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‘Sex Worker’ as a Literary Trope
The sex worker trope is a popular one in the romance genre. I mean, we had Pretty Woman to prove it, but like with all tropes, there are rules. Faithfulness is one of the most important elements of the romance genre, and one that causes the most pain. Of course, we don’t want outside interference between the hero and heroin. But would a prostitute even be in the market for a mutually exclusive relationship, the kind the romance genre has at its core? My guess is – it is doubtful. From the meet cute – the moment the two first fall into each other’s soup – someone has to change their…
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My One And Only Vampire
Slowly but surely, I am beginning to whip Zanephyn Heardt, my uncooperative vampire, into shape. I want to give you a taste of what is to come, but I need to know what you think. Here is a teaser to get you in the mood. Teaser One Prologue The wind and weathers swept the sand until it was smooth and unmarred by infrequent footprints, the sound of the ocean no more than a distant memory. Coastal shrubbery, punctuated by gnarled and twisted trees, formed a circle around the patch of powdery white sand, as if it knew not to encroach on the sacred space. At midnight, with the moon at…
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Bridesmaids, Weddings & Honeymoons
Bridesmaids, Weddings & Honeymoons is a fun to read series about what goes on behind the scenes at weddings, and is definitely not to be taken too seriously! Yet, they ooze creep. Normally, the bridesmaid and the best man run off together after the wedding. At weddings, people who haven’t seen each other for a while reconnect, or others to meet new people and to fall in love/lust; some even wake up in the wrong bed the morning after… In Runaway Couple, the bridesmaid and best man have a history, as she had been the victim of his pranks too often growing up. She can’t trust him. In He’s Married, the bride actually marries her…
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Karma, or Kismet, or Fate
I was just wondering how you felt about karma. Or fate, or kismet, or destiny. Any word that implies pre-destination in the sense that a person doesn’t steer his of her own ship. I mean, a coachman is relied on to get his young passenger to her destination, regardless of the weather or the time of the night. Whether or not he gets her there safely is out of her hands. She has to blindly trust him to get her where she needs to be. Her karma, or kismet, or fate, whatever you want to call it, is in her coachman’s hands. Read a bit here to see what I mean: https://storyoriginapp.com/giveaways/cbc37928-7b17-11ea-a1aa-5f4ade61dbf4 Finders Keepers An Almost Gothic…
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Become an ARC reader for Paranormal Romance.
The only pre-requisite is that you have to be a fan of paranormal romance, mostly the spooky kind. I have only one vampire in my current WIP. If you are, please read on. What you need to do is simple – I will send you an advance reader copy for free. You read the book and leave an honest review on Amazon, Goodreads, your blog, across social media or anywhere you like. Books live or die based on reviews. Reviews help an author make a living, and other readers who might otherwise not get to see the books, also benefit! You don’t have to read every new book, but as…
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Is there such a thing as parallel universes?
Or maybe I should say alternative realities. Is it possible for your timeline to veer off at a different tangent with you in it? What could cause an alternative reality like this? A catastrophic event, a glitch in the weather, or something as simple as stumbling on the stairs? Something happens to Roxanne that might convince you that time might not be as linear as you believe. And then there are twins, monosygotic ones where the DNA is almost but not quite identical. If they are alike as that, are their likes and dislikes also nearly identical? It could be possible that they will fall in love with the same…
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Finders Keepers
An Almost Gothic Love Affair – What is better that a creepy Gothic tale laced with romance? The classical Gothic novels we have all heard of – Dracula, The mysteries of Udolpho, Rebecca, Frankenstein, and many more – all have a few elements in common. They are mostly set in a remote castle in Eastern Europe, there is a secret, a curse, and a damsel in distress at the mercy of a dark, unethical lord of the manor, etc.. There often are vampires in the mix. I love Gothic Romance. So, I wanted to write one of my own, but I wanted to set it in South Africa, which already sets…
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Trapped In Yesterday
A bewildering ghostly tale – A character I created last year, who is very close to my heart – they are all special and becomes personal pals of mine – is Trip Murgatroyd, a man of the night, or an escort, or a male prostitute, or whatever title you want to apply. It boils down to the fact that he sold his body to random women for money. A word of warning: this is not erotica, not even erotic romance. At best it is a steamy ghost story. What else, coming from me. I love ghosts, and they sort of find me before I’m even looking for them. LOL Well, Trip…
