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Hunter Dane is
absolutely Alpha at his job and a total submissive with his true Dom,
Camden Snow. Some have asked me:
An
Alpha Sub? How Can That Be?
There’s an amazing
amount of pure nonsense slung around these days about being an”Alpha”
male or female. Here’s some now:
“She [Alpha female] is unabashedly sexy as well as career oriented.
Her towering four-inch stilettos march off to the office, the store,
the judge’s chambers, and her lacquered-red soles send a “follow
me” signal, straight to the bedroom.” source
So. No pressure!
Srsly? Being an
Alpha female requires marching around a courtroom in front of a judge
or jury in four inch fuck-me heels? So she can make sure she isn’t
taken seriously? Can have crippling arthritis in her feet in a few
years?
It’s just as bad
for men, apparently. This article requires men to change the way they
walk to “become” an Alpha:
“Alpha males walk slow but with strong steps. Unlike a beta male
who just walks fast or uses a walk to get from point A to point B, an
alpha male knows his walk can make him stand out.”
Oh, dear God. Then
we come to this, a standard trope in modern romance:
“Alpha males take control. They are dominant. They tell people what
to do. They take over situations when necessary. Alpha males are seen
as powerful. They are the king of the mountain."
source
Hey, at least they
don’t have to stay up there in 4-inch stilettos.
SO WHAT IS ALPHA?
Alphaism in social
structure is a common component of animal studies. But for humans,
let’s use an older, but much better descriptor for Alpha: opinion
leader. This excellent definition comes from a business
dictionary:
OPINION LEADERS:
1. General: Influential members of a community, group, or society
to whom others turn for advice, opinions, and views.
2. Marketing: Minority group (called early adopters) that passes
information on new products (received from the media) to less
adventuresome or not as well informed segments of the population.
source
If you hang out in a
4th grade classroom, you’ll soon identify which kids are opinion
leaders (OPs).
The OP in a group,
what we might call the Alpha, is the one people look at when a
surprising or scary situation arises. Whether a clown or a
rattlesnake enters the room, everyone looks at the OP for a clue as
to how to feel or respond. This kind of Alphahood is a natural trait.
Jury Duty:
Someone can learn to manipulate the social situation - 12 strangers
in a room - so that they are elected jury foreman. But during
deliberations, the OP/Alpha—male or female, sitting anywhere at the
table—is the one the other jurors will listen to. This OP/Alpha may
be unassuming or gregarious, or anything in-between. Being Alpha has
nothing to do with expressing sexuality in terms of Dominance or
submission.
… all of us, along with several other mammal species, appear to
possess subcortical circuits for sexual dominance as well as
submission. ...
source
You don’t need to
find neural pathways in an autopsy to know this. Every individual,
female or male, is on a status continuum. They will be dominant
relative to some people and submissive relative to others.
Sexually, people
like a partner who rolls them onto their backs and takes over,
because it mimics the partner being the Dominant who has chosen them.
People like to roll someone onto their back and take over because it
mimics being the Dominant and having another submit. Sometimes, both
partners like doing both things in the same session!
D/s is
a continuum. Some are further along the dominance scale, some the
submissive. Some switch between extremes, and some are just hanging
out in the middle.
And any of them can
be an Alpha opinion leader or a Delta jury foreman who attained
artificial Alphahood and was relegated to counting the votes and
ordering lunch.
Meet Hunter Dane and Camden Snow
BOOK 1
Title: On His Knees (#1 Cam & Hunter 4Ever)
Author: Adira August
Publisher: RedDeer
Length: 13k words/76 Kindle pages
Genres: Contemporary gay, BDSM, erotica
As a homicide cop, every blood-soaked crime scene settled in my bones and snaked around my spine. There was only one way to exorcise the images from my soul ...
Inside the club, I stopped to scan the room. He was here, Camden Snow. A Norse sex god in the guise of unpretentious youth. Only his ice-blue eyes gave evidence of the Dom who took whomever he wished, whatever way he wanted, with a look and a nod. Merciless. Cam found me watching him and fixed me with his arctic gaze. This time, I didn't walk away. He cocked an eyebrow.
Well? The last thing I needed was mercy. I dropped to my knees.
