were the composer of one of your songs. Do you trust me?” Raoul smoothed a lock of her hair between his fingers. She smelt of flowers, a most intoxicating scent. Although she trembled in his arms, she met him for a kiss. Christine whimpered. Damn the blanket and the layers of fabric between them. He longed to feel her body next to his. He parted her robe and shoved the garment from her shoulders, leaving her in her nightgown. He swiped his tongue along her bottom lip and palmed her breast.<br />
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“Raoul,” she gasped, but didn’t swat him away. “I trust you.”<br />
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“Let me make you feel the magic.”<br />
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Christine stared at him a moment. “What do you want me to do?”<br />
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“Give me what I want. Can you do that?” He unbuttoned the top button on her nightgown. “Show me the depths of your soul.”<br />
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“I can.” She whipped her nightgown up over her head, exposing her body to him. Her rosy nipples peaked and the flush spread across her entire chest.<br />
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Raoul shrugged out of his nightshirt and tugged her back onto his lap. Skin to skin, mouth to mouth, he lost himself in her sweetness. His desire to conquer her took over. Christine slid her hands up his chest and twined them behind his head.<br />
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“Do you still wish to learn? This will not be what you expect.”<br />
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“I do.”<br />
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He sat back on his heels and hazarded a glance to the door to reassure himself it was locked.<br />
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“Raoul?”<br />
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“I do not wish to be interrupted.” He grabbed the chair at the small table and dragged it to the couch. “Sit.”<br />
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Christine hesitated, then moved from his lap to the edge of the bed. Raoul eased her onto her back. He crawled between her thighs. “I will pull out so I don’t leave my seed inside you, but I cannot guarantee this won’t hurt.”<br />
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She nodded, but didn’t look particularly agreeable. He braced himself on his knees and one hand. With his free hand, he stroked her cheek. “I will make you feel precious when I’m done.”<br />
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“I’m yours.”<br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wendi Zwaduk and Megan Slayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01583513293847035769noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-90052989226721823012013-05-20T02:35:00.000-07:002013-05-20T02:35:29.273-07:00Katrina Van Tassel - Coquette or Innocent Lass?<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Katrina Van Tassel is the heroine of the classic story, <em>The Legend of Sleepy Hollow</em>, by Washington Irving. He describes her as "a blooming lass of fresh eighteen", but also as "a little of a coquette". When I set about retelling the story as an erotic romance, but of course leaving all of the original text intact, it wasn't too difficult to develop the more erotic side of Katrina's character.<br />
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You see, Katrina is a tease. She knows that she is the most desirable young thing in the hollow. After all, she is "universally famed not only for her beauty, but her vast expectations", heiress to the richest farm in the area, and she would also show off "a provokingly short petticoat, to display the prettiest foot and ankle in the country round". It's easy to understand why all the eligible young men in town were hot on her trail.<br />
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It is also inevitable that there would be a feud over Katrina's charms, and her hand in marriage. Of course, in order to give the reader a more explicit look into how her suitors hoped to win her favour, I needed to show just how far Katrina was willing to go to make her decision. It was pretty far. Very far in fact. Here's a little excerpt:<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“Ichabod, how is it that you have taken so long to suitably
woo me?” asked Katrina, once they had reached the other side of the barn, which
was set upon a hill behind the Van Tassel residence, and out of sight of her father’s
eye.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“Why, my dearest Katrina, I would never want you to
believe of me that I should be hasty or uncouth in how I present myself to you.
But you must know that your charms are the grandest I have ever encountered in
my travels, and there could never be another one of the fairer sex that I could
find more pleasing.” </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“Those are wondrous words that you speak! How I
long to believe them true. But when I am with Brom, his enthusiasm for me
extends beyond dainties and doilies. He has manly talents that he shares with
me, ones that I never knew existed until but recently, and I wish to be wooed
in that manner going forward. Pray tell, do you judge me wicked for wanting such
things?”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">“Aah, my sweet Katrina, all of God’s creatures are
filled with desires for H<a href="http://www.blogger.com/null" style="mso-comment-date: 20130302T0205; mso-comment-reference: E_2;"></a><span style="mso-comment-continuation: 2;">is</span></span><!--[if !supportAnnotations]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">
created pleasures. That you are able to revel in all of your senses indicates
to me that you are even more worthy of my suit! I would never judge you or criticise
your yearnings, as I hope you will not criticise mine.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Katrina smiled at him with a most inviting gaze.
