Arrival

Deity of the Desert #1

by Leona D. Reish

In a world descended from myth and mingling of monstrous races into much more human variants, an unlikely couple is summoned to the desert to investigate the newly discovered sacred ruins. First they have to arrive, and then handle the personal business of lust for one another.

Ever since they met, Nathan and Astrid have chased the ghosts of ancestry across the world to learn more of the forgotten past that gave birth to such a wide range of humanoid races.

While Nathan is perfectly human, his companion, Astrid, is a much darker skinned and hot-blooded crossbreed descended from a far more draconic race mingling with humans so long ago. Her wit is sharp and claws sharper, but after tolerating the blazing heat of the desert for so long, she only has one thing on her mind: The desire to breed with her mate.

It's a near instinctive lust that leaves her burning in the heat of the harsh desert sun, and only the feel of his cum will cool her down. Once they're finally within the safety of the city walls and have a pool to themselves to enjoy, Astrid no longer has the will power to resist her urges.

Not even the implication of being watched and threat of being found out can stop her, but the feeling of being less than human for her desire bows her head in submission to her lover and mate. If she wants him inside, she'll have to earn it, first.

26 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 17, 2013

About the author

I am (not) a vampire. I say that both to spark humour and because you have to imagine vampires would get bored of the same eclectic castles and slowly developing society after a few hundred years and travel the world a bit. While not over hundreds of years, I have had the opportunity to travel and lived in such places in the United States as New Mexico, Arkansas, New Jersey, Philadelphia visited friends in New York and Washington DC.

Born in and returned to England, I've had a similar stint of living the length and breadth of this island nation and chance to visit the art galleries in Paris and dark reaches of the most northern Norway.

I am a writer, and creating such diversity and colour as exists in the world has been one of the few consistencies in my much-traveled life. Perhaps it was growing up with such things as Mario Paint, a typewriter and Father that had worked in military communications that drew me to creativity and writing.

My typewriter is now a mechanical keyboard on a PC capable of more than you could imagine back then. Now one of the other consistencies that's remained true to my life since then is my desire to do something that moves people. If I can enter your life with my writing, and make you feel good, smile and enjoy what I've done, that's exactly what I live for. It's something reflected in a history of graphical design work where I aimed to design involving and moving imagery, voluntary employment with Oxford Famine Relief (more commonly known as Oxfam) to a management level and nationally certified customer service.

I sincerely hope you enjoy any, if not all of my work here the way I've enjoyed putting heart and soul into every piece.

Reviews

[J.E. Keep · Rating 5 out of 5]

Beautifully written like a piece out of time and place, it makes me think of lovely fantasy and scifi tales I'd read long ago, but with totally shiver-inducing eroticism.

I'm completely susceptible to tales of breeding and exotic monster (or monsterish) women, yet that doesn't necessarily mean I'm prone to go easy on the two. However, the crafting of them both in this story is as good as it gets. I was surprised by how much it resonated with me, and how it continues to hang in the back of my mind.

Astrid is the kind of fantasy woman I yearn for, there's no use in denying that. Her curiously inhuman good looks, her abnormally hot embrace, and her unquenchable lust all mask a strength and power that makes her anything but a mindless breeder. I'm smitten with her.

I couldn't help but be inspired reading this, and I suspect there'll be more than one story of my own that'll take life from that seed.

Normally I don't reach much these days with my busy schedule, but I'll be looking forward to squeezing in more time for this authors tales. With this introduction at only 99c, I can't recommend it enough. If you like the topics explored in this at all -- breeding, submission, inhuman half-breed women -- get it.

[Ben Jackson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Looking forward to the sequels

I enjoyed this short read. So far, the characters are interesting, the world seems fascinating enough to want to know more about it and the sex scenes are pretty steamy. The relationship between the two is also pretty good. I’d say check it out.

[Tim · Rating 3 out of 5]

A reasonable beginning with the promise of more exploration (historically,socially and erotically) in future episodes.

[Kissa Johnson · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was a good read.

There wasn't any typos and the grammar was also excellent. Plenty romance scene in this one. Lovely adventure desert thriller.