I’ve been chatting with another author about the differences between men and women when it comes to their sex life. A man, who has a sexual appetite to make even the most adventurous beg for a night of peace is hailed as a stud, the virtual ‘Playboy’ while a woman with the same desires is nothing but a slut, for lack of a better word. Also, an older man can bed a twenty-year-old and no one bats an eye. They give him high-fives and congratulate him but when an older woman takes a twenty-something year old man to her bed? She’s stamped with the moniker of ‘Cougar’ or ‘Cradle-robber.’

This entire conversation came after discussing a story where, the young college-bound girl didn’t want to start her ‘adult’ life as a virgin so, she naturally asked her very hot, best male friend to deflower her. Of course, he waffles around a bit before finally agreeing because you know, he’s secretly IN LOVE with her and she doesn’t know.

Now, take that entire scenario and reverse it. A young man wanting to end his ‘virgin’ status and asks his best ‘girl’ friend to do the honors. Doesn’t that make it a bit sleazy? It’s almost as if he’s saying, “I don’t care for you a bit but can I have sex with you? Any girl will do, right?” Would the girl just say, “Okay,” and flop down on her back? Not any girl I know. She’d slap the dude silly and ask him, “What kind of a girl do you think I am!”

It makes you wonder if the standards will ever change. I doubt it. It’s been like this forever. Almost every historical novel you read is like this to a certain extent. The young virgin bride who has to deal with her ‘Rake’ of a husband but finally tames him with her magical hymen. I’m sure that isn’t very far from the truth, either, historically speaking, that is.

Men in general have it made when it comes to sex. Women on the other hand have stereotypes they have to overcome and probably never will. I guess that’s why romance is listed as FICTON because we know in real life, the things we read about would set a girl off, not cause her to fall in love with the inconsiderate man who just wants a night of “no-strings attached” sex. Lord knows when he tells his friends, they’ll share a beer and gloat about their conquests while the woman runs home in shame, hoping her friends never find out!

First, we have a new Contest running over at LilyGraison.Com I’m giving away my entire back list so, 6 lucky winners will be announced December 31st. Fill out the form on the contest page to enter.

Next, I have a brand new story coming out THIS Sunday, December 6th! It’s a fast-paced story that will put a little Christmas cheer into your holiday.

Blame It On The Mistletoe

When Macy Carter’s parents order her to bring her live-in boyfriend Sean home with her for Christmas she has no idea that her little white lie is just about to snowball into a fabrication of monstrous proportions. Sean isn’t her boyfriend, he’s her boss. Now she has to reveal the lie she’s been telling her family for the past two years or hastily concoct an elaborate ruse to fool them instead.

When Macy tells Sean Mathis of her predicament he does what any gentleman would – he laughs and then agrees to help her out. Little does he know that one misplaced word in their little scheme will backfire and land them both in the hot-seat.

Secluded in the mountains, surrounded by snow and good will, Sean and Macy can’t help looking like the perfect couple. So perfect that the family decides a Christmas wedding will make it a holiday none of them would ever forget!

Read an excerpt for the story now at LilyGraison.Com

With Thanksgiving only a day away, I wanted to Thank everyone who has supported me this past year. Hearing from readers that they enjoyed my books makes my muse a very happy thing. It spurs the creative juices and makes me count my blessings. If I haven’t talked to you personally, then let me say, Thank You for buying my books. You make my ‘job’ a pleasure instead of a chore!

Keep safe if you’re traveling and take it easy on the turkey! You’ll need room for the dessert. *wink*

Lily

The shifter novel is finished. Well, first draft is finished, I should say. My three-headed monster of a plot had to go, though. It was dragging the story down a bit and I’m not one to clutter in pages and pages of stuff just to make a bigger book. That’s what sequel’s are for! LOL Which is what I’m doing. I have 2 planned already but I know there will be more. I have too many characters to explore not to write them. So far I have another shifter (the second book) and a vampire that are whispering to me so I know they’ll have their stories. Guess we’ll have to see who else pops up and wants their story told.

I’ve already started the second story. Of course I have less than 100 words but after spending 11 straight days neglecting my life to write, I feel I have to do some domestic duties so the hubby doesn’t start giving me the hairy eyeball. He’s already dropped so many “we really need to clean this, or that, before we go on vacation,” hints that I’m starting to see a pattern. I think maybe he wants me to clean something and stay off the computer. LOL Which is probably what I NEED to do. We’re leaving for vacation in 9 days and I’ve yet to do one thing to prepare. Well, that’s a lie. I did round up all the books I’ll be taking with me to read. LOL I’m sure the hubby is going to LOVE seeing that bag. 😉

The first round of edits have been done on Wicked 4… it is now with my CP’s awaiting their input. One has already sent hers back and she loved it. She actually said she didn’t know which she liked best, Mick’s story or Luke’s. LOL Those two were definitely my bad boys. Personally, I think Mick was just a little bit more wicked. That boy had some mouth on him. The story will be available September 20th!

I’ve been flying through this paranormal ‘shifter’ novel I’ve been writing, too. I had started it back at the first of the year and hit a brick wall I couldn’t get past, so I shoved it in my ‘started but probably never going to finish’ folder. Once I finished up Wicked, I opened it again, re-read all 60+ pages I had of it, found my problem, and started restructuring it. 9 days later and I’ve added another 78 pages to it. O_O I’m writing the last scenes now. I only have maybe 2 more to go… 3 at the most. Of course these particular characters weren’t finished with me. I have whispered bits of scenes flashing through my head so it’s safe to say we’ll have a sequel, maybe even a trilogy here. I don’t really know yet. I could ‘make’ it a 10 book series if I wanted to but my muse gets bored playing in the same sandbox too long. He likes the adventure of finding new, bigger sandboxes so we’ll just have to wait and see where he goes.

You can check out all my story progress here on the blog. I have each one listed and the progress meter for each over on the right hand side. Just scroll down a bit until you see them. 😉

There’s also only a few more days left to enter my July contest. I’m giving away a signed, Print copy of Wicked: Temp Me Not this month so if you haven’t entered, head over to www.lilygraison.com, click on Contest on the menu and fill out the form. I’ll draw 1 winner on Aug. 1st.

Good luck!

Wicked: Sweet Temptation [Book 4] is finally done. Well, the first draft is done, I should say. This book literally kicked my butt. My characters did not want to play the way I wanted them to and after a week of banging my head on the desk, I finally just let them have their way and finished the book in two days. O_o You have no idea how relieved I feel. LOL I’ve posted the book blurb on my website if you want to see what Mick has in store for him. It’s a doozy!

The minute I finished Mick’s book, I immediately started digging through my files and found the Christmas story I started a while back. I have 30 pages of it already written so I’m hoping to get it ready in time for the holidays. I have plenty of time but anyone who reads my blog knows how lazy my muse is. He needs constant whippings to get him to work and I wrestle with him more than I should but what can you do? I just wait him out and he eventually comes around.

I’ve been up ALL NIGHT LONG getting this story finished and I’m dead tired. It’s now… 8am and as useless as it seems to sleep ‘now’ I have to at least have a nap. LOL