Give it up for my guest in the crib today--Lynn Crain!!! I'm really pleased to have her and she's talking about her release, The Harvester. I love the sound of this one, so sit back and enjoy! Don't forget to leave her some love at the end. Take it away Lynn . . .
Going The Distance
As I sat here thinking about this
blog post and my book, I realized there is an underlying theme in all my books
of the characters going the distance with each other. Sure, they meet, fall in
love but then they need to stick around when the going gets tough. As it
inevitably will. Life isn’t easy, why should our characters fictional lives be
any easier.
That’s exactly what happens to my
heroine in the book The Harvester. Sky Nerezsh realizes that she can’t live up
to the expectations of her society and kill her mother to ascend to the throne.
She is not willing to go that distance to secure something she really doesn’t
want. So she comes to Earth, determined to live her life in happy solitude, far
away from her planet. Little does she know that there are others who have their
eye on this rare gem.
When she discovers two men that turn
her on as well as another Harvester about to lay claim to the planet, she has
to quickly decide whether she has it in her to go the distance or not. She’s
never been in love, never had that burning passion because she couldn’t due to
her profession. Sky is a harvester of men for pleasure, turning them over at
the end of her journey to the brothels that house them. She never had a reason
to claim any as her own but these two make her feel more than she’s felt for
years.
I don’t know about other writers,
but I don’t always stop with the happily-ever-after or the happily-for-now. I
have the tendency to want to check in on my characters, to make sure they are still
with each other. The main way I do this is to have an epilogue and another
story set in the same world. Even on the novels I don’t have in a series, I’ve
been known to sit down and contemplate my characters fates...are they happy? I
like to think that each and every one of them are with exactly who they are
meant to be with as well as living the life they deserve.
Sky proves that she has it in her to
go the distance as do her men. Here’s an excerpt from The Harvester.
The Harvester
Word Count: approximately 42,000 words
Logline: Sky Nerezsh, a Harvester of men, leaves home avoiding a
tragic path when a rival comes to claim Earth and the two Scottish lifemates
she’s just discovered.
Blurb: Princess Sky Xera Nerezsh came to earth to avoid the normal
succession path to the throne. Being the oldest daughter, she will be required
to murder her mother in order to secure her path to power. Sky loves her mother
and refuses this path, choosing instead to disappear in the vast reaches of
space. When her past collides with her present, she has to think quick on her
feet, claim two men and a whole planet just to avoid the inevitable: a meeting
with her mother. Along the way, she discovers true love and a burning need to
be there for them always. Now if the other Harvesters can just keep to
themselves, they’ll have no problems. But who said true love was ever easy.
NOTE: This is an erotic menagé novel with
EXPLICIT language and adult situations.
Book Excerpt:
Suddenly
one dark haired man was on the table in front of her, gyrating his sexy hips in
her face, his package mere inches from her mouth. In another life, she would
have leaned forward and planted her lips on his crotch, willing his body to
perform. She really should have been paying more attention to the situation
around her instead of wondering about where Angela had gotten herself.
Leaning
down, his breath reminded her of the sweetgrass that grew on her home planet of
Tyrsati, heightening her senses even more. “Sweetheart, I see how you want
me...it’s written all over your face.” His voice purred in her ear.
Sky
gasped and pulled back to get a better look at the man in front of her. He
reminded her of the gods of Vada. He was tall, well-muscled, dark hair brushing
the top of his shoulders and had the most incredible violet eyes she had ever
seen. Guess the optics weren’t wrong.
He would fetch an exquisite price on Texra and her mother would be extremely
proud for her acquisition. She shook her head to clear the cobwebs.
“Nice
eyes, sweetie – hang around after the show – I’ll make it worth your while.”
His voice hit a resonance with her and her whole body flushed. It had been
years since she had reacted to any man. Now her emotions and body betrayed her
for an insignificant being on an outer planet. She shook her head. This planet
was no more insignificant than any other, including her own but she knew if she
didn’t get herself under control, the Harvester in her would take over. Old
habits die hard.
“Don’t
let his demeanor fool you, luvey. He just wants to get into your pants.”
Another deep voice reverberated close to her ear.
She
glanced over her shoulder and again her breath was nearly taken away as she
looked into the bluest eyes she’d ever seen in the galaxy bar none. The sky of
Octa couldn’t hold a candle to the color that swirled in their depths.
“Ooo,
Jaxon is right about the eyes. Very cool green.”
