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.

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

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I've just read your story. Aria, It is wonderful. You have a real gift with the written word. Thank you.

Oh, thank you so much! It is my first fantasy erotica, so this comment is truly special. 😇❤️😇

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Although I am only just another member, so I carry no authority to say this... However, I can reassure you that competition stories are given priority and will go to the front of the moderating queue. I also believe that once you submit, you have entered. Now, it is just down to waiting for a moderator to become available.

My guess (assuming it meets grammar standards, etc.) is it will be published in the next 24 hours. 😊

I appreciate your response! I asked because, as a silver member, I often need to wait for three weeks to get feedback for regular stories that I submitted. I don't feel the difference in the waiting time when I was a non-paying member. It's my first time to enter a competition.

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You submitted within the submission period. It may take days and a platter of patience for the mods. It depends on the story volume in the queue. Nevertheless, since it was submitted days before the close date, your story may be out soon provided it doesn't get rejected for valid reasons.

To ease your mind, I suggest you check to make sure that your story is not in your Drafts or message a story mod who is online to confirm that your story is in the queue.

In case it is stil in your Drafts, before you submit, make sure to toggle on the Enter Competition button located just above the Cover Image. That is to ensure that your story is properly tagged as a competitiion entry as compared to regular stories.

Thanks for these suggestions. I've just received the slight revision suggestions from my mod, which I've worked on. Keeping my fingers crossed that it gets approved this time.

(On a side note, I'm happy that you interact on here, even if you don't in the chatrooms. Haha! 😇 )

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If it arrives in the story queue before the deadline, you're fine. The deadline is for submission, not publication.

Thanks for the clarification!

Hello! May I ask: How many days does it take to approve a competition entry?

I submitted mine yesterday. I hope it's not too late! ๏_๏

Congratulations to all the winners!

And thank you again for rolling out this fun competition, Kimmie. To me, it's like sitting in a workshop with a bunch of talented and hilarious writers whom I can learn from.

Looking forward to more stuff like this! 😘🍷🤓

Loving the entries. Some are just so hilarious! One day to go! ❤️😜😇

The easiest way to break a resolution, indeed! I love the wit and the humor!

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Abstention Calling

I wallow in thought as café customers bustle around me.

That's it. I'm done with girls. New Year, new me. Four dumpings in six months; one straight after Christmas? Enough!

Time to forget Trish sucking my soul through my cock. Hannah begging “Harder” when I bite her nipples. Olivia’s tight arse. Tamsin’s deepthroa…

“Is this seat taken?”

I snap up. Brunette tresses framing button nose and freckled cheeks. Smiling. Inviting. Chic. Ripe for exploration.

Fuck.

Beautiful. Is the goddess a domme?

Congratulations, Katherine!

This is a fun challenge, Kimmi! Let an imaginative newbie join in....

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January 1st. "I will never get naked with a married man online again," I promised myself.

January 3rd. My mentor has been suffering from a degenerative eye disease due to old age. He has repeatedly tried to just be jolly about it, stating he was hoping to photograph a naked lady before he loses his eyesight. So I tossed off my lingerie, posed seductively in bed, took a selfie, and sent him his post-holiday treat.

Hello! Is this an individual story writing competition only? Can I collaborate with another author?

What a surprise on a beautiful morning! I love the humor in this poem. Keep it up! ❤️

Role playing is fun when my partner builds a story scene with me. Been here for 5 months and out of the many who attempted to play with me, only a few showed understanding of the word.

A lot use the word "play" in the rooms without any scene building at all. They just ask "Wanna have fun"? or "Are you horny like me? " and they get on with it and they call it roleplaying. 😂

Don't get me wrong, I'm happy with having found a few creative souls who make my naughty and curious mind sated.

Maybe there can be a role playing contest so that creativity could be shared in the rooms. 😝

Thanks, Dimitri! We should write one poem together soon.

He has brought me
to places I’ve never dared—
with words that moved
like his hand across my skin,
slow, knowing,
pausing in all the right places.

His commas
were our breathing—
ragged, held,
then deep again.
Exactly like how I wanted
his tongue to
to dive into the pearls
between my legs.

Every sentence
drew me closer
to the edge.
And when the period came,
It was the hush
after the tension snapped,
the quiet ache
of something undone.

And so I wait
to read him more
to drink his smiles
to applaud his words
that can unravel more commas,
elipses and question marks.

Well, I will leave it to the reader's imagination.

I was actually thinking that the muse was 'seriously hoping' that the encounter was more than the intertwining of their bodies, responding to what you wrote:

Yet in the heat of the moment

I knew this was something sublime

And should have paid more attention

For this was my last first time.

@dcalguy, I responded to your beautiful poetry from the muse's POV. I hope you don't mind.

I knew I was one of the many of your firsts.
The way you whispered into my ears
has said it all.

We may all be different,
yet, always the same.
A bruised soul
wandering to feel life again.
And you were so good
in giving me just that.

I knew I was one of the many of your firsts.
The hurried fumbling out of clothes,
The way your hand travelled from my neck,
my breasts, my tummy, and my thighs
said it all.

We may all be different,
yet, always the same.
Aching for hungry kisses,
panting for more caress.

I hope you knew
you were also the first
who tried to trace
the fine lines on my face,
the moles on my curves,
the tightness of my folds.

I hope you knew
That when I led you
to the divine,
I was praying
the whole time.