Monday, January 5, 2015

Claimed By Love by Skye Jones ~ Excerpt, Author Interview, Giveaway

Claimed By Love by Skye Jones ~ Excerpt, Author Interview, Giveaway
Blurb:

Kayley Edwards has spent the last four years closing herself off after a vicious attack by her lover left her scarred and terrified. After fleeing her native Alaska, she ran the length of the country and began a new life in Miami far from her family and friends.

When her cousin and his friends decide to vacation nearby, he invites her to join them, saying he has important news. Determined not to let fear rule her life, Kayley agrees to meet with them, only to have her world turned upside down. His friends include the two gorgeous men who’ve haunted her dreams for months, kindling her desire, and challenging her to take a chance on love.

Pack alpha, Luke Johnson, has sensed Kayley in his visions for years. He and his mate, Sean Wallace, know she is meant to be theirs. But how will she react when she finds out the world they inhabit is one she never dreamed existed? As passions collide, Sean finds himself acting as a bridge between his strong willed alpha and a skittish Kayley. But can they break through Kayley’s defenses and convince her to join their family?

Just as it seems the three may have a future together, a ghost from Sean’s past strikes at the heart of their happiness. They must fight for everything they hold dear to win their chance at love.

Categories: Bisexual, Erotic Romance, M/M Romance, Menage/Poly, Romance, Paranormal


Excerpt:
“Hey.” Luke’s deep voice sent another shiver skittering up Sean’s back. “Miss me?”

“Always.” Sean turned and buried his face in Luke’s neck. As he inhaled deeply he heard Luke do the same. Soft lips nuzzled at him moving down until they found the mating mark he’d placed on him when they’d bonded. Luke’s tongue laved over the spot dragging a low moan out of Sean. It always hit him deep in his belly when Luke paid attention to the sensitive area. “How did it go?” he murmured as Luke continued his ministrations.

“Crappy. The guy was a pain in the ass” Luke said with a quirk of his lips. “I mean literally. Dude had this big old set of stone thrones like something out of a movie and he offered me the one next to him. My ass went numb about twenty minutes in.”

Sean waggled his eyebrows. “Maybe I’ll have to massage it later bring it back to life.”

“Ass CPR?” Luke snorted. “Sounds…interesting.”

Pages or Words: 84,500 GoodReads Link



Interview
Hi and thanks very much for having me today ☺ You asked me some questions and my answers are below.

Best Line you ever wrote?

It’s not actually a line but a paragraph. It’s from the sequel to Claimed by Love, which is my current work in progress. The book features, Dylan. A secondary character in Claimed by Love. This is the paragraph I like: “Dylan raised the glass of whiskey to his lips and downed it. Tonight he might need more than whiskey. Might need to crack open a bottle of good old rabid blood and really knock himself out.”

Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?

I suppose the message I want people to grasp is that good – and love – can win out. I wanted to show people in the book who’d had a very bad time and came through – stronger – on the other side. Of course this is fiction. We can’t always make things better, and the world is a pretty dark place at the moment. However, I wanted to show three people who did get their happy ending.

How did you come up with the title for this book?

With a lot of difficulty lol. I went through a lot of names. In the end I wanted it to have something to do with the story. They are wolf shifters and they literally claim their mate. Hence the claimed in the title. I want it to be a theme in the following titles of the series.

Will anyone in your family read this book? What kind of feedback do they provide?

I am a member of a critique group. They are the people I turn to read my work. I really trust their opinion. I also have beta readers and a long time critique partner – who I love to bits. So yeah. Lots of people read it, but not really family and friends. I don’t think they’d feel they could be honest. They are often too close to you personally.

What made you want to write this particular book?

I wanted to write a paranormal story, a shifter story, but with a slight difference. These guys don’t live in big packs. They live on the outside – both of shifter society – and human society. You get an idea of this in Claimed by Love, but it will become a lot more apparent in Dylan’s story. It made for interesting group dynamics for me. This small, ultra-tight pack.


Author: Skye Jones

About Skye: Skye Jones is an erotic romance author who likes to write about that moment when lust and love meet head on.

Where to find the author:

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Publisher: Liquid Silver Books

Cover Artist: Liquid Silver Books

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