It's becoming more and more obvious that what I wrote was a weird book.
"an unconventional romance" - read review
"I was well-invested in this strange, but lovely, romance." - read review
"An unconventional romance with an often darker storyline." - read review
"I've seen this book placed in some retailers as erotic, but I think calling it that does it a disservice" - read review
"Not quite what I was expecting, but I loved it" - read review
"This is also far from a romantic story" - read review
I think that's pretty awesome. Unconventional means that I won't get a large readership, I know, but I'm not in this for the money or fame. I'm in this for the characters I write and the people who will love them... because they deserve to be loved, as flawed as they are.
I write romance that isn't romantic, erotica that is more than erotica, historical fiction that is just the backdrop to a story that has a plot devoted entirely to character development.
Some people are going to hate it, I know. It's one thing that keeps me from trying to market it to a larger audience... I'm not sure how to present it. I probably need a publicist.
I'll leave you with one of my favourite things written about Caged so far:
"In fact I must admit that if it weren't for the fact that I got this through the DBLM program I would have stopped reading it before I hit 25% [sic] at 16% I told my daughter that I hated it but would give it to 25% before I contacted the moderators of the program. I'm thankful for that because had I set it aside and never finished it I would have missed out on one hell of a roller-coaster ride with some very interesting and at times lovable characters. [...] Regarding the things I liked is much more complicated. While two of the three main characters had aspects that were horrible and at times made me question if I could ever like them, those massive flaws were what made the book such a thought provokingly good novel." - read review
