I'm delighted to welcome author Doris O'Connor today...she's the author of sensual, sassy, sexy romance novels. She's also celebrating a brand new release from Evernight Publishing - The Last of His Kind. As part of Evernight's very popular Naughty Fairy Tales series, it's sure to do quite well...
Before we get started, I'd like to share her bio - this woman is simply amazing!
Glutton for punishment would be a good description for Doris...
at least that's what she hears on an almost daily basis when people find out that she has a brood of nine children, ranging from adult to newborn and lives happily in a far too small house, cluttered with children, pets, dust bunnies and one very understanding and supportive husband. Domestic goddess she is not. There is always something better to do after all, like working on the latest manuscript and trying not to scare the locals even more than usual by talking out loud to the voices in her head. Her sexy Alpha heroes and sassy heroines tend to be pretty insistent to get their stories told, and you will find Doris burning the midnight oil on a regular basis. Only time to get any peace and quiet and besides, sleep is for wimps. She writes contemporary, erotic and paranormal romance.
German born, Doris now resides in the middle of a busy town in Bedfordshire/England and dreams of a nice big house by the sea, with plenty of space to run kids and dogs and let her imagination soar.
Now we'll settle down with Doris for an interview. She's also sharing the blurb, cover, and an excerpt....along with some other places you can find her on the web as well
Doris, I'm delighted to have you in the house today.
What’s
your favorite thing about being a writer/author?
Losing
myself in my characters and getting to tell their story. It's such a privilege
really, to get to know them. I'm a complete panster, so at times I just feel as
though I'm taking narration. They tell me their story and I do my best to do it
justice.
What’s
your least favorite thing?
Hmmm,
when they're not talking to me. Or I find myself arguing with them. I don't
know why I bother, they always win in the end, lol.
Why do
you write?
Because
the voices tell me to. That makes me sound like a loon, but I can't ever recall
not having spun stories in my head. I get no peace unless I write them down.
And simply put, I love writing. I get decidedly grumpy when life interferes and
I don't get to write for a few days.
Do you
read the same genre that you write? Why or why not?
Yes I
do, though I do read out of the genre. But lately, I seem to be almost exclusively
reading BDSM related stories. Nothing holds my attention as much as a good d/s
story J
Favorite
authors or books (just list a few):
I'll be
here all day ;-)
When did
you first consider being a writer?
I always
thought that one day I would write a novel. I loved books from the moment I
could read, so it was inevitable really, that I would eventually put fingers to
key board and pursue my dream.
What was
the first thing you ever wrote?
I can't
actually remember, but it was probably some fanfic I wrote that never saw the
light of day when I was a teenager.
Tell us
in brief about your personal road to publication.
A friend
entered the New Voices competition back in September 2010, and told me about
it. So, I thought to myself, well, it's now or never. I didn't get anywhere in
that competition, but I met lots of lovely folks, some of them have become my
invaluable crit group UCW, learnt tons, and realized just how much fun it was
to write. I've been writing ever since and got my first acceptance in August
2011.
It's
been a truly amazing year for me. I have just had my 13th story
accepted. If you'd have told me that a year ago, I never would have believed
it!
What do
you like to do when you’re not writing?
I read,
watch movies, reconnect with friends, and just enjoy my family.
If you
could live anywhere in the world, where would you choose?
Somewhere
warm all year round.
What’s
the inspiration behind your current release?
A friend
gave me the initial idea, literally gave it to me, with a, "There, you
have it, 'cause you do shifters so well. Can't wait to see what you do with
it."
Loch
Ness, The Little Mermaid, and Jason Momoa (Conan) gave me the rest. Odd combo I
know, but my muse works in strange ways!
What
have you learned so far and what do you hope to learn?
I think
the most important thing I've learnt is to never say never, and to listen to my
characters. It amazes me how far I've come and how my writing has developed. It's
a constant learning curve and I'm sure it always will be.
What’s
your current project and what’s coming next for you as an author?
Well, I
just had book two in the Club Ink series accepted and already book three is
niggling at me. I have book three in the Giovanni Clan series to write and I
have a myriad of other ideas floating around in my head. Like I said I'm a panster
with an unpredictable muse so, we'll see.
Are your
family and friends supportive?
I have
been very fortunate in that everyone is very supportive. My husband in
particular has been an invaluable source of support. He's a star and I couldn't
write half as much as I have if he wasn't there to take over with the kids,
bounce plot ideas off, and generally speaking cheer me on.
What
other occupation do you have (or did have) in addition to writing? Or, in short, what’s your day job?
I'm a
stay at home mum to a brood of nine kids, ranging in age from 21 years down to 10
months, so life is very busy indeed.
Share a
memory that made it into some of your writing.
The one
that springs to mind immediately is "The nompsters in the lawter."
(Monsters in the water) My then three year old used to say that all the time,
so it made it into Too Hot To Handle, Book one of the Giovanni clan. There is a
lot of my son in little Noah and in little Timmy from Scandinavian Scandal. In
fact, there is a scene in that book, where Timmy runs head first into the
hero's groin… Used to happen in real life all the time. Men always used to
cover their gonads protectively, cause he was just the right height to do some
damage, lol.
Self-promotion
– love it or hate it?
*shudders*
It's a
necessary evil that doesn't come easily.
Tell us
one thing about yourself your readers and online friends probably don’t know.
I once
threw a rotten tomato at a politician in Germany and was almost arrested. I
outran the policemen…
Share
one guilty secret.