A frank exploration of the D/s dynamic between two powerful men. Consensual. Adult. Intense.
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BOOK 2
Title: Matchstick Men: Hunter Dane Investigation 1
(Book 2 of 3 in the HuntandCan4ever series)
Author: Adira August
Publisher: RedDeer
Genre/s: Police Procedural, Murder Mystery, Contemporary Gay Erotica, BDSM
Length: 48k words/ 274 pages
Congratulations to Adira August on her nomination in this year's
Goodreads M/M Romance Best BDSM category.
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/19049818-best-bdsm.
Blurb
SEX, GAMES and MURDER
Want to play?
It was munch night at the most elite underground BDSM club in the Rockies. Relaxed and informal, highlighted by the weekly Matchstick Challenge game. Detective Sergeant Hunter Dane, reigning champion, looked forward to a relaxing evening to start his 3 days off. A few beers on the deck. An interlude with a sweet sub. Stumping a challenger with a new puzzle. Home early for a decent night's sleep.
Some people are SO deadly serious about their games.
Now Hunt has a fresh body and a new puzzle to solve in twenty-four hours if he wants to find a killer.
A 48k police procedural with a liberal dose of M/M hotness. Which means our fave full-metal Dom shows up to collect on Hunter's offer of his ... coffer. So to speak. There are puzzles for the reader and mysteries to be solved. Based on characters introduced in the short story On His Knees.
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BOOK 3
Title: Dancing Men: Hunter Dane Investigation 2
(Book 3 of 3—and counting—in the HuntandCam4ever series)
Author: Adira August
Publisher: RedDeer
Genre/s: Police Procedural, Murder Mystery, Gay erotica, BDSM
Length: 70k words/385 pages
You have to bury the past, or the past will bury you.
An ancient burial urn, empty for millennia, is suddenly not so empty. When Detective Lieutenant Hunter Dane probes the murder at Natural History Museum, it's his own past that haunts him. To solve the complex case, Hunter needs the talents of Camden Snow, the brilliant, beautiful, “no limits” Dom who'd helped him unravel a very peculiar, and very personal, murder.
But Cam's ready to kill Hunt, himself! Their high-intensity D/s relationship that began in a playroom, ended in an emergency room. “If you want to be with me, you'll have to do more make some big re-entry gesture,” Cam said. “That’s just more drama. You’ll have to work for this, Hunter.”
“All right. What work would that be?” Hunter asked, eager to perform any penance Cam gave him.
“You’re the champion puzzle-solver and ace detective. Unravel a mystery.” Hunter’s brows pulled together.
“What mystery?” “Me."
For adults who love some mystery with their men. A 70k police procedural with a liberal dose of M/M heat. The 2nd of the Hunter Dane Investigations. Matchstick Men, their 1st case, also available on Amazon. Their next case, Psychic Men, will be out in spring of 2018
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About the Author
TYPOS ARE MY TRADEMEARK
I write mostly BDSM EROTICA because I love exploring the power dynamics in terms of the love relationships. The work is explicit. It's always consensual. If you have triggers about certain kinds of practices, use discretion. I do not make kink lists for my titles.
I went to school interminably, it seemed like. I studied anthropology and paleontology and genetics and literature and theology and ancient Greek. I chased down bad guys, raised children, climbed mountains, played poker, searched for dinosaurs and have had a rather large number of lovers. (I'm not giving up any numbers because TMI) Through it all, I wrote.
No wonder I'm so tired.
*AUTHOR'S NOTE*
You can read all my books stand-alone. There's plenty of information about what happened previously in Hunt and Cam's story for you to easily follow their relationship arc. The mysteries are always complete within the stories.
BUT if you're a romance lover, the relationship story is not a romance. It is a love story. But it's also the story of two independent Alpha males: one gay and one bisexual, one Dom and one switch with a preference for BDSM. And they aren't simple, take it from someone who shares headspace with them.
I love these guys. They surprise me and challenge me and break my heart, sometimes. They inspire me.
(Just some FYI for the new readers. Hi. Welcome.)
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Thanks so much for promoting my boys! I love that you used their images, they are my favorites!
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DeleteI love these books. They are awesome. I still am not sure if I can forgive you that massive blow in book two (or is it three if I count the novella). When is the next book coming out?
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