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The lovely but headstrong Lucretia wants a husband, while her overbearing father wants to cure the brat’s unruly temperament. At his wits end, he takes her to Dr. Beauregard Addams at Greenbrier Plantation, where, ignoring her vehement protests, he insists she submit to the physician’s most ingenious treatment for willful females. Lucy is soon humiliated to find herself stripped, bathed and shaved while the doctor looks on. Later she’s chained at the foot of the stairs, on display for the entire household. And her training has only begun! It’s not long before she’s collared, rudely spanked and calling the good doctor Master.
Lucy is repulsed by the strange goings-on in the doctor’s household and denies that she wants anything to do with her master and his sadistic ways. Even so, her passions are strangely engaged and her sexual desires ignite, setting the stage for a spirited clash between the master and his newest slave. She drawn further into Beau’s wicked world of pain, punishment and pleasure, when she discovers the writings of de Sade, a courtyard full of bondage stations and is introduced to ‘The Society’ and their slaves. According to the contract Beau signed with her father, Lucy must remain a virgin, but that does not keep the man from teaching her how to give and receive physical pleasure, through his systematic treatments – nor does it prevent him from falling in love with the spirited girl.
The two clash in a love/hate relationship that both ignites their sexual fires and threatens Beau’s ‘professional’ ethics. But it’s a jealous slave, extracting revenge, that sets in motion a series of events that will send Lucy packing and threaten any hope that these star-crossed lovers can ever realize their love.
Love In Chains
Reviewed by John M.
The male and female leads, Beau and Lucy, are complex individuals who both want things done their way, but only one person can be in charge of this particular D/s relationship and neither is willing to surrender defeat. Wills collide the moment Lucy meets the doctor her father has taken her to and though Lucy puts up a fierce fight, brute strength wins the first battle. But the war has only just begun. Lucy will not be dominated and Beau will never admit that a mere woman has gotten the better of him.
When Lucy suddenly finds herself facing a fate worse than any punishment the doctor can prescribe and makes a run for control of her destiny, the two quickly realize how much they really do need and want each other. But, returning home to Winchester means certain doom and misery to Lucy and Beau has no idea where to find the only woman who has ever aroused or satisfied him the way Lucy does.
Set in Virginia only a couple years prior to the U.S. Civil War, I found the historic settings and descriptions wonderfully accurate. This work took some research and Victoria has put that research to good work on every level. Wonderful, believable, totally engrossing and hot, hot, HOT!.
To Love, Honor & Disobey
The handsome Dr. Beauregard Addams previously ‘cured’ his headstrong fiancée Lucy of ‘female hysteria’, using his unique medical treatments. In the days leading up to their marriage, Lucy is convinced that Beau is keeping secrets. Her fear causes a relapse, that requires another dose of the doctor’s treatment, including strong enemas, strict discipline and corporal punishment, which drive her sexual urges to the brink of orgasm. Though she remains under Beau’s firm control, once she’s married, her vows to love, honor and Obey get severely tested.
Beau is enlisted by the Confederacy, and he sends Lucy to France to keep her safe from the impending war. However, on arriving in Baltimore, the intractable Lucy and her maid jump ship, and begin an event filled journey that lands them in a brothel, in bed together for sex, and finally back at Greenbrier Plantation. While initially clueless about his wife's whereabouts, Beau’s in Richmond, treating female patients using techniques of bondage, sexual manipulation, flogging and his unique Enema Tonic.
Home at Greenbrier, the high-strung Lucy installs herself as mistress of the manor, and there’s trouble brewing from the start. Now on her own, she resorts to the same stubborn, intimidating and manipulative behavior that her husband thought he cured. Without his firm hand and strict rules, Lucy terrorizes even the strongest men – including a band of Yankees who dare terrorize her!
Though Lucy longs for Beau’s return, she fears his anger when he sees what she’s done. Only Beau has the answer to Lucy’s willful behavior, but can he return in time to save his home from the unruly Lucy? Will he be able to restore his rightful domination of his wife? Will the couple be able to repair the damage done by their ill-fated separation? A passionate and graphic erotic tale, filled with period details that bring the story and its many wonderful characters to life.
