Dateline, May, 11, 2010

Now Available from Phaze!

Binary Stars Vol. 4: Performance Review and Spank. by D. Musgrave and Nona Wesley

Genre: Ds/Contemporary/Spanking

Length: Novella 5K – 10K

Buy Here: Binary Stars Vol. 4

Mark goes to work for a friend.  It’s a mistake.  He’s given an ultimatum that is doomed to fail. After a particularly bad performance review, he catches the owner’s wife having sex with the shop foreman.  With nothing left to lose, he takes advantage of the situation and teaches her a lesson.

Dateline, May, 05, 2010

Now Available from Phaze!

Sexual Healing: Too Shy by D. Musgrave

By: D. Musgrave

Genre: F/F

Erotica Category: Pulsar

Buy Here: Sexual Healing: Too Shy 

Blurb:

Dateline, February 21st, 2010

The Portal of Eros February 2010 Newsletter Available!

To see the details, check out my full newsletter at: Portal of Eros

If you don't receive the newsletter in your email, you can find it in the files section at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/d_musgrave_newsletter/

*Publishing News*

All the publishing news that's fit for reading.

*Non-Writing Pictorial*

A monthly pictorial of scenes from the life of an erotic writer.

*Available Works*

I've listed my most recent releases and where to find them.

*Free Read*

Excerpt from Her Man's Confessions: The Harness.

Dateline, December 17th, 2009

Huge lump of news!

After many months of talk, the news is starting to flow in.

Coming April 2010

Title: Sexual Healing: Too Shy     

By: D. Musgrave

Genre: F/F

Erotica Category: Pulsar

Blurb:

Despite being married for several years, and loving her husband with all her heart, Sophia is looking for something more—the Big O. But her deep-seated shyness has made that search all but impossible.

Can Dr. Marianne Haley show the inhibited Sophia the way to bliss?  Can she guide Sophia to take what she needs, to both her and her husband's pleasure?

Dateline, December 17th, 2009

Coming May 2010

Title: Binary Stars 4

Performance Review

By: D. Musgrave and Nona Wesley

Genre: Ds/Contemporary/Spanking

Length: Novella 5K – 10K

 The Blurb: Mark goes to work for a friend.  It’s a mistake.  He’s given an ultimatum that is doomed to fail. After the performance review, he catches the owner’s wife having sex with the shop foreman.  With nothing left to lose, he takes advantage of the situation and teaches her a lesson.

Dateline, December 17th, 2009

Dateline, December 9th, 2009

A New Cover for Trail of Seduction!

Renaissance E-books just revamped the cover art for my Erotic Western Trail of Seduction.
This newly designed cover is a vast improvement over the original and is much closer to my internal vision of the heroine, Kathleen.
To say I'm jazzed about this is an understatement.

Dateline, April 4th, 2009

Four Star Rating from The Romance Studio.

Dr. Marianne Haley is a sexual surrogate who enjoys her work. Helping individuals and couples enjoy their sexuality is more than a job to her. Jean and Michael are a forty-something couple whose marriage is suffering because they’ve never been able to share their fantasies except with Dr. Haley. She thinks she may have the solution to their problems if they’re able to put the desires into practice with her help.

Derek Musgrave has penned an easily read tale of BDSM from the unique perspective of the Doctor who’s a bit of a voyeur and exhibitionist. The author gives us the distinct impression that guiding patients to new levels of romance and eroticism is her raison d‘ê tre . He seems to do the voice of the female sexual surrogate well as she enjoys the encounter between the couple but refrains from participation. Jean and Michael seem to like one another. Their feelings get an obvious rejuvenation when things they’ve only dreamed about become reality! It’s fun to watch the couple come to life as they act out the roles they’ve wanted to play with one another for years. The story is well crafted and full of eroticism with wit.

Click Here for Full Review! The Romance Studio.

Dateline, March 21st, 2009

A Recommended Read from Dark Angel Reviews!

RATING: Recommended Read

Marianne has made her dream a reality. As a sexual surrogate, it’s her job to help couples get past their sexual inhibitions and find the ultimate release. She’s been waiting for what feels like forever to help two clients, Jean and Michael, overcome their sexual repression.

Jean loves to be in control. Unfortunately, she was raised as so many women are; that sex is supposed to be missionary, enough for the man to get off and that’s it. She never takes time for her own pleasure or her own needs. All of that is going to change with the help of Marianne today.

Michael is bored with the sex between Jean and himself. He wants to be controlled…he wants to be taken and ordered about in the bedroom. But how is he supposed to tell his wife this and not look weak in her eyes, or even like a freak? Thank goodness he and Jean discovered Marianne!

Click Here for Full Review! Dark Angel Reviews.

