I\u2019ve been on this strange and wonderful publishing journey for over twelve and a half years now and I love it. I\u2019ve published with four major e-publishers (two of which are now closed) and done several group indie projects. When I started writing, I was mostly doing contemporary erotic romance and some paranormal romance. But over the past five or six years, my focus has been mainly on spicy paranormals. It\u2019s what I love and they are the stories I need to tell. Plus, I love a wounded hero or an antihero, and paranormal romance lends itself well to that kind of character.<\/p>\n
The hero of my book is a drakon\u2014the son of a pure-blood dragon and a human woman. In ancient lore, dragons were considered evil creatures, and it was the hero who slew the dragon and won the woman. But in my book it\u2019s the humans who are the villains. All the drakons want is to be left alone. But because their blood is powerful and can cure disease and prolong human life, they\u2019re constantly being hunted. This time it\u2019s the drakon who gets the girl.<\/p>\n What do you think are the heroic qualities your villain\/antihero\/supernatural creature possesses?<\/strong><\/p>\n Ezra is a water drakon who just wants to be left alone. How badly does he want to be left alone? He owns his own private island. But in spite of that, he rescues a woman he doesn\u2019t trust and protects her. It would be easier just to kill her, to eliminate the threat to himself, but he doesn\u2019t do that. He risks exposing himself to his enemies to protect her.<\/p>\n Who is one of your favorite fictional villains (can be from a book, movie or television)?<\/strong><\/p>\n It has to be Crowley from the television show Supernatural. He\u2019s the King of Hell, but he has his moments where you have to love him. Even though you know he\u2019s always playing an angle, always has his own best interests at heart.<\/p>\n Who is one of your favorite fictional antiheroes?<\/strong><\/p>\n Kaleb Krychek from Nalini Singh\u2019s Heart of Obsidian. Kaleb is as ruthless as they come and doesn\u2019t pretend to be anything but what he is. He is powerful and dangerous. Most people believe he doesn\u2019t have a heart. But there is one woman that he loves. She was taken from him and he\u2019s spent years looking for her. And now that he\u2019s found her, he\u2019ll destroy the world rather than lose her again.<\/p>\n Seriously, how can you not love him?<\/p>\n What is one of your favorite paranormal creatures and why?<\/strong><\/p>\n I\u2019m partial to werewolves and dragons (or in my case drakons). They\u2019re powerful creatures that have both human and animal sides. They\u2019re smart, but they\u2019re also driven by primal instincts. They don\u2019t conform to the normal rules of society, but they do live by a code of their own. They can be violent and stubborn, but they\u2019re also incredibly loyal.<\/p>\n Drakon\u2019s Plunder<\/strong><\/p>\n Blood of the Drakon, Book 3<\/strong><\/p>\n Life is not going well for archaeologist Sam Bellamy. She\u2019s stuck in the middle of the ocean on a salvage boat with people who want her dead. It wasn\u2019t her gift for being able to sense objects of power that got her here, rather her need to make a secret society called the Knights of the Dragon pay for killing her mentor. Sam doesn\u2019t believe in dragons, but the Knights do, and if she can get one of the sacred artifacts they\u2019re searching for away from them, she\u2019ll consider it payback.<\/p>\n Ezra Easton is content to run his marine salvage company and live alone on his private island. He may be a four-thousand-year-old water drakon, but he\u2019s civilized enough to know just because he pulls an injured woman from the ocean, doesn\u2019t mean he gets to keep her…<\/p>\n When she wakes up, she has a few tall tales to share, and it seems the Knights are after her. But this drakon won\u2019t give up his treasure.<\/p>\n EXCERPT:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cYou have no idea who is looking for me.\u201d She shoved the blanket aside and sat up. It was time to get dressed, if she still had any clothes, and get out of here. \u201cThese people are dangerous and will stop at nothing to find me. If they don\u2019t find a body at the wreck\u2014\u201d She broke off before she said too much.<\/p>\n \u201cSo you were in a wreck. I wondered why you were alone in the dinghy. And who is after you?\u201d He stood, looming like a large, avenging angel over her. \u201cYou can trust me to protect you.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cYou might be willing to risk yourself, but I\u2019m not. I need to leave. Where are my clothes?\u201d<\/p>\n As though she hadn\u2019t spoken, Ezra continued. \u201cYou must be thirsty. Hungry, too. I\u2019m starving. How about I make some bacon and eggs? Maybe some pancakes and toast.\u201d He left her standing there and padded barefoot into the kitchen. Why did she find it so sexy that he was barefoot?<\/p>\n She was obviously not thinking straight, otherwise she wouldn\u2019t notice the way his long hair brushed his shoulders or the way the soft denim cupped his behind as he walked away. Her toes curled against the rug.<\/p>\n She snatched up the throw blanket, wrapped it around her, and hurried after him. \u201cDidn\u2019t you hear anything I just told you? It\u2019s not safe for you if I\u2019m here. The people looking for me will kill you.\u201d<\/p>\n Ezra pulled a carton of eggs, butter, and a package of bacon out of the refrigerator and set them on the counter. He added a box of pancake mix and a bowl to his collection before getting several large skillets out of the cupboard.<\/p>\n \u201cDid you hear me?\u201d she demanded. \u201cThey\u2019ll kill you.\u201d<\/p>\n Ezra propped his hands on his hips and faced her. \u201cNot if I kill them first.\u201d<\/p>\n Buy Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n Amazon: https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B072KF3JVT<\/a><\/p>\n Entangled: https:\/\/entangledpublishing.com\/drakon-s-plunder.html<\/a><\/p>\n B&N: https:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/drakons-plunder-nj-walters\/1126552516?ean=9781640631724<\/a><\/p>\n iBooks: https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/drakons-plunder\/id1247580768<\/a><\/p>\n Kobo: https:\/\/www.kobo.com\/us\/en\/ebook\/drakon-s-plunder<\/a><\/p>\n Amazon UK: https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/B072KF3JVT<\/a><\/p>\n N.J. Walters<\/strong> is a New York Times<\/em> and USA Today<\/em> bestselling author who has always been a voracious reader, and now she spends her days writing novels of her own. Vampires, werewolves, dragons, time-travelers, seductive handymen, and next-door neighbors with smoldering good looks\u2014all vie for her attention. It\u2019s a tough life, but someone\u2019s got to live it.<\/p>\n Visit me at:<\/strong><\/p>\n Website: http:\/\/www.njwalters.com<\/a><\/p>\n Blog: http:\/\/www.njwalters.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n Newsletter Group: https:\/\/groups.yahoo.com\/neo\/groups\/awakeningdesires\/info<\/a><\/p>\n Facebook Author Page: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/N.J.WaltersAuthor<\/a><\/p>\n Twitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/njwaltersauthor<\/a><\/p>\n Goodreads: http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/NJWalters<\/a><\/p>\n Amazon: http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/author\/njwalters<\/a><\/p>\n
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