Happy New Year from Adriana!

It’s only two days before New Year’s Eve – how will you and your sweetie celebrate this year? Soft and mellow? Wild and crazy? Snuggling at home or out with the crowds at Times Square?

Some years we sit home together with a bottle of wine and watch the ball drop from the comfort of our living room. Some years we go out dancing in a tux and gown with a live band and don’t quit till the wee hours of the morning. This year we have a suite reserved in a downtown hotel and tickets to a new production we’re excited about, then champagne and our own private celebration after!

Whatever you’re doing, however many sweeties are involved, the two halves of Adriana wish you a happy and playful New Year’s Eve and a fulfilling 2012.

White Wine in the Sun: Aussie Christmas and More by EM Lynley

I was driving south to Monterey on a chilly Northern California Christmas Eve morning when I heard an intriguing spot on NPR. Australian singer Tim Minchen was performing a song about Christmas, called "Drinking White Wine in the Sun." Well, even in California, it's never quite that hot on Christmas. It really got me thinking about how most of our holiday tradition--including the songs--are so Northern-Hemisphere centric. Of course that only covers about half the world, and there are plenty of people who don't have snow or mistletoe and wouldn't even think of roasting chestnuts on an open fire in December. 

For many people the ideal Christmas includes snow. "White Christmas" is arguably one the most popular holiday songs, at least in the US. But in general, the songs we hear involve snowmen and ice skating and Santa lives at the North Pole, with lots of snow. But not everyone's Christmas tradition includes freezing your ass off.


In Argentina, people enjoy fireworks and among the favorite dishes are cold salads and refreshing iced drinks. No hot chocolate and rich eggnogs.


Having a non-traditional Christmas setting was one of the key points in my holiday novella "A Christmas Bonus." Here, two New Yorkers Brant and Alec find themselves on a sunny island in French Polynesia (not far from Tahiti), finishing up a business deal, while trying to enjoy a traditional family Christmas. But they're both like fish out of water, Alec because he's an outsider with Brant's family and Brant because he's never taken time to appreciate his own family, letting business get in the way. This Christmas, it's Brant's niece and nephew, along with Alec who remind Brant how important holidays and family really are. He finds his own seasonal epiphany and changes his life--and that of many other people--for the better.


What are your favorite holiday traditions, wherever you live? And would you want to celebrate Christmas in another part of the world? Would a beach Christmas be fun, or just not really Christmas for you?

EM Lynley writes gay erotic romance. Her latest release is "A Christmas Bonus" available from Amazon, All Romance eBooks and Ravenous Romance. Read an excerpt. Visit her online at emlynley.com or on Facebook.


Alec Compton's dream job at a Wall Street investment firm is on the line if he can't close a make-or-break takeover deal by the end of the year.

The buyer is none other than world-renowned billionaire and corporate raider Brant Linton, recently named one of the hottest and most eligible gay businessmen. Electricity crackles at their first meeting, and Alec's thoughts drift far from business, despite his distaste for Brant's business practices.

When Brant takes off early to spend Christmas with his sister's family on the exclusive French Polynesian island of Taha'a, Alec has no choice but to follow if he wants to get Brant to sign on the dotted line. But Brant's sister has forbidden him from conducting business during the holidays and Alec must masquerade as Brant's boyfriend.

Then business turns into pleasure, but neither Brant nor Alec know whether the other is there for the deal, or for something more personal in EM Lynley's sizzling holiday novella A CHRISTMAS BONUS.

Who Dreams Up These Dirty Nasty Filthy Named Cocktails

Dirty Nasty Filthy Named Cocktails

The Holiday season is upon us, so I thought I'd touch on the absurd. So for all of you who have been dying to know, here is a list of all those dirty, filthy nasty named drinks you've been curious about and how to make them. 
Perfect for those of you who are throwing a party and want to serve drinks that are bound to start a conversation, or are in a festive but naughty mood or are just plain randy, this list is bound to spread cheer as well as your legs.    

Slippery Bald Beaver
 
Ingredients  
1/2 oz butterscotch schnapps
1 oz Bailey's® Irish cream
1/2 oz strawberry puree 
Pour ingredients into a stainless steel shaker over ice. Shake until ice cold. Pour into an ice-filled old-fashioned glass, and serve.

