My Decadent Moon series features lots of aliens and no
humans. While I mention a few really odd aliens, because I write romance the
ones I focus on are humanoid.
But I was very careful not to make them too human, or human
with something weird for no reason. So when I give my heroine spots and slightly webbed fingers it’s because
her home world is marshy (I actually spent a lot of time thinking about what
kind of creature would have evolved to become sentient on a marshy planet).
Giving the hero tentacles wasn’t just some cute idea that
would titillate readers (okay it might have come from a discussion about the
possibilities of what a hero with tentacles could do, but there had to be
reason for Filid to have a Medusa style head of tentacles).
Does my love of biology and genetics show when I’m creating
new life forms, probably, but it’s fun to think about how they developed and
what kind of society and environment they must live in. How did their world
make them what they are? After all they are a product of evolution on their
planet.
I’d had the idea of a hero with tough white skin (and I mean
truly white) for a while. An alien where their skin wasn’t that sensitive to
touch, but what if they had another sense instead like telepathy?
For me it was only a short leap to telepathic tentacles.
They are a sensory organ like ears or eyes. Sure they can be used for other
things…the story is an erotic romance after all, but I had found a reason for
them to be there. And also realized that a society where you could your
neighbors’ thoughts would be very different to ours. What happened to those who
didn’t have the ‘right’ thoughts?
Like all super powers though there had to be limits. If the
hero could read the minds of his own species how far did that talent work on
other aliens? If he could read the heroine’s mind that would be too easy, but
letting him get a taste of her emotions without being able to understand now that
had possibilities :)
Lunar Reunion proves that it doesn’t matter if you have
spots or tentacles true love will always win.
~~~
Six years ago Filid made the mistake of falling for another
officer in the Allied Planetary Military.
He walked away before they both did something they'd regret.
Yet he can't get her out of his mind, even now.
Silva has never forgotten Filid, but he is the last person
she expects to see on the pleasure resort of Decadent Moon. This time she won't
let him walk away without exploring the fantasies she had about being with him.
Filid wants more than one night. And this time he is
determined to hold onto her no matter the cost.
Inside Scoop: Filid comes equipped with sexy tentacles that
cannot be missed!
Ellora’s Cave: http://www.ellorascave.com/lunar-reunion.html
~~~
Three time
ARRA finalist Shona Husk lives in Western Australia at the edge of the
Indian Ocean. Blessed with a lively imagination she spent most of her childhood
making up stories. As an adult she discovered romance novels and hasn’t looked
back. Drawing on history and myth, she writes about heroes who are armed and
dangerous but have a heart of gold—sometimes literally.
With stories ranging from sensual to scorching, she is
published with Carina Press, Ellora’s Cave, Samhain Publishing and Sourcebooks.
You can find out more at www.shonahusk.com
Newsletter: http://eepurl.com/lySiD
good to have some tentacles now and then! I wanted an excerpt of those...
ReplyDeleteYou're in luck - you can snag a snippet with the tentacles with Shona's interview over on the SFR Brigade's blog! http://www.sfrcontests.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/meet-author-monday-shona-husk.html
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