Announcing Free Reads!

With the festive season winding down and the dust starting to settle -- it's certainly starting to settle on my desk, I need to find time to move all the stuff off and clean up again -- it's time for an announcement to keep that festive spirit perked up and running into the new year.

It's something I've had in mind for some time, and with the coming of Christmas and the spirit of giving, this felt like the ideal time to go forward with it. With this being the first big initiation, there have been some kinks in the process, primarily surrounding Amazon, as the only way to have something marked as Free is for it to be price-matched through more accommodating storefronts, which seems to take an entirely indeterminate amount of time to maybe get fixed. Go figure.

That aside, yes, free! As of this festive holiday period and moving forward, the following titles will be listed as free to discover and enjoy for all readers.

Daemonique I: The Darkest Desire

Darkfallen: Taking Jacob

Umbral Coil Chronicles I: Dusk

Deity of the Desert I: Arrival

Huntsman I: Princess

Soulflame I: The Spark

In addition, those that already have novel formats in Daemonique - Darkfall and Goddess of Sands have had their prices reduced accordingly to facilitate the relative first volumes now being listed as free. The main exception to this is that price-matching Free publications with Amazon does not seem to follow through to other regional storefronts such as the .co.uk front, which is really weird and inconsistent but it wouldn't be the first thing. The novel format prices have been reduced across all Amazon storefronts regardless.

With that said, there are alternatives, as this has been made live on all available storefronts, as follows;

Amazon (US - Tentative) | Smashwords | Barnes & Nobles | iTunes | AllRomance ebooks | Kobo

There will absolutely be more added in the future after this initial run, where the method in the madness is largely based around serial series that have multiple volumes out and in the case of Daemonique, Deity of the Desert and soon to be Huntsman, their novel binding versions released. The best way to stay abridged of future plans and publications will be through my newsletter and to join me on social media such as Twitter where I love to hear from and interact with people who enjoy what I do.

This first wave represents a broad range and span in time for my published works thus far, so if this is your first exposure or a chance to try out a new series' roots, I'm glad to have your interest and support with me.

Thank you for reading!

Goddess of Sands (Novel Format Monster Girl Erotic Romance)

The full story of Nathan and Astrid's journey into the harsh Zo'qeth desert in a world where monsters mingle with mankind on a daily basis. Summoned by royal invitation, the couple will meet a hard ruler and handle the unquenchable lust shared between one another before heading out to explore the archeological history of newly unearthed ruins.

What they find within will be beyond reckoning, for the deity of the desert, a being of divine fable sleeps within. A giant lamia, a Goddess with the lower body of a snake will rise to greet and ultimately bless them as her own. Their journey for truths will provide answers they never thought to find.

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Happy holidays, everyone! Unless they've long since passed, but there's always one around the corner. At time of writing, this saw the closing one of my last projects of 2013, which has been a pretty interesting year.

That's not for now, though. Now is talking about this book, which is pretty straightforward. Essentially I could just link the Deity or Monster Girl tags, the latter of which a little wanting, but this has always been a thing that I build on and adjust as I go.

Goddess of Sands is the novel format culmination of my Deity of the Desert monster girl series, spanning three volumes of varying kinks and characters, beginning with a simple introduction to the world full of monster girl types, moving on into some Daddy/Daughter roleplay, erotic spanking and what makes it special when really done right, meeting the desert city's Queen which is going to spawn its own novel, maybe two! 

Then it all ends with moving down into the unearthed ruins, where I could make any number of size jokes, and maybe some snake ones, but really, once it gets into the third volume, things do get a lot bigger, including the size of insertions being put into Astrid, or that Nathan is being used as. One post down gives you an idea of scale. Maybe a bit bigger, but the general concept of that she could pick up and put a man into her to suck out all his cum isn't so farfetched when she's that big.

Now being a novel format release, an excerpt is a bit redundant again - as much because there's already three excerpts, a couple reviews and other things in the backlog. Instead, I'll be sharing the short new prologue I gave it, so any of the awesome people to have picked up the series when it was in serial, telling me the people that want to read this sort of thing are out there, don't feel left out. It's also available in the reach of preview pages, so can be downloaded in book formats from Smashwords, for instance.