Definitely not the drink you order when you are out with the guys to watch the Fall Classic. Maybe, just maybe, it is acceptable to get a few shots of these if you run into a cougar, and you are looking for a sexually suggestive drink name that will simultaneously make a woman laugh, and alter the direction of your evening. 
Bend Over Shirley
 
Ingredients  
1 1/2 oz raspberry vodka
4 oz Sprite® soda
3/4 oz Rose's® grenadine syrup
Fill a 12oz. glass with cubed ice. Add 1.5 oz. of Raspberry Vodka. Add Sprite, and top off with Grenadine. Garnish with two Maraschino Cherries.

Not the drink that you order at Grandma's 80th Birthday. I don't care if it is open bar at the fancy ballroom that your parents and aunts and uncles rented out for her, and even if there is no one in ear shot. You can't let anyone in your family find out that you drink beverages named this way.

Butt Sex
Ingredients  
2 oz strong black coffee
1 oz vodka
1 oz triple sec
1/3 oz lemon juice
Fill with whipped cream
Start with the coffee, preferably espresso. Add in the vodka, triple sec and lemon juice (lime juice can be used instead) and stir. Top with the whipped cream.

Butt Sex. See Bend Over Shirley.  
Suck, Bang & Blow!
  
Ingredients  
1 oz Jacquin's® orange flavored gin
1 oz Rumple Minze® peppermint liqueur
2 oz Goldschlager® cinnamon schnapps
1 oz Jagermeister® herbal liqueur
3 oz Jose Cuervo® Especial gold tequila
1 oz Hpnotiq® liqueur
1 oz Smirnoff® vodka
1 oz Absolut® Citron vodka
1 oz Aristocrat® triple sec
1 peeled, whole lime
5 oz strawberry daiquiri mix
2 cups cranberry juice
1 cup sugar
Add all ingredients to a blender with ice, and blend until smooth. Pour into a hurricane glass, and serve.

As this name would indicate, this drink is a whole lot of fun. Just look at that ingredients list. This would probably be my last drink if I were on my way to rehab (literally drinking this while driving there), as well as If I were just about to be put down via lethal injection.

Ass 
Ingredients  
1 oz Absolut® vodka
1 splash DeKuyper® Sour Apple Pucker schnapps 
Almost-fill a shot glass with Absolut vodka. Top off with a splash of DeKuyper's sour apple pucker, and serve. 

This is the kind of drink that you can joke with your friends in a innocent pre-party environment. You just don't want to be caught yelling for ass at the bar later that night.

Sex on My Face


Ingredients  
1/2 oz Yukon Jack® Canadian whisky
1/2 oz Malibu® coconut rum
1/2 oz Southern Comfort® peach liqueur
1/2 oz banana liqueur
1 splash cranberry juice
1 splash pineapple juice
1 splash orange juice

Mix in tall glass w/ice. 

This is a drink you may want to be caught yelling for at the bar, especially if the bartender is attractive, humorous and you actually have a chance with her. Most likely though, she's just flirting with you to get better tips and you've just been put in her mental file bin labeled "creepy guy".

The Blow Job
 
Ingredients  
1/2 oz anisette
1/2 oz Irish cream 
Layer in a shot glass; Irish cream on top, and serve. 

Who doesn't love blow jobs? As emmasculating as this drink sounds and looks when someone is taking one, you can't deny that they are fun. Maybe it's just fun to hear girls say "it".

Screaming Orgasm
 
Ingredients  
1 oz vodka
1 1/2 oz Bailey's® Irish cream
1/2 oz Kahlua® coffee liqueur
Pour first vodka, then Bailey's, then Kahlua into a cocktail glass over crushed ice. Stir.
Caution: use only high quality vodka. Cheap vodka can cause the Bailey's to curdle. Test your brand of vodka by mixing 1 Tsp each of vodka and Bailey's first. 

If only mixing a drink would deliver an "O", right guys? Well, either way... this is a tasty beverage. Reminds me of a White Russian, but with a better name.

The Leg Spreader
 
Ingredients
1 oz 1800® Tequila
1 oz vodka
1 oz gin
1 oz rum
Mix in glass and enjoy.

The Leg Spreader. Not just a cleaver name. Everyone knows what happens when Tequila is brought into the mix. You just gotta make sure you don't drink too much or eat that gross worm the Mexicans put in there.

