Adults Only - 18 Years plus![]() Grand Prize of the Demons vs Angels Blog Hop - ONE winner gets a Kindle Touch & ONE winner gets a $60 Amazon or Barnes&Noble Gift Card. Make sure you comment with your email address! Otherwise we can't enter you in the grand prize. All of my books are BDSM erotic romances. I'm giving away one e-Book from my backlist if you comment. To see my books, click here, or on the Books by Cari Silverwood tab above. I'll also do a one-off email to all who comment, telling you when the Erotic Escapades anthology comes out. As I'm not sure if it'll be free or 99 cents, I'll include that info in the email. If you don't want to be in that mass email, just say so in your comment. What is it about demons that so attracts us to stories? Their magical powers? The way they can pick you up and throw you around the room with their pinky finger? Or hold you against a wall while they deliver a sizzling kiss? The bad boy image? Mmmmmm. I like them all, but especially the last two. To me, angels just don't cut it. Give me someone just a little bit mean and I'll melt at their feet, then kiss my way upward when they ask me to. If you're an angel lover...why?! If it's demons, join the club, only don't steal mine, cause I might get all possessive. This story below is the start of a new PNR series with an American West theme. It's supposed to be a less erotic series than I usually do, but Talon seems to have other ideas. Rusted Rattlesnakes and Lubricated Love - excerptThis is from a short story which will be in anthology called "Erotic Escapades" due out in July from my critique group - ERAuthors. It'll be either free or 99 cents. My story is also the first few chapters of a new book in a post-apocalyptic PNR series called "Cataclysm Blues". There will be demons. Cataclysm Blues - Book One, Awakening is due for release in the last quarter of 2012. Just so you know - this is Talon: No name still. But, he was kinda pretty. All in black—shirt, trousers, belt, weapons—like someone trying to look tough. Didn’t impress her. What did was the swell of his biceps when he raised the bottle. His profile was…she shifted in her chair…damn good too. Short curly black hair, a roman nose, big mouth…but an alcoholic? Can’t have it all in one package. That would spoil it. This way he was big and bad and kissable and broken. If it wasn’t for the row of shrapnel scars marching up his neck, she’d… ****** Talon had made it to where his motorcycle was parked next to the man-high brick fence. Even in the poor lights out there, the vehicle gleamed some dark color—black most likely, knowing him. As she strolled forward, he turned, spun even—and there was no wobbliness at all. Rose frowned and took the last yard fast, drew her S&W revolver left-handed, and slammed her hand up onto his throat. She lifted him six inches off the ground with most of the weight under his jaw so he could breathe. The pistol went under his ribs. “Okay, you cunning bastard, I can see you’re not drunk. No idea how, but when I let you down, you’re facing your cycle and showing me both wrists. Got it?” “You do realize, you should not be able to lift me.” “Huh?” The calmly said sentence was so out of place. “No woman can lift this much one-handed.” “Surprise, surprise. I can. It’s the croquet, and all the oatmeal.” Why wasn’t he sounding half-strangled? “I am not going to hurt you. I don’t like guns pointed at me.” Hurt me? As if. “At you? It’s only your ri—” The move was fast and unexpected. She couldn’t counter it and barely knew what he’d done after it was over. Her pistol was gone, she’d been shoved into the brick wall hard enough to sting her back, and Talon held both her hands above her head. They were both breathing hard. “Don’t scream. I’ll let you go. I just wanted you out here to talk, like I said.” She blinked. How had he done that? No one, ever, bested her. “You’re a freak.” She wriggled her wrists but all that did was chafe her skin on the brick. Could kick him. As if he’d read her mind, he crowded her—his body pressing close. Groin to groin, his chest to her breasts, and his mouth inches away from hers. And there it was—that kerthump sinking feeling again. The temperature between her legs went up several degrees, and wet…she was much wetter down there. “Freak? Am I?” She heard that dead smile in his words again. “What about you?” “Me? I’m the sheriff.” He still held her. “The letting go bit? Remember? My deputy is coming.” “Not yet he isn’t. I can’t