Prologue follows the pagebreak.

Deity of the Desert Reviewed Five Star - On Sale!

I've touched on this a bit in recent posts, but felt I should give it its own article for sake of exposure, and now have another excellent reason to. The first two volumes of my High Fantasy Monster Girl Breeding Erotic Romance are available for .99c for a limited time, and have also been rated highly.

I've set them to .99c for a time after a solid period of getting little to no love. With prices lower than the usual $2.99 mark, authors only receive 35% of royalties, so it has to sell several copies to match up to the sale of one sale at the $2.99 70% royalty mark. That's all very math, and I have spreadsheets and calculators to do math so there'll be no more of that. Instead; some feelings.

What I want to do with the Deity series is write with a broad spectrum of fantasy races for those who have always enjoyed the cross-combination of races. It's a very traditional fantasy, D&D, mythology and fairy tales sort of thing and I know it has an audience that want to see more fun and interaction with races such as lamia, harpies and draconic women, and maybe some that have never considered it, but they have to be found first. so perhaps this will help awareness that it's here.

The latest installment, is one of my latest works and perhaps more of a niche on it's erotic content, so I'm okay with leaving that at the $2.99 mark, but the other two volumes cultivate their own characters and world even if you leave out the culmination. While I'm bias as the author, it really is an amusingly sweet and happy ending for the trilogy, leaving all three to be picked up at the $4.99 mark for three volumes of rich erotica.

But don't take just my word for it, they've also received reviews!

Deity of the Desert I: Arrival [Amazon|UK][Author Feature][Review]
Deity of the Desert II: Discipline [Amazon|UK][Author Feature][Review]

Amazon Customer Reviews:

Deity of the Desert I: Arrival

Out of the ordinary and out of this world

Beautifully written like a piece out of time and place, it makes me think of lovely fantasy and scifi tales I'd read long ago, but with totally shiver-inducing eroticism.

I'm completely susceptible to tales of breeding and exotic monster (or monsterish) women, yet that doesn't necessarily mean I'm prone to go easy on the two. However, the crafting of them both in this story is as good as it gets. I was surprised by how much it resonated with me, and how it continues to hang in the back of my mind.

Astrid is the kind of fantasy woman I yearn for, there's no use in denying that. Her curiously inhuman good looks, her abnormally hot embrace, and her unquenchable lust all mask a strength and power that makes her anything but a mindless breeder. I'm smitten with her.

I couldn't help but be inspired reading this, and I suspect there'll be more than one story of my own that'll take life from that seed.

Normally I don't reach much these days with my busy schedule, but I'll be looking forward to squeezing in more time for this authors tales. With this introduction at only 99c, I can't recommend it enough. If you like the topics explored in this at all -- breeding, submission, inhuman half-breed women -- get it.

Deity of the Desert II: Discipline  

New character obsession for me, and the plot progresses

A great followup to the first part, it opens with a very steam sexy scene that holds back nothing.

The author has a beautiful way with words, and manages to turn a spanking into something so involved and poetic.

Though the sex ends and the story moves on, the sensuality that pervades the remainder is rich. And I could go on about the lashing of the young woman and how how it was, instead I found myself fixated on the introduction of the Queen herself.

The power and grace of that woman, that was accentuated so well in the writing, jumps off the page and I'm desperately hoping that something more comes of her in the future with this series.

Tremendous followup, highly recommend this. Will definitely be following this tale, it's so far rich with well crafted writing and characters I adore and am fascinated by. 

But don't just take our word for it. Here's a late-coming star from the third volume's thoughts, too.

Exactly.

Deity of the Desert III: Lamia (Interspecies Giantess Breeding)

Summoned by the Zo'qeth desert's Queen to investigate newly discovered ruins, Astrid and Nathan Feison finally find themselves traversing the caverns and halls of history undisturbed for centuries. What they find within is greater than they ever could have expected.

