Happy Friday Everyone! Lia Davis is my featured guest today, and she has some fantastic books for your perusal. After you take a look at her books, sit back and get to know a little more about her. Yes, there's an excerpt from "A Tiger's Claim," and an interview with soul searching questions (probably not, but fun anyway) :-) Also, make sure to stop by The Romance Troupe's Spring Break Hop. Today's the last day to enter our drawing for a Kindle Fire or $200 + other great stuff for free! Info is just below this post.
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Ashwood Falls Series
By Lia Davis
Series blurb:
There comes a time
when setting your differences aside isn’t just necessary, it’s a means of
survival. After losing over half of their dens to a group rogue shifters, the
wolves and leopards merged as one Pack, but living together is much more of a
challenge then they expected.
Title: Winter Eve, Ashwood Falls prequel
Author: By Lia Davis
Publisher: Fated Desires Publishing
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Blurb:
Danica Welsh
was born to be the leopard pack healer. An accident involving a drug induced
youth left her badly burned and scared—emotionally and physically. Without the
ability to heal by touch, she secludes herself to the edge of town, away from Ashwood
Falls’ overly concerned citizens. All hope of mating and family become a
distance dream. When she finally starts to accepts the long, lonely existence
ahead of her, a stranger crashes into her life, and her heart.
After Nevan
Mathews’ fiancée died three ago, he submerged himself into his work, cutting
off all reminders of a life he dreamed of with the woman he loved. He lets his
step-mother talk him into taking the first vacation in five years to visit for
the holidays. But an accident delays his travel plans, sending him to Danica’s
doorstep and raises a need he thought he would never feel again.
Can they
tear down the walls around their hearts and submit to the passion before
another claims Dani for his own?
Warning:
Contains a shifter who's scars run deeper than skin, a human who has the heart
of a shifter, and a snow storm that's sure to have them both reaching for
warmth.
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Title: A Tiger’s Claim ~ Ashwood Falls,
book 1
Author: By Lia Davis
Publisher: Fated Desires Publishing
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Blurb:
As the
Alpha’s only daughter Shayna Andrews has always been treated like a rare gem,
protected like royalty, and she’s suffocating.
Her longing to be independent has driven her to sneak out one evening
after dinner. After relishing in being able to run free without an escort, she
finds herself face-to-face with the enemy, miles from home, and nearly loses
her life until a lone wolf comes to her aid.
Travis
Hunter’s main objective is to destroy the Onyx Pack—a group of drug using,
murdering rogue shifters. His seek-and-destroy plans are put on hold when he rescues
a female from a brutal attack. The beautifully exotic tiger shifter, Shayna,
stirs a passion he thought died with his long-lost mate.
When
Shay’s first heat cycle slams into her, Travis has no choice but to submit to
her needs—and his own. But there is always a price to sleeping with the Pack
princess. Not only will they have to face her Pack, Shay and Travis will have
to deal with a mating that is beyond a single night and could have consequences
more than either of them had thought. And when Travis finds out Shay wears the
enemy’s brand, things will go from bad to worse.
Warning:
One alpha female who doesn't take no for an answer, a wolf with more on the
line than just his heart, and a combustible attraction that's sure to cause
more than one sweaty night.
Excerpt:
Travis Hunter’s blood froze in his veins at the
piercing female scream that echoed through the forest. He was moving just as
the sharp scent of blood tinted the crisp mountain air mixed with the rancid
smell of the rogue mutants. His night vision, along with the silver glow of the
full moon, allowed him to maneuver around the trees with ease. Just before
reaching the rogues, he took one last leap and shifted in mid-air, his clothes dissolving
in a flash, then replaced by brown fur. He landed on a human-like rogue and
locked his teeth onto the male’s throat. With a jerk, Travis snapped his spinal
cord at the base of his neck. Dropping the limp body, he turned in time to take
the full force of a mutant as he attacked. They rolled in a tangle of limbs
until slamming against a large rock.
Travis bit back the pain that rocked through his
body. Fury built inside him and called the internal flame he kept contained
since the night his burned his den down. Heat grew in his cells, consumed him
fully until he glowed in a reddish-orange hue.
The mutant’s eyes grew round in fear with the
knowledge that Travis held the power to call fire at will. Or, in this case,
out of pure rage. Travis snapped his teeth and growled at the half-wolf,
half-man, then slammed his paw into the creature’s chest and shoved the heat
into the mutant. The fire consumed him in a flash of orange and blue flames.
