Hi Everyone!
Happy to be on Fang-tastic Books to celebrate the release of Under A Mating Moon, my new Wolf shifter paranormal romance!
Our furry, fangy friends are loads of fun, don’t you think? Here are my top ten favorite werewolves in movies, TV, and books (books I haven’t written, that is).
In no particular order…
MOVIES
1. The Underworld movies. Love all of those digitally rendered Lycans.
2. Wolf (1994), starring Jack Nicholson. Seriously, it’s **Jack Nicholson**. Enough said. :-)
3. An American Werewolf in London (1981). Great humor and creepy transformation effects.
TV
4. Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Seth Green as Oz is the best. It’s **Joss Whedon’s** work, people!
5. Vampire Diaries. Michael Trevino as Tyler Lockwood is super broody but fun.
6. True Blood. Joe Manganiello as Alcide Herveaux. The definition of sexy.
7. The Originals. Joseph Morgan as Niklaus Mikaelson. He’s a vampire/werewolf hybrid, but one hundred percent entertaining badass!
BOOKS
8. Immortals After Dark Series by Kresley Cole. Love all of her werewolves, particularly the stubborn and sexy Bowen MacRieve.
9. Guardian series by Keri Arthur. Riley Jenson, a vampire/werewolf hybrid. A fierce heroine and fun to read.
10. Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton. All her wolves are fascinating, especially kindhearted, sexy, and brave Jason.
Under a Mating Moon
Black Hills Wolves
Book 27
Celia Breslin
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Date of Publication: September 18, 2015
ISBN: 9781613338940
ASIN: B0148W4RHW
Number of pages: 114
Word Count: 32,200
Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde
Book Description:
British Alpha wolf Jake Matthews spends his days among humans, pursuing a lucrative music career and avoiding his pack’s politics. When his current DJ tour takes him to the US, he stops in Los Lobos to visit family, and runs into the one Wolf he never wants to see again—the mate who rejected his claim.
While visiting her brother in Los Lobos, free-spirited Lexi Luparell is shocked to encounter the Wolf she’d denied when they were teens. Now she must face her guilt for the cruel way she spurned him all those years ago, make amends, and admit the truth. Jake was right all along—they’re meant to mate.
Lexi would love to explore the mate concept and her overwhelming attraction to virile, alpha Wolf Jake, but he wants nothing to do with her. How can she break down his defenses when she’s the reason he built them in the first place?
Jake dates only human women now. Lexi had her shot at being his mate, and she threw it away. But when her life is threatened, he may have to rethink his position and do whatever it takes to claim his one true mate.
Excerpt:
A billion
butterflies battered Lexi's stomach. She shifted her attention from Ross to the
piano. Sure enough, the music had stopped, and Jake faced her from his seat on
the bench. Man oh man, the heavy stare from those sky blue eyes sent shivers
skittering down her spine. His gaze held the same intensity she remembered from
him as a kid, as if he saw into the heart of people, exposing their deepest
secrets. It had driven her crazy back then, and she'd spent much time teasing
him, pulling his hair, trying to distract him from being so serious all of the
damn time. They were teenagers—partying was supposed to be their sole focus.
With his
ice-blue stare locked on her, Jake rose to his feet, all taut muscle and
predatory power. His energy swept over her like a tsunami, forcing all of the
moisture to abandon her mouth while parts much lower wept with want. Her inner
Wolf howled, answering the call of this Alpha, the first Dominant male ever to
make her sit up and take notice. Holy crap. Her muscles shook with the need to
bound over to him, jump in his arms, wrap her legs around his torso and writhe
against his hard, hot, tattooed body.
Jake said
something to his uncle then stalked straight at her, cutting a path right
through the middle of the tables and the many, too-curious patrons.
A whimper
escaped her throat.
Surprise sparked
in her brother’s brown eyes. "You're kidding me. Him?" He burst out
laughing. "Wow, sis, that's some major, big-time irony right there."
Darci’s
expression conveyed her bewilderment. "Now what are you two talking
about?"
Her annoying
brother grinned. "See that angry Alpha headed our way? My sister here
rejected him when they were teens and he's apparently her—"
Lexi socked her
brother in the ribs. "Shut it, Ross."
"Ouch."
Ross rubbed his side and chuckled at her plight. The jerk. "Come on, Lexi,
you have to admit the hilarity of the situation."
No, she did not.
Nor did she have to admit that J-Bird was right all those years ago. He was her
mate. O to the M to the G…. They were mates.
Even so, he
didn't look happy to see her at all. In fact, he looked positively enraged.
Shit, shit and triple shit. What a mess she'd made eight years ago. Well, she
was woman enough to pull on her big-girl panties and fix it. She straightened
her spine and lifted her chin in challenge, meeting Jake's stormy stare. He
halted before her.
I can do this.
"Hey J-Bird. Nice to see you." Lovely. Her voice sounded like she'd
eaten the gravel from the lot in front of Gee's bar. Embarrassment heated her
cheeks.
One breath, two
breaths, three…. J-Bird glared. Tension coiled between them in the silence.
Lexi bit the inside of her cheek to avoid babbling at him. She'd said hello. It
was his turn. Damn it, J-Bird, say something. He wasn't making this easy.
"Alexina." His arctic tone dismissed her and slapped her
in the face at the same time, leaving her disappointed and confused. No one
called her by her full name. No one except her parents when she'd done something
wrong as a kid. He might as well have said, "Screw you," while
slamming a door in her face.
His focus
shifted to her brother. "Hello, Ross. Been a while." His hand shot
out to grasp her brother's in a cordial shake.
"Good to
see you, Jake. Join us for lunch? My treat. We can catch up on old times."
"No, thank
you. I'm done. Nice to see you again, Ross." Jake nodded at Darci.
"Miss." He brushed past them and out the door.
"What.
Just. Happened?" The, “I'm done,” he uttered in his delicious British
accent seemed aimed more at her than at her brother's offer. And the fact he
hadn't even looked at her before stalking out all sexy in his gloom and doom?
Yeah, that hurt.
"I think
you know, sis." The amusement left her brother's face and sympathy
glimmered in his gaze. "Question is, what are you going to do about
it?"
She'd never run
from a fight in her life. She wouldn't start now. "Grab a table. I'll be
back in a second. Or not." She ignored her brother's knowing grin and
hurried out the door.
About the Author:
Celia lives in California with her husband, daughter, and two feisty cats. She writes urban fantasy and paranormal romance, and has a particular fondness for werewolves, vampires, and the Fae. Her award-winning vampire series - The Tranquilli Bloodline - is available from Champagne Books. Under A Mating Moon is her second werewolf story for Decadent Publishing’s multi-author, shifter line: Black Hills Wolves.
When not writing, you’ll find Celia exercising, reading a good book, hanging with her family, or indulging her addiction to Joss Whedon’s TV shows and movies.
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2 comments:
YES- my favorite werewolf of all time -Joe Manganiello as Alcide Herveaux. He was the epitome of power and beauty.
And of course Klaus from The Originals. Joseph Morgan as Niklaus Mikaelson- technically he's a vamp werewolf mix- and his vamp side seems much stronger than his wolf...but when he does wolf out. Damn. :-) I love how he was originally a villian that morphed into an anti-hero who now has become more of a hero, though a flawed one. You can't help but love and root for Klaus.
I totally agree, Roxanne. He's one mega-flawed hero and I always want him to succeed. Thank for having me over for a wolf chat today! :-)
best,
Celia
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