“Then Ichabod, shall we go to my special hideaway in the barn? There is an area
in the loft that I have claimed as my own, and as my father’s gout prevents him
walking too far—or climbing ladders—and my mother is too occupied with her
household duties, we shall be free to express our true feelings for one another
without fear of annoying interruptions.”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Book Antiqua","serif"; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB;">Ichabod nodded his head in joyful acquiescence, and
gestured for the comely lass to lead the way. He was secretly grateful that
another man had broken down the hallowed gates of Katrina’s maidenhood, because
in his experience the mere sight of his manhood elicited gasps of fear, and
many times a changing of the mind in untried ladies and inexperienced men.
Instead, he would have the advantage of comparison between he and Brom, for he
was sure no cock in the county could measure up to his glorious offering.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Morticia Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11838272611430236479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-12238792520974848312013-04-20T01:05:00.000-07:002013-04-20T01:05:24.841-07:00Ichabod Crane - Stud or Dud?Hi everyone - I was actually just over at Hitting the Hot Spot a few days ago discussing just how hot and sexy Ichabod Crane is. Okay - you can stop laughing now. No, really - stop!<br />
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As it turns out, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow was originally only a 12,000 word short story that was part of a collection that also included the classic Rip Van Winkle. Uh - no - Rip Van Winkle is not sexy - trust me on this one. My joint venture with Washington Irving on Sleepy Hollow, however, eventually swelled to approximately 37,000 words. And - ahem - that wasn't the only thing that swelled!<br />
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I'll confess I was a little concerned at first about Irving's descriptions of Ichabod. Phrases such as "His head was small, and flat at top, with huge ears, and a long snipe nose..." was hardly going to get him nominations as hunk of the year. But his rabid courtship of Katrina, and her "coquettish" response to him - left the door open for both hanky and panky. There was also the denouement of the story that introduced a mysterious third character. Now just how did this man know so much detail about the two would-be lovers, Ichabod and Katrina? Was he perhaps a participant? ANd to help make up for his lack of studly good looks, it turns out that Ichabod's nose wasn't the only overly large appendage he featured.<br />
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So let's review: amply endowed hero, fresh young vixen, mystery man - oh - and a little BDSM, and what do we have? A very erotic classic offering. In keeping with Irving's voice, it also has the feel of a romp, so it's more on the light-hearted side. But don't worry, that despicable headless horseman still gets to come out and play.<br />
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To find out just how skilled Ichabod is with the ladies, and men, you'll have to pick up a copy of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow on May 3rd <a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=&P_ID=2111">HERE</a><br />
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You'll also find a tasty little blurb there. Enjoy!<br />
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<br />Morticia Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11838272611430236479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-36938158819703567072013-04-01T00:00:00.000-07:002013-04-01T00:00:18.341-07:00Motivation...and April Fool's Day. <br />
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Happy April 1<sup>st</sup>...or Happy April Fool's Day!</div>
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Don't you think it's a bit of a double whammy to have April
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With that, I find myself lacking in the motivation
department...especially when I am staring at two projects (one contemporary and
another CC project), both of which are due very, very soon. So like all good
writers, I found my little mouse roaming the internet 'researching' (known to
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And found this little tidbit when browsing comments on
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<i><b>"The biggest thing for you to do is get rid of your motivation. That's right. Throw motivation out the window because that idea will dry up fast. You must have a strong work ethic and drive. Believe in yourself and have fun!"</b></i></div>
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Omigosh. Was this guy talking to <i>me</i>?? Nope. But were the cosmos? Yep. That was a great big smack on
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As a person, if I don't buckle down...nothing gets accomplished,
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As a writer, if I don't sit down and put fingers to keys...nothing
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Another favorite quote of mine - from a Chinese fortune cookie of
all places - is: <i><b>Begin...the rest is
easy.</b></i> I find that to be true. If I never start...I never have the
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The club became a Georgian institution, and it grew from the
other great institution, the coffee house. Originally introduced into Britain
during the Restoration period, the coffee house was a place for gentlemen to
enjoy coffee or tea, gossip and do business.
