I’m on Jennifer Lowery’s blog today for a character interview with Mia from Trust in Me. Jennifer and I have been writing buddies for a while, and she was one of the beta readers for Trust in Me.
The interview is set after the end of the book, but no spoilers, so I think you will find it interesting whether you have read it or not. I’ll be honest – I got a little emotional writing that one. I am quite fond of that girl. See what Mia has to say >
COVER REVEAL FOR LEASHED
Leashed is an M/M dystopian novella, written for the GoodReads M/M Group’s Love is Always Write Event.
Drake is a hardened soldier whose mission is to interrogate a captive using whatever means necessary. Neither fighting nor mouthing off will get Sebastian free, but as he learns more about the man underneath the uniform, he wonders if he really wants to be.
The story is slated to run mid-May through July exclusively to the group, after which it will be available in an anthology through the group or via my website. Subscribe to my blog to get notified when it’s out.
It’s official! Welcome to the serialized short story, Escape. If you need to catch up, you can read the first two parts here and here.
She’d mouthed off the night before and landed in the infirmary. Then she pretended to be fine, almost killing herself in the process, just so they’d release her back into her cell. She counted on the confusion about her actual location and the bustle of the transit.
Shockingly, it worked. They opened her door and glanced inside, and then moved on, leaving the door open.
She felt bad about the muffled cries of the other women, but she couldn’t help them, not when she could barely help herself.
Stay tuned to Six Sunday for more of Escape, but if you want more, now, check out Trust in Me, which is set in the same world.
Hello there! This is a continuation of the story Escape, which started here. I am contemplating six-sundaying the entire story start to finish (as it’s a short one), but we’ll see how far I get. Has this been done before? I do like to try new things.
And yes, I used “six-sunday” as a verb. Call me a pioneer! Somebody, anybody? Okay, here we go:
Safety had become a foreign concept exactly four weeks and three days ago. The cab she’d taken from the airport in Cabo had driven her, not to her hotel, but to a warehouse. From that moment, her life had been over, but the pain never stopped.
After the four agonizing months of training, her captors were moving her and the other women. For two weeks she’d scraped and dug into the crumbly rock behind the metal toilet. It would never lead outside, but the hole was big enough for her to crawl into, and that’s what she’d done as the men swept through the cells.
Hello, sixers! This is a snippet from a short story I’m working on called Escape. It’s set in the same world as Trust in Me, kind of like a teaser story but with its own little cast and HEA of sorts. Here’s the start:
She would not cower.
Tiffany crawled over the damp concrete, ignoring the thick moldy grime beneath her hands and knees. Ignoring the way her torn skin and cramped muscles screamed at her to stop. None of it mattered when her life was at stake.
She would not break.
Even though her plan had worked, she was far from safe.
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If you like a man (or two) to blindfold you or tie you up so that that they can worship your body for hours with their hands and mouth, that does not mean you are a submissive. You are what’s known as a woman. Seriously, there are plenty of vanilla women who would line up for that treatment.
If you like your partner to be strong and caring and protective, but never intrude upon your independence, then that does not make you a submissive. It just means you’re a human.
In my reading circles, BDSM has been the “in” trend for a LONG time. However, I realize it’s only now gaining some mainstream recognition. But some of the depictions really make me sigh. Actually it’s not even 50 Shades that I’m referring to, but others.
I don’t care if you’re vanilla or kinky. Own it.
But if you try to tell me that being submissive means having a man give you everything you want and nothing you don’t want, I’m going to roll my eyes. Even in a fantasy, like BDSM romance, that is a step too far.
Welcome to the Skye Warren Edition of the Corsets, Kisses and Lisa Kleypas Bloghop!
I’m a huge Lisa Kleypas fan, including both her historicals and contemporaries. Maybe I love her contemporaries just a tad more, because they are so unique, with that women’s fiction voice but retaining all her strong romance and sexy elements. Yes!
My giveaway is going to be a hardcopy or digital version of her new release on February 28th, Rainshadow Road along with a $15 Amazon gift card!
