Hi everyone!

I'm back from Lori Foster's! I'll share more about that tomorrow, because today I wanted to introduce you to an author I've known for years now — I remember when she got her first cover…it was so cool!

So anyway, here's Zoe Winters!

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I'm a recovering snob. In the eighth grade my literature teacher really supported my dream to be a writer. She told me about how she had a friend who was a romance author and loved it. At the time I thought: “Romance novels aren't real books.” Oh, GOD please please let me have just thought it, and not said it. Even back then I didn't have that button/filter in my brain that said, “Don't say that out loud!”

Even if I didn't say it, I probably got that snotty look on my face. And of course as irony would have it, I write romance. I love romance now. I discovered the genre in a roundabout way. Buffy reruns were on… (really, I'm going somewhere with this) and I couldn't find the remote to change the channel.

Yep, I was a snob about that too. But the show was so funny and tongue-in-cheek, and ultimately really smart. When I realized the name Buffy the Vampire Slayer was goofy on purpose, I was sold for life on the show. When I'd watched the DVDs until I was sick of them, I started reading Buffy fanfic. I know; it's a sickness. Don't judge me.

Eventually I got tired of it. I wanted something sort of the same, but different. In BTVS I found something that resonated strongly with me and how I think. Half the crap Buffy says I swear to you I could have said myself (if I hung out in cemeteries). This led me to discovering paranormal romance.

Before that I'd spent several years experimenting with all sorts of genres as a writer, but I never found the thing I was so passionate about and moved by that I could manage to stick it out through a million revisions. I love paranormals because I love the fantasy aspects. We get enough “real life” in real life. I want stuff that can't really happen but would be neat if it could.

And I really like bad boys. I've said this other places before, but to me it doesn't get any badder than “You could become my dinner, or you could become my lover. And if you're lucky, you could become both.” Paranormals have this in spades. They also tend toward snarky heroines, and banter is one of my favorite things about the romance genre in general.

I also used to be a snob about e-books. Those weren't real books. Nope. Nope. It's gotta be paper. Of course now I publish in ebook (print coming soon) and I have a Kindle, which I love. I love my Kindle so much I want to find a state where it's legal to marry it. Reading in E is now my preferred reading experience. Though I still want to own a book I love in print. I just like having it and being able to look at it, but I actually read it on my Kindle.

Blood Lust is the first book in my Preternaturals Series. While most of the books will be novels, Blood Lust is a novella anthology.

Here are the blurbs for the novellas that make up Blood Lust:

Kept:

As a cat therian (shifter), Greta’s blood is already sought after to enhance spells and potions, but due to a quirk of her birth, her blood is potent enough to kill for. When her tribe plans to sacrifice her, Greta must ally herself with Dayne, the dangerous local sorcerer, and the only person strong enough to protect her.

Claimed:

For a vampire, Anthony isn’t a picky eater, but he’s drawn to Charlee’s blood more than any other. Like a fine wine saved for a special occasion, he’s denied himself this pleasure. But one night, high from the potent magical blood of another, he claims his prize and loses control. Ashamed of almost killing the one woman who means anything to him, he wipes her memory of the event. When Charlee awakens with complete amnesia, Anthony is the only one who can clean up the mess he’s made.

Mated:

Because of the vampiric blood that has run through her veins since birth, Jane has been a target for vampires who resent a human being “kindred.” She’s forced to disguise herself as a vampire groupie to appease them and safeguard her life. When she’s abruptly given to Cole, the leader of the werewolf pack, to satisfy a gambling debt, she discovers the blood running through her veins has a far greater impact on her destiny than she ever imagined.

I'm releasing the book in print very soon, but for now each of the three novellas are available in ebook for 99 cents each at:

Smashwords

and

Amazon

You can also read the first novella of the Blood Lust series, Kept, for free here:

http://zoewinters.wordpress.com/kept

Thanks for giving me a try!

My Websites and Twitter:

http://www.zoewinters.org

http://www.theriantype.com (fictional company featured in the book)

http://www.twitter.com/zoewinters

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