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  • 15 May

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    Cougar Growls tour: Ashley Ladd

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    How To Be A Cougar

    Are you tired of men your age and older who have let themselves go? Who complain about their aches and pains? Who expect to be coddled? Who are married to the TV?

    Meanwhile, there’s a wealth of beautiful younger men in your orbit who are so buff they make your panties wet? They work out at the gym. They participate in fun activities. They’re on the go, living life…just like you are.

    Obviously the younger, active men are much better mates than the couch potato.

    1. Be confident. Confidence is the sexiest attribute a person can have. It’s the number one reason younger men like to date older women.
    2. Be independent. This is the number two reason younger men like to date older women.
    3. Don’t be a drama queen.
    4. Be a gorgeous, sophisticated animal. Stay in shape. Go to the gym. Walk an hour a night. Eat well. Take good care of yourself.
    5. Put yourself together. Men look at the total package. Wear makeup. Style your hair nicely. Dress nicely. They’re much more likely to look at the sum, not single out your beautiful eyes or nice smile if the rest is frumpy or trashy.
    6. Be sexually savvy.
    7. Be energetic.
    8. Pounce. Be sleek, strong, sexy, and in control. Flirt. Give the younger man confidence to be with you.
    9. Don’t give the younger man your daughter’s phone number. Give him yours!
    10. Talk a good game. Keep the conversation happy, light, and positive. Many younger men like older women because they aren’t vapid like their younger counterparts. Older women have maturity, grace, and experience. They like themselves. They can hold an interesting conversation.
    11. Be fun. If you don’t enjoy being around a couch potato, neither will your younger man. Go line dancing. Play tennis. Ride bicycles. Be active in clubs and community events. Go to the beach.
    12. Have no shame. Don’t listen to naysayers. It’s survival of the fittest.

    In a recent survey by the AARP, 34% of older women are dating younger men. This is women age 40 and older dating younger men, usually at least 10 years younger. Also, a recent survey by Cosmo found that 30% of men are willing to date older women.

    Scene of the Crime by Ashley Ladd

    Robin didn’t know whether to be relieved or appalled that the sexy man she’d fallen into bed with wasn’t her ex-boyfriend, but his adult son.

    When Robin returns to her alma mater as a professor of history, she can’t believe her ex-boyfriend is still on campus, much less looking so young and buff after twenty years. The sexy-as-hell man she’d seen on her first day back, however, isn’t her ex but his adult son. Although she wants nothing to do with either of them, they won’t leave her head or her heart alone.

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    COMPETITION: We’re at the end of the week but there’s still time for you to win! I’ll be collecting all the comments for every blog entry for this week on TUESDAY! Everyone who comments will be in the draw to win a copy of the Cougars & Cubs anthology. I’ll announce the winner next WEDNESDAY, so start commenting! Next week, back to my usual ravings. Have a good weekend everyone.

  • 14 May

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    Cougar Growls blog tour: KS Augustin

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    A bit about Singapore Sizzle

    I haven’t been writing romance for very long at all. It’s only been three years (April 2007) since my first erotic sf romance was published. But I’ve learnt a lot in those short years. Lots about writing, but lots about genres as well. And, in that time, I’ve started to notice the emergence of romance heroes who are not your standard, Western, pale-skinned man. Of course, Harlequin have always had the Greek shipping magnate and the Arab prince but what I mean are heroes from more far-flung areas, like Central Europe and Asia. And suddenly, when the call came for contributions to a Cougars and Cubs anthology from Total-E-Bound, the time seemed right to introduce Adrian Pereira, a Portuguese Eurasian from Singapore.

    Eurasians in my part of the world have a couple of things going for them. Because they do not belong to any one major ethnic group, they’re regarded as being neutral players in south-east Asia. During colonial times, the British often hired them as government administrators and teachers at local schools. Also, they’re usually quite attractive, due to the mix of European and Asian genes that course through their bodies, and many parents still like to classify their children as “Eurasian” due to the aesthetic appeal such a label conjures up. (If all that sounds a bit weird, remember that we’re talking about a different part of the world here. This is how it is in south-east Asia.)

    So, to have a bored divorced woman looking for adventure in Singapore, and finding it with a young, handsome Portuguese Eurasian, doesn’t require much imagination at all.

