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A Story Teller’s Magic by KD Grace
Every
novelist knows there’s magic in a story well told. Every reader knows this too.
A good book is so much more than the sum of its words, and yet somehow armed with
just twenty-six letters and the words and combinations of words we can make
from them, we have the possibility of creating whole new worlds and peopling
them with fascinating, terrifying, dynamic wonderful characters who do
incredible, sometimes terrifying things. How can that not be magic?
Susan is
a writer, so she’s very aware of the magic of the written word, but she’s a
story-teller with something extra – something extra she knows nothing about
until the power of the written word – her written words – nearly destroys
everything she loves. In Susan’s case, while ‘sticks and stones may break your
bones…’ words can do a helluva lot more damage than she could have ever
imagined.
It was
exciting for me to write a story in which the power to create and destroy, to
love and to lust could somehow be embodied in the word magic every writer toys with and creates with on a daily
basis. Making that ability into to something gone horribly wrong, something
twisted and manipulated to dark and sinister purposes was such deliciously evil
fun. The thing about words is that they can’t be unspoken. That’s something we
forget, living in the world of sound bites and video clips. In a world of cut
and paste and delete, it’s easy to undo what we’ve written, but what if it
wasn’t? What if what we created took on a life of its own beyond the written
page, and our only weapon for undoing those words was that same 26-letter
alphabet and the words it creates? In the Flesh is dark paranormal
romance in which words have been used to a terrifying end, and Susan may well
be one of the scariest, yet bravest characters I’ve ever written. Enjoy the
excerpt and don’t forget to leave a comment for the giveaway.
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When
Susan Innes comes to visit her friend, Annie Rivers, in Chapel House, the
deconsecrated church that Annie is renovating into a home, she discovers her
outgoing friend changed, reclusive, secretive, and completely enthralled by a
mysterious lover, whose presence is always felt, but never seen, a lover whom
she claims is god. As her holiday turns into a nightmare, Susan must come to
grips with the fact that her friend’s lover is neither imaginary nor is he
human, and even worse, he’s turned his wandering eye on Susan, and he won’t be
denied his prize. If Susan is to fight an inhuman stalker intent on having her
as his own, she’ll need a little inhuman help.
EXCERPT: In The Flesh: Researching God’s Love Life
By the
time I finished my breakfast and was ready to go, Annie was already fast
asleep, curled in her nest at the foot of the altar. Outside, the smell of
burning rubbish stung my eyes and the back of my throat.
I had
little enthusiasm for the handbag sale, nor for lingering at the make-up
counter. Instead I found myself in a coffee shop, laptop open researching God’s
love life, which turned out to be a long history of seducing humans.
Zeus
visited Danae in a shower of gold. He seduced Leda in the form of a swan. Eros
came to Psyche in the dead of night forbidding her to look upon his face. Hades
dragged Persephone down to the Underworld. The Virgin Mary was impregnated by
the god of the Bible. In the New Testament, Christ is the bridegroom, and the
church his bride. And the list went on and on. Perhaps even the indwelling of
the Holy Spirit was just another way for divinity to experience flesh.
I had
always loved mythology, and I’d read all these stories before. I’d just never
put them together to get the whole picture. And though I was seeing an aspect
of divinity that I found rather disturbing, I couldn’t help feeling there was
still a piece of the puzzle missing.
I
suppose I should have felt relieved. Annie wasn’t as unusual as I’d thought.
God was the ultimate stalker, and he didn’t seem to be very faithful to his
lovers. Just Annie’s type. I tried not to think about the implications of my
experience in the bath last night. After all, it was just mythology, and I’d
had a lot of wine. And there’s never any accounting for my vivid imagination.
After all, I was a writer. I made my living as a teller of tales.
“What
are you reading?”
I jumped
at the sound of Annie’s voice and quickly minimized the page. “Didn’t expect to
see you here.”
“I’m
feeling better.”
“How did
you know where to find me?”
She
leaned down and whispered next to my ear. “My lover’s God, remember? You can’t
hide from him.” I barely had time to register shock before she reached down and
restored the page.
“Trying
to learn a little bit more about him, are we?” She smiled at the monitor
and nodded knowingly. “None of this does him justice. He’s the Hound of Heaven.
He’s always pursuing those he loves, and there’s no escaping. Once he’s set his
eyes on you, he’ll do whatever it takes to make you his own.”
I
suddenly felt cold.
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Voted ETO Best Erotic Author of 2014, and a proud member of The Brit Babes, K D Grace believes Freud was right. In the end, it really IS all about sex, well sex and love. And nobody’s happier about that than she is, otherwise, what would she write about?
When she’s not writing, K D is veg gardening. When she’s not gardening, she’s walking. She walks her stories, and she’s serious about it. She and her husband have walked Coast to Coast across England, along with several other long-distance routes. For her, inspiration is directly proportionate to how quickly she wears out a pair of walking boots. She also enjoys martial arts, reading, watching the birds and anything that gets her outdoors.
KD has erotica published with Totally Bound, SourceBooks, Xcite Books, Harper Collins Mischief Books, Mammoth, Cleis Press, Black Lace, Sweetmeats Press and others.
K D’s critically acclaimed erotic romance novels include, TheInitiation of Ms Holly, Fulfilling the Contract, To Rome with Lust, and The PetShop. Her paranormal erotic novel, Body Temperature and Rising, the first book of her Lakeland Witches trilogy, was listed as honorable mention on VioletBlue’s Top 12 Sex Books for 2011. Books two and three, Riding the Ether, and Elemental Fire, are now also available.
K D Grace also writes hot romance as Grace Marshall. An Executive Decision, Identity Crisis, The Exhibition, Interviewing Wade are all available.
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