Have
you ever wanted to take control of a story you're reading? Give it
another ending? Have the heroine end up with the charming beta nerd
rather than his annoyingly alpha friend?
Silkwords
has pioneered a new, interactive technology that allows you to
control the direction of the stories you’re reading.
With
gorgeous custom covers and a clean, sophisticated design, the
SilkWords site offers a secure, upscale reading environment. In
addition to content on their web site, they offer stories for
purchase in the standard e-book formats.
SilkWords
is owned and operated by a full-time mom with a background in
genetics and an RWA RITA-nominated, multi-published sci-fi romance
author.
Their
technology guy and site designer was the founder of Microsoft Xbox
Live.
Silk
Words features two formats that allow readers to choose how the
stories will proceed.
Pick
Your Path
Will
she or won't she? With which man (or woman) in which location? With
Pick Your Path romance, you decide. Romance and branched fiction are
made for each other, like picking your favorite flavor of ice
cream...positions, partners, and paraphernalia, oh my!
Reader
Vote
Readers
vote at choice points and decide how the story will continue. These
stories are a great way for readers and authors to connect. It’s
exciting to be part of a developing story!
Veteran
romance and erotica author Erzabet Bishop has a new book out with Silkwords –
Holiday Cruise. Erin goes
on a cruise with friends, her first holiday away from home
as a college student. She meets a female decorator and a man who will
help steer her into some sexy holiday memories.
This
16K “Pick Your Path” interactive romance lets you choose who Erin
ends up with -- and what happens afterwards. To guide Erin through the maze of erotic possibilities
open to her, go to the Silkwords website:
You
can also buy the book in standard ebook formats at Amazon
or All
Romance Ebooks.
Here
are a couple of excerpts to whet your appetite!
Nice
Excerpt
Erin
Chapman stared out at the crowd, and her insides tightened. "Why
did I let you guys talk me into this?" The tiny black wrap dress
rested high on her thighs, hugging every curve. Her fingers fluttered
along the bottom of the skirt, unconsciously pulling at the hem. The
new four-inch black heels wobbled. For a second, Erin remained afraid
she was going to topple over. She shifted her weight anxiously,
resting her hands on the table as she waited with Jace for Nolan and
the girls to show up. She listened to the pulse of the music, a
lively upbeat version of "Jingle Bells," and it made her
smile.
Her
friends meant well bringing her on this weekend cruise, but she
wasn’t really in the festive mood. They’d been good to her in her
first foray into college and the big city. Just a year ago, she’d
been trying to get into schools and obsessing about how to break
things off with Dylan, her fiancé.
So
get over him already and move on with your life.
"Why
don't you sit down?" Jace patted a stool next to his at the tall
silver bar-style table. "They shouldn't be too much longer."
Erin
laughed. "Are you kidding? Somebody I know made this skirt so
short, I'd be advertising my wares before my backside even made it to
the top of the stool."
"Spoilsport."
Erin
rolled her eyes and tugged at the fastenings, making sure the dress
stayed secured tightly, yelping when she saw the ties had almost
slipped apart. Oh, god. That's all I need.
Jace
slapped at her hand, a cross expression on his face.
"Girl,
you’d better not wreck that dress. I have to turn that in for
design class next week." He leaned in and kissed her on the
cheek. "You’re divine. Go with it." His boyish features
sported a shock of sandy brown hair and a muscular form that would
have given the football players back home in Tyson's Grove a run for
their money.
"I
realize that, Jace." Erin smiled sheepishly. "I'm just not
used to wearing something this um ... short." Erin brushed her
long black hair out of her eyes and tucked it behind her ear. If
she’d been thinking more clearly and hadn’t been so freaked out
by tonight's last-minute invitation, she would have pinned it up or
something. Now it was just going to be in her eyes all night. She
gave a mental sigh and watched the crowd move to the music, envious
of their fearlessness.
"You're
doing me a favor. I want to see my new project come to life. Three
years of fashion design, and I am going to get this one in the school
show this semester." He brandished his cell phone, and a bright
white light strobed outward.
"Jace!"
Erin threw up her hands and slugged him in the arm. "Quit it!"
Stars flickered behind her eyes as the flash momentarily blinded her.
"Nope."
He grinned. "You're my star attraction tonight."
"I
thought I was." Nolan stepped up behind him and wound his arms
around his lover's waist.
"Hey,
Nolan. Any sign of the girls?" Erin was thankful for the
reprieve. Nolan remained the more studious of the pair. He was the
one who’d answered the phone the day she’d applied for the room
for rent. What might have been a horrific first time away from home
was eased by the makeshift family the five of them had become over
the last few months. She’d been terrified when she’d found out
the dorms were already full. To find a room in the gorgeous Victorian
house nearby had been total luck.
"Nope.
Not yet. When I saw them last, they were working their way up the
check-in line up on deck." Nolan pressed a quick kiss on Jace’s
cheek and sent Erin an appraising glance. His firm mouth curled as if
he was always on the edge of laughter, and the confident set of his
shoulders never failed to communicate that he was an alpha male.
"Nice
dress. It really is stunning on you, Erin."
Erin
blushed, smoothing her hands down the front of the sleek black dress.
"Thanks. Do you think it's too short?"
Nolan
grinned, his arm around Jace. "With legs like that? No way. Come
on. Live a little! Get out there and find someone to play with."
Naughty
Excerpt
The
flash of the camera was the only sound in the room.
"You
moved."
"Sorry."
"No
... here, turn toward me and bend down seductively and raise the hem
of the dress up your leg. I want to see some thigh. Try to look
innocent. Maybe a little beguiling."
Erin
snorted. "Okay." She schooled her face to smooth out and
did as he asked, her dark hair sweeping down, the bodice revealing
her cleavage and the skirt rising to scandalous levels to show her
creamy white thigh.
Another
flash, and Alex was moving.
"Now
I want you to go to the bed and lie down. Raise your hands above your
head and hold onto the headboard."
Erin
rose from the chair and made her way to the massive bed. There was a
stool placed next to the bed so she could climb up. She settled in
her spot, straightened the skirt around her legs, lay down, and
reached up to grasp the headboard.
About
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