by Cathryn Cade
Some heroes are loveable right from the
start, aren’t they? Stand-up guys who give their money to the local
church instead of the bars, bring flowers to their sweetheart every
Saturday night, love her cat and chew each bite twenty times before
swallowing.
Yeah, I really don’t write those kind
of heroes. Mine are more the kind that need to be tamed—by a
heroine with a spine of iridium. Doesn’t hurt if she knows some
fighting moves, too.
My SFR space opera heroes are as wild
as the galaxy, barely tamable … even if they’re one of the
wealthiest guys in that galaxy.
Logan Stark has been described as an
‘alpha-hole’, unsympathetic, aggravating and … well, you get
the picture. He’s my SFR hero that readers love to hate.
And that’s okay! Because I wrote him
that way. Yep, you read that correctly.
Stark is an Anti-Hero—one who can
only be redeemed by suffering. And the more arrogant the man,
the harder the fall.
In Book 1 of The LodeStar Series,
‘Stark Pleasure’, Logan Stark is a self-made man, a
magnate not only of his world, but with businesses spread on
civilized planets across the galaxy. When he meets Kiri te Nawa, he
quickly decides she’ll be the next lovely woman to grace his bed.
And he gets her there, because that’s how it works in his world.
Did I mention he’s suave and sex on a stick?
But she doesn’t stay in her
satin-lined boudoir. Because like any self-respecting heroine with a
spine, she won’t put up with a man who thinks he always knows
what’s best not only for himself, but for everyone in his sphere.
She sets off to make her own way in the galaxy—and nearly loses her
life in the process!
In Books 2 & 3, Creed of
Pleasure and Captive of Pleasure, the space magnate
manipulates both his younger brothers in turn into romantic
relationships, setting off some mighty fun adventures in space. They
get their ladies, but are not very happy with Big Bro.
And Kiri, who was teetering on the
verge of coming back to him, decides she can’t watch him treat
other people like pieces on a holodice board. He nearly loses his
relationship with his brothers, and he does lose the woman he wants.
But notice I didn’t say ‘the woman
he loves’. Oh, no. Because that would entail Stark admitting he
needs this vulnerability-inducing emotion just as everyone else does.
And he’s above all that.
Muwahahaha … evil author laugh. Love
is the most powerful force in the Cade-iverse.
But we’ve got some work to do. Before
he can have his HEA, this guy Stark must be made appreciative and
deserving of love. And frankly, readers, you and I both want
him to earn it the hard way. This arrogant alpha needs to lose
everything to learn his lesson.
He’ll be burned to purity in the
crucible of one of the most dangerous places in the galaxy—the
slums of the city of his birth. Served with adversity that balances
his arrogance.
Now watch as I flick my fingers and
cause this titan of space travel to fall from his mighty perch. And
readers, it’s a loooooong way to the bottom.
Stark Surrender; the Space Magnate’s
Bride, Bk 4 in The LodeStar Series debuts April 28th
He
climbed from the slums of New Seattle to a life of power and wealth
... but now he must survive those cruel streets again, without even
his memories to guide him.
Logan
Stark has fallen from his throne at the pinnacle of a financial
empire spanning the galaxy. He's lost in the filthy, crime-ridden
streets of New Seattle, Earth II. Even worse, he has no memory of who
he is, or how he got here. But the worst villain in the history of
this city knows exactly who he is ... and Mordacity is after Stark.
Kiri
te Nawa swore she'd never return to the place where she lost
everything. But to help find the man she can't forget, she must put
aside her new life on Frontiera and accompany his brothers back to
New Seattle. Will they find Stark before he is claimed by the surging
darkness in his mind, or by death?
If
you like to watch a good man fall, and then get up again, join me in
the world of The LodeStar Series!
Cathryn Cade
Best-selling author of sci fi romance
RT
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http://www.cathryncade.com
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I have been waiting for this sooo long.
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