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Deity of the Desert I: Author Feature 

Deity of the Desert II: Author Feature 

Get Deity of the Desert I and II at a reduced price on Amazon for a limited time. Get all books at 25%-50% off on Smashwords until August 1st.

I've said it before and I'm sure I'll say it again but I like monster girls. It's such an expansive set of fantasy races to play with, the likes of which is usually just relegated to werewolves, vampires and existing fairy tales. They're fun, sure, but what could be more fun than tentacles? How about a Scylla, seemingly charming sea-bound woman hiding a multitude of such octo-lengths beneath an elegant dress. As and when I come back to do the next Deity, that may be the mythical star. Similarly, everyone knows of mermaids but what about moving that symbiosis out of familiar grounds waters and putting entirely different twists on it than the classic tragedy of worlds and suchlike that comes with them. 

What about snake instead of fish? Now we have the lamia, and the focal point of my third release in Deity of the Desert. This third volume was the core of what brought the series to life, with the previous volumes full of more normal breeding desire and world building that I'll be adding to over time.

That's a matter for another time though, as this feature is about monster girls needing love too. And they do. Miia from 'Everyday Monster Girls' to the right is a good example of monster girls that need love too, and in part the inspiration for why I went with lamia. Lamia are fun, and pretty straightforward, since you can compare them directly to mermaids. They're not very disagreeable on form, either. For instance I could have worked with a Spider Girl, the latest addition to that monthly manga, but without its fanbase, I don't think that would have gone well as a starting point. She's interesting but not as easy to appreciate as a snake girl.

Now, in addition to lamia, the original story challenge that sparked this series asked for size play. That's where the giantess feature of this release comes in. I've gone easy on scale, she's not 'fit them both in the palm of her hand' big, since you wouldn't be able to do much with that. Most of the size of Eylissia, the lamia in my story, comes from her lower half that can coil around the chamber she resides in. I make some references on scale otherwise, and basically Nathan - full grown man - is about the size of a big toy, give or take. Something pretty snug or tight. That's entirely relevant for how the encounter with the giantess plays out. Similarly, it's important to the continuation with Astrid, who gets treated to an androgynous hermaphrodite extension that so much as deposits a clutch of ovipositioning eggs in her warmth. 

It all takes breeding that little bit further and bigger again, with a pretty happy feeling to the ending, and why not? When you're going monster girl and giantess already, you know you need to go wider. Excerpt follows the page break.

Deity of the Desert II: Discipline (Monster Girl Breeding Erotica)

The morning after ‘Arrival’, Astrid already has her man tied to the bed in their guest chambers, ignoring what they ‘should’ be doing. The desert’s Queen will wait, Astrid’s instinctive need to feel Nathan inside will not. The spanking that follows for “being a bad girl” is worth every minute of the pleasure. Little do they know, soon Lady Naiqeth will show them the harsher discipline of a monarch.

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This release has some interesting story behind it, and I'm really happy with how it's all worked out. It's been a bit of a challenge for me, but very enjoyable. Initially I pushed to see if I could finish it off in May so I could have four published in that month. Didn't quite hit the mark, but considering when I really got down into it, the turnaround has been very good - even for the better.

While I don't really expect anyone to know of 'Monster Girl Quest', the massive 'eroge' RPG series from Japan, it's something with a pretty big fan base worldwide and acclaim for its story and music as much as erotic content. The third installment - reportedly larger than the prior two games combined - released yesterday on June 1st. Once I'd found that out, I made it a mission to release this next installment of my own 'Monster Girl' erotica in tribute, and just managed to hit the mark.

'Monster Girls' in general is a pretty big take on classic fantasy creatures like the more commonly known mermaid and minotaur, and many others like the half-snake lamia I have planned for the next volume. While there's nothing Japan won't turn into a cute girl, it creates some interesting mythos and creatures (that can of course have male equivalents penned in) you might not have considered. Kind of a step beyond the standard paranormal vampire and werewolf fare. While my mascot sprite is a vampire, it's the model from 'Monstergirl Encyclopedia', so there's some subtle ties to that broader range of mythical creatures and fantasy for me. 

