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Her Ravishing Heartless Prince by AP Von Kory

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He’s a prince with more than a thousand-year-old lineage, but he’d burn down the planet for her.

Her Ravishing Heartless Prince

A Standalone Spinoff from the Golden Shana series

by A P VON K’ORY

Genre: Steamy Contemporary Romantic Suspense

He’s a European prince with over a thousand-year-old
lineage and he hates her as much as he craves her

Alyssa

When I’m introduced to Prince Carl-Theodor Frederick Maximillian Christoph Albert Maria Johann Anselm 17th Prince of Saxony-Bremer and Lautenburg-Bornheim an-der-Elbe, I’m as breathless as his endless name. Something savage twists inside me. Gorgeous and charming as he might be, I don’t trust men like him, men who believe they’re a superior species, who wield near-unlimited power with the license of ancient nobility.

Instinct warns me to keep away or I might get burnt to a cinder.

It’s easier and safer to pretend he doesn’t touch me. So I use my imagination to dream up insults, abusing and defaming him and his family. Meanwhile, I try to avoid him.

Until I can’t, because he turns out to be irresistible. Soon, he has me on my knees before him, which, alas, is exactly where I want to be. But what does he want? Prince Hot and Cold, arctic ice and lava, he brings me to the edge of insanity.


Prince Carl-Theodor of Saxony-Bremer

At first sight, Alyssa blinds me with her beauty.

Then she wrecks my being like a derailed express train.

Never has anyone so deeply insulted me or my family. Rage transfixes me, my pride so deeply injured that it seems my heart bleeds into my innards.

Since my father died, I am Head, Protector, and Defender of the House of Saxony-Bremer. I won’t endure hearing my family slandered, then do nothing about it. I vow to avenge my bloodline, to pay her back in kind for her vicious words. I’ll make her hurt, make her taste her own medicine.

But hurting her f*cking turns around to hurt me. I can bend her to my will, but once she’s tamed, once she hurts like hell, her pain reaches out to me. Have I committed myself to a vow I can’t keep?

NOTE: This book has content for mature readers 18 and over.

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The Chase

Golden Shana Book 1 

A glimpse of her in the opera house made me a walking calamity. A dismissive smirk instead of her name scorched me. I’d hunt her down till I find and claim her as mine.

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The Capture

Golden Shana Book 2

 I longed to erect a fortress around her to keep out men not worthy of looking at her. But she’ll not be safe; I’ll devour her myself.

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The Untouchable

Golden Shana Book 3 

I loved owning women, then I found my woman. But she would never be owned, not even by the gods. I’m soon waging wars with her dangerous criminal ex.

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The Deception

Golden Shana Book 4

My fearless woman goes after her tormentor behind my back. A dangerous criminal who eludes Europol and Interpol. I must eliminate the enemy before he harms her.

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The Conquest

Golden Shana Book 5

I’m going to hurt her, but I’d rather kill our love than have my empress bound with the chains of a dead man who’d been her nightmare for more than ten years…

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A P von K’Ory writes romance, psychological thrillers, and nonfiction. She loves diversity – it’s in her aristocratic DNA. She has won more than half a dozen prizes and awards from four continents. Her family stretches from the Nilotes of the Eastern African Nile Delta to Germany, France, and the Walloons (Belgium). She lectures Economics and Sociology in Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. She’s married and has a son. Being migratory –  and weather willing –  she lives in Germany, France, Cyprus, and Greece. 

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Ten Things My Heroine Will Never Tolerate & My Hero Would Never Dream of Doing to Her in Their Relationship

A P von K’Ory

Writing New Adult steamy romance novels, I lend words to some pretty “hairy” relationships. Conflict by the heaps because that’s what it’s all about, or I wouldn’t have a story readers want to devour.

But all roads of the character arc preferably lead to HEA, right?

So when the HEA is reached, my heroine is aware that there are still rules to adhere to because we’re all very different individual beings. Compromises must be made where called for. I never allow my heroines to make sacrifices or tolerate anything purely to “make him happy”. Nor do I let her suffer in silence “in the name of love”. Secretly, I actually believe that my hero has the “duty” to be the one making sacrifices and being tolerant to make her happy. Yes, I’m totally woman, old- or new-fashioned. I love those doors being opened for me, I adore being helped out of and into my coat, or having hubby and his male friends rise and button up their jackets when I enter a room, or when I get up to go powder my nose. And when I come back from the powdering too, of course.

I’m not a fan of misogynists in whatever veiled shade, shape or inclination. I’ve seen my bestie heartbroken and in bitter fights with her own child because the pubescent girl (thank internet and our smart kids) asked mother dear whether rape, beating, tying up, burning with candles and letting the boy/man wrap his hands around her throat and choke her was the norm in sex? And was that how dad and mother dear made her? The girl, in resolute disgust, swore off sex forever.

But I do get weak-kneed and love strong dominant men who are perfect gentlemen – until they get to the bedroom.