Slippery Nipple
 
Ingredients  
1/2 oz Bailey's® Irish cream
1/2 oz butterscotch schnapps
Serve as is.

The Slippery Nipple is a fun drink name to say, but once again you gotta be careful when you order this drink. I went to San Diego and had some Slippery Nipples with a couple of Asian girls last weekend. That is ok. If I were to go play some Golf with my friends from college, however, I'd probably stick to Light Beer. Maybe a Microbrew.


Blue Balls
 
Ingredients
1 oz raspberry vodka
1 oz coconut rum
1 oz Blue Curacao liqueur 







Pour one part of all three ingredients into a shaker, with ice. Mix well and serve as double shots.
I don't know when I'd ever want blue balls. I think the only time you'd ever get one of these drinks is if your girlfriend comes back to the booth with shots for you and all of your friends, and she gets everyone else a kamikaze except for you. Instead she gets you a Blue Balls. It's her clever way of telling you that she might be holding out on you later, if you don't stop making fun of her weird ass family. 

Afghani Whore
 

Ingredients  
4 oz rum
1 can root beer
4 oz vodka
Just pour to taste and enjoy.

Various Motherfucker Drinks

1. Adios Motherfucker
2. Adios Motherfucker #3
3. Blue MotherFucker
4. Blue MotherFucker #2
5. Cocky Carrot
6. Colorado Motherfucker
7. Colorado Motherfucker #2
8. Fucked Up Motherfucker
9. Happy Birthday Motherfucker
10. Mexican Motherfucker
11. Mongolian Motherfucker
12. Mongolian Motherfucker #2
13. Motherfucker
14. Motherfucker #2
15. Motherfucker Shot
16. New York Motherfucker #2
17. Purple Motherfucker
18. Purple Motherfucker #2
19. Purple Motherfucker #3 

Motherfucker (Original)

Motherfucker, pardon the French, combines two extremely potent liquors, a brand of 160 proof rum and absinthe which is between 100 and 140 proof

Ingredients  

1/2 oz absinthe herbal liqueur
1/2 oz Stroh® 80 rum

  

Pour the two ingredients together in a shot glass (approximately equal amounts, or whichever you would rather have most of). Turn a tall glass upside down, and place it over the shot glass. Have a straw at the ready. Lift the tall glass up slightly, and light the shot glass, before placing the glass back down again, making sure that as little of the fumes can escape as possible. Then inhale the fumes with your straw from the still upside down glass, finishing off by shooting the shot.

Cocky Motherfucker

Ingredients

1/2 oz Goldschlager® cinnamon schnapps
1/2 oz amaretto almond liqueur

Blue Motherfucker

There's a Purple Motherfucker, Green Motherfucker and Yellow Motherfucker. Now a Blue Motherfucker has been spotted in Athens, Georgia and Orlando, Florida. Here's how it goes.

Ingredients 

3 oz Absolut® Citron vodka
3 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
3 oz sweet and sour mix

Adios Motherfucker

Ingredients 

1/2 oz Smirnoff® vodka
1/2 oz rum
1/2 oz tequila
1/2 oz gin
1/2 oz Blue Curacao liqueur
2 oz sweet and sour mix
2 oz 7-Up® soda

Ménage a Trois 

Ingredients

1 part Rum, dark
1 part Triple Sec
1 part Cream

Mixing Instructions

Shake equal parts of all ingredients with ice; strain into a cocktail glass.

Hand Job

 Ingredients 

1 oz Vodka

1 oz Tequila

1 oz Banana Liqueur

1 oz Irish Cream

A Piece of Ass  

1 shot amaretto almond liqueur
1 shot Southern Comfort® peach liqueur
fill with sweet and sour mix 

Pour liquors over ice in a glass. Fill with sour mix and serve.

There you have it. Now you are armed and ready to Party.
You know, I wonder. I don't think I have enough nerve to ask a bartender to fix me an Cocky Motherfucker or  a Piece of Ass.
Do you?

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Top of Form

Bottom of Form

Now available, the longer and better Second Edition versions of French Kiss (one of my favorites) and Dumped (one of my best).

An admissions department snafu at Manhattan's prestigious Juilliard School for the Arts, pairs a lovely African American girl in the same dorm room with a blond blue eyed Frenchman. Maybe it's karma, but sparks of frustration turn into the heat of attraction and within the week the pair becomes a couple. But cruel fate steps in at Christmas vacation, when, after a second snafu, the lovebirds are separated the by an ocean of despair, the Atlantic Ocean.