To Love, Honor & Disobey
Dr. Beau Addams, the man who Lucretia vows to love, honor and obey, is one of those men who can love the life right out of you. Lucy's a little on the weak side, physically, prone to odd fevers and sleepwalking. She's a horny little thing, too, and occasionally questions her own sanity. She might be wrong, but she is rarely uncertain, and she is not a woman to cross. Lucy is a product of her time — a strong willed submissive, unable to resist her own whimsy, or her inner rages, or her husband, which is lucky for him, all things considered. When he is around, she belongs to him completely, but when he is not, she belongs to no one.
Kink abounds in this novel, carefully held within the context of a century ago, and Lucy succumbs, and succumbs, and succumbs. Her husband dominates and she submits, sometimes willingly, sometimes reluctantly. There are spankings and whippings, enemas and anal sex, women on women, men on women, women on men, and all sorts of other permutations. Lucy is tested in many ways. She will yield, or not, depending on what she needs to do. And she'll kill your dumb ass if you need killing. She's the maternal grandmother of submission and power—and you mess with her at your peril. Unless the good Doctor Addams has her kneeling somewhere, or over his lap, at which time she becomes the sex slave, willing, obedient, and insatiable as a feral dog.
Now, I ask you, who wouldn't risk everything for a woman like that?
This novel follows the young couple, Beau and Lucretia, as they marry and begin their lives together, then as Lucretia (Lucy) and her companions take off for France to escape the war, while Beau joins the Confederacy.
Of course, the Lucy we know and love will throw a kink in her Master’s best laid plans. As soon as she reaches Baltimore, Lucy ditches her traveling companion, Vivanne, and takes off with Cassy heading back to Greenbrier Plantation. When she finally makes it back, Lucy puts herself charge. You can be sure that there’s trouble on the way.
There are some MAJOR punishments ahead for this high-spirited heroine – if and when Lucy’s Master Beau returns and takes charge of her again. However, getting back to Greenbrier proves to be a challenge for Beau too, when the demands of the Confederacy take him elsewhere, including some very dangerous duty as a spy. Once home, it will take some doing to restore order to his beloved Greenbrier and his beloved wife.
I found this book as fun, thrilling and sexy as its predecessor...a terrific plot, great characters, plus unbridled kink and eroticism that makes this historical novel so unique. The hot scenes are plenty... expect some surprising new twists this time around. A true page turner, I couldn’t put it down. And like her previous book, she left me wanting more. I can only hope that another installment in this saga is on its way.
Corinne Anderson is stuck in a boring job and ready for something new. When the pretty brunette is unexpectedly approached in a restaurant by an unusually attractive priest, she learns he’s an old classmate, Gregory Monroe. Corinne is strangely attracted to the man and after a very skillful and deliberate seduction on Gregory’s part, she’s baited into attending his Friday night service at the mysterious Saint Dolores Chapel. She quickly learns that Gregory Monroe is not an ordinary priest, but a BDSM dominant; and at St. Dolores, the BDSM lifestyle has been taken to the level of a religion. She’s immediately alarmed, and yet she cannot suppress the powerful sexual urges that Gregory has released in her.
Finally relenting to her own desires, she agrees to join the Order and soon finds herself in cuffs, collar and chastity belt, living in a small cell. These are the first steps in a rigorous seven week, seven stage program of submission, which will prepare her to become Gregory’s ‘personal assistant’. She spends her days blindfolded, is hooked to sex machines, endures ‘slave labor’ and is finally stripped of her identity, humiliated and demeaned. Corinne learns to her horror that she’ll become the centerpiece of the Friday night service, destined to endure ‘the torments of the congregation’.
While Corinne goes deep into the abuse and ecstasy of St. Dolores, a tug of war ensues between Gregory and her friend Debra, who insists that the Order is a dangerous cult. Can Debra extricate her friend from this depraved society? Or will Gregory succeed in making Corinne ‘Mine’?
