Sedonia Guillone

I was thrilled to receive this review. I love this book so much myself I’m really happy to see that it comes through.

From Romance Junkies:
MEN OF TOKYO: SUDDEN BLISS by Sedonia Guillone is a beautiful and intricately written romance that reminded me yet again why I love this author so much. Naoto and Koji are extremely well developed and endearing characters. By the end of the novel I came to care about them a great deal. The author takes her time allowing the reader to get to know the heroes feelings and motivations. Their relationship develops at a slow but sensual pace both physically and emotionally. I thoroughly enjoyed every word of this novel and I eagerly await the next installment in this wonderful series

I wish I could tell him Happy Birthday in person, but I can’t, so here it is. lol. It also happens to be my birthday too. (39, oh my gosh!) I’ve always thought it was so cool having the same birthday as Jet Li. Saw The Forbidden Kingdom yesterday. Jet Li and Jackie Chan together - that was great. Wonderful fight scenes, some humor and beautiful cinematography. The film itself is corny as all get out but I really enjoyed it because of those two. I liked seeing Jet Li as the Monkey King. Still cute!

This was a Yahoo! news article a friend of mine sent to me just now:

Frequent masturbation may help men cut their risk of contracting prostate cancer, Australian researchers have found. It is believed that carcinogens may build up in the prostate if men do not ejaculate regularly, BBC News reported on Wednesday. The researchers surveyed more than 1,000 men who had developed prostate cancer, and 1,250 men who had not. They found that men who had ejaculated the most between the ages of 20 and 50 were the least likely to get cancer. Men who ejaculated more than five times each week were a third less likely to develop prostate cancer.

Sexual intercourse may not have the same effect because of the higher risk of contracting a sexually transmitted disease, which could in turn raise the risk of cancer. “Had we been able to remove ejaculations associated with sexual intercourse, there should have been an even stronger protective effect of ejaculations,” Graham Giles of the Cancer Council Victoria, who led the researchers, said in the article.

The prostate produces a fluid that is incorporated into ejaculation, which activates sperm and prevents them from sticking together. Studies on animals have shown that carcinogens like 3-methylchloranthrene can be harbored in the prostate. Frequent ejaculation encourages the cancer-inducing fluids to “flush out.” (The Advocate)

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Started watching this film. So far, it’s really good! Gackt, of course, is wonderful. My admiration of him continues to grow..

In writing world, I am still hard at work on Men of Tokyo: Sudden Surrender. It’s taking me longer nowadays to craft many of my scenes, especially the sex/love scenes. It’s quite a balance to let a scene flow from my imagination onto the page and also to avoid being repetitive with phrasing. It seems there are only so many ways to say certain things, namely body parts. Thankfully, I have this Taoist terminology which adds quite an aesthetic appeal to language. It’s imaginitive and graceful without being too euphemistic in my opinion. I’m just as happy to use the word “dragon” for the male organ as the word “cock”. My two favorites. lol.

In any case, I don’t know if I mentioned it before, but I would love to translate this series to television. I know, quite ambitious of me, but I think it would be something quite different, to say the least. For the moment, however, I’m simply concentrating my energies on finishing the novels and making them as juicy, delicious and engagin as possible!

BTW - down here is my visual for Kiku. Above, Gackt, is the visual for Yuzo. See you later!

I woke up this morning forgetting it was Wednesday, a release day at Ellora’s Cave. I saw my book on the front page. What a nice way to start the day!

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave
ISBN 9781419915345
Genre: Fantasy;
Length: Novella
Release Date: April 16, 2008

Karan, a brawny and powerful warrior known for his ethical and decent nature, was the Pierran Queen’s prized general until a hideous betrayal left him an outcast, whipped and branded, his family destroyed. Years after his banishment, rumors circulate that the ruined warrior haunts the hills just beyond the palace walls.

When Ariana, the queen’s favorite slave, is framed for murdering her mistress, Ariana escapes a brutal punishment only to be captured by the very man Queen Maya had exiled.

From the first moment she sees her captor, Ariana recognizes the good heart beating in Karan’s broad chest. Her faith in him and her enchantment with his physical beauty prove as irresistible to Karan as the comfort she offers him. He succumbs to her erotic charms in spite of the walls he’s built around himself. Together, he and Ariana find a new chance at life and love in each other’s arms.

However, the palace holds something extremely precious to Karan, the reason he’s remained so close to the place that ruined him. Only Ariana has the ability to make the rescue that will free Karan completely. Desperate to begin a new life with the man she loves, Ariana risks her life to return to the palace and end Karan’s emotional imprisonment to the Pierran realm.

Note: This book is related to Heart of a Sorceress in which Ariana’s romance with Lara’s father is mentioned. However, both books can be read as stand alone stories.

Read a delicious excerpt!

This was released a few days ago, Yay! My site just hasn’t been updated to show it’s availability. I have two stories in this one, “The Delightfully Wicked Punishment of Takashi Yamashita” and “Master of Ecstasy,” both kinky stories involving hot samurai.

The story of my role in this collection - the editor Eric Summers, sent out a submission call because he wasn’t getting enough submissions. I wrote to him saying I wouldn’t be able to write for this one because I don’t know anything about the military or about the dom/sub culture. He had an expert in both reading the submissions to see if they passed muster. Eric told me to do some research and do my best. I couldn’t refuse the challenge. lol.

Anyway, after doing some research, I still felt I wouldn’t be able to pull it off. So I thought to myself, what kind of subject matter would draw my heart to write about in this arena? The answer was simple: the only military guys I had any knowledge of was samurai. Well, there’s a lot of manlove in the samurai culture so I knew I’d have some juicy stuff to write. As soon as I settled that, the storylines basically flew into my head and I wrote both stories within a week! I hope those out there who read them will enjoy! Hugs, Sedonia

p.s. There are excerpts in the Gayrotica Coming soon page of my books section and here is the Amazon link.

p.p.s. The individual stories will be available in the near future from Torquere Press for those who prefer smaller, e-book documents.

I forgot - another wonderful review and Recommended Read for our anthology. I say “our” because it’s me, Laura Baumbach and Kit Tunstall, two outstanding erotic romance authors. I’ve read a couple other of Laura’s books and she truly is a gifted writer who writes with great intensity. Her erotic scenes leave me breathless and the emotional connections between the heroes practically sizzle on the page. I’m not exaggerating!

Of course, I must show off the review snippet for my story in this collection:
Ms. Guillone has written a fast paced, well plotted book that pulled me into the story from the every first and had me racing to the end. I didn’t want to put this one down. I loved the twist of her vampire only feeding for mercy, and putting him into the profession of a physician was nothing short of pure genesis. The depth of feeling between these two men took my breath away and their passion had the pages going up in flames. This gem of Christmas tale is a definite keeper.

In other erpsonal news, my addiction to Gackt continues to flourish, taking time watching You tube videos of him singing. His voice is amazing and he has this angst and intensity in his sound that just inspires me….

More awesome news. My publisher at Total-E-Bound told me yesterday that BOTH Men of Phuket: Tongue-Thai’d and Men of Tokyo: Sudden Bliss are going into print! Yay! They should be out the end of April, beginning of May. I’ll keep you posted.