Title: Unraveling
Author: S. P. Aruna
Series: Girl Within Girl Book 1
Genre: Erotic Thriller
Publisher: BookBaby
Release Date: Oct 15 2016
Edition ~ 1st /Formats ~ eBook
Blurb/Synopsis:
Katrina is never alone. She is bound to others inside her, tighter than any Siamese twins could ever be: Cherry, the freewheeling photojournalist, Anisa, the covert spy-assassin, and others as yet unknown, all sharing her body and mind as she goes about her work in a psychiatric hospital. But she is starting to unravel, and her sole hope is the handsome Dr. Sean Paisley, the only one who can make her whole again.
Katrina is never alone. She is bound to others inside her, tighter than any Siamese twins could ever be: Cherry, the freewheeling photojournalist, Anisa, the covert spy-assassin, and others as yet unknown, all sharing her body and mind as she goes about her work in a psychiatric hospital. But she is starting to unravel, and her sole hope is the handsome Dr. Sean Paisley, the only one who can make her whole again.
** Girl Within Girl is a dark erotic thriller that wanders through a
sensual maze of manipulation and mind control. **
I knew what I had to do. From my purse I took out a
ball-point pen. But not an ordinary ball-point pen. I looked at the man by my
side, a swarthy, rather good - looking man, well-built, sleeping on his back,
apparently naked, a sheet scantily covering what was below his hairy chest, his
equally hairy legs spread out. He was lightly snoring.
I studied his arm, particularly the hollow inside his elbow.
Clicking the pen open, I looked for a good vein. Then I stabbed it with the
pen.
He jerked up, eyes wide. "What you fucking doing!"
Then just as abruptly, he plopped down, dead. I checked his
carotid for confirmation of this, and as sure as the pope was Catholic, there
was no pulse, his heart had stopped completely as expected.
I looked at the digital clock on the night table: 3:30 A.M.
I am what I am: a cold-hearted psychopathic bitch. But it
pays well.
Anisa Grant: professional spy, agent provocateur, assassin.
I don't do liquidation jobs because I necessarily like them more than other
assignments; it's just that they're the most lucrative.
I got dressed quickly into a pair of jeans and a blue cotton
blouse, took my passport out of my duffle bag, left the room and the bag, and
descended down the staircase. A short dark man comically dressed in white
intercepted me at the bottom, but I was prepared. I gave him a karate blow
across his windpipe and he was down. I ran to the front door and unbolted all
the locks. An alarm sounded, and I hesitated for a moment, knowing that in
seconds all the bodyguards would be surrounding the villa. I flung open the
doors and bolted to my left. I knew that the weakness in their cordon -
reconnaissance had told me beforehand - was to the southeast where there was no
entrance to the house. I sprinted in
that direction towards the perimeter, a wall capped with razor wire. Shots were
being fired, and I suspected they had seen me, making me more frantic. I leapt
at the wall, scrambled up and over the top and through the razor wire,
shredding my clothes and ripping my skin. I flipped over the side and landed on
my ass, jolting me to stand up immediately and take off running to my
rendezvous despite the pain. Breathing
so hard that my raspy inhalations made screeching, panic-stricken animal-like
sounds, I batted away the foliage of the tropical growth in front of me, my
legs pumping, my feet digging in to get momentary purchase as I ran down a
muddy hill, the adrenaline rush making my heart pound, nearly freaking me out
until I saw the Humvee in the moonlight. The door opened, I jumped in, and panted
in relief as it bounced through the jungle night.
Tell us a little about the book and where did you get the
idea to write this story.
The book is dark erotica, yet a thriller at the same time,
and the story weaves in and out of three lives of the same woman, each one full
of unknown consequences, keeping the reader on edge as to what is going to
happen next. In short, there is an entertainment element besides the sex scenes
in glamorous situations - there is a strong plot, something not easy to find in
erotica novels.
Another aspect of the story which would appeal to many
readers is the ability to escape out of the ordinary humdrum of our lives.
Each of us has multiple sides to our personality. On top of
that, many people have fantasies of being someone else and of doing things that
go outside the boundaries of our day-to-day existence. For Katrina Novack, she
can accomplish these things through her alter-egos of Cherry Cummins, the
freelance photojournalist who travels to exotic places and meets many famous
people, and Anisa Grant, a kick-ass spy assassin who succeeds in her missions
through cold calculation and ruthless execution.
Inspiration came from my husband (also an undiscovered
author), but the idea itself came from the true story of Candy Jones, a popular
pinup girl of the 1940's, who, a decade later, ended up as a hypno-programmed
spy for the CIA. I read a book, The CIA's Control of Candy Jones, by
Donald Bain, and I thought this would make a good novel. Candy went on missions
under an alter-ego called Arlene Grant, but Candy was unaware of what Arlene
did. In other words she was a real life Manchurian Candidate.
How and when did you get started writing novels?
In terms of commercial writing, Girl Within Girl is my first
work, although I have worked for several years as an editor for a local
magazine. My husband is also an author and he spends quite a bit of time on his
own doing just that. So I decided I'd try to spend my private time in the same
way.
What’s the best and worst part of being a writer?
The best part is creating a world you can escape to. When we
read we take our minds someplace else, and with writing the process is even
more intense. Sometimes I have a problem with time management - there are times
when daily living gets in the way and you can't be by the keyboard. Then
there's the infamous malady of writer's block. But I think the hardest (and
worst) part is marketing - I'm not very good at touting my own work.
What is your writing
schedule like?
Totally unpredictable, which means there is no real
schedule, though I do tend to write in the evenings.
Where do you get your ideas?
Mainly from other books, combined with the things in my head
when I daydream.
Is there something about you or your life that readers
might be surprised about?
I'm half French, half Khmer (Cambodian), and I live in the
countryside of southern Cambodia with my American author husband. I'm not sure
how surprising that is.
Do you write a novel straight through? Or revise as you
go? Plan a whole series in advance? Or does the series evolve?
A combination of both: I do some revision, mostly when I
have writer's block and need to get back on track. Then when it's finished I do
a final revision before submitting to an editor. Having an editor is important.
Do you use Beta readers?
I haven't yet, but I am seriously considering it for the
next book.
What’s next?
The next book of the Girl Within Girl series - which
is called Healing.
I'm a Cambodian woman
of mixed blood, married to an aspiring author, and of course he had something
to do with my idea to write entertaining fiction. We live in a little green
house in the countryside in southern Cambodia. No kids yet, but we're working
on it.
I live on a large plot of land and I enjoy taking care of my
trees, plants, and flowers. I also love embroidery, stitching to make beautiful
pictures. It's very meditative for me. And then I frame them and put them all
over the walls of my house, which drives my husband crazy.
I'm a newbie when it comes to being an author, but being an
avid reader with eclectic tastes (I enjoy reading just about any genre as well
as non-fiction) has helped me in my plunge to write commercial fiction. Since I
love erotic thriller type films, I decided to write an erotic thriller series.
I like the challenge of devising a strong plot to embed my sexy scenes.
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