Seduction for Beginners E-Book

Jae

• Herausgeber: Ylva Publishing
• Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 71

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2013

Beschreibung

"Seduction for Beginners" is a mini sequel to my novel Something in the Wine, in which Annie and Drew met and fell in love, turning especially Annie's life upside down. The short story will now give you a glimpse of the next step in their relationship. For Annie, work always took precedence over romance. But now, recently come-out and involved in a relationship with a woman for the first time, Annie is determined to seduce her girlfriend, Drew, on Valentine's Day. Unfortunately, she has no clue as to the arts of seduction. 

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Seduction for Beginners

© by Ylva Publishing

ISBN mobi: 978-3-95533-094-1

ISBN epub: 978-3-95533-095-8

ISBN pdf: 978-3-95533-096-5

Previously published in the anthology Connected Hearts. Four Lesbian Romance Stories by Ylva Verlag, e.Kfr., Germany, in 2013.

Copyright © 2013 by Ylva Verlag, e.Kfr.

Published by Ylva Publishing, legal entity of Ylva Verlag, e.Kfr.

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First Edition: April 2013

This book is a work of fiction. Names, characters, events, and locations are fictitious or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons or events, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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Credits

Edited by Judy Underwood

Cover Design by UlinneDesign, Neuenkirchen

Cover Photo by © Rtbilder | Dreamstime.com

Table of Contents

Introduction

Seduction for Beginners

Jae

About Jae

Excerpt from Something in the Wine

Jae

Other books from Ylva Publishing

Coming from Ylva Publishing in summer and fall 2013

Introduction

Dear readers,

This short story is a mini sequel to my novel Something in the Wine, which tells the story of how Drew and Annie met and fell in love. Unlike my other novels, Something in the Wine doesn’t include a love scene.

I didn’t feel that Annie and Drew were at a point in their relationship where they would make love, so I ended the book before that milestone in their relationship happened. Some readers seemed disappointed that I left out the love scene, but others wrote to thank me for not making Annie and Drew jump into bed too fast.

So when I sat down to write a romantic short story for Valentine’s Day, I thought it might be time to give readers a glimpse into how the relationship between Annie and Drew progresses.

I hope you enjoy the story, even if you haven’t read Something in the Wine.

Jae

Seduction for Beginners

Jae

Annie clicked her pen on and off and stared down at her notebook. She had been sitting at her desk for the past hour, trying to come up with a plan, and yet the page was still empty. Groaning, she picked up the stress ball from the edge of her desk and kneaded it in her left hand. Why hadn’t anyone ever written a book on how to seduce your girlfriend?

Hmm, maybe someone has. She nudged the mouse on her desk, and her computer monitor sprang to life. A quick search on Amazon produced a list of books with titles such as How to Use Hypnosis to Seduce Women and The Foolproof Guide to Picking up Hot Chicks.

Annie shook her head. She didn’t want instructions on how to lure dozens of women into her bed. What she needed was a little help with wining, dining, and seducing one specific woman—her girlfriend, Drew.

Well, she had the wining and dining part down pat. Annie thumbed through the pages of her notebook that listed her plans for Valentine’s Day. First, they would have dinner at an expensive restaurant overlooking the ocean and watch the sun set while sipping on a glass of Drew’s wine. Afterwards, they would stroll along the beach before they returned to the cozy bed-and-breakfast where she had booked a room.

That was where the problems started. They had shared some heated kisses, but Annie had no experiences beyond that. At least not with women.

Annie knew Drew wouldn’t make the first move even though she was the more experienced one. From the moment they had first gotten together twelve weeks ago, Drew had always made sure not to pressure Annie when it came to their physical relationship. She had let Annie initiate their first real kiss, and now it would have to be Annie who introduced lovemaking into their relationship.

She sighed. Sometimes, having a considerate girlfriend was a pain in the ass.