    For the story, I put myself in Sophie’s shoes. She is a smart, accomplished woman finding her own path in Singapore after her divorced husband goes back to the UK. Singapore is a vibrant city, but Sophie feels an emptiness that the glitz of living in such a metropolis can’t satisfy. When a well-meaning matchmaker, George Chua, sets her up to attend a swanky masquerade ball, Sophie decides to take her courage in her hands and attend, with the idea of spending the night with some handsome buck. But when the buck she’s chosen wants more, what is she to do?

    During edits, the anthology editor, Liz Delisi, and I discussed some of matchmaker George Chua’s vocal mannerisms. I enjoyed writing George because I know so many locals like him – cheerful, nosey, well-meaning yet sometimes insensitive with their good intentions. I cringed along with Sophie when she discovered she was the dinnertime topic of conversation between George and his family, an admission George made happily and openly! Although some of the patois is non-grammatical, I wanted to retain it because that’s the rhythm of the region and if anyone has visited Singapore and reads the story, I hope they’ll get a smile from George Chua.

    I also hope readers will like the steady humour and smooth-skinned sexiness of Adrian Pereira. I could well imagine being tempted by someone like him, and I hope you are too!

    * If you can’t think of any Eurasians, how about Keanu Reeves or Dean Cain?

    Singapore Sizzle by KS Augustin

    Sophie Woodward is English, divorced, living in Singapore…and bored, bored, Bored! But is she ready for handsome, exotic, young Adrian Pereira?

    Sophie Woodward moved to Singapore with her banker husband, Tim. But that was years ago. When they got divorced, Tim moved back to the UK and Sophie decided to craft a new life in the modern Asian metropolis.

    The problem is, things haven’t turned out the way she hoped. Although she has a rewarding career, she’s restless, wondering if this is as good as life gets.

    Cajoled into attending a masquerade ball for charity, Sophie meets a charming stranger and spends the night with him in hot, steamy sex. The problem comes when he wants to see more of her, and Sophie has to confront her own insecurities. After all, she’s almost ten years his senior! Is there any hope for a relationship between them? Or was the sizzle a mere flash in the pan?

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  • 13 May

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    Cougar Growls blog tour: Mia Watts

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    Okay, so I’m probably out of order or something but for those of you who know me, that’s to be expected. I think I’m supposed to tell you a little about me and then a little about my story and possibly a little about the whole “cougar/cub” thing. I can do that. Sometimes I actually stay on task so I’ll give it a go.

    Howdy, I’m Mia. I usually write guy on guy erotic romances but occasionally take the dive into guy on gal or, um, gal on guy. (That would be my intro. One down, two to go) This Anthology is about the wonders of experiences women with younger men. Now, I’m not talking sluts. I’m talking about LIFE experience. ‘Cause honeys, some of these young men know what they’re doing! I’m just sayin’. You can’t tell me that if a younger man (whether a couple of years to a couple of, um, more years) hit on you and made you feel like the sexiest creature to walk the Earth, you wouldn’t at least be curious about how he intends to follow through. Nope, you can’t because I won’t believe you. Liar.

    (That was part two. See? I can do this!) My story is about an older woman and a younger man. *cheesy grin* Surprised, aren’t you? I mean, such a theme in a cougar anthology has your head spinning doesn’t it?

    Heh.

    Oh, you want a little more insight?

    She’s a woman who is very close to her best friend. Though she’s a bit younger than her friend, they have known each other for years. The catch is, her friend has this son. This HAWT son whom she’s tried to overlook, but younger son isn’t having it. He’s in his thirties so he knows what he wants and isn’t into games. An innocent hug turns into a whole lot more than she bargained for.

    Anyway, the Anthology is out now at Total-E-Bound(dot)com. Here’s a week’s worth of fantastic authors bringing you hot sex. Could there be anything better than that? NO! Go buy your book. Do it now. It’s good Karma. For all I know, a cluster of hunky young men will show up at your door begging you to let them please you.

    *blink* *blink*

    Seriously.

    Melting Melinda by Mia Watts

    Melinda’s ignored her attraction to best friend’s son, Ethan, for years. Now he’s grown and not taking no for an answer. Can she fight her attraction and his?

    Melinda knows there are some lines you just don’t cross. Having erotic thoughts about her best friend’s son is one of those lines.