hear him.” The pause stretched to the breaking point. “You’ve been stupid, Sheriff.” Yeah, she guessed she had. She’d thought she could take him. Killing someone took seconds, if you knew how. Looking into Talon’s night-darkened eyes only reinforced her gut instinct—this man could kill. But he hadn’t. And now, though she could try screaming, that meant sucking in a heap of air, and he’d know. On the flip side… “If you’d wanted to kill me, you’d have done it by now.” “True.” So close, she felt the waft of warm air from his mouth as he spoke. She smelled him every time she inhaled—man and scotch, with a hint of gasoline. As if he read her mind, he leaned in and put his nose to her neck where it was bared by her collar. His warm skin on hers. The fine bristles on his chin rasped at her. She tensed. Why am I not protesting? I’m not some floozy. No? Then why haven’t I screamed for Deputy Yale? And sod it, that man is slow. “Kill you? You smell too good, beautiful. I think I have other plans.” Beautiful? Other plans? She stopped breathing. No one called her that. Especially not a six foot plus hunk of man who could, for once, eat her all up without half trying. His thigh moved in, denim to denim, pressing upward to where her clit resided. God damn, that’s… The wall seemed to slide a half inch upward, because her knees had caved. She’d melted—bone, muscle, everything. The only thing stopping her slide was his knee between her legs, and her arms fastened above. Around her wrists his grip rhythmically relaxed then tightened as if he was thinking. She thought about swallowing again, but that would be a dead giveaway to her arousal. “You’ve never been kissed, have you, Rose?” “Of course I have.” The huskiness in her voice bothered her. He’d know. Got to get back on the job. Get out of this hold for starters. “No. You’ve never had a man kiss you, though you might have kissed them. There’s a difference. I doubt anyone else could handle you. I can.” Stunned, she gaped at him. Above, he put her hands together and held them in one fist. She pushed outward but still couldn’t budge him. Her next deep breath pressed her breasts into his chest. And he put his hand to her neck—without asking, like it belonged there. Like he had the right to do whatever he wished. The sensation tripped her into another land. Here was a man unafraid to do what he wanted with her. Thumb on one side of her neck, fingers on the other, holding her there too, he spoke. “Done trying to escape?” She simply breathed, watched, like waiting for an avalanche. Then ever so slowly, without fuss, he came in for a kiss. Her brain kicked in. “My deputy—” His mouth covered hers. Warmth flooded through her. Slowly she closed her eyes, as he assaulted her mouth and claimed her. Fastened to the wall by his hands and body, she had no choice, for he leaned in harder and almost nailed her in place. His kisses, the subtle thrust of his thigh up into her pussy, the constant grasp on her throat and the way he let her have absolutely no way to move her hands, it all built into a storm that rumbled through her. The kisses grew rougher, he nipped at her mouth, and pushed her head to the side so he could bite and suck at her throat. Soon her moans and the sound of his lips and teeth and tongue on her were all she could hear. She writhed against his thigh, and his hand stroked where her shirt had ridden up above her navel. He leaned his head onto her neck so her head was forced to the side. Above her own ragged breaths, she heard his quiet words. “So soft. This is you. Not these.” He tapped her pistol, then his hand wormed down deeper between the top of her low-riding jeans and her skin. Too tight, he only got one finger down close…a small distance from her little throbbing clit. Oh, she could tell to a fraction of an inch how far that finger needed to go.
70 Comments
Swaree
27/6/2012 11:13:30 pm
Angels, so nice. But demons, so naughty. :)
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rita
27/6/2012 11:23:30 pm
Loving 'Rusted Rattlesnakes...' already.
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Andie Wardlow
27/6/2012 11:46:46 pm
Demons...so damn yummy!!! Loved your excerpt...that was hot!!!
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Kassandra
28/6/2012 12:06:48 am
Give me my bad boys, demons OR a fallen angel ;)
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Tracey D
28/6/2012 12:44:30 am
DANG! That was a smokin' excerpt. I can't wait to read it.