Travis whirled away from the screams of the
burning male and froze. Several feet away another male, this one in human form,
crouched over the still body of a female.
A low growl escaped from his throat as he charged. Travis barreled into
the large male. He tackled him to the ground and bit down on the male’s neck,
hard enough to break through the skin and bone.
After throwing the dead male aside, Travis shifted
back to his human form and went to the female. Crouching down beside her, he
pressed two fingers to her throat. Relief washed some of the rage away when a
weak pulse fluttered under his fingers. He scooped her up in his arms and
carried her home.
Interview:
When did you know you wanted to be a writer? What were
some of your first steps toward making your dream a reality?
I always had an interest in
writing. I loved creative writing in school and loved to make up stories and
characters. I first made the step to make writing my career was when I started
reading paranormal romance about three years ago. I loved the worlds of magic,
suspense, and romance so much I wanted to create my own paranormal worlds. I
love it more than I dreamed.
So do I, Lia :-)
What 3 things would you like readers to know about
you?
One: I am
married to my real life romance hero and I share a birthday with him.
DH and I are compatible in almost every way. We think alike and can finish each
other’s thoughts. After 12 1/2 years, he still holds me in the center of his
world and opens doors for me.
Amazing! You are blessed.
Two: I’m a cat person. I have two kitties, Paisley
and Precious. Both are around seven years old. Precious is older by about
four months. They are my furry, four-legged kids, always in my heart and in
trouble. LOL
Three: Even though I’m shy and most the time quiet, I love
random acts of silliness. It usually happens when I think no one is paying
attention to me and only around those closest to me who love me even when I’m
being a dork. 
Tell us about your books. Genre, titles, any favorite
characters? What can we look forward to from you in the near future? WIP’s,
upcoming releases
I write paranormal romance
with heat levels from hot to scorching. My first series, The Divinities, is
about a group of witches with supernatural powers who are drug into an ancient
war between demons and witches.
My new series, Ashwood Falls,
is a shapeshifter romance centering around a wolf Pack and a leopard Pack who
had to merge together as one Pack into order to survive as some burial attacks
from a group of rogues that want total domination over all shifters. Winter Eve
is the prequel that released this past December and opens my new shifter world.
Book 1, A Tiger’s Claim, releases next week.
My current WIPs are Ashwood
Falls, book 2 (A Mating Dance) and The Divinities, book 3 (The Dark Divine). I
also have a new series coming that I’ll be co-writing with my BFF Carrie Ann
Ryan.
They all look and sound great. I'm partial to the shifter romances. I'll look forward to you and Carrie's books.
What do you look for in a good book?
Suspense, mystery, and
romance. I think I have a touch of ADD so the story has to keep my interest
from the first page to the last. It has to keep me guessing and the romance has
to be believable.
Yes! Apparently lots of us are OCD, ADD, or both. LOL
What lifts your spirits when you’re discouraged?
Music! I alter my playlist
according to my mood and the scene I’m writing. Chocolate and wine also works. LOL
What tips can you offer towards building and
maintaining a strong support system as a writer?
Join a critique group and
don’t be afraid to talk with other writers. One of the first things I notice is
that writers are awesome when it comes to offering advice and networking with.
Be professional and love what you write.
Thank you so much for participating in Fridays with
Friends, Lia! J
You are so welcome! Thanks so
much for having me
GIVEAWAY!
Lia will be giving away an eCopy of Winter Eve, $5
Starbucks GC and swag pack to one lucky commenter.
Author Bio
Lia Davis is a mother to two
young adults and two very special kitties, a wife to her soul mate, a
paranormal romance author, graphic designer, and co-owner to Fated Desires
Publishing, LLC. She and her family live in Northeast Florida battling
hurricanes and very humid summers. But it’s her home and she loves it!
An accounting major, Lia has
always been a dreamer with a very activity imagination. The wheels in her head
never stop. She ventured into the world of writing and publishing in 2008 and
loves it more than she imagined. Writing and designing are stress relievers that
allow her to go off in her corner of the house and enter into another world
that she created, leaving real life where it belongs.
Her favorite things are spending
time with family, traveling, reading, writing, chocolate, coffee, nature and
hanging out with her kitties.
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