That said, my heroines don’t fall into that trap so many women end up in: That when he does something good or loving, it cancels out all the bad. Like in real life, that never works in the end, it simply becomes a habit and with that comes resignation. Mutual consent is not the equivalence of a restaurant’s “all you can eat”. I make sure my heroine has an alternative ‘safeword’ for “this isn’t what I thought it was or imagined it would be like”, when a situation crops up that hadn’t been anticipated and shouldn’t happen in any circumstance. A heroine’s consent isn’t “all inclusive”.

And compromises are not made solo.

Here are ten things I make sure my heroine’s man would never, ever dream of doing:

1. Prince Charming or Bad Boy, he’d never hold her past against her.

2. Despite his family, himself or (if he has them with someone else) his children, she remains his Numero Uno of all Numero Unos. She comes first and at his side when he needs to take care of the family, children, or needs some alone time for himself. She’ll never be the spare wheel, never left in the back seat. 

3. He’d never wrinkle his nose, accuse her or call her names because of her sexual desires or preferences. Of course she’ll tell him about them. It’s where the relationship runs healthy on mutual compromises.

4. Likewise, he’d never expect her to fulfill all of his fantasies. People are too individual as human beings and will never end up with a loved one who is precisely like them in the fantasy department. 

5. Even while angry, he’d never turn that anger on her by belittling or humiliating her. If he’s stewing within, he’ll still treat her with respect. He’d never talk down to her or speak to her with total disregard of her feelings. Even in a BDSM relationship, fundamental humanity is prerogative in the couple’s shared life. It’s why people describe it as “role playing”. Shared normal and everyday life and love isn’t role playing.

6. He’d never toss the I’m-not-talking-to-you BS at her. I’m personally very averse to withdrawal as a form of physical and emotional punishment and I project this on my heroines. Whatever stress, quarrel or disagreement he’s had with her or with someone or something else, using coldness as punishment is one of the unhealthiest traits in a relationship. In a non-toxic relationship, he’ll tell her why he wants to be alone, however long that might be. She might fret with concern but she’ll be aware of the reason why he wants his privacy.

7. He’d never be frivolous or cavalier about her feelings. A man intent on a healthy relationship will not discount her feelings constantly, making her wonder if there is something wrong with her.

8. He won’t make fun of her in front of friends. My heroine jolly well knows the difference between fond teasing and malicious commentary, however jocular.

9. He’d never skirt around soothing her fears or insecurities. Instead, he’ll help her face her fears head-on particularly after a confrontation between the two of them, or a nasty situation or occurrence that unsettled her. The unhealthy man doesn’t have time to make you feel better, nor does he care why you’re upset. I never let my heroine tolerate any of this but rather speak out about her feelings on the subject.

10. My heroine will never tolerate a selfish man. A good loving man can give back without any selfishness wedged in. He wants to give her his all, and is willing to give up what doesn’t make her happy. He wants to be his best self to her. He’s healthy enough to take but also give back, and ready to apologize if he acts selfishly. Best of all, he’s ready to change his behavior exclusively for her happiness.

Author Interview – A P vonK’Ory

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I would like to welcome Akinyi Princess of K’Orinda-Yimbo (aka. A P von K’Ory) to my blog today.

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  •  What is your name and where do you call home?

My full name – Akinyi Princess of K’Orinda-Yimbo/Akinyi Prinzessin von K’Orinda-Yimbo – is all but “unsuitable” for an author, although I’ve published both fiction and nonfiction books using my own full name.

My publisher requested me to find a shorter, more memorable name. So I came up with a corrupted short form of my full name: A P von K’Ory. I now write all my books (except political/humanities nonfiction) with the shorter version.

I’d love to call the entire planet home, but I’ll limit myself to Germany, France and Greece.

  • Do you have a pen name?

As I’ve just mentioned: A P von K’Ory, which is not entirely “fake” but a corrupted short version of my name.

  • What is the name of your most recent book and if you had to sum it up in 20 or fewer words, what would you say?

As with all my fiction romances (that have a lot based on my own life and experiences) Secret Shades Aroused (Book 1) and Secret Shades Revealed (Book 2) are literary interracial romance novels.

“A Ferrarian love triangle between two Catalan cousins and the British-Cypriot Helena who has them throwing punches at each other while she struggles with a secret she hides even from herself.”

Oi, that’s way over 20, so let me try again…

“A Ferrarian love triangle and an interracial romance that has plots in Kenya, UK, Spain and Cyprus.” 17 words, yay!

  • Is the above book part of a series?

Yes it is, and all the books in the series are full-length novels of about 80K words each.

  • What or who inspired you to start writing? And how long have you been writing?

My dreams, even the nightmares. I’d want to put them in words as soon as I woke up, sweaty and shaking or not, and that from the time I could read and write. I was fascinated by this other “life” that I could only live while asleep, so I wanted it recorded, so to speak. That would put the length of my writing career at way over four decades!

  • How did you come up with the cover? Who designed the cover of your book(s)?

