3 sexy book giveaways in October

There's so many exciting things happening, even I can hardly keep up! The biggest is that Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 6, which has a stunning cover (I mean, how HOT is that?) and 20 super hot brand new adventure-themed sexy stories, hits stores and e-readers December 8!



It just got a rave review in Publishers Weekly that I'm really proud of. I think sometimes people think editing anthologies is super easy and I just pick any random stories and cobble them together. There's so much more involved, and I worked super hard to make this book as varied as possible while also exploring lots of different types of sex and adventure.

So to celebrate the upcoming release, I'm giving away 5 signed copies of Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 6 over at Goodreads. You have until October 15 to enter. It's open to those in the US and Canada, the only countries Goodreads would let me select.

But that's not all! During my book tour earlier this year, I got CD Reiss, Sierra Simone and Sabrina Sol to sign copies of their books Marriage Games, Misadventures of a Curvy Girl and Delicious Satisfaction respectively. Over on the Best Women's Erotica of the Year Instagram, I'm giving away signed copies of those plus a signed copy of Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 5, which they've all contributed to, to one lucky winner. Open internationally. Deadline to enter: October 18, 2020.



If you're a subscriber to my newsletter, you can enter to win sexy romance novel Getaway Girl by Tessa Bailey by replying to the October newsletter. That went out yesterday, October 8, so look for it in your inbox.



Not a subscriber yet? Subscribe here and stay tuned for November's newsletter PLUS the most fun giveaway of my life, also happening next month.

4 sexy Best Women's Erotica of the Year giveaways - act fast!

My anthology of 21 brand new OUTRAGEOUS sexy adult storeis, Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 5, came out this week from Cleis Press in print and ebook. I've been busy promoting it all over and will do a full recap next week, but wanted to let you know about four giveaways going on, the first three of which end today. Entry details at links below!

Win Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 5 on any blog tour stop (Deadline: December 13, 2019)

Win Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 5 on any Instagram tour stop(Deadline: December 13, 2019)

Win Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 5 from Sierra Simone on Instagram (Deadline: December 13, 2019)

Win 5 books by Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 5 authors from me, for newsletter subscribers only (Deadline: December 18, 2019)
To enter, reply to my latest newsletter, sent December 12; if you're not on my mailing list, subscribe here and be on the lookout for my January subscriber only giveaway

My birthday and my new erotica book giveaway

Over the weekend I saw Elton John in concert, explored Philadelphia's Rittenhouse Square and ate delicious meals at Zama (some of the best sushi I've ever had) and V Street, a vegan (aka plant-based) restaurant, acquired a shift dress and sweater dress at Madewell, bought mushrooms and English muffin/bagel hybrids (the Philly muffin) from Philly Bread at the farmers market, and turned 44. Here's me in my new sweater dress, which pretty much feels like wearing a stylish blanket and is going to be perfect for the coldest of winter days:



It was a busy, happy and sad weekend all rolled into one and I'm so happy I got to spend it with my boyfriend. My birthday was on Sunday, November 10, which also marked one month until the release of my new anthology, the outrageous-themed Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 5, which recently got a wonderful review in one of the top trade publications, Publishers Weekly.



I've been working on this book for over a year, and am actually finalizing my draft of the Volume 6 manuscript now (if you're waiting to hear back, you will as soon as I can get you an answer), so it's thrilling that it will finally be in bookstores very soon. I'm also gearing up for the sexy 2020 book tour, which is taking me to Brooklyn January 19 for Stoya's Book Club Sex Lit (tickets will be on sale later this month), and weather permitting to Chicago February 13 for an amazing lineup at feminist bookstore Women and Children First, then to LA for a Valentine's Day reading at Skylight Books. I'll even have an entourage! Authors Jayne Renault and Lauren Emily are joining me in both Chicago and LA. We're all traveling together to LA and I can't wait to catch up with them in person.

My copies should arrive this week, and then I'll be sending them to the contributors and my new street team and some to the wonderful Rose Caraway, who's narrating the audiobook and will do a giveaway. Speaking of giveaways, I'm doing one more over at Goodreads to win one of 10 SIGNED COPIES of the final book. That giveaway runs through December 4 and is open to U.S. and Canadian addresses. If you want my monthly giveaways that are open to everyone, subscribe to my newsletter. The new one is going out this week, probably tomorrow (Wednesday). And follow bestwomenserotica on Instagram because there will be lots of giveaways there, plus sneak peeks of the book and other fun stuff. Speaking of sneak peeks, there's a cupcake bakery erotica story titled "Frosting" by Kathleen Delaney-Adams in Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 5 that's VERY kinky. Here's a little teaser from it, and you can catch Kathleen live February 13 with me in Chicago.

Win a signed copy of Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 3

Over at Goodreads, I'm hosting a Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 3 giveaway for U.S. readers. Enter by April 15 to win one of 25 signed copies. Good luck! And follow @BWEoftheyear on Twitter and bestwomenserotica on Instagram for more giveaways around the year. As always, your reviews anywhere and everywhere (suggested locations: Goodreads, Powell's (where you can sign up to be entered to win a $20 credit if your review is selected to highlight in their Daily Dose newsletter), Amazon, Bn.com, Kobo, Audible), adding the books to your wishlists and sharing posts about the Cleis Press Best Women's Erotica of the Year series help our books reach new readers and ultimately help the series grow and thrive.

