Accidentally...Over?(62)

Jess: Just like Anne, I don't want to spoil the surprise, but some of you on Facebook definitely guessed right!

Julie Trudeau: Penelope's mother. Julie is also an ex-angel turned vampire and mated to Viktor.

Mitner: The very first Maaskab and the true creator of the vampire race.

Niccolo DiConti: General of the Vampire Army. Now that the vampire queen  is dead, the army remains loyal to him. He shares power with his wife  Helena Strauss and has a half-vampire daughter, Matty-a wedding gift  from Cimil.

Nick (short for Niccole): (From Book #1, not to be confused with  Kinich). Similar to Anne and Jess, I don't want to spoil the surprise,  but some of you on Facebook definitely guessed right!

Penelope Trudeau: After inheriting her mate Kinich's power of the sun, Penelope rules the House of the Gods alongside her man.

Philippe: Roberto the Ancient One's evil brother. He is killed by Kinich, thereby exterminating all evil vampires.

Reyna: The dead vampire queen.

Roberto (Narmer): Originally an Egyptian pharaoh, Narmer was one of the  six Ancient Ones-the very first vampires. He eventually changed his name  to Roberto and moved to Spain-something to do with one of Cimil's  little schemes. He now spends his days lovingly undoing Cimil's  treachery and taking her unicorn Minky for a ride.

Sentin: One of Niccolo's loyal vampire soldiers. Viktor turned him into a  vampire after finding him in a ditch during World War II.

Tommaso: Oh, boy. Where to start. Once an Uchben, Tommaso's mind was  poisoned with black jade. He tried to kill Emma, Votan's mate, but  redeemed himself by turning into a spy for the gods.

Viktor: Niccolo's right hand and BFF. He's approximately one thousand  years old and originally a Viking. He's big. He's blond. He's mated to  Penelope's ex-angel mother. He's also Helena's maker.





ALSO BY MIMI JEAN PAMFILOFF                       
       
           



       


Accidentally In Love With …  A God?

Accidentally Married to …  A Vampire?

Sun God Seeks …  Surrogate?

Accidentally …  Evil? (novella)

Vampires Need Not …  Apply?

Accidentally …  Cimil? (novella)





PRAISE FOR MIMI JEAN PAMFILOFF'S

ACCIDENTALLY YOURS SERIES


"The story really made an impression and she definitely makes me want to continue on with her series …  witty and catchy."

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Accidentally In Love With …  A God?


"Pamfiloff's knack for deeply engaging and funny storytelling is on  clear display …  The intense, fiery attraction between the two main  characters, along with their crackling yet comfortable banter, will  leave readers riveted …  One truly delicious tale, which you'll savor with  the turn of each page. 4½ stars, Top Pick!"

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Accidentally In Love With …  A God?


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"It was fun, the pace was fast, there were laugh-out-loud funny lines,  plenty of pop-culture references, and lots of very sexy moments. I am  definitely going to be reading the author's other books!"

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Accidentally Married to …  A Vampire?


"Hot sex, a big misunderstanding, and a shocker of an ending that made  me want the next book in the series now! I can't wait to go back and  read the other books in the series."

-Romancing-the-Book.com on Accidentally …  Evil?


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"Strikes a balance between outrageous humor and a thoroughly satisfying love story with aplomb. 4½ stars."

-RT Book Reviews on Vampires Need Not …  Apply?





THE DISH

Where Authors Give You the Inside Scoop





From the desk of Marilyn Pappano

Dear Reader,

The first time Jessy Lawrence, the heroine of my newest novel, A LOVE TO  CALL HER OWN, opened her mouth, I knew she was going to be one of my  favorite Tallgrass characters. She's mouthy, brassy, and bold, but  underneath the sass, she's keeping a secret or two that threatens her  tenuous hold on herself. She loves her friends fiercely with the kind of  loyalty I value. Oh, and she's a redhead, too. I can always relate to  another "ginger," lol.

I love characters with faults-like me. Characters who do stupid things,  good things, bad things, unforgivable things. Characters whose lives  haven't been the easiest, but they still show up; they still do their  best. They know too well it might not be good enough, but they try, and  that's what matters, right?

Jessy is one of those characters in spades-estranged from her family,  alone in the world except for the margarita girls, dealing with  widowhood, guilt, low self-esteem, and addiction-but she meets her match  in Dalton Smith.

I was plotting the first book in the series, A Hero to Come Home To,  when it occurred to me that there's a lot of talk about the men who die  in war and the wives they leave behind, but people seem not to notice  that some of our casualties are women, who also leave behind spouses,  fiancés, family whose lives are drastically altered. Seconds behind that  thought, an image popped into my head of the margarita club gathered  around their table at The Three Amigos, talking their girl talk, when a  broad-shouldered, six-foot-plus, smokin' handsome cowboy walked up,  Stetson in hand, and quietly announced that his wife had died in the  war.

Now, when I started writing the first scene from Dalton's point of view,  I knew immediately that scene was never going to happen. Dalton has  more grief than just the loss of a wife. He's angry, bitter, has  isolated himself, and damn sure isn't going to ask anyone for help. He's  not just wounded but broken-my favorite kind of hero.

It's easy to write love stories for perfect characters, or for one who's  tortured when the other's not. I tend to gravitate to the challenge of  finding the happily-ever-after for two seriously broken people. They  deserve love and happiness, but they have to work so hard for it. There  are no simple solutions for these people. Jessy finds it hard to get out  of bed in the morning; Dalton has reached rock bottom with no one in  his life but his horses and cattle. It says a lot about them that  they're willing to work, to risk their hearts, to take those scary steps  out of their grief and sorrow and guilt and back into their lives.                       
       
           



       

Oh yeah, and I can't forget to mention my other two favorite characters  in A LOVE TO CALL HER OWN: Oz, the handsome Australian shepherd on the  cover; and Oliver, a mistreated, distrusting dog of unknown breed. I  love my puppers, both real and fictional, and hope you like them, too.

Happy reading!




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From the desk of Kristen Ashley

Dear Reader,

In starting to write Lady Luck, the book where Chace Keaton was  introduced, I was certain Chace was a bad guy. A dirty cop who was  complicit in sending a man to jail for a crime he didn't commit.

Color me stunned when Chace showed up at Ty and Lexie's in Lady Luck and a totally different character introduced himself to me.

Now, I am often not the white hat – wearing guy type of girl. My boys have  to have at least a bit of an edge (and usually way more than a bit).

That's not to say that I don't get drawn in by the boy next door (quite  literally, for instance, with Mitch Lawson of Law Man). It just always  surprises me when I do.

Therefore, it surprised me when Chace drew me in while he was in Lexie  and Ty's closet in Lady Luck. I knew in that instant that he had to have  his own happily-ever-after. And when Faye Goodknight was introduced  later in that book, I knew the path to that was going to be a doozy!

Mentally rubbing my hands together with excitement, when I got down to  writing BREATHE, I was certain that it was Chace who would sweep me  away.

And he did.

But I adored writing Faye.

I love writing about complex, flawed characters, watching them build  strength from adversity. Or lean on the strength from adversity they've  already built in their lives so they can get through dealing with  falling in love with a badass, bossy alpha. The exploration of that is  always a thing of beauty for me to be involved in.

Faye, however, knew who she was and what she wanted from life. She had a  good family. She lived where she wanted to be. She was shy, but that  was her nature. She was no pushover. She had a backbone. But that didn't  mean she wasn't thoughtful, sensitive, and loving. She had no issues,  no hang-ups, or at least nothing major.