Author: Raleigh Damson

Be A Brat Like This….

So this morning, I was drinking my tea, looking out my Book-making-shop’s window at the frost scattered on the rooftop of the garage next door (as one does in May) and thought about where I left last Kayleigh and Erik.
At Club Bandit and Kayleigh has just sunk to her knees. And is going to be surprised about how that goes because, you know, you can’t always get what you want…*even* if you offer something….

I got some words down this week – not a lot but some. And I had a back-and-forth with new readers, and that’s always so much fun. I enjoy connecting with readers who take the time to drop me a message, and I think meeting readers is definitely one of my favourite parts of being an indie author.

This week’s #FridayKiss is from Flame For Chance, the newest release in the Bandit Brothers series. You can find it here .

Of course, Sasha has been to the art gallery because you really can’t miss it. And she’s kind of into art and design. I adore their back and forth and I think if you’re going to brat it’s the wiser course of action to choose the time and place.

Enjoy your weekend! And if you have warm sunshine and no frost in sight, know that I am a little jelly.

Friday Kiss

 

 

Happy Birthday, to the Submissive who Loves Two Doms…

Or to the book where the submissive loves two Doms and doesn’t want to choose. A year ago, Flame For Two was released into the world! This book – took a lot to get done. I had the most editing eyes on it and the most editing passes. I was worried about writing from three different perspectives if I could maintain three other voices>
I adored these characters and wanted to ensure I did right by them.

These characters haven’t quite left me, and if you haven’t checked out the bonus scene, it can be found here. If you are on my newsletter list, you can expect a new bonus scene this Friday.
This is my best-selling title to date, and I love that so many readers have found something about Logan, Xander and Harper they can connect with!

quote from Flame For Two

Happy May! Enter the Mystery Bag Giveaway!

Rabbit! Rabbit! Rabbit! 

Happy May Day, Joyous Beltane and hope you have a great Monday on the first day of the new month.

I’m drinking semi-warm coffee and trying to shake off the cobwebs of the weekend to get back to Kayleigh and Erik’s story. He’s undressing her for the first time and Kayleigh is a little jittery about this…a little nervous. Erik is cool and detached on the outside, but he’s a hot volcano on the inside. I’m having so much fun writing this book! Pre-order here! 

Ellen Mint's Mystery Grab Bag

For the month of May, I am taking part in Ellen Mint’s Romance Grab Bag Giveaway!

There are a lot of giveaways out there but a virtual mystery bag of books? I had to get in on it!

Fill your eReader with a surprise!

https://ellenmint.blog/romance-mystery-bag-giveaway/ 

Is your eReader full of tumbleweeds? Do you need something to read but have no idea where to start? Let my mystery box pick for you!

Sixty-Three authors teamed up to bring you FIFTY-TWO mystery bags of romance. Alpha heroes, untouchable bosses, sexy vampires, kilted pirates, and more wait to sweep you away. There will be numerous winners!

You get to pick between the three categories that interest you most: Contemporary, Historical, Paranormal.

Enter whichever genre is your catnip, or go for all three if you love everything romance.

Do you want a sneak peek hint of which books are available in the bundle? Visit the giveaway page to check them out and enter.

The giveaway is sponsored by these wonderful authors:

Ellen Mint • Katherine Grant • Heather DiAngelis • Fenna Edgewood • Stephanie Queen • Briar Boleyn • Courtney McCaskill • Zoe Beth Geller • Diane Scott Lewis • Beth Henderson • Kris Butler • January Bain • Peter E. Fenton • Will Forrest • Sheri-Lynn Marean • Isabelle Kane and Caroline Akervik • Maggie Sims • Stevie MacFarlane • Ashe Barker • Delta James • Tracy Sumner • Libby Campbell • Charlie Lane • Cassie O’Brien • Pepper North • Tina Gallagher • Amber Night • T. Strange • Wendi Zwaduk • Celia Breslin • Megan Slayer • Renae Wright • Tanith Davenport • Jane Maguire • AE Lister • N.J. Adel • Shana Galen • Sadira Stone • Seelie Kay •M.C. Roth • Poppy Flynn • RJ Gray •Vanessa Brooks • Zoe Dawson • Erin Zarro • Michelle Deerwester-Dalrymple • Sandra Carmel • Tanya Wilde • Raleigh Damson • Kristian Parker • H.M. Shander • Letty Frame • Gin Vane • Maggie Blackbird • Madelynne Ellis • Laylah Roberts • MK Chester • Amber Daulton • Catherine Peace • Cassia Briar • Gray Holborn • Sara Ohlin • Jamie Schulz

To make mistakes is to keep going

As an indie author, I strive to put out the best product I possibly can.

