Innocents by Cathy Coote

Innocents by Cathy Coote

Opening Thoughts Innocents is a masterstroke of storytelling wherein to understand, fully, the story, you have to understand the self protective lies a neglected, abandoned 16 year old girl would tell herself to avoid the reality of her powerlessness.Written when...

Tampa by Alissa Nutting

Tampa by Alissa Nutting

I've been wanting to read Tampa since it came out. Now the book is nearly as old as the teacher's victims, and had me yelling "What the fuck" with every turn of the page.In Alissa Nutting’s novel Tampa, Celeste Price, a smoldering 26-year-old middle-school teacher in...

The Courtesan’s Curse

The Courtesan’s Curse

The last thing she remembers is a hot man's flesh against hers. In fact, that's the only thing that she remembers. In a quest to find out who she truly is she finds herself caught between thieves, murderers, the city guard and twisted cultists serving a dark god. Very...

Pod-forgers #1

Pod-forgers #1

Download Link Pod-forgers is the official podcast of Pathforgers Publishing and Darknest owners, J.E. & M. Keep (aka Alexis Abbott, Candy Quinn). Schedule: (01:00) Contemporary Romance Author Alexis Abbott's success with the books Sold to the Hitman & Saved by...

War-torn

War-torn

Evil has triumphed. The Eternal War rages, devouring the lives and passions and dreams of everyone it touches. Society is corrupted after centuries of carnage. The rebels take action, but after a botched assassination attempt, even more than their lives are at risk....

The Fembot

The Fembot

In the not-distant future, women are nothing more than a commodity to be traded and programmed for a single purpose. Andrea is special. She's all-natural. But before Mr. Raynor purchased her, she was also brilliant, stubborn, and kind. The medical procedure took care...

Keepers of the Library #14

Keepers of the Library #14

Today we're going to talk about finding a partner, even if it's just for casual sex or erotic role play, and also our top 10-ish horror movies! Direct Download Here's our complete list of what horror movies we've recently loved in no particular order: Haunting /...

Win a Kindle Touch!

All our fans here know we love a good giveaway, so we hooked you up with another one! 6 chances to win either a Kindle Touch or gift certificates 🙂 a Rafflecopter giveaway Meet Our Sponsors: The Happy Endings Book List sends the best FREE and discounted Romance...

Keepers of the Library #13

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Half-a-cent per page is not a living wage for novelists

Amazon has made some huge changes to how it's paying authors for borrows under its Kindle Unlimited program. Previously, all authors were paid the same for all books, regardless of length - an average of $1.39 that has constantly been dropping over the last 6 months....

Outcast: Book 1 & 2

Outcast: Book 1 & 2

The outcasts of society. A brigade of bandits, just eking out survival. Elin is on the run from something worse, though. Life with the bandits is almost tolerable, despite how they treat her. But when snowy isolation grips her small group of travelling companions and...

The Enforcer: Book 2

The Enforcer: Book 2

In a city run by Vampires, there’s one person standing between order and anarchy -- The Enforcer. In the lawless wastelands inhabited by the dregs of a decadent civilization, the demoness, Zwi, keeps the peace. She’s just as hard as any of them, just as desperate to...

The Enforcer: Book 1

The Enforcer: Book 1

In a city run by Vampires, there’s one person standing between order and anarchy -- The Enforcer. In the lawless wastelands inhabited by the dregs of a decadent civilization, the demoness, Zwi, keeps the peace. She’s just as hard as any of them, just as desperate to...

The Fertile Elf: A Paranormal Smutty Short

The Fertile Elf: A Paranormal Smutty Short

The heady scent of the virile men intruded upon her nostrils, and she felt a thrill of desire and longing run through her. The innocent elven woman was devoted to her God, but when she prays for fertility, she didn’t mean for it to be granted so literally. Surrounded...

Packin’ It In: A BBW & Shifter Smutty Short

Packin’ It In: A BBW & Shifter Smutty Short

Sure, she was grateful he’d just protected her from those three, but it was a little soon to be brandishing around words like “mine”. Heather’s car just broke down on the middle of a rural road, and she’d seen enough horror movies to know that was a bad sign....

Bad Wolf, On the Run: A Dark Fairy Tale

Bad Wolf, On the Run: A Dark Fairy Tale

Sarah is fleeing from something that no one believes exists. The stuff of fairy tales and myths. The werewolf pack are right on her tail, and they won’t rest until she’s claimed by them. But one wants her more than the others, more than even she could have guessed. A...

Shifters in Heat: Paranormal Smutty Short

Shifters in Heat: Paranormal Smutty Short

She was on the hunt for a man to mate with, but instead, she found an alpha shifter who knew just what she needed. The call to mate wasn’t something she could argue. Linny is a shifter, and right now, she’s fertile and needs to mate more than she needed to breath....

