Crimson by Tamela Miles Book Tour and Giveaway :)
Crimson
by
Tamela Miles
Genre:
Paranormal Romance
Delilah
McDade has born the brunt of responsibility of her younger brother,
Declan's wild lifestyle for years, until the night she learns it's
come back to bite both of them in the form of vampire Ash Lockler.
Delilah has a prim exterior but she dreams of hot vampires and other
nocturnal creatures to give her a break from her life that, while
satisfying, is lonely. Ash is tempting but she knows that she could
never be a part of his life lived in the shadows. Ash Lockler lives
his undead life as part of the seedy underworld with a stone cold
heart. That doesn't stop him from helping damsel-in-distress,
Delilah, but he's intent on keeping things all business and ending
their association as soon as possible. The problem is that he can't
seem to get his body - and heart - to agree with his reasoning when
he and Delilah are thrown together in a deadly situation that may get
her killed and cost him his freedom.
Ash
stood outside of the giant door of Galina’s office, hand poised to
knock. At his first rap, there was nothing but silence. He looked
down the expansive hallway in both directions and a wave of annoyance
filled him. The queen had arranged this meeting and the fact she
apparently wasn’t in her office signaled she was playing another
one of her games with him. He resigned himself to simply wait her
out. Moments later, the heavy scent of roses
filled his nose. He paused and turned around slowly. He knew the
smell quite well and wasn’t surprised to see Galina Saburova coming
down the hallway. Ash’s glance
took in her waterfall of smooth, straight blonde hair and the blue
eyes bright with curiosity and amusement. She wore a simple black
dress that fit her slim figure to perfection. As she approached, her
perfume overwhelmed him. “Ash,” she said, nodding. “Good
to see you back here to do more of the Crown’s necessary dirty
work. I appreciate your promptness.” His eyes narrowed. “I’m here to do
my job, yes.” “I can never wrap my head around why
you don’t just abandon your servitude to my empire and strike out
on your own. There are many places where you could run to escape the
Vampire Council and myself, of course.” Galina’s smile was small
and mischievous. “Ignore the Vampire Council’s
decision? I have many years of servitude left because I dared to kill
another vampire. They spared my life and I do your dirty work on the
sly.” Ash’s voice was even, devoid of any bitterness. Galina tilted her head and held his
gaze. “Was killing your maker worth it?” Ash’s lips curved in a half-smile. “I
have no regrets every night when I wake up. I assumed we’d meet
inside your office?” The Queen barked an order. The door
opened slowly to reveal two heavily armed guards, both vamps. Galina
crossed the large, plush room and seated herself behind a large desk.
The two guards took their positions on each side of the door they
closed. “Welcome back to my home, Ash,”
Galina said smoothly, not a trace of her Russian origins evident in
her voice. Ash nodded as he kept his face
carefully blank. “Queen Galina, what do you need me to do?” Ash
got right down to business, having no time for meaningless
pleasantries. He knew the vampire queen expected nothing different
from him. He was an enforcer, nothing more to many on the outside,
though the situation was vastly more complicated than that. Concealed
with civilized conversation, the two vamps were quietly and privately
involved in a power struggle. “My money is disappearing, which
greatly upsets me.” Galina drummed her fingers idly on her desk
before continuing. “It’s being siphoned out of two of my clubs,
one here in Denver and one in Los Angeles. You will stop it from
happening. Permanently.”
Ash knew this would end in final deaths
for the two groups of greedy vamps. When he was newly made, the
thought of killing anyone was abhorrent to him but he was no longer
that man. He killed to ensure his own survival and, in doing so, had
made it an art he found satisfaction in. Killing humans was something
he did rarely but destroying the vamps who preyed on them didn’t
keep him awake when he went to ground to sleep.
Tamela Miles is a California State University San Bernardino graduate student with a Bachelor of Science degree in Child Development and a former flight attendant. She grew up in Altadena, California in that tumultuous time known as the 1980s. She now resides with her family in the Inland Empire, CA. She's a horror/paranormal romance writer mainly because it feels so good having her characters do bad things and, later, pondering what makes them so bad and why they can never seem to change their wicked ways.
She enjoys emails from
people who like her work. In fact, she loves emails. She can be
contacted at tamelamiles@yahoo.com or
her Facebook page, Tamela Miles Books. She also welcomes reader
reviews and enjoys the feedback from people who love to read as much
as she does.
Which of your novels can you imagine
being made into a movie?
My Hell On Heels series, featuring
demon hunter Elle Connor and fallen angel Patrick Holt, is definitely
near and dear to my heart. It leaps off the pages and fires the
imagination. I can easily see it being made into a three- movie saga,
with a richly diverse cast. I often imagine actor, Zoe Saldana as
Elle with someone like Ian Somerhalder as Patrick. There would be
intense battle scenes, filled with axes and crossbows. The love
scenes would be equally intense, earning my movie a solid R rating.
Another novel of mine that would make a
fantastic movie is “Cushion”. Billy and Natalie’s story is so
strange that, it too, leaps off the pages. A pop rock star and his
troubled therapist is a bizarre coupling, filled with moments of off
the charts romance while they’re fighting for their lives. They
both gradually transition from loathing each other to loving each
other. Billy starts off the story stuck with Natalie as his court
appointed therapist to help with his alcohol addiction. She is his
“insane bitch” and he’s her Kryptonite. This would be a hella
good movie!
As a writer, what spirit animal
would you choose as your mascot?
I’m all about the black kitties. A
beautiful, sleek black cat with golden, expressive eyes is most
definitely my spirit animal.
Who designed your book covers?
My book cover queen designer for my
Wild Rose Press books is the always wonderful Debbie Taylor. For
“Crimson”, my first book with Satin Romance, my cover designer is
the very creative, Caroline Andrus. I can happily say that I’ve
never been disappointed with a cover created for me. Each one
reflects the mood and tone of that book. I’ve been seriously
thinking about getting some training in book cover design so that I
could create something beautiful and captivating, like these ladies.
What inspired you to write
“Crimson”?
Crimson is actually a novel that took
years to write. It began as a short story in my horror/paranormal
romance anthology, “Rock Paper Scissors”, that was published in
2015. The characters, Ash and Delilah, had been in my mind for a long
time and it was a release to finally get them out of my mind and onto
a PC screen. Once I did, the reader fan response was overwhelmingly
positive. My readers fell as much in love with Ash and Delilah as I
did! I knew, at some point, I absolutely had to give them their own
novel.
What is your writing process?
For a long time, I was strictly a
pantser. I wrote as I went along creatively. If it flowed, I put it
in there. Over time, I’ve developed a process that works best for
me. I now come up with a brief, bare bones outline and fill in the
details as I write along. I find that my stories flow much better and
are easier to edit and revise. I tend to do my outlines with pen and
paper and do my actual writing on my PC.
What do you do to unwind and relax?
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