All you have to do is comment and tell me which is your favorite Kleypas hero!
In other amazing news, Kitty Thomas blurbed my book. Kitty Thomas, the author of Comfort Food, Guilty Pleasures, Tender Mercies, and very shortly, The Last Girl.
“Dark, disturbing, haunting, and beautiful, Skye Warren will take you into the depths of depravity but bring you home, safe in the end.”
– Kitty Thomas, author of “The Last Girl”
Holy shit! I’m freaking out. And frantically adding it everywhere, including my full sized cover:
I need to check a few other blurbed books to make sure I’m getting the syntax right, but then up it will go!
Today also marks the kick off of my blog tour. I have a post up at Kinky Ever After, the group blog of Annabel Joseph, Anneke Jacob and other BDSM superstars wherein I talk about the difference between BDSM and nonconsent erotica. Go check it out and leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway.
There’s about twenty stops in total over the next couple of weeks and this is one of my favorite stops. I won’t post every single one here, but I’m also going to be at Forbidden Bookshelf, Erotica for All, Riverina Romantics and other reader/review/author blogs. Very excited.
So, the past two weeks we were introduced to our heroine, Mia, and her sadistic, crime lord lover. Today Carlos shares her with a man. Nothing out of the ordinary there, until she looks up into the face of her childhood crush.
Those blue eyes widened as he looked at me, mirroring my own shock. His lips formed my name, Mia, but thank God, no sound emerged. I couldn’t believe he recognized me. It had been—what?—ten years. I couldn’t believe he even remembered me.
I must look different, all grown up. And—oh God—I’d just sucked a guy off in front of him.
Oh yes, I totally see an HEA in these pair’s future. What – it’s just me? And this is why I write dark erotica 😉 Be sure to visit the other sixers here.
A quick note: Keep Me Safe has broken into the top #50 books on Amazon in Erotica! I am so psyched about that! What does a good ranking mean? Hell, I’m not sure, but I take whatever change for celebration I get =)
Its sequel, Trust in Me, is out in T minus 6 days. Just a reminder that I have the book trailer up, an excerpt and reader comments up over at the book page.
And I’ve also put up the first chapter for your reading pleasure. I highly recommend reading it before you buy it! Some readers ask me about dark erotica and I try to help, but nothing will make it more clear than trying it out for yourself.
I will also be starting up a blog tour come next week so stay tuned for links to those spots where I will be sharing lots of stuff about the making of the book and offering giveaways.
In honor of a day for love, I’m giving away one copy of my dark erotica, Trust in Me, which releases on February 14th, AND a $5 Amazon gift card. Note that this is very dark, graphic and violent, so think of it as love for the kinky, disturbed set 😉
Can love be found between a whore and a knight in tarnished armor?
Mia longs for the daily torture to end, but one last task keeps her holding on. In a betrayal of the crime lord who pulled her from the gutter, she’ll free the shipment of human cargo, and if she’s lucky, die in the process. The alternative is unfathomable, even to a woman well-versed in erotic torture. But luck abandons her yet again when she meets the security expert in charge of the shipment and finds herself face to face with her childhood crush. The man she once begged for help. The man who failed her.
Tyler Martinez is an undercover FBI agent with one chance to right the wrongs of his past. Thrust deep into the seedy world of human trafficking, he must put aside his guilt over abandoning Mia all those years ago in order to save her now.
Someone’s pulling the strings in this sadistic play on trust, but Tyler and Mia may not live long enough to see the curtain fall. Trust in Me is a story of erotic pain and incipient romance, spiraling ever faster toward betrayal or redemption.
WARNING:
This book contains explicit scenes of dubious consent, graphic violence and sex. It also depicts abuse and captivity situations. Not appropriate for anyone uncomfortable with these situations or anyone under the age of eighteen. This is a work of fiction.
Have you read any dark erotica? Who are your favorite authors who tackle dark themes (erotica or just plain romance)? Comment to win and happy Valentine’s Day to ya!
