Erotic Action/Adventure…It’s Not All in the Bedroom with Guest Author Lilly Cain

Please welcome our guest author for the day, Lilly Cain.

Thank you Roxanne for having me here at Fang-tastic Books!

Along the lines of your favorite genre, my debut book, Dark Harmony, is a vampire story. A dark, erotic, action-adventure, vampire love story. Published by Red Sage, Dark Harmony is a full length novel, and that gives me the time to bring in action that isn’t just in the bedroom, although if you read Red Sage, you know there’s plenty of that!

Many people believe that erotic stories mean a work that is overloaded with sex scenes and not much else. That really isn’t the case. To me erotic romance can be defined as a book in which the plot is driven at least in part by the sexual arc of the story. But that isn’t all it is. Emotion drives the romance and external plot elements also drive the book, or at least they drive mine.

Here’s an excerpt from Dark Harmony, in which my heroine Lena faces her maker and ex-master:

Lena could sense Evan’s emotions shifting deeper into anger. She caught the flicker of his eyes as he glanced slightly to his right. This tiny movement freed her from the sexual thrall. She gasped and jerked backward, flicking her sai back into her hand. My God! She’d nearly given herself back to the pack. Wherever Evan walked, Darien would surely be skulking nearby. For a desperate moment she feared being outnumbered. Here among thousands of potential victims, the prey were unlimited, but it was the hunters whose numbers terrified her.

She moved, two quick sideways steps to the right, away from whomever Evan had glanced toward. She flicked one sai out to point at Evan and left the other to guard herself. Her best bet would be to put Evan between her and the second opponent. She scanned the crowd. Amidst the constant movement of the audience she caught the stalking advance of a killer, Darien. Her worst fear confirmed, she shuddered at the smile on Darien’s lips. Having caught her eye he stayed where he was, one arm looped over the shoulders of a young female fan.

The girl, no more than twenty, pressed her body against the vampire. Her eyes followed the motions of the band on stage, her lips mouthed the words to the song even as she ground her hips against a killer. Darien fisted his hand in her long straight hair, lifting her chin and exposing her neck. The girl gripped him harder, elation filling her face. Lena could taste it from where she stood, a stream of sweet excitement, lust, and joy. She was so young, so pure, so delicious. Lena took an involuntary step forward. Evan, slightly to her right, grinned like the cocky bastard he was and moved to intercept her, offering his hand to her.

“Come on Helena. Join us for a…bite.” Darien’s mocking whisper reached her easily, despite the pounding music and screaming fans.

“No.”

Because I study Kobujutsu, the art of ancient Japanese weaponry, I enjoy having my heroine kick butt with it! She can stand on her own, but she wants more than being alone. She hungers for a family, a pack. So she goes looking for it. Unfortunately her old pack want her back, whether she wants to return or not. This sets the story up for flight, and fight. Lots of adrenaline!

Another snippet:

She strode from the room. The house was too tight for her usual kata practice so she moved to the door, glancing out the window as she moved and extending her senses as far as she dared.

No vampires.

She slipped out the door, leaving behind her kitbag and purse. Nothing must hinder her now. As she stepped out she moved into a walking stretch, checking with slow movements that her muscles were loose, and all the weapons strapped in properly. She rotated her hips with each step, grinding in a parody of last night’s lovemaking. As she swayed her arms and upper body with the stretch she could imagine what she would look like in the early darkness. It might look sexual to some, but with the blackened steel she wore she was more like death dancing in the shadows.

Stretch completed she picked up her pace and moved through the woods, allowing the thinner branches to slap at her, stinging her lightly. They would hold her scent, draw the hunting vampires to her, if she wasn’t headed directly toward them. There was really only one place to go, the abandoned building where she had already set her trap. If it hadn’t been sprung, or simply destroyed by Darien or Evan, it might help her now.

In minutes she reached the fence, and found where she had entered before. She knew very well that Evan might find it odd that she would leave such an obvious trail, but she also knew Darien. By now he would be rising, and he would be far beyond furious. He would be the one following her trail, not Evan. Evan would barely keep up with Darien in this state. She vaulted the fence, still feeling the power from the concert. She’d need it now.

This is erotic action adventure – the sex is still there, still smokin’ hot, but the vampire is true to her powers and strength as well. Ready to fight.

I’ve recently been informed that Dark Harmony is going to be Red Sage’s first digital to print novel. I haven’t received the release date, but you can imagine how excited I am!

As a celebration I am offering a free e-book version of Dark Harmony to a commenter – all you have to do is pick the name you like best for Dark Harmony’s sequel.

Choices are listed in the newest entry on the Journal page of my website!

If you think of a better choice thought I’d love to hear it!

~Lilly

For more information on Lilly and her writing, check out her website at http://www.lillycain.com/.

You can buy a copy of Dark Harmony at http://eredsage.com/store/Dark_Harmony_Lilly_Cain_eBook.html

or download a kindle version at

http://www.amazon.com/Dark-Harmony-ebook/