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Something it’s easy for us to overlook is that it wasn’t safe
to drink the water. Not until modern times could we pour a glass of water and
drink it. Water had to be boiled or otherwise treated before people could be
sure it was safe. And boiled water tastes awful. Truly nasty. Unless it’s
turned into something tasty like tea, coffee or chocolate. </div>
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Before the advent of a comforting hot drink, everybody drank
a form of alcohol, because the process rendered the water safe. Not because
everybody was a lush! Even children drank small beer with their meals, because
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But the growing popularity of tea and coffee led to the
institutions that spawned a thousand romance novels. The coffee houses
clustered around the City of London, although most provincial towns of a
reasonable size had them, too. But as Johnson often claimed, there was nowhere
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Covent Garden had coffee houses in the day time, and at
night, when they were closed, the whorehouses plied their trade, together with
the theaters. Close by was the magistrate’s court and prison in Bow Street. It’s
not until you visit London and walk those streets do you realise how snug they
actually were. The first accredited coffee house in London, Tom’s, was recently
demolished to make way for an extension for Covent Garden Opera House, which is
now a gargantuan enterprise. Vandalism, if you ask me.</div>
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However, there are still some sites left, if you know where
to look for them. A cluster existed in the City, like Lloyds Coffee House,
which became the Stock Exchange, where men met to exchange information and
business deals. Every man carried a small book with him at all times, and he
recorded all the deals in the book, transcribing them and giving them to his
legal people later. But a man’s word was his bond, and thousands (millions in
today’s money) could be exchanged in a handshake. That was why it was so
important to be able to trust the person you were doing business with. So if
the man did something doubtful, like marrying an unsuitable partner, it
affected his credibility. And unlike France, where the nobility were forbidden
to engage in commerce, many an aristocrat had substantial investments in City
institutions. Even more in the merchant ships that left the Pool of London
every day.</div>
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there specialised in one thing or another. Lloyds became an insurance house. The
Cocoa-Tree was a political one, particularly for Whigs, the aristocratic party,
more sympathetic to the French and to international concerns. The county, the
Tory party, didn’t trust tea or coffee for a long time, claiming that small
beer and ale was good enough for an Englishman, but eventually they came around,
too.</div>
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male preserve. The pictures show exclusively men, with women serving them the
drinks and taking the money at a desk at the end of the house. They had no part
in the social interaction.</div>
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became necessary for another ritual, and that became tea. The ladies held
salons of various kinds, but these were always necessarily more exclusive, being
held in their homes. </div>
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Since the literary salons were fascinating places, I’ll
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became something more exclusive, to which membership was required—the gentleman’s
club. The eighteenth century gentleman was extremely clubbable, and a
fashionable man might belong to several, but frequent one. White’s is the best
known one these days, but there were many more, and they continue to be. I’m a
member of a London club, since the institution has long been used by women as
well. </div>
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However, the hustle and busyness of the London coffeehouse
was the first point at which I fell in love with the eighteenth century. And I’ve
never fallen out of love with it.</div>
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Okay, very soon I will be telling you all about my Clandestine Classic. I know, you're probably thinking, "out with it already!" But I can't, so let's play a game. I will give you some hints, and if you leave a comment below on what your guess is (for those of you who played the Oscars game, it is neither a head nor the ruby slippers), I will send you a pdf copy of my classic when it is released. Yay - prizes! Oh - and please leave your email address, or I will just have to use my psychic powers to let you know you won, and they are sometimes out of service. Like the internet.<br />
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First hint: It is set in the 18th Century.<br />
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Second hint: It is an MMF menage. Actually, that's not much of a hint, since there is absolutely no mention whatsoever of any type of menage - MMF or otherwise - in the original story. So, I suppose that is a hint in its own way.<br />
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Third hint: There are some BDSM elements. Hmmm. I just realized that there wasn't any of that in the original, so I suppose that doesn't help much either.<br />
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Fourth hint: I'll be more fair. It was written by an American author.<br />
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Fifth and final hint: The main hero would seem to be an unlikely stud, but in my version he has a hidden advantage that makes the ladies swoon, and the men jealous.<br />
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Ooh-la-la. So put your guessing cap on, and leave your answer in the comments below with an email address. See you next month!<br />
