SEX and the SINGLE ELF

Everyone who has read Touch of Shadow calls my mc "the Elf"...in spite of the fact that he is NON-Elf,and his race is clearly designated as Eldheni (hence the name of this blog) there are some unmistakable traits that clearly will always make him "the Elf"

Not least among these is the fact that we all thoroughly enjoy the scenes in the book with 'the nekkid elf' because, well, he is so darn GOOD at being naked.

Where, you ask, is this going?

The problem is that while in Book One he managed to have a lovely little 'sexual encounter' which furthered the plot enormously...a repeat of that scene in Book Two would be gratuitous and frankly...predictable in the worst sense of the word.
And since the character he will ultimately have an intimate relationship with does not arrive until well into the series (the steamy relationship for these early books being provided by "the Elf's" sister and his best friend) it looked to me as if we would not be able to enjoy many more such lovely encounters with him for some time to come.

Now THAT would be very disappointing.

Sudden inspiration arrived late last night in a discussion with a friend on this sorry state of affairs that such a gorgeous 'non-elf' should be so deprived, and the readers deprived of seeing him so engaged. Sad state of affairs. My...what an interesting choice of words.

Memory of a character I have drafted for a later book. A powerful and influential Lady of one of the noble houses they will need to bring into the alliance and who is quite enamoredof the idea of having an alliance of her own---with him! THIS could work. Introduce her and her world earlier than originally planned and let the girl have some fun. The sexual tension of her pursuing him ...this could be fun!

So now I am tweaking the remainder of the series, refitting so to speak. Finding where she might meld seamlessly into the story without altering the main story line...this is going to be so much fun. No the series is not a 'romance'. It is definetly High Fantasy...but these are other aspects that I very much enjoy writing and I think they help me develop deeper and much more intimate relationships within and among all my characters.

Hooray for finding a way to bring sex to the single "elf"!