Showing posts with label sex trafficking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label sex trafficking. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

NEW RELEASE! House of Shame (Sometimes all you have is hate. Sometimes that's good enough.)

 House of Shame (click on cover)



This psychological thriller is the conclusion of a 4 book saga about 6 teenagers who are sex-trafficked and plot revenge. The saga features both a straight female protagonist and a gay male protagonist who share main character status by the end of book one- House of Pleasure. As with all books in the saga, this book is available  in e-book at Amazon, B&N, I-tunes,and kobo (whenever kobo gets done fumbling around with publishing it—hopefully before the end of the century). The paperback will be available by early November on Amazon, also.

Here is the the blurb:

Book 4 (Conclusion) of There Was a House saga, a psychological thriller about revenge and redemption. 

Phoenix has been plotting to devastate her captor and destroy his brothel of under-aged sex-trafficking victims ever since arriving at RĂªve. But the beating he recently gave her over some bank accounts fans the flames of hatred into a firestorm. Now, to her delight, plans to accomplish exactly what she’s been hoping for are in place—and the results will be brutal. Even better, every depraved man using them for sex will be revealed for what they are to their family, friends, and business associates. 

Phoenix, Jamie, and the other captives know the plans must play out flawlessly. Any unforeseen glitches will likely mean not only an end to escape, but of their very lives. However, perfection seldom exists. Something is bound to go wrong. 

And when it does, Jamie will be left wondering if he’s just signed all their death warrants. 

**Content Warning: This drama contains adult themes and scenes that deal with a difficult topic. 

In case you have been waiting for the 4 book series to be complete (and it now is), here is the link, cover, and description of the first book in the series:



Book 1 of There Was a House saga, a continuing psychological thriller about revenge and redemption. 

Fueled by rage and disgust, Phoenix runs away from home. The situation there had become unbearable. In fact, things couldn't get any worse. 

But they do. Betrayed in New York by a boy who she thought was a new friend, she finds herself taken prisoner by a low-class pimp. Then, when she thinks she's on her way to her first seedy trick, Phoenix winds up locked in a limo with no way out. She wakes up in an illegal brothel in New Orleans. Phoenix vows she will find a way to destroy Antoine, the owner of the brothel. Instead of being Antoine's prostitute, she'll become his lover, his confidante, and pretty soon, his manager. And then, when he least suspects it, she'll bring the entire house down. 

She better be damn good. 

There will only be one chance. 

**Content Warning: This drama contains adult themes and scenes that deal with a difficult topic. 

The second book is titled House of Pain and the third is House of Trickery. 

Sometimes all you have is hate. Sometimes that's good enough.

Caddy Rowland is a novelist and painter. Her social media links follow.
To find out about her novels visit http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005FW8BZE
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Friday, March 21, 2014

Sex Trafficking is Big Business


As an indie author, one of the things I get to do is write about subjects that perhaps traditional publishing wouldn't go for, simply because it doesn't fit their expectations for the current climate of what the majority of readers are currently reading in fiction. I don't happen to think people read that narrowly, but then again, I'm no publishing expert, I'm simply an author, artist and reader who frequently crosses genres.

I sure crossed genres when I started writing my new saga of revenge and redemption. I went from historical fiction with The Gastien Series to dramatic contemporary psychological suspense (try saying that after having a couple of martinis!). Still, the writing style is the same. I'm trying to develop a brand. My style? Gritty, raw, "real". Show them most of life is not black & white, but shades of grey. Dramatic.Sometimes brutal. But always, always, try to make readers think and feel.

This new saga, There Was a House is about sex trafficking. It's a subject coming up more and more often on the news, and that's a good thing. Putting a halt to this horrifying industry should be one of the world's priorities. At the very least, it should be one of America's. We talk about freedom a lot here, but for many young teenagers, freedom never comes.According to UNICEF, 2 million children are estimated to be trafficking victims of sex trade every year. 2% are male.No one really talks about the males.They are the totally forgotten victims. In the USA, this occurs EVERY SINGLE DAY. Thousands of teenagers are forced into the sex trade right under our noses. Their average age? 12 to 14 years.

And so I decided to write a saga about revenge and redemption. I'll be the first to admit that the girls and the boy in this story work in a place hundreds of times nicer than 99.9% of these victims will ever see. They are treated horribly, but compared to what really happens to most of the real victims, the treatment pales. I also realize revenge remains only a dream in reality—so far.

So, forgive me for fictionalizing this story of revenge. I'm hoping in some small way I can help open the eyes of readers to this very real issue, and perhaps then we will make enough noise to get lawmakers to act in a way that treats these teens as victims, not criminals—and the johns and pimps as the scum they are. Then, and only them, will justice be served and this criminal activity stopped. 

Until then I dream. And give fictional characters a chance for revenge. Because somehow I have to feel people responsible sometimes pay.

The first book in the saga, House of Pleasure begins the story. Men, of course, see a brothel as a place of pleasure. For the victims working there, it is anything but. Phoenix swears to destroy the man who bought her, his whorehouse, and the men who use young girls for their pleasure
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http://amzn.com/B00J3HDOMW Kindle (Paperback soon)
Coming to kobo and I-tunes soon

The second book, House of Pain, is about the pain behind the facade and tells the stories of the victims before they arrived at the illegal house, and the pain they endure at the hands of the men who use them:


http://amzn.com/B00J3HDMY2 Kindle (Paperback soon)
Coming to kobo and I-tunes soon.

Please join me as Phoenix and Jamie dream of destroying the empire of depravity that Antoine Chevalier has built. One thing you can be certain of: sometimes hate is the strongest weapon of all.

Caddy Rowland is a novelist and painter. Her social media links follow.
To find out about her novels visit http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B005FW8BZE
Sign up for New Release Newsletter by Email: http://eepurl.com/rfjaX
Author Email: caddyauthor@gmail.com
Twitter: @caddyorpims