Eve Vaughn, Romance Author
Niccolo Now Available!!!!
Wednesday, January 29th, 2014
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Book Two in the Blood Brother’s Series

She was the one he couldn’t forget…

Vampire, night club owner Niccolo Grimaldi has made a lot of hard choices. The hardest? Walking away from his child and the woman he could never forget. But for their safety, he knows he must stay away.

When witch, Sasha Romanova met Niccolo Grimaldi, she believed she had found the one who would love her, faults and all. That is until dark forces were used to keep them apart. When tragedy struck, Sasha and Niccolo sought comfort in each other’s arms. But that one night of bliss doesn’t last and Sasha is left to raise their son alone.

Years later, Sasha must come face to face with the man she never stopped loving when their son goes missing. In order to find their son before their enemies do, she must convince him to listen to his heart as they journey on a path of danger, intrigue and lust.

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Saturday, January 18th, 2014
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GianMarco Now Available!!!!!!
Friday, November 22nd, 2013
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Once bitten, twice shy…

Private detective GianMarco Grimaldi takes his pleasure wherever he pleases. A six-hundred-year-old vampire, he’s tortured by his past and jaded by immortality. Once a promising artist, a personal tragedy had turned him to a life of bitter solitude, avoiding anything and anyone who reminds him of the life he used to have.

Fed up with GianMarco’s habit of sleeping with the administrative assistants in their agency, GianMarco’s business partner hires someone he thinks GianMarco will have no interest in: Maggie Williams.

Maggie’s trying to put the pieces of her life back together after her husband of twenty-three years left her for another woman. Determined to start her new job with pride, she’s dismayed to meet her arrogant, super-sexy boss.

As passion threatens their hearts, a powerful enemy from GianMarco’s past threatens their very lives.

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Finding Divine Now Available at Amazon and ARE
Tuesday, August 20th, 2013
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A grieving sister…

Twelve years after the brutal murder of her brother, Jessica Smith

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 still deeply mourns his loss. Afraid to branch out and take chances, she isolates herself from most of the world until a chance meeting with a handsome stranger 

changes everything.

A broken man…

One night gone wrong, changed Simon Lange’s life forever. The heavy burden of his guilt causes him to push people out of his life. But upon meeting the lovely Jessica, he’s determined to not let her get away.

A whirlwind romance…

With one look, Jessica and Simon fall in love and enter a passionate all consuming love affair. But when Jessica learns of Simon’s connection to her brother’s death, the devastating truth threatens to tear them apart.
To err is human. To forgive is divine. But will love be enough bring to heal two broken souls?

 

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Free Story Update
Saturday, August 3rd, 2013
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I’ve been getting lots of emails and inquiries on the free story I posted on my loop titled Burned. The story is no longer available on my loop due to someone violating my copyright. I have future plans to publish the story for those who want to know what happened to Sadie and Rhys. Their story will be finished but I can’t give a date as of yet. In its place is a new story called Obsessed. Hopefully those who follow the free stories I share on my loop will enjoy this one just as much.  :mrgreen:

Loving in Color
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013
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Loving Day Blog Hop

 Happy Loving Day!!! Today celebrates the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision in Loving vs. Virginia that struck down anti-miscegenation laws. We salute Mildred and Richard Loving who stood together in the face of adversity not because they wanted to make a statement, or piss people off but because they loved each other and wanted the right to be recognized as man and wife in the eyes of the law. 

