The Wooded Instrument

In the fantasy-romance novel, The Wooded Instrument, Shyla, is a struggling artist and the wife of an up-and-coming lawyer, Tony Carino. With their marriage on rocky ground, Tony lands a higher-earning job with perks, although it comes with a relocation stipulation to another state and an altogether different way of living for them. He feels the change would do them good. Living isolated and near the woods proves to be an artistic outlet for Shyla, she finds herself exploring the woods for her photography projects, only what she finds is almost unbelievable, Hesiod, who at first was only out to do what comes most naturally to his kind, until he meets Shyla and spends time with her, things begin to change. As they explore the woods together and spend more time in the deep forest, a bond grows between them that heats up their desire and love. Shyla is pushed toward Hesiod when she finds out about Tony’s secrets. Shyla and Hesiod begin spending time together, hidden in the forest, making them targets of wild animals and Hesiod vulnerable to hunters.
As the desire for them to be together strengthens, Shyla makes a mistake that costs Hesiod’s secrecy and the attention of a greedy forest ranger and two of his accomplices, Dale Clark is the mastermind behind trying to capture Hesiod and getting a payout to have him studied. As Shyla tries gallantly to protect the magical love she has found, events take place that put Shyla and Hesiod in danger together. Finally, Tony comes to the realization of just how much he loves Shyla and what he’s willing to do for her, but in the process, he learns how intense Shyla’s and Hesiod’s love is for each other. Tony plunges himself into this world of disbelief and danger to try and make up for his actions and regain Shyla’s love, but It would seem the odds are against them all even at the end when Shyla hears of an incident she fears may involve the fate of Hesiod and all she can do is hope and wait.

Kim Souza Carson started out as an artist, doing paintings with acrylics on canvas, but as the years past and technology grew Kim grew with it, teaching herself art softwares and to paint digitally, but that's another story. With vast interests in all that is artistic, Kim began making jewelry and has done quite well. But there was always something in the back of her mind that wanted to tell stories and delve into fantasy worlds. She had created a children's character some years back that will soon be in book form and there has always been a yen to tackle a graphic novel, doing all the art on both the children's book and graphic novel. Those are projects to come, but for now she has published two novels of very different worlds. One is a fantasy romance novel, strictly adult reading, The Wooded Instrument, as is the sci-fi novel, Female Attributes, with strong women characters. Please, do yourself a favor and purchase at the very reasonable price either novel or both and curl up with a glass of wine or coffee, and lose yourself in these amazing worlds and characters! Please come back often to see what's new!