Hi Cerise, and thanks so
much for inviting me to your blog. I thought your readers might be interested
in how little bits of me sneak their way in to my books, so here are a few
secrets!
- I love animals, but particularly cats.
Merlin, the cat in The Portrait, is based on my own pet – Midnight,
who is just as lazy!
- My favourite music is Goth rock and
the names of some of the bands I listen to sometimes get a mention. Within
Temptation is playing on a car journey in Living on the Edge.
- I’m interested in Greek and Roman
mythology, so the occasional God pops up – Dionysus and Thor both get a
mention in the book I’m finishing at the moment.
- My books all feature BDSM though I’m
not a practitioner myself. Inspiration for a lot of the toys my characters
use come from the website of a shop in San Francisco.
- I live in England and often feature
places I love in my books – Mountain Rescue is set in Cumbria and The
Edge series is based partly in North Yorkshire.
So, those are a few
clues to my personality! I hope you enjoy discovering some more in my latest
book, Living on the Edge – book 2 in the Tales from The Edge
series. Here’s some blurb and an excerpt to tempt you…
Tales from The Edge - Series Blurb
The Edge is a training company with a difference.
Its weekend clients come for classes in bondage and domination, not team
building and problem solving.
The management, staff
and customers of The Edge do not lead boring lives. In fact they have a habit
of getting themselves into all kinds of trouble. Put Dominant, possessive alpha
males together with bratty, loveable submissives and sparks are bound to fly.
These Tales from The Edge are their stories.
Living on the Edge - Book Blurb:
Sometimes
it takes willpower to resist temptation but courage to give in.
Aiden Keller is a
brilliant and intriguing young man. When he’s convicted of hacking, his
sentence takes him to The Edge, a high-end corporate training company with a
mysterious sideline. There he is given into the custody of its owner, the
enigmatic and demanding Heath Anders, and his business partner Joe Dexter.
From the moment Heath
takes charge of Aiden he recognises the boy’s submissive nature, even though it
is well hidden beneath a veneer of snarky attitude. But for twelve months,
Aiden will be his responsibility and Heath cannot allow himself to get involved
whilst the boy is obliged to obey him.
Aiden settles into his
new life with the help of Olly, Joe’s pretty, submissive boyfriend, who is very
perceptive when it comes to noticing the sparks of attraction flying between
Aiden and Heath. Slowly and gently, he teaches Aiden that submission is not a
weakness and to accept his desire to be dominated.
Unable to resist, Heath
starts to test Aiden’s willingness to be obedient, and against all the odds,
love (and lust) start to bloom. Aiden, however, is not quite what he seems and
his past is about to endanger all their lives.
Excerpt:
Aiden watched as he walked
away. Broad shoulders topped a body wrapped in a dark fleece and black jeans.
Every movement spoke of restrained strength. He moved confidently with a
measured, unhurried pace. Aiden couldn’t stop his gaze from drifting down to a
very nice arse—the guy was exceptionally well put together. It wasn’t difficult
to imagine what it would be like to be held down by Heath, and somehow Aiden
knew that held down was what he would be. Heath didn’t look the type for caring
and sharing. He was so obviously dominant that it oozed from every pore.
“Probably straight.” Aiden
hoped he had only thought the words rather than said them out loud. It was
hardly appropriate to be thinking about the man in that way. Still, if he had
to be stuck in some godforsaken place as slave labour for twelve months, at
least there would be something nice to look at. Twelve months. Fuck. It felt
like a life sentence, and Aiden wondered for the millionth time if what he had
done was worth it.
Heath returned, levered his
long legs beneath the table and placed a large cup of steaming coffee in front
of him. Aiden’s hands shook just a little as he ripped open a sugar sachet and
sprinkled a few grains into his drink. The fight with the miniature milk
cartons proved a bit more challenging until a large hand closed around his own,
took the annoying little pot away and opened it for him. The burning sensation
would have been less if Aiden had plunged his hand into an open fire. Skin on
skin contact with Heath short-circuited his brain and turned his cock into a
very hard problem.
He shifted uncomfortably. “I
don’t need your help.” He fought the second milk carton and sprayed white
liquid across the table.
“Of course you don’t.” Heath
wiped up the mess with a serviette. “Look at me, Aiden.”
Aiden suddenly found the
tabletop very interesting indeed, but there was something about that voice that
stripped away his resistance. Slowly, unwillingly, he raised his eyes.
“Better. I have one ground rule
that we need to get out of the way. I know you don’t want to be here. Well,
suck it up—I don’t care. You did something wrong and this is punishment, not a
fucking day trip.”
Aiden blinked and clenched his
fists beneath the table.
“From this point on, you do
what I say, when I say it. Disobey me and you will be punished. Do as you’re
told and we will get along just fine.”
“So, you say ‘Jump’ and I say
‘How high’? Is that how this works?” Months of frustration and worry brought
sharpness to Aiden’s voice.
“How high, how far and what
kind of fucking landing is required.”
© L M Somerton
Buy links:
You can buy Living on the Edge today from
Total-E-Bound at:
From August 16th, it’s also available
on general release at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, All Romance Café etc. just
search for the title.
Author bio:
L M
Somerton lives in a small village in the English countryside, surrounded by
rolling hills, cows and sheep. She started writing to fill time between jobs
and is now firmly and unashamedly addicted.
She loves the English weather,
especially the rain, and adores a thunderstorm. She loves good food, warm
company and a crackling fire. She’s fascinated by the psychology of
relationships, especially between men, and her stories contain some subtle (and
not so subtle) leanings towards BDSM.
Links
http://lmsomerton.wordpress.com
http://www.facebook.com/lmsomerton
http://pinterest.com/lmsomerton
https://www.amazon.com/author/lmsomerton
Twitter: @lmsomerton
1 comment:
Thank you for the blurb & excerpt on the new Edge book. I loved the first one and can't wait to read book 2!
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