I am really pleased today to be able to welcome Belinda McBride to my blog. Welcome, Belinda!
Belinda has a great new book launching at the end of the month and you will want to save the date for this one. It looks fun and fabulous! Plus The Bacchi boasts a green hottie- nothing wrong with that!
Tell us more, please, Belinda!
It
Ain’t Easy Being Green
I knew
someday it would happen.
What, you ask? Well, the green alien. I
knew I’d write one someday, but it took me by surprise when it actually
happened.
Lefi Dhrahn is the title character of “The
Bacchi” and he owes his existence to the lovely green dancing girl from Star
Trek. I used to watch her and she always made me laugh with her heavy makeup
and sexy costume. Of course, she was nothing more than a sexual being…a hottie
for Captain Kirk to go all manly over.
Well, Lefi is that woman. He’s a Somian,
which is a species from my Coalition universe. They are a twin species, always
born in pairs. They are colorful, sensual and sunny natured. Some think they
aren’t the sharpest knives in the drawer, but in truth, they are brilliant. And
they’re happy. When I started developing Lefi, I ran through all the colors I
could paint him with, but he kept coming up green…long, emerald green hair, a
flush of green over his cheeks and lips. Even his nipples are green! His eyes
are purple as amethysts. He’s painfully lovely and revels in his career as a
Bacchi: a high class prostitute.
When I went about picking his perfect
lover, I knew that man or woman must be the sort who would set him off to
advantage. Someone as beautiful as he, but completely the opposite. When I
first put Afton’s name to paper, I knew he’d be one of the Valoran, a species
that are cerebral, humorless and direct. They are also hermaphrodites. Imagine
what the Bacchi thinks of that… ;)
Afton thinks that Lefi is amoral and
frivolous, but is secretly fascinated by the Somian. And Lefi… he can’t wait to
strip Afton naked and find out just what’s under that stiff black uniform. It’s
not going to be easy seducing a man like Afton, but Lefi has some special
goodies up his sleeve.
The Bacchi releases July 31 at http://www.loose-id.com
Belinda McBride webpage: http://www.belindamcbride.com
BLURB:
The Bacchi Lefi Dhrahn lives a life of
luxury and decadence, but is tortured by memories of a lost love. He survives
the pain by surrounding himself with sex, beauty and all forms of
self-indulgence. When he meets the alluring Inspector Afton Teris, Lefi
believes the detective will make a very nice addition to his string of
conquests.
He doesn’t count on falling in love.
Afton Teris is a Valoran hermaphrodite and
like all members of his species, is stern, cerebral and disapproves of the
frivolous prostitute. Afton orients as a male, but the beautiful Lefi Dhrahn
stirs him sexually, making him question everything he knows about himself. To
further confuse his emotions, Afton finds himself tempted by the forbidden
pleasures surrounding the Bacchi.
When a kidnapping ring strikes close to
home, the two go undercover on a brothel barge to investigate a slavery
operation. There, Lefi is confronted by painful memories from his past, while
Afton is faced with a horror that threatens his future, and perhaps his very
life.
Their survival lies with one another, but
only if Lefi can set aside his pain and listen to his heart.