The Virility Elixir: Paranormal Smutty Short

The Virility Elixir: Paranormal Smutty Short

“I want you to knock me up, to lay me back, pregnant and swollen, and to still want me." Kalen had heard rumours about the depraved things that happened at his university, but experiencing it was a whole new thing. Inducted into the dark goings on of the university by...

The Angel and the Demon: Paranormal Smutty Short

The Angel and the Demon: Paranormal Smutty Short

The brutish demon deserves to have that beautiful Goddess between his thighs. He didn't doubt it, even after hours of her pleasuring him on her own throne. She controls the world, has churches dedicated to her worship, yet all she wants is to supplicate herself before...

The Curious Nymph: Paranormal Smutty Short

The Curious Nymph: Paranormal Smutty Short

“You took your fun,” he said as he groped her supple flesh. “Now I get to show you how it’s really done, trickster.” The curious nymph has never seen a human before, and when she stumbles upon the bulky form of a fallen warrior, she can’t help but be curious. It’s in...

The Seductive Nymph: Paranormal Smutty Short

The Seductive Nymph: Paranormal Smutty Short

She heard his gravelly voice rumble out towards her ear. “Little nymph. This what you wanted?” A seductive nymph finds herself among the brutish, human warriors. Yet of all the beefy, dominant men, their leader sticks out most of all. She catches his eye and with that...

Darknest: A Dark Fantasy Anthology

Darknest: A Dark Fantasy Anthology

Darknest Fantasy Erotica presents a collection from seven erotic authors sure to push you to the limits of your psyche. In the darkest corners of your fantasies, these stories lurk. Waiting to tease and please, these shorts are darkly erotic, and will make you lust...

Paranormal Erotic Stories (Filthy Fairy Tales)

Paranormal Erotic Stories (Filthy Fairy Tales)

Here are some sexy scary stories of all sorts of residents of the Paranormal World--those who are just visiting, and those who are desperately trying to find the door out. Monsters, ghosts, vampires and werewolves will introduce you to the frightening and dark side of...

Monsters and Maidens: Mega Box Set

Monsters and Maidens: Mega Box Set

  Featuring SIX previously-published stories by bestselling paranormal erotica authors, for one LOW price! Get your fill of monsters, tentacles, shifters, and unnameable creatures of all shapes and sizes. You're in for a rough ride, but they're one hundred...

Monster, Sci-Fi Erotica

Monster, Sci-Fi Erotica

The Cursed Geraldine is a good witch. At least, she'd like to think she's a good witch. She just has a naughty side to her. She's also not like other witches, as she uses the magic of the mind instead of dark magic. She's recently found a way to get rich quick, by...

Erotic Fantasy: Let your Imagination Soar

Erotic Fantasy: Let your Imagination Soar

Dark Desires When two young men find themselves deep within the hidden forests nothing could prepare them for the sinfully delicious harem of sweet, tender virgins that stood before their eyes. But these honey fleshed beauties aren't at all ordinary. They come from a...

Keepers of the Library #10

As our spooktacular Halloween episode, we talk to fellow monster erotica aficionado, E.K. Sabins, about Amazon, taboos, and Gauis Baltar. https://jmkeep.com/halloween-2014/ https://jmkeep.com/newsletter http://www.amazon.com/E.-K.-Sabins/e/B00H2NUT7W Youtube: Libsyn:...

Corrupted Hearts

Corrupted Hearts

After all, even demons deserve a chance at love. With her angelic wings and his demonic horns they were never meant to come together. But his red eyes trap her and her seductive wings lure him. Their hot demon blood crashes. What starts as one night of carnal pleasure...

Scifi, Fantasy, Romance & Erotica Podcast #8

Big news in this podcast! http://thewriterskeep.libsyn.com/scifi-fantasy-erotica-podcast-8 Also available for download on Libsyn https://jmkeep.com https://jmkeep.com/newsletter http://patreon.com/jmkeep https://jmkeep.com/coming-soon-theodoras-descent...

Enter to Win: Name Our Podcast!

So the J.E. & M. Keep Fantasy Scifi Erotica Whatever podcast name just isn't working for us. We have no idea why. Something about 'constantly forgetting the name of our podcast' or 'moving away from erotica kind of' or 'what the fuck who names their podcast that?'...

Her Descent

Her Descent

In the dead of night, the monsters call for her. A noble woman with a thirst for more feels the primal pull of beings that shouldn't exist when she falls beneath the surface of the earth. Saved by a monstrous man from the clutches of two vampires, she quickly realizes...

Paranormal Romance Releases!

