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BORN TO LOVE WILD: A Paranormal Romance Short Story Anthology by Stars and Stone Books
Featuring: USA Today Bestselling Author Traci Douglass, Cara McKinnon, Sheri Queen, Pepper McGraw, M.T. DeSantis, Read Gallo, J. Bigelow, and Andie Biagini.
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TheBorn to Love Wild authors all came together to answer some questions about their stories for the anthology. Here, four of the authors interview their characters with the same set of five questions.
Andie Biagini – “Water Temperature”
An engineering student and a cryptozoologist. One of them can talk to sea monsters, but it’s not who you think.
What did you do on summer vacations as a child?
Madison: My family spent as many days at the beach as we could. I’ve always been drawn to the ocean.
What do you like best about your partner, physically, and why?
Madison: Luis has the most gorgeous brown eyes. They’re the color of sea glass.
What drives you crazy about your partner, and why?
Madison: He gets bossy when he thinks he knows what’s best for me. We’re working on it.
If you were offered an obscene amount of money, what would you do with it? Why?
Madison: I would pay off my student loans, donate to a marine conservation organization, and then go on some really fabulous vacations. There are so many beaches I haven’t been to yet.
What’s next for you and your partner?
Madison: He’s working and I have my internship, but we have the rest of the summer to see where things go.
Sometimes a wizard from Sweden needs help from a medium from Michigan.
What did you do on summer vacations as a child?
Faas: I learned how to use my abilities from my grandparents and helped them on their farm.
Elizabeth: I played with other kids in the woods. I didn’t realize they were spirits until later when I tried to introduce one to my mom and she couldn’t see him.
What do you like best about your partner, physically, and why?
Faas: Everything. But, if I had to pick one thing, it would be her behind. I love watching her walk.
Elizabeth: His eyes. Faas looks at me so intensely as if I’m the only one and there’s nothing outside of us.
Faas: Because there isn’t.
Elizabeth: Hush. (Said with a smile)
What drives you crazy about your partner, and why?
Faas: The way she treats everyone and everything with kindness until they prove her wrong. There aren’t many humans like that.
Elizabeth: He can be snarky, but when the time comes for him to work, he’s serious.
If you were offered an obscene amount of money, what would you do with it? Why?
Faas: I’d give it to research for cancer. Too many people die of this disease and it can’t be cured with magic.
Elizabeth: I’d put it into art programs in Michigan. I think being creative is an outlet for what bothers a person. There’s a point in the process of making something, no matter what it is, where you fall into the art itself and the outside world disappears…Metaphorically.
What’s next for you and your partner?
Faas: Figuring how to stay together.
Elizabeth: We’re sticking together. We just need to iron out the details. Any relationship takes a lot of work, but we’re willing to put in the effort.
Faas: We’ll do well. We started out as friends and having that foundation helps.
Elizabeth: That doesn’t mean we won’t fight or get angry, but we know what’s at stake. We’ll find a way.
M.T. DeSantis – “Forever Love”
To find a chance… A chance to find…
What did you do on summer vacations as a child? (Or, if not applicable, what’s your favorite thing about summer?)
Karli: I mostly kept to myself. I’d hang out in my room or the basement and listen to music while drawing or coloring. It sounds lonely, but I enjoyed it.
Ellowyn: Is “summer vacation” a human concept? Since the fae have no such thing, I shall say that my favorite thing about summer is the warmth of the nights. I can lie naked beneath the sky and not be bothered by a chill upon my skin.
What do you like best about your partner, physically, and why?
Karli: Ellowyn’s contrast of color just draws me to her. Her ebony skin and silvery-white hair are so alluring.
Ellowyn: Karli’s shapely bosom is my favorite part of her physical appearance. They both arouse me and provide a place to rest my head when I require comfort.
What drives you crazy about your partner, and why?
Karli: Ellowyn occasionally has a grudging streak. Maybe it’s a fae thing. Living forever probably messes with your emotions. I guess I’ll find out.
Ellowyn: Karli thinks of life in human terms. She will rush to do something, and I must gently remind her that we have eternity. Fortunately, she does not rush when we are together, if my meaning is clear.
If you were offered an obscene amount of money, what would you do with it? Why?
Karli: I would build a shrine to the fae dance in the mortal world. Such beauty should be shared with everyone.
Ellowyn: The fae have no use for money. Though, I suppose purchasing a following of devoted humans to perform my every whim holds some appeal.
What’s next for you and your partner?
Karli: I am going to get used to my new existence. My life has changed so much since I met Ellowyn, and I’m excited to explore everything this life has to offer.
Ellowyn: Next and forever, I will be at Karli’s side. She is my forever love.
Traci Douglass – “Blood Strong: A Blood Ravagers Novella”
One guardian demon in love. One witch with a secret crush. One evil threatening their newfound connection.
What did you do on summer vacations as a child?
Spud: Dad used to take mom and I out into the Big Horn mountains for cookouts.
Emma: I remember to Summer Solstice celebrations in Nantucket, before we moved to Wyoming. So much fun.
What do you like best about your partner, physically, and why?
Spud: (looks over at Emma beside him) You mean beside the fact she’s the most beautiful woman in the world?
Emma: (blushes then kisses Spud) Aw. You are so sweet. There are so many things I love about Spud. His strength. The sexy little horns on his head. But most of all I love his huge heart.
What drives you crazy about your partner, and why?
Spud: (holds up his hands and shakes his head) Nope. Not going there. Nope, nope, nope.
Emma: (laughs, elbowing him in the side) C’mon. I won’t get mad. Promise. I’ll tell you what drives me nuts about him. His sense of decency. He’s always worried about what other people are going to think. Will they be offended? Should I say this? How can I make them more comfortable around me? Be who you are, I say. Let them adjust.
Spud: (snorts) Well, I guess she can be kind of mouthy sometimes.
Emma: Hey! I am not mouthy. I speak my mind, that’s all.
Spud: Mouthy.
Emma: (crosses arms) So you’ve got a problem with my attitude then?
Spud: I thought you said you wouldn’t get mad?
(interview pauses as bickering commences)
If you were offered an obscene amount of money, what would you do with it? Why?
Spud: (runs a hand through his shoulder length brown hair, sighing) Right now? I’d try to buy back what I said a few minutes ago. At least then I’d have some peace and quiet.
Emma: (cheeks flushed and eyes sparkling with anger) Peace and quiet? (looks at interviewer) Seriously? See this is exactly what I’m talking about. If you feel a certain way, Spud, then own it. Don’t push your feelings aside and pretend they don’t exist to make me happy.
Spud: (lets his head fall back as he exhales slow) I love you Emma. I love everything about you. You are my soul mate, my bonded partner, my everything. When you’re happy, I’m happy. Period. The end. Is that enough realness for you?
Emma: (blinks at him, expression astonished) Uh… wow! I don’t know what to say.
Spud: (glances over at her and grins) How about a kiss then?
Emma: I thought you’d never ask.
What’s next for you and your partner?
(No answer, as Emma straddles Spud on his chair and passionate making out commences. Interviewer quietly leaves the room.).
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