    Ethan isn’t a child and neither is his crush on the one woman who’s been off limits. It only takes one look, one ragged breath, for Ethan to call her bluff.

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  • 12 May

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    Cougar Growls blog tour: Elizabeth Coldwell

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    Are You Experienced?

    Elizabeth Coldwell worked on Forum magazine for twenty years, and has had stories published by Black Lace, Cleis Press and Xcite Books among many others. Something Within Him in the Cougars And Cubs anthology is her second release with Total-e-bound, her first being The Christmas Box, part of the Christmas Crackers series. Her other big passion apart from writing is Rotherham United, and she lives in London with her partner and two cats, only one of whom thinks walking over her keyboard when she’s typing is a good idea…

    Waiting on a tube station platform the other evening, I saw a huge poster advertising Courteney Cox’s new TV show, Cougar Town, which has just started airing in the UK on the Living Channel. Featuring a shot of Courteney straddling a chair provocatively, it bore the slogan “No Experience Necessary”. It made me smile, because experience is one of the themes running through my story in the Cougars And Cubs anthology, Something Within Him.

    I originally started writing it when another publisher was looking for cougar-themed stories. At the time, a cute young man I knew had started on a journalism course, and friends were teasing me that I should offer him work experience – even though his degree was in sports writing and I edited a magazine dealing with sex and human relationships ­– just to have him brightening up the office! Out of the jokes came the idea for a story in which a woman whose policy was not to accept interns was forced to take one on as a favour to her best friend, only to find herself deeply attracted to him. The story ended up being sidelined because of work deadlines, but when the call for Cougars And Cubs came out, I had the time to work on it again. By the time I’d finished it, it had become one of my favourite things I’ve written.

    I couldn’t resist setting some of the action in Amsterdam, a city I really love. The place has a unique mixture of the blatantly erotic (the red light area, where cougar Kate and her young lover, Stephen go shopping for adult toys) and the romantic (the canalside hotel where they finally act on the sexual attraction they feel for each other), and a beautifully relaxed vibe which actively encourages you to do nothing but take it easy and enjoy yourself. As the story unfolds, Kate has the opportunity to give Stephen the benefit of her experience, both in a work setting and in bed, but he also turns up with a few tricks of his own. Out of their everyday environment, they have the opportunity to explore the dominant and submissive sides of their personalities and play some deliciously naughty games together.

    Of course, no relationship where there’s a big age gap between the two partners is ever free of conflict, and I knew I had to explore some of these in the course of the story. Kate initially worries – needlessly, as it turns out – about having to compete with younger women for Stephen’s affections. She and Stephen also have to cope with the negative reaction of Stephen’s best friend, Charlie, who thinks Stephen should really be dating someone of his own age. But love always has the possibility to conquer all, and there are enough real-life cougars in long-standing relationships with hot young cubs to prove that if you overcome those obstacles it really can be happy ever after…

    Find out more about Elizabeth and her stories at http:elizabethcoldwell.wordpress.com

    Something Within Him by Elizabeth Coldwell

    He was looking for work experience, but she taught him so much more…

    Kate Mellanby has one rule on the magazine she edits? She never offers work placements to students. Then her best friend asks her to employ Stephen, a friend of her son, as a favour.

    Wanting to turn the boy down, she discovers he is not only a talented writer, but very cute, too. She knows she shouldn’t act on the attraction she feels for him as she is his boss and he is only half her age. But when they are thrown together on a press trip to Amsterdam, they can no longer ignore their mutual passion, and share a night of explosive sex.

    Stephen’s jealous friend believes this is nothing more than a fling. Kate is determined to prove him wrong, and as their liaison grows kinkier, so love begins to blossom between the high-flying cougar and her cub.

    Reader Advisory: This story contains scenes of domination and strap-on play.

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  • 11 May

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    Cougar Growls blog tour: Catherine Chernow

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    From a Cub’s Point of View…

    Jake Conroy stopped by to chat recently. He’s the handsome, drop-dead sexy, hero from LUCKY IN LOVE, my story in the ‘Cougars and Cubs’ erotic romance anthology, available for sale from Totalebound Publishing beginning May 10th.

