Alitus Vivaldi is a Better, an enhanced human bred for intelligence, discipline, and responsiveness. His combined talents in bed and politics take him from the Conqueror's favorite pleasure slave to her personal assistant. To help the Conqueror accomplish her secret agenda, Alitus forsakes his identity and pride, and surrenders himself to his darkest fear. Once nearly raped by a group of palace guards, when the empress asks him to have sex with a man to prove he's overcome his greatest fear, is his trust in the Queen of Quenchless Lust deeper than what his gentle and patient seducer evokes? Has she finally demanded more from Alitus than even his noble spirit can endure? Has she pushed him into the arms of another man? Even worse, will it draw him closer to her, or crumble the despotic empress's fragile hold on the hard-won empire?
Content: Graphic sex, light bondage, M/F, F/F/M menage, M/M sex, male submission, multiple partners, voyeurism, and some damn fine sex in a sleek flying limousine...
2007 Top Ten Finalist in P&E Readers Poll, best novel
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About Kayelle Allen
Kayelle Allen is a multipublished romance author whose worldbuilding skills include a broad sweep of ten-thousand years of future history, a feline language, and tradestandard laws for the empire where her books take place. Her writing lures you inside each hero's head and seduces you with what he feels and thinks. She thrusts you into the hero's heart and mind, teases and satisfies you with his sexuality and sensual joys, and drags you onto the roller coaster with him when it plunges into the darkness of things-gone-wrong. When you and the hero get off the ride at the end, it's Kayelle's hope you'll be back in line when the next ride starts.
Backlist
Loose Id http://loose-id.com
2009 Surrender Love, 2010 EPPIE Finalist in Erotic SciFi Romance
March 23, 2010 At the Mercy of Her Pleasure, Summer: Surrender Trust, For Women Only
Coming soon: Surrender Will
Shadowfire Press http://shadowfirepress.com
2008 Nice is Naughty (Christmas anthology with Sultry Summers)
2008 The Last Vhalgenn - short story 2008 EPPIE Finalist in Fantasy (standalone reprint from A Time To...)
Liquid Silver Books http://liquidsilverbooks.com
2008 Tales of the Chosen - Jawk
2007 Tales of the Chosen - Alitus
2006 Tales of the Chosen - Wulf
Wolfsinger Publications http://www.lulu.com/content/476194
2008 EPPIE Finalist in Fantasy - A Time To... the Best of the Lorelei Signal Vol. 1 Wolfsinger Publications (The Last Vhalgenn)
AudioLark http://audiolark.com
March 1, 2010 The Last Vhalgenn in audio - short story 2008 EPPIE Finalist in Fantasy (standalone reprint from A Time To...)
Awards and Appearances
2010 EPIC Award Finalist in Erotic Science Fiction Romance - Surrender Love
2009 RJ Reviewer Blue Ribbon Favorite - Surrender Love
2009 Gaylactic Spectrum Award Nominee - Jawk, Tales of the Chosen
2009 Guest at Outlantacon in Atlanta GA
2009 Moderator, DragonCon in Atlanta GA, Panel - Exploring the Final Taboo
2008 EPPIE Finalist in Fantasy - A Time To... the Best of the Lorelei Signal Vol. 1, Edited by Carol Hightshoe (The Last Vhalgenn)
2007 Gaylactic Spectrum Award Nominee- Wulf, Tales of the Chosen
2007 Top Ten Finalist in P&E Readers Poll, Best Novel - Alitus, Tales of the Chosen
An Interview with Kayelle Allen
By Holly Hewson for The Romance Studio
HH: Kayelle, thank you for talking with us at TRS BLUE. Please tell us about your featured book, Alitus.KA: Alitus Vivaldi is a Better, an enhanced human bred for intelligence, discipline, and responsiveness. His combined talents in bed and politics take him from the Conqueror's favorite pleasure slave to her personal assistant. To help the Conqueror accomplish her secret agenda, Alitus forsakes his identity and pride, and surrenders himself to his darkest fear. Once nearly raped by a group of palace guards, when the empress asks him to have sex with a man to prove he's overcome his greatest fear, is his trust in the Queen of Quenchless Lust deeper than what his gentle and patient seducer evokes? Has she finally demanded more from Alitus than even his noble spirit can endure? Has she pushed him into the arms of another man?
Content: Graphic sex, light bondage, F/F/M menage, M/M sex, male submission, multiple partners, voyeurism, and some damn fine sex in a sleek flying limousine...
