Hello Sue! Thank you so
much for visiting Written Butterfly with me today! It’s such a pleasure to chat with you. So tell me…
Q) How did you dream
up the dynamics of your characters?
I originally
wanted Gabriel to be a bit of a cad, to be emotionally unavailable and to break
Faye’s heart. I didn’t mean for it to turn into a love story. But when I
started writing, I felt it would be more interesting if he started out that way
and she changed him as much as he changed her. I wanted Faye to represent every
woman. So, she’s not stunningly beautiful or incredibly talented but she is
happy in her own skin. I didn’t want her to be the sort of woman who would have
her head easily turned by a handsome stranger, I wanted her to be a no-nonsense
down to earth woman and I loved the idea that this man could come into her life
and turn all her ideas about herself upside down. I gave Faye a job working
with women going through domestic abuse because I was fascinated by the
dichotomy of a woman who works every day to empower women, suddenly being faced
with this desire to submit to a man.
Q) Can you give a
fun or interesting fact about your book?
The most common question I
get asked about A Fine Line is: Am I
writing about my own sex life?
Q) What do you think is your strongest
asset as a writer? …what is your weakest factor as a writer?
I think my strongest asset is
that I have a good ear for dialogue. I love that moment when my characters
start speaking and all I have to do is listen. Though they don’t always say what
I expected them to say! My weakest point is that I’m easily distracted. I tend
to write my first draft longhand because once I’m at my computer, the internet
is such a tempting distraction!
Q) Do you try more to
be original or to deliver to readers what they want?
I
think in A Fine Line, I was trying to be more original. I’ve since studied the
genre more thoroughly and I think my second book is maybe closer to what
readers often want, my female character is less down to earth, more beautiful
and successful. My third book which is a fantasy is very different and quite
experimental. It remains to be seen whether readers will like it!
Q) Do you plan all
your characters out before you start a story or do they develop as you write?
I
have a rough idea of who my characters are but I do find them changing and
developing as I write and I find out more about them.
Q) What are your
upcoming projects?
I’ve
finished another two novels, one is another BDSM themed story and the other is a
love story with elements of fantasy and contains a story within a story. I need
to finish editing both of them, but it’s difficult because creating is so much
more fun and I really have to discipline myself not to start anything else.
BLURB
No one would
understand that my submission empowered me, that I felt stronger kneeling at
Gabriel’s feet than I ever had standing at Paul’s side.
Faye
Austin seems to have it all – a fulfilling career, a successful husband, a
beautiful home. But appearances can be deceptive and sometimes Faye can’t help
thinking she’s living the wrong life. A lifetime of being compared to her
beautiful younger sister, Ginny, has left her feeling second best, and a chance
discovery while looking at her husband’s laptop has led her to realize that her
marriage is not all it seems.
Then
she meets the handsome Gabriel Scott, a man who likes to play sexual games of
power and control, and suddenly everything makes sense. Gabriel’s natural
dominance is so compelling that Faye feels her own submissiveness awakening in
response, a reaction that both horrifies and excites her. She works with
victims of domestic abuse and is adamant that no man will ever tell her what to
do. But there’s something about Gabriel that draws her in and gives her a
glimpse of who she really wants to be.
Excerpt
Gabriel came to stand
before me. “Relax,” he said softly. “I’ll take good care of you.”
Slowly, he unbuttoned my
dress and slipped it off my shoulders, his dark, hypnotizing eyes never leaving
mine, until I stood before him in nothing but my underwear and shoes.
He gave a slow, sexy smile.
“Very nice.” He ran his thumbs over my breasts through the lace of my bra and
pinched my nipples between his thumb and forefinger. “This is beautiful, but it
needs to come off.”
He reached behind me, and,
after unhooking the clasp, he slipped my bra down my shoulders and let it drop
to the floor, then he unknotted his tie and eased it out from under his collar.
He held it between his hands as I watched, mesmerized.
“Turn around and put your
hands together behind your back,” he ordered.
I turned and clasped my
fingers together, then he wrapped his tie several times around my wrists and
drew it tight. He threaded one hand in my hair and pulled my head sideways so
my neck was exposed to him, and I closed my eyes in ecstasy as he nipped at my
earlobe.
Still holding my hair, he
turned me back to face him. “Now that is a magnificent sight,” he said, “my
beautiful submissive bound and obedient for her Master.”
His words sent a thrill
coursing through my body.
“I’m going to do whatever I
please to you tonight,” he said, “but I want you to think of a word to use if
it gets too much for you. Any word will do.” He paused, and his eyes bored into
mine. “Except the word no. You will never say no to your Master.”
I cast about me for a word
I would remember, and my gaze fell on the dress now pooled at my feet.
“Velvet,” I said.
“Velvet, then. I promise
you, Faye, the next time you say velvet, I’ll stop whatever I’m doing. Do you
trust me, sweetheart?”
“I do.”
“Good. Now, I want you to
keep very still for me. Don’t respond until I tell you to.”
He slipped off his jacket,
taking something from his pocket and unbuttoned his shirt, exposing a broad,
tan chest. A T-shape of dark hair ran from between his pectorals to vanish
teasingly beneath his waistband, drawing my gaze downward over his lean stomach
and well-defined abs. Fully dressed, Gabriel had the air of a sophisticated
gentleman. Half-naked, the untamed man beneath was revealed. He stepped in
close to me until we were touching, and my breath caught at the sensation of
warm skin on skin. Then he opened his hand and showed me what was inside—two
tiny metal clamps, tipped with rubber and joined with a silver chain.
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About Sue…
I am a qualified hypnotherapist and Reiki practitioner living in
the North of England with my husband and soul mate. Over the years I must have
started and abandoned over fifty novels before I decided to try my hand at
writing erotica. Finally, I had a finished novel and a new hobby all in one. I
never realized writing could be so much fun!
Find her on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/fingal1962
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