    Jake’s an alpha male, the kind of hero I adore writing about. He fits the ‘alpha male’ profile, where a guy’s got to be strong, sexy, smart, protective and focused solely on the heroine. While Jake’s all of that, he’s got a little twist to his character, because he’s younger than Maddie Summers, the heroine. I’m not surprised Jake’s got what it takes to go after his heart’s desire, but I wanted to see things from his point of view as a younger male hero.

    While we chatted together (lucky me!), Jake gave some candid answers to my very personal questions…

    Q: Jake, what did you think when you first saw Maddie?

    A: I felt sucker-punched, right in the gut. Maddie is different from the type of woman I’m used to.

    He sits back, stretching his long legs out in front of him. On the surface, Jake is relaxed, composed, but I sense a coiled tension in him, like anticipation. Maybe its because he can’t wait to see his Madz again.

    Q: In what way? I mean, what kind of woman have you been with so far?

    A: A woman who is my age.

    A corner of Jake’s sensual mouth lifts. He gives me one of his killer smiles. No wonder Maddie is wild about him!

    Q: So, you usually date or have relationships with women your age. How old are you?

    A: 35

    Hmmm…

    Q: And Maddie is how old?

    He leans forward, resting his tanned, muscular arms on the table in front of him. Reaching for his coffee mug, he sips slowly. Watching the play of muscles in his gorgeous forearms and seeing how the corded muscles on his neck contract when he drinks that coffee, I now understand Maddie’s attraction for him.

    Then, he answers…

    A: Maddie is fabulously 50.

    Now, it’s my turn to smile. Wow, he’s got it bad for her.

    Q: Why fabulous?

    A: She’s more mature than the women I’m used to…

    I roll my eyes.

    Q: That’s a given, considering her age.

    A: I’m talking about what’s in here.

    Jake lifts his large hand. Using his palm, he pats his heart.

    Q: You mean something else entirely?

    A: Correct. She’s got more inside her, more depth of character, simply because she’s experienced more.

    Q: Like what, for instance?

    A: Life’s ups and downs. She’s had to learn to roll with lots of stuff, things that make you stronger.

    Q: And younger women, or women your age, don’t?

    A: Maybe because the women I’ve know who are my age are totally focused on themselves and what they want.

    Q: You can’t blame age for that entirely, maybe it’s the person.

    He gets a thoughtful look on his face, like he’s remembering something painful, for his face is drawn in tight lines.

    A: All I know is, Maddie is patient and kind – she’s forgiving, too. I’m always in a hurry, striving to get to the next goal, the next part of my life. Maddie’s there already. It’s like she balances me.

    Q: That’s what you sought then, balance in your life?

    Again, he appears thoughtful.

    A: I can’t say it’s what I went looking for. When I moved from California to Long Island, I left behind some painful memories. I sought change.

    His grin widens. He continues his answer…

    …and it came in the form of Maddie.

    Okay, so now I’m dying to know…

    Q: So how is making love with an older woman?

    His smile turns rueful.

    A: I never kiss and tell.

    Damn!

    I pinch my thumb and index finger together, lifting them both in the air…

    Q: Just a little hint, maybe? Please?

    His voice drops an octave. It sounds positively sexy and wicked.

    A: I can tell you that it gave me great pleasure to give Maddie everything she wants in bed, no matter how kinky.

    Okay, so now my entire body is flushed…

    Q: Great! Now I need a cold shower.

    He chuckles. The sound is warm and rich, like smooth honey poured from a jar.

    A: Ah. Yes. The shower. My favorite place to make love with my Madz.

    I close my notepad because I suddenly can’t write. My fingers are shaking.

    He’s grinning again. The wretch! No wonder Maddie is head over heels about Jake.

    But I wonder, can they truly make it work with the difference in their ages?

    Q: Do you think society accepts your relationship?

    A: You’ll have to read LUCKY IN LOVE to find out.

    Q: Maddie is one lucky lady.

    A: I’m the lucky one.

    After Jake left, I was in a great mood for the rest of the day. I hope he and Maddie can make a go of it. Read my story, LUCKY IN LOVE, to find out, and all the other super hot stories in Totalebound’s Cougar and Cub Anthology. You’ll find them all right here…

    Lucky in Love by Catherine Chernow

    She’s a cougar, he’s a cub, can they find happiness together and be…Lucky in Love?

