WARNING: DO NOT GO SEE THIS MOVIE ON A DATE. Use extreme caution when seeing the movie on a couple’s date-night, and avoid completely if you happen to be angry at your significant other. In fact, shy away from the film if you’re feeling positive and optimistic about the world and just want to hold […]
by Madeline Iva
Let’s talk about women in seriously tight leather, wielding whips. While everybody hates a shrieking bitch, we all respect the woman who has her sh** majorly together. This woman is my role model when I encounter her–be she a mom or a boss. She is unflappable when it comes to getting results. ‘Results’ […]
via He’s Hot, He’s Tied Up, and He’s All Yours–Now What Are You Gonna Do? — Lady Smut
by Madeline Iva Heartless, a dark Y.A. TV show from the Netherlands & Netflix, makes all my guilty-pleasure bells ring. It’s got everything you’d want from a twisted dark Y.A.: from a paranormal premise to all the pretty people at a rich, decadent, ancient boarding school. It starts off with two hot orphan twins — a boy […]
by Madeline Iva I don’t know how many ways to say this: buy this anthology now! THE DEVIL’S DOORBELL would be my vote for best anthology of 2016. (That said, why doesn’t RWA have a best anthology category for the RITA’S?) Why should you buy it? Let me count the ways: 1) I’m really a hard […]
via You Have to Read This! The Devil’s Doorbell Erotic Anthology — Lady Smut
by Madeline Iva Last weekend was #Love Fest at Virginia Festival of the Book. All the panels were well attended, but the biggest event of the weekend was showing LOVE BETWEEN THE COVERS–the latest documentary all about the romance world–followed by a discussion with Maya Rodale and Eloisa James and a book signing. I experienced rapture from meeting […]
by Madeline Iva Is this the ad controversy that launched a thousand rants? Lane Bryant had an ad pulled from a television network and the reasons were mysterious but finally, people pointed to the plus-size models and said they were the reason the ad was pulled. In an attempt to respond to this sinister attack and rally […]
via A Gi-normic Debate: Banning The Term ‘Plus-Size’ — Lady Smut
by Madeline Iva Well chickens, while everyone is off at Romantic Times Convention, 2016 in Las Vegas this week, I’m sitting home, twiddling my thumbs and editing my latest book… I’m not upset that I’m not at RT. No, not at all. Today I realized that while every other dame who writes romance out there is leaving […]
By Madeline Iva This is my first report on our Lady Smut Read Hotter Challenge (2016) I read three Charlotte Stein ménage stories that I haven’t read before: Make Me, Power Play, and All Other Things. Let’s compare and contrast, shall we? So far I’ve loved reading Stein’s books where the hero is based on Armie Hammer. The fun […]
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