Blurb:
Vodou
stole her life. A gay ghost stole her boots. And the man who stole her heart
stole her memories. Kena plans to get it all back.
Ex-cop
Kena's life is filled with regret, beer, and Cheetos. That is, until her
ghostly roomie sends her dumpster diving, leading her to a sexy stranger named
Luc and a fate she'd rather not remember. As Kena's memories resurface, so do
her feelings for Luc, the man she's secretly been in love with for the last
thousand years. And he needs her for more than a stroll down memory lane.
Vodou
spirits, known as Loa, have been trapped in human form, and are trying to make
their way back to the spirit world. But Luc's brother is possessed by a
vengeance demon conjured at the hands of NOLA's crime syndicate kingpin. Saving
him means damning herself to a spirit prison in a loveless, arranged union with
the very man she's supposed to rescue. But not helping Luc's brother sentences
him to death, leaving New Orleans in the hands of black magick, and losing Luc
forever.
Q) How did you dream up the dynamics of your characters? Originally
the story was going to be completely different when I wrote the first 5000
words or so of the book. But after I came back from the 2014 Romantic Times
convention in New Orleans, I was inspired to write something with a Vodou/NOLA
flair. So the book took a twist and became so much more than I ever imagined. I
wanted a strong heroine and an alpha male. But Luc ended up being more of an
Alpha/Beta blend. He's not really one or the other. He's quite complex. Kena
ended up being a witty heroine who took things into her own hands.
Q) Do you have any habits that get you in the writing frame of mind?
Music is my biggest influence. I listened to mainly instrumental
gaming soundtracks while writing. But one of my Critique Partners burned me a
CD of music she thought would be perfect for this book, and it was filled with
great songs by The Black Keys, Rolling Stones, Zepplin, Jack White and Muse. It
ended up really making scenes come alive for me.
Q) How much real life do you put into or
influences your books? In this book I tried to
make the characters reflect their Vodou based deities. I did take some artistic
liberties and spun a few things, but I did a lot of research to make sure a lot
of the intricacies of their actual descriptions and quirks made it into the
story.
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