 I owe so much to the Lovings. Because of their courageous journey, millions of people including myself, in the United States from many cultural backgrounds and ethnicities can be together without fear of persecution. Which brings me to the topic at hand: Loving in Color.
I don’t believe that love is colorblind. I don’t think there is such a thing. Let me tell you a little about my personal story which I hope bring it back full circle to this comment. 
My first crush was a kid name Tom Kennedy in kindergarten. He was adorable, with his big brown eyes and gap-toothed grin and freckles all over his face. He reminded me of Elliot from ET, and I followed him around like a love sick puppy. It never occurred to me that it wrong for me to have these feelings. I was five years old but I was in love, that is until Tom decided to share his graham crackers with Melissa Whitfield instead of me.   :-| Crush terminated.  But that set me on a long string of crushes, some White, some Black, some Latino, some Indian. As long as the guy was cute, it didn’t matter to me.
But as I got older, it’s when I started to hearing people say. “You shouldn’t like him because he’s not black.” or “People should stick to their own kind.” I was noticing racism more, and just how ignorant people could be. It scared me a bit and in my awkward adolescence, I never had the courage to tell a guy of another race that I liked him.  Fast forward to senior year in high school. There was a kid named Ryan. Freshman, sophomore, and junior year, this kid bugged the hell out of me. He always teased me and just got under my skin. My friends said it was because he liked me. I didn’t think anything of it because he was so short and annoying.
Well, apparently the summer between junior and senior year, Ryan hit a growth spurt and the first day back at school he was tall and fine and my feelings for him changed. He still liked to tease me but it was different somehow, almost like he was giving me hints about something. My friends kept telling me that this guy liked me but because Ryan was white, I was too scared to tell him I liked him in fear that he’d reject me because of my skin color. Well, after the winter break the playful teasing stopped and Ryan had a new girlfriend. Tanisha. Yeah, Ryan was dating a black chick and I felt like a fool because I never had the courage to tell him I liked him. I’d missed out because I let other people get in my head and because I doubted myself.
That experience taught me an important life lesson: I would never let fear rule my heart again. If I faced rejection at least I wouldn’t have to wonder what if because that’s way worse than someone telling you no. Over the years I’ve kept my dating options open not limiting myself to race, religion or culture and I think my world view is richer for it.
Although race stopped being a factor for me in my dating choices it never escaped my notice if the guy was black or white or latino. I think our experiences, and backgrounds, race and how we we’re raised shape who we are as people, and to ignore race I think in essence you’re taking something away from that person. You can acknowledge race without it being the driving force of your relationships and that includes, friendships, work relationships and dating situations. I believe the key is embracing differences rather than ignoring them. 
Today I’m married to my best friend. We’ve been together for almost thirteen years, married for nearly ten. We have a gorgeous little girl who stole my heart the minute I set eyes on her. Me and hubby argue like cats and dogs some times, but we love even harder. We’re just like every other couple who have our ups and downs, thankfully the ups outweigh the downs  :-D We have fun together, we laugh and cry together. And he may be white and I’m black, and our daughter biracial  but we’re still a family not because love is colorblind but because love is Omnipotent.
Thanks for letting me share a little bit about myself today. Names in this blog have been changed to protect the privacy of those mentioned. For updated information on my books, life, and miscellaneous here are my links:
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My latest release Whatever He Wants is available on Amazon. Check it out. If you like sexy tortured Alpha who need the loving hand of a good woman, click on the image to the right!!
And there’s more! I’m giving away a ten dollar Amazon  gift card to a random lucky winner who posts a comment to this blog!!
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Dated and Sated Now Available at Ellora’s Cave!!
Wednesday, April 17th, 2013
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Book 2 of the Dated, Mated & Wed series.

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Tana works hard but plays even harder—in and out of bed. But most men can’t keep up with her. After lamenting her recent sexual misadventures to her roommate, she wonders if she’ll ever find a man who can satisfy her insatiable sexual needs.

 

Xander is an incubus used to taking what he wants, whenever he wants. But he’s in a huge bind. Unless he finds a suitable mate to impregnate, his life force will burn out. When all else fails, he allows himself to be convinced to seek the services of Eternal Mates. He’s sure no human woman can be his match. Until he meets Tana, anyway! Lust-filled dreams may just lead to an otherworldly connection of a permanent nature.

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Whatever He Wants~Now Available
Friday, April 5th, 2013
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A broken spirit…

 

Having suffered through an emotionally abusive childhood, self-doubt constantly plagued the shy and reserved Noelle Greene. When she finds herself at a crossroads in her life, entering into a relationship is the last thing on her mind…until she meets James. She soon finds herself in over her head when James makes an offer not of love, but of convenience.

 

A fractured soul…

 

James Rothschild has one goal in life:  to be powerful enough to overshadow his shameful past. In order to achieve his goal he clawed his way to the top of the business world, associated with all the right people, and dated women with impeccable pedigree. When he meets Noelle, she’s just what he’s looking for…in a mistress.

Noelle is consumed by James’ commanding presence, and immediately falls for him. Though she’s willing to give him whatever he wants, will James realize Noelle is exactly what he needs before it’s too late?

 

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Rose, Exposed – What Makes a Good I/R | Multicultural Heroine?
Monday, April 1st, 2013
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Thank you for hosting me today. I’m excited to discuss what makes good heroines and my recent release, Rose, Exposed, a multicultural historical erotic romance set in the 1930s.