I eat
far too much chocolate and I hide it from the kids!
Blurb:
What do you do when you stumble upon a naked, injured Adonis
on your morning jog? You take him home
and nurse him back to health of course. If that involves the hottest sex a girl
ever had, then so much the better, right?
Penelope Jefferson has returned to her childhood vacation
spot at Loch Ness for peace, solitude, and inspiration. When she stumbles upon
Doric she is floored by her body's instantaneous reaction to the clit clenching
stranger who washed up from the Loch.
Doric is the last of his kind. Cursed into the Loch by a
witches spell he needs acceptance from the very species he detests. When his
little human is abducted after their night of bliss, will it spell the end for
them both, or will they get to live the fairy tale?
Excerpt:
"Well,
for starters I haven't got any clothes." He chuckled at her sharp intake
of breath, when he dropped the material he'd used to cover his arousal.
"Of course if you don't mind, then let's go."
"Err,
do you mind? Let me find you something better to cover up with. You'll do
someone an injury with…with that."
She
wrenched her eyes up to his face, only for her gaze to stray back down to his
hardening cock. Her breathing grew shallow, and the scent of her arousal in the
air made his mind up. He would deal with the aftermath in the morning. He
needed to heal, and he had the perfect means to achieve that standing in front
of him. It had been way too long. He just hoped he could control his true self.
****
Oh the
man was infuriating and arousing in equal measures. She once again wrenched her
eyes away from that huge cock, suddenly all too aware how isolated the cottage
was. No one would hear her screams, should he choose to attack her. The mere
thought had her heart miss a beat, before it turned into a jackhammer, even as
the barely functioning rational side of her brain told her not to be so stupid.
She was hardly God's gift to men. He seemed perfectly able to control himself,
and everyone knew men's cocks had a mind of their own. It didn't mean he would
rip her clothes off. She'd never evoked that kind of passion in a man before.
She had no boobs to speak of, her hips were too wide, her legs too skinny, and
the damn glasses, well, they spelled librarian, not sex goddess, as her
ex-fiancé had accused her of acting like all too frequently.
"Has
anyone ever told you, you think too much?" His deep voice shook her out of
her musings, and his hot breath fogged up her glasses. When had he gotten so
close? The tip of his now fully erect cock left a wet stain along her tummy, and
Penelope took an involuntary step back. The smile on his face could only be
described as predatory, as he matched her step by step until her back hit the
wall. She swallowed nervously when he took her glasses off her nose, and pulled
the hairband out of her hair. His large hand massaged the back of her neck, and
he caged her against the wall until she couldn't move. Heat suffused her being
as his natural scent surrounded her, and his body heat seeped into her very
bones. He towered over her, and panic set in for one minute, before the sharp
yank of her hair brought tears to her eyes and forced her head up to look at
him.
"I
asked you a question, ceannbeag."
The softly spoken words held an edge of steel she found unable to resist. Her
pussy clenched, and her nipples tightened; and she bit back a moan as he yanked
her hair again, just hard enough to hurt, just hard enough for her to soak her
panties. A flash of triumph in the depths of his rapidly darkening golden eyes
preceded his knowing smile. He quirked an eyebrow at her, and she licked her
lips, willing him to close the distance and kiss her. She tried to get her
hands up to pull him down for that kiss she so desperately craved, but he had
her pinned so effectively, she couldn't move.
He
shook his head at her ineffective attempts.
"Well? Would you like me to stop those
thoughts I see swirling in your eyes? But I warn you." He pulled back
slightly, and Penelope drew a shuddering breath into her lungs. "Thinking
will not be allowed, and I expect complete obedience. Do you understand what
I'm saying?"
Did
she? Did she ever! Was this man even real, or was she still asleep and this was
all a dream? Who looked like that and washed up on her shore naked, and
injured, and still able to turn her insides into a quivering mass of need just
by the way he looked at her? He watched her now out of hooded eyes with an
unwavering gaze that raised goose-bumps on her flesh. Instantly his warm hands
rubbed up and down her exposed arms, and a shiver of a different kind went down
her spine. His nostrils flared, and the grip on her arms grew painful.
"If
you want me to leave, you have to tell me now." His voice had dropped an
octave, his accent thicker than before. "If you want me to stay, and I
sure as fuck hope you do, then know that you're mine to do with as I see fit. I
will use your body until you scream your surrender and my cock has filled you
every which way you can think of and some you couldn't even imagine."
Oh
good God. I'm doomed. If this is a dream then I really must eat more cheese to
make sure I have more of them.
"Do
I get a safe word?" She barely heard her own whisper over the roaring in
her ears. Her heart beat so fast she felt faint and had his body not been
holding her up, she would have simply sunk to the floor in a puddle of her own
arousal. Never, ever had she been this turned on, and he'd barely touched her.
"Nessie."
Thanks for having me here today J
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Buylinks:
OMG Doris, that is seriously going on my kindle. phew 'fanning myself here'
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DeleteThanks, Ann. Glad to hear Doric is doing his job ;-)
mahaha - you threw a rotten tomato? Classic!!
ReplyDeleteLoving me some Doric excerpts, by the way ;D
Yeees, got up to all sorts in my misbegotten youth ;-)
DeleteThanks for commenting, Xandra x
The book sounds awesome! I shall have to add that to my to read list.
ReplyDeleteGreat blog! Am a new follower. Always looking for great reads :)
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Glad you like the sound of it :-)
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