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When I originally started The Chronicles, it was a single book that spanned about nine hundred odd pages…
Which became after some time Sacred Secrets and Sacred Revelations…
The funny thing is, somewhere around chapter three of that work emerged a man that was so compelling that I knew his story had to be told and thus began my romance with Thomas Stephanopolis aka Lord Fyre. The original title for his story has remained unchanged since 1998 the year I started his story.

I have changed a lot in a decade…and Thomas has evolved as well.

I'm including an excerpt. For those who have been following the Chronicles of Surrender, it will help to explain the cover (Kitten shielded in Garrett's arms and Fyre in the foreground). I am so enamored of the cover…thank you April…you are a genius.

Excerpt starts here:
Standing, Garrett crosses the room and stares out over the city to the sparkling bay. White dots mark a scattering of small boats and larger sea vessels. Keeping his back to the table, he asks, "I'm under investigation—are you here as my business partner, my lover, or in an official capacity? Because I'm not trafficking anything, human or otherwise, and I should probably have my attorney here if you are acting officially."

Standing, I walk over to him, bumping his shoulder with mine as I step in close. "I'm here as your friend and because I love you. I'm the one blowing my cover here…to prepare you for what is coming. I've been nothing but one-hundred-percent honest with you. All I want to do is protect you." Just to make sure he understands, I grab his face and kiss him. I rarely kiss Garrett, and never in front of anyone other than Kitten, but this morning, to seal the pact we made almost a year ago, I kiss him, hard, hard enough that his lips will still feel me long after I leave him and I will feel his. Releasing him, I call out, "Sophia!"

"Sophia?" I move from room to room calling her. I distantly realize that George and Enrique are leaving, being heralded out by Garrett. I go from room to room, calling, "Sophia! Sophia?"

"I'm here, Lord Fyre," she whispers from behind me. I pivot, seeing her standing half-shielded by the bedroom doorframe.
Seeing her, I smile. Tension I hadn't realized was freezing my shoulders, releases. I whisper, "Come here."

She shakes her head and I realize that it isn't because she is disobeying me, or not directly so, knowing that as long as she stands within the walls of the bedroom she is just a woman, not property, free to say what she feels without censor, one of Garrett's many house rules. If I demanded, she would come…at least, I still hope she would come to me, and I suddenly face the fact that I am unwilling to risk it, taking the two steps forward required to touch her, sliding my fingertips down her face. "I missed you."

She lifts her hand to cover mine, still cupped around her face, stepping backward, luring me to take a step forward in an awkward dance, not nervousness, but uncertainty. I linger just on the outside of the doorway in the hallway, though my arm transcends her space because I am unwilling to release the soft touch of her cheek and she is unwilling to release my hand. In soft-cast shadows, I see all of her for the first time since arriving. She stands nude. God, she is, in one word, alluring. I drink in the perfection of her body. She asks me, "Are you still mine?"

She doesn't wait to hear my answer but instead turns my hand in hers, and kissing my palm, asks, "Did you find her?"
My heart pauses mid-beat, like when I am facing the decision of whether to kill is my only option and I react, pulling the trigger, or slicing a jugular with a knife. It is the moment that I, in my deed, change the world forever. I whisper, "Yes."
"Is she here?"

I take the two steps into the bedroom to pull her into my arms, hugging her tight, wanting so desperately to make my decision to find Eva not ruin what I've created here with Kitten and Garrett. I speak to her as a man, and as her Master, "I love you, Sophia. I am yours as you are mine."

I call her by her birth name, knowing that to call her Kitten now, Garrett's name for her, or Celia, the name she chose for herself when she left the real world behind, would not be right. Instead, I call her Sophia, the name she has not been called by any other except me since her mother died. I kiss her softly on the cheek. "I love you, Sophia." On the bridge of her nose, I kiss her again. "I love you."

She pulls away from me before I can kiss her again, crossing the room in fast, angry steps. She turns abruptly to face me, wrapping her nakedness in her arms, hiding her breasts. Her voice trembles. "She's here then. You brought her here?"

I sigh. "No, she isn't here, but yes, I would like her to join me here."

"What does that mean?"

It is my turn to cross the room, but I don't do so angrily, more like exhaustedly, not going to her, but to the bed. I sit on the edge of the mattress. Tired. So very, very tired.

The problem with being here, in Garrett's bedroom, is that we all follow his rules, and here we are real, as nowhere else allows us to be. All other times we wear masks to fit the situation; here there are no masks, no lies…and here, in this moment, the real me, Aristotle, though neither Garrett nor Celia knows me by that name, is exhausted. Life has worn me out. It's been a long year. Lattie, my children, Nikkos, Eva, and even Garrett and Kitten have played roles in pushing me to this point, though Kitten least of all. She has been my refuge and now I may have lost the only serenity I had.

"Thomas?"

