Annette Gisby says:
"I'm not usually a fan of threesomes, but for Tom, Jon and Baltsoros, it works for them. It is also realistic, with jealousy flaring at certain parts, with each wondering if they are welcome with the other couple. The sex scenes are raw and primal, with a veneer of sensuality that leaves your breathless."
"The style of Deckard is raw, heart wrenching, heartwarming, brutal, forceful and just a fantastic great read. The action is action, the sex is sex, the eroticism not something to miss, and the stories? Well, they are pretty amazing."
Michelle says:
"While in a futuristic setting complete with a visual of the world they are in, there is an almost equal balance of character development interwoven throughout the story where one would not work without the other. Deckard weaves a theme through his books of the men who long to be told they are good boys, and their counterpoints, the men who want to love them back even when they can’t or won’t admit it to themselves. The author is able to subtlety expose and peel back the intimate layers of these men. This elevates the book from a simple story to a uniquely crafted character exploration, even when all of their secrets are not offered."
Lisa says:
"After the back-to-back epics that are Caged and Sacrificed, Bey Deckard has taken a bit of a departure from both pirates and full-length novels with Sarge, a sci-fi novella set on a war-torn planet where to kill or to be killed is the underscore of each day for the men and women fighting a war not of their own making.
It would be easy to enumerate the ways in which this latest offering from Mr. Deckard differs from his Baal’s Heart series, not the least of which is that this story is futuristic while Baal’s Heart is set in a distant past. How they resemble each other, though, is twofold: first, there’s the fantasy aspect—this story being told from a time and place that is at once nondescript yet is an easily imagined setting, this time not the vastness of the world’s oceans but the immensity of outer space, and the barren and rugged landscape of a far off planet. Second is this story’s heroes, Sarge and Murphy, who, from page one, grab the reader’s attention when the harsh and unforgiving reality of their circumstances becomes evident thanks to the author’s vivid description of the action, the two men immersed in the thick of battlefield danger. These men are every bit as enigmatic and charismatic as their fictional pirate counterparts, though in different ways, and I was invested in their story right from the outset."
I want to touch you.
The stubble of your jaw against my palm,
Feel the give of your bottom lip pressed to mine,
Follow the curve of your bones and muscles beneath your flesh.
I want your scent on me as I lick the salt from your skin.
I want to drown my senses in your existence.
I want to learn you.
The way your voice changes when you say my name.
When you beg my name.
When you cry my name.
I want to hear your voice break like a wave against the rocks.
I want to see what fear looks like in your eyes.
SheReadsALot says:
"There's nothing like great dirty talk. And when it's paired with great D/s? It's like there's a jackpot to be read. And "Sarge", the first in the F.I.S.T.S. series, definitely has that in spades. In less than sixty pages, it gets the job done to portray a burgeoning relationship between two space marines who are fighting a losing battle on an alien planet."
Psychopath is an outdated term, psychologically-speaking. You cannot be diagnosed with psychopathy. That being said, when the term was bandied about with some validity by those who travail in the psychological arts, there was no distinction between psychopath and sociopath. Being a sociopath didn't mean you were a less-dangerous psychopath (like I once thought). It just sounded nicer. Who wants to be called a psycho?
Today, psychopath and its more palatable equivalent are sometimes used by headshrinkers as blanket terms to describe a variety of personality disorders (mostly cluster A and B): narcissistic, histrionic, borderline, antisocial, paranoid, etc.
However, the terms psychopath and sociopath are still used widely in law, by the general public, and most notably, in fiction.
Personally, I get a kick out of the word psychopath.
I also get a kick out of psychopaths themselves—at least on screen/in print. Some of my favourite characters (like ol' Freddie up there) are unrepentant psychopaths, and I wouldn't have them any other way.
Some are accidents of nature, born missing that integral part necessary for empathy. Others are created; whether by physical or psychological trauma, they somehow lose that bit of humanity.
I like writing psychopaths, and I'm fascinated by people's reactions to Captain Baltsaros. I fully expected readers to have issues with him—not everyone loves a dyed-in-the-wool killer the way I do. Some people really dislike him, and many plain don't understand what he is.
Baltsaros is charming, he's intelligent... but he's not lovable. Yet, some do like him, maybe even love him.
And that makes me smile. :)
Optimist ♰King’s Wench♰ says:
"I’m rapidly approaching hero worship with this author. This little nugget packs more of a punch than I had any right to expect in fifty odd pages. Sarge is a well constructed novella with fantastic world building, superb research into military speak, likable characters that are kinky and ON FI-YAH!"
Warren says: "The second in the Baal’s Heart series is a terrific continuance of the Caged story. It follows Baal’s Heart through the Spires with all the perils that that entails, and takes the ship and the crew into a world that is totally screwy.
[...]This portion of the series in no way lets up on the action, the romance, and the swashbuckling of the pirates. The adventures the three encounter in this story are imaginative and amazing."
Read the whole review at GGR-Review.com
Added bonus! Warren from GGR-Reviews.com interviewed me. :)
Hello Bey! Thank you so much for agreeing to do this interview for/with me. I am really excited to hear about you and your creative processes.
Warren: First of all, would you please tell us a little about your background and your interests; only as much as you feel comfortable telling? Things such as pets, hobbies, your education, and anything else we might find interesting.
Bey: Hm. Let’s see. I’m originally French Canadian, but you’d never know that my first language is French from hearing me talk. Was fully assimilated by the anglos when I moved to Montréal as a kid.
I have a dog named Murphy. He’s what most would consider a pit bull—a muscle-y, short-haired, blocky-headed little guy. He’s my best bud and is almost always by my side. Murph’s a real charmer; everyone loves him.
As for education, well, I have a bachelor’s in Fuck-All (BFA in Art History and part of a degree in Anthropology). I was intending on going back and doing a master’s in Archaeology, but then I somehow wound up in the software industry and was a corporate drone and manager at a big company for over a decade.
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Wondering which retailer pays me the most?
#1 is Payhip. Not a retailer, but an online shop that I've set up myself. This is where I make the most return on my books.
Then after that it gets a little complicated, but these are the three best choices:
At Eden Books*, I make 70% royalties for all titles.
At Smashwords, I make 60% royalties for all titles.
At Amazon, for books OVER $2.99 (USD) I make 70% royalties and for books UNDER $2.99 I make 35%
So... if the book is under $2.99, buy from Eden Books or Smashwords.
If the books is over $2.99, buy from Eden Books or Amazon.
But best of all, buy from my Payhip store :)
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