Blog Tour : Guestpost,Excerpt & Giveaway Varian Krylov – Bad Things

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Book Name: Bad Things

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Author Name: Varian Krylov

Author Bio:

Growing up near Los Angeles, I spent much of my time frolicking in the Pacific Ocean and penning angst-twisted poetry. Now I’m living in sunny Spain writing pathos-riddled fiction. I’ve always loved the music and substance of words, always loved writing in well-worn notebooks by hand, tapping at the keys of the computer, and, of course, conjuring up stories. And from my earliest memories, I’ve always been fascinated—maybe obsessed?—with sex and sexuality. In my writing, sex is the medium, the expression, and the tool of discovery for my characters’ insecurities, the needs that drive them, the comfort they can’t live without, the joy and relish of life that makes each of them intense, strange, and alluring.

Author Contact:

variansfiction@yahoo.com

https://www.facebook.com/varian.krylov

http://variankrylov.blogspot.com.es/

Twitter: @VarianKrylov

Publisher: Smashwords

Cover Artist: Photographer: Ekaterina Zakharova; Cover design: Jay Aheer

Buy Links:

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Xavier makes a lot of people nervous. The rest, he flat-out scares. More than his hulking, tattooed body, it’s his predator’s gaze that makes people feel vulnerable, as if he had the power to read their thoughts and see their soul. For his lovers, it’s Xavier’s ravenous appetite for all things carnal—for the taste of flesh under his tongue and the feel of a trembling body under his control, for whispered pleas and muffled cries—that makes him dangerous.

But recently, driven by a festering rage against the men who attacked his sister a decade ago, Xavier has developed a taste for a different kind of hunt and conquest: stalking men who do truly bad things and punishing the predators he sniffs out. The problem with vigilante justice, though, is sometimes the man in your trap is innocent.

Carson suspects he’s playing a risky game with dangerous men. But the lies are convincing, especially when they’re slipped to him among hundred dollar bills. He never guessed how big and dark the secret hidden under all the lies and money could be. And he has no idea he’s not the predator, but the prey, until it’s too late.

And you can’t beg for mercy when there’s a gag in your mouth.

But when Carson escapes from Xavier’s trap, he’s forced to accept that Xavier is far from his most dangerous enemy. Xavier may even hold the key to overcoming the painful past that has kept Carson prisoner for almost two decades.

 

Book Categories: BDSM, Romance, Contemporary, Crime Fiction, M/M Romance, Erotica, Menage/Poly, Thriller, Fiction

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Writing something from the predator’s angle ?

What a provocative question. Usually I think about my attraction to danger and fear, and how there’s something about surrendering control or having it taken away that is tremendously (and sometimes perversely) alluring, but now you’ve got me pondering the pleasure of putting myself in the position of the predator, which of course, I also do when I’m writing. I’ve been writing dangerous men for years now—there’s one lurking and rampaging in every one of my novels. And I think the truth is that, as a woman who is probably more concerned than is healthy about what others think, there’s something deeply, vibrantly pleasurable about donning the mask of a hunter who lives by his own instinct without giving a single second’s thought to anyone else’s opinion. And it’s fun, imagining how someone might act if they felt that their intelligence, intuition, or will is more right—even more important—than social conventions, moral codes, or the law.
All told, even though a lot of my protagonists can be read as predatory, every one of them is actually driven by a belief that they are doing good (I’ve written a few men who thrive on the pleasure of hurting ordinary people, but only secondary characters). Xavier from Bad Things and Gareth from After thrive on hurting other people, but only one’s they’ve judged and condemned as someone worthy of punishment. And vigilante justice is terribly satisfying to write. I let myself got there in much greater depth on-page in After than I did with Xavi in Bad Things. I derive my own sadistic glee stepping into the body of someone like Gareth, getting hold of and torturing someone who’s thrived on hurting vulnerable people.
I think the only other predator protagonist who is as dangerous as Xavier would be Conrad from Abduction; his god complex runs so deep he kidnaps a total stranger in order to give her sexual fulfillment. Frankly, I’d argue he’s insane. But he’s so deeply empathetic and so intelligent, and also so sensual, beautiful and physically tender that he actually succeeds in his mad plan. And Conrad is still the character I had the most fun writing—especially his dialog, because even with people he cares about, he always cuts rather cruelly through all the bullshit they hide behind to avoid confronting their real selves.
Actually, I’ll take back saying there was no one else as dangerous as Xavi or Conrad, because Smith in After is probably the man I consider the most dangerous. The difference is, he doesn’t do what he does for pleasure. Not his, or anyone else’s. His terrifying choices are driven by pure, cold logic, and the fact that he believes that what he does is for the greater good, he’s the only protagonist I’ve written who I feel is borderline inhumane. But that was a lot of fun to write, too, because it’s like solving a complex, three-dimensional puzzle or a math problem. And I always enjoy pitting my characters against each other, putting myself in each of their positions by turns, and playing devil’s advocate with myself, because usually some part of me agrees with each of them—even the mad ones.

 

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When Xavier moved in, Carson struggled against the restraints. “Fucking . . . Come on. This shit’s not funny anymore.” Pleading gaze upturned from under his dark lashes.

Xavier laughed. “What’s that look?”

“Come on, Xavier. I know I fucked up. Of course you’re mad. But . . . come on. We’re . . . ”

“What are we, Carson?”

“I thought we were . . . ”

“Did you think we were friends?” Xavier laughed. “Did you think that you sleeping on my couch and cooking me a couple meals makes us friends?”

He breathed in the smell of him. Nervous sweat rising over the scent of soap. He caressed his cheek.

Carson went dead still, then tried to mold his frightened expression into sternness. “You could go to jail for this.”

Carson’s whining was getting on his nerves. Xavier lifted the lid on the chest of dark brown leather and took out the ball gag. Too funny, that perplexed expression on Carson’s face, then horrified incredulity as he figured it out. Sitting on his thighs, gazing into those shimmering blue pools of terror, Xavier got it on him before he could complain much more.

Xavier grinned. “You’re not the first guy I’ve had cuffed to this post. And that gag in your mouth isn’t the only toy in my box of treasures. But it is one of my favorites, because it means I don’t have to listen to a bunch of whining and begging. I mean, I love whining and begging. I get hard for whining and begging. But only for the first few minutes. Then it gets incredibly fucking tedious.

“But the thing I really love about the gag is, it’s so much easier to get to know someone when they’re being quiet. Just watching their face. Looking into their eyes. Without a bunch of blah, blah, lies, blah, blah rationalization to muddy the truth.”

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6 Responses

  1. BabyBarlow
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    Amazing post with an amazing giveaway. TY

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  2. *Dreamer*
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    I really liked this post. This book sounds pretty great so, thank you for the giveaway

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  3. kp
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    A bad good guy! Loved the excerpt!

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  4. Trix
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    I like the good, sweet guy with a secret naughty streak!

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  5. arella3173
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    A bad good guy~~ ehehehe

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  6. karon
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    I like a good guy, even if he is occasionally bad… a new must-read author for me to check out!

    thank you for the giveaway.

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