Release Day: Black Magic Cafe by Erzabet Bishop

Conway Witches, 1

Blurb:

Love that is forbidden is always the sweetest…

Elodie Conway is the owner of The Black Magic Café, where love and chocolate go hand-in-hand. She runs the enchanted café with her cousin Madison, and together, they help lovers tie the knot with the assistance of a few spells and some delectable chocolate recipes.

When journalist Jason Thibedeaux, who is also a werewolf from a rival family, runs a scathing critique of her business in his newspaper, the fur is sure to fly. He visits the café to sample their most famous culinary delights, and ends up wanting far more than what’s on the menu. Can a Thibedeaux wolf and a Conway witch truly be fated to love each other for all eternity?

This is a previously published work. It has been edited for Evernight Publishing.

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Excerpt:

Elodie Conway was nothing like he had expected. As he ate her signature cake, all Jason wanted to do was savor her lips and run his hands down her very ample hips. Hers was a body a man could hold onto during sex and not break her. His wolf was awakened, and it prowled just beneath the surface. What Jason saw, he liked. Very much indeed…

The chocolate wound through his system, and with each bite, all other preoccupying thoughts faded into nothing. Images of him thrusting deep inside of her and winding his fist in her mane of dark hair flashed in front of his eyes, and he almost choked. His hands trembled as they reached for the bottle of water she’d set in front of him.

What the hell was that?

He twisted the cap and drank the entire small bottle in one go. As a journalist, he had little time for romance. A quick tumble in the moonlight during one of his runs, maybe, but this girl was something special––he didn’t know why he didn’t notice it before. Jason took another bite of cake and shifted his weight as his erection made its presence known. He could take her here, right over the top of the table, her heart-shaped ass in the air as he sank his cock deep in her pussy and fucked her until she screamed his name.

His wolf liked the idea. A whole fucking lot. Jason laid down the fork and smiled. Standing up on shaking legs, he picked up his now empty plate. Things were about to get interesting. This wasn’t just any woman. He raised his nose to the air and scented her.

Mate.

She was his fucking mate. How could he have been so blind? Did it take a hard-on for his wolf to get through to him? Apparently, because his wolf was ready to claim her by any means necessary, even it meant fucking her over the top of one of her own tables.

About the author:

Erzabet Bishop is an award winning author who loves to write naughty stories. She is the author of Lipstick, Dinner Date, Crave, The Science of Lust, Arcane Imaginarium: Spirit Board, Holidays in Hell, Mallory’s Mark (upcoming 2016),The Devil’s Due (upcoming 2016), Charity Benshaw’s Enchanted Paddle Emporium (upcoming 2016), Sigil Fire, Glitter Lust (upcoming 2016), Written on Skin, Club Beam, Pomegranate, A Red Dress for Christmas, The Black Magic Café, Fantasies in Red, Sweet Seductions: The Erzabet Bishop Collection, Holiday Cruise, Fetish Fair, Temptation Resorts: Jess, Temptation Resorts: Marnie, Taming the Beast, The Erotic Pagans Series: Beltane Fires, Samhain Shadows and Yuletide Temptation along with being a contributor to many anthologies. Erzabet has been a finalist in the GCLS awards for 2014 and 2015, winning the Goldie for her spot in two anthologies. She lives in Texas with her husband, furry children and can often be found lurking in local bookstores. She loves to bake, make naughty crochet projects and watch monster movies. When she isn’t writing, she loves to review music and books.

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A Visit With M. Christian

1. How did you get started writing erotica?
 

Well, to be honest, I didn’t really start out to be a smut writer.  Oh, sure, I wanted to be a writer – got the bug sometime in late high school – but I never really wanted to write dirty stories full time.  Like a lot of writers I tried most of the familiar genres (science fiction, horror, fantasy, mysteries ... you name it) but, frankly, the competition was just far too rough. 
 
Then, by chance, I took a class in erotica writing taught by Lisa Palac (of the late-lamented FutureSex Magazine) and she actually bought one of my stories ... which was then picked up for Best American Erotica 1994 and the rest, as they say, is history.
 
That's not to say I don't like writing erotica.  Far from it: I actually really like being part of a genre that's still new and fresh, with lots of room to experiment and play.  While I did spend a lot of time writing and getting rejected I think it's getting me more comfortable  with stories and language.  So, in the end, it's all turned out pretty well.

2. What is the absolute hottest scene you have ever written...oh please share...we like it naughty here. *cheeky grin*
 

You know, I don't really think of hotness when I write.  I'm usually just focusing on the writing and the tale I'm trying to tell, and the sex scenes just spin out of that.  Makes me more than a bit different, I think: some of my smut-writing friends say that they write from ... well, let's say below the belt.  I don’t do that – and when I've tried it gets far too distracting to focus.  So I just tell stories about characters and sex and the while thing just comes together.