What Makes a Good I/R | Multicultural Heroine?

When Plucking the Pearl came out, I received a lot of reader feedback. As with most books, there are people who love it and others who don’t. I read each comment and tried to learn from it, especially since I’m new to the I/R genre. When I worked on my latest release, Rose, Exposed, I even revisited the feedback to make sure I addressed everything I should.

One reader really got my attention because she saw Pearl as a Mary Sue heroine — too perfect with green eyes and a privileged background. Uh-oh, I thought. If she didn’t like Pearl, she’s really not going to like Rose, my latest heroine who struggles with her biracial identity. I chose to give these heroines different backgrounds to make them stand out and not fit into the community so easily. This created the drama and conflict I wanted.

Why didn’t I write about Sadie, the reader asked? At that point, I had to laugh because I’ve been planning to tell Sadie’s story as the third book in the series for a long time.

What makes a good I/R | multicultural heroine? I’m not talking about the general stuff that applies to all heroines, such as likeability and not being too stupid to live, but genre-specific traits. I got a little help from the ladies at the Café au Lait Book Club. Strength ranks high as well as taking pride in who she is and where she comes from. Thank you all!

Because my series takes place in the 1930s, I think my heroines need to be especially strong to face the challenge of having an interracial relationship in a society that isn’t as open as it is today. Having a career was tougher for women then too. That’s why I gave each woman a calling. Pearl plays the piano, Rose paints, and Sadie — well, I’m keeping her new talent a secret for now.

Keep the feedback coming. I thank that one reader for really opening my eyes and making me a better writer. I hope she reads my latest release and Sadie’s story when it comes out.

Rose, Exposed

Publisher: Ellora’s Cave Publishing
Release Date: 27 March 2013
eBook ISBN #: 978-14199-45205
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Blurb
When Leroy Johnson gets promoted at the new oyster plant on Pearl Point, all he cares about is working hard. When he meets the flirtatious artist Rose Wainwright, however, nothing matters except getting her to the altar and into bed. Healing from a recent loss, he’s not about to let her go too.

Because Rose’s strict, social-climbing father doesn’t approve of dark-skinned Leroy, they court in secret anyplace they can find. Although Leroy’s raw passion can convince her to do almost anything, why can’t he understand she needs freedom, not marriage?
Her father wants her to be white, but Leroy wants her to be black. Playing both sides of the fence leaves this young biracial beauty exposed in more ways than one.

Excerpt (explicit)
Rose, Exposed – Copyright © AFTON LOCKE, 2013 – All Rights Reserved, Ellora’s Cave Publishing, Inc.

“You’re so…dark,” she exclaimed. Instead of the disdain he expected, he heard fascination.

Come on, lady. Don’t tell me you’ve never seen a colored man before.

“Yes, I’m dark,” he agreed as he politely removed her hand, “which is why it’s not a good idea for us to sit alone together in this car. Someone might come along and jump to the wrong conclusion.”

A conclusion that could get him beat up or worse with the Klan close by on Oyster Island.

But before he could stop her, she clasped both sides of his face and pressed her sweet mouth to his. Aw, hell. A man only had so much self-control, and she’d just shattered his. Unable to stop himself, he plundered her delicate mouth. Her lips reminded him of rose petals, and he sucked the sweetness out of them as if he were a bee. The more he tasted, the more he wanted.

She opened, giving him access to her even sweeter tongue. His penis strained, hard and now wet, against his undershorts. Hell, even his balls must be twice their normal size. Taking a big breath, he pulled away from her.

“We can’t do this. You’re white.”

She looked down at her upturned palms. “Then I really do look white?”

Leroy frowned. “Aren’t you?”

For the first time, her smile disappeared, making him shiver in his wet clothes. “The truth is, I don’t know what I am. I suppose that’s why I took this foolish drive.”

She must be biracial then, he realized, and not forbidden after all. The thought made him want to dance on the hood of the car. She still looked white, though. If he didn’t have the time to court a girl his own color, he sure didn’t have any for a complicated one like this.

“Kiss me again,” she demanded.

Without waiting for him to answer, she locked her hot, damp mouth on his again and tugged hard on his shoulders. Before he knew it, he was on top of her on the front seat. He wished her dress weren’t so thin when two round breasts pushed against his chest and long, slender legs shifted restlessly under his. Dizzy with the scent of rain and her, he froze.

