Hello, and welcome to another great post with Sinfully Sweet Romances/After Dark. Today, we have the pleasure of welcoming Rosanna Leo to our spotlight!
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We asked Rosanna a few questions, and here is what she had to say.
Rosanna Leo is a married mom of two
boys who has been obsessed with romance literature ever since she
read Jane Eyre in grade six. Since then, she has been a sucker for a
roguish smile, a knowing eye and an alpha male! She grew up in
Toronto, Canada and still lives nearby. She tried getting to Narnia
through her bedroom closet when she was a kid, but that didn't work,
so she started writing romance. You can find all her books at
www.lsbooks.com
Q) You write mostly paranormal erotic
romance. Would you ever consider another genre?
A) I do love the paranormal world. Ever
since I first picked up a book, I read about fantastic creatures and
ghosts and gruesome histories. My early tastes had to impact my
writing. Right now, with my Gemini Island Shifters series, I am quite
comfortably ensconced in the shape shifter world. However, I do have
one contemporary romance to my credit as well, and am writing
another. As much as I adore my paranormal heroes, it’s important to
take a break and refresh.
Q) Tell us about your current release.
A) Predator’s Refuge is book 3 in my
Gemini Island Shifters series. Although it is a series, each book can
stand alone as well. The first two books dealt with ornery bear
shifter heroes, the Snow brothers. However, book 3 tells the tale of
Anton Gaspar, a Hungarian tiger prince shifter. His unlikely heroine
is Marci Lennox, a lynx woman who works at a Northern Ontario resort
catering to shape shifters. Marci wants nothing more than to succeed
at her job when the boss leaves her in charge. But when mysterious
new employee Anton arrives, plaguing her sex-starved lynx, everything
seems to fall to pieces for Marci. And Anton doesn’t fare much
better. For reasons they don’t divulge right away, this couple try
to stay away from each other, but tragedy at the resort throws them
together. They deny the desires of their inner animals, and it makes
life hellish for them.
Q) Did you do a lot of research on
animals for this book?
A) Indeed! For all my shifter books, I
research the animals on which I base my characters. I don’t think I
can do a shifter character justice if I don’t know about the animal
prowling inside them. I read a lot about the behaviors of tigers and
lynx and found them fascinating. It was fun throwing these two
natural predators together and watching the sparks fly!
Q) Do you plan to continue the Gemini
Island Shifters series?
A) Yes, book 4, Predator’s Claim,
will launch March 24 and is a wolf shifter book. I also have plans
for at least two more books in the series, following characters who
have only made cameo appearances thus far. Beyond that, we’ll see
what the readers want!
Q) Where can we find out more about
your books?
A) All the details are on my blog at
www.rosannaleo.blogspot.com,
but all the books are available at Liquid Silver Books, Amazon, ARE,
KOBO, B&N and other e-outlets.
I’d like to say thank you to the
authors at Sinfully Sweet Romance/After Dark for hosting me!
What a wonderful look at the amazing woman behind the talent.
Blurb/Excerpt-
Predator’s Refuge, Gemini Island Shifters 3 by Rosanna Leo
Blurb:
Lynx
shifter Marci Lennox has worked at the shifter-friendly Ursa Fishing
Lodge and Resort all her adult life. It’s more a home to her than a
job. When her boss goes on vacation, putting her in charge, Marci is
thrilled. Finally a chance to prove she has the mettle to run a
resort.
Her confidence is shaken when new employee Anton Gaspar appears. One look at the mysterious tiger shifter spells trouble for Marci and for her sex-crazed lynx. Anton is judgmental, condescending, and a little misogynistic. Unfortunately, Marci’s lynx thinks his tiger is more delicious than an oversized bag of Maltesers.
It becomes difficult for Marci to remain neutral near Anton, especially when she learns of his troubling past and unusual family circumstances. However, when dangerous incidents occur on the resort, the lynx woman and tiger man join forces to combat the threat to the lodge and its guests.
Harder still is the quest to combat their explosive feelings for one another. As they explore their mutual passion, they realize the danger at the resort is more insidious than they ever envisioned. Their dreams, their love, and their very lives are at stake.
Her confidence is shaken when new employee Anton Gaspar appears. One look at the mysterious tiger shifter spells trouble for Marci and for her sex-crazed lynx. Anton is judgmental, condescending, and a little misogynistic. Unfortunately, Marci’s lynx thinks his tiger is more delicious than an oversized bag of Maltesers.
It becomes difficult for Marci to remain neutral near Anton, especially when she learns of his troubling past and unusual family circumstances. However, when dangerous incidents occur on the resort, the lynx woman and tiger man join forces to combat the threat to the lodge and its guests.
Harder still is the quest to combat their explosive feelings for one another. As they explore their mutual passion, they realize the danger at the resort is more insidious than they ever envisioned. Their dreams, their love, and their very lives are at stake.
Excerpt:
Immediately,
the fragrance hit him, activating his Jacobson’s organ. He
swallowed, tasting it on his tongue and at the back of his throat,
and wondered if he was mistaken.
No,
how could he mistake the unique scent of a female cat in heat? It was
too delicious a scent to forget. Sweetness coated his taste buds,
winding a delirious path down his throat. As his head swam, he
blinked and tried to clear his thoughts of the sexual imagery racing
through it.
The
scent did not belong to another tiger shifter, but some other type of
predatory cat. One whose perfume he hadn’t sampled before. One who
must be particular to this region. Cougar? No. Mountain lion? Surely
not.
Whatever
she was, her scent teased him with its delicious flavor.
Don’t,
he warned himself. Wasn’t it enough that he spent the last few
years of his existence trying to escape the sick wiles of the
grasping women at court? And God only knew how hard he’d worked to
maintain a state of abstinence at Pannonhalma, devoting his life to
meditation. He’d come here to work, not lose himself in a sweet
piece of…
Stop
it.
This was no time to think of pussy, even though he’d never been
more desperate for a taste of creaming woman.
His
tiger howled inside him, hungry for that which it had been denied for
almost two years.
Still
the perfume, more intoxicating than any he’d known, wafted toward
him. He wanted to close his eyes and drink it in. The unyielding
power of the aroma could make him forget his vows. Granted, he wasn’t
really a monk, but he had followed the monastic lifestyle from day
one at Pannonhalma. The purity in the monk’s life had been the very
thing he’d required to get his life back on track.
So
why did he want to find the source of the scent and fuck her until
she begged alternately for mercy and for more? Her need seemed
strong. Whoever this lady cat was, she must be in dire agony for her
scent to be so powerful.
None
of his business.
Mentally
caging the growling tiger inside him, he shook his head and
approached the front desk. He dropped his luggage and cleared his
throat at the woman working there. Her head had been down as she read
some reports, but she looked up now.
“Welcome
to the Ursa…” Her jaw fell open and her sentence hung in the air,
unfinished and clearly forgotten.
Well,
well. A beautiful little lynx.
*****
Predator’s
Refuge is available at
http://www.lsbooks.com/predators-refuge-p872.php
and all e-outlets.
Author
Bio:
Rosanna
Leo is a multi-published, erotic romance author with Liquid Silver
Books who lives and breathes paranormal romance. Several of her books
about Greek gods, selkies and shape shifters have been named Night
Owl Romance and Two Lips Recommended Reads. When not writing, she can
be found haunting dusty library stacks or planning her next
star-crossed love affair. www.rosannaleo.blogspot.com
Get your copy, and don't forget to check out the others in this hot shifter series today!
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