Human Dante Rocco has his reasons for tailing the tall blond. Unaware he follows an immortal, he's in for a bad shock. When Alex rescues him from thugs and evil, a hotly urgent sexual bond flares between these two rivals for the courier account. As they struggle with the reality of their relationship, they discover they're now the ones being pursued—by an unstable, vengeful vampire.
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About Carolina Valdez
Carolina Valdez warns not to be fooled by her photo. "Even if you walk most of the race, you want to be sure to break into a run for the camera." Although most of her running days have morphed into walking days, she's completed over a hundred distance races - six of them marathons of 26.2 miles. Her short story about a murder on the streets she's actually competed on in the Los Angeles Marathon, appears in "LAndmarked for Murder," a Sisters in Crime/Los Angeles anthology.
After a varied career as a registered nurse, while winning awards and making sales writing freelance, she decided to retire to finish her first novel. Now she writes about searing passions and the sweetly explosive ecstasies of love.
Backlist
Paperback erotic M/M collections
Desire Hot & Sweet
Smoldering Embers
Electronic
Tie 'Em Up, Hold 'Em Down
Hangin' With My Window Man
Hole In One
Forbidden Desire
Somebody To Love
Twilight
For M/F erotic romances see www.CarolinaValdez.com"
An Interview with Carolina Valdez
By Holly Hewson for The Romance Studio
HH: Carolina, thank you for talking with us at TRS! Please tell us about your featured book, Night Train to Naples.CV: I'd love to answer your great questions, Holly. I appreciate the opportunity to tell readers that crafting Night Train To Naples began when I volunteered to write a story set in Italy for Amber Quill's That's Amore AmberPax. The Pax is a collections of five stories by different authors. Since my m/f novella Where Vesuvius Sleeps is set in southern Italy, I felt comfortable writing again about that fascinating and highly erotic part of the world.
HH: One man is an immortal, one man is human. They are both being stalked by a vengeful vampire. Where did you get the idea for their intriguing story? CV: I wanted to write a vampire, so a little darkness was necessary. That's when the title popped into my head. So, why was Alex on this train? Once I figured out his occupation, I knew why he and his future lover, Dante, were on it. The vengeful vampire Giacomo, who has an old history with Alex, simply appeared as I wrote a scene with vampires conferencing in the basement of an historical Naples church. I thanked him for showing up -- he added conflict and suspense to this love story.
HH: What do you like best about Alex and how do you relate to him? CV: I love Alex's darkness, but I also love his power, his history and his intelligence. He's fully vampire, yet recalls his humanity, too. He's sexually aggressive and skillful. To me he's the perfect lover, the kind no real man could ever be.
HH: How did you decide on the career of gemologist for your character? CV: I love gems. Portal To Darkness has a scene with the Hope Diamond, which I saw in the Smithsonian Institution. You'll find that jewel mentioned in Night Train To Naples, too. I've always thought I'd like to be a gemologist, so Alex completes that fantasy.
HH: What else do you have in store for lucky readers? CV: Watch for Night Train To New Orleans, the sequel to the unfinished story of these characters. I'm working on it now, but I have no release date yet.
HH: With the growing popularity of ebooks readers like Nook and Kindle, what do you see in the future for ebooks? CV: Hooray! Electronic books are finally having their day. But for those of us who write for small press publishers, I can't see our fan base growing overly much. Gradually, Amber Quill e-books will appear at Barnes and Noble in Nook's .pdf format. It's a slow process, and I'm not sure mine are there yet.
HH: As an author, has ebook piracy had an impact on you? CV: E-book piracy affects us all. Because I shut my eyes when I see one of my books on their sites, I don't know how many sales I've lost. I don't have time to fight them. Most small publishers feel the same. However, i believe at least one Amber Quill author has lost $1,000 on just one of her stolen books, and that hurts.
HH: What made you want to become an author in the first place? CV: I believe creative people can't squelch the need to express themselves. I've been writing since I was eight. When I was raising a family and had a career, I wrote spasmodically, selling shorter pieces and winning awards. In the back of my mind, I took it for granted I'd write a novel someday. I did.
HH: What is your happiest moment as an author to this point? CV: Ignorant of the publishing world, I did something you just couldn't do today--I sent an opinion piece cold--no query--to a religious magazine I read regularly. They not only published it, they paid me for it. I was elated. Shortly after that, I won the First Award for Writing prize from RN magazine. I felt those successes established me as a professional writer. That was oh, so satisfying and fulfilling.
HH: Any big plans for the fall? CV: Inhabiting The Night, which includes a vampire and a white were-tiger, is scheduled for release October 1st. So watch for me in a TRS October Release Party! In November, it'll appear in combination with Twilight in paperback.
HH: Thank you!
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