Dawn: Please give a warm welcome to Officers Jarod
Tyler and Belle Duprey from Memphis Heat 1: Stakeout by Marteeka Karland and
Shelby Morgen today as we sit down and see what makes them tick.
Belle: Thanks for having us, Dawn. I’ll do my best to
get this mutt to behave.
Dawn: So tell us about yourself. What got you in the
crosshairs for your author?
Belle: It was Jarod’s fault. Here my author was,
innocently sleeping, when he shows up -- him and his stupid yes, dear.
Jarod: I was just hanging out. I mean, I swear I was
minding my own business when this… this… TROLL pulled me out of bed (and I mean
that literally… I was having a little cuddle time with Belle and… stuff… ) and
turned me into a werewolf. Do you have any idea how distracting that is?
Belle: I am so gonna slug you.
Jarod: Yes, Dear… *ducking*
Belle: that’s right, run. Not like I can’t catch you.
Dawn: What was it that drew you to your mate?
Belle: I love a hot guy in a uniform. Besides -- he’s
not gonna dump me over the hours, like my ex.
Jarod: I love a chick with guns. It’s very hot. :D
Dawn: A little naughty fun, where was the wildest
place you seduced your partner(s)?
Belle: Patrol car. On a stakeout. Not this stakeout.
Another one.
Jarod: Well, in front of the werewolf pack was pretty
naughty. Purely to prove we were part of the pack, you understand. I’m not into
exhibitionism. Uh… much.
Belle: She said seduced, not performed for an
audience. You never listen.
Jarod: *shrugs* Same difference.
Dawn: Boxers, briefs or Commando on a man?
Belle: Off. I like em off, whatever they are. Long as
we’re talking about MY man. Otherwise they can stay on. No pervs, please.
Jarod: Do I look like I wanna get chaffed?? Briefs.
Definitely briefs! Though, off is good too. :)
Dawn: If your partner wants to seduce you, what’s one
sure fire trick he/she can play?
Belle: “Belle! Wanna have sex?” -- works every time.
When I’m patient enough to wait for him to ask.
Jarod: Well, I’m finding I’m pretty partial to that
thing she does with my tail…
Belle: I do love his tail.
Jarod: I love yours too, sweetheart.
Dawn: What is the one place on your partner’s body
that you know will drive them wild -- in and out of bed?
Belle: Ears. He loves it when I bite his ears. In any
form.
Jarod: Her belly button. Definitely. That little
navel ring is just too damned intriguing to leave alone, so it’s a damned good
thing she likes it.
Dawn: What was one of the most embarrassing things
your author did to you in ?
Belle: What, you can’t remember the name of the book
already? It’s Memphis Heat: Stakeout. Cause, you know, it starts with a
stakeout. And I doubt our authors could spell anything more complicated.
Jarod: Lord, I’m not going there! Let’s just say
being a werewolf -- particularly in the “wolf” is anatomically… difficult… at
best. I mean, don’t get me wrong, I kind of enjoyed holding Belle close while
I, uh, softened. But I had no idea that would happen and it was fucking
EMBARRASSING!
Belle: Softened? Shrunk. That’s what he means. Damn
dog knots up. That wasn’t it anyway. We all know about dogs and their dicks.
Embarrassing -- that was that damn baton. What cop carries a baton in the 21st
Century?
Jarod: Well, Dear, obviously you do. It wasn’t my
baton and I did NOT start that. You were horny, as I recall.
Belle: Fuck yeah I was horny. Your damn fault, too.
Wait three months -- three MONTHS -- to tell me you won’t have sex with me
‘cause you got bit by some damn werewolf? I’m your partner for Christ’s sake.
What woman wants to go three months without getting laid?
Jarod: I was TRYING to protect you. I had no idea how
you’d react to me being a werewolf! I mean, Jesus!
Belle: You’d a KNOWN how I’d reacted if you’d a just
told me. Like waiting three months is gonna make it any easier.
Jarod: Yes, Dear…
Belle: I’d threaten not to do him, but that’d only
hurt me. You know how those 50’s writers were always talking about women and
their headaches? Screw that. Men can make more excuses for not having sex than
any other creature on the planet. Show me one alley cat that goes around saying
“Not tonight, dear.”
Jarod: Well, any other creature other than
werewolves. I think I’m more horny than ever… *silly grin.*
Dawn: Anything else you would like to add?
Belle: Haven’t we done enough? Anyway, I’d go for
taking some stuff away. Like that old Country song. We could happily cut that
damn baton scene.
Jarod: Oh no. Leave the baton. Cause it was hot. I
mean what guy doesn’t like to see a woman get herself off?
Belle: *Snicker* Yes, Dear.
Dawn: Thank you, Officers, for joining us on ‘Meet
the Character’ day here at Dawn’s Reading Nook Blog. Please find Memphis Heat
1: Stakeout by Marteeka Karland and Shelby Morgen at Changeling Press --
http://changelingpress.com/product.php?&upt=book&ubid=1938.