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(PS - there are absolutely no hints whatsoever in the picture - it's just a very famous painting and fit the theme. Plus, it looks cool. *wink*)Morticia Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11838272611430236479noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-9079881984312769112013-03-12T00:00:00.000-07:002013-05-26T10:49:22.527-07:00Making BDSM Work When It Might Not Want ToThere are some books that scream to have BDSM added to them. Some just say, yes, there are BDSM elements to this. Then there are others that don't or not as much. The Phantom of the Opera is one of those stories that could either have a lot of sex and bondage or not as much.<br />
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I've take a bit of flack on this story because readers wanted more BDSM or they wanted me to change the ending. Now, IMHO, to ramp up the BDSM element meant changing the ending. But to be a Clandestine Classic, I couldn't change the ending. Nope. Has to be the way Leroux finished it.<br />
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Talk about a quandary. I didn't change the ending. If you get a copy of the original book, the ending is the same. But I did add lots of heat and some kink.<br />
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Now in Phantom there are times when kink worked. I added it. Grin. But there were times when it could've worked, but it rode the line between being sexy and not. I stuck with what I thought was sexy and where I thought it fit.<br />
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Then there is the confines of the times. Now we have things like bondage tape, and easy open handcuffs... oh, and zippers. Back then? Nope. They had cuffs, but not as easy open. No tape, but lots of ribbon. And lots of places to hide to have a hot moment. That's what I liked about Phantom. So many alcoves for passion and little places to have an aside with hinky-kinky.<br />
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What do you think? Should the kink go in even if it doesn't fit? Or just go with the flow of the story? Let me know. I'd love to hear your thoughts. :-)<br />
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Have you ever read one of the classics and wondered was happened behind those doors, curtains, trees? Yeah, us too. As you've seen, we've brought you the stories with those thrilling bits included. Here's my addition to the line, <b>The Phantom of the Opera</b>.<br />
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Why the <a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=306&P_ID=1827">Phantom</a>? Well, I've been asked a lot to change the ending. I won't give it away, but some aren't thrilled with who gets the girl. I liked the way the book worked out and I <i>loved</i> the idea making the story line sizzle. I also enjoyed the challenge of sticking with Gaston Leroux's plot line. He's got a complex story going on there, but there were so many little places where a little heat went a long way! Yes, working with the time period and language of the day wasn't always easy, but it helped me to appreciate the little things, like not having to wear so many layers of undergarments! Grin. Want a taste of the <a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=306&P_ID=1827">Phantom</a>? Keep reading!<br />
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<i>Here's the blurb:</i><br />
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<i>The Classics Exposed…<br /><br />A chance sighting at the Opera, fated love, and three lives in turmoil.</i><br />
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One man pledges to own her, while another wants her heart. The Opera sets the stage for romance and intrigue. In the catacombs below the building lives a man rife with sorrow and passion. The Phantom. But he’s not content to live alone. He wants to possess the one woman who can set him free.<br />
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His Christine.<br />
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Viscount Raoul de Chagny doesn’t believe the rumours of a Ghost living below the Opera. He only has eyes for Christine, his childhood friend and first love. Together they embark on a sensual journey of discovery and fiery desire.<br />
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<i>But she can only have one man. Will love raise her up or tear their world apart?</i></blockquote>
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Teasers are so great, aren't they? I'd love to share a snippet from <a href="http://www.total-e-bound.com/product.asp?strParents=&CAT_ID=306&P_ID=182">Phantom</a> with you! Happy Holidays!!!<br />
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“What are you asking of me?”<br />
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“Your submission. Allow me to direct you as if I were the composer of one of your songs. Do you trust me?” Raoul smoothed a lock of her hair between his fingers. She smelt of flowers, a most intoxicating scent. Although she trembled in his arms, she met him for a kiss. Christine whimpered. Damn the blanket and the layers of fabric between them. He longed to feel her body next to his. He parted her robe and shoved the garment from her shoulders, leaving her in her nightgown. He swiped his tongue along her bottom lip and palmed her breast.<br />
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“Raoul,” she gasped, but didn’t swat him away. “I trust you.”<br />
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“Let me make you feel the magic.”<br />
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Christine stared at him a moment. “What do you want me to do?”<br />
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“Give me what I want. Can you do that?” He unbuttoned the top button on her nightgown. “Show me the depths of your soul.”<br />
