Here’s another question and answer from an author interview I did a month or so ago.
Q: What’s your writing schedule like?
A: I’m not a fast writer, and I’m the synonym queen! I’ll spend ages trying not to repeat something. Even when I know a particular English word doesn’t have many synonyms, I’ll check it anyway in case a new one has been created since I last checked!!!!
When I start a writing session, I always go back over what I did the previous day, and I’ll keep adding to it until I’m satisfied it’s a fully-rounded scene.
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The Alpha’s Vow is complete but it’s not yet live. I’ll post a link here on my site and on FB when it’s been published.
Here’s another short excerpt from the book.
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Though Max had left home a few years ago, his father had kept tabs on him. No matter what job he was working at or where he was living, he sensed he was being watched and though he hadn’t expected it, it didn’t surprise him. That’s how he operates. He can’t bear to lose something that belongs to him.
But being reminded of his family had Max rubbing the back of his neck and grinding his teeth. Forget them. Time for a shower.
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Voices of the ancients whisper through the ages as Frederick, Duke of Longmead and Lord Nathaniel ‘Nate’ Elgin peel back the layers of darkness that envelope them and keep them apart.
Frederick, an alpha and a childhood friend of the king, spends his days on his estate but has never considered or needed a mate. But the nights are lonely so he heads to Hammond Manor to wallow in the company of omegas.
The omega, Nate, is an artist but subsidizes his work by swindling squires – though his evenings involve darker pursuits.
From their first meeting, the alpha and omega’s lives are upended by lust, grief, dread and euphoria that hover and swirl around them.
And the ever-present woods, like Frederick and Nate’s ancestors, stand proud and yet keep their secrets as the pair battle primeval urges, warnings and a prophesy as well as royals and nobles who try to destroy them and the kingdom.
The books in this trilogy are:
The Rogue’s Secret
The Rogue’s Baby
The Rogue’s Dilemma
Frederick, the Duke of Longmead, is an alpha driven by duty to his family and loyalty to his community.
Lord Nathaniel ‘Nate’ Elgin, an omega, has been disowned by his brother and lives on commissions from his paintings, though he’s a card sharp and is skilled at fleecing a few farthings from unsuspecting innocents.
Hovering in the background is King Edmund who accepts the alphas and omegas, but his sister, Princess Matilda, is openly hostile to them.
Neither Frederick nor Nate has found a mate, as they have always lived on the fringes of society whether by choice or circumstance.
Until one night at a salon.
Surrounded by alphas.
Nate’s body reacts to Frederick’s presence.
After rescuing the omega, the two endure a terrifying ride through the woods. But after their escape, instinct takes over in the middle of the forest.
Horror is followed by euphoria, shock comes on the heels of ecstasy, but finally squabbles lead to contentment. Until the princess makes Frederick a proposal. One that horrifies and sickens him and threatens his and Nate’s newfound happiness.
They have two choices – stay or flee.
This is a 20,000-word non-shifter, mpreg novella, and it is the first of three books in the Longmead Woods Series.