At that moment, nothing mattered except finding out if her cunt was as sweet and yielding as her mouth. He didn’t care if the entire Klan showed up, knocked on the window and caught him thrusting between her legs on this slippery leather seat. It had been too damn long since he’d had a woman. He needed to stop this while he still could.

“Do you know what you’re asking for?” Lust had turned his voice into a husky croak.

She laughed and touched his face again. “I don’t know. What am I asking for?”

This girl was crazier than he’d first thought. What if someone less honorable than himself had stopped instead? She could’ve been raped.

“A whole lot of trouble.” He sat up. “Look, this is not the time or the place. Now let’s get you home.”

The sooner he could be rid of her—before she derailed him from his job, family, and everything else that mattered—the better.

WIPs Coming Soon

Rose, Exposed is the sequel to Plucking the Pearl, an interracial historical erotic romance.
http://www.aftonlocke.com/pearl.html
I have two more books planned for the Oyster Harbor series. Next up for romance are Sadie and Henry.

In addition to interracial/multicultural historicals, I also plan to keep writing erotic contemporaries.
Can an older woman find love with a hot male stripper? My current WIP, Two Hours to Entice, will answer that question.

Where readers can find me

I will be attending EC’s RomantiCon Oct 10-13, 2013 in Canton, Ohio
Don’t miss the book signing on Oct 13th.
I’m also hosting a Fabulous Fusion workshop with Koko Brown and Eve Vaughn to celebrate interracial erotic romance for EC’s Fusion line.

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This post is part of the official Rose, Exposed Blog Tour (3/26 – 4/09).
The grand prize for the tour is vintage-style rose earrings for pierced ears (U.S. shipping address only).
To be eligible, COMMENT on this post. Comment should include the historical time period and geographical setting (when and where) you’d most like to see in a romance.
The tour winner will be announced at http://www.aftonlocke.com/RoseExposedTour.html on April 11th.

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BDSM in Romance
Wednesday, February 27th, 2013
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It’s almost been a year since Fifty Shades of Grey was released. In one year, the book took the world by storm, offended many, turned on more, opened the mainstream eyes to BDSM and then slowly, but surely slipped away. It’s still out there, circulating through the hands of eager women, prominently on display in bookstores and inspiring talk show hosts and news anchors alike, but the initial frenzy is gone.

While Fifty Shades of Grey has already had it’s 15 minutes of fame, some would say we have E.L. James to thank for making BDSM a well-known sexual lifestyle and for giving it a little more of a positive connotation. Although people actually involved in the lifestyle disagree, saying her portrayal was inaccurate, it hasn’t stopped thousands of women from flocking to their nearest Adam and Eve or hardware store to pick up the perfect accompaniment to their night of bondage and discipline. In fact, adult novelty stores saw an overall 50% raise in sales last year and toys like ben wa balls saw up to a 400% increase.

Psychologists hypothesize that the sudden interest in BDSM is due to the breaking of the “glass ceiling,” saying that women now need a place to relinquish their control and BDSM is the perfect way to do that. I don’t think they are entirely wrong, but BDSM has been around for centuries, long before the glass ceiling came down, and women and men have enjoyed it for just as long. It has more to do with power, trust and building a connection with your dom, master or partner–however you would like to refer to them or rather, however they want you to refer to them. It’s about giving yourself up entirely to someone and trusting them to take care of you and give you the pleasure that you both want and need. There’s something very freeing about that and I think Fifty Shades was able to show that to a lot of women (a
nd men).

With that said, what erotic romance focused on BDSM turn you on to it? Are you offended or intrigued by it? Why do you think that is? I think we all have our own reasons, maybe it’s something from our past, maybe we do like giving up the power, maybe it’s just something new we’ve never tried before? Whatever the reason, if it works, it works, if not, then try something else. There are plenty of fetishes for a reason.

If you’ve been thinking about trying BDSM, be sure to do your research. Fifty Shades can be a decent introduction, but it doesn’t really get into the nitty gritty. Be sure to communicate with your partner about what you do and don’t want, what your safe word is going to be and the parameters of your relationship. Above all else, you just want to make sure you and your relationship is protected, so don’t go in blindly. Begin to experiment and keep an open mind once you feel like you have a decent grasp on it all. And don’t be afraid to include props in your play like scarves, handcuffs, candles, sex toys and even books–reading erotic romance to each other would be a great way to get it started.