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Sue Sattler
28/6/2012 12:55:55 am
I can't pick, so I'll take one of each. Good, bad and me, a very happy threesome! Loved the excerpt, Talon sounds like the kind of bad boy that I love.
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Molly Frenzel
28/6/2012 01:20:03 am
Love bad boys so I'm with team demon. But, I'd take a naughty fallen angel too.
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Starla Rae
28/6/2012 01:24:07 am
I think you need to look at angels in a different light or another angle because they can be so sexy and protective. Just being in their presence would send an orgasmic wave over you to make you shutter. Their caress isn't torture but delight. They command full attention without threats but with their being.
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JLH
28/6/2012 01:53:52 am
I'm on team bad boy - Demons for me
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28/6/2012 01:57:50 am
OMG, I am instantly in love with Talon. I am definitely keeping my eye out for that. And I've signed up for your subscription,so yay!
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28/6/2012 02:09:45 am
Despite your protests, I have to stick with team angel!
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Sarah Kalaitzidis
28/6/2012 02:47:20 am
I would love a demon lover, because I know they will be nice but they would have a little bit of mean in them as you put it.
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Crystal Guidroz
28/6/2012 02:59:22 am
I agree with you, I am Team Demon 100%!
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Melissa Tuttle
28/6/2012 03:14:02 am
Team Demon!
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Shanna Roberson
28/6/2012 03:31:01 am
I am totally Team Demon. Something about bad boys. They're like chocolate, you know they're bad for you but you still crave them. ;)
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Anne
28/6/2012 04:57:36 am
Demons eat angels for dessert.
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Denise Z
28/6/2012 05:14:44 am
I really like the reformed bad boy who lets a little bad come through now and again LOL
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Lacey T
28/6/2012 05:38:21 am
Love me some bad boys, so Team Demon!
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donnas
28/6/2012 06:27:02 am
Great excerpt!
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Renee B
28/6/2012 06:32:53 am
Team Demon all the way! LOL <^_^>
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Natasha
28/6/2012 06:59:22 am
Team Demon. Thanks for the chance to win!
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Donna/BLHmistress
28/6/2012 07:21:26 am
Team Demon, gotta love those bad boys :)
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LorettaLynn
28/6/2012 08:36:05 am
I kinda love then both, You get the good and the bad ;)
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Emily D
28/6/2012 09:17:07 am
I choose fallen angels. ;-) emilyjoydrake at gmail dot com
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Cari Silverwood
28/6/2012 09:25:00 am
I think Team Demon is winning hands down. We're smackin' down those angels.
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Patricia Williams
28/6/2012 09:41:05 am
I married the good guy, but I love to read about the bad boys. Give me the Demons!
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Michelle Bledsoe
28/6/2012 10:14:52 am
MMM!!!! This demon sounds absolutely delish!!!!!!
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Crissy M
28/6/2012 11:05:37 am
I like a fallen angel...a nice boy with a naughty side... ;)
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Susan W.
28/6/2012 12:15:49 pm
Whew! After that excerpt I'm Team Talon, um, I mean Team Demon!!!
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Juana Esparza
28/6/2012 02:49:23 pm
My favorite is demons because of their bad boy attitudes.
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Gale Nelson
29/6/2012 01:14:22 am
love the Fallen Angel series by JR Ward Gale
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cathy m
29/6/2012 07:03:25 am
I love a fallen angel, the best of both.
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Jolene A
29/6/2012 07:22:09 am
I'm team Demon all the way, love those bad boys
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29/6/2012 09:21:57 am
I vote for team Demon!
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Christine
29/6/2012 11:44:28 am
I like bad boy angels, like the type in Nalini Singh's Guild Hunter series...they aren't Heavenly beings, but super powerful beings who create vampires & pretty much rule the world. Also sexy as hell.