I use beta readers.

I have an alpha reader.

I have ARC readers and supporters who I bounce things off of if I am unsure.

I pay for different kinds of editing at different stages and strive to have that book as polished and finished as I possibly can by the time readers have spent their hard earned cash on that book. I want their experience to be enjoyable and as flawless as possible.

But when I make a mistake, I own it and do my best to correct it, like with the wonky formatting in Flame True, see this post

And in that post, I had a typo on “street team.”

But wanting to be perfect, and worrying about the technicalities I constantly struggle with is what kept me from writing for a good amount of time. So it was a learning process of learning to be open enough to hear the criticisms and knowing when I have absolutely done my best and not to touch it anymore.

So when I sent out a new newsletter the other day, welcoming new subscribers to my list, with “spciy” in the subject line instead of “spicy,” I cringed. But there isn’t anything I can do about it because I didn’t want to re-send another newsletter over a typo in a subject line – if it was in the context or subject of the actual message, I would have.

Making mistakes and carrying on is a whole skill set that is awfully useful in being an indie author (and in the quest to be a good human, too, in my opinion).

And sometimes, it’s knowing when to give yourself permission to write something really awful.

I’m working on a chapter of Flame For Foe today and it’s clunky, the words aren’t flowing because somewhere in my head, I am in knots about it being “right” or “good enough” and those thoughts don’t have a place here, for something nobody other than me, is going to see – I know it won’t be like this when betas get it. And giving myself that permission – that grace, to have an awful chunk of writing but to do it anyways, is how I am doing this indie-author thing.

If you want to read a BDSM book about an FMC who is a demisexual, Flame For Foe is up for pre-order here.

And check out these free erotica reads in this month’s Erotica Give-a-way in this Bookfunnel promotion!

Free Erotica

 

Here Be Bears

It’s defintely and finally Spring in these parts because the first sighting of a mama bear and her cubs happened today! And it reminded me of this snippet from Flame For Chance. Finn has taken Sasha to his cabin and she’s a city girl (see below).  I am furiously writing away on Kayleigh and Erik’s story and I think I’m enjoying it a little too much. For those interested, there is a pre-order up for it, here.

Quote from Flame For Chance by Raleigh Damson, on a wood panel background and a white text box in purple font.

Good Girls Get Orgasms: Flame For Chance Teaser

Flame For Chance, Bandit Brothers Book #5 is out! And thank you so much for making this a fantastic, amazing release!

I’m sharing a this teaser from Flame For Chance, where Finn kisses Sasha for the first time after he gives her what she needed……below…keep reading.
You can buy Flame For Chance here 
If you’ve read, Flame For Chance, consider leaving a review – anywhere! Reviews really do help indie books get noticed.

I had to share that I have a signed paperback copy of Flame For Two, in this massive St. Patty’s give-a-way! All of these amazing authors have come together to give one lucky winner 90+ signed paperbacks! Click here (or the image below)

St. Patty's Massive Give A Way

 

If you’re a reader and love to get your hands on ARC’s, consider joining this new Facebook Group: Supporting Author Sign-up-wanted promo readers, bloggers, insta and more

Hope you have a great start to your week! And you enjoy this teaser from Flame For Chance.

Her pouty lips parted, and he slid his thumb to her chin, pressing down gently.

“How do you feel?”

“Good,” she wiggled on his lap.

“Satisfied?”

“Mostly,” she smiled.

He was going to dream about that small sly smile.

“What would make you feel more satisfied?”

“If you kissed me?”

She didn’t have to ask again. His lips brushed against her mouth, his tongue found hers, and he probed it gently, urging her to open.
She did, and the sweet taste of her flooded his brain. The fierceness with which he wanted this woman surprised him.
She made the sweetest little whimpers, and Finn deepened the kiss, loving her sweet taste.

He broke off the kiss, hugging her against him. “You took your punishment very well. Say ‘thank-you, Sir.’”

Sasha scowled. “Thank you, Sir,” she bit out.

Finn laughed. “You’re welcome, Sasha.”

“What happens now?” She asked. She traced his face lightly, the pads of her fingertips warm.

“We can get together and play soon if you want.”

“Yes, I do,” Sasha said.

“All right. Text me and let me know your schedule,” he eased her off his lap. “Would using your vibe make you more satisfied?”

Her breath hissed. “Your cock in me would give me what I want.”

“Next time, little pet,” he said. “Good girls get orgasms. And good girl spankings.”