    Maddie Summers’ friends nicknamed her ‘Lucky’. The scratch-off lottery tickets she gives them for their birthdays are winners. There’s only one place Maddie could use some of that good fortune – her love life. She’s at that midpoint of her life – 50 – with grey hairs and a few inches added to her waistline. When her husband left her for a younger woman, a part of her died, but she bounced back, and now she’s ready for…what? Maddie isn’t sure what she wants to do with the rest of her life, but she’s determined not to let it slip by.

    Her dormant hormones spring to life the day six-feet, four-inches of drop-dead gorgeous man moves in to the vacant house next to hers. He’s got her hot. He’s got her panting. There’s just one problem – he’s thirty-five.

    Jake Conroy’s life changes the day he finds his sexy new neighbor standing on his doorstep. He’s not looking for love, he’s looking for a fresh start in a new town, with a new job. He never figured on meeting Maddie, an older woman with a new attitude.

    Maddie is patient and forgiving, while most of Jake’s peers are not. Her family has raised eyebrows and his job isn’t working out. Is their cougar and cub relationship just a fling, or will they prove they are…

    Lucky in Love.

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  • 10 May

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    Cougar Growls blog tour: Imari Jade

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    Hello everyone and welcome to the kick off day of the Cougar Growls Blog Tour to celebrate the release of Total E-Bound’s newest anthology, Cougars and Cubs (romance between older women and younger men).

    First up is Imari Jade, author of “Something to be Thankful For.” Imari, please introduce yourself and tell the readers something about your story.

    Hi everyone, my name is Imari Jade and I hail from Marrero, Louisiana, sister city of New Orleans where I was born and raised. I’ve been writing for a number of years but this is my first release with Total E-Bound and hopefully not my last. I’m divorced, have three sons and six grandchildren and during the day I work as a financial analyst.

    I’d like to share my take on an article I just read:

    “Kick Ass” Cradle Robber: 19 year old star of Kick Ass is engaged to the 43 year old director of his last film and she’s pregnant with his child.

    I was sitting in the office when I seen the story on the Internet. One of my coworkers is a male in his early- to mid- forties and the other is a male in his late twenties. Naturally they took the side of the 19 year old actor while I gave props to the 43 year old director. So when one of them asked me if I’d date a 19 year old I answered “Hell yeah.” (Relax folks, I’m only kidding). My three fantasy dream dates are Tom Welling, Orlando Bloom and Taylor Lautner. All three are gorgeous, sexy and full of stamina. What older woman wouldn’t be tempted when given the choice of them or a man our own age that have to use the little blue pill to entertain us? If a 30 year old wanted to spend some quality time with me I’d probably jump at the chance as soon as I checked out his medical history, his earning potential and his family background. 19 year olds are a bit young and inexperienced and we cougars are looking for someone to spend time with. Hell, you can’t take a 19 year old clubbing, you can’t reference anything before the nineties, and they don’t share their video games.

    Imari Jade is multi-genre romance and horror writer, and bit of a humorist. You can contact her through her website: http://www.imarijade.com/

    Or at her blogs: http://imarijade.blogspot.com/ and http://www.myspace.com/imarijade

    Something to be Thankful For by Imari Jade

    A middle-age paranoid manager and a bad boy rocker try to persuade each other that in a relationship age does not matter.

    Music manager Julianne Richmond’s life gets turned upside down when her musical prodigy Cameron Justice announces that he is in love with her. Normally she would be flattered but she’s in her forties and he is just a babe which in her book has the making of a bad love song.

    Bad boy rocker Cameron Justice has everything…money, a beautiful mansion, expensive cars, and the lead in an upcoming movie. He is admired by women from all over the world and the envy of men. Spoiled and rotten to a fault, Cameron is used to getting his way. So when he confesses his love to his manager Julianne he naturally thought she would accept.

    Unfortunately, Julianne turns him down like a hot potato because he is too young for her and bruises his fragile little rock star ego. On one of his wild tirades Cameron packs up his things and leaves Hollywood.

    Spurred by the mass hysteria of Cameron’s fans Julianne hops in a car and drives halfway across the country to bring his psychotic butt home. But once she finds him back in the sleeping little mountain town where he was born, dressed in tight-fitting jeans and a plaid shirt she discovers maybe having a sexy young blond mountain man might not be a bad thing.

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