Exciting News!

I have such exciting news to share with you, dear friends!!!

Our Seven Sins Anthology is now at the BORDERS Bookstore in Springfield, Missouri!!!!! (Doing a happy dance!)

Thank you from the bottom of my heart to Denise, Gary, and the entire staff at the Springfield, Missouri BORDERS Bookstore for all their help!!!  You are the best!!!

Here is the endcap display of Seven Sins along with some other amazing authors!

And here I am playing Vanna, posing with my Seven Sins display!!!

Finally, It's Autumn!

Good morning, dear friends and readers!
I'm sitting on my front porch watching the sun rise with my two corgis lying by my feet as they scan the horizon for any foe or other humans to persuade to play with them.

I’m sipping on a hot apple cider and thanking the Almighty that the autumn weather has finally made her grand appearance.  56 degrees F and the warmest it will get today is 72.  The perfect autumn weather!

As I’ve said before, this is by far my favorite time of year!  This time of year is seductive and alluring.  How lovely it would be to have my lover cuddled with me underneath this quilt as we watch the sunrise together as we had once enjoyed during past autumns.  Soft kisses would be shared as we’d remember the night before in front of the bonfire as we'd listen to the crack and sizzle of the wood pop underneath the glowing embers and the amber flames entwined in a magical sacred dance.  There is nothing like making love in the open crisp air of autumn as the same breeze that carries the fallen leaves caress our naked flesh.

Oh, how I love this time of year!

Haunts and kisses!
Annie

HAUNTED LEGACY Gets a Wonderful Review

This just in from the beautiful Delilah Marvelle! What a glorious way to end my stressful week! Thank you so much Delilah!!!
A review of HAUNTED LEGACY, the story of Lust from the Seven Sins Print novel, published by DCL Publications.
"From the moment HAUNTED LEGACY begins I was thrust into a time of grit, yearning, passion and mystery that seized me and didn't want to let me go. It was like a ghost story of old made new with a sweeping romance that made every single word worthwhile. From the moment Sheena and Lachlan's eyes meet, the heat begins to rise and I melted seeing their wounded hearts beat for each other against all odds and the tragic history that haunted them both. Sheena and Lachlan were absolutely delicious. My only complaint is that the story had to end..." - Delilah Marvelle, author of Mistress of Pleasure and Lord of Pleasure www.DelilahMarvelle.com

Seasons Change

August is quickly coming to a close and soon we'll be within the arms of the Autumn season.
I love all seasons for their own unique reasons, but I have a fondness for Autumn.  Yes, my birthday is in October, but that isn't why.
I love the way the Autumn air feels and smells.
I love the smell of cider brewing, permeating the aroma of apple and cinnamon.
I love the crispness of the morning as I sit on the front porch wrapped in a quilt watching the sun rise.
I love the rich colors of the leaves on the trees.
I love the colors of the mums and pumpkins in the fields of the farms as I drive by them while on the road.  And I love the coziness of the way lovers snuggle under the blankets with each other as they go on hayrides in the country, listening to various ghost stories and tales of the macabre.
What do you love about Autumn, dear friends?
Haunts and kisses;
Annie

Unrequited Love

Good Monday morning my dear readers!

Today's topic...Unrequited Love.

Do you have anyone in your life that you love, but are too scared to tell them? Did you ever pass up the love of your life for another? Did you ever have a relationship that you wish was more?

Here are a couple of poems that I've written throughout the years about this very subject. I hope you enjoy.

Haunts and kisses;
Annie

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Forever Your Courtesan

Am I to forever be your courtesan
To live forever in the shadows
To only be seen when it is convenient
Never to show our affection and love among others?

Am I to forever remain silent to the fact that you are the love of my life
Knowing that I am not your only desire
That there are others at your discarding
And be one of many that share your fondness?

Am I to forever endure this torture of never being called your love
Never to hear that endearment upon your lips
To know that love isn’t within your intentions
And that I am to forever be your courtesan?

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For One More Moment

For one more moment in your presence
To gaze into your eyes again as you fasten them upon me
My heart weeps knowing that you belong to another.

For one more moment to feel your soft caress upon my skin
Such an exquisite sensation to be shaped as a sculptor creates a masterpiece
How it pains me to know that there were so many.

For one more moment to feel your lips upon mine
To taste the sweet nectar that flows from your mouth as we embrace
My heart shatters with the knowledge that you had forgotten me.
For one more moment I pray the Almighty brings swift healing of a heart torn asunder.