Lila Patterson receives the shock of her life when, after being stood up for lunch by her husband, she returns home and finds her things being moved into a moving van.

Seeing her husband standing on the lawn directing the movers, she storms up to her husband, only to receive an even bigger shock and deep hurt when their lawyer, her long time friend from college, hands her a divorce petition.

Coming from Dee Dawning in the New Year:

• Seducing a Geek
• The Ruthless Preacher
• EEK I'm Her
• Rejected - a Letta Storm Novella
• Cowgirls

FILTHY LEUKER - M/M Bisexual Werewolf Erotic Romance

Have you read my novella Feral Heat, which is about the lives and antics of Sam Hightower and Grant Newsome, two bisexual werewolves? Those two work as lighting technicians for stage plays. That book has always been my best seller. Since many people have written to me telling me how much they like Sam and Grant I've decided to write more stories that include those two characters. The first story appears in the book Explicit Encounters published by Romance Divine. It's called Fluff The Master, and it's a FREE READ! Yes, you read that right. FREE! So pick up your copy today. You may find it at AllRomanceeBooks. You may also e-mail me at trishcwilson AT comcast DOT net and I will give you a PDF copy of the book.

AllRomanceeBooks – Explicit Encounters – Contains Fluff The Master.

Here's my Feral Heat page on my web site. It has everything you need: buy links, excerpt, blurb, reviews, and cover.

The second story is called Filthy Leuker, and it released this past Friday. Look for it at AllRomanceEbooks, Barnes and Noble Nook, Amazon Kindle, Bookstrand, Kobo, and other locations. Filthy Leuker continues the story of Sam Hightower and Grant Newsome, my bisexual werewolves from my novella Feral Heat. You may also find Sam and Grant in the free read Fluff The Master, published by Romance Divine in its Explicit Encounters anthology.

Here are a blurb and an excerpt from Filthy Leuker to whet your appetite. Treat yourself to some fantastic Christmas gifts by getting Feral Heat, Fluff The Master, and Filthy Leuker at the same time!

BLURB

Erotic author Elizabeth Black is back. And she brings with her those lusty, bisexual werewolves/stagehands from her hot and sexy Feral Heat. This time Grant and Sam have their eyes on the show’s luscious male dancer: Leuker. To keep it all interesting, the lithesome ladies, Lina and Charlotte, are also along. It’s a paranormal, erotic, anything goes FIVE-some. Blame it all on…Filthy Leuker.

EXCERPT

"I don't think we'll be getting much rest tonight. I'm feeling adventurous!" Charlotte dipped her finger in her Tuaca and rubbed it around her mouth, pursing her lips with the promise of much more. She pulled a pair of dice out of her back pocket of her jeans and rolled them in her palm. "What do you say we play with my Sex Dice?"

"What are Sex Dice?" Luke looked so open and naïve Sam wanted to hug him.

"He's adorable," Charlotte brushed her fingers against Luke's arm, making Luke double-take at her bold gesture. A pang of jealousy washed over Sam, but he immediately shoved the feeling away. They'd share each other's bodies soon enough. Charlotte continued: "Sex Dice are a game. We shake the dice and do whatever they tell us to do. One die says what to do and the other die says to whom to do it."

Luke reached for the dice in Charlotte's hand but Lina slapped him away. She likes slapping. I could get into a little swat. The pain would do me good.

"No!” Lina commanded. “I'd rather see your reaction the moment you have to remove your shirt or French kiss the person to your right."

"Good thing we're bi or that could be awkward." Mirth filled Grant's voice.

"Or enticing," Charlotte nibbled brie from an apple slice. Melting cheese dripped from the corner of her mouth, and the tip of her tongue snatched it up before it could get away, making Sam's cock twitched with delight. "Have you ever seen two straight women kiss? It's very exciting. All the giggling and petting. They love it. They just don't admit it."

"Enough talk! Let's play. Everyone on the floor in a circle." Sam took the dice from Charlotte as the five of them sat on the floor with Sam against the couch and to his right Grant, then Lina, Luke, and Charlotte.

"I'll go first," He took a long swallow of his Tuaca and tossed the dice on the rug.

A writer's Christmas... is it real or imaginary?

