Assassins

I apologize for the lateness of this. Book 6 was released on the 1st of February. I think it has the best cover yet. What do you guys think?

Dark Servant #6, Assassins

There's an assassin in the pantry.

High priest S’Rak is a man beset by many problems. The king wants to crown him, the sun priests want to purify him, and the palace slave trainer just wants him. Captain Jisten stands at the heart of an ethical dilemma that continues to plague Rak, for either Jisten is an oathbreaker or Rak is a rapist, and neither result bodes well for their future in the service of a God whose punishment for either crime is death. On top of all that, chaos-wielding assassins are trying to kill his brother.

What’s a high priest to do when the man of his dreams is under a vow of purity and assassins lurk around every corner?

I didn't start out intending to write erotica. I intended to write fantasy. But the erotic elements crept into the story, and then one day I realized that the plot was unworkable without them. I thought about it for a while, trying to determine why this bothered me so much.

I came to the realization that my trouble with erotica stemmed from cultural upbringing. We are trained from a young age to view the body as somehow unnatural, and bodily functions as gross. Sex is a taboo topic for young people, and even many adults are so uncomfortable with the subject that they resort to juvenile jokes and behaviors to avoid the issue.

The fact is, we're animals, and nature designed us to have sex. Lots of sex. So I stopped hiding from it. I embraced it and let my character's natural inclinations happen. The result was still pure fantasy. Erotic fantasy.