I open my eyes to find her kneeling before me, having not heard her cross the room—so very unlike me—but I find that I don't even care that I've let my guard down so much with her. Placing her hands on top of my thighs, she rubs softly. "Talk to me."
"I wouldn't know where to begin," I answer.

"You honestly love me?"

"Dear God, yes, Sophia." I cup her face in my palms, a hug for her face. "If nothing else in my life is truth, that is. I love you."
She nods, kneading her fingers deeper into my thighs. Half-rising, she pushes me back into the mattress and follows me, moving to straddle my hips. Her lips are on mine suddenly, kissing me, licking me, tonguing me deep and hard. I don't try to stop her, I don't want to stop her. I just lay there beneath her, my hands at my sides, not even attempting to touch her, too afraid of breaking the spell that is allowing her to be so aggressive. I sink into the mattress, relaxing, letting her kisses take me to a place I haven't been in a very long time, the soft wetness of her mouth, the insistent sweep of her tongue and warmth of her breath in my mouth lulling me.

When she pulls back…minutes later…hours later…she whispers, "You can't leave us." A sob breaks in her chest as she begs, "Don't leave me."

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CONTROL
Current mood: excited

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Dom/sub Recommended by Joyfully Reviewed As February Read

Congratulations Roxy !

Dom/sub has been chosen as one of February's Joyfully Reviewed's Recommended Reads.
Your review will also be posted to Amazon and your JR Button is below.

Review Link: http://www.joyfullyreviewed.com/reviews/RRs/Feb08RR/Domsub.BDDRH.html

This is what Dee Valentine of Joyfully Reviewed has to say about this anthology...I find it a huge complement ESPECIALLY since Dom/sub also received JERR's Silver Star Award(Their highest rating for an e-book)...

Dee Valentine quote, "While I Joyfully Recommend Dom/sub, as I said before this is not for the faint of heart. There is more to these two stories than someone getting a spanking and then sexed until it feels like their heart is going to stop. This is a raw look into the BDSM world from the point of view of two authors who wanted to push the envelope. Bravo Ms. Dark/Ms. Harte and I do hope to see future books written by you!"

So, today, I hope that anyone who has missed reading this one will opt to QUICK BUYtoday!!
Hugs
Roxy

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Save Dresden Files! Sign A Petition

I know, I'm Roxy Harte...normally I sign petitions to save jaguars, or whales, or to stop unfair labor practices, or to stop roads being built through sacred lands...or...okay, so this petition will not save any part of our enviroment or our internet...but by signing it, together, we may be able to bring back on of my favorite paranormal television series...The Dresden Files...

http://gopetition.com/petitions/new-home-4-dresden.html  Sign The Petition Here.

Thank you...

If you missed the original series...and you want to watch the first season before commiting to the petition...you can get it at all the major dvd rental shops...you can also get it here...http://www.amazon.com/Dresden-Files-Complete-First-Season/dp/B000QUEQ4U/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1202434106&sr=8-2And if after viewing the dvd you want more...

a) sign the petition

b) buy the books by Jim Butcher

and after reading Jim Butcher, you may find author Justin Gustainis entertaining...  so check out his Black Magic Woman which I have been reading while I have been sick...

Okay, let me know if you signed the petition...I'll be giving away a copy of Dom/sub for Valentine's Day and the people who sign the petition get their name in the drawing hat TWICE...yay

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Sacred Secrets Ropecast Review
Current mood: awake

Wow! Yowzah! Whoopie!!!!!!!!!!
I think I even had a mini-orgasm ...

Sacred Secrets was reviewed on rope bondage expert  Graydancer's educational podcast about rope bondage! Listen and increase your general level of Perviness ... then toward the end of the cast is his review of Sacred Secrets!!

I am absolutely doing a great big HAPPY DANCE!

Hear his review by listening to his ROPECAST here.

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Dom/sub

I'm so excited!!! It's release day!
Here is the Loose-Id link to BUY Dom/sub

Hope you all enjoy this newest release!!

Dom/sub is my first anthology, created with BD Dark.

 Genre: BDSM Erotic Contemporary
Length: Novel

Domination and submission, yin and yang, two halves that make a perfect whole. This duet of stories walks the razor's edge of the real BDSM scene.

Dominance, by B. D. Dark

A man indulges in his long-held secret desire to exercise power and control over a woman. He meets his perfect match in Kim, another newbie to the scene, who wants to give herself to a master. Together they experiment, pushing sexual boundaries to the limit. What is his role as a Dom? Should he end the torture even if his submissive begs for more?

Submission by Roxy Harte

Julia is the grieving submissive of Master Jasper. After two years, three months, and eighteen days of crying she decides enough is enough and decides to get laid, even if it means nobody is going to get hurt. What she doesn't expect is to be set up by her friends on a blind date with a professional Dominant who goes by the name of Lord Draco. The question is, how far is Julia willing to go for pleasure...and pain?

