The story wasn't bad per se. I just didn't get any emotional attachment to the protagonist, Tyrone Swift, which didn't help my enjoyment of the book.
Queen of Lyrnessus, Briseis is the spoil of a war neither she not her kin wanted or encouraged. Instead, she is caught in the most epic of battles, the one waged against Troy by angry Greeks enraged by the kidnapping of the beautiful Helen, wife of Menelaus. Agamemnon, Menelaus's brother, is commander in chief of the Greek army, but Achilles is the real leader, the unbeatable warrior who inspires soldiers from both sides, Greeks and Trojans alike. And Briseis is simply another prize awarded to him after he has slain sixty men to conquer her city, including her father and four brother's.
Stripped of her rank, Briseis becomes Achilles's slave and joins the other captive women inside the Greek compound, serving and obeying her master in and out of bed. It is a life of routine, rape, pain, frustration and bitterness that she mutely shares with every other broken woman in the camp, while observing the men surrounding her. One stands out among the rest, Patroclus, and not because of his special relationship with Achilles. He alone shows an interest for her as a person, so the story …
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SERIES: Sanguinary Seductions
AUTHOR Laura Tolomei
FACEBOOK THREADS: My Novellas, Laura Tolomei Horror Side
GENRE: Erotica, LGBT Gay, Ménage à Trois, Dark Fantasy, Paranormal, Horror, Shapeshiter, Novella, m/m, m/m/f
ISBN# 9781771115742
ASIN# B00K01NA9C
HEAT LEVEL: 4 flames
PAGES: 69
WORD COUNT: 17.399
RELEASED: 1 July 2013
Originally part of eXtasy’s Anthology Sanguinary Seductions released 15 September 2008
PUBLISHER: eXtasy Books
COVER ARTIST: Martine Jardin
Why is this vicious predator terrorizing the village? Who is Therry, and why does he live deep inside the forest, away from mankind? But mostly, why can’t Kendryck get him out of his mind? As the hunt progresses, so does his fascination with the most intriguing young man the hunter has ever met, until things don’t add up, and Therry’s dark secrets will have to be revealed…eventually.
The body lay in a pool of blood. The smell pierced his nostrils and he inhaled it deeply. The predator had left visible marks all over the mangled flesh, ripped skin and thorn muscles strewn around like scattered toys left behind by a naughty child. Kendryck narrowed his gaze on the deathly scene, annoyed with the scarce light that …
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