I hate clichés with a passion. They are good ideas run into the ground. Here is my attempt to take a fresh look at a stale idea and turn it...well, inside out.
Any and all of the characters, genres, and warnings selected will be used throughout the series. The specific story will have which ones were used. Maybe...
Cliché #1 - Kidnapping
Three characters, three points of view, one story -- told in two different scenarios. One for Dorian, one for Klaus.Cliché #2 - Hero marries and spouse...well, you know the rest.
For reasons of his own, Klaus finally marries. So why is his wife seeking out Dorian?Cliché #3 - Hero seriously injured and looked after by "enemy."
The Major's mission goes horribly wrong from the start and just goes downhill from there when Eroica gets caught up in things.Cliché #4 - Blindness
How does Dorian, a lover of all things beautiful, deal with a threat to his sight? And how does Klaus fit in?Cliché #5 - Amnesia
A story in which Dorian loses his memory, and Klaus loses his mind.Cliché #6 - Torture
Things in this series are NEVER as they seem, which is something that Dorian and Klaus soon learn.
Trust me, I won't hurt you.
Cliché #7 - Rape
Iron Klaus is a hard man to break. Many have tried. Will his newest interrogator succeed where others have failed using a different form of interrogation?
Yet another cliché that I have distorted and warped for your reading pleasure. Remember, these are NEVER as they seem.
Cliché #8 -- Hero’s past comes back to haunt them. Okay, that’s not exactly the cliché, but if I say exactly what it is, it will give things away.
Dorian decides that he and Klaus should tell their respective families about their relationship, starting with his own family, which Klaus soon learns still has a few skeletons in the closet.
Cliché #9 - Spy hero captured, drugged, and reveals the wrong thing to the wrong person.
This is one for the books, Dorian reflected. He had stolen just about everything, including the Pope. Now he had finally managed to steal the Major. He only hoped the officer would be grateful for it.
Cliché #10 – A woman in labor.
The Major and the Earl are stuck in an elevator with a woman in labor. Who’s going to panic first?