I've also posted the Volume 5 call for submissions on the theme of "Outrageous." You've got until August 1, 2018 to get your stories in for consideration! I'm pouring all my editorial energy into making this series everything I've dreamed it could be. Volume 4 will be out December 11 of this year and I'm working on making Volume 5 as hot as can be too!

3 erotica book giveaways - enter now!

I've been busy promoting my favorite thing I've ever worked on, the Best Women's Erotica of the Year series (check out our blog), prepping for my February 13 reading at Politics and Prose at The Wharf in Washington, DC and getting that much closer to launching my new online erotica writing class (stay tuned, it's happening in the next month or two!) so this blog has gotten neglected. But there are three book giveaways happening right now I wanted to share, and I'll be doing a newsletter giveaway for January of Flying High: Sexy Stories from the Mile High Club so make sure you're subscribed. Here's the current places where you can win, all U.S. only:

Win Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 3 from Romancing the Book! Enter by January 13.

Win Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 2 signed by me at Goodreads! Enter by January 31.

Win On Fire: Erotic Romance Stories signed by me at Goodreads! Enter by January 31.

And if you've won a book of mine or read it otherwise, your reviews are very much appreciated. They help me reach new readers and guide me in making selections for future books.

July newsletter and 2 book giveaways

I just sent out my July newsletter (click to read). I do subscriber only giveaways each month so if you want to subscribe, do so on the left hand side of my Lusty Lady blog or at rachelkramerbussel.com.

This month I'm giving away 12 autographed copies of The Big Book of Orgasms: 69 Sexy Stories. This one's open to subscribers anywhere in the world. Just make sure to include the same email address you subscribed with (yes, I check) and your full mailing address so I can send it. I often have to pick new winners if the full address isn't included. Yes, technically I could email and get the address but I send the books out right after I package the books so don't have time to wait. Good luck! This giveaway goes through Sunday, July 16 at 11:59 p.m. EST. Thanks to all of the early birds who've already entered! Next month I'm giving away Women in Lust and I have a whole closet full of books for the rest of the year's giveaways.



I'm also giving away 15 autographed copies of On Fire: Erotic Romance Stories (U.S. only) in this Goodreads giveaway.

Do you like free books? Sign up for my newsletter and visit my Facebook page on Friday (plus a BEA giveaway)

I'm getting ready to head to Chicago later this week to attend Book Expo America (BEA), where on Friday at 2:30 I'll be signing free copies of my favorite of all my anthologies, Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 1 at Table 9 in the autographing area.



BEA is a book publishing industry event so most likely, if you're not an author, editor, publisher, librarian or press, you won't be there, but that doesn't mean I don't have free books for you too! If you aren't already a subscriber to my newsletter, get on that ASAP (at the left-hand side of my Lusty Lady blog or at rachelkramerbussel.com) so you can enter to win a signed copy of Dirty Dates in my next newsletter giveaway exclusive, coming this week. And so that nobody feels left out of the Best Women's Erotica love, on Friday, May 13th I'll be posting a flash giveaway on my Facebook page, so stay tuned for that - you'll have to act fast to win!

Win a copy of my erotic romance anthology I Want You Bad

To celebrate it being November and as a thank you for reading my blog and my work, I'm hosting a giveaway this week on my Facebook page to win a copy of my Cleis Press erotic romance anthology I Want You Bad, which is a reissue of my previous book Obsessed (everything is the same except the cover and title). Just go there, comment on the photo of the cover of I Want You Bad with your email address (which you can post in the format myname at myprovider.com) by Thursday, November 5th at 11:59 p.m. EST and I'll select 10 winners on Friday morning. This is open to anyone with a U.S. mailing address; winners will get a print copy of the book sent to you by me via Amazon. To recap, the only way to enter is by commenting on this post on my Facebook page.

Lube, sex toys and other freebies at May 21st In The Flesh

I have LOTS of freebies to give away at the next In The Flesh on May 21st, including 3 sets of the fun board game Sexy Slang, a gift basket from Good Vibrations worth $100 (also giving one of those away June 18th and July 16th) and...5 sets of lube from Wet Together (pictured below), in addition to the usual array of free snacks and free cupcakes from Baked by Melissa.

Click here for reading details.

What you can win at Virgin Night at In The Flesh April 16th

That's in one week!

So many goodies and giveaways next Thursday at Virgin Night at In The Flesh Reading Series!



From luxury sex toy seller JimmyJane, you can win one of their beautiful massage candles. Here's how they describe it:

AFTERGLOW
Natural Massage Candles
With Body Brush

Light AFTERGLOW and use it as a candle, then blow it out, dip the Body Brush in the warm oil, and paint it on the skin. When heated, the candle liquefies into high-slip massage oil that softens and hydrates the skin. Our proprietary blend of spa-grade ingredients provides silky sensation at the perfect temperature. More than a candle, it’s a massage. Burns up to 42 hours, every one of them memorable.




I also love that JimmyJane founder Ethan Imboden writes about vibrators and sex on Huffington Post.

And from the word game SexySlang (formerly PervArtistry, which you may have heard of), you can win one of 3 games!

Here's some of the cards that came with it - see if you can figure out what these symbolize!