Bad Girl is out!

There's only one thing hotter than doing something you shouldn't.

Getting caught.
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Maya Reynolds' Bad Girl hits stores today and I encourage you to order your copy. It's exciting when a fellow blogger is published and I'm readying myself to step into the world of erotic fiction. As a matter of fact, I'm already thinking about Christmas and whose stockings I can fill with this steamy romance.

In Canada, you can order Bad Girl here or here.

Watch this column over the coming weeks for an interview with Maya and a review of her book. In the meantime, here's a teaser and a few words from Maya about her choice of genre.
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Bad Girl

Feeling a little naughty?

You should.

It was shy social worker Sandy Davis's favorite after-dark hobby, and only vice--spying on neighbors during their most uninhibited moments. Night after night, through each different window, into each anonymous dark bedroom came the stuff of Sandy 's wildest fantasies.

Peeping didn't hurt anyone. It was just a game. No one ever had to know. Then one night came a phone call...

“You've been a bad girl."

He calls himself Justice. He has a pastime too. Watching Sandy watch others. He has the pictures to prove it. Now it's his turn to play--by making Sandy pay the price in exchange for holding on to her naughty little secret.

As the sensual dance between two strangers begins, so does Sandy 's fear that she's moving closer to the edge of extreme desire-and inescapable danger.

Excerpt:

"Can you see me now?" she asked.
"I see you perfectly. Strip for me, Sandy."
A shiver on anticipation rushed through her body.
"Come on, baby. Don't be afraid."
She put her fingers on the first button of her blouse, slowly undoing it. Her fingers slid to the second button...and the third.
"Honey," he grumbled, "if you don't hurry up and take that damn blouse off, I'm gonna come down there and rip it off you myself."
She smiled, pleased to know she had some power over him, after all.

She was in charge now, not him. It was time to make him understand that.

Interview -- Sneak Peak:

Colleen: Maya, of all the genres, why erotic fiction?

Maya: Like many girls, I started out reading romance novels as a teenager. Those novels helped me explore my feelings about men and dating.

By the time I graduated from college, I’d lost interest in reading romances. What had once seemed so exciting was now formulaic and quaint. I was tired of all those virgins being seduced by more experienced heroes, and wanted to read about assertive females who weren’t afraid of their sexuality. I abandoned romances for mysteries or fantasies with strong heroines.

The turning point for me came a few years ago when I picked up a copy of Robin Schone’s The Lady’s Tutor while I was out of town on business. I stayed up the entire night in my hotel room, reading that novel. I had discovered the erotic romance.

The next morning, bleary-eyed at the meetings I was attending, I found myself thinking, “I could write in that genre.”

I began looking for more of the same. At that point in time, it was hard to find an erotic romance in the bookstore. You had to go online and buy an e-book.

I went looking for a support group for writers of erotic romance. There wasn’t one, but I soon heard about a group starting up. I joined them and ended up becoming one of the founders of Passionate Ink in the summer of 2005. Within two weeks, we had 400 writers.

Remember the American West of the 1880’s? Vibrant and lawless? I think of the erotic romance genre that way. ER writers throw out the window those old rules that applied to romance novels. Erotic romances can be contemporary, historical, fantasy or thriller. The level of sexuality varies according to the comfort level of the writer. I honestly believe it is the least formulaic of all the genres out there right now. That is hugely appealing to me.

My goal is to write erotic thrillers. If you asked me to describe Bad Girl, that’s what I would call it. It’s a contemporary erotic thriller. So I’m writing what I like to read: a sexy, suspense-filled romance.
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A toast to Maya and many wishes for success!

Colleen