The
Wolves of Twin Moon Ranch, Book
One
Anna
Lowe
Genre: PNR
Publisher: Twin Moon Press
Date of Publication: March 4, 2015
ASIN: B00TEEHDPS
Number of pages: 133
Word Count: 38,800 (roughly 40k)
Cover Artist: Fiona Jayde
Book Description:
Lana Dixon knows well enough to
steer clear of alpha males, but Ty Hawthorne is as impossible to avoid as the
sizzling Arizona sun. Her inner wolf just won’t give up on the alpha who’s
tall, dark, and more than a little dangerous. One midnight romp under the full
moon is enough for Lana to know she’ll risk her life for him — but what about
her pride?
Ty puts duty above everything —
even the overwhelming instinct that says Lana’s the one. She’s the Juliet to
his Romeo: forbidden. And with a pack of poaching rogues closing in, it’s
hardly the time to yield to his desires. Or is love just what this lonely alpha
needs to set his spirit free?
There’s more than meets the eye on
Twin Moon Ranch, home to a pack of shapeshifting wolves willing to battle for
life and love.
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Excerpt
“Hi,” he said. Well, he tried to.
His lips moved but the sound didn’t quite make it out. He struggled to remember
where he was and why.
Right,
he'd come for dessert. He reached for a piece of pie exactly when Lana did.
Their hands froze halfway to the platter, both wavering over the key lime pie.
The last slice.
“Cody!”
He cursed under his breath.
Lana
pulled back. “You take it.”
“No,
you.”
Her
eyes narrowed at him. Crap. He hadn’t meant for it to come out as an order, but
she was already gritting her teeth.
“No,
you,” she ground out.
“I’m
good.” He tried taking the edge off his voice, but he was badly out of
practice.
Lana
studied him so closely he would swear she could see into his childhood
memories. Her nostrils flared, and he saw her catch a breath and hold it. Then
she slowly exhaled and turned to the platter, scooping the last piece onto the
last plate. She forked it roughly in half and held it between them with icy
determination.
“We’ll
share,” she growled.
The
alpha in him both bristled and admired her pluck. The wolf licked his lips —
and not for the pie.
Her
eyes flickered, focusing on something in his. He noticed an outer edge of green
in her eyes that he’d missed before, like the foam that slid off the crests of
waves.
“Trouble
today?” she asked, keeping her voice down.
Trouble?
So she’d noticed the meeting. “No trouble,” he insisted.
She
snorted. “I do that, too.”
“Do
what?”
“Pretend.”
Ty
blinked. “I don’t pretend.”
“Then
what’s the trouble?” She took a bite of pie and licked a smudge of cream off
her lips.
A
breath caught in his throat, and a word slipped past his lips before he could
catch it. “Rogues.”
Her
face hardened as some dark memory rocketed through her eyes. “Confirmed
report?”
“Not
yet, but…”
She
nodded, letting him trail off. In an absent movement, her right arm rubbed
briefly over her left, where a wicked scar trailed out of her sleeve.
“Trouble?”
he murmured, eyes on the scar. For a shifter to scar, it must have been bad.
She
yanked the sleeve down. “No trouble.”
I
do that, too, he wanted to say. Pretend. His gut warmed with something
strangely close to pride. This East Coast wolf wasn’t just sassy; she was
tough.
Lana
shrugged and brought her fork up to her mouth. “You should see the rogue who
gave me that scar. Except he’s dead, along with his pals.” She took a vengeful
bite.
Author Bio
Anna Lowe loves putting the
"hero" back into heroine and letting location ignite a passionate
romance. She likes a heroine who is independent, intelligent, and imperfect — a
woman who's doing just fine on her own. But give the heroine a good man (not to
mention a chance to overcome her own inhibitions) and she'll never turn down
the chance for adventure, nor shy away from danger.
Anna is a middle school teacher who
divides her time between coastal Maine and a village in view of the Austrian
Alps. She loves dogs, sports, and travel — and letting those inspire her
fiction.