Now while I draw inspiration from those mythical fantasy cross-races, and do cameo some of them in unaltered form to give a relatable, 'different' world, I do what I always intend to do with my writing. I adapt and take it further out into being purely original content and my own work. As you might see from the cover image or having read either volume of Deity of the Desert, there's nothing all that 'monstrous' about Astrid. She has a pretty mean temper sometimes and a monstrous desire to breed, sure, but she's very human. What I've done in Astrid is taken one of those fantasy races and shift several generations of breeding with humans down the line with it. 

This makes her more accessible and sexy while keeping her wild and exotic nature. It also gives her some backing to what she's doing and how vulnerable her character can get. She's neither ancient salamander or perfectly human, but Nathan still loves her. Similarly, the race she's descended from is little more than legend now, so the desire to breed and continue her bloodline is pretty strong in her on that bestial level.

Content wise the synopsis covers it to the most part. I'm reluctant to use words like 'breeding' and 'Daddy' on Amazon incase it triggers getting filtered, but that's a big part of it. With how the couple relate, there is a bit of a 'Daddy dom' or 'Daddy's little girl' air between them that Astrid enjoys playing with all too much. I had to stop and consider whether I wanted to tag it as pseudo-incest, but not quite. I used Daddy's Girl as a keyword, so I'm sure people will get the idea without crossing too many wires

Excerpt to better explain follows the pagebreak:

Deity of the Desert I: Arrival (Monster Girl Breeding Erotica)

In a world descended from myth and mingling of monstrous races into much more human variants, an unlikely couple - a human male and a hotblooded crossbreed of a woman - is summoned to the desert to investigate the newly discovered sacred ruins. Taking up the opportunity, they answer the summons. First they have to arrive, and once within the safety of the city walls, there's the matter of handling personal business. The crossbred companion, Astrid, has an overwhelming urge to breed with her lover and mate.

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This release was quite fun to write, and went through an interesting process, again. Not such a stark re-write as with Soulflame, my recent sisterly incest publication, but this again was originally a story challenge piece that I wanted to expand and re-edit for publishing. About half way through that process I thought to myself "what if I were to focus more on the first half as its own thing, giving me a quicker release and readers more flexibility on what content they want?"

Most of those principles made it through, but it was no quicker than writing from scratch. What this means for me is I have basically a draft of the second half of this lying around with completely different sexual content that may not be as appealing as the sexy scenes I got into this one. For readers, that means there's a new release out right now, and full of M/F sex with breeding tones and fantasy races.

Yes indeed, I wanted to try and get in on the breeding theme a bit with this one. I think it helps somewhat that Astrid isn't entirely human. For all I understand the kink, it seems a more natural thing to say and feel when at least one - ideally the one receiving! - isn't quite human and can easily run with that sort of animalistic theme. Maybe I'm still thinking into the meaning behind the kink too much but I can't much help it, it's otherwise only used when referring to animals.

As I tried to convey a bit with the cover image, aside from that the tweaks on the eye are so small you can barely see it in smaller resolutions, Astrid is a more interracial / interspecies, bestial crossbreed of a humanoid race. Purpose behind it was to play on some of the implications and less-than-human connotations attached to 'breeding'. As a result, Astrid can have a very sharp temper, an almost wild and feral nature to her actions and above all a devotion to the man she loves. That devotion includes the instinctive need to feel him mate and breed with her like she's a bitch in heat. In her unique diluted monster girl sort of way, she is, but she's still relatable as a mostly human woman with needs and emotions. 

It made her fun and pretty unique to write. Without spoiling much, the second installment will venture more into size play and a (relatively, nothing too over the top macro, as far as can be stretched without breaking) giant counterpart to their fun. That's part of the reason I released this first half here and now, as that second might not be to everyone's tastes, so to bunch it all in on one release would take up a considerable amount more time and likely put some readers off.

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