Happy February everyone! Today i'm happy to have author Taryn Kincaid as my guest. She's here to tell us a little about herself and introduce us to her third erotic paranormal for Decadent Publishing's fabulous 1Night Stand series.
Taryn will be hanging around all day, so leave a comment and offer her support. Chocolate and swag are included... In time for Valentine's Day!
1. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
Why, sure! When we were playing around with FROST, my
editor at Decadent Publishing, the wonderful Valerie Mann, decided my
“official” bio was too boring. So we played around with it. It doesn’t show up
in FROST, but I think I’ll be using it from now on! Here’s a sneak peek:
Taryn Kincaid lives in beautiful Bora Bora .
Or wishes she did. When she's not parasailing up and down the Hudson River,
taking care of her aging pet walrus, or volunteering at the local animal
shelter [oh, HELL, no], she loves to arrange her voodoo doll-pin collection
and practice chanting. Taryn is dedicated to eradicating the Kardashians and
Honey Boo-Book from the face of the earth, along with The Bieb and sparkly
vampires. At this moment, she is busy adjusting the tin foil to throw the CIA
(Culinary Institute of America )
off her trail. She hangs around a lot on Facebook and Twitter with her
trillions of fans and pops in at Goodreads from time to time.
2.
What do you do
when you are not writing?
Well, much as I’d love to say “George Clooney,”
alas, no. Evil day job, reading romance, phoning for take-out, TV. Yes. Just
that boring.
3.
How did you choose the
genre you write in?
It actually chose
me. I’d thought of myself as a writer of
Regencies primarily. But as a lark, I started writing SLEEPY HOLLOW DREAMS, a
short, quirky Halloween story set in mystical Sleepy Hollow and submitted it to
The Wild Rose Press’ paranormal line. Since the hero of that story’s curse and
job was to keep the heroine, uh, happy...TWRP thought it was more suited for
their erotic line...if I added just a little more heat! LOL! When I learned about Decadent Publishing’s
1Night Stand series, and the intriguing Madame Eve, erotic paranormals set in
Sleepy Hollow seemed a natural fit! So I returned to that HOTbed of a village,
where things go bump in the night!
4.
Where do you get
your ideas?
The shower. Sometimes the car.
5.
Do you ever
experience writer’s block?
Who, me? BWAHAHAHAHAHA.
6.
Do you work with an
outline, or just write?
7.
Just write. Which is probably what leads, on
occasion, to #5 above. Would love to be able to outline, but Just.
Can’t. Do. It. Need the idea, and the characters, and then need the characters
to take me away and tell me what they want to do, what they want to say, where
they want to go.
8.
Have you written a book
you love that you have not been able to get published?
Oh, yes. The book of my
heart is collecting dust. I love the hero.
I envisioned it as the first of a futuristic paranormal series set on a planet
that very much resembles earth. Unfortunately, it’s in first person, present
tense and it doesn’t seem to grab people the way it grabs me. So after a couple
of contests and a couple of agent/publisher submissions, I gave it a rest. I
will go back to it one day.
9.
Can you tell us about
your upcoming book?
Thanks for asking!
FROST is my third erotic paranormal for Decadent Publishing. (Sleepy Hollow
Book 3). It’s another 1Night Stand. The heroine is Dagney Night, a succubus and
it takes place the night before Valentine’s Day! Although Dag is the sister of
Lily Night, the heroine of LIGHTNING, Book 1 of the series, and although Lily
and her squeeze, Campbell Jones, make a brief cameo appearance, it’s a stand
alone book.
10.
How did you come up
with the title?
The other books in the
series are LIGHTNING and THUNDER. So since the hero, Maxwell Raines, is a
fire-sex demon who completely melts the heroine, FROST was the way to go!
11.
What project are
you working on now?
BLIZZARD!
BLURB:
Dagney Night, a sought-after succubus, is no stranger to blazing hot sex.
