My
guests today are Tammy Falkner and Jodie Pearson and known as Lydia Dare. As a
team they write historical paranormal romance. I had the chance to read
the latest book for review and it was actually the first of their books I had
read. I loved their story. Part of what drew me, aside from a well put together story and sexy hero, was the strong ties between the
heroine, Rhiannon, and her sister witches—none of which are actually related. I personally have friends that feel more like family than unrelated friends and so I could relate to this story. It is an engaging page turner. You can read my review here.
There are two of
us who make up the writing team of Lydia Dare. And we’ve had the pleasure of
writing some truly wonderful heroes over the last couple of years. Gentlemen
we’ve fallen in love with right alongside our readers. Sometimes we even make ourselves swoon – over
different heroes, of course. We agree on very little in real life and our
choice in men is no different.
We’ve spent the
best time with the wolfish Brothers Westfield, a tragic lone werewolf, and a
trio of vampyres who are more chivalrous than their human counterparts. And
while we love each of these gentlemen from their wolfish tails to their
vampyric charm – there is something magical about the women who have captured
their hearts. And not just because they’re witches. But because of who they
are.
Eleanor
Roosevelt once said, “Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only
true friends will leave footprints in your heart.”
When we first
created the Còig, an ancient coven of
Scottish witches whose powers and membership pass from mother to oldest
daughter, we knew we were creating more than just five friends. We were
creating “sisters” in a sense who were devoted to and would do anything for
each other. In a lot of ways, these lasses are closer to each other than they
are some members of their own families.
We've written a
lot about the members of this revered coven:
Elspeth – the
healer (Tall, Dark & Wolfish)
Caitrin – the
seer (The Taming of the Wolf)
Blaire – the
warrior (It Happened One Bite)
Rhiannon – the
controller of weather (In the Heat of the Bite)
Sorcha – the
plant manipulator (Never Been Bit, to be released September 6th)
These five
ladies were first introduced in our 2nd book, and since then they’ve
dealt with werewolves, vampypres and each other. But through all their ups and
downs, their loyalty and bond has held them together and made them stronger
than ever.
Our witches are
far from perfect. Some are hardheaded. Some are a little spoiled. Some have
tempers. We could go on and one. But despite each lass’ flaws, her coven
sisters love her like nothing else.
We've both been
lucky enough to have had some very good friends over the years, friends we
would do anything for and vice versa. And it is those ladies and those
friendships that inspired us to create the Còig
in the first place.
- We’d love to hear all about your best friends, the friends who've stood by you through thick and thin, who've been there when others weren’t, and who you love like they were your own family.
In honor of our
Scottish witches, we are giving away a set of the first four books that
features the coven - TALL, DARK and
WOLFISH; THE TAMING OF THE WOLF; IT HAPPENED ONE BITE; and IN THE HEAT OF THE
BITE to (2) lucky US or Canadian commenters who tell us what makes their best
friend so special.
In The Heat Of The Bite
Chivalry is far from undead...
Matthew Halkett, Earl of Blodswell, is one of the few men in the ton who can claim to be a knight in shining armor- because that's precisely what he was before being turned into a vampyre. When he spies a damsel in distress in the midst of a storm in Hyde Park, his natural instinct is to rush to her aid...
But not every woman needs to be rescued...
Weather-controlling witch Rhiannon Sinclair isn't caught in a storm-she's the cause of it. She's mortified to have been caught making trouble by the imposing earl, but she doesn't need any man-never has, and is sure she never will...
But when Rhiannon encounters Matthew again, her powers go awry and his supernatural abilities run amok. Between the two of them, the ton is thrown into an uproar. There's never been a more tempestuous scandal... Excerpt on AmazonBUY: Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Powells, Indibound
As Lydia Dare, like most of us, work outside the home, they will be stopping by as they can today.
Lydia Dare is the writing team of Tammy Falkner and Jodie Pearson.
Both Tammy and Jodie are active members of the Heart of Carolina Romance
Writers and live near Raleigh, North Carolina. They are working together on
their next paranormal historical trilogy as Lydia Dare, which will be released
by Sourcebooks Casablanca in Spring 2011! For more information, please visit
http://www.lydiadare.com/.