HH: Who are The Chosen and where did the idea for this series originate from? KA: Sempervians are comparable to humans, but when a Sempervian dies, his/her body is reborn, usually within hours, thus making them immortal. In order to move from place to place when it becomes necessary to relocate, the immortals have struck an accord with a relatively small group of humans on each world. In return for the immortals' protection for them and their progeny, as well as ensuring their wealth, the Chosen facilitate every need.
A degree is needed? There are Chosen at various universities. Background check? A company owned by the Chosen takes care of that. Any need a Sempervian might have, including bank accounts, ID, identity, history and so on is within the Chosen's care. Above all, the Chosen are a secret group which serve the immortal Sempervians.
Their motto is:
We are Chosen. We are...
Called to serve
Honored to protect
Obedient to the vow
Safeguards of the truth
Enablers of life
Neutralizers of threats
Not all Sempervians have Chosen. Some cannot bear coming to love a mortal who is the closest thing to family an immortal can have, and having to watch them age and die. They would rather be alone than deal with the pain.
HH: What can you tell us about Jawk and Wulf? KA: Their blurbs coincide, and are designed to reveal the heart of each book. I'll list them.
Wulf
Lust. Power. Forgiveness. Can a romance live forever?
Alitus
Passion. Addiction. Loyalty. Can true love bare its heart forever?
Jawk
Pleasure. Trust. Possession. Is a betrayal of the heart forever?
Wulf is the first book, and sets up the story for the other two. These are in the same universe as At the Mercy of Her Pleasure, For Women Only, and the Surrender trilogy. Alitus is the bridge between the two other stories, and Jawk is where all the neat and tidy rules built in the first two books get torn down and trampled. Jawk changes everything, including "a romance that lives forever."
HH: Will there be more in this series? KA: I have no more Chosen stories planned at this time. However, I do plan a series based on the Elect, who are similar servants of the Reborn. The Reborn are the race of people who exiled the 102 people now known as the Sempervians. That's an entirely different spin on the immortality issue. The Sempervians use humanity to achieve goals that benefit themselves. The Reborn have a completely different agenda, one I won't reveal here. *smiles*
HH: Which was your personal favorite story in this series and why? KA: I loved Alitus, because Empress Destoiya reveals that while she is indeed cruel and despotic she also has a heart. Some of my readers had disliked her so much from other stories that they didn't want to read hers. I'd created a monster! I took that as an extremely high compliment. For readers to detest a character means they were written realistically. Those who miss this book will never know some of the best-kept secrets about the Sempervians. It's a highly sensual look inside the heart and home of the most powerful woman in the Tarthian Empire, and the one man who can meet her needs. Writing her struggle to hold onto Alitus while at the same time she was pushing him away was not an easy task. I think it's one of my best books, and I like them all.
HH: What else do you have in store for lucky readers? KA: In March, two books are being released. On the first, it's The Last Vhalgenn in audiobook format at AudioLark, and on March 23rd, a re-release of At the Mercy of Her Pleasure from Loose Id. Mercy will have new scenes, and will be available in all ebook formats. Later, it will go into print. Surrender Trust, the second in the Surrender trilogy, will be out late summer, and For Women Only follows.
HH: What's a typical day like for you? KA: I write full time, so after my morning rituals and waking up, I grab some coffee, a refillable bottle of water, and head to my desk. My husband is in college, and I schedule my time around his class schedule. I get a lot of writing done on the days he's in class. I start around 9:30 in the morning. I answer emails and promo until 11:00, then write until lunch at about 1:00, take 30 minutes off, and then go back and write until about 6:30 pm. Hubby usually studies in the evening, so I write or work on other writing-related issues. I do take time off to watch TV on Mondays. I love House, 24, and Castle. Looking forward to FlashForward coming back. I loved that show! I put favorite TV shows on my calendar and plan around them. You're not likely to see me on a chat on Monday until 24's season ends. ^_^
HH: What do you consider a really satisfying writing day? KA: When I finish a deadline or goal for that day. I never set word limits for myself. They are too restrictive for my muse. Instead, I set scene goals, such as "Today I'll write the shower scene with Luc and Izzorah." Works so much better than "I'll write 5000 words."
HH: What do you personally enjoy reading? KA: Vampire Romance, Science Fiction Romance, Highlander books, Regencies, and historicals. I know, I write SciFi Romance, yet I love stories set during the Regency period. What can I say? Opposites attract.
HH: What would you most like to accomplish this year? KA: I want to complete the Surrender Trilogy and write the next book in the Antonello Brothers series. That would be a great accomplishment for me.
HH: Thank you!
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