Dateline, February 16th, 2009

Now Available from Phaze: Sexual Healing: The Intervention

Title: Sexual Healing: The Intervention

By: Derek Musgrave

Approx. word count: 7378

Genre: BDSM

Erotica Category: Pulsar

Buy Here: Sexual Healing: The Intervention

Synopsis:

Jean and Michael's marriage is in trouble. Not because they're incompatible, but because they are ashamed of their fantasies. Out of ideas, they turn to Sex Surrogate, Dr. Marianne Haley, who resorts to the only thing that may work; an intervention. Can she save their marriage? Will they be able to handle the truth of their shared fantasies?

Dateline, February 1st, 2009

Phaze Valentine's Day Gifts

Due to the overwhelming positive feedback from the Phaze Christmas free give away, Phaze is offering a similar package to celebrate Valentine's Day. Each day beginning on Sunday, February 1st, there will be a free downloadable short story at www.phaze.com.
There will be 16 stories in total, with two released on the 1st and two released on the 14th.

My story, Chocoholic, is slated for release on the 1st. This is a companion story to the new series, Sexual Healing: The Intervention scheduled for release on Monday February 16th. The short story is the realization of a long held fantasy of the good doctor, Marianne Haley.

I hope you enjoy the free gift reads and wish you a happy Valentine's Day.

Derek Musgrave

Dateline, October 18th, 2008

A New Series Signed With Phaze

After a long dry spell, I have a new acceptance on the horizon. That's right! I have a story scheduled for release. Sexual Healing: The Intervention has been contracted by Phaze EBooks for a February 2009 release. This is the first story in a series chronicling the career of a Sexual Surrogate. Have you ever wanted to see what it's like to be a Surrogate? You get your chance in February 2009.

Unlike most series, each installment of Sexual Healing will be a complete, self contained story. Readers can pick up the series at any point and not feel lost. That said there will be a running thread that should make series fans happy. Dr. Marianne Haley will be the POV character throughout, as will the glimpses into her private life.  

For now, here's the blurb for the Intervention.

Jean and Michael's marriage is in trouble. Not because they're incompatible, but because they are ashamed of their fantasies. Out of ideas, they turn to Sex Surrogate, Dr. Marianne Haley, who resorts to the only thing that may work; an intervention. Can she save their marriage? Will they be able to handle the truth of their shared fantasies?

Dateline, March 19th, 2008

4 Hearts from Night Owl Romance for Phaze Fantasies VI

Review Snippet:

Continuing Education by D. Musgrave was definitely my favorite story; it was well written with great characterization and a premise that is always entertaining – that of a teacher dom. Nicolas was an endearing character and made for a dynamic duo with Stephanie.

Full Review: Phaze Fantasies VI

The e-book is available for purchase at Phaze.

Dateline, March 19th, 2008

5 Blue Ribbons from Romance Junkies for The War Within (413 Remembrance Lane: Diary of a House).

Review Snippet:

THE WAR WITHIN both spooked me and left me dying to know how it was going to end. I can't imagine coming home from the war and reliving all of my friend's deaths and being haunted by evil spirits. I sure as hell can't imagine being Sheila and having some strange spirit, who I thought was my husband, bringing me to orgasm. William is a hero to me and the lengths he goes to in order to protect his wife and his home will have you enthralled with this story in no time. D. Musgrave has become one of my favorite authors and THE WAR WITHIN definitely cements him there. This story will have your blood turning cold, your libido shooting up to the moon and leave you wondering just how much this diary in the house is capable of.

The e-book is available for purchase at Phaze.

Dateline, March 18th, 2008

5 Blue Ribbons from Romance Junkies for Blood Creek Haunting.

Review Snippet: Excuse me while I gush about this book! BLOOD CREEK HAUNTING is fantastic—by far the most extraordinary book I've read in a very long time. This story has it all—action, drama, romance and a touch of the paranormal—all rolled together to blow readers away. This is my very first Derek Musgrave story. Friends have been recommending him to me for a long time and now I completely understand why. The storyline was like a gut punch. I could not imagine being in the Cherokees shoes while all these horrible things were happening to them. Their women were raped and killed, along with their children. Everything they had built had been torn from them. Emily, being a descendent of a Cherokee woman is suddenly plunged into a nightmare. To her, some crazy Indian guy is taking over her dreams and she doesn't know what's going on. The passion that suddenly explodes between Emily and Tessa is unforgettable. These two should have been together for years. From heartache and betrayal to passion and heart melting romance, BLACK CREEK HAUNTING deserves a standing ovation. Derek Musgrave really garnered a huge fan and I'll be devouring everything he ever writes!

Full Review: Blood Creek Haunting

The e-book is available for purchase at Phaze.

Dateline, March 3rd, 2008

Now Available from Phaze: Fantasies VI

Phaze Fantasies VI

By: Jude Mason, Yvette Hines, Jessie Verino, N, Augusta Li, D. Musgrave
978-1-59426-858-8
Anthology, Contemporary, Fantasy

 Buy Here: Phaze Fantasies VI

 Six Phaze favorites guarantee to enthrall with this sizzling collection of erotic shorts. Featuring:

To Have and To Hold by Yvette Hines: Kelli Delaney spent the last year planning for the perfect wedding. What she didn't plan for was getting to the altar and not having a groom there waiting for her. Dumped and pissed, Kelli decides she's still going to have her honeymoon and eat her cake too. When she meets up with her college crush, Will Robertson she finds herself submitting to a passionate weekend she couldn't have arranged for in her wildest dreams.

