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A big Hola to Mis Southern Fried Chicas!

I am so honored that you chose to have lil’ ol’ me drop by to spill some behind the scenes secrets about myebookcalling.jpg upcoming book, FURY CALLS (Nocturne March 2009).  FURY CALLS is part of THE CALLING vampire novels and I can tell you that it’s going to be sexy and full of surprises!  The hero and heroine are characters I first introduced in 2005 in TEMPTATION CALLS.  You also may have read about sexy antihero Blake in DESIRE CALLS which is a free novella at eharlequin.  You can check it out at this link:  http://www.eharlequin.com/article.html?articleId=1262

Yes, 2005 and for the last three years they have been screaming and demanding that I finally write their story!  The nerve of these secondary characters who don’t want to stay in the background!  LOL!

Seriously, sometimes that does happen when you’re writing.  Someone who is the sidekick or even starts as a throwaway characters becomes something more.  That definitely happened with Blake and by the end of FURY CALLS you may find there’s another character or two that emerge as totally needing their own story.  When you’re writing a series, you’re always thinking of ways to add to the special world of your series and the characters who inhabit it.

Much of the action in FURY CALLS happens at a new location I created – OTRO MUNDO.  OTRO MUNDO (which means ANOTHER WORLD) is an upscale restaurant in Soho which caters to a very hip and wealthy crowd as well as a lot of vampires who wanna-be more human.  I based OTRO MUNDO on the New York City restaurants that I’ve been lucky enough to visit, either on special occasions or business dinners.  New York is amazing in how many different restaurants there are in all the different neighborhoods and I’m lucky to be able to check them out myself.  That always helps add authenticity to the scenes when I’m writing.

To get a little bit more on the flavor of OTRO MUNDO you can visit click here

I also love to cook (and eat! VBG) so making the heroine, Meghan Thomas, a chef was a no-brainer.  This is actually the fifth book I’ve done where the heroine (or a friend) is a chef! I never get tired of having my chefs create wonderfully exotic and exciting meals as part of the stories.  Food is so sensual.

Since I like to cook, I sometimes share some of my recipes on my blog and website and you can check them out here

I’ve always thought that if I wasn’t an attorney and writer, I’d love to be a chef and writer (notice how I can’t lose the writer part!)  I could even imagine owning a small inn where I could write, give classes on writing and cook up a storm for all my guests.  Sounds heavenly doesn’t it?

Blake and Meghan get to enjoy OTRO MUNDO in FURY CALLS as well as Blake’s interesting “apartment” which overlooks Gramercy Park.  If you haven’t been in the Gramercy Park area, take a moment to pop by, but don’t count on getting into the park unless you’re a resident with a key.  It’s not a public park!

I hope you’ve enjoyed this behind the scenes look at FURY CALLS which will be out in March 2009 from Silhouette Nocturne!

Leave a comment and Caridad will be giving away a copy of TEMPTATION CALLS–one of her favorites!Â