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| Hello, my name's Wendy and I'm an author of erotica, romance and various kinds of sensual fiction for women that fall between the two! I've written books under lots of crazy pseudonyms, but I'm best known as Portia Da Costa - writing for the legendary British women's erotica imprint Black Lace and for the erotic romance publishers Total-E-Bound, Phaze and Ellora's Cave. When I'm not writing saucy books, I'm usually to be found eating chocolate, watching television, or just hanging out with my adorable cats. Sometimes I like to spend time writing nonsense in my weblog. Enjoy my site and check out my blog for my latest news!
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CURRENT PORTIA DA COSTA TITLES
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Available from August 07 [US] SUITE SEVENTEEN - Portia Da Costa
Acting purely on instinct, I coil my arms around him. I can't
believe this is He laughs, the sound deep and rough in his chest, and he admits me. Then a second later, it's like he throws a switch and he takes total control.
When vibrant, forty-something widow Annie Conroy espies her new neighbours Maria Lewis and Robert Stone having kinky sex in their back garden, she decides it’s time that she too woke up and smelt the erotic roses. And where better to begin her daring adventures than the luxurious Waverley Grange Country Hotel, and its hidden den of iniquity, the chintz-clad but wickedly pervy Suite Seventeen? Under the stern but playful eye of exotic master Valentino, Annie quickly discovers the shocking hidden depths of her own sensuality, and surrenders herself body and soul to his outrageous games of power. But when the Waverley’s entire future hangs in the balance, and Annie has the means to help save it, dare she gamble on going one step further… and giving her heart to the mysterious man who’s come to control her? 'Suite Seventeen contains all Portia's trademark treats from the arousing narrative, a wicked blend of deviant episodes, and an undercurrent of pragmatic and poignant romance.' ~ Ashley Lister, Erotica Readers and Writers Association 'I am grinning from ear to ear having savoured every last dripping word... ' ~ Ann, poet and blogger 'a cheeky and very lovely read' ~ Madelynne Ellis, bestselling author of A Gentleman's Wager ISBN 0352341092 Published by Black Lace in June 2007 [UK] and August 2007 [US] Read an excerpt at PortiaDaCosta.com [NB. excerpt is NC 17 and suitable for adults only] Suite Seventeen is available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com |
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Available from August 07 WILD IN THE COUNTRY - Portia Da Costa There’s something in the air… Flora Swain is a newcomer to the village of Marwick Magna, renowned for the inspiration it provides to painters and poets. Impetuous and strong-minded, Flora is no artist – yet. But there are creative urges within her, she is convinced, and she has come to the country to give them life. The strange thing is that Flora’s urges turn out to be almost entirely sensual. Is it the undoubted physical allure of her new neighbour, Declan McKenna, that’s driving her wild? Or the explicitly sexual messages which appear daily in her post? Or could it be that country life has revealed to her an insatiable, highly erotic new self? ISBN-13 9781906328191 |
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Available from July 07 OBJECT OF DESIRE - Portia Da Costa See him... want him... love him... When Sylvia sees her new upstairs neighbour doing Tai Chi in the communal garden of their apartment building, she immediately knows she wants to do far more than borrow a cup of sugar from him. Nathaniel Gowen is everything she wants in a man and more—handsome, sexy, mature and mysterious—and she’s trying desperately to think of a casual way to introduce herself to the man who haunts her erotic dreams and fantasies. But then one day, he comes knocking at her door… ISBN-13 9781906328177 |