Continuing Education by D. Musgrave: By day, Stephanie Barrett is a high school English Teacher. By night, she's the Grand Mistress of a dungeon club, without a submissive to call her own. When she spots Nicolas Adamson, back in town from college, she remembers the strong feelings she had for him, but never acted on. A plan forms in her mind, to lure him into her lair. Thus begins the realization of her longest held fantasy--to find a submissive of her own.

Sam the Man by Jude Mason: Sammy Nicholson was the epitome of what we all might think of as 'flaming' gay. Small, well dressed in outrageous clothing, he loved to shock and tease. But Sammy was much more. A part time hospice worker, he fell for a client's husband and after some soul searching, the man tumbled for him as well. When the wife finally passes away, guilt sets in. Can Sammy's special kind of love break down the barriers Greg has set up for himself?

Precious Things by Augusta Li: Yaoi/Fantasy/BDSM: Far in the future, civilization has collapsed and people have gathered in walled City-States for protection from the dangers lurking in the Wastelands outside. Leaf is content in his role as slave-boy to his beautiful and enigmatic Master, Leannan. But when an associate from Leannan's past arrives, the secure routine of Leannan and Leaf's life is disrupted, and Leaf must confront truths about his Master he'd rather not know. He must find the strength to do what he dreads most: act alone, without his Master's guidance.

Statues by Jessie Verino: Alexandria Darnoud values her privacy as much as her art collection. Her living art collection. Rumors run wild throughout New Orleans about her hedonistic, invitation only, parties. Dante is a report working undercover as one of her statues in order to break the story of his career.

Tough, take no prisoners Alexandria, has a secret she dares not even acknowledge to herself. She wants to surrender her hidden passion to a man who can take control, and Dante is her man of choice. But will Dante give up his story, his career, to keep Alexandria tied to his bed? iSUBmiT by N: A perfume might be bottled eroticism, but iSUBmiT is more. iSUBmiT is bottled darkness. And to learn how to sell the darkest of erotic promises Svetlana must first experience them. She must go to So-UnReal-Ism?

Dateline, January 3rd, 2008

I know, I know. I haven't posted anything in the blog in months. 

I have an excuse...really, I do.

Okay, it's lame, but I had to take a step back and reassess my choices. I needed time to evaluate where I am and what I want for long and short term goals. In that time, I made some resolutions for the coming year.  The first on the list is a refocus on my writing, and saying no to people and things that are counter to my spirit and psyche. I now sit here ready for the future, whatever it holds.

Dateline, August 5th, 2007

Now Available from Phaze: 413 Remembrance Lane: Diary of a House

Two centuries, many owners, and the question has been asked . . . is it blessed, or cursed? 

There is a certain house in New Orleans at 413 Remembrance Lane. Within the walls lives end and begin, myths and superstition blend with reality, erotic fantasies are realized, and always love has held the upper hand.

It is the house, steeped in history and the emotions of those who have lived there? Or perhaps the legend goes a little deeper.

'Midnight Confession' by Cheri Valmont offers a journey to the wild, untamed settlement of 1750s New Orleans.  A place where a special house, a magical diary, and a pirate captain named Miles Chadwick holds the key to Catherine Ashbury's everlasting happiness... or complete ruin.

Serena Duclos is torn between two men and one very extraordinary request.  Luckily, she lives in a house where wishes can come true and passion isn't always defined by convention ... in Emma Wildes' 'An Extraordinary Request'

In Jude Mason's 'Of Death and Desire', Jonathan Strand moves himself and his terminally ill lover, Philip, to one of the lovely historical houses of New Orleans.  Later, consumed by grief and tormenting dreams, he finds a diary, and perhaps the answer to his prayers.  But at what price?

In 'The War Within' By D. Musgrave, William Beauregard returns from WWII, only to find the visions of the death and destruction haunting him still.  He can't shake them and it's pushed him away from his wife, Sheila.  These hauntings, have him afraid of the voices and images and worries he may lash out at them, hurting his wife.  To rid himself of the ghosts, he must take a huge risk, one that could lose his wife to him for ever.

In 'Let The Sunshine In' by Jamie Hill, Scott and Terri Walker move to Remembrance Lane hoping for a fresh start in their marriage.  Handsome, hirsute Rafe McAllister isn't precisely what they're looking for, but might be exactly what they need.

Mix in an old house, a magic diary, a sexy young college student and a sinfully handsome vampire and you've got a story sure to stir the... blood in Skyler Grey's 'My Vampire, My Love'.

Natasha has come to regret the choices she has made in her life, the biggest one being turning away from the one woman she had ever loved.  But thanks to a late night visit from a succubus and the diary of 413 Remembrance Lane, she can have a second chance, in Michelle Houston's 'The Life Not Lived'.

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