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“I can.” She whipped her nightgown up over her head, exposing her body to him. Her rosy nipples peaked and the flush spread across her entire chest.<br />
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Raoul shrugged out of his nightshirt and tugged her back onto his lap. Skin to skin, mouth to mouth, he lost himself in her sweetness. His desire to conquer her took over. Christine slid her hands up his chest and twined them behind his head.<br />
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“Do you still wish to learn? This will not be what you expect.”<br />
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“I do.”<br />
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He sat back on his heels and hazarded a glance to the door to reassure himself it was locked.<br />
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“Raoul?”<br />
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“I do not wish to be interrupted.” He grabbed the chair at the small table and dragged it to the couch. “Sit.”<br />
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Christine hesitated, then moved from his lap to the edge of the bed. Raoul eased her onto her back. He crawled between her thighs. “I will pull out so I don’t leave my seed inside you, but I cannot guarantee this won’t hurt.”<br />
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She nodded, but didn’t look particularly agreeable. He braced himself on his knees and one hand. With his free hand, he stroked her cheek. “I will make you feel precious when I’m done.”<br />
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“I’m yours.”<br />
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Wendi Zwaduk and Megan Slayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01583513293847035769noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-15094694634738233952013-03-01T00:00:00.000-08:002013-03-01T00:00:13.604-08:00Google 'Regency'...And see what <i>you</i> get...<br />
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I know this isn't a very on-topic post, but today (after my little alarm thingy reminded me of this post), I googled "regency hotties". Why you ask? Well, why not? We all like sexy men, right? And I am completely willing to cheat on my post this month and use them. ;)<br />
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Anyway, I googled "regency hotties" thinking I would get at least a handful of pretty eye-candy for you all. And...I was wrong. Waaaaay wrong. But the results were varied enough, and sometimes funny enough, that I thought I'd share anyway.<br />
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First came a historical hottie...<br />
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Then came a pirate...(okay, maybe he isn't, but don't you think he <i>could</i> be?!)<br />
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Next came Jennifer...<br />
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And "Luke, I'm your father..." (and oh, yes, this really did show up)<br />
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That last one cracked me up. Which made me want to share with you. Since you've been such good souls, following along with my little game - here's a reward... an absolutely stunning shot of James McAvoy (pretty sure this isn't from 'Becoming Jane', but I think we can move past that, yes?)...<br />
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Working on Tom Jones reminded me of how much I love the mid
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Really, I couldn’t have chosen a better book. It was as if
Fielding had left the bits for someone to fill in!</div>
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Wait a minute…<br />
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1749 was an important year for publishing. We think we’ve
seen revolutions in publishing? So have previous centuries. The eighteenth
century came hard on the heels of one of the most licentious, permissive times
ever. Reading the exploits of Lord Rochester, Sefton and their cronies in the Restoration
court, not to mention their ringleader Charles II makes even the modern reader
a bit uncomfortable. Actually, a lot. So there was a reaction, but not in the
pursed-up way the Victorians responded to the Regency excesses. More a drawing
back, a wish to return to the normal, the accepted.<br />
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People often overlook the way that religion, specifically
Anglicanism, was so important to Georgian society. It was threaded into their
lives, and if you didn’t go to Church on Sunday, there had to be a reason why. The
vicar was an important member of local society, the Lords Spiritual an
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Fielding takes the presence of God in his life for granted. True,
by this time some people were beginning to question that, but most did not. I was
reminded of it when I read through the frankly bawdy and comic “Tom Jones.” God
is just there. Not the hypocritical, aloof deity of the Victorians, but a more
earthy, understanding God.<br />
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I was reminded of many other things, too. 1749 marks the
publication of Tom Jones, but it also marks the year the novel “Fanny Hill”
came out. While not a masterpiece, it certainly made an impact! When it came
out early in 1749, there was an absolute furore, being condemned by society,
and even denounced from the pulpit. To appease the masses, the author of “Fanny
Hill,” the elusive and fascinating John Cleland, released a bowdlerised version
later that year.<br />
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So did Fielding write “Tom Jones” as much bawdier than it
was? As magistrate of Bow Street, the center of London’s nightlife, he’d have
