Blogtour: An Uncommon Whore by Belinda McBride

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An Uncommon Whore 

An Uncommon Whore—Revisited

It’s not often that you get the opportunity to go back to a previously published book and take a second shot at the story. In my case, the book went out of publication when the publisher closed, and was quickly acquired by Dreamspinner Press, who wanted an additional 20,000 words added to the book. (I gave them 22K!) 

I’ve always loved this story and the characters, but it’s really a larger story than I had the chance to write originally. It’s about a planet that was destroyed, and the survivors having to move on with life on another planet. I never really felt that I really conveyed the impact of the destruction, and ironically, it took seeing that sort of catastrophe up close and personal for me to do so. 

A year ago, I came home after being evacuated from the massive Carr Fire. The disaster totally threw me off my schedule for completing this book, but when I saw the aftermath of the event, it gave me the material to add to the book, from a first-hand perspective. 

In the original version, Griffin and Helios travel from the site of Helio’s enslavement to their new home, re-kindling their romance and hoping that Helios would recover his memories. But as I reconsidered the story, I felt that as Helios had no memory of the near extinction of his people, he should see it in person.

So, Griffin takes him home.

It was a painful scene to write, not only from the perspective of the character, but for me, because I drove to neighborhoods and places I’d grown up in, that were ravaged by the Carr Fire. So, when you read that scene, it’s not much different from the day I drove through Keswick and saw the site of the fire tornado that leveled miles of homes and trees. 

My hope is that this scene ups the stakes for Helios and makes him understand what he’s facing when he returns to his people as a king rather than as a citizen. There are other added elements to the story, but thankfully, I didn’t remove or change any of the existing story. 

I’m very lucky, and very grateful that I had the opportunity to bring this book out a decade after it was initially released. And I hope readers enjoy it.

Blurb:

Pasha is a slave, whoring for travelers at the most treacherous bar on Warlan. The day Pasha spots the dangerous pirate in the bar, he knows he mustn’t let the stranger slip away, no matter what he must do to draw his attention.

Captain Griffin Hawke spent the better part of a decade searching for his lost king, only to find Helios Dayspring crouched between his legs, swathed in the robes and shackles of a whore. Though he is appalled by the downfall of his king, Grif falls for the sensual creature who has taken his place. After a brutal invasion stripped his people of nearly everything, they desperately need Helios to lead them. But returning him to the throne means smuggling him off the planet, disabling the chip that keeps him submissive and forgetful. They will face old enemies, traitors, and greedy opportunists who’d like to strip their new planet of its wealth.

It might mean Grif losing his lover… and they’ve both lost too much already.

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Belinda is an award-winning, top selling author of erotic romance, speculative fiction and LGBTQ romance. She lives in far Northern California with her family and a pack of Siberian Huskies and a few rogue Salukis

A graduate of CSU Chico, she managed to attend the notorious party school without once getting drunk, arrested or appearing in a "Girls Gone Wild" video. Her main focus of study was classical and archival history, cultural anthropology and theatre arts.

After several years in the workforce. Belinda purchased a laptop computer and from there, never stopped writing.

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