Amanda J. Greene's Blog

A Life Through Books Author Interview


What is the hardest part of writing your books?

Time. Hands down, it’s finding the time. With two kids under five, three dogs, two cats, a job, and an active-duty military spouse, life is delightfully chaotic. I write in the margins of my day—late at night (I’m a proud night owl), during nap time, or while reheating my coffee for the third time. I keep running notes on my phone—everything from snippets of dialogue to full scenes—and a notebook in the kitchen for those lightning-bolt moments that strike while I’m doing…whatever it is I am doing. My computer has documents titled “Book Title – Pieces” because sometimes I must build a book like a puzzle.


What are your most played songs?

Music is my muse. One song can spark an entire plotline or give voice to a character’s emotional storm. Right now, my playlist is a bit of a genre soup because I’m juggling three projects. Here’s a taste:

Lose Control – Teddy Swims
Dead End – Cal Scruby
Sail (Feed Me Remix) – AWOLNATION
Boss Sauce – Stevie Stone & JL
Ambitionz Az A Ridah – 2Pac
Bad Guy – Falling in Reverse

And because I love a little vibe switch, you’ll also find Rebelution and Chase Rice sprinkled in.



Do you have critique partners or beta readers?

My best friend Rebecca is my rock—she’s my critique partner, beta reader, and unofficial world historian. She keeps my timelines (and my characters) in check. I’ve also been lucky enough to connect with a few wonderful readers who’ve stepped in as beta readers. It’s such a gift to see how others experience your work—it makes the story stronger, every time.


What book are you reading now?

I just finished The Wrath by Gena Showalter (Rise of the Warlords #4). Her writing is so immersive—bold heroes, badass heroines, and worlds that swallow you whole. She’s one of my go-to authors.


How did you start your writing career?

Middle school. I fell in love with books, and soon after, I wrote one of my own. That story became my debut novel, Caressed by Moonlight (Rulers of Darkness #1). I self-published it in 2010 and have been hooked ever since. Life tossed in some plot twists—two kids, three cross-country military moves, and a mountain of change—but I never let go of the dream. I’m thrilled to be writing again, sharing stories that have lived in my head for years.


Tell us about your next release.

I recently bundled the first three books of my Under Realm Assassins series into a box set (yay for binge-readers like me!). As for what’s coming next... well, that depends on which characters won’t stop talking! I’m working on:

Fade to Night (Under Realm Assassins #4)
Caressed by Dawn (Rulers of Darkness #6)
The Darkest Light (Eternal Kiss #1)

Each story has its claws in me in different ways, and I can’t wait to share whichever one claims the finish line first.

Under Realm Assassins Box Set Tour Schedule






July 21 - August 22

July 21 - RABT Book Tours - Kick Off

July 21 - Liliyana Shadowlyn - Spotlight

July 22 - Books 1987 - Spotlight

July 23 - I Love Books and Stuff - Excerpt

July 24 - Tea Time and Books - Spotlight

July 25 - Nana's Book Reviews - Spotlight

July 28 - The Avid Reader - Interview

July 29 - Crossroad Reviews - Spotlight

July 30 - The Indie Express - Review

July 31 - Book Corner News and Reviews - Spotlight

August 1 - Momma and Her Stories - Excerpt

August 3 - Brittany's Book Blog - Spotlight

August 4 - Girl With Pen - Excerpt

August 5 - Matters That Count - Spotlight

August 6 - Sapphyria's books - Spotlight

August 7 - Book Junkiez - Excerpt

August 11 - My Reading Addiction - Interview

August 12 - Novel News Network - Review

August 13 - Book Reviews by Virginia Lee - Spotlight

August 14 - A life Through Books - Interview

August 15 - My Bookmarked Reads - Spotlight

August 16 - Iron Canuck Reviews - Excerpt

August 18 - Always Reading - Guest Post

August 19 - On a Reading Bender - Review

August 20 - The Faerie Review - Spotlight

August 21 - Texas Book Nook - Review

August 22 - RABT Reviews- Wrap Up

**No One Warned Her the Monster Might Be Beautiful**

“You’ve confirmed witches, fairies, werewolves, animal shapeshifters, and a handful of other creatures, but never once did you mention vampires.”
Camille sighed, rubbing the bridge of her nose. “Vampires are rare. They might as well be a grain of sand in the ocean. What happened tonight is abnormal.”
Raelyn had a comeback on her lips—until Camille asked,
“The shadow man… what did he look like?”
She froze.
Gorgeous, she thought.
No man should be that beautiful.