Paranormal Romance Releases!

a Rafflecopter giveaway J.E. & M. Keep - The Vixen Arises A cryptic warning from a beautiful man, a desperate need for her blood from her vampire lover, and Anjasa is forced out of her apathy. For too long, she'd been hedonistic without purpose, and now the elven...

The Vixen Torn & The Vixen Arises Giveaway

The Vixen Torn & The Vixen Arises Giveaway

Hi everyone, Make sure that you take the time to enter to win a very special, autographed paperback copy of The Vixen Torn or The Vixen Arises on Goodreads 🙂 You'll have an increased chance of winning if you add them to your Goodreads To-Read shelf, as well, or so...

The Perfect Ending

One of the comments that we’ve gotten about The Mistress is that people weren’t satisfied with the ending. For a long time, this really confused Joshua and myself. There may be spoilers here, so go buy the book, read it, return here and discuss with us J So, now that...

Stoic Characters

Stoic characters have always fascinated me. I’m a chronic oversharer and an all-around incredibly open person. My heart is on my sleeve, and I don’t hide my emotions very well. So these characters that can avoid the lure of truthfulness are really interesting to me....

Scifi Must Breed!

I really love Scifi fiction, especially when it’s paired with the popular ‘must breed!’ trope. I think it ties in with my desire to see this hang-up about sex and sexuality get abolished. I’m tired of monogamy being touted as the only way, despite being in a...

Lovecraftian Endings

As you should likely know by now, Joshua and myself are big fans of H.P. Lovecraft. His mastery of horror and suspense is astounding, especially as it has held up so well against the test of time. But what I like most about his books are his endings. I talked before...

Polygamy in Erotica and Erotic Romance

*Originally posted on OneHandedWriters, a blog for romance and erotica readers & authors.* I always thought that polygamy would be the lifestyle for me. When I was 16, I was friends with a woman on Livejournal. She was a sweet, if tortured, soul. Some said that...

Sex Workers & Canadian Laws

Sex Workers & Canadian Laws

Prostitution has never been illegal in Canada. However, there were certain things associated with being a certain type of prostitute that were. In the end, being a prostitute was legal, unless you were poor and unable to work in the comfort and security of a safe home...

After Christmas Presents

INSATIABLE READS "Secret Santa" Christmas Giveaway! December 26-28 Insatiable Reads wants to be YOUR "Secret Santa!" Follow the Rafflecopter link, join an author mailing list - and you could win a Kindle HDX! And entered to win an author giveaway! What's behind each...

Feelings

Feeling is very important to me. One of the greatest gifts I could possibly give to our readers and fans is emotion. Raw, honest, heartfelt emotion. After all, what more personal way can you reach out to someone than by tugging their heart strings? As a society we...

Empathy and Beautiful Sorrow

Maybe it’s because I’m an empathetic person, but I didn’t really find it funny or strange that the character in American Beauty was able to find such beauty in nothing more than garbage. Some days I, too, feel like I will be overwhelmed by the sorrowful beauty in the...

Death, Mourning, and Loss of Friends

Death doesn’t wait for everything to be perfect. There was this silly saying that I used to mindlessly repeat, that no one dies with an empty inbox. I thought I got it – that there will always be things to do. But that’s not really what it means it all. It means that...

(Never) Judge a Book by Its Cover

Anjasa is an enigma. She seems to be one thing – a calm seductress, a gold digger. She should be a courtesan or a stripper, parting men from their hard earned money, but she’s left those things behind. Instead, she’s looking for fun. A good time. But even someone so...

Male Kinks and Fantasies

When Dreamers Wake was my baby. My present to Joshua after he plotted out a bunch of stories that played on my kinks and desires for stories. It was a lot of fun to plan the overall story arch, from the innocent beginnings with a random tryst to something so much...

Blog Tour: Siren Song by A.C. Warneke

  Siren Song by A.C. Warneke Description: A wolf For eighteen years Duncan Tremain has been able to control his wolf, only letting the beast out to play when the moon is full. This unyielding discipline has given him the ability to conquer whatever hardship...

Blog Tour & Giveaway: Switch by Janelle Stalder

Another giveaway of a really cool sounding book 🙂 Plus she grew up near me (Michelle!)   Switch by Janelle Stalder Description: All’s fair in love and war. Two thirds of the world's population has been wiped out, devastated by the worst war earth has ever seen....

Inspiration, Promotion and Creativity

*Originally posted on OneHandedWriters, a blog for romance and erotica readers & authors.* I have to admit. I love writing. I love exploring new characters that are so different from myself, and writing books that I want to read. But publishing, too, affords me a...

Magic Academy

Magic Academy

Out of a young woman’s ambition comes a love triangle that could destroy more than her heart. Firia is smart, ambitious, and a natural in magic. She's also a human, and thought to be a weaker spellcaster than the elves. She needs an edge to be accepted into the...