Title: Memphis Heat 1: Stakeout
Author/s: Marteeka Karland and Shelby Morgen
BIN: 06040-01938
Word Count: 11K
Page Count: 37
Price: $3.49
Release Date: 11/15/12
Editor: Katriena Knights
Cover Artist: Marteeka Karland
Genres: Erotic Romance, Novella, Paranormal, Action
Adventure
Themes: Men and Women in Uniform, Werewolf, V&E
Tag Line: Partners who have each other’s backs can share
anything but the one thing he needs to share the most.
Blurb: Memphis, Tennessee. One of the top ten poorest big
cities in the U.S. Where there’s poverty, there’s crime. The Russian Mob’s
moving in. And where there are criminals, there are cops. Ours just happens to
be a werewolf.
Officer Jarod Taylor took a bullet to the chest. But he
didn’t die. And since he woke up, nothing’s been the same. Because while he was
lying there bleeding out, he was bitten. By a werewolf.
And that thing about silver bullets? Myth. Shoot anything
in the mouth, spill its brains all over the sidewalk, and it dies. Jarod’s got
no pack, and his bite didn’t come with instructions. What Jarod doesn’t know
about being a werewolf would fill a book.
He can smell his partner’s sexual attraction -- she might as
well be in heat. But if he lets his partner, Belle Duprey, have what she wants,
will she wake up with a strong desire for raw meat? Not knowing means trying to
talk Belle out of the sex she’s determined to have with him, because he’s not
told her he has a furry side.
Yeah. Two partners who always have each other’s backs and
can share anything -- and everything -- but the one thing he needs to share the
most.
Adult Excerpt:
Chapter 1
“You’re a real asshole, you know that, don’t you?”
“Yes, dear,” Jarod answered with a suppressed chuckle in his
tone.
She was going to smack him any moment now. “That. That right
there. That’s the reason you’re paying alimony to two ex-wives. Fuck you and
your yes, dear. I’ve had shorter dry spells between engagements. I.
Need. To. Fuck. Now!”
“You’re just bored.”
Belle squirmed in her chair, practically grinding her pussy
against the worn upholstery. “No shit. What gave it away?”
“Told you not to come. A.D.D. and stakeouts don’t go well
together.”
She pointed the butt of her service revolver at him,
resisting the urge to throw it. “Somebody has to watch your back. Besides. You
used to be better at keeping me distracted.”
A sideways grin quirked his face. “We used to have…
interesting… ways of keeping ourselves entertained, didn’t we? Not exactly
professional, but…”
“Used to being the operative phrase here. What the hell is
wrong with you, anyway?”
“Wrong with me? I got shot, remember?”
As if she could forget. “Yeah. And by all reports you should
have died. But you didn’t. And ever since you’ve been treating me like… “
“I’m trying to act like a professional. I’ve been
treating you like a cop. Like my partner.” He tried to look offended at that.
Nearly pulled it off.
Professional, my ass. “We were a hell of a lot more
than just partners, Jarod. You can’t deny that.”
“Yeah, well, maybe if I’d been acting a little more like a
cop, and a lot less like your lover, we wouldn’t have been in a position where
you could have gotten killed.” The bitterness in his tone surprised her.
She kept her voice low and steady, bottling up the
frustrated anger that threatened to overwhelm her. “I wasn’t the one who got
shot, Jarod.”
“Could have. Could have been you first up that alley, just
as easy as me. And it would have been my fault.”
This argument was getting them nowhere. Damn it, she was
horny as hell and he was right there! “Shut up and fuck me --” She reached for
her police baton. “-- or I’ll do it myself.”
Binoculars focused on the dilapidated warehouse across the
street, he didn’t even glance her way. “Go ahead.”
Did he think she wouldn’t?
****
Marteeka Karland
Erotic romance author by night, Radiology Tech by day,
Marteeka Karland works really hard to drive everyone in her life completely and
totally nuts. She’s been creating stories from her warped imagination since she
was in the third grade. Her love of writing blossomed throughout her teenage
years until it developed into the totally unorthodox and irreverent style her
English teachers tried so hard to rid her of.
Visit Teeka’s website at http://MarteekaKarland.com and
her blog at http://marteekakarland.blogspot.com
Shelby Morgen
Shelby Morgen loves writing offbeat tales that defy as many
rules as possible. She likes chocolate with her peanut butter, suspense with
her romance, and kink with her sex. She’s always had a hard time keeping
science fiction, fantasy, and paranormal from mixing with her kink. Shelby
shares her belief in electronic publishing with her longtime friend and
partner, Bill, her husband of 30 plus years.
Visit Shelby’s website, http://ShelbyMorgen.com
for her latest releases.
She’s got a neglected blog and a Facebook page, but she
doesn’t hang out there much -- the Vampire Wars will suck her in.
Marteeka Karland at Changeling:
Shelby Morgen at Changeling:
Memphis Heat Series at Changeling:
http://changelingpress.com/catalog.php?upt=book&ufilter=series&sid=382
2 comments:
Great interview! Sounds like a really cool book.
~M
Thanks so much!Believe it or not, my first time with a character interview, and a lot of fun!
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