We changed our blurb for Nightmare Rising.
Some people may have incorrectly seen it as erotic horror rather than a romance with dark scenes. So here is the updated blurb: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~X~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ DARK & EPIC, EROTIC PARANORMAL ROMANCE There’s more than one way to end the world, Zara, the street-smart nobody girl, discovers. Our nightmares and dreams have torn their way into our real world and they yearn to be inside us, where they can bask in the immoralities of our flesh. Zara has always hidden from danger, until the day she’s possessed by the remnants of a woman called the Cucitrice. The street-smart nobody girl is now the girl with paranormal powers and the knife that stitches nightmares and dreams into skin. She sets out on a path of vengeance. Valor, badass, gun-toting CIA agent – tags along with her and they become lovers. But inside Valor is the Nightmare King. The Nightmare King wants the knife, he wants Zara, and he wants out. And as he would say: You can’t make an omelette without killing someone. Two lovers with enemies inside them – if they can survive, maybe they can save us all. AMAZON
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Universal AMAZON link On Kindle Unlimited GOODREADS Blurb for Nightmare Rising DARK & EPIC, EROTIC PARANORMAL ROMANCE There’s more than one way to end the world, Zara, the street-smart nobody girl, discovers. Our nightmares and dreams have torn their way into our real world and they yearn to be inside us, where they can bask in the immoralities of our flesh. Zara has always hidden from danger, until the day she’s possessed by the remnants of a woman called the Cucitrice. The street-smart nobody girl is now the girl with paranormal powers and the knife that stitches nightmares and dreams into skin. She sets out on a path of vengeance. Valor, badass, gun-toting CIA agent – tags along with her and they become lovers. But inside Valor is the Nightmare King. The Nightmare King wants the knife, he wants Zara, and he wants out. And as he would say: You can’t make an omelette without killing someone. Two lovers with enemies inside them – if they can survive, maybe they can save us all. If you don't know where dark romance can go, this might not be the book for you. Prologue Excerpt
Naked, she was the dream mankind imagined her to be. If she lived through the night, he would never clothe her again. Better yet, with her unwrapped, he could smell her cunt—the earthy musk of her. The Nightmare King breathed it in. Such a heady mix, knowing he was going to fuck both flesh and fantasy. Oh, he really wanted to keep this little bird. And he wanted her to hate it. To beg for it. “I’ll make you a deal.” He leaned forward. “You keep your head if you come to me. Willingly.” The flash in her eyes was brief, but he knew he had her. Control was easy when you understood the currency—while you fed humans fear, you fed creatures hope. That was the thing about living so long; they never quite believed the game could be over. He didn’t need to wait for her yes. “Crawl to me. For me.” His smile was hard and cruel. She looked at him and then the broken glass between them. He raised a brow. He offered her life, not the absence of pain. She slipped onto her hands and knees, dragged them through the brittle glass fragments across the floor. Her face betrayed every bite. Every cut. Every hurt. If music were expression, her face would be a symphony. Still... He held up his hand. “Seduce me. I’ve put so much effort into the mood...” Sinking back, he watched her try to calculate her way across the room. “Eyes on me!” He hadn’t moved, but his command cracked with thunder. Her head whipped up as his men snapped to attention. “Do it. Slow.” Her focus seemed to linger on his neck, and he laughed softly—she telegraphed her desire to kill him beautifully. A part of him hoped she’d try, just for the thrill of it. He stretched his neck to the side, ligaments cracking just to bait her with it. Caught, a veil of composure smoothed her features. She moved again, like fluid, a slow drag of lithe limbs to reach his feet. Behind her, she left art, a bloody trail of knee and handprints. “Is that good enough for you?” Her voice was husky with hurt. “I’m almost convinced.” He reached forward, his finger lightly drawing over the cut on her cheek, painting her lips with her blood. Pick and choose which ones you want to download.
HERE This is the first time mine has been free. I rarely if ever have free books. You will need to sign up to my newsletter to download my book. Offer ceases after August 12th. AMAZON Also currently on Kobo B & N iTunes Smashwords GOODREADS "Acquired Possession is like a sexy sneak attack. It rips you out of reality and into a decadently described world. First it makes you angry, then it makes you beg for more, and then it delivers with Cari's powerful eroticism and a completely unexpected love story! Can't wait for this series to continue!" - Jennifer Bene, author of the Thalia series. The night Emery is taken she is reading emails in bed. My next dark romance releases on July 26th.
