This week at the SFF Seven, we're digging in the bone yard and resurrecting... a backlist book!
Yeah, okay - not all that creepy.
But I did pick one of my very first publications that has significant creepitude, in that it's a BDSM Beauty and the Beast. Yes, PETALS AND THORNS is my exploration of what *really* went on in that dark and lonely castle after sundown. What happens when Beauty opens those doors on the Beast's truly wild and beastly nature?
This story has gotten a lot of lovely reviews over the years. I originally published the book under a pseudonym, "Jennifer Paris," so there can be some confusion. Still I love this review:
The BDSM elements work beautifully for this, and I was swept into the story, the characters, and the darkness of the work. Ms. Paris has a gift for drawing a reader into the center of her world and keeping them there, using sensuality, innocence, and desire as her lure. The Beast, while dominant and controlling, is equally soft and tender. The virginal Amarantha is more than a mere bride gained as a means to an end. The writing is fantastic, and I loved the twist at the end in which the Beast reveals the cause of his affliction to our courageous heroine. It added so much to the story and left me wanting more when I reached the final page.
Fans of fairy tales, erotic romance, and BDSM will love Petals and Thorns. This is one of the best novellas I’ve read so far this year, and I can’t wait to read more from Ms. Paris in the future. Definitely place this title on your coveted TBR list.
Interested in some twisty fairytale kink? Blurb and buy links below!
In exchange for her father’s life, Amarantha agrees to marry the dreadful Beast and be his wife for seven days. Though the Beast cannot take Amarantha’s virginity unless she begs him to, he can and does take her in every other way. From the moment they are alone together, the Beast relentlessly strips Amarantha of all her resistance.If Amarantha can resist her cloaked and terrifying husband, she gains his entire fortune and will be allowed to return to her family and a normal life. But the Beast seduces her at every turn, exposing, binding, tormenting, and pleasuring Amarantha until she no longer knows her own deepest desires. Increasingly desperate to break the curse that chains his humanity, the Beast drives Amarantha past every boundary. But her desire for a normal life may jeopardize the love that will save them both.