But as Valentine’s Day approaches, she longs for something more. When oddly
erotic paintings arrive for display at her art gallery, arousing everyone who
views them, she wonders about the mysterious artist who created the works.
Maxwell Raines, a fire-sex demon, lives a life of solitude and seclusion
behind the walls of his compound at Sleepy Hollow, channeling his lustful
impulses into his art—until his muse deserts him and his temperature rises past
the danger point. He needs sex. Now.
When Madame Evangeline arranges a torrid Valentine’s 1Night Stand for
them, will the flames of their encounter be too hot to handle?
EXCERPT:
Dagney followed her sister’s glance, and
her heart flipped like a gymnast unable to nail a vault. Darkness swathed the
gallery with the exception of the lights above or below each of the paintings.
The large man emerging from the shadows held her rapt. Waves of pure,
unadulterated lust smacked her with such force she didn’t even see Lily and
Campbell leave. The blast of raw desire crumpled her to the floor. Her gaze
remained riveted on the tall hunk of ferocious male stalking toward her,
radiating undiluted carnality. He set something carefully on the floor and
grasped her by the elbows, his touch surprisingly gentle when he lifted her to
her feet.
“I’m Maxwell Raines.”
Yeah.
No kidding. Who else could a guy so hot, so studly, possibly be?
She told herself not to swoon. Ordered
herself not to swoon. But, Goddess, that rumbling voice. More potent than a
train barreling over the tracks. And he smelled so good. Sinfully masculine. A
bit of musk, a bite of pine, an essence of dark, smoky nights. Sexy scents.
Reminiscent of tangled satin sheets that had been given a good work-out.
Her legs turned to rubber, and she
doubted they’d support her on their own. She’d be mortified if he’d have to
scrape her puddled body up again. But he hadn’t yet relaxed his grip. Could she
bullshit her way through the meeting without collapsing? “You’re late,” she
said.
“I’m never late.”
“Well, the party’s over, Mr. Raines.” She
waved a hand around the empty room.
“Depends on your perspective.”
“You’re big on perspective, are you?”
“I’m a painter.” A brief shrug
accompanied his blunt words. “Obvious connection.”
“Right. But as you can see, everyone’s
left.”
“You haven’t.” He gazed down at her, a
black brow flaring. “And you’re what I’m here for.”
Links to Taryn's books!
You can catch her on her website, http://tarynkincaid.com, and her blog, http://dreamvoyagers.blogspot.com where she lives for comments!
Don’t
forget to leave a comment for some chocolate…
12 comments:
Thanks so much for having me in today, Kathleen!
Oh, the shower is a great place to get ideas for stories, think through plots, come up with first lines for stories.... Except, paper and computers don't go well with the water.
All the best with your new release!
Thanks for stopping in, Jess!
Very nice interview. I love your new bio Taryn especially the part about the CIA. LOL I have to go eat at one of those restaurants on campus I keep saying I am going to go and never do. :P
Do you study there, Carol? I'm sooooo jealous, if so. My dream is to eat there, too. I'm about an hour and half away. One of these days...
No don't have the talent to study there and I am way too old to do it now anyway. I am about an hour away now but used to live just across the river from it. I have to try for reservations they are so hard to get. If i ever manage I'll make it for two and let you know when!
Oh and I finished the skirt. So I can settle in and read Frost! :)
Thank you for being my guest, Taryn! I love the reason you chose reason you chose the title Frost!
Huge congrats! Happy sales!
Carol~ Congrats on the skirt and thanks again for buying FROST!
Enjoy!
Kathleen - Thanks so much for having me! Let me know when I can return the favor!
There's a chance to win CHOCOLATE?!?! LOL! Who on earth would what to miss that opportunity? Not me!!! ;)
Great interview too of course, I'll have to add these books to my very long must haves list! =D
Valerie Long
just.val.1974(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks for stopping by, Valerie!
Good luck!
Both Carol LaGatta and Valerie Long are my winners! Send me your snail mail addresses, ladies.
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