Writing About Pregnancy and Intimacy in FROZEN CRIMES + Giveaway + Free Ebook

 

So, I don’t have any children, and I’ve never been pregnant. What I knew about pregnancy and labor before writing Frozen Crimes, I knew from my sister, who’d had two boys, and a friend who had three boys. Throughout Frozen Crimes, Beth is pregnant, and I found myself having to Google quite a bit so I’d have even the smallest details right.

I researched:

-      Maternity jeans

-      Maternity underwear and bras

-      Best intimate positions for pregnant women

-      Labor (stages)

-      Contractions (stages)

One tricky moment was when I had to write about Beth and Donovan making love when she is seven months pregnant. As you can see from my list above, I took to Google to help me and found a great website called TheBump.com, which had an article titled 8 Best Sex Positions While Pregnant, especially during the third trimester. (Warning: the article does contain animated graphics to go along with the list/details, for visual aid.)

I scanned through this article, looking for one that would be intimate enough for my characters, who’d been separated a month, but wouldn’t be too awkward to describe in the simplest terms possible. If you’re wondering…I chose the side-by-side position. In a later scene, I chose the spoon position.

It’s true that when you’re a writer you have to Google strange things, and it’s very true that everything has to be realistic and accurate.

SEXY EXCERPT: He stripped down and made his way to her. On the bed, they lay on their sides, facing each other. After Donovan peeled away her underwear, he put one of his legs between hers and the other on top of hers. He entered her without breaking eye contact. They made love in the way Donovan had been dreaming about since he had left. Having her pregnant belly between them made it that much more intimate. He watched her closely as he varied the speed and depth, being sure not to cause her any discomfort. She gripped his shoulders and gyrated her hips. Sounds of pleasure escaped her. Her fingernails bit into his skin when she came. To the tune of her ecstasy, he released himself.

P.S. I do write steamy scenes, but they are not erotica. Just FYI. ;)

When disasters strike around every corner, is it possible to have a happily-ever-after?

BLURB: Beth and Donovan are expecting their first child. Life couldn’t get any better…until a stalker makes his presence known. This person sends disturbing messages and unsettling items, but it isn’t long before his menacing goes too far.

Hoping for a peaceful Christmas, Donovan takes Beth to Michigan. Days into their trip, a winter storm named Nemesis moves in with the goal of burying the state. Snowdrifts surround their house, and the temperature drops below freezing.

Except, the storm isn’t the only nemesis they must face. Everyone’s lives are at stake—especially that of their unborn child. Will they survive, or will they become a frozen crime?

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EXCERPT:

The crunch of the shovel pounding into the snow and ice filled his ears. It was all he could hear. The rest of the street was silent beneath its wintry blanket. Breathing was difficult with the icy air clogging his lungs. His nose burned. His throat was dry and on fire. But he ignored it, focusing on his task.

Crack, crack, crack.

He jabbed the shovel into a hunk of snow. On the third hit, it shattered into several pieces. He scooped them up and flung them to the side. He surveyed what remained. There was one big ball in the middle of the path that needed to be dealt with next. He moved over to it and struck it. That one impact had it severing in two. He was about to hit it again when something crashed into the back of his head.

Explosions of white light danced over his vision. Pain enveloped his skull. The shovel slipped from his fingers. Blackness cloaked his mind, coaxing him into its depths.

Beth. Her name was a whisper in his head, as if his thoughts were being sucked into a wormhole.

His legs collapsed under his weight.

Cold. It seeped into him, consuming him. And then his consciousness fled down that same void that ate his thoughts.

 

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