I don't know how you feel about longer days and warmer temperatures - I'm one who can't stay indoors. The warmer it gets, the more I'm outside enjoying time with my horse (even more!) and working in my garden. Right now the plants seem to be bursting with life. The poppies are blooming and attracting big bees, the aquilegia is standing tall in pink and dark purple, and the lavender has sprouted so many leaves that I can't wait for the wonderful scent it will soon give off. The first strawberries are ripe, and the blackberries and raspberries will be next. The whole garden welcomes me every day with new things to discover.
Spending so much time outdoors makes me less interested in writing. Partly because I'm not at home, and partly because when I get home I'm too tired to write. I jot down notes for scenes and ideas and hope for a rainy day when I can fit them into the story.
It's a rhythm I follow every year. Most of my books were written in the fall and winter to be published the following year. I'm not so sure about next year, but we'll see.
So let's take a look at one of my earlier books, written in 2012, The Prophecy Reincarnated.
Description
Worshipped, seduced, hunted—will the Prophecy find some peace again?
Ted’s life after the crash landing on Leroya turns out to be a fast
rollercoaster ride with men and women lusting after his body, a ruler out for
war, and an empress with different goals of her own. Will Ted find a way out
and escape…if he still wants to?
Excerpt
Ted thought about the Empresses’s special abilities while dropping his clothes
to wash himself. He didn’t turn when he heard someone enter and was surprised
by the touch of warm hands on his hips and butt. “I didn’t know you were that eager.”
“I didn’t know that you were already waiting for me.”
Startled, Ted swiveled around. Nephren faced him with a smut grin.
“You! What are you doing here?”
Nephren gave a graceful shrug. “Share the hut with you.”
Ted wanted to stay angry, to throw Nephren out, but the touch of Nephren’s
hands on his bare skin was pleasant, no, exciting, and it stopped all words. He
felt warm and comfortable, touched in places deep inside him he hadn’t known
existed. His breathing and heartbeat accelerated while Nephren’s palms explored
Ted’s chest and inched lower, never losing eye contact. The knots of the
chastity device opened like touched by magic and the leather fell away. Ted
took a step backward and another. Nephren followed and held Ted by his hips,
bowing forward. His tongue moved in sensuous circles across Ted’s chest and
nipples.
Ted’s mouth was dry, his eyes closed. He wanted to get away and his mind knew
he should, but his body enjoyed the arousal too much to oblige. For a moment,
he felt ripped apart, as if his conscience had decided to leave his body to the
greedy hands of a would-be lover, unable to control the flesh. The tingling
sensation increased until his hair stood on end. He put his hands on Nephren’s
upper arms.
The sudden rush of power felt as if finely crushed ice poured over his lower
body. Gasping, he jerked away, but Nephren followed, keeping the link by
holding fast to his hips. Ted shuddered, unable to move, hardly able to breathe.
His mind knew he had fallen into the hands of a great seducer and his body
enjoyed it immensely.
Nephren smiled, glancing at Ted’s expecting cock.
“Let it flow, Ted,” he whispered. “Give yourself to me.”
“I’ve never felt anything like that before.” Even to him his voice sounded
breathy and afraid. The longing in his loins rose to a new high. He craved to
be touched.
Nephren’s smile was like a spark that would soon blossom to flame. “That’s what
I wanted to tell you all the time.” His left hand massaged Ted’s cock and stopped
his attempt to move away. “We are much more powerful than the Haldru. In so
many ways. His reign will end. Nobody will stand against us. No one. The Haldru
will dwindle and fall by the snap of our fingers.”
Ted frowned and bowed backward, fighting for control like a swimmer trying to
climb out a slippery pool. “That doesn’t give you shit when it comes to
reigning this country.”
“Oh, but it does. If you stay at my side, not his.”
Ted fought his body’s growing desire, but it felt like nailing fog to a wall.
Breathing seemed hard work, taking a step even harder. In his mind, he already
took Nephren down on the soft covers and loved him with his heart’s desire. It
cost him a great effort to form words. “I’m not even interested in staying on
this planet. Damn you, Nephren, why should I help you rebel against your
ruler?”
The drowning emerald eyes gave their best to be persuasive. “Because he won’t
let you go. I know that. But if you help me, I promise you that you’ll leave
this planet as soon as my reign is established and strong enough to hold
without you.”
“That’s a very uncertain measure of time.”
Nephren pressed his body against his, lowering his hands to caress Ted’s
accessories with experienced movements. His arguments were very convincing and
Ted struggled for a coherent thought. He wanted to close his eyes and give
himself to the younger man, right now, without holding back. It would be so
easy, so wonderful, so satisfying. It would be unlike anything else he had
experienced and he longed for it with all parts of his body.
Nephren’s voice didn’t help. His words trickled into Ted’s mind, clouding it
more and more. “You’re much better off with me than with the Haldru. I know he
won’t let you go. I heard him tell his new confidant. He’s too afraid you might
fall into the hands of his enemies. And that, my dear Ted, would be really
bad.”
“You try to frighten me.”
“No, not frighten, Ted.” Nephren rubbed the other man’s cock with more vigor.
“Just open your mind to other suggestions and you’ll explore whole new lands.”
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