Graphic scenes are wide ranging in content and include punishment, public floggings, enemas, bondage, medical devices, electric play, contractual sex agreements and sexual ceremonies.
Fan Mail for "Our Lady Of Pain"
My publisher (Lizbeth) sent this to me on Christmas Eve 2008. It's hard to express how it feels to know I have touched a chord with someone out there. It might not be what every writer dreams of, but for me - it says I've made some sort of difference in someone's life. Thank you, Lisha, for this. I'm so glad you found something in the book you could relate to so deeply and on such a personal level. - Victoria.
Dear Lizbeth, I wanted to let you know I have read Our Lady of Pain by Victoria Morris. It is absolutely wonderful. From the beginning I could see everything as if I were watching a movie in my head. Now that is what a book is suppose to do, transport you right there with the characters. I could see many of the feelings and struggles in myself that Corinne Anderson faced. I am new to the lifestyle as far as actual experiences go, but reading what Corinne went through and how it effected her mentally brought many of my own fears and wants to life. I would and have recommended this book to many. It is a great find.
Thank you so much Pink Flamingo for publishing this book. I look forward to reading more of Victoria Morris' books in the future, for I haven't found many authors that truly can transport me into their books the way she has.
Lisha
UPDATE 23 DEC. 2009 - KINDLE ME, BABY!
ALL my current erotica titles are now available on Kindle through Amazon.com for those of you who prefer your reading to be a bit more high-tech!
AND... a 5 star review for Mistress For Sale, too!
By Jenifer S. Robare (Florida)
The year is ending on a very sweet note so far!
While I'm at it... there IS another erotica title in the works. Bound To Be Bitten is a work in progress and I am hoping to have it completed by the end of this year with a release date sometime next spring.
As a frustrated teenager, Chelsea Dean makes a wish to be taken away from her fatherless life and her drunken mother. She pleads to the creatures of darkness to find and free her of the horrors of her life. The darkness answers in the form of an ebony-haired stranger who whispers promises of return when Chelsea is older.
For fifteen years Chelsea waits, until one night the stranger returns to keep his promise, only it's not exactly what Chelsea had in mind at all. Her lover is
anything but loving, anything but romantic and soon whisks Chelsea away to an isolated cabin on the lake to do with her anything his sadistic mind can come up
with. One evening just before sunset, Chelsea does the seemingly impossible. She escapes. But at what price is her freedom? As she races to put as much distance
between herself and her captor before the sun sets, Chelsea stumbles onto the farmland property of The Colony and into a kind-looking older man clad in
Amish-like attire. Starved and dehydrated, the abused and exhausted Chelsea believes herself rescued from the likes of her tall, dark and gruesome kidnapper.
It doesn't take long before she realizes the real nightmare has only just begun. The Colony keeps a very non-traditional herd in the barn and a torture chamber
complete with a St. Andrew's cross in the basement of their quaint and innocent-looking turn of the century farmhouse. Amish, they are not! And the fate of her former captor, a man she both loathes and adores, seems to lie squarely in Chelsea's hands, unless he gets to her first.
Keep your eyes here for information on the release date for my latest title. And, thanks for reading!
These are from www.diesel-ebooks.com - both submitted by a "A viewer from Northwoods"
Love In Chains 3 out of 5 stars.
The first of two books, begins when a father send his bad tempered daughter to Dr Addams Plantation. Lucretia is a head strong woman who wants a husband, but can’t control herself. Dr Addams trains Lucretia with a variety of punishments. Spankings, oral, vaginal, anal sex, enemas, and bondage are frequent thru out the story. Enjoy and read book two To Love, Honor, and Obey to round out this story.
