Crystal Kaswell

New Adult Romance Author

The Billionaire’s Need – Cover Reveal

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Coming December 15th, 2015

The second novel in The Billionaire’s Deal Series

featuring Kat’s little sister Lizzy and enigmatic alpha billionaire Nick

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Thanks so much to Aria at Resplendent Media for the beautiful cover! Look at that magenta dress– so gorgeous!

The Billionaire’s Need

Lizzy Wilder has a well-deserved chip on her shoulder. She keeps the world at a distance … except for her sister Kat. In fact, she’s miserable attending college three thousand miles from the only family she has left.

When she hears about a programming internship in NYC, Lizzy’s desperate to nail the interview so she can stay close to Kat. She’s the best candidate, but there’s one massive problem. The company’s CEO is Nick Marlowe–the impossibly sexy one night stand she never expected to see again.

Nick wants to pretend their encounter never happened.

But Lizzy can’t forget it … and soon it’s clear that the enigmatic, in-control billionaire wants her too. They begin a secret affair, but it comes at a price: Lizzy’s total submission.

What’s scary is how much she wants to surrender everything to him.

When Nick’s past comes back to haunt him, threatening everything he’s built, Lizzy faces an agonizing choice. Can she give up the man who’s stolen her heart? And if she does, can he forgive her?

The Billionaire’s Need is a full-length standalone novel with a strong, vulnerable heroine and an alpha male billionaire hero.

Sing Your Heart Out Teaser

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Sing Your Heart Out
The first book in the Sinful Serenade series.
Available October 6th, 2015 (exclusively on Amazon)

Each book can be read as a standalone.

The line for the bathroom snakes around the corner. It’s flat-out irresponsible–hosting a hundred-person party and making all but one bathroom off-limits. People have to pee.

The living room is still throbbing with beautiful people dancing, grinding, flirting. Kara must know where the other bathroom is. Wherever she is.

I push through the crowd, but there’s no sign of my best friend.

Someone bumps into me, her hip pressing firmly against my pelvis.

Screw upstairs being off-limits. This isn’t a church. It’s a band’s Hollywood mansion. I’m not about to pee my pants respecting the sanctity of rock stars’ bedrooms.

I sneak to the second floor. All the noise from the party is just as loud here–a mix of music and muffled voices.

The long hallway has five identical doors. I scan the wall, trying to figure out which is attached to the smallest room. There. Second on the left. That must be it.

I turn the knob and push the door open.

Not a bathroom.

Definitely not a bathroom.

There are two people in here. They’re tangled on the bed. The woman on all fours. The man kneeling behind her.

They’re naked.

They’re having sex.

His gaze goes to me. There’s no sign of embarrassment or awkwardness on his face. He’s totally unmoved.

The woman shrieks and scrambles off the bed, pulling a sheet over her chest.

“Miles, you fucker. I told you I don’t do threesomes!”

I try to move, but my legs aren’t cooperating. It’s like a fiery train wreck. I can’t bring myself to look away.

He’s still kneeling on the bed. Wearing nothing but a condom. I scan his body for a split second. It’s enough to register all the important details. He’s tall, broad shoulders and chest, sculpted abs, and below his bellybutton…

He’s hard.

He’s hard and he’s huge.

A blush spreads across my checks. I stammer, attempting and failing to speak. I’ve never seen that before. Not in person. In movies, sure. Textbooks, of course.

But never in person.

The guy, Miles, makes eye contact. He’s completely unaffected. “You mind?”

I take a step back. My legs are finally bending to my will. “Excuse me. I thought this was the bathroom.”

“Next door on the left.”

I know I’m red. Beet red. “Thanks.”

I pull the door closed so I’m alone in the hallway. Next door on the left.

I step into the bathroom, lock the door, and die of embarrassment.

The Billionaire’s Deal – My Inspiration

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There are dozens if not hundreds of amazing billionaire romance novels (J. Kenner is my favorite author in the genre), but none of them planted the idea for The Billionaire’s Deal.

No, my inspiration was The Hunger Games.

Sounds crazy, right? How can a book about teenagers killing each other have anything to do with a super hot BDSM themed billionaire Cinderella story. It doesn’t. It wasn’t the part about the games themselves that inspired me. It was Katniss in the Capitol and touring the districts, trying so hard to fit the image someone else wanted for her.

Since I have no inclination towards writing dystopia (too much world building) or towards writing YA (characters are too young for all the good parts), I had to make my idea work under the confines of New Adult and erotic romance.

Katniss Everdeen is not the first woman who has ever had to keep up appearances. It’s a burden that usually falls to women. We’re so used to it, we forget we’re trying to hide our feelings and suppress our desires. I wanted to take these everyday feelings–who hasn’t said she was fine to please a nosy coworker or a family member who just doesn’t get it–and take them up to 11.

Don’t get me wrong; The Billionaire’s Deal is in no way The Hunger Games fan fiction. I’m pretty sure Katniss Everdeen would have shot an arrow through Blake’s chest before he had the chance to finish his offer. (Let’s face it, Ms. Everdeen belongs with Peeta now and forever). But the book is very much inspired by the idea of being made over and paraded like a show pony to please someone else.

Only with romance and hot BDSM sex :p

Kat Wilder is an ordinary girl who puts family first, even when that family is just her sister. She’s been putting off her dreams and desires for so long that she barely remembers them.

Blake Sterling is a billionaire who is used to getting everything he wants. Only there are some things money can’t buy. (Though that won’t stop him from trying).

They pretend they’re in love, only pretending to be in love without falling in love isn’t as easy as it looks.

It’s one of my favorite tropes (one you’ll see me writing again!), and I think it fits perfectly with the theme of not losing yourself in an attempt to please other people.

~As always, thanks for reading ~

Crystal Kaswell news

There will be a special Kat and Blake Christmas episode available this holiday season. They’ll also be featured heavily in The Billionaire’s Need, the story of Lizzy and her alpha billionaire. Also available this holiday season.

In the meantime, I hope to fill your appetite for super hot romance with my new series, Sinful Serenade. This is a new adult/erotic romance novel series in the rock star niche. The first book, Sing Your Heart Out, releases in early October.