| She tempted the feral beast inside him to come out and play. Damon Arkadios has kept the animal part of his nature leashed for thousands of years. He is a guardian, the leader of the Fianna warriors—but from the moment he caught her scent, he knew she was more than just another assignment. Protecting the little seer will challenge his own beliefs—and his control.
Can she accept the legacy handed down to her from the distant past and convince her Lycan to be a part of her future? Or will the ancient evil that threatens to destroy their world keep them from making a new beginning together?
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About R.G. Alexander
Stolen away by a free spirited gypsy as a babe, {though she still swears she’s my mother} I spent my childhood roaming the countryside, meeting fascinating characters and having amazing adventures.
Being the perpetual new kid, my friends, more often than not, were found between the pages of a book, and my own imagination.
I read everything I could get my hands on, from Dick and Jane to Shakespeare. And then, at age eleven, I read my first romance. I’ve been hooked ever since.
I’ve been a nurse, a lead singer in several bands, a published lyricist, and I went to school to study Mythology and Anthropology—two subjects I’m passionate about. My greatest passion is my husband. The best friend I have ever had who turned out to be my soul mate. Talk about a plot twist.
I’ve spent a lifetime and several career changes saying, “Someday I’m going to write one of those romances.” Until one day my husband said, “So do it.” And I did. Now I can’t imagine doing anything else.
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An Interview with R.G. Alexander
By Holly Hewson, Marketing Director for The Romance Studio
HH: R.G., welcome to TRS BLUE! Please tell us all about your featured work, Lifting the Veil.
RG: Lifting the Veil, though not my first release, is the first book I ever wrote. So it holds a special place in my heart.
Meru Tanner has come home to her eccentric aunt's metaphysical shop to lick her wounds after a devastating betrayal. Her family is unusual to say the least, but other than the occasional skyclad ritual, life is normal. That is until an old customer gives her a gift for her birthday. A gift that will change everything.
A whole new world opens up for Meru. A world filled with wannabe gods and monsters with agendas, with sexy lycans and ancient prophecies that seem to revolve around her. Now, with the help of Damon Arkadios, leader of the Fianna, Meru will have to unravel the mysteries of the past and follow an ancient destiny, if her world is to have any chance at a future.
Along the way, she'll have to convince Damon that even the Big, Bad Wolf deserves to be loved.
HH: Your heroine leads a relatively normal life until she receives a mysterious gift. Then everything changes. Where did you get this intriguing idea? RG: Meru is at a crossroads. In folklore, crossroads are magical places-places where anything can happen. If you turn right you can continue living life as you always have, left and everything you thought you knew suddenly turns upside down. The gift is the Universe's way-with a little help from an old friend-of making sure she turns left.
HH:How do you go about ruining a character's normal life with a plot as special and intricate as this? RG: If anybody is ready to be ruined, it's Meru Tanner. With her strange relatives and her academic obsession with mythology, she doesn't have as hard a time believing what she's seeing as, say, her cousin the cop might.
I think when the safety and comfort of the reality you know is taken away from you, that's when we see what a person is really made of. The characters are forced to grow. It's a beautiful thing, and I think a lot of my stories hold true to that theme.
HH: What do you like best about Damon? RG: Damon is not the usual Alpha male. Don't get me wrong-he is the leader of the Fianna Warriors, a big hunk of overprotective Lycan, and a sexually dominant dynamo. But, unlike some of his wilder warriors, he isn't walking a line between right and wrong. He is a genuinely good guy-and the person he's hardest on is himself. A lot of his conflict is internal-if that makes sense-and no one else suffers for it. Damon is very real. And he has a lot of my husband in him-maybe because Damon was my first hero. I'm a little partial to the big lug. Both of them.
HH: What are you working on now? What else do you have in store for readers this year? RG: This year is pretty busy. I have several books coming out with Samhain Publishing, the first on April 22nd, called Regina in the Sun. I also have several more releasing with Ellora's Cave-including book two in the Temptation Unveiled series.
HH: How did you get your start as a writer?
RG: Unlike most of my writer friends, I have not been writing stories since I was five. I wrote poetry and songs, read constantly, and I was a chronic daydreamer. Always lost in my own world. It wasn't until August 2006, after dissatisfaction with the workaday world and several wonderful conversations with my husband that I decided to give it a shot. Just sit at the computer and write the story that had been running around my head for months until it was finished.
I had read stories from Ellora's Cave and Samhain, so I just decided to make an uneducated leap and submit-knowing absolutely nothing about the business or the steps I needed to take to make it work. I still wouldn't have a clue what I needed to do without the wonderful help of a writer's forum called Romance Divas. I owe them a lot.
HH: How have things changed for you since then?
RG: I've realized that no one is a harder boss than I am. Working at home means I can wear pajamas and fuzzy socks, but it also means there is no clock punching. I write until I run out of steam, or until my husband carries me away from the computer-whichever comes first.
I've also discovered how wonderful it is to find kindred spirits, people who understand your quirks and oddness and don't look at you strangely when you talk about your characters as if they are real. I've been so lucky in my critique partners and friends. It's a big online community-which is great when you spend most of your day alone lit by the soft glow of your monitor.
HH: How do you keep story-telling fresh and exciting for yourself?
RG: I think the biggest secret to keeping it fresh is not writing to a trend, but following your heart. And listening to your characters. Each character is different-what they experience will not be the same as any other character that has come before. Looking through their eyes, it never gets old.
HH: What do you do when you get stuck in a story?
RG: I won't lie. Writing can be hard work. Especially when your muse has skipped town for Tahiti and you have edits and a deadline. You cry, moan to your friends, eat chocolate, meditate, take a walk. And when you are done you sit down and start writing. Anything. Write how irritated you are with your character for not doing what you want them to do. Write a grocery list. Whatever. And then, like magic, you become unstuck. Okay it's not like magic. But it feels like it when you're finally writing again.
HH: Any vacation plans this year?
RG: Only between the pages of my stories. Actually, I am excited about a writer's conference in San Francisco this summer. Never been to San Francisco. I can't wait.
HH: Thank you!
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