To Love, Honor & Disobey 3 out of 5 stars
This eBook has plenty of twists and turns, with action never stopping. Lucretia and Beau are the main players, whose relationship is slowly evolving. Victoria Morris writing is overly all good. However some scenes are not as developed as they could be, leaving the reader guessing at what she is writing about and where this is going. Too vague. With more descriptive words these scenes could have been very hot and pushed the rating higher… One should read Love in Chains which is the first book in this series. Overall a good book well worth the money and time to read. First Author Interview - Update 10 July 2009
Recently an associate brought to my attention a series of books that they were sure I had not read. In fact, I later learned, my friend had looked around and thought that it would be a great deal of fun to introduce me to this specific line of books. The reason that this was different was because the writer, Victoria Morris, writes about erotica and adult alternative lifestyles, among other subjects. Her books include: Love In Chains, Mistress For Sale, Our Lady Of Pain, and To Love, Honor, & Disobey.
I admit that at first, upon scanning the books I was a bit thrown. But as I read on I found that the material was hardly the thing of taboo that many believe the subject to be. More importantly I found the writing to be of quality and engaging.
Which got me thinking. If I too held thoughts about the subject matter being taboo, I can imagine that many of my readers do too. Yet these books are entertainment as much as any other style of book. And the author is as deserving of attention; in fact moreso than many I have read over the years.
So I set about finding the author and interviewing her. It took a while and was done via email, but I got it done. Thus I present 4-time author Victoria Morris.
Michael Vass: For my readers that are unfamiliar with you please tell us a bit about Victoria Morris.
Victoria Morris: I grew up in a small town not too far from Binghamton and have two teenage children, one in college. I consider myself a research junkie, mostly in regards to American History and family genealogy and have been a practicing Pagan for over 20 years.
Michael Vass: How important was your education in helping you reach this point in your life? Was education something that was important growing up?
Victoria Morris: Well, you can’t be a writer if you don’t know how to read and write! I think the attitudes my parents had with me as a kid were more influential than the formal classroom education I got. I was far from a straight-A student, but I was always encouraged to do my best and to work hard at the thing or things I wanted to do the most. As long as I did that and was happy with it, my parents were proud and encouraging.
Michael Vass: Was writing something you always wanted to do? Did you study English in high school/college?
Victoria Morris: Always. In high school I majored in English as much as one can there. Afterwards I attended TC3 and took an illustration course. I also took a correspondence course in Children’s Literature. My first goal as a budding author was to write and illustrate children’s books. In fact, my father faithfully saved the first children’s book I did that with when I was nine-years-old. Bill, The Worm Who Ran Away is a well-known piece of literature in my family.
Michael Vass: What is it that motivated you to become a writer?
Victoria Morris: For me, writing is like breathing – I can’t NOT do it. Write or die, that’s my motivation… life!
Michael Vass: What made you decide to take the publishing route you chose?
Victoria Morris: I worked on a history piece for a local group that I sold for $2 each. Those booklets were actually my first real source of writing income. After that, I decided my writing had some value and from then on, have not written for free other than a few Letters-To-The-Editor in local papers. I never considered any of the Self-Publishing companies out there. If I were any good at all, shouldn’t someone be paying me for it instead of the other way around?
Michael Vass: How have you found the private publishing process to be? Is it harder than you thought?
Victoria Morris: I think the hardest part was actually finding a publisher interested in my work, especially something as non-mainstream as BDSM-based erotica. Once I found them, it’s been incredibly easy. They are great people, very personable.
Michael Vass: How rewarding and difficult has the private publishing process been?
Victoria Morris: I’ve enjoyed working with my publisher right from the start. They even let me have a great deal of say in what I envision for the cover art, which is something very, very few writers get to do. I commissioned a private artist for the first two covers but was, sadly, unable to get him for the third. He is incredible!
Michael Vass: You have written 4 books so far, what is that experience like? What do you do to prepare?
Victoria Morris: Actually, I’ve written 9 novels, but only 4 have been published and only those four are erotica-based. The first drafts of almost all my novels were written in long hand in a steno pad. I don’t outline at all. I’m what is called an organic writer. I just go with the flow of whatever direction the characters take me. Some people find it funny when I say even I don’t know what’s going to happen next most of the time, but it’s true. Some of my characters get very cranky if I try to tell them what to do. That’s a good thing. It means they have a life and that’s what readers want.
