A New Speculative Erotica E-Book from LinaDS_2025

Hello, Lushies!

I am kinda shy about starting this forum topic, but a huge part of me is truly grateful to this community where I started writing erotica ten months ago. So I am sharing my first ebook titled "Waiting for Joy" (Volume 1).

All four chapters in the volume were published here on Lush first. I don't think I would have the courage to try publishing and selling erotica stories without the help of the mods and the encouraging feedback of my followers on here. So I am so happy that I am starting this new phase of my writing still with the same group of friends who painstakingly read and review my work. Lush is indeed a good community for budding writers.

Through writing, I began to understand myself more. From having a goal to just exploring my questions, I've learned the process of baring my mind and soul through erotic storytelling.

Although this story is just a fantasy, there are tinges of reality that I boldly put out here. It is a product of love and honesty, and of course, an expression of my creativity.

If you are interested in reading speculative erotica and take a journey with a character torn between love and morals, I believe this story is for you.

Waiting for Joy

I hope to hear your thoughts about this story.


LOVE,

Lina Da Silva

Waiting for Joy: A Forbidden Affair

Lina Da Silva

A love that was never meant to happen… yet impossible to resist.

Rose has spent most of her life in control—of her choices, her desires, and her carefully guarded heart. In her forties, she has long made peace with solitude, convincing herself that love is a fleeting illusion best left behind.

Until Steve.

Across distance and time, their connection grows into something neither of them can deny—intimate, consuming, and deeply real. When they finally meet again in a secluded winter cabin, what was once longing becomes something far more dangerous: a passion that blurs the line between need and surrender.

But their love comes with a cost.

Steve belongs to another life—one that Rose can never fully be part of. And as their stolen moments turn into something deeper, the question lingers between them:

How long can they hold on to a love that was never meant to last?

Set against a backdrop of snow-covered nights and quiet confessions, Waiting for Joy: A Forbidden Affair (Volume 1) is a sensual and emotionally charged story of desire, secrecy, and the fragile hope of finding connection—no matter how fleeting.

This is Book 1 of The Joy Trilogy.

Available on Apple Books, Kobo, Smashwords, and Barnes and Noble.

April has ended on my side of the world, and so the monthly 'sales' dashboard on Drafts2Digital gave me an update: 2 copies sold in 10 days. And they are bought by good friends. Haha!

I am grateful for friends who support my work, but there's still this unsettling feeling of both anticipation and nervousness. Will my target readers connect with me? Will they want to read more of what I can do?

I think I need to go back to journaling to ground myself. But I love the opportunity to feel more alive. This book project means a lot to me, even if in my culture it may just be considered as smut. It is a piece of myself finding its way in the world of literature, opening doors to more author-reader connections.

Sharing this wonderful poem by Sapphra on another writing platform. And to me, it's a very powerful reminder that each writer's self-perception is as important as his output. The work mirrors the heart and soul of the author, indeed.


You are someone’s erotic dream—

the way you look,

the way you kiss,

the way you moan,

the way you fuck.

All of it.

Please, don’t settle.

Hi, Lushies!

Happy International Labour Day!

I've just learned that Waiting for Joy: A Forbidden Affair is now available at ZBookstore. I hope you'll take a read. 😇❤️😘

https://zbookstore.com/s/4138/waiting-for-joy-a-forbidden-affair

Hi, Lushies!

Happy Friday!

Sharing some readers' feedback about Waiting for Joy on Rakuten Kobo.

Get your copies here.