Cyn

You may not agree with me, but I consider Blind Devotion to be an erotic high fantasy novel.  You may wonder what the difference is between a fantasy novel and a high fantasy novel.  My answer, right or wrong, is that a high fantasy novel contains elements of magic and perhaps mythical beings like dragons and unicorns and the like.  A fantasy novel doesn't have those elements.  I think of my story, The Captive's Release as a fantasy novel.  There is nothing real in it, but there is nothing magical in it either.  It has been mistaken for a historical novel but none of the places or people in the story exist.

Both are erotic novels with determined heroines, but that is where the similarity ends.

Blind Devotion features Azari and Tor.  Tor is a High Priest, the highest, in fact, of the goddess, Eiliki.  Eiliki has determined Tor protect Azari from two wild beasts...a vicioius red dragon and an equally dangerous black cevere.

Mythology has it that the cevere, an animal resembling a panther is the ancient enemy of the dragon.  I took this mythology and combined it with the mythology of the dragon needing a virgin sacrifice and the seed idea for the story was born.

The conflict is initially quite intense and physical, but then I really had fun tormenting Tor.  What could be worse than having a man devoted to his religion but tempted in every way, especially when Azari begs that he save her from the dragon by taking her virginity.

Some of my critique partners said I was evil <cackle>, but not really.  And a few people must have liked Blind Devotion because it was nominated by reviewers at The Romance Studio for their CAPA, and it finaled in the erotic fantasy division of the Eppies.

 Blind Devotion will be re-released at Aspen Mountain Press within the next few weeks.  I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it.