What Does Love Mean?
I ask because I had to twist our human concept of love and
fidelity to fit in succubus’ world. If a succubus has to feed from having sex,
how can she have a relationship? I considered the idea of having her feed from
only one lover but I imagine that eventually she’d drain him dry. It couldn’t
be healthy for either of them.
An open relationship seemed like the best option but what
kind of alpha male would share his female?
An incubus, of course. They’d understand each other’s sexual
feeding needs yet be able to fulfill each other’s emotional aspects that their
lifestyles lack. They wouldn’t see sex to feed as cheating, but it best be ONLY
for feeding, otherwise all bets are off.
I really enjoyed creating this world and all its complex
love rules between two people who just physically loyal.
Blurb:
After almost dying of starvation to remain
faithful to a mortal lover, succubus Pia Blyton now shields her heart by
feeding solely on men she won't fall for. The only trick is, to create energy
to survive, she must achieve orgasm. At least that rules out bad sex with her
three lovers. Too bad she's a sucker for falling in love.
When her demon lover doesn't arrive for their
arranged rendezvous, Pia is forced to ask her vampire lover to step in before
her energy becomes dangerously low. In return he demands a favor and Pia finds
herself in the hotel suite of the mysterious Valerio Hunan, who seduces her
with a devastating kiss. Too late Pia learns he's an incubus who wants to lure
her into marriage—a marriage without love.
As an incubus used to bedding a variety of
succubi, Val doesn't understand Pia's yearning for love. He
needs a
succubus wife to provide him with a steady source of energy. But he
wants
Pia for the passion and renewed interest in life she makes him feel. Can Pia
convince Val that sex isn't just for survival and love is for more than the
weak?
Excerpt:
Beeping my car unlocked, I went
to the driver’s side.
“I don’t see why Hoel can’t drive
us in my car.” Val folded himself into my VW Bug.
“Because Cooper likes his privacy
and my taking you will be bad enough. Why do you need to meet my suitors?” I
jammed my key in the ignition and started the vehicle, then kicked it into
drive.
“Making sure you feed properly
will fall on my shoulders. I want to meet the…flavors you prefer.”
He sat with his back to the door,
his knee bent on the seat so he could face me. “Do you love him?”
I snorted, then glanced at him.
His eyebrows were furrowed as he frowned at me. “You’re serious? Of course
not.”
“But you care about him.”
“He’s food.”
“I’ve seen how you react to
chocolate. Is he chocolate?”
More like macaroni and cheese but
from Val’s expression I didn’t think that was the answer he wanted. “What are
you expecting? If you want me to promise they mean nothing to me then I’m the
wrong succubus to court. I don’t like sex with strangers. It hurts me on all
sorts of levels.”
“So you do love him.”
“No!” I shook my head since he
didn’t seem to understand the first time I answered this question. “I choose
suitors who I won’t fall in love with, but I like them. As friends.” I rubbed
my forehead. “This is complicated.” Of all the days
that Val decided to tag along, I was going to see the suitor he’d disapprove of
the most. Cooper was territorial and caring.
“It’s only as complicated as you
make it.” He still frowned at me and seemed unhappier.
I wanted Val to see beyond our
culture’s emotional boundaries. If I could open him to the possibilities of
love, we might both get what we desired from this courtship. First, he had to
trust me and I needed to earn that trust. “I was just going over to tell Cooper
we had a change in schedule.” I poked him in the stomach. “Some incubus is
mixing me all up.”
His
scowl grew deeper.
