Sunday, April 16, 2017

Readers, I Need Your Help

I need your help!  Getting reviews for my work is essential to generate sales. My Narovian Mates Box Set generating the most sales and Kindle Unlimited pages read I have ever had but it's still only enough to buy a few cups of coffee a week---not even enough to pay for my internet service. But I love writing and I won't be stopping any time soon.

If you join my review team, I will not share names or email addresses with anyone. I understand that you may not want to share that you are reading erotic scifi romances---probably for the same reason that I am writing them under a pen name. Amazon allows you to post reviews without posting your name. It is up to you to decide.

As an ARC reviewer you will be the first to read my stories and you will get electronic copies of them free. I will also include BONUS content of the prequels in case you are new to the series.

I am continuing the series with Mated to the Alien Star Ship Captain as the first installment. Each segment can be read as a standalone but will tie into the series. When the collection is finished, it will become Narovian Mates II.

All of the stories are based on a fated mates premise, but with a pseudo-scientific explanation for the phenomena. When they meet, pheromones given off by the alien cause a female who is his genetic complement to desire him so intensely that they must have sex almost immediately and continue the sexual bonding process for 7-10 days. There is always a HEA ending, but I'm taking is a little further.

I did this in the Raptor One novel. First the alien Captain Merrek finds his mate on a mission to rescue Earth women abducted by alien slavers. Others in the Raptor One crew find their mates as they fight to keep non-Alliance aliens from abducting people from Earth to be sold into slavery.

So we have a little space opera going on in the back ground and we see Captain Merrek's relationship with his mate evolve as new relationships unfold among other crew members and their human mates. In Narovian Mates II, human women are going to Narova to accept their feline mates and live there with them and adjust to a new culture and language. There will be no shortage of sexual bonding, but there will be a story and a loving relationship developing in the mix.

So, if you enjoy hot, sexy  erotic alien romance, please sign up for my ARC team at the upper right of this blog.

Yours truly, 
Clarissa Lake

Friday, April 7, 2017

ARC Readers


Thank you to all of you who downloaded a copy of my latest Narovian Mates Story. I hope that you will enjoy it and find time to go to Amazon and leave a brief review.

I'm a self published author, and I don't have a big company behind me promoting my work.  There is only me on a budget of almost $0 marketing my work via social media. That also means I don't pay  anyone to make the covers, edit, or proof read the work.  I do it all.

---And wouldn't you know it, but shortly after I put the captain's story up on instafreebie, I noticed more typos that I missed. So don't be shy about pointing them out---not in a review but an email directly to me.

Like many writers, I write the kind of stories I like to read. I am also an ARC reader for other authors in the scifi romance genre. When I do and ARC review, if I don't like the story or find it deeply flawed, I send a personal email to the author as a constructive critique. That gives them the opportunity to decide whether to revise or not without badmouthing their work publicly. Other readers might like it just fine and give it glowing reviews.

Sometimes, I've read snarky negative reviews on the same books I read and wonder it they actually read the same book I read---and vice versa. 

As a writer, I realize my Narovian Mates Series is not for everyone. They are basically erotic romances but there is more to it than just hot sex. The story isn't over. I am already working on  the next segment. The Narovian Mates stories are sequential with a happy ending for each one.  I absolutely hate cliff hangers that are only a segment of the story with no resolution until two or three volumes later.

I am already writing the next segment of this story which is set in the same universe and time line.  I contains many of the same characters, but will center on other characters romances. As soon as "Mated to the Alien Star Ship Captain" comes off the giveaway, it will be available to read free on Kindle Unlimited.

If you would like to become a regular ARC reader join my mailing list at the top right of this page. ARC readers will be the first to receive new stories and subscribers will get up-to-date announcements of upcoming stories. Or you can just follow me on social media.