These are the staples for a Lexxie Couper erotic romance. I like my villains evil, I like my heroes sardonic and cheeky (with a definite air of menace) and I like my heroines capable of kicking serious butt.
How does this criteria fit with erotic romance? Someone wise once said, there is a fine line between pleasure and pain. When our hero and heroine are experiencing ultimate pleasure, what better way to intensify that pleasure than the threat of danger, perhaps even death?
I took this notion to the nth degree with my August 11 release, Death, The Vamp and his Brother. In DVB (as I call it) the hero, Patrick, is an ordinary Australian bloke with an extraordinary past. When Patrick is targeted by the First Horseman of the Apocalypse, he is joined in the Ultimate battle by none other than his older brother, a very cock vampire and the Grim Reaper, Death herself (and yes, you read that correctly, Death is a she. The Ultimate kick-arse heroine *grin*).
The threat of danger doesn't just affect Death and Patrick however. If the First Horseman of the Apocalypse gets his way, the whole of mankind will perish....which kinda really intensifies the sexual energy between our unassuming hero and our not-so unassuming heroine.
So why does the threat of danger make for good conflict in erotic romances? Is it that very notion that we should, as human beings and animals of instinct, live life to the very fullest in the face of possible death? Is it the idea of dying without experiencing all our fantasies that makes such an extreme conflict not just palatable but desirable? Or am I just a disturbed individual who needs to have her head read?
Hmmm......
“Death, The Vamp and His Brother” by Lexxie Couper
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Red Hots!
ISBN: 978-1-60504-643-3
Length: Novel
Price: 5.50
Publication Date: August 11, 2009
Cover art by Natalie Winters
When it comes down to love or duty, pick a side—and pray your heart survives.
Death exists for one purpose and one purpose only: to sever the life-threads of the living. She does her job with pride and an unwavering commitment. Nothing ruffles her. Until she encounters Patrick Watkins. The Australian lifeguard pushes all her buttons—and makes her tailbone itch like crazy. And when her tailbone itches, it means trouble is brewing. Big trouble.
Ven’s gut tells him that Death is taking aim at his kid brother. He should know—he died and was turned vampire while trying to prevent another failed murder-attempt eighteen years ago. Patrick is meant to do something important in the world, and Ven will do anything to keep him safe. Even take on Death herself. In more ways than one.
As far as Patrick’s concerned, the whole thing is a load of bull. But what if everything Death tells him turns out to be true? How is he expected to save mankind from the worst fate of all—the Apocalypse? Especially when all he can think about is how quickly he’s falling in love with the most feared Horseman of them all…
Warning: This book contains enough heresy to shame the Devil, more scorching sex than one person can handle, Oh, and lots of Australian colloquialism. A bloody lot of Australian colloquialism.
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2 comments:
Well, I think if you're going to have such extreme and intense physical contact between the characters as is required in erorom, then having the conflict merely on a personal or social level doesn't make sense. It'll get eclipsed by the sensuality.
You need a real-world, physical external conflict, and when the physical stakes are already so high, nothing less than life-or-death will do.
Or, it could be that we all just love explosions and battles and saving the world and stuff :)
LOL Love things that go boom! Saving the world while things go boom are even better :)
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