Check out the second song, “Trace of Hate,” from my band, Metronome 11!
And if you didn’t catch it the first time around, here’s our first song, “Even Keel,” as well:
To learn more about Metronome 11, visit http://luxzakari.com/metronome-11/ or Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/metronome11!
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Lux Zakari
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The website Oysters & Chocolate has posted a review of my erotic novel, Secretly More! A snippet:
What makes Zakari’s work so palpably erotic is the tension which she imbues her characters and their situations with. The desire overwhelms the base, animalistic sex and heightens the experience for the readers, forcing them to not only engage with the characters and their lives more fully, but also with their release… Secretly More is an exciting, modern novel filled with lust and desire. It is a novel that readers will want to savor, allowing the characters and their issues to build slowly, until they erupt in an erotic frenzy…
To read the review in full, visit http://oystersandchocolate.com/Articles/2372/SecretlyMoreBookReview.aspx, and to check out Secretly More, visit http://www.amazon.com/Secretly-More-ebook/dp/B0065546AO/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1321053867&sr=8-3.
Many thanks to the reviewer, Joshua Gage, for his kind words. I’m happy the story was enjoyed!
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Lux Zakari
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Beautiful Mess is the first story I’ve read of Lucy V. Morgan’s, tiding me over until her novel Chairman of the Whored is released. After reading this, I look forward to reading Chairman even more.
Bailey has just been dumped by her evil boyfriend, Craig, and her flatmates Tom and Olly, along with their friend Linc, take it upon themselves to cheer her up with pizza and a bottle of Jagermeister. The alcohol leads Bailey to admit under duress that she’s never had an orgasm during sex before, a confession that sticks with Linc long after the night’s over. So when Valentine’s Day rolls around, he decides to help Bailey cross that problem off her Never-Have-I-Ever list and obliterate all thought of Craig for good.
I’m happy that the author’s real life humor and keep-it-realness have worked their way into this sexy novella. I don’t identify with young, “Sex and the City”-type characters with their chick-lit jobs in marketing and advertising who have nothing down-to-earth, ridiculous, unfeminine or hilarious to say or do. So in Beautiful Mess, it was refreshing to read about characters in their twenties accurately depicted: drinking too much Jager, striving to become YouTube sensations, owning pet rats and calling their Asian friend a “Hentai princess” with all the affection in the world. It’s obvious that the author had fun writing this story, and the sex scene? Completely hot. Morgan provides just the right amount of description and dirty talk and leaves readers totally satisfied.
I only wish the story had lasted longer—I thought the buildup between Bailey and Linc could’ve been extended, but being what it is, this works for a novella, and better yet—Beautiful Mess is completely free. I can’t wait to read more from Morgan—and someday hear how the story’s “Very Slutty Werewolf” song goes!
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Lux Zakari
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www.luxzakari.com
A fun thing I like to do when writing a book is casting actors and actresses into the story; I find it helps me visualize them better, and it’s just a good time all around. However, for Coercion, I didn’t truly have anyone in mind when I wrote the story; I kept changing my mind. Once upon a time, I thought I’d settled the decision of who would play troubled-but-foxy anti-hero Michael Vartanian by casting Henry Cavill in the role, but now even that’s subject to change, as I don’t often see any MV qualities in the actor (which is probably a good thing).
As for the women in Michael’s life — tempestuous, experienced Breeze and innocent-of-this-world Valerie — I’m happy that I finally-finally-finally have a better idea of how I see them.
To be honest, I stumbled upon a rough mental sketch of Breeze when flipping through a yearbook from the 1970s, and I found a photo of a blond senior wearing giant tinted glasses, and she looked so sassy and I thought, “There’s my girl.” What’s crazy to me is not only will that real-life senior never know how she influenced an erotic novel 30+ years after her photo was taken, but how we can only speculate on people of the past.
But when it comes to casting the currently hypothetical movie for Coercion, I have chosen actress Elizabeth Olsen.
She has a fresh-faced, ’70s quality about her that I think would be perfect. I can certainly picture her now, aggravating the hell out of her on-off boyfriend Michael with an evil deed meant right for the jugular, then bewitching him all the same with a wink and a flirty twitch to her hips.
Did you read Coercion and picture someone different for Breeze? Drop me a line — I’d love to know!
Purchase Coercion at http://www.lyricalpress.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=2_12&products_id=315.
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Lux Zakari
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Five friends. One tarot card reading. Zero expectations—until fate stepped in.
SHANE, the movie star. He arrives at a rehabilitation clinic for his sex addiction only to be enticed in ways he never thought possible…
TREY, the contractor. He looks after his friend’s deeply troubled stepsister under the guise of remodeling his New York City high-rise, but soon faces temptations that test the bonds of friendship and his self-control…
KRI, the Japanese heiress. Regrets haunt her when she learns she’s pregnant and must leave her lover at the insistence of her strict, traditional father…
BRAND, the high-profile drug dealer. He wrestles with demons of his own after his boyfriend—a cop—ends their relationship over his questionable career path…
DISA, the wayward tennis player. She has her sights set on talk show host Jules Rohan with no idea just how much truth lies in his bad-boy reputation…
Their journey through the twenty-two cards of the Major Arcana in this high-society erotic novel reveals that nothing in life is left to chance—and they’re more entangled in each other’s lives than they ever could have imagined.
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Lux Zakari
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