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Available now EYES OF DESIRE - Portia Da Costa a PHAZE HEATSHEET micro novella Love at first sight? When Megan takes a summer holiday at a country cottage in order to recover from an eye operation, she doesn't expect to encounter a strong, protective stranger in her garden. Even though she can't see him properly, she can still tell that Guy is powerful, charismatic and sexy. Instinctively and instantly attracted to him, can she trust her new friend to bestow some sweet hands-on sensual healing? Published by Phaze - 26 June 2007 Read an excerpt at the Portia's Prose blog [NB. excerpt is NC 17 and suitable for adults only] |
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Available in reprint September 2007 HOTBED - Portia Da Costa This was not what Natalie had expected. The angry thing she held in her hand didn't seem to belong to the mild, shy man she'd believed she was sitting next to. He felt powerful. Primal. Dominant in a way that bypassed all words. She wanted to get down on her knees and... Pride comes before a fall... but what if the descent becomes the wildest ride of your life? Two sisters - Natalie and Patti - become rivals when they challenge each other's daring on a dark, downward spiral where nobody is quite who or what they seem, and where transgressing sexual boundaries is the norm. 'This dark journey into the world of... sexual mindgames is Portia Da Costa's most shocking and arousing Black Lace novel yet.' 'Portia Da Costa can always be relied on the deliver the erotic goods and Hotbed doesn't disappoint... hot is the operative word!' - Forum 'Not so much hot as scorching!' - For Women Originally published by Black Lace, April 2001, ISBN 0352336145 Hotbed is available from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and all good bookshops. |
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Available from November 07 [UK] BUDDIES DON'T BITE - Portia Da Costa in LUST BITES - a Black Lace vampire novella collection Help, my best friend’s a vampire! Teresa Johnson's best friend Zachary is a bit eccentric, what with his sun sensitivity and his strange food allergies, but she doesn't realise quite how far 'out there' he is until she needs a date for a posh country house wedding and asks him to accompany her. It's a good job it's an evening wedding… because Zack is a vampire! Zachary Trevelyan has been trying to live as normal a life as he can for longer
than he cares to remember, but a mishap involving kisses and necks means that
he has to admit that he's fallen in love his best buddy, Teresa. And not only
that, he really wants to bite her! ISBN 035234153X Published by Black Lace in November 2007 [UK] and TBA [US] Also contains novellas by Mathilde Madden and Kristina Lloyd Read an excerpt at PortiaDaCosta.com [NB. excerpt is NC 17 and suitable for adults only] Buddies Don't Bite in Lust Bites may be ordered from Amazon.co.uk |
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Coming in April 2008 GOTHIC HEAT - Portia Da Costa Get ready to burn… She burns for him… He burns for her…. Paula Beckett has a problem. Waking up after being found unconscious and naked in a hotel room, she discovers she’s got a devil inside her. The discarnate spirit of wicked and voluptuous sorceress Isidora Katori is in residence, and suddenly Paula is driven by dark desire and wanton recklessness. Isidora Katori has a problem. She’s lost her body but she still wants to live. With only a thousand hours to achieve her goal, can she seduce Rafe Hathaway into helping her to steal Paula’s body? Rafe Hathaway has a problem. He’s irresistibly drawn to two different women…and they both happen to live in the same body. Should he choose brave, sexy Paula, who’s fighting impossible odds to hang on to her very existence… or sultry Isidora who offers immortal life?
ISBN 035234170X Published by Black Lace in April 2008 Read an excerpt at PortiaDaCosta.com [NB. excerpt is NC 17 and suitable for adults only] Available from Amazon.com |
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GOTHIC BLUE - Portia Da Costa 'What are you going to do to me?' Belinda asked defiantly. 'Beat
me or something? Smack my bottom? I'm sure that's what you decadent
aristocrats live for - a chance to humiliate the lower orders.'
