No, I didn’t write it. The wonderfully talented Ms. Katz created this tempting treat.
Widowhood agrees with thirty-eight-year-old Claudia Sabina. Her husband and father left her wealthy, but her most prized possession is their gift of independence. She enjoys a freedom few women in male-dominated Roman society will ever know.
The slave, Damon, is part of her father’s bequest. Intelligent, resourceful and educated beyond the norm for even a Roman citizen, Damon’s many talents make him one of her most valuable assets. The fact the young Greek is also a pleasure to look at only adds to his value.
For months, Damon hides the fact he’s fallen in love with his new mistress. He convinces himself he can be satisfied with her nearness—until the night he walks in on her bath, and his rigid control deserts him. Consequences fail to matter as he offers her full use of talents that, until now, he’s never revealed.
In a moment of weakness, Claudia crosses the line laid down by Roman law and custom, immersing herself in an illegal and dangerous love affair. A choice that threatens both their futures.
Since I’m so special and all, I read an arc of this story last week. Oh my dears, Damon is simply delicious, the story moved me seamlessly into the decadent world of an ancient Roman country estate. My only complaint was that the novella was over much too soon.
Run your mouse right over to My Bookstore and More to get your own copy of Damon’s Price by Ali Katz.
Too often, I succumb to the lure of new books, ignoring all those titles waiting for attention on my to-be-read shelves. This is part of my book addiction. But now and then, I pull out an assortment of titles I want to read.
Since I’m writing an erotic futuristic story at the moment, the whole TBR collection is fair game. I picked three romantic suspense titles that have been handing around for a while. The first was a reissue of a Suzanne Brockmann title, Bodyguard.
OMG, I fell in love all over again. Now, I want to read nothing but Brockmann (another addiction symptom). I think there are still a few of her titles I haven’t read….
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Wordpress offers scads of cool features for the busy blogger. Being a techno-weenie, I have a custom designed site. All good and well except when Wordpress upgrades and my site doesn’t mesh with the latest version.
I think that’s what’s happening now. Being a techno weenie, I don’t know. Once again, the scheduling feature is not working consisently. This means I have to copy, paste and manually publish each day. Or wait and see if I get the dreaded, missed schedule notice.
I miss reliable scheduling.
Share the pain, technology–friend or foe? How’s your day going?
When I start a new story, I include way more of the characters’ history than the tale needs. This is a familiar process. One I actually recognize even as I’m doing it. I cut and paste those rambling pages into a separate scrap document. Sometimes, I find just the detail I need later in this first messy info dump.
Whether or not any of this character background winds up in the finished manuscript, it’s part of my process. While I’m keen on improving my craft, I’m slow to change what’s working.
Once past this initial stage, an actual story begins to emerge. Action, dialogue, and lots of gaping holes. It’s a breathless rush of pounding on the keyboard recording the excitement. Almost none of the details that bring the characters to life and make a well-told adventure are included.
This is how it works for me, at the moment. Process is always fluid changing whether or not I even notice the dynamics.
So, I’m back to the future, writing the third Enyo Chronicle, Calyxia’s Capture, and having a wonderful time, but kind of wondering how I stumbled into this strange alternate reality….
While fact checking, I got hooked and wound up reading one of my own stories. My own nerdy geekiness makes me smile.
Eventually, I got back to work and thought about the all important story questions. Such as, why can’t this set of lovers simply fall in love and live happily ever after?
I love a satisfactory ending and do my best to create one for each story. But, characters are complicated and things happen. True love lasts and deepens, but it doesn’t prevent life or new problems from developing. The continuing story, with little snippets about what happened next to favorite characters is part of the appeal of a series, at least it is for this writer and this reader.
Share the love, do you read series? Should they be limited or opened ended? Favorites?
Getting paid to watch Eduardo is Desiree’s dream assignment, but when he reaches out to her, crossing the line, everything changes.
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