As December rolls around, I find myself searching for that magical Christmas that exists in every writer's life. You know the one I'm talking about...snow gently falling, a fragrant twinkling Christmas tree, the yummy smells of food cooking, and family bursting into spontaneous caroling.

Hmm. Well, it sounds nice, doesn't it? Only it doesn't exist. Not in my house yet, anyway. Yes, Procrastination is my middle name. I'm thinking of changing it legally.

So I'm not there yet, and my Christmas probably won't be a Currier & Ives postcard moment, we have fun and it all seems to work out in the end. I do enjoy the season, and I've written two sexy holiday romances to celebrate.

The latest one is very, very naughty--Henry the Christmas elf is definitely on Santa's Naughty List.

The book releases this Friday, December 16th at Changeling Press. I hope you'll spend a little Christmas cheer and have some naughty fun with me.

White Hot Christmas: Christmas Stalkings

by Cassidy McKay
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What's a Christmas Elf to do when he wants to sex up the North Pole a bit? Make adult toys, of course!

When Henry's Elven magic goes awry, Santa's workshop will never be the same.

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R-rated Exerpt:

The rest of the Approval Committee lined up their chairs behind the table where they could watch the show, their hands down their Elven pants, furiously stroking or frigging themselves. Henry wouldn’t have been surprised to see scoring paddles marked 10 held up by each and every Elf if their hands hadn’t been so busy. Still, Mrs. Claus likely would have confiscated the paddles for their pleasurable punishment after she was done with Santa.

As if that weren’t enough to permanently etch his name on the Naughty List, a very large purple dildo suddenly rolled out of the sack on the table in front of the Committee. It landed with a sparkling plop on the floor and started a wickedly sensual solo dance. The charmed instrument writhed and twirled, leaning in turn toward each of the occupants in the room. It stopped with a quiver when it pointed toward Santa.

Oh God, not the Pulsing Purple People Pleaser!

Henry felt the magic he’d created swirling, building strength as the dildo squatted down, widening at the base. It started pulsing up and down, the thickness throbbing with magic as it gathered, spring-like.

“Santa! Watch out!”

http://changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=1742

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But if naughty elves aren't your Christmas wish this year, how about a sentimental paranormal holiday?

A Candle in the Window (an erotic holiday romance)

is available now at Cobblestone Press

http://cobblestone-press.com/catalog/books/candle.htm

This year, after a heartfelt but unheard Christmas wish, Shelby Lassen invites more than a stranger into her home one snowy December evening - she invites the promise of true love, and the hope of the season.

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You can read an excerpt on my website at:

http://cassidymckay.com/a_candle_in_the_window.html

Giving

Blurb:


Jackson Grant was caught between a rock and a hard place. Those youthful indiscretions could come back to haunt one, and Jackson felt his time at hand. His beautiful wife, Tosha, wanted to attend a rock concert by two of her favorite performers. But would doing so open up old memories? Ones that Jackson wanted to keep in the past? Who doesn’t dream of life on the road, on tour, part of a rock and roll entourage? But dreams don’t always come true, even as part of a Rock and Roll Fantasy.


Rock And Roll Fantasy due for release on December 9th from http://www.romancedivine.com/.  
Christmas is just around the corner and already I’m tired of seeing the decorations in the stores and lit up on the main streets. Most of the people in our community have decorated their homes, lawns, ornaments in yards and every other place imaginable.
It’s not that I’m down on Christmas, but I’d like to wait at least until Thanksgiving is over and out of the way. Why is every one in such a rush? Is it to promote the idea that it’s time to start shopping for gifts already and helping store owners rake in the cash?
Some of you are probably saying bah humbug about my blog. What I want to emphasize is the reason for Christmas. To me, it isn’t the expensive gifts we give, or receive. There’s something missing in Christmas in our fast-paced society and we need to try to change things.
I’d like to get back to the true meaning of why we should celebrate. Giving is the main word. We should try to give to the less fortunate in our community and make sure their needs are met whether it’s donating to the food pantries or in giving to the bell ringers, or other charities that abound in this season.
I try to donate hoping to make someone else’s Christmas just a little brighter. This gives me more pleasure than receiving gifts. Well, I guess it’s about time for me to get off my soapbox. But don’t forget to keep the less fortunate in mind in this Holiday season. A little token or gift would probably help the person that isn’t going to have a good Holiday to having a great one.