Since Secret Shades is based largely on a true story, I went for photos that looked closest to those real people I based the story on. Then I did the designing myself.

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  • Did you listen to any particular songs while writing your book(s)?

My muse is always Edvard Grieg. But if I turn on some pop songs whose lyrics inspire a scene for me, I stop writing and simply listen to the song, with eyes closed, working my own scene into the words and situation. If it’s a clubbing scene I want, I’m up dancing away to the song just as I’d describe my heroine dancing and feeling.

  • How did you come up with the title for your book(s)?

Easy. Helena has a secret, so originally I had HELENA’S SECRET as the title. But my very stern editor and critique-r, master Ken Mulholland, called the title “pedestrian, like The Day Kate Went to the Market”. So I changed it to Secret Shades, since Helena’s secret has everything to do with the continuum of colour.

  • Do you have a book trailer? If so where can we watch it?

Nope. I’m convinced most book trailers tend to “lie” to the reader and mislead. But maybe one of these days I’ll change my mind, who knows?

  • Do you prefer e-books, paperbacks, hard-covers or audio-books?

So far, I prefer hardcovers of my fave authors, paperbacks and e-books. I’ve never had an experience with an audio-book. Totally virgin territory.

  • Are you a self-published/Indie author?

I’m both traditionally published and self-published. Those books of mine that are important to me, whether fiction or nonfiction, and with messages I want to share with others, but do not fit the so-touted “commercial” and therefore not of much – if any – interest to a traditional publisher, I publish myself. Wow, a rather lengthy sentence there! My adored editor Betsi Newbury would see red!

  • If you’re a self-published/Indie author what made you go that route instead of the traditional publishing route?

I think that’s answered above. I have books that matter to me and are not the sort of mass readership commercial books publishers want to have. So I self-publish those myself via my AuthorMeProfessionals Press.

  • Have you ever read a book more than once? And if so what was it?

Yes, often actually. I do this when a book fascinates me by its weaves and wefts, characters and plots, such as Tom Rob Smith books (Child 44, Secret Speech, Agent 6). By the second read, I read the book as a writer, not as a reader.

  • What is your opinion of novellas?

To each his or her preference. But to be honest I have the same opinion about novellas – especially the series ones – as I have about book trailers.

  • Have you ever read a book just based on its cover?

Hardly. But book covers often attract me to the book and lead to my reading the blurb or reading the beginning and ending page of the book. If the story turns out to be nothing the cover conveyed to me at first sight, I’m not likely to buy the book.

  • What is your favorite film based on a book?

Gone With the Wind and The Godfather, in equal measures.

  • What is your favorite book genre at the moment?

Erotic romance, to feel my way through the genre. They’re suddenly all the rage, right?

  • What books have made it onto your wish list recently? And why?

Jo Nesbo and Lee Child, because these authors have unique characters.

  • What book are you reading at the moment? And in what format?

I confess that I prefer reading books rather than e-books. Right now I’m reading J. Kenner’s erotica trilogy’s last book, Erfüllen (Complete Me is the English title). I’ve read all the 3 books in the German version. I must confess I liked the first and second books a lot better than this last one – the two had more substance to the story as opposed to little snippets of inconsequence between porn after porn after porn… My opinion.

  • If you could invite any four (4) celebrities (alive or dead) to your dinner party, who would you invite and why?

The De Niros and the Obamas. The former because I love the company of interracial couples (note comparing and all that), and the second because, well, as a Luo and Kenyan, the FLOTUS and the POTUS make me feel so good and proud to be a Luo. It’s human, I guess. If you allowed a fifth person, I’d have included another Luo – Lupita Nyong’o.

  • What’s the best advice that you have been given when it comes to writing?

Erm, *scratching head* you’d have to ask Ken Mulholland that. Or Editor Betsi Newbury. I’m a sort of free radical here, and often break rules or ignore advice.

  • Do you have any hobbies that are not related to reading & writing?

How about cookery, horses, and flying choppers and light aircraft? Otherwise, the list would be too long.

  • Where can your readers follow you?

I’d love them to follow me and/or personally interact with me at the links below. And thanks an ocean, Nina, for this lovely interview.

 

Visit my websites at                         http://akinyi-princess.de

http://AuthorMePro.eu

http://apvonkorybooks.co.uk

Follow/Like me on her pages        http://facebook.com/AuthorAPVonKOry

http://facebook.com/AWGADIN

Join my Groups and discuss         http://facebook.com/groups/AWITD

http://facebook.com/groups/AfricRomance

Chat with me at her FB pages       http://facebook.com/KOrindaYimbo

http://facebook.com/akinyi.yimbo

http://facebook.com/Professionaless62bloggerP

Follow me on Twitter                       @Apky11162  and   @AkinyiMe

 

I have to say thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts with me and with my readers.

If anyone has questions or comments for A P, please leave a comment below and she will answer you here. Otherwise, thank you for joining today. I hope you will check out some of A P’s books and share your thoughts with us as well.