Michael Vass: How long does it take to write a book? What gets you motivated to write?
Victoria Morris: Love In Chains took just about a year to write. That includes the final draft. That has been about the same pace for all my books, about a year. The plot and characters motivate me and the need to get out a good story and share it with others.
Michael Vass: How hard was it to write your first book? Did it get easier after that first book?
Victoria Morris: Every book is difficult in its own way. The second erotica, To Love, Honor & Disobey, was much harder to write than Love In Chains. The characters were more influenced by what was going on in the world beyond Greenbrier Plantation. The erotica is more than just erotica, it is historically correct erotica. I had to know what battles were going on where and how those things would influence what my characters could and could not do. At one point, Dr. Addams meets with Gen. Thomas Jackson. I had to make sure that would have been possible considering where Gen. Jackson was at that time in the War.
Michael Vass: Where do you get the inspiration for your characters, and what happens to them?
Victoria Morris: My characters come from little bits of myself, from my family, from my friends. I warn people that they may just find themselves in one of my books one way or another and some of them already have.
You’d think I’d have more control over the plot than I actually do. As an organic writer my happiest moments are when I have no idea what’s going to happen and am writing as fast as I can to keep up with the action in my head. Sit down and watch a movie you’ve never seen before and start writing what you see and the dialogue as you go. That’s a little bit what it’s like when I’m in The Zone.
Michael Vass: What inspired the time period that your stories take place in?
Victoria Morris: As I mentioned earlier, I’m a research junkie and have always been interested in the Victorian era, specifically the U.S. Civil War time period. I had attended several re-enactments prior to getting involved in it myself as a re-enactor. Contrary to what people might think, the Victorians were hardly prudes, they just kept all their sexuality hidden and secret. What better time period to set a BDSM novel in? Secret sexual practices abounded back then. I could pretty much make up anything I wanted!
Michael Vass: Has the subjects of your books made it harder to distribute your books?
Victoria Morris: Definitely. Unlike my other writer friends I can’t have a book signing at the local Mall or at any of the larger, better known bookstores. And because of the small size of my publisher, they are really unable to afford going through the more popular places online.
Michael Vass: The subject you write about is taboo for some people, what brought you to write about that?
Victoria Morris: Long before chat rooms, there was (and still is) a place called LambdaMOO. It was created by a bunch of Dungeon & Dragons people who wanted to be able to interact with more people. It allows you to create characters, build various rooms and objects and allows you to interact in real time with other people all purely in text format.
My first character there was Lady Vivianne, a vampire Mistress. It was a game and one I was told I played very well. I found that I was damn good at creating a sexual, sensual and believable atmosphere with my fellow players and that kind of got me thinking about writing an erotic novel.
Michael Vass: Are you actually involved in the alternative lifestyle or do you just write about it?
Victoria Morris: I have been actively involved in the Lifestyle for about 10 years now, but I have not done ALL of the things that are described in the books. That’s what research is for. Sometimes the scenes in the books are scenes I’ve watched taking place right before me. Others were simply suggested to me or were things I read about.
Michael Vass: At what point did you learn about the alternative lifestyle? What drew you to it?
Victoria Morris: I didn’t really understand it until about fifteen years ago when I started watching and participating in online scenes at the aforementioned LambdaMOO. I think what drew me in was the sense of power and control I felt within myself. I didn’t have that in my own life at the time. I wanted to be able to have more say in things than what I felt I did. Becoming an online vampire Mistress was very empowering. Through that and other characters I had, I learned what worked and didn’t work for me as well as what I did and didn’t want in a real relationship.
Michael Vass: Have you ever had family and friends read your books? How did they react?
Victoria Morris: Yes, I have had family and friends read my books. My cousin has been my first Reader for years. My mother has copies of all my books, too. She’s read Love In Chains and admits she was a little scared at first. Once she got into it though, the sexual stuff really didn’t bother her so much because there was such a strong plot going on, too. The few friends that have read the first book maybe don’t quite get it as far as the kink is concerned, but they have been supportive even as they eyed me rather warily.