3. I really enjoyed your book about how to write erotica-it was what got me started in the right direction. Can you tell the folks who have not heard about it a little bit to whet their appetites...
 

Thanks so much!  The book is called How To Write And Sell Erotica and it's out (in print as well as 'e') by the great folks at Renaissance E Books ... who (ahem) I happen to be an Associate Publisher for.  It's a collection of my essays and articles from my irregular column Confessions Of A Literary Streetwalker for the fantastic Erotica Readers And Writers Association.  More than anything, the articles were kind of my ... revenge against all the bed writing classes I took when I first started writing.  That, and some of the stuff that's come up when I've edited anthologies and now as a publisher.  I like to think of the book as being a buck-naked writing book ... but not because it's about smut, but because it's more revealing than and honest than a lot of writing books out there.

4. Tell us about your current work.

 

Well, right now I'm making my way through a new collection of science fiction erotica – a follow up to my well-received Bachelor Machine book.  But I also have plans for a new novel (just have to decide which book too actually write).  Meanwhile I'm having a blast working for Renaissance and enjoying teaching classes here in the Bay Area on everything from smut writing to bondage and other kinds of kinky stuff.  Check out my site at www.mchristian.com for into on everything I'm into ... some of what I'm into, at least.  I do have to keep a few things private ;-)

5. Whip or flogger?

Oddly, even though I teach classes in both (and canes and bondage and paddles and much, much more) I'm actually a very simple fellow ... sexually, at least.  Oh, sure, there are a few things I like (ahem – big girls – ahem) but I'm more of a sensualist than a sadist, and more a lover than a masochist.  I guess you could say my biggest kink is my writing: I get the biggest turn-on from telling stories than just about anything else.

6. Chocolate or peanut butter?
 

Chocolate for sure – especially the wickedly wonderful fun stuff like Vosges, or salt and caramel chocolates.  Yum!

(I knew we were kindred spirits!) *grin*
 
7. Beach or mountains?
 
Hum ... tough call.  I like both quite a bit: always loved the ocean and I like it cool, so the mountains are also a favorite.  The only place I don't like is anywhere too hot so I'm not a huge fan of the desert ... tough for the right trip and adventure I'm sure I could be convinced to go.

8. What is your favorite type of character to write about?
 

I love a good villain so that has to be at the top of the list, but I also really love to play with a character (and the audience) in a situation that's ethically challenging – or that might even flip the whole idea what they are, and what the world is.  I've really enjoyed writing books like Me2, Finger's Breadth, Brushes, and Painted Doll – which is also why I can't wait to work on the next book ... just have to decide what to do.

We agree! Can't wait to see what you come up with next!

9. What is one of your pet peeves that you see as an erotica author and editor?
 

The biggest I think it when people think that, because they are writing 'just smut' they don't have to try to tell a good story with engaging characters, evocative descriptions, or enticing dialogue. Nothing turns me off more – as an editor or publisher as well as a reader – to have a writer just throw out something that they don't care about ... because, guess what, that lack of caring really comes through.  I don't care if you're writing about people doing the horizontal mambo, but I do care that you put some love and craft into it.  When I read erotica I don’t look for the sex, I look for good writing.

10. Food and erotica...tell us what you think about when you put those two together.

 

You must mean my recent anthology (published by Renaissance E Books/Sizzler Editions), Hunger: A Feast of Sensual Tales about Sex and Gastronomy.  That was a lot of fun to put together – and it has come kick-ass stories from wonderful writers in it.  My co-editor, Alyn Rosselini, and I really tried to find stories that mixed our love of both book and doing the nasty – and, I really think, we succeeded pretty well. 
 
I've always been a bit of a foodie and, luckily, I live in the Bay Area where great eats is right up there with a good night between the sheets, so putting together a book celebrating the mixture of savory, sweet, and sexy was kind of a no-brainer.  Yum ... brains...

Lol. Yes! I can't wait to read this one! Food and sex. One of my favorite combinations. 

 
 

M.Christian

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Thank you Chris for stopping by and sharing a little of yourself with us today. You are the main reason I have published so many short stories over the last year. If I hadn't gotten annoyed at 50 Shades and read your book, I never would have found out about ERWA and the amazing author resources they offer. Your high standards make me want to become not just a "smut writer," but a better writer on the whole. It is something I have been working towards my whole life, but since reading your book, I have been in short story writer boot camp (at my own insistence) and have learned so much! Now I just need to go and do that spread sheet you were talking about! Whew!

Now, back to reading your Coming Together anthology!