Even as she was speaking, this idea - which should have seemed horrendous
- was becoming highly exciting. Two hundred years later, Belinda Seward also falls prey to sensual forces she can neither understand nor control. Stranded by a thunderstorm at a remote Gothic priory, Belinda and her boyfriend are drawn into an enclosed world of luxurious decadence and sexual alchemy. Their host is the courteous but melancholic Andre Von Kastel; a beautiful aristocrat who mourns his lost love. He has plans for Belinda - plans which take her into the realms of obsessive love and the erotic paranormal. "Above all else, Gothic Blue is a romance. There are plenty of supernatural elements, and more than plenty erotic interludes. Portia Da Costa does many things very well: plot, characterisation and (in the case of this title) she injects a credible suggestion of the supernatural in a realistic world. She’s renowned for writing sex scenes that are so hot they sizzle and, in Gothic Blue, she does not disappoint." ~ Ashley Lister, Erotica Readers and Writers Association ‘Packed with sex and kink, this is a novel that still retains a mysterious and powerful air. A hint of the supernatural is mixed with a fun gothic setting as a tale of intertwining romances is told by Da Costa with aplomb. A highly recommended novel’ - E.T.O – Issue 44 March 07 'the sex is relentlessly intense!' - Forum ISBN 0352330759 Originally published by Black Lace in 1996, reprinted March 2000 New reprint February 2007 Read an excerpt at PortiaDaCosta.com [NB. excerpt is NC 17 and suitable for adults only] Gothic Blue is available from Amazon.co.uk and Amazon.com |
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ENTERTAINING MR STONE - Portia Da Costa Flinging down his pen again, Mr Stone moves quickly round to my side of the desk - light on his feet for a big man - and stands before me, reaching down to lay his hand lightly against my cheek. His skin isn't soft like a pen-pusher's. He's a man of action, although he doesn't do sport. He just plays games. When reforming bad girl Maria Lewis returns to her home town after a career blip she takes a drone job in local government, hope for breathing space and a chance to get her head straight. But the quiet life she was looking for is quickly disrupted by the enigmatic presence of her boss, Borough Director of Finance, Robert Stone. A dangerous and unlikely lust object, Stone touches something deep in Maria's sensual psyche and quickly attunes her to the secret erotic underworld that parallels life in the dusty offices of Borough Hall. But the charismatic Director of Finance isn't the only one interested in Maria. Knowing lesbian Mel has designs on the newcomer, and so does cute young techno geek Greg. Human resources Manager William Youngblood would also like to prise the Borough's latest employee away from the arch-rival for whom he has ambiguous feelings. Can adventurous Maria find time to experiment with this embarrassment of lovers? As well as entertaining her cool and sexy Mr Stone? Read the Prologue at PortiaDaCosta.com [NB. excerpt is NC 17 and suitable for adults only] Entertaining Mr Stone was published by Black Lace in 2006 Available in the UK from Amazon.co.uk and in the US from Amazon.com "...witty engaging narrative... strong characters and description so vivid the scenes rise three dimensionally from the page..." Ashley Lister, the Erotica Readers and Writers Association - click here to read the full review "...trademark Portia Da Costa, and she wasn't labelled the Queen of SM for nothing! Verdict - definitely worth a read..." Madelynne Ellis, author of A Gentleman's Wager and Passion of Isis - click here to read the full review "a lively, lusty tale of office politics gone deeply kinky" Read two more reviews here - from Forum and For Women, and both by Elizabeth Coldwell
"a sexy, grown up chick lit book... delightful love play heated up the story and told an unconventional tale of two people finding their other halves" - Jacque, Fallen Angel Reviews - click here to read full review. |
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Reprinted in December 06 [UK] & February 07 [US] CONTINUUM - Portia Da Costa There was a facet of her that was longing to obey him; to submit to his desire, to feel the power of him as he chastised her. She had shut away her natural defiance for the duration of this strange new pleasure to which she was rapidly becoming addicted. When Joanna Darrell agrees to take a break from a job that has begun to bore her, she takes her first step into a new continuum of strange experiences. Drawn in by a chain of coincidences, like Alice in a decadent Wonderland, she enters a parallel world of pain, perversity and unusual pleasure. "Continuum is an intelligent, articulate foray into an erotic world lurking just beneath our civilised society." ~ Ashley Lister, Erotica Readers and Writers Association Originally published by Black Lace in 1996, ISBN 0352331208 Read an excerpt at PortiaDaCosta.com [NB. excerpt is NC 17 and suitable for adults only] Reprinted in June 2001 To be reprinted again in December 2006 Continuum will be available from Amazon.co.uk, Amazon.com and all good bookshops. |
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LESSONS AND LOVERS - Portia Da Costa Four people gather at a secluded stately home... Widowed Lady Henrietta Miller still mourns her late husband, but she can't deny the vivid sexual yearning that burns inside her. Confused, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to her faithful manservant Starr and gains solace from the intense lovemaking they share. The enigmatic Starr also honors the memory of his former employer. He's tormented not only by the passionate physical desire he experiences for Hettie, but also the profound forbidden love he's always felt for her. Darryl Di Angeli is an innocent young man. Circumstances have robbed him of the normal learning experiences of sex, but he's powerfully driven to make up for the time he's lost. Dr Stevie Madrigan is a sex therapist who loves women - and men - and is compelled by her both her libido and her Hippocratic oath to help and heal the friends for whom she cares. During a long, hot summer, these four disparate yet sensual people retreat to the country to explore their emotions and learn the erotic lessons of love... Lessons and Lovers is published by Ellora's Cave as both an ebook and shortly as a paperback. "a terrifically well-told story... Everything just flows smoothly in this book... It is excellent..." - Kirra Pierce, Just Erotic Romance Reviews - click here to read full review.
