Cara Bristol's Blog

On Monday, I finished production of my first audio book, an erotic sci-fi romance, Stranded with the Cyborg. Once review by ACX is complete, Stranded will be available for download on Audible, iTunes and Amazon. It’s currently available in ebook version on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and All Romance.

Branching out into audio books was a goals for 2015, but it had taken a backburner to other projects until author Natasha Knight gave me a couple of nudges. (Thanks, Natasha!).

I opened an account on ACX, issued a call for auditions for a narrator/producer on Dec. 3, contracted with a narrator on Dec. 5, and finished “proofing" his audio recording on Dec. 14. So the whole work process took less than 10 days. ACX sent very helpful, clear email instructions on what to do next, each step of the way.

Logan McAllister narrated and did a wonderful job on the different voices. I have humans/cyborgs, androids, aliens, and talking computers in the book and he did an excellent job differentiating the characters.

Listening to the audio gave me hints of what it must be like to see one’s novel become a movie and watch it on the screen. It was such a thrill to hear it read by an professional narrator who really made the characters come alive (Although listening to the sex scenes, was, for me, very uncomfortable. I can write it, I can read it, but listening to it? Uh….)

The ebook/written version of Stranded with the Cyborg is 37K words, approximately 122 pages. That worked out to 3 hours and 20 minutes on audio.

Book 2 of the Cy-Ops Sci-fi Romance series, Mated with the Cyborg, will be released in ebook Jan. 5, 2016. I plan to make an audio book of that one very soon, also.

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Stranded with the Cyborg

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Reasonable Doubts, the next Rod and Cane Society spanking romance, will be available on Amazon January 13, 2015!

This is Liz Davenport's story. Liz was a secondary character in Unexpected Consequences (Rod and Cane 1) and Body Politics (Rod and Cane 3).

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Warrior, the third and final book of the Breeder sci-fi romance trilogy, releases on October 21, 2014.

Here's the blurb:
A female fighting for freedom. A male armed with determination. Can they save their people?
As a despotic Qalin marches through Parseon intent on conquering every province, Commander Marlix pledges his sister to another Alpha to protect her. Desperate to decide her own fate, Anika flees and finds refuge with the guerilla resistance movement against Qalin. Marlix’s aide Urazi hunts her down to bring her home to fulfill her duty. But when love blossoms between them, and provinces fall to Qalin, Anika and Urazi realize home has ceased to exist, and they are all that stand between the people of Parseon and the end of the world.

Although Warrior completes the Breeder trilogy, I am a considering a spin-off series set on planet Parseon in the future. The grown children of the existing Breeder characters will feature as the heroes and heroines.

Disciplinary Measures, the fourth book in the Rod and Cane Society series, is now available on Amazon. It was released earlier this year, but was only available through Loose Id, my publisher.

Now is it on Amazon.com and for a limited time is available for $1.99. Normal cover price is $2.99.

Disciplinary Measures blurb

Married for just three years, Linc Ellison has reached his wit’s end. His wife’s overspending threatens to drive them into the poorhouse. But more than that, he doesn’t feel he can trust Regina because of her string of broken promises. When he learns about the Rod and Cane Society, a secret organization of men who spank their wives, he decides to implement some disciplinary measures to save his marriage.

Sure Regina shops a lot. And she’s broken some promises. But she’s trying to do better. What hurts most is that Linc no longer trusts her. So she consents to try domestic discipline.

But neither is prepared for the ripple effect the disciplinary measures will have on their love life.

Amazon buy link:
http://amzn.to/1aFLbtT

Loose Id has released Breeder, my erotic science fiction romance! It is available in all ebook formats on Loose Id:

http://www.loose-id.com/breeder.html

It will be available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble soon.

In celebration of the release, I am holding a prize drawing for a $50 Amazon gift certificate and a $10 Starbucks gift certificate. What's better than books and coffee? For details on how to enter the drawings, visit my blog:

http://carabristol.com/2013/10/breede...

Here is the official Breeder blurb:

To secure his legacy, Commander Dak, a ruling Alpha of planet Parseon, purchases Omra, a breeder slave. He intends to impregnate her, produce a son, and hand her off to his anointed beta partner. As Dak and Omra discover a sexual bliss banned by law, he begins to question the traditions and ways of his people, causing him to jeopardize his command and endanger the life of the woman he has come to love.

