Interview With Tina Donahue
I sat down (virtually) with Tina Donahue for a short interview. Tina Donahue writes hot, hot, HOT erotic romances and her latest release is Stolen Desire, book four in the Outlawed Realm series.
Cynthia Sax: What makes Zekin, your hero, so dang sexy?
Tina Donahue: Zekin’s commanding but also tender when it comes to Paige. I’m all for Alpha heroes, but not the kind we used to see in romances. Brooding. Snarling. Always in a freaking bad mood. Makes you want to smack them upside the head and yell, “Chill out!”
I like a man with integrity, honor, and a soul. A great sense of humor is also good. Although Zekin comes from a world that doesn’t allow emotion, he gets playful with Paige. In other words, he’s fun to be with even outside of bed.
To me, the sexiest thing a man can do is listen to a woman and understand where she’s coming from. It’s not always about sex. Zekin makes that very clear in how he responds to Paige throughout the story. J
Cynthia Sax: What excites you about Stolen Desire?
Tina Donahue: I loved creating another world. Generally speaking, I’m not into sci-fi, but I did love Avatar. I’ve seen it numerous times and still marvel at the world the artists and writer created.
I wanted to do the same with Stolen Desire. To provide a sense of wonder and danger which bonds Zekin and Paige in their struggle to survive. Exciting and romantic stuff.
Cynthia Sax: Where did you get the idea for Stolen Desire?
Tina Donahue: Stolen Desire is book four of my Outlawed Realm series. Each book begins the story of new characters with the others from earlier books making ‘guest’ appearances. The series involves the five dimensions on earth – realms that are all inhabited, but the people don’t see each other because of time differentials.
E1 is earth as we know it. E2 is beneath it where the people are so advanced there isn’t illness any longer, nor is there desire. It’s been outlawed. E3 is the land of the dead. E4 is a dimension of jungles and twilight where the rulers of E2 have built a pleasure palace where they house pleasure slaves for their carnal use. E5 is the land of ice and fire. Ice because it’s the furthest dimension from the sun. Fire, because it’s also the closest to the earth’s core.
In Stolen Desire, I wanted to explore E5. What happens when a young woman from Seattle is abducted and brought there by a guard from E2 for his use as a pleasure slave. It all started rolling from there.
Cynthia Sax: What causes problems between Paige and Zekin?
Tina Donahue: First, they’re from different realms. Paige comes from Seattle, earth as we know it. Zekin is from E2 where feelings have been outlawed. Everything’s uniform, the men all resemble each other. There’s no difference between the women’s appearances, they’re all the same. The rulers have manipulated DNA to create perfect specimens. To eliminate risk, hunger, war. A flawless and stifling society. Paige is a wonder to Zekin. Her inner fire thrills him.
However, he feels they have no future. He can’t live in her dimension and she can’t very well stay with him on E5, a prison colony built by the rulers on E2. His goal is to bring her home. Her goal is to see that they remain together. That, coupled with the threat of guards and E2’s rulers keeps things hopping.
Thank you, Tina Donahue, for joining us today!
Tina Donahue’s Website: http://www.tinadonahue.com/
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Her freedom depends on one man. A criminal to his realm…
Outlawed Realm, Book 4
One minute, Paige Ross is outside a Seattle bar, grieving a failed engagement. The next, she jerks awake in a weird, candlelit room with velvet walls, black silk sheets, and a man who motions for silence.
Paige has little choice but to trust the powerful stranger who promises a way out of what looks like Satan’s brothel. And pray his promise to keep her safe is as real as the heat burning in his eyes.
Banished from E2’s ruling elite for supposed crimes against the realm, Zekin risks everything to rescue those brought to E5 for the guards’ carnal pleasure. Paige will be leaving this inhospitable realm of fire and ice—if he can somehow forget the way her trembling body melts in his arms.
Safe—temporarily—in an underwater world populated by strange creatures, Paige’s sexual awakening explodes into an unquenchable need that consumes them both. But the guards will be looking for her. And Zekin’s plan to send her home is a dangerous journey she cannot—will not—take without him.
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Scorching-hot sex and loads of aching tenderness between a drool-worthy hunk who’s determined to do the right thing and a woman who’s not about to give him up.