Fade to Night (Under Realm Assassins 4)
Release Date: TBD

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1. One of my favorite movies of all time is the Godfather Part I. I watch it every time it’s on and love it so much so that I walked down the aisle to the Godfather Love Song rather than the traditional Bridal March. Also, when my husband and I were introduced as Mr. & Mrs. for the first time, the DJ played the Godfather Trilogy’s theme song. Hey, I’m Italian – it fits.

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2. Flame and the Flower by Kathleen E. Woodiwiss was the first true romance novel I ever read. It was one of my grandmother’s favorite romances that she allowed me to borrow. This historical is written in the true bodice ripper fashion and was originally published it 1972.

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/89...

3. My love of vampires started in middle school when I read my first Y/A paranormal novel but Dark Gold by Christine Feehan was the first adult paranormal romance I ever read and I was hooked. Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10...

4. I have a terrible habit of starting series on book 3. Dark Gold is the 3rd installment within the Dark series. I don’t know what it is, but the 3rd book almost never fails to capture my attention and then I have to go back and read books 1 and 2.

5. My husband and I met when we were 10. We were in the same 5th grade class and actually “went out” that year. We went to different middle schools and high schools, but reconnected when he joined the military.

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Under Realm Assassins Box Set Giveaway

Thank you all for helping me celebrate the release of my Under Realm Assassins series box set books 1-3). To keep the fun going, I'm hosting a giveaway from July 7th through July 18th! Follow the options below to enter to win a $15 Amazon gift card and a copy of the Under Realm Assassins Box Set (ebook). Two (2) winners will be randomly selected and contacted by email as well as have their names posted on my site on July 20th.

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Under Realm Assassins: Box Set 1 (Books 1 - 3)
Release Date: July 1st
Pre-Order: Amazon



A Bewitching Christmas

It has been seven years since Analette Dyson stopped practicing magic and headed to New York, where she created a new life, complete with a fabulous job, an apartment in Central Park West, and a sexy werewolf fiancé. She never planned on returning to her small home town in Maine, but when she learns her grandmother is ill, she decides to pop over for a visit and what better time than Christmas? Excited for her fiancé to meet her family, they head up a day early.
Worst idea ever!
After doing some last minute Christmas shopping, Analette returns to their hotel to find her fiancé in bed with another woman. Cursing the universe for her never ending bad luck with men and dreading telling her family about her cheating fiancé, she heads to the bar to self medicate.
Not one to celebrate the holidays, vampire and assassin, Cole McRae, has followed a lead to a rustic town in witch territory. But after a few days of research and waiting for his target to show, he begins to suspect he has wasted his time. That is, until he meets a curvaceous blonde with bewitching green eyes at the local bar. One night with the enchanting Analette could make this useless trip well worth his time.
Their passion is undeniable and unbeknownst to them, their fates are intertwined. Magic and romance will strike on Christmas, changing their lives forever.

Surrender to the Chase

A year after the tragic death of his close friend and fellow assassin, Ethan Halstead is ready to take up his sniper rifle once more. But his first assignment is nothing he ever expected. Ethan must hunt and retrieve a beautiful, spirited, alluring werewolf.
Knowing no other way to escape an arranged marriage, Fraya flees from her pack. As she contemplates slipping across the border and heading to South America, she is captured by a dangerously seductive vampire who plans on escorting her back to her family. Even as Fraya vows to make Ethan’s mission as difficult as possible, she can’t resist the riotous desire he sparks within her.
But Ethan isn’t the only predator that pursues Fraya. A powerful rival pack’s alpha wants to make her his mate. Will Ethan be able to keep Fraya safe and return her to her pack? Or will he surrender to temptation and claim Fraya as his own?

Wicked Passion

James Stonewoll is an Elite Assassin for the Under Realm Syndicate—an expert hunter and merciless killer. As a former pirate, he thrives on danger, the more perilous the mission, the better and he can't resist his newest contract: eliminate a rebel shape-shifting magic thief that stalks the border of the Under Realm kidnapping and murdering innocent Others. But never did the centuries old vampire anticipate playing hero to a mythical temptress with luscious curves, tantalizing lips, and hypnotic eyes.
Captured and held prisoner, Katya Moro was trapped in a seemingly endless loop of unimaginable agony as her magic was slowly being torn from her soul. A gasp away from death, she is rescued by a sinful kiss and awakens in the strong arms of a powerful warrior whose roguish smile, sharp fangs, and intense strength unlock dormant instincts within her, an all-consuming madness that demands complete surrender.
Gazing down at her, James knew he had to kill her. Dark Magic Wielders, like the beautiful female he’d found, were a grave threat to human society and were not permitted to roam the mortal world. But Katya’s smoky voice and sweet kisses stir a fierce hunger inside him. She is unpredictable, uncontrollable and wickedly seductive—his perfect kind of dangerous. To keep her safe, James will protect her from the magic thieves that hunt her and his fellow assassins until he can find a way to return Katya to her home in the Under Realm.
Can Katya’s passion conquer the darkness within his soul?

