Do you love your Heroes more, or your Villains?
I love my heroes. But I love my
villains, too. The first book in my
Wolfe Creek series (Lone Wolfe Protector) features Zane Wolfe as a “kind of”
villain/bad boy/is he-or isn’t he-a werewolf.
I started out writing Zane as a guy who was supposed to just make the
reader question who the real villain was, but as the story went on, I started
falling in love with him. Then as the
book ended, I realized Zane would have to have his own story. He was that hot, that alpha, that yummy ;)
However, Koda (the hero in Lone Wolfe Protector) is pretty hot and alpha
himself. I loved Koda just as much as
Zane. Talk about confusing. At one point I wouldn’t have minded finding
myself in a Koda/Zane sandwich.
The third book, The Moonshadow’s Daughter, features Jake Blackstock as our
hero. He’s fairly yummy, too. He’s the kind of guy who’s marriage material
from the get-go and his hero status is firmly rooted from the first
chapter. I heart Jake. Tall, dark, handsome...and a doctor to boot. I hope you’ll love him, too!
Happy reading!
To the citizens of Wolfe Creek, Aimee Styles is dead. What they don’t know is she’s alive...and a werewolf. After she was bitten two years ago, Aimee isolated herself away from the town, determined to keep them safe. But all it takes is an icy winter evening—and an incredibly virulent flu—to interrupt her self-imposed exile.
Nothing prepared doctor and single dad Jake Blackstock for the sight of Wolfe Creek's missing girl, or her delicate beauty. He's instantly and fiercely attracted to her, despite her secrets and the shadows in her near-black eyes. Jake's falling hard. He knows nothing about Aimee...or what she really is.
But something else lurks in Wolfe Creek's shadows. Something malevolent. Something that won't hesitate to rip apart their life and new love…
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“We might get more than a foot
tonight,” Jake said,
looking out the window. “Maybe
two.”
She nodded, not liking the
thought of what else might
be out there in the darkness
beyond the cottage. Tonight, she
was glad to be sitting in Jake’s
living room, so close to him
and Daniel. If there was
something watching in these woods,
it’d have to do it from a
distance.
“Why are you here?” he asked.
She glanced up to find him
studying her. She could tell
the beer was having the same
effect on him that the wine
had on her. His gaze dropped to
her chest for a moment,
then her thighs, before coming
back to rest on her face. His
expression was bold,
unapologetic.
“Why? Can you tell me that
much?”
She took an even breath and put
her glass down. She
knew she’d have to give him some
kind of decent answer.
He deserved one. But she
couldn’t exactly tell him the
two biggest reasons why she sat
here now. That, one, she
was pretty sure something was
stalking his little family in
the woods of Wolfe Creek, and
she had to watch over this
home and the people inside it.
And two, she was completely
attracted to him and lonelier
than she’d ever been in her life.
“I’m…tired,” she said, choosing
her words carefully. “Of
being alone. It’s hard.”
She let her gaze shift back to
him, afraid of what she’d
see there. It was more than
she’d intended to say, mainly
because it was so true. She
hadn’t really meant to open up to
Jake Blackstock, but she guessed
she could thank the wine
for that. She’d always had a
problem with her filter, but add
any kind of alcoholic beverage
to the mix, and forget about
it.
His eyes didn’t hold any kind of
pity. Nothing to make
her feel like some kind of
charity case. Instead, she saw
empathy, a kind of connection
that touched her deep down.
“Me too,” he said simply. “I am,
too.”
She watched him, studying his
features. As beautiful as
they were, they were unable to
mask the pain that lay behind
them.
“I guess we have something in
common, then,” she said.
Her heart tumbled as his gaze
dropped to her mouth.
He sat only a few feet away and
she could almost feel his
body heat against her skin. The
wind continued to howl
outside, impatient, lustful. The
fire burned, but it was dying
down now. Only the embers
remained, an aching memory of
what blazed there only an hour before.
“Why won’t you come back?” he
asked. “You have so
many people who care about you.
They must love you very
much.”
“I can’t. Maybe someday, but not
yet.” Her voice hitched,
surprising her. Tears filled her
eyes. She hadn’t let go and
cried for so long. But since
meeting Jake, she’d done a lot of
things that she hadn’t in a
while.
About the author:
Kaylie Newell was born in the great state of Oregon, where she was raised alongside rivers and lakes and scruffy dogs that chased their tennis balls as far as Kaylie's noodle arms could throw. As she grew, so did her imagination, and it didn't take long to realize she was a romantic at heart. She began to fancy herself the future wife of a cowboy, the likes of which graced every paperback novel she could get her hands on. She decided to go to college in Oklahoma to snag herself one, but irony won over when she fell in love with a hippie in sheep's clothing instead. Together, they came back to Oregon, started a family and watched their dreams unfold. Kaylie wrote her first book when her girls were toddlers, editing sex scenes with The Wiggles on in the background. She's proud of many things in life, among them the fact that she can still recite her lines from Romeo and Juliet from her seventh grade play, the fact that she can set a grilled cheese sandwich on fire faster than most people can make one, but mostly she's proud of the stories blossoming inside her noggin on a daily basis.
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