Breathless Press is turning Four and having a huge blog hop with some of their authors. Today I have the pleasure of having Raven McAllan at the Reading Nook. So please give her a round of applause.....Take it away Raven (and whispers, try to not steal the cabana boys if you can).
Welcome to my Reading Nook,
Raven. Please make yourself at home and let my cabana boys/girls get you a
drink.
Hmmm *checks out pool boy and
the drinks*. "A Bellini please."
Comfortable? *sneaks
another look at the cabana boy* (he's fit) Er well…. *snigger*
Wonderful. Now let’s get
started.
Okay, "*sips drink and
sneaks yet another peak,* and oops, Dawn's coughing to get my attention.
To get us started can you
tell us a little about what you are working on or have coming out?
I've been offered the chance to explore a new format with my
writing and there are some old friends making an appearance. However
you'll have to wait just a little bit longer to find out more, sorry.
If we asked your muse to
describe you using five words, what do you think they would say?
Stubborn,
wordy, passionate, growing old disgracefully… oops that's six, perm any five
from six there.
Name one thing readers
would be surprised to know about you.
According to one reader nothing would
surprise them…
If you could live anywhere
in the world, where would it be?
Oh I have no idea, I haven't been everywhere
yet. Although I'm working on it.We (DH and I) say we are doing out gap year in
two week stints.
If someone hasn't read any
of your work, what book would you recommend that they start with and why?
If
they wanted to read Regency, I'd say start with Wallflowers Don't Wilt because
it's the first in the Rogue Scandals series. Contemporary, I love The Price to
Pay, a cougar story.
Where do you find the
inspirations for your stories?
I have absolutely no idea. I sit and write.
Are your characters able to
love or do they need to be taught?
It depends what they tell me. I'm a
character driven pantster, and do as I'm told.
Do you have a book that was
easiest to write or one that was the hardest?
Every time it's the one I'm
writing. for both, depending on the level of caffeine and chocolate in me
If you could
collaborate with one author who would it be?
Well I am collaborating with Lee
Brazil at the moment, apart from him, Katy Fforde.
Coffee, tea or other drink
to get you moving in the morning?
Tea first thing, coffee an hour later..
and two hours and three hours…
What is coming up from you
in 2013? Anything you want to tease us with?
Well I have my can't take about
yet project, and a certain YA baddie is shouting in my ear.also at some point
my fox shifters have a couple more stories to be told. However I've slowed
down, on purpose, as I need to smell the daisies, (or go fishing or whatever)
Anything else you want to
add?
My latest two books with
Breathless Press were both Regencies. A Rose Between The Thornes book four in the Rogue Scandals series, And A
Matter of Faith. I do like finding out about the lives behind the facade of
society.
Thanks for taking the time to
be here today. I wish you many sales and wonderful reviews.
Thank you for inviting me.
*eyes up Cabana boy and wishes was thirty years younger*
Historical Romance
Buy at Publisher (includes all other buy links there as well)
Leonora knew she'd wait for Justin to come home. She hadn't
expected it to be so long or so fraught.
When Justin joined his regiment, and was sent to the
continent, Leonora promised to wait for him to return. She didn't think it
would take so long, or she'd have so many difficulties to face.
Strong willed and determined, her life changes, as she
struggles to cope without Justin, and keep his estate running.
With someone out to destroy all she holds dear, Leonora has
to fight for her beliefs and her family, and hope they get the happy ever after
they deserve.
Teaser Excerpt:
Leonora gave herself up to the pleasure she experienced crushed
against him. Her breasts were tender and her skin was a mass of tingling nerve
ends. As each step added to the friction between their bodies, it was as if the
materials covering them both did not exist.
She wriggled, and a sharp smack to her arse made her yelp.
“Why did you do that?” Mindful of his diktat for silence she
whispered the words.
“For you would try the patience of a saint, Nora, and as you
surely realize, there is no likelihood of canonization in my future. Now be
still or it will be more than a gentle tap that I administer.”
Now why did that stark statement have her quivering, and set up a
new strange feeling inside? Dare she ask? One look at his grim face decided for
her—now was not the time.
Once out of the house, he skirted the side of the building and cut
across a cobbled courtyard. It seemed his destination was the stables.
“Justin, I cannot ride like
this,” she protested quietly. “I am not dressed for riding.”
The look he gave her sent further unknown sensations through her,
which were more intense than she had ever made herself feel. To her secret
mortification, her quim was damp and she needed to touch or be touched, and to
increase the delicious ache that built there. And then...then what? Not for the
first time, Nora wished she knew things. It was all well and good coming upon
her maid with the stable boy and hearing the girl demand the lad put his cock
into her and fuck her, and to get hot and bothered at what she saw. Who
knew the bulge in a man’s pantaloons looked like that? Then to see Lucy take
that...his cock—for the life of her, Nora couldn’t equate the long thick staff
with its purple- red nob with the strutting cockerel that ruled the hen house—into
her mouth...well. She grew warm at the thought of it. It was an- other thing
not to feel somewhat apprehensive now she knew at last the experience was about
to be hers. It had taken all her courage to touch Justin, and to taste him.
That had her counting to ten under her breath. Once she smelled his maleness,
that exquisite definable scent of musk and aroused man, Leonora knew she was
hooked and needed more. More of everything.
“Some would say you are
overdressed for the type of riding I have in mind for you later,” he replied as
he set her on her feet. Her face must have shown her confusion, for he threw
her a heavy cloak. “You’ll understand later. Here put this on whilst I saddle
my horse. You will ride in front of me, even though my body is on fire for you.
Sad to say, I fear until we arrive at our destination, and I warm your arse,
amongst other things, my body will not be hot enough to ward off the chill in
the air. I will resist temptation, hard though it may be.”
About the Author:
Raven lives in Scotland , along with her husband and their two
cats—their children having flown the nest—surrounded by beautiful scenery,
which inspires a lot of the settings in her books.
She is used to sharing her life with the
occasional deer, red squirrel, and lost tourist, to say nothing of the scourge
of Scotland—the midge.
A lover of reading, she appreciates the
history inside a book, and the chance to peek into the lives of those from
years ago. Raven admits that she enjoys the research for her books almost as
much as the writing; so much so, that sometimes she realizes she's strayed way
past the information she needs to know, and not a paragraph has been added to
her WIP.
Her lovely long-suffering husband is
learning to love the dust bunnies, work the Aga, and be on stand-by with a
glass of wine.
You can find out more about Raven here…
https://www.facebook.com/rmcallan
(my page)
https://www.facebook.com/ravenmcallan (author
page)
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8 comments:
The five words she used to describe herself. And the excerpt of course!!!
Loved the interview and excerpt and can't wait to add this book to my TBR pile.
kac_030@yahoo.com
Loved your comments. I love regency stories and this is the first I have heard of yours. I am anxious to begin reading them.
Thanks for sharing the great giveaway!
andralynn7 AT gmail DOT com
Thank you all for your lovely comments, It was great fun answering the questions ( and seeing the cabana boys)
Raven's regency stories are fabulous :-)
It was all very interesting. I love learning little personal quirks and habits of authors. My favorite question though was what books she recommends to new readers.
I know Raven's m/m work well, but the Regencies sound interesting, too!
vitajex(at)aol(dot)com
I unfortunately am a caffeine junkie, have to have my sweet tea. Thanks for the post.
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