Publisher's Note: This book contains very explicit sexual content, graphic language, and situations that some readers may find objectionable: BDSM, including anal sex, bondage, clamps, domination/submission, exhibitionism, hot wax, ropes, and spanking/flogging.

visit Loose-Id for an Excerpt by BD Dark or My Flog Blog for Roxy Harte Excerpts!!

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Coffee Shops and Breech of Contract Suits

So Married Life is wonderful, exciting...A-Fucking AMAZING!!! (I did spend a large amount of quality time in bed with Sir Hotness over the weekend *grins* and played hooky in bed with him today which GREATLY contributes to my happiness level...I'm DELERIOUS)

After crawling out from under the sheets today (and showering together and crawling back under the sheets...) we finally did make it out of the house and into Home Depot to pick out paint colours;) we even agreed YEAH on paint colours!!!

Then we went to the furniture store to pick out a new bed (poster bed) OMG WAY TOO HOT....I see lots of new bondage research in my future;)

So the day was awesome...
Until I realized that the cable company LIED!! Still no internet in sight : ( Boo Hiss
So, I'm still hanging out in the coffee shop

And the iccing was a certified letter from my old company (the one I QUIT on Friday)
I haven't technically received the letter...it's haanging out at the Post Office and all I got was the crumby orange slip of paper alerting me to its existance... I'm 99% certain that they are going to claim breech of contract ... so I'm thinking I may need a good lawyer....

So I was all set to rant and rave and sob at the ruination of my day ... when Sir Hotness wrapped his arms around me and asked, "Has it been a good day?"

How could I claim, "No." When it's been a totally A-Fucking Amazing Day??????

So then, he assured me, "Everything is going to be okay...no matter what...because we are totally in love and we have each other...We win! Nana na na na."
And that sentiment is straight from his mouth:)

How can I not love this man?

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BIG ANNOUNCEMENT

Yes, Roxy Harte is getting married. For those of you who know me well, this is most unexpected, because to say I'm jaded is an understatement...well, that and I said over and over and over that if it didn't work with the last guy, I was changing teams full time.

So, obviously I didn't change teams full time...

I never expected to laugh again, not for real...I'd been faking laughter for years and no one had caught on...so why risk trying it for real? Then I met R and within two minutes of hello I was laughing so hard tears were running down my face. The first time we was actually alone, I took a call, did what I do, responded with the proper tone inflection at the proper response times and even threw in a giggle or two for good measure. Hanging up, R asked, "What was that?" I said, "What?" He said, "The performance." And I started to cry because no one has ever seen through me before...then I admitted how truly miserable I'd become over the years.

He made me promise that I'd never fake it with him. That we'd only have one hundred percent real between us. And strangely, it's the easiest thing I've ever done.

That's why, after only a two months, I am marrying R. He lets me be real even when it isn't pretty to do so...

I love you, baby...Thanks for finding me.

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Daughters, Hugs, and Reasons for Tears

My daughter shared this with me last night before her soccer game...and I hugged her, because...WOW...I have the greatest kid in the world! She pulled me out of my work mindset just to show me this...thank you, Beautiful Girl, thank you, thank you, thank you...some days you make me cry really happy tears!

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After watching, we went to her soccer game where Beautiful Girl was kicked in the head, sustained a major concussion, and spent the rest of the evening in the ER. She's fine, as in no more soccer for the season and no rock climbing for the next two weekends minimum...but she's going to be okay.

Right now, she's in the other room laughing and talking with her boyfriend...and her laughter is the best sound in the world. Sometimes I cry just because she makes me so happy...like now.

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Sacred Secret Reviews

Come read what I'm posting at Silver Expresions as their guest blogger! I am totally psyched about the release of Sacred Secrets (wow, was it only a week ago?). I have gotten so many amazing emails and comments! You may remember the contest that I held about a month ago, fellow author Darragha won a free copy of the book and here is what she had to say:

I'm reading Sacred Secrets right now. I want you to know one thing: I could not live like Kitten is on page 55 (LIT version). I want my own cup of coffee. I will not share my coffee and nothing better stand in the way of my getting to my coffee. I would not be a good slave. I would be a very testy one if Master didn't let me have my own damned cup of coffee! Grrrrr.
Love the very unique and surprizing first-person accounts, incidently.

Darragha

Also, I received a very nice email from Rosemary:

Hey Roxy,
I just wanted to let you know that I read your book
Sacred Secrets, on its release date and I havent
stopped thinking about it since. Its got a great
story, and wonderful multi-faceted characters. I was
so enamored with your book that I cant wait for your
next installment. Do you have a release date???
Congratulations!
Rosemary

So, as far as the next release... Book 2 of the Chronicles of Surrender: Sacred Revelations is scheduled for release Winter 2006/07...that is if I can get the final three chapters ironed out!

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