Beyond Reckless (Lost Kings MC 8)

If you really hated Charlotte at the grandmother’s funeral, I hope you grew to love her by the end. I had a funny time with that scene. All of my beta readers thought Charlotte was a mega-bitch. When Mr. Lake read it, he hated Teller. Like, seriously hated him. He vented for about an hour about what a jerk Teller was and how he hoped Charlotte wouldn’t let him near her “happy place” ever again. Good God, I should videotape him one day, because he’s really funny when he’s passionate about my characters. I told him my female readers had the exact opposite response, and he didn’t get it at all.

It’s all in the perspective, right?

I’m so in love with Teller and Charlotte at this point and I hope you are too. Poor Teller had a lot of time to make up for, so they were difficult to keep out of the bedroom. But I think some of the most important, emotional moments come from those scenes. Certainly some funny ones. I’m not sure how many there ended up being (I never set out to write a particular number of sex scenes or write them in any order, I just let the characters do their thing.) My top three? When Teller finds the vibrator and wants to play. He’s been such a grumpy jerk at times throughout the series, so that scene was a lot of fun to write. I also loved when Charlotte threatened to stick a finger in his ass and he has the perfect comeback. But most of all, I really loved when Charlotte wants him to use the belt around her neck and he tells her it has to be his hand and he has to see her face if she wants him to do that.

Breath play, I realize is one of those things that some people find squicky. I normally don’t like reading it myself. In fact there’s a pretty popular book where something similar happens and I hated it. But I hated it because the heroine didn’t like it and the hero kept doing it anyway. Here, Charlotte wanted it and initiated it. It made her happy and Teller was careful not to hurt her. I hope that made the difference for those who aren’t comfortable with choking.

Actually, I polled my reader’s group a few weeks back and choking was the #2 thing they did not like to read about in a romance. I thought to myself, “well shit.”

I realize my style of exploring the intricate details of love and relationships might not be as exciting as other MC books that are all whores, gore, and violence. But I’ve never been about that. I like loyal, loving, filthy-mouthed alpha heroes who cherish and respect their women. If there’s some easily manufactured, clichéd conflict to write about, I’m going to avoid that shit like the plague. I like the stickier, harder, more nuanced parts of love and romance. I am forever grateful for those of you who enjoy my writing style and trust me to take you on an adventure with characters you’ve come to love spending time with. Thank you.

If you preordered Beyond Reckless for the bonus scene, thank you! I’m not doing another bonus scene for preorders for Beyond Reason. At least I don’t think I am. Hmmm…Have I mentioned that I’m a terrible planner?

REQUEST FROM THE AUTHOR

If you loved Beyond Reckless, it would mean so much to me if you’d return to the place you purchased it and left a review. It doesn’t have to be fancy or flowery. A few short lines are enough (just clicking the stars some vendors add to the back of the book, isn’t the same.) It may seem insignificant, but reviews are vital to Indie authors like myself!

Thank you!