In this scene from Bringer of Chaos: Forged in Fire, the not-quite-human Six offers water to the immortal king, Pietas. But the king wants what Six cannot give: a name. Ghosts have no name Six slid their canteen off over his head and held it out to Pietas. Accepting anything from a human, an altered […]
When At the Mercy of Her Pleasure came out, readers clamored for the story of the hero’s brother. His book is For Women Only. I love this scene because it lets us see inside his aching heart. It occurs moments before Khyff is kidnapped to force Senth to return what he’d taken. It begins with […]
In this scene from At the Mercy of Her Pleasure by Kayelle Allen, NarrAy Jorlan has just met Senth Antonello for the first time. She’s taking it slow, sizing him up for the job at hand. Usually, men are distracted by her pheromones, but on this occasion, she finds herself on the distracted side. — […]
When a team of reanimated special ops soldiers pits itself against Pietas, the immortal learns a new truth. Even the dead fear him. Even the Dead Fear Him The stasis pod Pietas hid behind rested on the floor, and came up to mid-thigh. It hid him, but allowed no view of the door. A sudden […]
In this scene from Bringer of Chaos, Pietas refuses to submit to human authority. Death Fears Me The leaders of his people gathered in sleep around Pietas, sealed inside their curved, steel stasis tubes. “You think to imprison me? You think to bring me down like a hunted animal?” Pietas indicated the other life-pods. “I […]
In this scene from Bringer of Chaos, Pietas completes a personal and powerful ritual with his sister, Dessy. What little remained of his heart She twirled the dagger. “You should let our people know you still do this ceremony. They’d be impressed by your devotion.” “I don’t do it to impress anyone. I do it […]
In this scene from Bringer of Chaos, the return of Pietas’s sister brings chaos into his life. As usual, when she shows up, there is trouble. Especially when dragons are involved. Dessy plus Dragons The nameless, empathic bond between him and his twin drew Pietas, and he caressed her cheek with the back of his […]
The ritual Pietas undergoes is used on the planet Kaffir is summon spirits. In this scene from Bringer of Chaos, he performs it to affirm his own superior strength and prowess. Ritual Early on the first morning of the peace talks, Pietas entered his round bathing room. Starlight filtered through the portal overhead. Sleek silver […]
In this scene from For Women Only, Khyff awakens beside Mehfawni, the feline-humanoid Kin ambassador to the Tarthian Empire. He’d been ordered to seduce her, part of a complicated ploy by the Empress, who wants to remove Mehfawni from the Kin line of succession. It took no time on Khyff’s part. The moment Mehfawni saw […]
In this scene from The Last Vhalgenn, the heroine, Raik, is alone with King Orix. They grew up together, but his new queen barred Raik from the palace. Raik is back to deliver news of a battle and while delighted to be with Orix, she is nervous about his queen discovering them. — In the […]
In Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas, an enhanced human and a not-quite-human grapple through a deep dilemma in this hopeful but angst-filled SciFi military bromance set in the far future. The Council will not believe Pietas when he warns of a trap, so he decides to push the humans into showing their hand. […]
In this scene between the immortal Pietas and his father, the two are arguing a familiar topic: humans. It opens with Pietas speaking. “You want us to treat humans as equals. They never treated us as such. Even now, we’re hated and reviled. Putting them on the Council will make them haughtier. I want nothing […]
Do you like science fiction? How about romance? Bringer of Chaos: Forged in Fire has both. It has humor too, but also betrayal and vengeance. It’s rated PG13 for violence but has no expicit content or profantiy. This fast-paced action adventure is the sequel to Bringer of Chaos: the Origin of Pietas. Humans created a […]
Hi! I’m so excited to be here at TRS after a long absence from the parties. I’m Tara Lain. I write the Beautiful Boys of Romance and currently have about 35 published novels and novellas, all but one of them LGBT, and most of them with Dreamspinner Press. Would you like to check out some […]
