We are very pleased
to have Paranormal Erotic Romance author Rosanna Leo with us to talk
about her newest book PREDATOR'S KISS. For a chance to win, be
sure to leave a comment at the end. Welcome Rosana!
I’d like to take a moment to thank Lexi for
offering me this spot today. Thanks to all at Happily Ever After Thoughts!
I’m here to promote my latest paranormal
romance Predator’s Kiss, a sexy romp
filled with bear shifters, an erotica author on the run and plenty of good
lovin.’
When I began my writing journey, writing
paranormal was a no-brainer. You see I think I’d been entranced by the
paranormal world since I was about 8 years old. It began with me reading
history books. As a youngster, I was fascinated by the tales of King Henry VIII
and his many wives…but specifically about how many of England’s castles were
haunted by those unfortunate women.
Soon afterward I was turned onto to Dracula
and various other supernatural superstars. Around the same time, I became
entranced by Greek mythology and used to love visiting the Royal Ontario
Museum’s Greek and Roman galleries. I wandered for hours with my mom,
envisioning Apollo and Poseidon and Artemis in all their glory.
Fast-forward twenty-odd years and you have
a young woman who needs an artistic outlet, and has all these tangled tales
floating in her head, demanding out. I suppose it was inevitable that I became
a writer of paranormal phenomena, and because of my love of romance, I was
drawn to the PNR genre.
PNR allows me to live the fantasy. It
allows me to create these fantastical men, to pair them with unassuming mortal
women, and live vicariously through their stories. PNR allows me to dream and
to imagine “What if…?” I can think of nothing more thrilling than being able to
put pen to paper and give birth to another new supernatural creation.
My bear shifters on Gemini Island are the
latest. I hope you’ll join me in this fictional Northern Ontario community
where the men are rugged and protective, and a little bit wild. Here, the great
outdoors is the backdrop and loving is fierce as well as tender. If I’ve done
my job well, you won’t want to leave, and that’s okay because there’s always
room for one more at the Ursa Lodge. Perhaps we can set you up with a bear
shifter of your own.
She was already reviving a few minutes
later. Ryland let out a sigh of relief.
Thank God. When he’d first seen the
petite woman hurtling through the trees, he’d worried someone was after her.
But no one else had barreled behind her. And yet she’d seemed so scared.
They hadn’t helped, presenting her with
a couple of snarling bears.
She moaned a little, and the soft sound
warmed him, making him hard again. Damn. He glanced around the room, remembered
he didn’t exactly tend to stash clothes in guest cabins, and raced for the
bathroom. He grabbed a couple of clean towels off the rack and tossed one to
Soren. “Cover yourself.”
Soren grinned like a devil and motioned
to his nude bottom half. “I can conduct my flirting business much more
efficiently this way.”
Ryland glared as he wrapped his lower
half in the towel. “Cover yourself or I’ll strangle you with it, lover boy.”
His brother placed the woman’s backpack
on the floor and threw the towel about his waist. “Such animosity is really not
in keeping with your sainthood, Brother Ryland.”
Ryland ignored him and turned back to
the woman. He didn’t know why it mattered so much she recover and feel
comfortable in his presence, but it did. Of course, as owner of the lodge, it
made sense he didn’t want to see anyone scared or hurt.
Yeah.
That’s it. That’s all.
His rationalization did nothing to quell
the nervous tremors in his gut, though. Or his excruciating hard-on.
Okay,
she’s sorta pretty and has a body made for sin. So what? Get over yourself.
Clearly
it had been too long since he’d allowed himself to get lost in a woman’s
body for more than a quick fuck. And this woman’s body deserved slow, leisurely
loving. Greedy licks. Sensual tugs. Why, her breasts alone were so full and
perfect, they just begged one to suck. To say nothing of those rounded hips and
soft, womanly ass.
Ryland ran a hand over his face, feeling
overly hot. Jesus Christ. Stop thinking
like a horny teenager. You sound like Carter.
Besides, she was nothing like him.
Human. And if time had taught him anything, it was the pursuit of romance with
a nonshifter was a fool’s errand. She didn’t belong here on his resort, on his
island. He needed to revive her and get her out of there.
Desperate to relieve the sudden, raging
desire shooting up through his body, Ryland forced himself to look away from
the woman. In doing so, he caught a glimpse of his brother. Soren was sitting
next to her, his gaze contemplative, his eyes trained on her boobs. Ryland
realized he didn’t like the way baby brother was looking at her. “Hey.”
Soren looked up. “What?”
“What are you staring at?”
Without batting an eye, Soren turned
back to their unexpected guest. “Her. Can’t I stare?”
Ryland’s eyebrows shot up. “Staring at
women has already gotten you into trouble. Maybe you should find a new hobby.”
He stifled the low growl building in his throat. Now wasn’t the time for
brawling, but he didn’t appreciate the way his brother gawked. His cool eye,
appraising, as if he’d never seen anything like her before.
“You were checking her out too,” Soren
replied.
“No, I wasn’t. I’m not interested in
this … person,” Ryland retorted. As he uttered the words, he bit his tongue
hard by mistake, as if confirming the words were a lie. “Damn,” he whispered,
tasting blood.
“Do you think someone was chasing her?”
Soren asked in a pensive tone, picking up one of his drumsticks and stroking it
as if it were a lover’s finger.
“I don’t know.” Ryland sat on the other
side of her small body and looked her up and down as she lay under the covers.
Despite his mistrust of humans, he couldn’t help wondering who would frighten
such a tiny, delicate thing. Had someone tried to hurt her? The very idea made
him want to bash his head against the wall. Or better yet, bash any lowlife who
dared to touch her.
No
one touches her but me, his heart declared.
What?
As another stress headache shot through
his brain, he wondered at the ferocity and lunacy of the feeling.
Rosanna Leo:
Rosanna Leo is a multi-published, erotic
romance author with Liquid Silver Books. Her books include For the Love of a God, Up In Flames, Sweet Hell, The Selkie, Sunburn
and her newest Predator’s Kiss. When
not writing, she can be found haunting dusty library stacks or planning her
next star-crossed love affair.
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