This
is a little like the question you get at that well-known fast-food chain when
you buy a burger – would you like a kick-ass heroine with that? In dark erotic
romances (even if the romance is a little one-sided) you often have a story
where the angst revolves around the man forcibly convincing her that he’s the yang to her ying. If she comes up short in the feistiness and kick-him-in-the
crotch department...where’s the story?
Like
they say about most books – it’s not the ending that matters so much as the
journey.
We
often know, or have a fair idea, as to how these stories will end, but seeing
that change in her as no becomes yes or maybe
or sometimes just my life with this man has a lot of pluses
compared to my old one and I really do fancy him and his muscles/ motorbike/
helicopter...all of that is why we read these. Plus the odd plot twist
that surprises us...and the smoking hot sex.
Nevertheless,
there may be limits as to kickassedness. If she’s too good at kung fu or taking
out hordes of crack-crazed criminals with a shotgun, it does get a little
difficult for the man to hogtie her and sit on her. Balance is always
necessary. Either that or the author has to supply him with a ton of smarts and
some great luck. Sometimes this manifests as him going oh look at the pretty sunset while
he locks on the handcuffs.
I
started thinking about this when someone told me they loved that Jazmine in
Seize me From Darkness wasn’t limp and emotionally frail. I hadn’t even
considered her as kick ass. But in a way she is. Just not in the I can
kill a hundred enemies with my pinkie finger way. It made me wonder how
defiant people want their heroines in these books. If my story wasn’t set in
the everyday world, I could add in a very tough heroine. But then I think a bit
deeper and realize that a lot of the buzz I get from reading or writing these
is because they’re based on the real world.
I
think most readers like these dark erotic books with a high quota of ‘real’, which means most heroines won’t be taking out
terrorists with machine guns. But am I wrong?
Book &
Author Details:
Seize me From Darkness by Cari Silverwood
(Pierced Hearts #4) - Can be read as a STANDALONE!
Publication date: September 23rd 2014
Genres: Erotica, Romance
(Pierced Hearts #4) - Can be read as a STANDALONE!
Publication date: September 23rd 2014
Genres: Erotica, Romance
Synopsis:
This book is
part of a dark erotic fiction series and may disturb some readers.
In this dirty, bloody world we live in, the answers to
prayers aren’t always pretty angels.
Retaken by
human traffickers, Jazmine’s one hope is ex-cop, ex-mercenary, Pieter, a man
with a glower that stops lesser men in their tracks. She prays he can save her.
But this
savior is far from perfect and his flaws may prove as devastating to Jazmine as
the torture of her captors.
The fire of
dominance never dies.
Purchase:
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AUTHOR BIO
Cari Silverwood is a New York Times and USA Today
bestselling writer of kinky darkness or sometimes of dark kinkiness, depending
on her moods and the amount of time she's spent staring into the night.
She has an ornery nature as well as a lethal curiosity that makes her want
to upend plots and see what falls out when you shake them.
When others are writing bad men doing bad things you may find her writing good men who accidentally on purpose fall into the abyss and come out with their morals twisted in knots.
This might be because she comes from the land down under, Australia, or it could be her excessive consumption of wine.
Freaking out readers is her first love and her second love is freaking out the people living in her books. Her favorite hobby is convincing people she has a basement...though she really doesn't. Promise. If it existed it would be a terrifying place where you would find all the dangerous things that you never knew you craved.
Own me Until Forever, Book 5 in the Pierced Hearts series, will be out late 2014
My website, if you're curious about my other evil pursuits: http://www.carisilverwood.net/
To find out about upcoming releases, please join Cari's mailing list here carisilverwood.net/about-me.html
Author links:
When others are writing bad men doing bad things you may find her writing good men who accidentally on purpose fall into the abyss and come out with their morals twisted in knots.
This might be because she comes from the land down under, Australia, or it could be her excessive consumption of wine.
Freaking out readers is her first love and her second love is freaking out the people living in her books. Her favorite hobby is convincing people she has a basement...though she really doesn't. Promise. If it existed it would be a terrifying place where you would find all the dangerous things that you never knew you craved.
Own me Until Forever, Book 5 in the Pierced Hearts series, will be out late 2014
My website, if you're curious about my other evil pursuits: http://www.carisilverwood.net/
To find out about upcoming releases, please join Cari's mailing list here carisilverwood.net/about-me.html
Author links:
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