If you're in the mood for some sexy steampunk fun,
check out the cover and blurb for Sharon
Lynn Fisher's RAVEN TAKES A PEARL. The author was kind enough to provide a
few additional tags so we could learn a bit more about the story.
Second
novelette in the Fantasies in Color series by RWA RITA-nominated author Sharon
Lynn Fisher ...
Pearl
knows it was Raven who stole her mama's heart -- a beautiful quartz stone given
to her by Pearl's father right before he died. She sets off alone to the
crow-man's keep determined to bring back the stone, but she's caught by a
servant and taken to the tower. The dark-winged ruler of the keep isn't at all
what she imagined, and he isn't about to let Pearl go before unlocking all her
mysteries -- mysteries she never dreamed her body possessed.
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Tags:
Kink quotient: BDSM erotica
Sample of the steampunk/clockwork tech
featured in the story: The
intense Master Raven is part man, part machinery. Here's a description from the
story:
He’s both more and
less than what I imagined. Less of a monster … yet my heart races. The chill
bumps rise along my bare arms and prick the back of my neck. The dark
wings have their effect, tips brushing the floor while the upper joints rise up
even with his head. The satiny feathers look real to me, but I can see that the
frame supporting them and binding them to his body is not of bone, but
metal. From the neck up he could be any man. His face is framed by wavy
hair the same color as my own, and at his crown rests some sort of eyepiece — a
small magnifying scope whose services are apparently not required for greeting
visitors. His marble white flesh looks smooth to the touch, but sinuous muscles
work just below the surface. His bare chest is crossed by a complicated pattern
of black leather straps connected by metal buckles, perhaps a system for
supporting the enormous wings. Over the spot where his heart would be, two
straps join at an angle, and the disk at the joint is a clock.
HFN or HEA?: There is no marriage at the end, but
Pearl and Poe (Master Raven) are definitely soul mates.
Type of romance: Enemies turned lovers.
Tone:
Dark and sassy.
To learn more about
RAVEN TAKES A PERAL, including a free excerpt, visit Fantasies In Color.
Starting November 24, 2014, you can also go along for a ride on the RAVEN TAKES A PEARL Blog Tour (via Bewitching Book Tours).
Joyfully yours,
Heather