Hello everyone,

I hope you all are well and are looking forward to a new year. I'm excited to see what the future holds. The past few years have been a whirlwind. My husband and I have had 2 wonderful babies, and have gone through 3 big military relocations, all while I still maintained a full-time job. I've been scribbling scenes, chapters, story ideas and world building/organizing whenever I can.

This year, I'm going to share some of my scribbles with you and, with any luck, these scribbles will equal a book.

Thank you all for your continued support.

Best wishes,

Amanda

ThanksMas Competition
Hello everyone!

I wanted to get this message out before I forgot. For those you that don’t know, my family does a decoration competition every year. This year’s theme: ornaments.

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Reply to the blog post with your vote for your favorite ornament and be entered to win a $15 Amazon gift card. The winners in the family bragging rights. My Dad and Uncle are hoping for a 4th straight win this year, and the rest of us would love to see them dethroned!

The winner will be randomly selected, and notified on 1/8. The Amazon gift card will be emailed, so please make sure you provide the correct email address when completing the Rafflecopter entry.

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Twitter Thursday ~ "I don't want enough. I want it all." Evyn, The Darkest Light (Eternal Kiss 1) ~



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The Darkest Light (Eternal Kiss #1)

An immortal warrior renowned for his savagery and the woman he covets for his own…

Scarred, powerful, and merciless, Evyn lives only for violence and vengeance. Determined to destroy the one responsible for his imprisonment, there is nothing he won’t do to accomplish his mission…until he meets a vulnerable, turquoise-eyed beauty.

Adelise stokes the flames of his dark desires and awakens a hunger within him he has never known. But the tempting mortal possesses a dangerous secret—the key to Evyn’s victory.

Torn, he must choose between a century-old blood-vendetta and the woman who has become his obsession. Will he return to the brutality of his past and sacrifice Adelise to have his revenge or will he risk everything to claim the woman he craves body and soul?

Tentative Release Date: April 28, 2020

Interested in some sexy vampires?
Today's teaser comes from the epilogue of Caressed by Night leading to Caressed by a Crimson Moon.

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~ Hadrian watched as Dimitri’s pupils dilated then returned to their natural state. His body tingled with awareness. He could sense a change in Dimitri and deduced the ancient had received a vision.
“Start at the end,” the pureblood said.
Hadrian’s brow furrowed as he grasped the meaning. “Are you suggesting I pick up where I left off.
“Yes. There is always a new beginning at the end.”
“The end,” Hadrian repeated thoughtfully, his frown deepening.~

Caressed by Night
Dimitri Arsov, the last remaining pure vampire, was thought to be dead for the past four hundred years. Now, he is back and has a score to settle with the traitor that had tried to kill him centuries ago. But as he waits for his prey to blindly step into his carefully laid trap, his overwhelming hunger for blood is triggered when he saves a beautiful art historian.

Kerstyn Ingmar’s life was normal and straight up boring until the night she is rescued by the dangerously sexy, powerfully mesmerizing, Dimitri. Unable to resist his diamond blue eyes and intense kisses, she is drawn into his world of darkness and closer to her impending doom.

While their desire consumes them, Dimitri is haunted by images of a bloody and deadly future. As his enemies draw near, he must find a way to save his mate from her destiny before fate destroys them both.

Caressed by a Crimson Moon

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Consumed by madness and tormented by dark memories of blood and death, Hadrian Lucretius, King of the Validus Clan, has returned after living in self-imposed exile for nearly three hundred and fifty years.

To maintain peace with the vampires, Eva Maldonado is offered as a sacrifice to the crazed vampire king by her father, the alpha of the Silveria Shifter Pack. Hadrian’s reputation is both legendary and lethal; he is ruthless, bloodthirsty, lusty, and soulless. When Eva arrives at the ancient fortress high in the Carpathian Mountains, she is shocked to find a ravaged man with dark burning eyes filled with loneliness and dangerous desire.

Would she be his lover…or his prey? His savior…or his victim? Would Hadrian lure her into madness or would their perilous passion be their redemption?

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