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.