“I want that,” Sasha said.
Finn stopped himself from throwing her on the bed like he wanted. But he needed to take this slow.
Instead, he pushed a stray strand of hair behind her ear. “Good night, Sasha.”

 “Night, Sir.”

His heart swelled at hearing that unprompted from her lips in that soft, breezy voice.
“Good night, little pet,” Finn kissed her forehead. “Lock your door.”

Sasha nodded and closed the door.

Finn waited until he heard the lock click and made his way downstairs.

Outside in the early evening, he glanced at the sky, the sliver of a moon visible. In his car, he sat for a moment, breathing hard.

His heart lurched with a swirl of grief, remembering another sub and another time. But as he started his car, his palm tingled, remembering the feel of Sasha’s flesh under his hand and how, for tonight, she gave way to him, and that put a massive smile on his face and eased the tug of grief. She might be a brat, but tonight he saw glimpses of her vulnerability, making her a challenge he wanted to pursue.

Happy Spring!

Happy Spring Equinox!

I feel like I ran a bit of a marathon (pure analogy, the thought of actually running a marathon makes me feel kind of panicked, it’s a hard pass) with all the running around I did this morning but now I’m settling back into my Book Shop room, with a plant table that sorely needs tending…and really, today would be a great day to get on to that. It isn’t snowing at the moment, and just for a moment, I can get lured into thinking spring weather is actually going to arrive…sometime …. soon.

 

 

Spring forward… and Nook Promotion

I made coffee at 5 pm because the idiocy of spring forward caught up to me. All of my people have colds and it’s kept me away from writing this week but that’s okay, rest is good…or so I’m trying to tell myself.
And we should wake up to that white stuff that falls from the sky and ensures spring isn’t actually near for us, here … at least not yet.

Initial ARC feedback has started to come in for Flame For Chance and I’m so excited. Though I always have a general idea of what story I want to write, for me a lot of the time, it starts with a character.

The entire Bandit Brothers Series started around one character and readers finally get to meet Jordan (a little bit, kind of like a cameo) in Sasha and Finn’s story. I’m so thrilled with this book!

If you read on Nook and buy Flame True, you can get 50% off of Flame For Two. This promotion ends on March 31st, 2022

 

There’s a time for envy…Paperbacks?

When you’re scrolling your social media and you’re seeing snowdrops poking through the earth and greenery sprouting and buds on branches….oh the envy I feel!

Because in this corner of the world, we are still a long way from that anything green. Freezing temps in the forecast and more snow on the way. All the humans in my vicinity have the sniffles, myself included and that’s making the words a bit slow. And the author is a bit annoyed but it’s probably more being the one who looks after all the people with the sniffles- maybe you know how that goes.

I’ve been asked if I have paperbacks for sale, and I do! I have copies of Flame For You, Flame For Two and Flame Again. Flame True and Flame For Chance will be in paperback…around the summer.

Someday, I’d like to have a shop sit up all proper but for now, if you want a signed paperback copy, drop me an email: raleigh@raleighdamson.com, let me know which book, if you want it dedicated to name, or just signed and if you give me a postal code or a zip code, I’ll work out the cost of shipping and send you an invoice.

I know, this is super low-tech and maybe extra hoops but it’s what I got right now! I like chatting to readers and I don’t bite promise. I will add that shipping in Canada and shipping to most States, so for in my experience it works out to be $20USD for shipping.

ARCs for Flame For Chance have gone out and pre-order is up .

I’m so grateful I get to release the book on my author anniversary! It’s the best way I could think of to celebrate it.

The brat and the bodyguard: Flame For Chance open for pre-order!

Sasha and Finn finally get to come into the spotlight! Flame For Chance is available for pre-order, where ever you get your ebooks.
Click here!

Bandit Brothers book five

Can this bratty submissive learn to trust?

Sasha Reynolds wants a Dom who is tough enough to handle her, soft enough not to break her; past relationships have made her wary that finding a Dom like that is possible.
When her rock climbing instructor sets her up with his buddy, Sasha is hopeful but old habits get the best of her and the night of sexy play screeches to a halt.
Finn Krawiec has a reputation for being a caring Dom, yet one who isn’t out for long-term commitment – at least he wasn’t.
But now that he has no backup plan, is he ready to commit?
After that night with Sasha, Finn is certain he isn’t what Sasha wants.
When Sasha finds herself in danger, Finn is assigned to be her bodyguard. He can’t ignore the attraction between them and wants more of the spitfire brat.
Finn knows Sasha is worth another chance; if she can stay long enough to learn to trust him.