Morning Loverlies,

Yes, it's that time again! Snippet Saturday! Which is hosted by the absolutely and totally kick ass Lauren Dane. (Thanks Lauren! You rock. Seriously, she does!) Today's theme is the "Opening Lines".

One of my absolutely favorite opening lines comes from Reign of Pleasure. While I love all of my books, Reign of Pleasure holds a special place in my heart because Rhiannon is just…well let's just say she's normal. She does things she shouldn't. She thinks things she probably shouldn't and is just overall human. Well, not exactly human but you know what I mean.

Here is the opening of Reign of Please, which is available now and can be found at Elloracave.com. Click on Snippet Saturday and Reign of Pleasure next to FILED UNDER and you'll find many more delicious excerpts! Enjoy! And make sure to stop by and visit the other Saturday Snippet Authors.

As a deposed queen used to the treachery that lay around every corner at court, you'd think I'd be a little more vigilant, a little more apt to look a gift whore in the mouth. But when I walked into my chambers to find a petite blonde in my sitting room, the last thing I thought about was intrigue.

If I had a type, she would be it. Since I was taller than most males at court, I'd always secretly envied diminutive ladies their statures. Small wasn't a word that could describe any part of me. Growing up, it was often said I had the hips, ass and tits of common stock. Of course, since I was heir apparent and could lop off the head of any who offended me, it was never said in my presence.

At court, however, nothing was secret, not even the covert whisperings of my detractors. As long as I could remember, I had cursed my ample hips and bosom. Not only because they were just one more reason I was different, but because it was damned difficult to wear the formal dress the ladies of court had favored for the past several hundred years.

Though our kind tended not to emulate most modern human customs, the peerage did prefer the manner of dress mortals had worn during their eighteenth and nineteenth centuries—long, flowing dresses, corsets, petticoats and luxurious fabrics.

My uninvited guest had the perfect body for court fashion. Where I was plump and round, she was coltish and lissome. Everything about her was small, from her angular facial features and fragile fingers clasped in her lap to her breasts that my mouth could easily engulf.

I didn't need to know her name and though I knew I should ask who sent her and why, I walked farther into my chamber and went directly to my toy chest. There would be time for idle chitchat later.

Dressed in a gown so sheer it would probably melt in one's mouth, I knew she was sent for my use and use her I would. I needed something to break the tension that had been riding me harder than a two-dollar harlot at a poor man's convention.

And this lovely piece would do just fine.

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