Writing Sex Without Apology: Real Desire, Real Consequences
Why The Alpha Flame doesn't shy away from adult themes.
The Alpha Flame: Discovery isn’t a polite book. It doesn’t look away when things get ugly, painful, or intimate. That includes sex. Not the airbrushed, fade-to-black kind, but the real thing: messy, risky, sometimes tender, sometimes brutal.
I didn’t want to write sex scenes for shock or titillation. They’re here because they matter to the story. They show power and powerlessness. Desire and manipulation. Love and betrayal. They tell you who these characters really are when their guards are down.
For Beth, sex is survival. She’s a prostitute, not by choice but by necessity. Those scenes aren’t designed to entice, they’re meant to hurt. To show the cost of being treated as a commodity. To give her pain weight and honesty instead of romanticising it.
But there’s also sex as connection. Maggie uses humour and confidence to take control. She’s not ashamed of wanting or being wanted. Those moments are raw, sometimes graphic, but they’re real. They’re about two people seeing each other, even when it’s imperfect and messy.
If you’re looking for a book that pretends these things don’t matter, this isn’t it. But if you want a story that treats sex as part of life’s brutal, beautiful, complicated truth, The Alpha Flame is waiting for you.
- Honest, adult storytelling
- Complex, flawed characters
- Real consequences for every choice
I didn’t want to write easy scenes. I wanted to write true ones. Sex isn’t always soft or beautiful. Sometimes it’s survival. Sometimes it’s power. Sometimes it’s the last connection between two broken people trying to hold each other up.
The Alpha Flame has moments that are steamy, but they’re always grounded in character. They're there to reveal who Maggie and Beth are, and what they need, fear, or fight for. I didn’t want to turn away from those truths just to make the reader comfortable.
This book is for readers who don’t want lies. Who want to feel desire, dread, hope, and heartbreak in equal measure. Who want adult themes treated with honesty, not cheap thrills. Who believe that fiction should reflect life’s messy, raw, unfiltered reality.
If you’re ready for a story that doesn’t apologise for being grown-up, that doesn’t flinch from showing the price of survival and the power of connection, I hope you’ll give The Alpha Flame: Discovery a chance.
- Unflinching, adult themes
- Real desire and vulnerability
- A story that refuses to lie