“The Dom with a Safeword” by Cari Silverwood, Leia Shaw and
Sorcha Black was released on October 25th, 2012. I recently had the pleasure of reading the
book and it was a unique story that absolutely set my kindle on fire!
Late at night, on an amateur ghost hunt, Sabrina and her
best friend Q are caught trespassing by the gorgeous, blond Jude. The embers
of attraction between them sizzle when they discover Jude’s kinks match their
own.
Jude is a Dom on his last summer of freedom before starting
the prison sentence that is med school. Q is a bad-ass bi switch who knows what
she wants, and for years it’s been her cute, doe-eyed straight friend Sabrina.
But the only way into Sabrina’s heart and panties may be with Jude’s fist
wrapped in her hair.
Domming the bratty Q and mischievous Sabrina isn’t going to
be easy but Jude relishes the challenge. At the end of the summer, will they
find a way to stay together when everything is tearing them apart?
Cari, I am in awe of the storyline of this book! Alpha male, submission, love story, hot sex
scenes...it was an all-around package!
Where did you and your fellow authors come up with this concept?
Right, delving back into the murky fog that is my memory…we
all wanted to try writing a contemporary story but none of us had the courage
to do it by ourselves. We also all loved the idea of writing about a Dom with
two brats as there were three of us and brats seemed, at times, a somewhat
frowned upon part of the kink community. Yet those who are brats have an
enormous amount of fun with their Doms, providing the Dom is up for the
challenge and enjoys the exchange.
People sometimes assume that all submissives toe the line
and are ultra-respectful in all ways at all times. But not everyone uses the
same rules. Not everyone calls their Dom by the terms Sir or Master or Him. It
is up to those in the relationship. So this story is dedicated to brats. And though what Q does in particular may seem over the top to some, she is based on someone real, a collared bi switch who has a long term relationship (married) with her Dom and also a brat submissive of her own.
Here is an excerpt from the book:
“Do
you think he’s ever going to take his pants off?” Sabrina
whispered in Q’s ear. “Maybe he shares his penis with another guy
and today wasn’t his day to use it.”
“I
kept the jeans on so I wouldn’t rush things,” Jude replied,
slapping Sabrina’s ass.
“Well
it’s not exactly rushing anymore. Both of us are naked, so how is
this fair?” she retorted, gesturing at the offending article of
clothing.
“I’m
the dominant, so I get to make the rules.” His head tilted in a
look of smug amusement.
“Fuck
that!” Q knelt up on the window seat, leaned over Sabrina and
pulled at the button of his jeans. “This is a mutiny, Captain!”
After
wriggling free, Sabrina tried to hold him still while he batted away
Q’s hands. They had just managed to get the button untied, when he
dragged both of them over to sit on his lap. They didn’t quite fit,
but he didn’t give them the option of getting up.
“Hold
your hair up, both of you,” he ordered.
Looking
askance at each other, they complied. The sensation of his breath
rippling over Q’s neck sent shivers up into her hair. His mouth
latched onto the place where her neck and shoulder met, and Q sighed
in contentment. Sucking and nibbling on their necks and shoulders, he
held them still for his enjoyment. Eventually he let them go so they
could participate.
Sabrina
sucked on Q’s bottom lip then trailed tiny kisses down to her chin,
past her neck, to her breast. She paused as though she was having an
internal debate. Slowly, she backed off Jude’s lap onto the
cushion. She shifted onto her hands and knees, grazing Q’s nipple
with her lips and making her groan. Her pink tongue darted out,
licking the very tip. She looked up at Q mischievously, her ass
wiggling.
Both
she and Jude eyed Sabrina’s backside with interest, smiling at each
other when they realized they were doing it simultaneously. Q’s
smile became a gasp as something warm and wet engulfed her nipple.
She watched in fascination as Sabrina’s sucking and nipping mouth
alternated between her breasts. Her tongue investigated Q’s
piercings. Enraptured, Q ran her fingers though Sabrina’s silky
hair, the slide of it through her hands sensuous. The elastic that
had been holding it when they were painting hung tenuously onto the
bottom of a lock of hair, and she tossed it aside.
*****************
What was the hardest part about writing this book with 2
other authors?
Doing the writing I had to do. Truly the interactive part
made things easier. I always have bumps and mind tangles that get in the way
but knowing that others needed me to do my part helped me enormously. You don’t
get writers block when you co-write. If you try to they throw something at you.But just getting words on paper and making things come to life is never simple. So I think that was the hardest. We did have arguments and sometimes one of us would dig our toes in (mostly Leia lol) but generally it worked out fine.
Do you relate more towards the bratty switch Q or the
mischievous Sabrina? (And if Sabrina, do
you believe in ghosts?)
Relate? I empathized with Q a lot with her unrequited love
and mental anguish toward the end of the story. But there were aspects about
both of them that I related to. I don’t believe in ghosts but Leia Shaw, who
wrote 90 percent of Sabrina’s scenes, does. She also has a ghost in her house
for real…if you believe that ghosts can exist.
I felt that the relationship between Q and Sabrina was so
wonderfully in-depth. Did you have any
real life inspiration for the couple?
Oh definitely. The love, Dominance and submission dynamic,
and sexual attraction between these two was drawn from the lives of real
people.
When you are writing, do you have any rituals? Any specific music that you listen to while
you write?
I listen to music sometimes. But I loop it over and over and
I often don’t consciously hear it much. But I’d say it does help me write. I
tend to drink coffee, and tea, and more coffee. Big surprise that one! I fiddle
about. If I get stuck I write things on paper, and I do housework. Things like
housework can help jar problems loose and let you see them afresh.
What projects are you working on now and are Jude, Q and
Sabrina involved?
We are doing a sequel with Godfrey Cross as the Dom and two
submissives again. Jude, Sabrina and Q will be in the book in cameo parts.
Are you reading any good books right now?
I’m reading a curious one called The Heartwood Box. I like
the way she’s adapted the BDSM ethos into a traditional fairytale style. I like
to see authors experiment and go outside the usual. I’m looking at buying the
first in a series by Jacqueline Carey also – Naamah’s Kiss and I’d also like to
get The Game of Thrones as a complete set. Jacqueline Carey wrote an immensely
popular fantasy series that began with Kushiel’s Dart and uses BDSM as the
backbone of her setting. Wonderful series if you like fantasy.Oh and there’s another one called Beyond Shame that seems enticing – a post-apocalyptic story that oozes sex and seems very well written.
For all your followers out there, what can they do to help
you make “The Dom with a Safeword” even more successful?
What a lovely question. It is difficult being seen among the
huge outpouring of new erotic romance books. Word of mouth works best, I think.
If you like it a lot, recommend it to your friends who share your taste in
books. Reviews do help, but to most who read them you are an anonymous
stranger. People you regularly talk to about books will value your opinion a
lot more. So it’s far better to say on facebook, or Twitter, or Goodreads in
particular, hey this one is worth reading. J
Cari Silverwood's website
page with buy links and another longer excerpt
http://www.carisilverwood.net/the-dom-with-a-safeword-sample.htmlCari Silverwood's website
Sorcha Black’s blog
Leia Shaw’s site
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