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Friday, January 9, 2015

Sebastian Stark from Bastian's Storm by Shay Savage —Top Book Boyfriends From Books Published in 2014 —Interview










Sebastian Stark just isn’t cut out for normal life with a girlfriend in the hot and humid city of Miami. All in all, he’d rather be back on the island where it was just the two of them, and he could keep everything in balance. The bar down the street tempts him daily, but he’s determined to remain strong. Adjusting to normal life is difficult, but Bastian is doing his best to keep himself together and the nightmares away. Raine’s happy, and that’s what matters to him the most.

But not all nightmares can be driven away.

When Bastian’s former mentor comes into the picture and presents him with an ultimatum, Bastian slips into old habits. Though he wants to shield Raine from the truth, the shady circumstances of his past form into a hurricane he can’t control. In an effort to protect her, Bastian has no choice but to throw himself back into his old job – death match tournaments – just one last time.

Dropped into the arctic wilderness with weapons loaded, Bastian has to compete against representatives from major crime lords all over the states. He’s studied his competition, he knows their weaknesses, and he’s ready to battle for the woman he loves. There’s only one opponent in the mix that causes him any concern. In order to guarantee Raine’s safety, Bastian will be pitted against the key hit man for Chicago’s largest mob family – a guy who’s known as one hell of a shot.

A guy named Evan Arden.





~A favorite Sebastian Stark quote~
With this angle, we could look right into each other's eyes, and I could feel her inside of me as much as I could feel myself inside of her.







—Character Interview: Sebastian Stark
Favorites: Season— Place— Item of Clothing—
I like the heat and humidity of tropical areas.  The isolated island where I was shipwrecked with Raine is my favorite place in the world.  Clothing?  Fuck it.


Science or Geography? Boxing or Sailing? Singing or Dancing?
Both are important – you have to know where you are to know what kind of science is needed to live.  Sailing gives me some peace.  I don’t sing or dance.


What is the secret to your survival?
Never stop.  As soon as you stop, you’re dead.


Is any sin unforgivable?
I don’t think anything I’ve done is forgivable.  I’m glad Raine doesn’t seem to feel that way, but I don’t really understand how she can put up with all my shit.


Have you ever been to the circus?
No.  I didn’t do that kind of shit as a kid.  Maybe I should take Alex to one.































Flawed by Francette Phal —Top Reads Published in 2014 —Interview







"You are this beautiful thing I want to destroy."

Blood. 
That's the only memory he carries from a childhood he does not remember. And now it is all he knows. Blood is his life.

Knox Bishop has done a lot of horrible things, all at the command of the man who holds his leash. It's a matter of loyalty for him. Allegiance to the man who saved his life when he was a child. So he goes where he is needed and does what he is told. He tortures. He kills. He kills. He tortures. It is an unrelenting cycle that he constantly craves and can never quite satisfy.

Until her.

Eighteen year old Lacey Barnes distributes her assets to fund her dreams. Medical school is the end game and she is determined to get there by any means necessary. But a family member's careless mistake derails her plans and now she must pay a price in order to save him. 

She goes to Knox willingly offering him the only valuable thing she has. Herself. In doing so he allows her into his world, a world she quickly realizes is void of any light and hope for escape is utterly elusive. But escape is something she finds that she no longer wants. 

"He lays a path of pleasure laced agony for me to follow and I do. Stupidly I follow him down the blinding darkness of his euphoric hell."

Disclaimer: This is book is intended for mature audiences (18+) due to description of violence and sexual situations.





Do you have any extra or deleted scenes you can share from Flawed?  Or upcoming scenes from the next in the series?

First off thank you so much Toni for this amazing honor! Means alot that Flawed made it onto this list!

And yes, I do have a small snippet of the sequel to Flawed titled Carnage. It's unedited so please excuse the mistakes:


Lacey

Huddled in the corner there is nothing to do but wait. Listen to the violence of silence and wait. The sound of weeping and wails fill the air like the howls of dogs at a kennel. I haven't gotten used to that sound yet, so it continues to shred through my psyche, undoubtedly leaving behind permanent emotional scars.

The sound of the metal bolt scraping like a knife to bone means they've come for another one. My heart skitters along my ribcage, attempting to find a proper rhythm but failing because fear has now taken control of me.  I can hear the ominous tread of feet growing ever closer, my worst nightmare slowly making its way down the dimly lit hallway. It's instant the prayer that comes to mind.

Anyone but me. Please God, let it be any of the other girls but me.

It's selfish and guilt is quick in twisting my insides. But I'm only human. It's only natural. Self-preservation demands that I save my own ass. God however has other plans. Forsaking me once again when I need his intervention the most. Even before the door to my cage scrapes and squeaks open, I know they've come for me.