Early Goodreads reviews for Acquired Possession "I'm a sucker for those scenes where some may see cruelty, but others see domineering eroticism. For me, much of the story was a constantly charged, deliciously sexual feast." "It's so easy to fall into this world that Silverwood has created and find yourself completely lost within the pages." Link to Acquired Possession on GOODREADS The night Emery is taken she is reading emails in bed. Aerthe, another world, the world of the Swathe, the moving cities of the Mekkers. Blind on arrival and naked. No one touches her until the Mekkers decide humans aren’t people, and therefore can be bought and traded. The journey through the portal alters humans, shines them all pretty. Humans glimmer. Emery’s bright hair and nails will forever mark her as alien. Her freedom is gone. Though her sight returns, she becomes a possession of House Oren. But someone else wants to own her. The House Master, Mako, a man who uses whips and canes like most people use a knife - daily, with efficiency and casualness. She vows to never give in. Banned from marrying. Banned from playing too intimately with the house possessions, Mako holds himself back. He mustn’t. Shouldn’t. His job is to punish, to control, to keep the House in order. But when Emery runs and takes with her a most dangerous war machine, one not seen since the Last Days of the War… Mako is the man they turn to. To chase her down. To bring her back, lamed, dead, or mostly alive. She might, possibly, be in big trouble. Preorder Links: KOBO B & N iTunes Smashwords This book won't be a preorder on Amazon due to the way they handle preorders. Book 2, Claimed Possession, will be an Amazon preorder and the link to that should be inside the Amazon eBook of Acquired Possession. I plan to release that second book about 2 1/2 months after Book 1. Once the rights revert to me, which should be soon, I will be re-releasing this book with this new cover - self publishing it, possibly on Kindle unlimited first. I loved the style of the Macmillan one which is still on Amazon and other retailers currently, and I've tried to stay true to the elegance and used a similar style for the title.
To boost it into the spotlight, i will likely have a short sale on release. This is a sweet kinky historical romance with a ton of research behind it. In fact, I made a whole website for it back when it was first released :) The Rough Surrender website If you've not seen the blurb... (set in 1910, Cairo) One master, one woman who craves surrender, and a sky that will challenge them both. At a time when airplanes are as new-fangled and sensational as the telephone, Faith dares to fly. The one territory she has not explored is her own sexuality. In Leonhardt she discovers the man who can teach her how a woman surrenders her body and her mind. However, Leonhardt has a shadowed past and his own learning to do. He doesn't have the right to keep Faith from flying, even if he thinks airplanes are flimsy death-traps made of canvas, timber and their inventor's prayers. Faith has her limits, Leonhardt has his flaws, and sometimes the nicest people get murdered by unscrupulous bastards. Even if Leonhardt can save the woman he loves, the battle for Faith’s heart will be the hardest one of all. Cue the music of doom... This new book won't be as dark as the trilogy that began with Wicked Ways (Dark Hearts), however it will be dark and kinky. The current blurb is below. The title is now Nightmare Rising. This book has transformed so much since first conceived. What is urban fantasy? Think the Karen Marie Moning Fever series. Nightmare Rising will be set in current day cities and towns, mostly in the USA. No vampires or werewolves are in this story, but there will be fantasy elements. From Wikipedia: "Urban fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy defined by place; the fantastic narrative has an urban setting. Urban fantasy exists on one side of a spectrum, opposite high fantasy, which is set in an entirely fictitious world. Many urban fantasies are set in contemporary times and contain supernatural elements. However, the stories can take place in historical, modern, or futuristic periods. The prerequisite is that they must be primarily set in a city." Though my Preyfinders trilogy was grounded in scifi, it had a lot in common with urban fantasy. If you haven't read that series, here's a link to try it out - it's on Kindle Unlimited currently and bundled into one big book of awesome darkness. I love my villain in that one, the Factory Queen. Very scifi yet she is also very Hitchcockian, with a lurking-under-the-stairs, sort of feel. And the women the stories feature get to kick her ass big-time - which is where the story evolves toward urban fantasy . Preyfinders Trilogy on Amazon He holds destruction in his right hand ... And that's virgin as in, this is the first time I've written a light romance/ romantic comedy. Though I have written shorter spoofs such as Squirm and the pseudo-memoir, Fan Anonymous. The blurb is below and this book is on sale, on preorder, for 99c. On Amazon only, currently. Buylink below. On Goodreads A romantic comedy from New York Times Bestseller Cari Silverwood writing as Wren Tirrell. If you love dark stories, this is your chance to get my Dark Hearts Trilogy on sale, though only on Amazon US as this is a Countdown Deal.
(Excluding Wicked Weapon, which is reduced in price worldwide on all Amazon locations) The link to the series: AMAZON And if you're on Facebook, here's the link to the giveaway shown in the graphic: Facebook The participating authors below will send these eBooks directly to the winner. A.A. Dark Jennifer Bene Addison Cain Annabel Joseph Sophie Kisker Natasha Knight Annika Martin Cari Silverwood Skye Warren Anna Zaires |
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