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Stephanie Huff
29/6/2012 01:23:06 pm
Love the demons, especially the ones that prove to have a soft side
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Tina B
29/6/2012 02:30:45 pm
I am definitely with you, Cari! Demons all the way! Love those sexy, dark, dangerous types. ;)
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29/6/2012 04:27:05 pm
Whilst a fallen angel has his charms I think I'm going team Demon. Less likely to whine on about redemption. Great excerpt, Cari.
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Lisa Hackney
29/6/2012 06:10:58 pm
I am definitely a bad girl... it seems to me that a demon would fit nicely into my bdsm fantasies! Thanks so much for the chance to win!
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Cari Silverwood
29/6/2012 06:42:34 pm
Sounds like Talon appeals to a few of you?
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Bianca
29/6/2012 07:10:56 pm
Demon 1, Angel 0. Call me cynical, but I question whether a person can really be that good without an ulterior motive.
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29/6/2012 08:43:51 pm
I agree that Demons are just like bad boys. But isn't it interesting to see if the demon can make the angel fall. Or will the angel get the bad boy change his ways.
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Lisa Cox
30/6/2012 12:53:05 am
I like angels. It's the soft, feathery wings that do it. They remind me of my pet chickens, LOL. Makes my heart just melt.
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Kathleen Charles
30/6/2012 01:28:55 am
Demons from Demonica; Angels from Guild Hunter. :)
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June
30/6/2012 08:07:22 am
I am definitely for team Demon.
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Tyggy
30/6/2012 11:04:52 am
I actually would prefer something different. I like seeing the different aspects and perspectives on both "species" In folklore, not all demons are evil. And in some depictions, not all angels have compassion for humans just compassion for what they are told to do. That is what interests me more. If there was a novel with a demon that didn't act hard and mean and turn soft that is different. Or a mean angel who has problems admitting he likes or loves a human. Those are the kinds of novels that really perk me up to read it. So I can't choose between the two but I do like different variations of them in romance because it's stimulating. It's not predictable.
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StacieD
30/6/2012 11:05:14 am
Team Demon all the way!
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Penumbra
30/6/2012 12:19:16 pm
I prefer passionate Angels willing to protect me at all costs. Demons are unpredictable and too controlling. They would drive me batty.
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Mel Bourn
30/6/2012 12:29:43 pm
I love them both! Mix it up with a little nice and naughty. Of course the naughtier, the better!!
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books4me
30/6/2012 12:43:02 pm
Oh my gawd what a great excerpt! Can't wait till it's out this year!
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Tamara Hunter
30/6/2012 12:54:42 pm
Love the excerpt! Can't wait to read the story. Talon sounds hot. Can't I just borrow him for a little while?
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30/6/2012 01:45:41 pm
I'm going to have to go with Angels! They're sexy, built, winged... I mean, come on... feathers??? ;) And just who ever said angels were all sugar and nice? Even biblical angels were pretty fierce.
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Sherry S.
30/6/2012 01:49:31 pm
Demons for me because I love a sexy bad boy.
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Cari Silverwood
30/6/2012 06:13:01 pm
Tamara, you may borrow Talon for a while though I can't guarantee you'll survive ;) I guess, what better way to go out than in a storm of ecstasy?
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rubyswan
30/6/2012 08:08:41 pm
IM LIVIN 4 the BAD BOY IMAGE ..every time...((sigh))!!!
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latisha depoortere
1/7/2012 03:37:03 am
Thanks for sharing loved it! I love bad boys demons are one of my favorite!
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1/7/2012 07:37:09 am
Mentioned on each hop. I like both depending on the way a writer creates one.
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Shadow
1/7/2012 09:26:00 am
Fallen Angels! Okay, maybe demons. I love bad boys! :D Thank you for the awesome giveaway!
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bn100
1/7/2012 10:16:13 am
Nice excerpt. demons
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Cari Silverwood
1/7/2012 08:00:28 pm
The winner of my backlist book is Andie Wardlow!
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Gayle Latreille
7/7/2012 12:00:05 pm
Well, since I must appear to be 'Angelic' most of the time...I have to go Team Demon and show the other side of me *naughty grin*
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