Michael Vass: Often writers include a bit about themselves in their stories, is there any specific parts of you in these stories?
Victoria Morris: Lucy, the main female lead, is very much into Spiritualism and the occult, though she passes herself off as a devout Episcopalian. That combination comes from my grandmothers.One was Episcopalian and I was even baptized as such. The other was very interested in Spiritualism, so much so that for my 13th birthday she bought for and taught me how to use a Ouija board.
Mistress Vivianne is a re-creation of the first LambaMOO character I had. The first Vivianne was anything but nice. She was full of rage and man-hate. I was going through some difficult times in my life and used her to vent safely.
Michael Vass: Is it difficult to be in the alternative lifestyle? Does it interfere with your daily life?
Victoria Morris: Sometimes the general public bases too much of their opinions of people on what we do in the bedroom. That’s really unfair. In some ways it does interfere with my daily life. As I have kids, I have to be extremely vigilant in keeping my writing and research materials secure. I can’t leave manuscripts just lying around. I can’t even put copies of my books on my own bookshelf. Being a writer is such a vital part of who I am, and to have to hide that from them on some level really nags at me.
Michael Vass: Some readers will likely want to know if you believe the alternative lifestyle restricts you as a woman? Does it hold you back in your career or life choices?
Victoria Morris: I don’t think it holds me back as a woman, so much as being able to be open and honest with everyone about who I am as a person. It’s a bit restraining (no pun intended) to have to keep such an important part of myself tucked away from prying and judgmental eyes. So far, being exposed to and participating in the Lifestyle has only enhanced my career as a writer and in doing that has encouraged me to expand and improve on my writing in other genres.
Michael Vass: Considering that you focus on the alternative lifestyle in your book, have you had any positive or negative feedback from readers?
Victoria Morris: All the reviews I’ve seen have been very positive, as has been the feedback I’ve gotten from people in person. They seem genuinely grateful that what I’m writing is not just all sex, sex, sex, but that my characters come across as real people.
Michael Vass: For those interested in writing their own books, what might you suggest?
Victoria Morris: Do it because you love to do it, not because you think you’ll be the next Ernest Hemmingway or Patricia Cornwall. Chances are very high you won’t be.
Write what you know. If you don’t know about a specific thing you want incorporated, don’t fake it – do the research!
Don’t be afraid to let others read your stuff. It’s the only way you’ll know how well, or how crappy, you are. A good Reader is a godsend. They will be 100% honest with you just like a real editor will be. You need to be able to take that sort of blunt honesty right from the start so get used to it.
Michael Vass: I always like to ask anyone I interview a question about the causes and organizations that they believe in, if any. Is there a cause or organization you support and would like to mention?
Victoria Morris: I have been a member of The National Trust for Historic Preservation since 1995. I’m a big advocate for preserving and remembering where we come from, be that public building, a battlefield, a private home, a covered bridge or personal papers and documents. Every single one of us comes from somewhere. I think it’s enormously vital to remember where that place is and who those people were.
Michael Vass: Are you working on another book now?
Victoria Morris: I’m always working on at least one book. Without going into too many details, the one that is the furthest along centers around a colony of vampires residing in contemporary West Virginia.
I’ve personally had enough of the saccharine sweet vampires we’ve had stuffed down our throats lately. I’ve always found vampires to be incredibly powerful, sexy creatures, but not necessarily in a romantic way. If you watch how Christopher Lee portrays Count Dracula in the Hammer films, you’ll see what I mean. He could be sexy as hell, but he wasn’t nice about it.
Michael Vass: Where can those interested learn more about your books, and purchase them.
Victoria Morris: The very best place to purchase is directly from the publisher at www.pinkflamingo.com. From there you can do an author search under my name and it will bring up all my titles. Everything is available on eBook, too.
Michael Vass: What would you recommend for those interested in learning more about the lifestyle?
