Hard to believe TTNY is a toddler now. Wow. Happy book birthday, Moira and Kiernan!
When I wrote this book three years ago, it was partially on a whim, and partially because I was searching for something to provide a small glimpse of hope. I'd been a little while out of that terrible relationship I mentioned a few weeks ago and struggling to find my bearings. No matter what I did, I couldn't make that relationship work, mostly because he wasn't willing. But I could write about people who could and were.
Until this point, I'd thought myself solely a SFF writer, no romance thank you very much. But recent heartbreak has a way of changing your mind on a lot of things, and honestly, how will I learn anything if I don't write? And how will I grow if I don't challenge myself? After all, everything I'd believed about love and forever was shattered.
So I started writing. Being me, I geared toward vampires because of course I did. I was the kid reading Anne Rice in high school, eating up everything about vampire mythology that I could, fascinated by these intensely beautiful, dangerous creatures. It was a natural go-to. But what about the story? The characters?
After a little soul searching (and a bit more wine) I started brainstorming and came up with Kiernan, a man who is disgustingly honorable and kind and loving and basically what I needed at the time. Moira was pretty simple. A hermit who spends all her time working? That was me before my relationship ended. And like me, Moira is blessed with a wonderful best friend who is there to care for her when no one else can or will.
I found a great deal of healing through the two of them. Kiernan's love and devotion to Moira has lasted from her childhood and continues to last through her self doubt and fear. And Moira finds her spirit and gets to choose the path she wants to take--to be with Kiernan--even if he's not 100% on board at first. It gave me the hope that one of these days, I'd be able to find someone to accept the flaws and the fears and the anxiety that I deal with and love me with the fullness I need.
These two will always have a lasting place in my heart. I hope you'll at least give them a place in your e-reader ;)
Vampire Kiernan Shaw has never forgotten the night
twenty years ago when he’d been forced to stand by while another vampire killed
a six-year-old girl’s parents in front of her. He’s spent the better part of
the last two decades watching over her, protecting her and hoping for an
opportunity to make amends one day.
Ever since surviving the vampire attack that killed
her parents, Moira Curran has dealt with the resulting nightmares and
abandonment issues the only way she could—by throwing herself into her
biochemistry career, preferring a life of a hermit in her lab to facing the reality
of her lonely life.
Madame Eve brings them back together for one fateful
night. An immediate bond of sizzling chemistry and respect forms, but can it
heal her fears and his guilt?
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