Catch a Mate!

Hello everyone. I want to take a moment before we being to welcome Gena and everyone in to discuss Catch A Mate.

Hi Gena, it's good to see you, thanks for coming to visit with us. 

I have to say, before we get started, I just loved the way you described Jillian's first impression of Marcus; "...the scent of sin--that's the only way to describe it--had followed this one, lingering in the air long after he'd stepped into the boss's office and shut the door."

Thanks so much, guys!!  Marcus was a lot of fun to write :)  I loved his quirky sense of humor, his mind-in-gutter trips and how he just couldn't resist Jillian.  

I'm currently working on the sequel to Playing With Fire (tentatively titled Twice As Hot)  It features Belle, Rome and all the gang.   

After that, I'll be diving into the next Lords of the Underworld book.  I cannot wait for those books to hit stands! 

Thank you so much!

I was on a road trip with fellow author Jill Monroe and we were discussing men (as we love to do :)   One of us said: Men can be such pigs!  The other said: Women should be the slaughter house!  And boom, the idea was born.  

Each book idea has come to me in a different way.  CAM was the most fun :)

As for the secondary characters, I would one day like to write an anthology with perhaps 4 short stories featuring my favorites CAM employees.  Jake, though, might need a full length novel.  I adore him!    

I love your story on how Mate came into being and it's extra juicy, because I love Jill Monroe's books too! The loves scenes really stood out to me in Mate.  I think they were extra steamy because the characters were so hostile to each other. The way I look at it was that the animosity was like foreplay for those two.  I really enjoyed  the combative personalities.

You guys are absolutely right!  And I've never had so much fun writing love scenes.  While they're in the taxi, headed to Jillian's house, and feeling each other for fangs, horns and tails, I laughed out loud. :)

I really want to tell Jake's story, but I haven't met his heroine yet.  The moment she arrives inside my head, I'll be at the computer, typing away.  I adore Jake and want him to have a happily ever after. 

Lisa, you sweetie!  And here's to a fabulous pitch!!!

Chelle,

Thanks so much!!  You brightened my day :)

Gena,

Your books are an automatic buy for me. I can always count on hot, sexy romps and out of the ordinary characters that I really enjoy reading about. The only bad thing I can say is...the books all have to end. But you keep churning them out there so the fans don't starve between reads. Great job, Gena!

Loved your video by the way. Slowwwly, of course! LOL

Di

Hi Gena!

Big waves!  I'm so excited to hear about the sequel to Catch A Mate.  I loved this book!  I'm also jonesen for  the Lords of the Underworld series to be released.  Question:  In the sequel you are currently writing, who are the star players in this book or can you tell us?

LOL!  Lisa W.

I think she means Twice As Hot, the sequel to Playing With Fire (a rough draft I just finished this week, yea!!!)

Belle and Rome are the stars of this book, as well.  The entire gang is back -- Tanner, Cody, Sherridan, Lexis -- as Belle goes after her first scrim, Desert Gal, and finds her powers are more volatile than ever.  You'll meet a few more superheroes, a few more supervillians, as Belle tries to plan her wedding to Rome.  But Rome --okay, I'm about to spill the entire plot LOL  I'll stop.  :)      

If the book plot stays the same as it is now, then they both have pretty intense hook ups in Twice As Hot.  (I sometimes change my mind about major plots in a book after the rough draft is done and rewrite completely.  I won't know for sure whether that'll happen in this one until I dive back in for a read)  However, I would love to tell their stories one day.  I adore those guys! 

Happens a lot :)  Valerian raised his hand in Jewel of Atlantis and there was no saying no to him.  Layel has always had a special place in my heart, but my Lords of the Underworld showed up and there was no turning away from them.  Characters are my weakness LOL

Absolutely!  I'm always happy to discuss my Lords.

I’ve taken the myth of Pandora and completely turned it upside down!  I claim the gods entrusted Pandora, the greatest warrior of her time, to guard the box.  But a group of immortal warriors fought and won it, opened it, and unleashed the horde of demons locked inside.  Because of this, the gods punish each warrior to house a demon inside his own body.  So the warriors become the box, so to speak.  It’s not an easy pairing, either. 

Maddox, the hero of The Darkest Night, is keeper of Violence.  He's been cursed to die every night only to awaken the next morning knowing he has to die again.  I tried to stay true to his character and show his fierce struggle with the demon.  Sometimes, he does not win that struggle and the demon overtakes him.  His heroine, Ashlyn, is able to stand in one location and hear every conversation that’s ever taken place there. 

Lucien, the hero of The Darkest Kiss, is keeper of Death.  He’s been ordered to escort the goddess of Anarchy’s soul to the hereafter.  The tempestuous and fun-loving Anya views his attempts as a game. 

Reyes, the hero of The Darkest Pleasure, is keeper of Pain.  He’s forbidden to know pleasure.  Actually, pain is his pleasure.  Danika, his heroine, is being chased by his best friend, the demon of Wrath, for reasons the warriors do not yet know.   

Thank you so much!!  You absolutely brightened my day!

I do have a favorite series :)  Lords of the Underworld.  I'm completely enraptured by them.  Can't get enough.  The heroine of the next book came to me last night and I'm already in love with her. 

I hit Post too soon, I wanted to say that I LOVE Ashlyn's gift. How cool is that? It also opens the door to many problems. I bet it's hard for her to stand still.

Hi Kim, thanks for stopping in.

I agree, I liked Jake, a lot, and will be glad to see him get his own story.

Wow, the heroine of the next book has come to you. Cool! Can you disclose whose heroine it is? I know whose heroine I wish she would be *wink*

If I had to I name my favorite series by you I would have to agree with you but the Lords would have to share their spot with the Alien Huntresses. That series also has a special place in my heart!

Talking about series...Can you say something about the Imperia series...do you think there will be more books in that one...?
Katie's brothers did intrigue me and it was a nice surprise to see Gray again in Jewel of Atlantis...

Oooh I could go on forever but I'll leave it at this...have taken up enough of your time!

She's for Sabin (the warrior possessed by the demon of Doubt).  I meant to write Paris (Promiscuity) or Aeron (Wrath) but this woman would not fit either of them.  :)

Gena ~ sorry to hear you've been down with the flu.

It's funny how one character can speak louder at times than others isn't it?

You know, I meant to say this earlier but got sidetracked... I loved Georgia too. I think you really captured the growing up as a redhead. We are rather more gangly as kids than seems fair.