Victoria Morris: Research!! This means being able to ask discrete questions at your local adult toy or bookstore. They are in the erotic business and just may know if there are any groups in your area. There are groups online like alt.com but I tend to steer away from those just because people can be so fake behind a computer screen. It’s better and safer to meet new people in a large, public setting. Don’t be afraid to ask questions, lots and lots of questions.
Michael Vass
In addition I hope to have also removed a touch of the stigma associated with this genre of entertainment; and perhaps removed a bit of the mystery surrounding alternative lifestyles – particularly BDSM. I admit that my knowledge of such was very limited and little more than what is in the general consciousness, but this has added to my general understanding.
Perhaps one of the greatest benefits of this interview for me, besides being in touch with an excellent successful writer, is to learn that unlike the taboo we all are instructed to accept without basis - the people in the alternative lifestyle are just regular people too. It’s a prejudice I didn’t realize I had, and am glad to count it as one fewer that I have in my life.
So in conclusion, if you are willing to visit the wilder side of your imagination and enjoy solid writing, do purchase a copy of one or all the books of author Victoria Morris.
Mistress For Sale
The story is multi-layered, with many characters and plot lines. Lucy is reluctant, as always. Vivianne is kidnapped, and her kidnapper punished in an appropriately horrific fashion. The house slaves, both male and female, have their own stories to tell, and Victoria Morris takes the time and trouble to tell those stories. Throughout, there is one constant. The characters grow and develop. It is a big book, and in fact is only one third of the entire story. This one can be read alone, or as the third in a trilogy. There is much to enjoy about it in either case.
Distinct lines are drawn between punishment and abuse, and woe unto he who crosses those lines. Justice doesn’t come into it, but, retribution is swift. Some of it is not for the faint of heart. Lucy must contend with her own resistance, her impish and sometimes downright mulish behavior, and Dr. Addams must learn to love the woman that she is. There is no other way to enslave her. He must become the whole man, accepting the foibles and uncertainties of a strong and hot-blooded woman. He must love all of her. If he can do that, then she might just kneel at his feet of her own free will.
And free will, odd as it may sound to the uninitiated, is what dominance and submission is all about. Any fool can make demands. That’s the easy part. Learning to control someone in a loving manner, and to be loved in return for it…well, that’s something entirely different. And sometimes, if your luck holds, it’s worth every bit of the effort required.
When on their honeymoon, Lucy and her husband Dr. Beauregard Addams arrive at the Le Chateau de la Rose Noire in France, the high-strung Lucy is shocked to discover that the luxurious castle is a BDSM training establishment and Beau has brought her there for further instruction as his submissive wife. Lucy resists his plan and over the next few days, she’s punished for her resistance, forced into a chastity belt and trained as a puppy. Later, however, when their good friend, Mistress Vivianne is kidnapped during a shopping trip to Paris, Lucy's training is interrupted. While she remains at the Chateau, Beau and his friends embark on a frantic search for Vivianne. The once self-possessed Mistress finds herself bound by a ruthless assailant: raped, beaten, gagged and invaded by foreign objects. Once her kidnapper has used her for sport, she is restrained in a coffin-like box and transported to Algeria, where she'll await the auction block in a squalid prison cell. While Beau may be hot her trail, any hope for her rescue is fading fast!
The contracts are signed for Mistress For Sale and I have another Royalty check on its happy little way. There was an impromptu book signing and sale last week at the little bar where my beloved and I met so many years ago when we decided to go and enjoy the company of some old and new friends. I had only tossed a few books into my back 'just in case' and ended up selling out and making $100 over the course of the three hours we were there! With my quarterly royalty check on the way, I can see where September has been a very kind month to me as far as having some 'extra' cash.
Blood of the Scarecrow is DONE! 48 chapters long, 127,800 words or 488 typed, two-sided, double-spaced pages. Now to let it sit for a couple of weeks before I go back and do the revisions. After that, I've got a publisher in mind that I'll send off my query letter to! More when I know it! ~V.
