Title: A Slave's Way Out
Author: C.A. Salo
Published in September 2007 by Whiskey Creek Press Torrid
Genre: Erotic Sci-Fi Romance
ISBN: N/A
Lieutenant Catrin Munro has been through a lot in her life. A highly skilled pilot, she is a woman of many talents, but nothing compares to the nightmare she has been living for the past year and then some. Kidnapped into a world where her worst nightmares have come true, she used her wits to escape her other-worldly captors, or would she refer to them as her out-of-her-world-ly captors. Well, she was free now, and the best way for revenge was to stay free. The Ligers hunted the universe for her, and she was so close to being caught again. She had to move, and the move was one that triggered the Ligar's pursuit. The best she could do is get out now while the getting is good, and the way was out the back of the bar. There is the one thing she has to remember, the visions are always right, but what she has seen has not made sense. For one thing, she is not into the lifestyle of this planet, nor is she an aficionado of BDSM or anything to do with that lifestyle. She has always been a leader, and in control. The exit in sight, Catrin high-tails it toward the beckoning sign when the vision comes to full, heart-stopping, and very masculine life.
There in front of her, between her and safety is the very man she has seen before, only in her vision he was quite naked. With a huge sigh, and a sense of resignation, she changes course in her flight, and kneels by the man’s side. This is NOT where she wants to be, but if the truth were told, she is tired of running, tired of fighting to be free, to get home, or to find a home, she doesn’t care which at this point. Running on instinct has served Catrin well, yet her visions have made promises, and this strong black-haired green-eyed man was shown to be her salvation. Like it or not, the Navy flier is not one to look a gift horse in the mouth, and she is smart enough and experienced enough to know when to submit, and when to master. She is a high-strung and independent woman, sensitive to the actions around her from her training, and although she is not aware of the strength she controls, she is a force to be reckoned with and respected. Catrin knows her place, for she is confident in her sexuality, her womanhood, and in her strengths and abilities, but the one power she has not exercised could mean the difference between life and death…
Niko Arrian, a prince in his own right, and Captain of his own ship is not a man others mess with lightly. He is a highly trained and specially enhanced fighter who comes down from a long line of his kind, and no one messes with them and lives. Arius Mercenaries are well paid, and much sought after to take on the dangerous hunts for criminals, missions of discovery, rescue, and other troubled tasks. Neither Niko nor his men were people to anger, and when the guard grabs the prize which presented itself so meekly at his feet, he bristled. The woman, Catrin Munro, is NOT meek and mild, there is hardness and a true strength in her, a stubborn streak he senses would match his own, and it intrigues him. The kow-towing the Grand Marshal Lar was doing puzzled her, he could tell. Niko wasn’t giving anything away to her, and definitely not to the bumbling toad of a bureaucrat, no matter what his so called rank within the Hasian Republic. It was bad enough he had to conduct business here, but to get into a squabble with this silly excuse for a person was not on his agenda.
The woman, however, bothers him, he senses something there, and knows it is important. He also knows he is in this place for a purpose, one he is not sure of, but his mother’s instructions were rather precise, and she is never wrong. There is a latent power in the beautiful slave now settled on his lap, and she is definitely someone he is going to get acquainted with soon, the quicker, the better. He isn’t unprepared for the fight in her, or the battle of wills, but he is totally unprepared for her to faint dead away, and then sleep for better than twelve hours. Even with all the assurances of the medics, Nikos is more than worried about the fragile appearance of his new acquisition, and he soon learns there is both bark and bite in this woman he has now decided will be his own. Never has he experienced a passion like hers, one she freely uses to fight him and his collar at every point. He is forced to relent in some of his demands as her ability to fight and rebel pushes her to limits that frighten him. With a grudging respect, he is forced to remove the collar of her enslavement, and to realize he has finally met his match.
C.A. Salo has brought us to glorious worlds where men and woman play games of love, bondage, domination, and submission, but who are also able to learn that the games can be just that, GAMES. Though his learning experiences in trial and error with Catrin, Niko is forced to learn she is his equal in many ways, and to his chagrin, superior in some, his compliment in others. For Catrin, she also learns that submission does not mean she is Niko’s doormat, but it can be a rewarding exchange of power for power, and a strong expression of trust. That does seem to be the main issue between them, but then Niko doesn’t know and cannot understand what she has been through, where she has come from, and the independence and training she has fought so hard to maintain in this strange new world she has been thrust into involuntarily.
A Slave’s Way Out is filled with passion, unbridled fun and excitement as Ms. Salo take the reader on a sensual trip of discovery right along with her handsome hero, and his strong and sensual heroine. The destination is love, the trip is extraordinary, and the ending is quite satisfactory, but also promising much more to come. A Slave’s Way Out by C.A. Salo is coming soon and will be available from Whiskey Creek Press’ Torrid Imprint. If you wish to follow a very strong-willed and sensual Catrin through her trials and tribulations with the hard-headed, dominant, but totally sexy Niko, then keep a watchful eye out for this wonderfully erotic romp come September. Torrid has a new crop ripening then, and this is definitely one plum you don’t want to miss!
Yours in good reading,
Rose!
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