known and been familiar with any number of sexual practices. While much of “Tom
Jones” is set in the countryside, with a lot of sex in the open air and bucolic
pleasures aplenty, the characters also spend time in London, and right at the
beginning Squire Allworthy goes to London on some mysterious business, which I try
to flesh out for the modern reader.<br />
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Fielding’s attitude to sex is complex. On the one hand he
married his maid after he got her pregnant, but he condemned the women’s prison
Bridewell as an academy for prostitutes, and he refused to send any of the
women who came before him on immorality charges there. He was practical, and he
knew these women had to make a living somehow, but he also knew that other
forms of vice and lawbreaking went along with it. And he wasn’t a prude, by all
accounts.<br />
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The more I studied “Tom Jones,” the more convinced I became
that there was plenty of room to put in what Fielding had left out. My main
problem was to write in the style of Fielding, but that was one of my main reasons
for taking on the project. I’m working hard on Part Two now, where Tom really
comes into his own!<br />
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And if I may be self-indulgent, I have a free story out at
Kindle today and tomorrow. So pick up “Irresistible You” for free!</div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7437058271787837584.post-65908861036288540632013-02-19T20:56:00.000-08:002013-02-19T20:56:21.728-08:00Is a Cock a Rooster or a Male Sex Organ?
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Well…both of course. Except when one uses the term cock and
they are referring to a male sex organ, that’s technically a slang term. I love
Etymology. I am a horrible amateur, but I love the study of language. When I
suggested a favourite classic of mine to TEB for the Clandestine Classics line,
I knew if they agreed to have me work on it that there would have to be an
intense time period spent studying up on 18<sup>th</sup> century language
usage. And I was absolutely correct.<o:p></o:p></div>
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My concern while writing on my yet-to-be-disclosed classic,
was whether the words I used would make sense to the modern reader, not be
words that weren’t in existence yet in that era, and finally, to not use words
or phrases that were so laughable that it would yank the reader right out of
the story. In studying up on sexual slang – I found there were plenty of those!
Here are some interesting examples that I culled from the book, <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Sexual Slang</i> by Alan Richter, Ph.D. and
from website sources such as the Online Etymology Dictionary and <a href="http://pascalbonenfant.com/18c/cant/body.html"><span style="color: blue;">http://pascalbonenfant.com/18c/cant/body.html</span></a>
, which is specific to 18<sup>th</sup> Century Slang.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Some classic words for the male sex organ that I vehemently
rejected:<o:p></o:p></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Arbor Vitae<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Sugar Stick<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Silent Flute<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Weapon<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Yard<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Pizzle<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Plug Tail<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;">Gaying Instrument</li>
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On the flip side, as it were, here are some female sex organ
terms that were equally horrific, and subsequently rejected:</div>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">Eve’s Custom House<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">Fruitful Vine<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">Madge<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">Notch<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">Water Mill<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">Wound<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">Quagmire<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2;">Crown and Feathers</li>
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Yeah. Not sexy. And would no doubt leave the reader
scratching their head and saying, “He did what to her who???” I settled on
words that are more familiar sounding, and/or, more self-explanatory. Yes, I
did use ‘pike staff’, since there was a bit of humour inherent to my particular
classic, and in the context of the sentence, would leave no doubt as to what he
was referring to. On another note, I was surprised to discover that indeed, the
word ‘cock’ as a slang term, has been in use since the 1610’s. <o:p></o:p></div>
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Without a doubt, working on my classic has been an adventure
in outdated words and colourful phrases. It made me want to write even more
stories from this era – so who knows? There could be more classics or other historical
pieces along the way. Also, I always have my fantastic editor, Eleanor Boyall
to hold my hand and correct me along the way!<o:p></o:p></div>
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One question for you: Are you a historical snob, and get
frustrated when there are little inaccuracies to the period the author is
supposed to be writing about (not just necessarily slang for private parts!),
or are you more focused on the story and characters and less concerned about
the little details, as long as it feels generally consistent with the time
period?<o:p></o:p></div>
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See you next month!<o:p></o:p></div>
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