Half an hour later, Annie was still staring at a blank page. She threw the stress ball against the wall and watched it ricochet across the room. “Argh!” The more she thought about her seduction plans, the more she started to panic. She wanted the first time between her and Drew to be perfect, a night that neither of them would ever forget. Valentine’s Day seemed ideal for that, so she had convinced Drew not to prepare any Valentine’s surprises and let her plan a romantic evening instead. On paper, everything looked good. But no matter how much she planned, it wouldn’t change her own inadequacy. Drew deserves a lover who knows what she’s doing, not just the bumbling attentions of a nervous nerd.

She closed her notebook, stood, and started to pace through her bedroom.

If only she knew how to make that first move, then maybe everything else would fall into place.

Too bad she didn’t have a best friend she could call for advice. Drew was her best friend, but she couldn’t ask her about this.

Maybe Jake would know. She stopped pacing. Yes. Her brother was the quintessential ladies’ man, a Casanova who had seduced so many women that he would have needed a spreadsheet to keep track. If anyone knew how to let Drew know she was ready for more, it would be Jake.

She reached for the phone and speed-dialed his cell, hoping he wouldn’t make fun of her.

“Yeah?” Jake sounded out of breath.

Annie frowned. “Hi. It’s me. Annie. Am I catching you at a bad time?”

“No, I’m just halfway up the rock-climbing wall right now.”

“You picked up your phone while you’re hanging from a rock-climbing wall?” Annie rolled her eyes. “Okay, I’ll make it quick, then.” Her cheeks were already glowing with embarrassment, so she didn’t want to prolong this conversation anyway. “What would a woman need to do to ... um ... seduce you?”

“Walk up to me and strip,” Jake said without hesitation. “Why? Know anyone who’s interested?”

Annie groaned. Obviously, Jake wasn’t a good point of reference. Seducing Drew would need to be a little more subtle. “No.” She rubbed the back of her neck. “Forget the question. Let’s say ... let’s say you’ve been with a woman for a while. And everything’s going great, but you haven’t had ... you know.”

A whirring and then a thumping sound indicated that Jake was back on the ground. He chuckled. “Sex, Annie. You’re thirty years old, and you still can’t say sex?”

“Of course I can say it.” Saying it wasn’t the problem, though. Annie gritted her teeth. Maybe calling Jake hadn’t been such a bright idea, but for Drew’s sake, she was determined to get some information out of him. “Sex. There. I said it. S-E-X. Happy now?”

Jake laughed. “Yep. Okay, so me and my imaginary girlfriend haven’t been doing the horizontal mambo. Why not? She’s not ugly as sin, is she?”

“No! She’s beautiful.” Most people didn’t consider Drew a conventional beauty. Her nose and jaw were a bit too strong and her build too stocky, but Annie considered every inch of her attractive.

“Then why wait?” Jake asked.

“Well, because ... because ...” Annie dropped onto her desk chair and huffed out a breath. “Because it isn’t just a one-night stand, and you want to get it right.”

“What’s there to get right? It’s sex, Annie, not rocket science. You just insert tab A into slot B and—”

“Eww.” Annie nearly dropped the phone when she attempted to cover her ears. “Spare me the Ikea sex instructions, please.”

“Okay, okay. So what was the question again?”

Annie hesitated. She shook her head at herself. Asking Jake of all people for advice ... what was I thinking? “You know what? Forget it. It’s not important.”

“Aww, just when it was getting interesting,” Jake said, his tone teasing.

Not in the mood for silly jokes, Annie said nothing.

Metal clinked on the other end of the line. Then Jake cleared his throat. “You’re not just asking because you’re curious about my spectacular adventures in the bedroom, are you? Oh, shit, Annie. Tell me this isn’t about you and Drew.”

Again, Annie remained silent.

“So the two of you haven’t ...?” Now it was Jake who couldn’t say the word. “No, don’t tell me. I don’t want to know the details of my sister’s sex life.”

That’s the problem. There is no sex life. Her whole life, she had been the one to give advice to her brother. Not that he ever followed it. But still. She swallowed her pride. “I wouldn’t ask you, but I really don’t know how to approach this.”