eXcessively pleasurable fiction
from the sweet to the forbidden
eXcessica
sci-fi
Length: Short Story
Heat Level: eXcess 2
Price: $2.99
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Warnings: This title contains graphic language and alien sex.
Lt. Margaret “Mags” Riley knows nothing but a world of war and pain. When it comes to emotional closeness she holds everyone at arms length. However, as she is stuck in 48-hour D-Com with her alien-busting partner, Pryce, she discovers that perhaps a life alone is no longer an option for her. With the truth on the table, can she accept Pryce or will she continue to run from the possibility of heart-ache?
EXCERPT:
“Pryce, I leave everyone on the outside of my world, especially you. We’re partners and companions. We can’t have more than that, now can we? We’re in a field where people can’t be best friends. It’s dangerous,” I said with a shaking voice as I turned away from him.
I heard him moving behind me. Hands grabbed my shoulders. Roughly, Pryce turned me to meet his eyes. I don’t think I’d ever seen him so emotional. Worse yet, I couldn’t read him. I’ve never had that problem before.
“I accept that, Mags,” he said, voice rough, “I accept that we’re together each day. That there is no one more important in my entire existence than you. I leave my life in your hands day after day. And yet, I stand on the edge of your world, peering in, waiting for acceptance. Just like in every other aspect of my life. Always on the outside, and never welcome within.”
“Pryce . . . ” I whispered confused.
“You’re the world to me, Margaret. My world. Don’t you understand that there’s nothing else for me, but you.”
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Sounds real interesting. I can’t wait until it comes out to read the rest of it.
This looks like it will be an interesting story! I will definitely be purchasing it!
I was fortunate enough to win a copy of this e-book, and I was extremely impressed! It wasn’t what I expected at all… I guess if I’d cruised some of Beale’s other work I would have known about the sci-fi angle. I don’t read a lot of sci-fi, more the stuff that could fall into either that category or “fantasy,” but I found this compelling. She develops her characters with a lot of depth, but very succinctly. She doesn’t waste a lot of words on boring description, instead using their thoughts, actions and dialog to achieve it. That is a fabulous skill, and one I often struggle with. Beale balances the development of the story with the erotic components very well, neither overpowering the other. I find myself wanting to know more about Maggie and Pryce, and what they find in “their” world.
Thank you so much for your kind words, DV! It totally made my craptacular day wonderful ^_^.
Interesting setting and context. Mags a character is used successfully as a lense to explore the insiduous nature of the discrimation against Pryce and other hybrids. By exploring a sensual and emotional link with Pryce Mags also reevaluates the nature and terms of exclusion built into a society which experiments with then rejects humans come hybrid. I couldn’t make the link between the cover image and the story though. This is why I bought this ebook in the first place as there is such a shortage of novels featuring black characters.