Yes, I'm still alive and writing. In fact, I've just put the finishing touches on my newest erotica title, Mistress For Sale. It will be off to the publisher by the end of the week. Some of you will be sad to hear that as of right now, I have NO MORE EROTICA waiting in the wings. Instead, I am focussing on my love of HORROR. Blood Of The Scarecrow has now reached its 40th chapter and I am so enjoying writing this one. There is an end it sight and I'm hoping that now that the other is ALL DONE, I can really put my full focus back on that and have it sent off to at least one prospective publisher before summer is through.
Otherwise, life goes on as I have watched my first child graduate from High School and make his way towards his freshman year at College. *sigh* Yes, it brings a tear to my eye every time but, these things happen.
Until next time - V.
The publisher tells me that sales for Our Lady Of Pain are going well though I have yet to see a quarterly statement and check proving thus. Another month to wait on that. Otherwise, I've been working on a Horror-Murder Mystery with the working title of Blood Of The Scarecrow. After just 7 weeks into the writing, I'm at the start of Chapter 13. That's pretty good for me. I like to average 2 chapters a week but don't always make it. I've wanted to write a murder-mystery for a long time and I think it's going along quite well so far. In July, I'll have to get back to work on the paying gig, the erotica-novel Mistress For Sale, so want to get as much done on the murder as possible before then. Another update in a couple months... until then, thanks for visiting! ~Victoria.
While the Master is away fighting for The Cause, the slaves decide to take over the Plantation.
Reviewed by Tobias Tanner
Victoria Morris suggests that the strength and sheer dripping sexuality of modern southern girls is the result of not only their upbringing, but of their history. And in this tidy novel, we have a fictional account within the context of a nation at war, with the passions such things are guaranteed to bring forward. Throw in a batch of early-Victorian repression, baste with history and location, spice heavily with unapologetic kink, and you get quite a meal for Sunday dinner. Hot damn, pass the biscuits and gravy!
Reviewed by Donna T.
After reading Victoria Morris’s Love In Chains, I knew I wanted more! Thus, I couldn’t have been more excited to dive into her newest novel, To Love, Honor & Disobey, which brings back many of her Love In Chains characters, Lucretia, Beau, Cassandra, Vivianne and Max, plus so many more. This author has a real talent for bringing characters to life!
A contemporary story of lust and romance: one woman’s journey into the dark realms of sexual surrender.
Writing a review before actually reading the book is probably getting ahead of myself but after reading the last two in this trilogy I know that I will not be disappointed. I love Lucy, I hate and adore Beau and Vivianne I grew to accept and love in Love In Chains. I only hope that Ms. Morris does not leave Lucy out of this mix and focus on a relationship between Beau and Viv. Although I know this is Vivianne's journey, it would never be complete without Lucy.
These aren't terrible either, but I DO appreciate an honest review, good or bad. If I don't know what I'm doing wrong, how can I fix it, right?
Yikes! It's been six months since I've posted anything here. It's time to make up for that with my first ever author interview conducted by Michael Vass over at www.blackentertainmentblog.com I was really surprised when Mr. Vass contacted me for an interview about my erotica books, but was more than happy to do so. And so, without further adieu...THE INTERVIEW
Michael Vass interviews 4-time author Victoria Morris
I want to thank Victoria Morris for the interview. I hope that this interview has shed light on an author that I believe deserves more attention, but due to the subject is harder to receive it.
Reviewed by Tobias Tanner
Victoria Morris has many story strands in hand as this novel unfolds. Lucy and Dr. Addams have abandoned the uncertainties of America in the midst of its Civil War. They travel to France, arriving at Le Chateau de la Rose Noire, where Lucy will continue her training as her husband’s slave. She is not the only one in need of training, however. Dr. Addams will learn a thing or two along the way as well.
A beautifully executed tale that is both romantic and filled with strong BDSM erotica.
Edits for Blood of the Scarecrow move along at a much slower pace than I would normally like, but I've just not felt up to the task this past week.
Other projects continue to brew in the meantime - I've written the first chapter of another erotica as well as starting a first page or two of other things. One will eventually snag my attention enough to dig into more completely and then we will be happily on our way again into the realms of writing.