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Writing romance, I need to be able get into the male perspective. I won’t say I’m great at it, but I do legitimately try. When I first sought to get into Nick’s head, or Lothar’s. Or Peter, John, Matthew… I started with one thing; the belief that while men deal with their emotions differently than…
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The joys of discovering that the female werewolf you’ve coveted for years is a Breeder… Tangled Moon: …Danielle woke up to see Lothar standing by the window. The sun had gone over the morning side of the cabin so it was after noon. She wasn’t hungry yet, and no wonder. She couldn’t bear to think…
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Tangled Moon: …The vampire, a heavy male about six foot, two-hundred pounds brought her to the ground. He wouldn’t bother biting her, but he could break her if he wanted to. Danielle struggled once, then with a growl pulled heavily to her feet. The male had his arms clamped around her waist. She turned to…
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Songs from my playlist: Breed. My female werewolves will instinctually test males to be sure they have—clears throat—what it takes to keep up with them. While Vesper could morph into a wolf and kill Nick, she won’t mate with him until he’s proven he can stand up to her. …“What are you doing?” Vesper…
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Songs from my playlist: We Don’t Have to Dance. After a chance meeting on a busy street after dark Catherine is initiated into a world she never dreamed existed. Linked now to Jonas, a two-hundred year old vampire, she has become a part of him. Tangled Moon: …He smiled but it was grimly done. “My…
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Songs from my playlist: Synthetic. Danielle has a disorder I called Arrested Development. It happens to werewolves that are raised human and then begin to transition into the wolf without any idea what’s happening to them. It traumatizes the brain creating a split personality. She has her adult self, and then a younger version of…
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Lady Alana of Berkley slid off her dapple-gray stallion, her legs stiff from an entire day spent in the saddle. She was an accomplished horsewoman, but unaccustomed to sitting in one position for so long. She looked around her new surroundings; Ravenmore, where she and her brother, Matthew, would be spending the summer season with…
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He’d shown her around the house good-naturedly. Was there such a thing as a good-natured vampire? Catherine felt a little bad about it in retrospect. This place seemed to be stirring up a lot of things in him that she knew he’d rather pretend were either long forgotten, or didn’t bother him anymore. Truth was…
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If I had a million dollars to give away, I wouldn’t give it to an organization. I’ve heard too many stories about people doing that, and then having it get all weird; other people treating them differently, or the organization treating them like they’re somehow more important than regular people. It could also turn bad…
Darcy Branwyn 