Why Kate Pearce Writes SFR Hotter Than A Solar Flare

Guest Blog written by Author Kate Pearce:

I think I’m probably known for pushing boundaries in romance, and I was one of the first to get an M/M secondary love story into a NY published book. Over the years I’ve grown fairly used to having a polarizing effect on readers. I wanted just to push right through all those complaints and write something completely out of bounds, and what better place to do that than in space?

Science fiction erotic romance is just such an amazingly open place to write in at the moment. The only limits are your imagination. The Tribute series originated in my desire to take an unflinching look at the darker side of romance, the more specific fantasies where the story touches on taboos or edgier situations that challenge what we as women are supposed to find sexy. I like those edges, and I like to make my readers think about what they find arousing.

These books aren’t for everyone. They touch on sexual situations that in real life would not be acceptable to the majority of women, including myself. But I do truly believe that all women have the ability to differentiate between fantasy and reality, and not be ‘harmed’ by reading whatever they want.

I originally wrote the first of the Tribute series, SACRIFICE, entirely for my own benefit. I was contemplating branching out into a new contemporary romance version of myself, which was much sweeter, and I just wanted to write one last really out there piece of work. I happened to mention the horror erotica story on Twitter to Sarah Lyons from Riptide Publishing, and she asked to see it. I ended up writing it as a three-part series of novellas that adds up into one big book.

My editor described them as “if Anne Rice’s Beauty series had a baby with THE HUNGER GAMES,” which kind of works for me. Writing them set in a future world on a forgotten planet where an undercover battle for the very survival of the species is underway gives the sexual dynamics of the plot a lot of urgency and makes actions that at first appear unforgivable almost understandable. They aren’t for the faint of heart, and they aren’t a romance but at their very heart they are all about love.

About KATE PEARCE

Kate Pearce was born into a large family of girls in England, and spent much of her childhood living very happily in a dream world. Despite being told that she really needed to ‘get with the program’, she graduated from the University College of Wales with an honors degree in history.

After graduation, real life did intervene and she ended up working in finance which was not the greatest career choice for a would-be writer!

A move to the USA finally allowed her to fulfill her dreams and sit down and write that novel. Along with being a voracious reader, Kate loves trail riding with her family, ‘western style’ in the regional parks of Northern California

Kate writes in several different romance sub-genres under different names. She is a member of RWA and is published by Kensington Aphrodisia, Ellora’s Cave and Virgin Black Lace/Cheek.

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About TRIBUTE

To defeat the unimaginable, they must endure the unthinkable. Few of the people on Planet Mitan know that their future rests on very precarious foundations. A terrifying species holds the Mitans in thrall, and only a yearly tribute-part conscripts, part volunteers- secures the fragile peace with the sinister Ungrich. Nobody knows exactly what the alien creatures want with the Mitans, but the Mitan military and the few survivors of the underground ordeal have developed a training program. It's brutal, even horrific, but effective.

Commander Rehz Akran is determined that his trainees, willing or otherwise, will learn everything necessary to survive as Tributes. If he can't force them through training, no one can, and he's prepared to use every filthy, dirty trick in his arsenal to secure complete obedience . . . and the survival of his species.