“Contacts,”
Sky managed to get out for the second time this evening, her voice low.
“And
a sexy voice to boot. Very nice.” He twirled away to join his companion on
stage. He was just as nice looking as the first guy but just a little shorter.
His shiny hair swung around his jaw line as he moved and her hands ached to run
her fingers through it and over his body.
She
sat there stunned as the people at her table laughed and clapped her on the
back as if she’d done some sort of fantastic feat. While her time on this
planet had been very thrilling, in her old life working for her mother, their
performances had to be impeccable or their fate might be worse than death. She
vaguely wondered just how she’d rate them.
Sky
did her best to smile and act as if what happened was one of the most exciting
things in her life when in reality it brought back some memories she’d rather
forget. Folding her hands in front of her, she closed her eyes and steadied her
breathing. She opened her eyes slow and caught a glimpse of a targeting laser.
The light was in a part of the spectrum that no one of this planet could even
see but her optics caught it.
Scanning
the crowd, she allowed her eyes to whirl, not caring who saw. There were not
supposed to be any Harvesters on this world as it had been declared too
primitive to even be included in the Alliance of Planets. She came here because
she knew this was the one place her mother wouldn’t think to look. Now, she
knew another Tyrsatian walked the same world as she did, occupying the very
same room.
Maybe
it was time to see just what type of trouble Angela got herself into. Leaning
across the table, she quickly gave Jayne her phone number and said her goodbyes
to all the others present. Rising slowly, she didn’t want to alert the other
Harvester but she was just far enough away and at a weird angle to not see who
it might be. Moving quickly to the back wall, she moved to where she stood way
behind the woman but close enough to see who it was.
Jesata
Ardik. Of all the Harvesters to show up on her new home planet, one of the most
relentless in the business had to land on her new home. This wasn’t going to be
easy. She had to delay her from marking them because once they were marked, it
didn’t matter wherever in the universe they were, they would be considered
fugitives until captured and sold to the highest bidder. Meaning, she wouldn’t
be able to get them off world without the help of her mother.
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Lynn Crain has penned over 25 novels in romance in the genres of science fiction,
fantasy and contemporary romance, erotic to tame in nature. She always knew
that writing was her calling even if it took years at other professions to
prove it. She has belonged to EPIC and RWA for more years that she cares to
think about. Currently, she lives in Europe while her husband of nearly 30
years pursues his dream of working internationally. Her state-side home is in
Nevada where family and friends wait patiently for their return. You can find
her hanging out at A Writer In Vienna Blog (www.awriterinvienna.blogspot.com)
and various other places on the net (www.theloglineblog.blogspot.com;
www.twitter.com/oddlynn3 ; www.lynncrain.blogspot.com ; www.facebook.com/oddlynn3
) as well as her website www.lynncrain.com.
Still, the thing she loves most of all is hearing from her readers at lynncrain@cox.net.
Thanks again for stopping by Lynn and I'd be honored if you want to come by again!
Cynthia Arsuaga
HI, Lynn! I just love your free-ranging imagination. You imagine a body harvester who pulls in ripe bodies for the sheer enjoyment of it, screw any emotional entanglement... God I love it. the epitome of a very modern female. I imagine she will succumb at some point to more than pure sensual pleasure. Great premise for a book!
ReplyDeleteI also like the way you say you go back and re-harvest the characters, as it were, look in on them and see how many whirlwinds you can stir up.
(I think I mentioned to you a long time ago that I also have a character named Sky--this one is a male, and that's his nickname, short for the Latin "Scaevus," left-handed.) Also, we're both rather well aqquainted with CCCC in Las Vegas.
Here's to great success. I find you a far better than average writer with a lot to say. ~Erin
Wow, this sounds great, Lynn. I can't wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteI like how you connect so much with your characters that you like to go back and check on them..kind of like good friends, huh? Do you ever check up on the villains too??? Best wishes!
ReplyDeleteHi Erin!
ReplyDeleteI just love how you see me...it's always interesting and new the things you tell me about myself...thanks for stopping by!
Lynn
Hi Marian!
ReplyDeleteThanks, it's always good to hear that your story sounds good.
Glad you could stop by...I appreciate it!
Lynn
J.Q.,
ReplyDeleteYeah, I'm always wondering what my characters are doing. As far as villains go, I've actually gone so far as to thinking about redeeming them. The author Margaret Weis did that so well and she had me thinking I wanted to have a redeemable villain at least once in a story.
Thanks for stopping by...I appreciate it!
Lynn