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Interview With Mari Carr
I sat down (virtually) with Mari Carr for a short interview. Mari Carr is a New York Times Bestselling Author. I LOVE her stories. Her Wild Irish series is one of my favorite series of all time. Mari Carr’s latest release is Full Moon, the second sexy contemporary in her delicious Second Chances series.
Cynthia Sax: What makes Jake sexy?
Mari Carr: Jake is my ultimate guy. He has definite alpha qualities, knows his way around the bedroom, but he’s also laid back with a good sense of humor. He’s a good listener and he’s patient. In my mind, he’d be an awesome dad too.
Cynthia Sax: What do you find especially exciting about Full Moon?
Mari Carr: Full Moon is actually the second book in the Second Chances series and I’m thrilled with the whole lot! As I get older, I’ve come to realize that happily ever after doesn’t always come when you expect it to. And sometimes it doesn’t take the first time. There are six friends in this series, women who are all standing at a crossroads in their lives, looking for different things. Josie is a single, working mother who got married too young to an unfaithful husband. She tried the marriage routine and it didn’t work out. She’s not anxious to introduce her son to any new men, who may or may not stick around. For her…she wants the occasional roll in the hay with no strings attached and Jake agrees to play the game her way…at first.
Cynthia Sax: How does Full Moon start?
Mari Carr: This story begins like all the books in the series do. With all six friends spending New Year’s Eve together at Laura’s house. They’re drinking wine and keeping each other company so they don’t have to ring in the new year alone. Zoey decides it’s ridiculous for six smart, attractive women to be alone, so she challenges each of them to set a goal for the coming year. To think of something they can work on that will ensure they won’t be in the same place next New Year’s. Josie’s goal involves the Howl List—12 sexual fantasies she plans to endulge in. She’d endured lackluster sex with her husband—her first and only—for years. While she’s not looking for forever or commitment, she does want to broaden her sexual horizons. So she creates the list, one adventure a month on the night of the full moon for every month of the year.
Cynthia Sax: What is your favorite line from Full Moon?
Mari Carr: My favorite scene in the book is where Jake finally convinces Josie he wants more than casual sex from her. A relationship is a scary thing to Josie, but Jake’s humor wears her down.
“I want the rest of your full moons.”
“The list is twelve months’ worth.”
He nodded, seemingly unfazed. What exactly was he asking for? A year’s worth of sex? Or more?
“Give me your last name, your phone number and then show me the list.”
She hesitated, started to refuse him. Then she realized it was pointless. He’d won them all the very first night, but her stubbornness had prevented her from seeing that. “My name is Josie Jacobson. But you know that. You’ve seen my credit card.”
He grinned, not bothering to deny the truth. “I still wanted you to give it to me.”
“Does that mean you looked up my number?”
“It’s unlisted.”
She scowled, pretending to be angry. “You cheater. Give me your cell.”
He handed it to her without asking why. She was continually touched by his trust in her. She opened his contacts and added her name and number to the list. “There. That’s me.”
He glanced at the number, then pushed the button. Her phone rang and she laughed when he said, “Just checking.”
“Now.” Jake held out his hand. “Last thing. Hand the list over.”
Thank you, Mari Carr, for joining us today!
Mari Carr’s Website: http://www.maricarr.com
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Sometimes it’s not just the tide that rises…
Second Chances, Book 2
In the two years since her divorce was finalized, Josie Jacobson’s life has become one long, boring routine. Work, home, repeat. She has her hands full as a single parent, and while she’s not looking for a serious relationship, she sure wouldn’t mind getting laid.
When her friend, Zoey, challenges her to make a New Year’s resolution for a second chance at happiness, Josie goes one better and creates the “Howl List”. Every full moon, she will indulge in a different sexual fantasy. Right at the top? Sex without strings.
Fate leads her to the Blue Moon bar in January. After all, what better place to howl? And when she meets Jake Stewart, the sexy bartender, and engages in some red-hot sex with a stranger, her year seems to be off to a great start.
At least, until Jake declares he wants all her full moons…
Warning: This is NOT the shifter story you are looking for. While the heroine howls during the full moon, she does it in naked, human-form only. Sorry—no wolves, but there is a really sexy bartender and lots of red-hot fantasies.
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