This week I’m again sharing excerpts from my upcoming dark erotica release, Trust In Me. In the last snippet, we met our heroine, Mia, and her boyfriend/owner/crime lord, Carlos. In this scene, Carlos is in a business meeting, but that isn’t going to stop him from using her…
Carlos unzipped his pants, and the guy sucked in a quiet breath, as if we’d shocked him.
That wouldn’t stop Carlos. He wasn’t an exhibitionist. He was a sadist, and the only thing better than causing someone physical pain was causing emotional discomfort. Every pinch was designed to humiliate, every blow to subjugate. You’re not worthy, they said, and I lapped up every blow to my shrunken ego like the masochist I’d learned to be.
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What better way to celebrate the month of LOVE then with your favorite book boyfriend? Whether you have a valentine or not, the swoon worthy heroes we find in romances can’t be matched anyway! So why not put on those naughty underwear and curl up with one of these steamy reads this year instead? Make you Valentine’s Day perfect by joining the My Book Boyfriend Giveaway Hop where fellow bloggers offer you the chance to win some of their favorite book boyfriends!
My favorite book boyfriend is a fighter. He’s tough and, let’s face it, grumpy as hell. But he’s also calm and incredibly gentle with our abused heroine. I love how he doesn’t take any shit from anyone, even from the heroine, but he takes care of her and let’s her be herself.
He’s…Clay Powers from Defying the Odds by Kele Moon!
In all honesty, that’s now how I pictured the hero or heroine, but hey, they are pretty hot this way. And the cover is so sparkly! Yes, I’m such a girl. Anyway, here’s the blurb (via GoodReads):
When struggling waitress Melody Dylan gives a handsome, lonely stranger a simple gift she has no clue her life is about to take a drastic turn.
The stranger ends up being Clay Powers, a famous UFC heavyweight fighter. Clay’s large build and dangerous fists have always intimidated. People in his hometown keep their distance and Clay is fine with that. Everything changes when a new waitress at the local diner buys him a piece of pie on thanksgiving. Touched by the gesture when it’s obvious she can barely afford to survive, her warm smile and lush body churn up powerful feelings that leave Clay wanting more from her than pie.
Melody is running from her past and the small, country town of Garnet is the perfect hiding place. With an ex-husband after her and scars from her abusive marriage etched deep, the last thing she expects is to fall for a man who makes a living with his fists, but she can’t resist Clay or the tender connection they share.
Finding love in the most unlikely of places, the passion is undeniable, but Clay and Melody know their haunted pasts and unpredictable futures leave the odds stacked against them.
Sounds great, right? It lives up to its promise. Besides, there are some serious perks to dating a well-trained, fighting man….
Er…protection. That’s what I meant by perks. Yeah. *grins*
Giveaway:
I’m giving away, to one lucky commenter, a gift copy of Defying the Odds (you must be able to accept this in Kindle gift format), as well as a copy of my own martial arts erotic romance, Below The Belt (any format). Tell me what you think about a fighting hero who’s tough on everyone else but oh-so-gentle with the heroine? Adorable, yes?
I’m so excited to start sharing excerpts from Trust In Me, which comes out on February 14th. Yes, that’s a Valentine’s Day release for the dark and disturbing erotica loving set 😉
In this opening scene, we’re introduced to our heroine, Mia, and her longtime master, Carlos. No explicit content this time, but still dark subject matter, so carry on at your own risk…
Carlos looked down at me with a half-smile. The guy next to him was speaking in low, urgent tones, but I knew I had his attention.
Other whores might try coy smiles or a flash of cleavage, but if you really knew El Jefe—and, unfortunately, I did—then you knew all you had to do was drop to his feet. I knew what he wanted and how he liked it, knowledge born of years of training. As long as I behaved, he wouldn’t kill me. I craved the release of death, but I was too well trained to earn it.
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I’d like to share the opening to Keep Me Safe, my dark erotica novella. If you’re not sure what dark erotica is, one GoodReads reviewer, Shawna, says in what will probably forever be my favorite review: “This is a very dark, gritty, violent, and emotional story that is conveyed in an unapologetically raw, candid voice.”
