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Lila Munro is here to share the details of her latest research and projects. She's got some scary info. Pull up a chair and see what's on her mind. Welcome back, Lila!

First off, thanks Margie for having me back over. I’ve been over here high-jacking Margie’s space a few times this year—and I love it! I love that she has so many enthusiastic readers and that people are so eager and willing to participate and interact when I’m over here. So, thanks to Margie and thanks to all you faithful followers of hers.

So, if you’ve ever read one of my off the rails posts I leave over here, you know I love two things—research and field trips. Oh, yeah…I’ve been at it again. Seems the more I find the more I want to know and the harder I try to figure out a way to use what I find. Just let me tell you, my characters are running in fear lately wondering what I’ll come up with next. I know I’ve scared the hell out of at least three characters lately and more are sitting in the fringes thinking “Dear God, she’s finally lost it, not me, not that!”

Here’s a quick rundown on who from what has been effected by my almost addictive need to find out “stuff.” And yes, it all somehow revolves around Identity characters, or the club in Identity has bled over into some other interesting places—remember Steele Image…

Okay, earlier this year I worked on an anthology series called Force Recon with a few other very talented people. The first one went over very well and we’re now knee-deep in the middle of the second one and I have a new character. Her name’s Alli and she’s a marine—an intelligence marine to be precise. Her mother fled the scene when she was but a tot and she was raised by five older brothers (also marines) and her father—yes, you caught me, he’s also a marine. Now what do you suppose happens to a girl’s ego when she’s raised by that much testosterone? Well, in her case, she’s been conditioned to think and act more like a man. Except she’s not and in order to try to counterbalance her male geared mind, her inner submissive emerges. And just where do you suppose our girl learned her place? Steele Image of course. J Haha! That’s right, I’m cross writing my Identity characters. Now, Alli’s been through quite an ordeal—she’s been held for weeks by some very nasty Somali pirates who all but robbed her of her submissive nature, and I needed to find something she would be terrified of after this gut wrenching ordeal. Now we’re getting somewhere. Right? The research portion of the show. Anyone in the crowd ever watch a water play scene? Let me tell you what boys and girls—not for the faint of heart.

After some intense and interesting research I finally found what I was looking for. What better way to cause an already unsure sub to have a freak out. Now, I won’t tell you what happens to Alli, you’ll have to wait until September to read the whole thing, just know—it ain’t pretty.

Julie, AKA—Hayden, and her Dom in waiting, Mason. These are my characters from the third Identity book I’m trying to work on in between bouts of writing Alli’s story. Mason’s a bit older than Julie and has much more experience as she’s actually not discovered she’s submissive yet. Make no mistake though she will. J Now, knowing me like I do, I knew I needed to come up with some very unusual things to test Miss Julie, I mean Hayden, no Julie, with…confused yet? Yeah, well so is she…haha! The way they meet is centered around a masquerade ball of sorts. A very sordid ball at that. Where a bird bath doubles as an antique “water massage unit” and subs are seen racing across the lawn bowling area in nothing more than split-crotch bloomers. Now, what to test this woman with…mmmm…oh I know-duh! It’s a theme party—shouldn’t the “doctor’s” bag contain something time-period friendly? But of course. Well, I found it! Did you know the Chinese basically invented the cock ring around 1200 AD? They were adorned with wooden carved dragon’s tongues designed to touch the most intimate of places. That has nothing to do with my dude’s toy bag by the way, just a useless trivial fact. J

Where were we…oh yes, The Pope’s Pears. Yes you read correctly. No the Pope did not eat them. These little dandies were used during the inquisitions to force people into confessing to things they may or may not have done, mainly consort with the devil and his families. Whatever that means exactly. These intricate torture devices could be inserted into the mouth, vagina, or anus and opened like flowers to distend the orifice, quite painfully I might add. Now, what’s my guy doing with one in his bag? Well, you’ll have to wait to read Assumed Identity to find out, but let me just toss this bit of food for thought out there for now.

We thought we had somehow pioneered kink and freak in our day and age—mainly since the sexual revolution started in the sixties. Obviously this Pope’s Pear dilly proves us wrong. Now, bear in mind I’m as Catholic as they come, but I just gotta ask myself—were the Pope’s boys really looking for witches, or were they just marauding around as witch hunters and they were really  a bunch of sadists bent on getting their rocks off from stretching a woman’s vagina as far as it would go? Like I said, food for thought—thank God we have controlled environments these days and safe words! Damned if some Pope’s bobby’s going to use me to get his jolly’s—well, certainly not unless it’s Safe, Sane and Consensual J….Play safe boys and girls!

Now, while I’d love to share an excerpt from Assumed Identity with you, I fear I can offer no more than a sneak peek at the cover—my blurbs not even fully ready, so please enjoy the art as much as I have been. In lieu of an excerpt, I wanted to give away some goodies since Margie is so gracious in sharing this space and letting me blither about whatever I feel like—no matter how far out there it gets. Here’s what we’ll do. I will give away three, that’s right three, copies of a short story I have up called Boot Scootin’ Booty Call. Here’s how to qualify—leave me a comment with your email and let me know what you think should be in the doctor’s magic bag. J

If you’d like to check me out further you can find me at:

http://lilamunro.weebly.com

http://www.wickedmuses.blogspot.com

Or if you’d like to check out my available work:

http://www.allromanceebooks.com/storeSearch.html?searchBy=author&qString=Lila+Munro

It's always fascinating when you visit, Lila! I'll look forward to learning about Assumed Identity - I know you'll be back.

Margie