New Character Art: Meet Vodyan 🦑
Jul 06, 2024 8:44 am
Hey !
It's official! Three brand-new, spicy, action-packed monster bodyguard romance novels are about to drop this month!!! I am so excited, because the themes for this round are very monstery and primal, including tentacles and wild forest creatures 👀 Are you ready?
To celebrate this month, I commissioned some character art for Vodyan, our tentacular MMC, who, by the way, is such a handful 🫢Touch-starved and cold, he takes a long time to let Zoe, the affectionate, warm FMC, ease him out of his shell.
But once it happens... 🔥🔥🔥
Here is the release schedule for the Monster Security Agency this July:
🐙First, on July 10 (next Wednesday!!!), Guarded by the Kraken by Cassie Alexander will come out. Guys, this one is so packed! There is healing, deep-ocean adventures, a resilient scientist heroine in her thirties, and tentacle spice that might shock you!
...Or explore some spicy character art on Cassie's Instagram!
🌳On July 17, Cara Wylde's Guarded by the Leshy will go live. This one is so delicious! A forbidden romance between a heroine promised to another and her leshy bodyguard, who protects her in secret while she undergoes a spiritual trial.
🦑And finally, on July 24, Guarded by the Vodnik by yours truly will be here! Guys, I love this book. It's a grumpy x sunshine, opposites attract romance - with tentacles! Our vodnik hero is cold and prickly, with deep, unhealed wounds, while Zoe, the FMC is a warm, affectionate woman in her thirties who volunteers hugging abandoned babies 👀 Of course, there is spice. I believe the words "will it fit?" make an appearance.
And this is Vodyan as imagined by the wonderful @eyrica_art1.14!
Want to meet him in person? Preorder Guarded by the Vodnik right now so it lands on your kindle first thing!
Ooooh, shall we do a teaser? We shall! Here is a short fragment from the book so you can watch Zoe carefully break down Vodyan's barriers and coax him to talk. This part is told from Zoe's point of view, but the book is written in dual POV.
I nodded, shuffling a bit closer until I could reach into the pool and dip my fingers in the water. It wasn’t quite like touching, but it felt a bit similar. That pool was so filled with his body, it almost seemed like the water was an organic part of him.
He watched my fingers as they skimmed the surface. The water was surprisingly cool, but not icy cold.
“So, where is he now? Why doesn’t he use this place anymore?” I asked, playing with the water.
It quietened some of my longing, but at the same time, it sharpened it into an even greater need. This was barely enough to fill the yawning craving for touch that gaped inside my chest.
“He’s dead,” Vodyan said without inflection, like it didn’t matter one way or another. When I looked up, startled, he shook his head. “He didn’t die in my care, but on land. This place is completely safe. You have nothing to worry about.”
Water splashed as one of his tentacles shot out with a jerky, compulsive motion. It almost brushed my fingers—I felt a ghost of a touch as the air he stirred whispered across my wet knuckles—and dipped back under the water.
I pretended I hadn’t noticed, and Vodyan didn’t comment on it, either.
“How long did it stand empty?” I asked, dipping my entire palm under water.
Vodyan released a sharp breath, and I looked up. The softness leeched out of his face, replaced by that hard look from the day we met. He didn’t look at me, his eyes focused on where my wrist dipped under the surface.
Slowly, as if he was a wild animal I didn’t want to startle, I pulled my hand out and wiped it on my leggings. The air felt suddenly heavy and charged, and I was anxious I’d done something wrong.
Vodyan looked up and slowly leaned back against the edge of the pool, relaxing.
Can you just feel the tension? 👀 Aaaaah, I can't wait until you read this book!
And if you haven't checked out the Monster Security Agency series yet, what are you waiting for? Three books are already out, and mine is Guarded by the Snake, which recently got a lot of recognition on the r/RomanceBooks subreddit. A few users nominated the book for the dirty talk Hall of Fame, and I'm so happy! Asan and Kim are so perfect together and absolutely deserve the recognition.
And if you're wary about the snakeman hero, don't be. He's a soft dom and has a delicious mouth on him. Need an example? Let's goooo! These quotes are NSFW, by the way!
🌶️“I’ll go slow. Very, very slowly. Just with one spike, okay? Look at the tip, pet. Look how narrow it is. How wet. It will go right in.”
🌶️“Just the tip for now. You can take the tip.”
🌶️“You can take a bit more, baby. Now. Take it for me.”
🌶️“So gorgeous. This is where you belong, pet. With my cock inside you. This is what you’re made for. To come all over me when I fuck you. Now be a good girl and take a bit more. Just a little. You can do it.”
You can read Guarded by the Snake for free in Kindle Unlimited.
And if you haven't seen it yet, I have some very spicy 🌶️🌶️🌶️NSFW art of Asan and Kim. But be careful! Click at your discretion. Are you alone and no one's looking at your screen? Okay, go for it ^^
That's it for today, ! I'll be back next week, and for now, I wish you an amazing summer (or winter, if you're in Australia) weekend!
Lots of love,
~Layla