KH: What are your favorite genres to read and write?
AL: Erotic romance, paranormal, fantasy, and futuristic — anything that bends reality. The contemporary small town romance just doesn’t do it for me. I love historical too, especially when combined with other genres. The more genres mixed in one book, the more fun it is. I’m also reading the classics to be a better writer. My to-be-read pile always looks like the leaning tower of Pisa.
KH: To you what type of hero/heroine is the hottest?
AL: I’m a sucker for alpha males and tortured souls. The first kind takes over and lets you relax. The second kind is an exciting challenge to figure out. But lately I have a new hero — Sam on True Blood. He’s sexy, passionate, and has southern charm, but he’s also a really nice guy.
For heroines, I like all kinds because it’s fun to read and pretend you’re someone else, someone different. If the woman is really tough and packing pistols, though, she’d also better have a soft, feminine side or I just can’t relate.
KH: Share one of the sexiest or romantic lines from one of your books.
AL: “Do you know what happens to naughty girls, Mary? They get punished.”
This is from Cicada, my paranormal erotic romance. Jon the ghost is haunting the heroine’s rental cottage, and he’s angry that she went out earlier after he bade her not to. After this, he proceeds to turn her over his knee, pull her pants down, and alternately spank and pleasure her.
Cicada – available at Ellora’s Cave
http://www.jasminejade.com/p-6603-cicada.aspx?skinid=11
KH: Speaking as one of your characters, describe in a sentence or two what makes your partner irresistible.
AL: These are from Sexual Energy, my recent futuristic romance. This is how Logan sees Alysa.
Not only was this woman hot, she also had a great personality. She was sensual, fun and caring. Everything a man could want, all wrapped up in a petite, very sexy package.
“What’s wrong, Logan?” Alysa asked, bathing him in her warm, brown gaze. Why did she have to be so damn sweet? Doable was one thing. He could handle that. Lovable was a completely different ball game. She was the kind of girl who put her head on a guy’s shoulder and loved him until death do us part.
Sexual Energy – available at Ellora’s Cave
http://www.jasminejade.com/p-7840-sexual-energy.aspx?skinid=11
KH: Please tell us about your latest release?
AL: Sexual Energy is a futuristic m/m/f ménage set on the Planet Chromefield where everything runs on sexual energy. Astronaut Logan McKay crash lands there and has to get involved with Alysa and Dean to get home again, forming a very passionate triangle.
Stay tuned to my web site http://www.aftonlocke.com/ where I plan to add a tour of Planet Chromefield.
My video trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0OjPtU6ZKwM
Blurb:
Planet Chromefield has always run on sexual energy, but due to a troubling affliction, all the men have lost their erections and all the women are insanely horny.
When virile astronaut Logan crash lands on the planet, he must agree to perform an impossible test to get home again–a test which puts him in the bed of sexy Alysa, who wants more independence and creative sex, despite the planet’s chauvinistic mores, and her fiancé Dean—whose secret desire could cost him everything.
Dazzled by his lust for them both, Logan only agrees to give them his body, but the resulting three-way bond surpasses each of their sexual fantasies and thaws his solitary heart, which just might contain the key to saving the planet…if only they can convince him to stay.
KH: What’s upcoming for you?
AL: I have a sequel and/or free read planned for Sexual Energy. After the very embarrassing situation I put them in, secondary characters Jay and Lorna are begging me to tell their story. I might even throw in a new guy too, just to switch things up.
Candelabra, a paranormal quickie featuring a fire elemental fairy and exciting wax play, is coming soon from Ellora’s Cave. I’m also working on stories for Ellora’s Cave 2010 Arts theme.
AL: Thanks for having me on your blog.
KH: Thank you, Afton!
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Wonderful interview! Goodness what creative stuff you have coming out. Excellent!