Can a man love a woman in an M/M world?

Breeder, my first science fiction erotic romance, will be released by Loose Id on October 15, 2013. I hope this novel (62,000 words) will appeal to science fiction and contemporary romance readers as well as my domestic discipline/spanking romance fans.

Here's the blurb:
To secure his legacy, Commander Dak, a ruling Alpha of planet Parseon, purchases Omra, a breeder slave. He intends to impregnate her, produce a son, and hand her off to his anointed beta partner. As Dak and Omra discover a sexual bliss banned by law, he begins to question Protocol-sanctioned male domination, causing him to jeopardize his command and endanger the life of the woman he has come to love.

Breeder explores the concepts of gender roles and social prohibitions against deviant behavior. It includes graphic M/F and some M/M sexual content and domestic discipline.

You can see the cover and read the start of chapter one here:

http://bit.ly/1fsURIy

The fourth Rod and Cane Society story, Disciplinary Measures, released today, May 21, and will be free on the Loose Id site the first week of its release, May 21-26, 2013. Thereafter it will be $2.99. This is the first time EVER one of my books has been offered for free.

Get Disciplinary Measures here:

http://www.loose-id.com/rod-and-cane-...

Also, during this same period, Unexpected Consequences, the first book in the series, is 1/3 off, on the Loose Id site.

Get Unexpected Consequences here:

http://www.loose-id.com/rod-and-cane-...

All Rod and Cane books can be read as stand-alones. You do not need to read them in order.

Disciplinary Measures blurb
Married for just three years, Linc Ellison has reached his wit’s end. His wife’s overspending threatens to drive them into the poorhouse. But more than that, he doesn’t feel he can trust Regina because of her string of broken promises. When he learns about the Rod and Cane Society, a secret organization of men who spank their wives, he decides to implement some disciplinary measures to save his marriage.

Sure Regina shops a lot. And she’s broken some promises. But she’s trying to do better. What hurts most is that Linc no longer trusts her. So she consents to try domestic discipline.

Neither is prepared for the ripple effect the disciplinary measures will have on their love life.

Unexpected Consequences Blurb
Jared belongs to the Rod and Cane Society, a secret organization of men who spank their wives to maintain domestic discipline. When Melania ignores a “request” from her husband and attempts to hide her disobedience, Jared spanks her.
While Jared believes the unpleasantness has been settled, for Melania it only has begun. Although she consented to the spanking, her fairytale notion of marriage has been shattered and she makes plans to leave Jared as soon as her parents return from vacation.
While she waits, Melania begins to see more positive aspects of domestic discipline. But just as she decides her love for Jared is paramount and she might be able to accept a domestic discipline marriage, Jared discovers she’d planned to leave him and once again her marriage is in jeopardy.

Spanking Fiction Author Celeste Jones has started a Spanking Fiction Book Club on her blog as an interactive forum for readers to discuss spanking books.

She chose Body Politics as the first book to be discussed!

Check out Celeste's book club blog post here:

http://bit.ly/XR2Rgb

Something else you may be interested in...I started a Spanking Fiction group on Facebook for readers and authors of the genre.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/spank...

Today is release day for Body Politics, another Rod and Cane Society domestic discipline erotic romance.

Body Politics pits feminist against a dom in an epic battle of the sexes. It contains feminist indignation, old-fashioned courtship, hot sex and plenty of spanking. Here's the blurb:

Feminist Stephanie Gordon knows the instant she meets blind date Mark DeLuca it’s going to be a wasted evening. Sure the deputy chief of police is criminally sexy, but he's arrogant, domineering and sexist. Thank goodness after the date ends, she'll never have to see him again. A member of the Rod and Cane Society, an organization of men who discipline their women by spanking, Mark DeLuca is attracted to Stephanie like a paddle to a well-rounded ass. He sees beneath the shield of feminist militancy to the soft, sensitive woman she tries to hide. When she storms away in a snit, the chase is on. Can a man who spanks convince a diehard feminist her true strength lies in submission?

Body Politics is available in all ebook formats from Loose Id. In a new weeks, it will be available on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, ARe, Fictionwise, etc.

http://bit.ly/UFfr10

Third in the Rod and Cane series, Body Politics CAN be read as a stand-alone. All the Rod and Cane books are written to be enjoyed as singles.