Danger Will Robinson! The following excerpt is sexually explicit and contains potentially disturbing nonconsent . If you’re not into that, turn back now.
For the rest of you, we carry on… (I’m channeling Willy Wonka as he takes the remaining families on the psychedelic boat ride)
“You have – you have done this before, right?” he asked, pushing two fingers inside me.
“Been raped?” I asked, and his hand paused a beat before thrusting in again.
“Had sex,” he said in a low tone.
“Yes to both.”
He shut his eyes and bowed his head. “I’m sorry,” he said hoarsely.
Hope that was, if not enjoyable, then at least intriguing or disturbing or some other affected adjective. Check out the other sixes here.
Today I want to share with you a picture that was my inspiration for the hero of my martial arts erotic romance, Abe. He’s a black belt competing in a national competition, and tough as hell on the mats. But when he’s all alone with our sweet, soft heroine, he changes his tune. Abe is happy to follow her lead in the bedroom, or the storage closet, or the empty ballroom…well, they keep busy.
Without further ado, here’s man-chained-to-the-floor:
Yum, yum. That is all.
Now, let’s talk about sexy male submissiveness prizes:
I’m giving away copies of Below the Belt to three lucky commenters.
In addition, one commenter will receive the femdom book of their choice:
Who’s my favorite alpha and second in command team?
I really enjoyed the partnership between Lucien de Malheur and Jacob Donnely. Anne Stuart has a track record of dark, ruthless heroes and strong secondary romances, but this book is more, more, more on both counts. But Jacob tempered Lucien’s evilness, because we got to see Jacob nettle him, and ultimately trust him with the heroine. And we saw how inherently good natured Jacob was, and if he trusted Lucien, then we also did. Their partnership, while not being central to the book, really pulled it all together.
I prefer my heroes dark and broody over blonde and boisterous. What can I say? I like my men and my romances dark! I tend to picture them with dark hair even if the book says otherwise and I find it really distracting when the author keeps injecting other hair colors, like the blonde Sebastian from Kleypas’ Devil in Winter or all those red-headed Mackenzies from Jennifer Ashley. Not that Sebastian or Ian are boisterous, mind you, just fair-colored.
That said, I’ll admit to a crush on a certain white collared criminal who’s on TV…
Dark hair? Check. Brooding? Well, he’s got a cheery exterior, but inside he’s all kinds of tortured.
I’m so excited to share the book trailer for my upcoming release, Trust In Me! Releasing February 15th, Trust In Me is the sequel to Keep Me Safe. It’s violently sexy and disturbingly romantic. Take a look:
This year, I’m looking forward to reading Crash Into You by Roni Loren. And lo! It has already been released, as of this past Tuesday. I’m only on chapter two, though, as I had a lot of books I was already working on. So far so good. Here’s the scoop:
And the blurb (from GoodReads):
Brynn LeBreck has dedicated herself to helping women in crisis, but she never imagined how personal her work would get, or where it would take her. Her younger sister is missing, suspected to be hiding from cops and criminals alike at a highly secretive BDSM retreat-a place where the elite escape to play out their most extreme sexual fantasies. To find her, Brynn must go undercover as a sexual submissive. Unfortunately, The Ranch is invitation only. And the one master who can get her in is from the darkest corner of Brynn’s past.
Brynn knows what attorney Reid Jamison is like once stripped of his conservative suit and tie. Years ago she left herself vulnerable only to have him crush her heart. Now she needs him again. Back on top. And he’s all too willing to engage. But as their primal desires and old wounds are exposed, the sexual games escalate-and so does the danger. Their hearts aren’t the only things at risk. Someone else is watching, playing by his own rules. And his game could be murder.
Yummy, right?
The bit with the BDSM ranch and going undercover has a very Cherise Sinclair vibe. In fact, the plot sounds very familiar. But really, I love that series (except for the last one, *ahem*) so I’ll totally take more. And it’s published by Berkley, so you gotta give the traditional publishers credit for catching up!
Leashed is an M/M dystopian novella, written for the GoodReads M/M Group’s Love is Always Write Event.