Hiding in Plain Sight

*Originally posted on OneHandedWriters, a blog for romance and erotica readers & authors.* No individual is one-dimensional. We're all different, depending on who knows us. Depending on what parts of our personalities we let people in on. We can be depraved or...

Who loves fantasy romance?

Who loves fantasy romance?

I know we have a lot of fantasy romance fans here! Stay tuned because later this week is BIG news, but until then we're going to save you some money! A bunch of other awesome authors and us are participating in this really awesome promo for readers. Everything here is...

When Dreamers Wake Trailer & Book Tour

When Dreamers Wake Trailer & Book Tour

When Dreamers Wake is going on tour! Come check out our trailer and our book tour 🙂 It's going on until November 27th and will include reviews, blog posts, interviews and... prizes! If you haven't entered the giveaway yet, do it now before you forget. We really want...

Banned Books – October 2013

Banned Books – October 2013

Hey, We just wanted to let you know that things have gotten rather serious with our vendors as Joshua wrote about the other day. Kobo has temporarily removed all of our books along with many other authors. Amazon has removed the Teenage Slut series from sale and we're...

Reviewing Systems

Reviewing Systems

I admit, I’m the person who reads the reviews. I select ‘4 stars or greater’ on Amazon. And I think it’s a terrible habit I need to break. Why? Because it’s paralyzing. Because it leads to excuses not to buy something I probably would have liked. Because there is...

When Dreamers Wake

When Dreamers Wake

The Old Gods have risen and moved on, leaving Earth in ruins. Leon liked that just fine. He got along better after the collapse of society, and has his own vision for how things should be run: with him in charge of his own fate, with many lovers beneath him. Yet when...

Making Readers Feel…

Making Readers Feel…

When I was younger, there was one song that I absolutely loved and identified with. It was actually from a movie, a Kevin Smith movie, no less. It was called “Alive” and was belted with such emotion by Joey Lauren Adams. The ballad is absolutely beautiful, I think,...

In Her Dreams

In Her Dreams

I could barely believe how hot the sight of a naked man was making me, even if he wasn’t like any man I’d ever known. I felt invisible. I’m a plus–size secretary in a job surrounded by white walls and monotony. Every day is the same until I dreamt of the...

Scifi, Fantasy & Erotica Podcast #3

Join J.E. & M. Keep (https://jmkeep.com) for their third podcast on scifi, fantasy and erotica! You can get 3 free ebooks (including Part 1 of In Search of Innocence) by signing up here: https://jmkeep.com/newsletter Purchase Bound as the World...

Themes in Scifi / Fantasy

Themes in Scifi / Fantasy

One of the things that Joshua and I love doing is discussing themes and characters from our favourite entertainment. We went to see Elysium a couple of weeks back, and the next 24-48 hours was a joy of discussing the underlying themes (the division of rich and poor,...

Erotic Book Giveaway

Erotic Book Giveaway

This weekend September 13th – 15th the Erotic Authors Guild is sponsoring a huge Erotic Book giveaway.  Right now we have more than 30 titles and keep getting more.  So come join in the event and load up your favorite reading devices with lots of free titillating...

Weak Characters

Weak Characters

Some people think that Cassidy, the female lead from Bound as the World Burns is dumb. An airhead. I mean, the apocalypse is here, right? Why isn’t she out there, kicking some ass? And I just have to boggle at that mindset. The story is this: Cassidy is an 18 year old...

Happily Ever Afters

Happily Ever Afters

Some people want romances to always have a happily ever after. I can get that, get behind it even, but that’s not what I want. I want the characters to be real, and I want them to have problems they don’t always overcome. I want them to love each other, even though...

Love and Twisted Relationships

Love and Twisted Relationships

We’re junkies for twisted relationships. Dominant characters with murky intentions, who have secrets and hoard them away. Characters who are opportunistic but find with this one person, they can be themselves. Their true selves. I think that’s what we really managed...

What is Paranormal Romance?

What is Paranormal Romance?

It’s kind of strange to call The Warlord’s Concubine a Paranormal Romance. When I hear paranormal, I’m still thinking of ghosts and the occult. Of modern day Satanists and wiccans. Yet calling it a fantasy romance makes me think of, like, a vacation cruise where you...

How to Write Erotica

How to Write Erotica

When we were the keynote speakers for the Risque Sex Expo in May, one of our speeches was on how to write erotica. We really want to share with you what we think are our top tips for burgeoning fetishists. Some people think that writing erotica is easy – I mean, how...

Mystery in Books

Mystery in Books

One of the things I’ve always loved about books is mystery. Not the detective with the magnifying glass, but just things that are left unspoken. Before writing, reading has always been a chance to flex my creative muscles, and to help spin the web of stories that the...