"This story starts off hot and keeps on going, managing to infuse a unique and sweet love story in between scorching scenes of sexual abandonment and fulfillment." - Jacque, Fallen Angel Reviews - click here to read full review. "Lessons and Lovers is one compulsive book with a stoic hero who just captivates and steals the show" - Marina, Cupid's Library Reviews - click here to read full review "This tale of sexy shenanigans... scorches the pages, offering enough variety and spice to make any erotica enthusiast's heart pound..." - Romantic Times Ebook published November 2006 - click here to purchase For excerpts click here [NB. Adult content - NC17]
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THE STRANGER - Portia Da Costa Find out what happens in an alternate universe when a drop dead gorgeous amnesiac [who might once have been the Eighth Doctor Who, allegedly] turns up on the doorstep of beautiful and sensual widow Claudia Marwood... A Black Lace special reprint of one of my favourites of all my novels. Voted 'Best Erotic Novel of the Year 1997' by the Guild of Erotic Writers. Originally published by Black Lace, November 1997, ISBN 0352332115 Read an excerpt at PortiaDaCosta.com [NB. excerpt is NC 17 and suitable for adults only] The Stranger was reprinted in January 2006 and is available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk and all good bookshops.
"I enjoyed the development of both these characters, and as usual I was impressed by Ms. Da Costa's vibrant world of secondary characters and events. This is another great erotic story by Ms. Da Costa." Jacque, Fallen Angel Reviews - click here to read the full review |
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THE DEVIL INSIDE - Portia Da Costa Imagine waking up one morning with a dramatically increased libido and the gift of psychic sexual intuition. Imagine being able to read other people's sexual fantasies through the gift of extra-sensual perception. This is exactly what happens to the usually conventional Alexa Lavelle after minor head injury whilst on holiday in the Caribbean. And in order to satisfy her strange and voluptuous new appetites, she is compelled to seek the company of exotic new friends and associates. Beginning with an encounter with the sophisticated and enigmatic doctor, Beatrice, and her gorgeously lusty 'companion' Drew, Alexa finds herself drawn rapidly into a world of bizarre eroticism and dark indulgence. Faced with the ultimate test of her body, her mind and her senses, can the newly transformed Alexa confront the devil deep inside? Originally published by Black Lace in 1995, ISBN 0352329939 Read an excerpt at PortiaDaCosta.com [NB. excerpt is NC 17 and suitable for adults only] The Devil Inside was reprinted in July 2006 and is available from Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk and all good bookshops. "Portia writes sex for connoisseurs of quality erotica" Ashley Lister, The Erotica Readers and Writers Association - click here to read full review |
ANTHOLOGIES CONTAINING PORTIA DA COSTA
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SEX IN PUBLIC contains Public Domain 0352340892 |
LOVE ON THE DARK SIDE contains Watching The Detective 0352341327 |
contains 0352340347 [Stoneworld] |
contains 0352340614 [Stoneworld] |
contains 0352340762 [Stoneworld] |
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ALSO AVAILABLE
some of my older books plus a full bibliography
Sacred Exchange a short story anthology containing 'It Had to Happen' by Portia Da Costa
'Suzanne Blaylock' Portia Da Costa's alternative side - a couple of novels under a different pseudonym
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