Kris Cook
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Biography
Kris Cook lives in the DFW area and is a member of the North Texas Romance Writers of America, a local chapter of the Romance Writers of AmericaRomance Writers of America
Romance Writers of America is a national non-profit genre writers association. It provides networking and support to individuals seriously pursuing a career in romance fiction and supports top authors such as Nora Roberts and Judith McNaught.-History:...
. Writing erotic romance for Siren Publishing, his books have received quite a bit of attention.
Cook’s books include a variety of sub-genres in romance fiction, including paranormal
Paranormal romance
Paranormal romance is a sub-genre of the romance novel. A type of speculative fiction, paranormal romance focuses on romance and includes elements beyond the range of scientific explanation, blending together themes from the genres of traditional fantasy, science fiction, or horror...
, western, contemporary - but all Cook's books are strictly adult in nature intended for readers of erotic romance.
Cook's erotic Eternally Three series began with his debut book Perfection. The series is a unique blend of paranormal and erotic themes where immortals must bed humans for life essence. Filled with angels, jinn, demons and ifrit
Ifrit
Ifrit—also spelled, efreet, ifreet, afreet, and afrit —are supernatural creatures in Arabic and Islamic cultures...
the books in the series contains explicit sex, bdsm
BDSM
BDSM is an erotic preference and a form of sexual expression involving the consensual use of restraint, intense sensory stimulation, and fantasy power role-play. The compound acronym BDSM is derived from the terms bondage and discipline , dominance and submission , and sadism and masochism...
, and Ménage à trois
Ménage à trois
Ménage à trois is a French term which originally described a domestic arrangement in which three people having sexual relations occupy the same household – the phrase literally translates as "household of three"...
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Cook's own reading tastes run through many genres, but Cook claims romance books that are edgy, sexy, with rich characters and unique challenges are favorites.
Cook’s influences include J. R. Ward, Sherrilyn, Kenyon
Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sherrilyn Kenyon is a bestselling US writer. Under her own name she writes Urban Fantasy, but is best known for her Dark-Hunter vampire series. Under the pseudonym Kinley MacGregor she wrote historicals also with paranormal elements...
, Christine Feehan
Christine Feehan
Christine Feehan is an American romance-paranormal writer. She has published more than 26 novels, including five series, and numerous novellas since 1999.-Biography:...
, Lora Leigh
Lora Leigh
Lora Leigh is a New York Times bestselling author of erotic romance novels. She is most highly noted for The Breeds series and The Men of August...
, Joey Hill, and Shayla Black. Cook specifically notes J. R. Ward’s Lover Awakened amazed Cook and counted it as one of the most compelling stories she’d ever read.
Previously, Cook was part of a writing team with a sister, who died in 2003 from cancer. The duo wrote plays and screenplays. Before becoming a writer, Cook worked as a radio announcer, a waiter, and in real estate sales.