Once upon a time, she was a long-distance triathlete and soccer player. Nowadays, she finds her balance with yoga, writing, and family time with her husband and young children. On any given weekend, you might find her hiking in the mountains or hunched over her laptop, working on her latest story. Either way, the day will end with a chunk of dark chocolate and a good read.
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Interview
Please welcome Desert Moon author Anna Lowe to Diane’s Book Blog.
What
is your favorite part of the story, Desert Moon?
My favorite part has
to be either the happy end epilogue (I'm a sucker for happy endings, and you
can bet every one of my books will have one!) or the dinner scene. So as not to
give too much away, I'll share the dinner scene and not the epilogue – not yet!
Ty and Lana have only
recently met and already the sparks are flying – and already they're avoiding
each other. But they nearly run into each other at the dessert table after
dinner and both simultaneously reach for the last piece of pie. Here's a little
excerpt from Desert Moon, Book 1 in the Wolves of Twin Moon Ranch series:
Lana
pulled back. “You take it.”
“No,
you.”
Her
eyes narrowed at him. Crap. He hadn’t meant for it to come out as an order, but
she was already gritting her teeth.
“No,
you,” she ground out.
“I’m
good.” He tried taking the edge off his voice, but he was badly out of
practice.
Lana
studied him so closely he would swear she could see into his childhood
memories. Her nostrils flared, and he saw her catch a breath and hold it. Then
she slowly exhaled and turned to the platter, scooping the last piece onto the
last plate. She forked it roughly in half and held it between them with icy
determination.
“We’ll
share,” she growled.
If
you were stranded on a desert island which of your characters do you want by
your side?
I wish I didn't have
to pick just one, because I fall in love with all my leading men as I write
them. But yeah, Ty on a desert island? Absolutely. This desert wolf is only
more scrumptious when he's out of his element (something I have fun with in the
follow-up short story, Desert Wolf).
If
you could be best friends with one of your characters, who would it be?
Well, there's my
heroine, Lana, who says what she means without pussyfooting around – but knows
when to hold her tongue, too. For example, when she has her first run-in with
Audrey, the ranch playgirl who is after Ty, Lana manages to keep her mouth shut
despite all the bait Audrey puts out for her (like saying “You'll get fat
eating all that pie”).
There are also two
older women on Twin Moon Ranch (Aunt Jean and Lana's grandmother, Ruth) who are
a barrel of laughs: lots of naughty innuendo between lady-like sips of tea.
That's where I'd head if I needed to re-find my smile, as Lana does at one
point.
What
inspired you to write your first book?
I never read romance
until I was almost literally stranded on a desert island (by my own choice, and
with the man I love, I should say). Three weeks with palms, sun, and sand and I
was running out of reading. So I picked up a romance and to my utter surprise,
loved it. I went on to read many more. The best books inspired me to try to
capture the emotion and hope I found in them. The worst ones inspired me to do
better – much better, I promise you!
Can
you share a little of your current work with us?
I'm now four books
into the Twin Moon Ranch series and now I'm going back in time and writing a
Prequel called Desert Hunt, which appears in June in a boxed set titled Masters
of the Hunt: Fated and Forbidden. Desert Hunt features a hot coyote-wolf
mixed breed hero – the kid from the wrong side of the tracks - and the huntress
heroine who believes in him. He rides a Harley; she carries a bow and a fletch
of silver-tipped arrows. This story takes place two years before Desert Moon.
What I also love about it is getting to see Ty of Desert Moon in his
tortured days alone before his destined mate Lana finally comes along. Ty
shoulders enormous responsibility, so he's tempted to give up on love – but he
won't deny his best friend Zack the chance when fates delivers his destined
mate. (Book link and more at www.fatedandforbidden.com).
What
book are you reading now?
I just started reading
Ainsley Booth's Hate F*@k, Part 2 and it's a wonder I went to sleep last
night. Great writing, hot hero, an impossible situation – wow! After that I
can't wait for Ellis Leigh's next Feral Breed release!
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