October is an exciting month for me, with two new releases! Nikki is helping me celebrate by inviting me to guest blog! I’ll be giving away a copy of my first Samhain book, TEMPT ME TWICE, as part of Nikki’s awesome e-reader prize! You can read about TEMPT ME TWICE, my contemporary ménage novella, on the Samhain website, or on mine: www.EdenBradley.com.

Writing ménage was so much fun I decided to do it again in THE SEEKING KISS, just out October 20th from Samhain! THE SEEKING KISS is Book One in my new Midnight Playground vampire series. Here’s the blurb:

Two vampires, one woman, an eternity of love and desire…if only she’s strong enough…

Midnight Playground, Book 1

London 2069
For as long as Nissa has known about Midnight Playground, the most exclusive of a world-wide network of vampire sex clubs, she has yearned to gain entrance—and to become one of them. Orphaned and alone from a young age, she has nothing to lose and nothing to stop her from indulging in her darkest fantasies.

Hex and his maker, Aleron, have enjoyed many play partners at the club and have often shared in the euphoria of the Seeking Kiss, that sensual blood exchange between vampires and their lovers. But Nissa’s beauty, intelligence and strength is a siren call he can’t resist.. His desire for her and her willingness to let herself be drawn by their mental pull compels Hex to consider offering to her something he’s never given another mortal– the treasured Turning Kiss.

The beautiful vampire pair entice Nissa into an intimate sexual realm beyond her wildest dreams—and she revels in it. But when she finds herself falling for one of the powerful duo, it could mean the end of her deepest fantasies. Or a new beginning she never dared to imagine…

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I haven’t written a vampire story in over twenty years. I’ve always loved to read vampire stories, and I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to get back to writing them. There’s something mysteriously sexy about a vampire. Films and books have filled our minds with these intriguing images, and each one creates a unique myth about them. In the futuristic world of my Midnight Playground series, vampires are an accepted part of society, if kept separate. They are feared, revered. And desired. The most sensual creatures on earth. Almost makes me want to go there, to the rough and frightening London of 2069. Almost….

My other October release, THE BEAUTY OF SURRENDER, is out in bookstores on October 27th, but can be pre-ordered now at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Surrender-Eden-Bradley/dp/0553385585/ , or at Borders or Barnes & Noble online. It’s also available in Kindle format if you’d rather do your reading digitally.

THE BEAUTY OF SURRENDER is a two-part contemporary erotic novel whose theme is Shibari, the ancient and sensual art of Japanese rope bondage:

Shibari, the ancient art of erotic restraint…Its finely knotted ropes are a turn-on, a sexual experience…and, for some, an absolute necessity.

Serving the Master: Desmond and Ava
At a San Francisco sex club called Pinnacle, Ava Gregory seeks something she cannot quite describe. But of one thing she is certain: the moments when she feels her most beautiful and complete are when she is tightly restrained in the Shibari ropes. At Pinnacle, she’s paired with a master: Desmond Hale, who thrives on control. But something surprising happens when Desmond binds Ava’s willing body and takes her to the edge of ecstasy. And now the two are taking their relationship out of the shadows of the club, sharing secrets unleashed and bodies unbound.…

Soothing the Beast: Marina and James
An art dealer and Shibari master, Marina has never hesitated to dominate anyone. Until she meets James, a dark, gorgeous, towering journalist who’s survived horrors around the world. James confesses that submission is the only way to clear his troubled mind, but Marina is instantly overwhelmed by his strength and magnetism. To share the pleasures of bondage, something must change between them. When it does, it will come with an explosion of unexpected pleasure—and a relationship that neither could ever have imagined.…

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I always love to explore power play, in every form. The psychology of why people look to exotic forms of sensual stimulation is fascinating to me, and this book was no different. The second part of the book, Soothing the Beast, was especially challenging to write in that James is the one being bound. I wanted to pay a lot of attention to never making him appear weak to the reader-or to Marina-and I think I accomplished that. James is a strong, sexy, tortured hero, and I hope you’ll all fall in love with him!

I’m always interested to know what readers think about some of these more extreme sexual themes in books: bondage, BDSM, ménage, the exchange of blood in vampire books. I love that extra bit of excitement-more fun to write, and adds variety-but what do you love to read? What’s your favorite ‘extreme sport’ in erotic fiction?

**CONTEST** Everyone who visits Nikki’s blog today will be eligible to win a copy of my BDSM-themed e-novella, BREAKING SKYE. Just send me an email with ‘Nikki Duncan October Blog Party’ in the subject line: eden_bradley@yahoo.com. All entries must be received by midnight tomorrow night. A winner will be chosen on Saturday, October 24th.

Meanwhile, I hope you’ll enjoy my latest books! You can check my website www.EdenBradley.com for more book news and upcoming appearances. I’m always out and about in the Los Angeles area, on Playboy Radio, and I’ll be at the Romantic Times convention in April next year.

You can also find me on Facebook and on my group blog, The Smutketeers: www.Smutketeers.com!

Thanks so much for having me today!