From all of your books, do you have a favorite story or character?

I've written six books now with an array of completely different characters but the one that still sticks out for me is Nicholas Grayson in the Bet Series. I love the way he loves his heroine Ellie.


Often in the dark genre, books have a hard time not becoming ridiculous or horror.  In Flawed you totally maintained the desired rate of dark.  Nailed it!  How do you keep yourself in check?

Thank you! Honestly considering this was my first foray into dark erotica, I wanted to really push my own limits as an author and see how far I could take it before I scared or repulsed myself. I haven't reached that limit yet. Lol. Maybe Carnage will be my breaking point.


How many books do you plan to have in The Butcher series?

Just the two.


What other projects are you currently working on?  Can you give us some teasers/excerpts?

I'm writing the fourth book to the Bet series. Still working progress, title and all. But I'm hoping to have it published in 2015.


Anything extra that you want to add?

Knox has been such an difficult character to write, because as simple as he might seem, he is so incredibly complex and he doesn't make getting into his head easy. But I love him and I love writing him. I love how unapologetic he is about everything he does in Flawed including how he treats Lacey. But we will eventually see a bit more humanity in him in Carnage.















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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Tom from Baal's Heart series by Bey Deckard —Top Book Boyfriends From Books Published in 2014 —Interview






Novel (127,090 words)
Genre(s): Historical Fantasy, Erotic Action/Adventure, Gay

Reunited once more, the crew of Baal’s Heart must make the long and treacherous journey south to the towering spires of the Devil’s Isles. The path through the mountain range is fraught with peril; mayhem and tragedy plague the pirate ship, but what the men find beyond the spires is the most shocking of all.

In this sequel to the acclaimed Caged, the pirates are dragged into a dangerous new world by Captain Baltsaros’s all-consuming obsession. In the midst of terror and chaos, Jon learns that the captain and first mate have been keeping secrets from him. But will the truth tear them apart?




~Some favorite Tom quotes~
"Hush, lovey. Hush, it'll be ok, Jon. Stop your fightin', it's just me. Old Tom's goin' to make things better..."
"He sees the good in me, Da, plain as day. That's somethin' worth fightin' for. Maybe even dyin' for."







—Character Interview:  Tom 
Favorites:

Color—

Yer askin’ me what my favourite colour is? Ha! What the bloody hells for? Oh… gods-be-fuckin’-damned, I just took a peek at the rest of the bloody questions. I’ll play, but it’s a fuckin’ bloody lot of half-cracked questions, ye know that?

Ok… Favourite colour. Hm. Well… I’m a mite partial to blue. I got my reasons.

Animal—

Who in hells has a favourite animal? Do ye sit around thinkin’ to yerself “oh I like bunnies better than snakes today” because if ye do, then ye have more bloody time to yerself than I do. 

Ok, let’s say a panther. That sound good? Never did see one with my own eyes, but there’s a knockin’ shop me an’ Da went to once where there was a panther skin on the floor, an’ I just felt so damn sorry for the fuckin’ thing. Ye know? Big fucker, probably mean as a devil from the black hells and wild as the wind, but brought down by some cretin with a bow or bullet. Bloody shame that.

Drink—

Depends on whose buyin’! Naw… I’ll drink any damn thing as long as it puts a fire in my belly. I do like rum though. Better than the whiskey from last night… that swill was pure rubbish.

Power or Wealth? 

I’d rather be a rich man than have some poor sod wipe my arse. 

Night or Day? 

Another barmy bloody question. Ok… I prefer one for workin’, the other for fuckin’ and I’ll let ye guess which, aye?

Words or Action? 

Action. Can’t say that I’ve had much bloody luck with words. 

If you could be anywhere in the world, where would you be?

I’d be back in bed, lovey, sleepin’ this fuckin’ whiskey sickness off. But not bed in Madierus. Naw, bed at home… on the ol’ tub. In bed with Jon and Da. Hmm… fuck that is soundin’ blessed. Maybe a cock in each end, right lovey? 

Heh… Too crass? 

Do you think love makes a person weaker or stronger? 

I don’t rightly know, and it ain’t somethin’ I want to jaw about. 

What is your most prized possession?

If ye’d asked me a year back, it would’a been my dagger. Now? I don’t know, dove. 

Is hope somethin’ ye can possess? Because I’m bloody thankful for the hope in my guts every fuckin’ day. There was a time when… Well… shit, it was a scarce fuckin’ commodity. 

Aye… let’s say hope. 

If we’re done, darlin’… I’ve got a burnin’ need to see Da and Jon.