Claiming My Valentine Countdown with Tami Jarecki Lund
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Author SpotlightTami Lund
Tell us about your story in Claiming My ValentineWhat is the title of your story?
Broken Light
What is your story about?
Still reluctantly holding a candle for Sabine Flemming, the Lightbearer who shared her magic with him, Xander Wulf is determined to leave his past behind once and for all. He decides to take temporary respite with a tribe of humans trying to survive the long, cold winter. There he meets Adelle Poema, a shifter with a mysterious past and a determination to kill the chief’s human son.
Adelle’s broken, or at least that’s what it feels like. She’s lost everything, and her life has become defined by a burning need for revenge. Killing the chief’s son is the only way she can move forward and let go of her past.
Until she meets Xander. Now Adelle must choose … Revenge or love?
Who is/are the main characters?
Xander Wulf is a lone shifter who has a secret, once he swore he wouldn’t reveal to anyone. He figures he’ll spend his life alone, until he meets Adelle, who makes him wonder if he wouldn’t be happier sharing his bed—and his life—after all.
Adelle Poema lost everything and now her only goal in life is to destroy the human who took away her world. When Xander shows up, she thinks she’s found an ally in her quest. She’s not so sure about his idea that they could be compatible in other ways, too.
How did the story come to you?
Broken Light came about after I wrote First Light, the (original) prequel to my Lightbearer series. Xander was the bad guy, yet a potential love interest for the heroine, Sabine. Ultimately, she chose another. Even though he was the antagonist, readers wanted Xander to have a happily ever after, too.
Did you have to research for this novel. If so, why and what did you learn?
I had to do a bunch of historical research, since this book is based in the sixteenth century, in a part of the world that had few human inhabitants, so not much detail on what it was like living there. I had to be careful about wording, too, such as slang and the names for locations like Lake Michigan, North America, and Michigan. I also had to figure out what type of clothing people wore and housing they lived in, specifically in the winter.
Do you relate to your character? Is your protagonist anything like you personally?
Well over a year ago, when I first started this book, I might have said no, or at least not anything significant. But since then, I lost my son, and had already written about Adelle losing hers, too. Returning to that storyline was hard, yes, but I knew what I was writing as far as her pain and suffering, and the choices she made as a result, were very, very real.
What made you write this character; what made them important to you or made you want to tell their story?
Xander first entered my subconscious in First Light, the book before this one. I wanted to write a love triangle, but I knew all along the heroine (Sabine) would end up with the other person in the triangle, based on the way I’d already written the rest of the series. And Xander had to at least initially appear to be the bad guy, also because of the way the series was already set up. But he had to be somewhat redeemable, right, or else why would Sabine have considered falling for him, even for a minute? The problem with giving him redeeming qualities was that readers then wanted him to have an HEA too. And I can’t let readers down J.
Is there anything specific you want readers to know about this piece of work?
This is technically a second prequel to my Lightbearer series, although it can be read as a stand alone. Still, I hope readers like it enough to read the rest of the series
MEET MY CHARACTER
(Choose one character from your story to spotlight)What is your name?
Xander Wulf
What are you? (Fae, shifter (kind), vampire, etc…)
I’m a shapeshifter. We can shift into any warm-blooded animal. Oh yeah, and I also possess Lightbearer magic. The only shifter who’s ever been able to say that, by the way.
What should we know about you?
You should know that everybody thought I was the bad guy in my first book, First Light. I suppose the title was deserved, although at the time, I didn’t know any better.
When and where is your story set?My story takes place in the year 1514. I’ve been hanging out on the shores of a great, salt-free lake, on the western side of what in your time would be a state called Michigan.
What is your personal goal? I mean, what do you ultimately want?Well, the reason I’ve been hanging out near this lake is because I figured out that’s where the Lightbearers disappeared to at the end of First Light. I suppose I wasn’t quite ready to let Sabine go, even though she had clearly moved on with her new mate. And then, at the beginning of Broken Light, I meet this shifter named Adelle, and suddenly my ambitions are changing. Now, I don’t ever think about Sabine, and I can’t get Adelle out of my head.
What conflict(s) do you face?It’s 1514 and I’m a shifter without a pack. There’s always some sort of conflict. Although at the moment, my most pressing conflict seems to be internal. I want Adelle, but she has a few demons she needs to conquer, apparently, before she’ll let me share her blankets.
Are there any secondary characters we should keep our eyes on? Who are they? How are they connected with you?This book is a second prequel to the Lightbearer series, and happens 500 years before the rest of the series picks up. There’s lots of setup for the future, but none of the characters in my book will be alive when you read Into the Light, which is the next book after mine.
Will we see you in upcoming stories? If so, what is the title/series and when?Well, the series is called Lightbearer, and picks up again in the twenty-first century. Since it’s strange enough to have two prequels, I don’t think there’ll be another, so I probably won’t be around again. However, I’m pretty sure the author references my plight in later books, if that helps to keep you reading!
What is the title or working title for this piece?Broken Light
Tell us again where we can order our copy.
You can pre-order this book as part of the Claiming My Valentine anthology!
Follow Tami Lund
Twitter
Facebook
Goodreads
Amazon
Website
When will Claiming My Valentine be available?It’s available for pre-order NOW. Release day is 2/14/17Where can we grab our copy?Amazon: Global link: getBook.at/CMValentinehttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MQKJXV4https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MQKJXV4https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B01MQKJXV4https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01MQKJXV4https://www.amazon.de/dp/B01MQKJXV4Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/claiming-my-valentine-c-d-gorri/1125171460Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/claiming-my-valentineiTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/claiming-my-valentine/id1178023003?mt=11Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/682329Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33024537-claiming-my-valentine
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¸.•´*¨`*••*¨`*´•.¸Author SpotlightTami Lund
Tell us about your story in Claiming My ValentineWhat is the title of your story?
Broken Light
What is your story about?
Still reluctantly holding a candle for Sabine Flemming, the Lightbearer who shared her magic with him, Xander Wulf is determined to leave his past behind once and for all. He decides to take temporary respite with a tribe of humans trying to survive the long, cold winter. There he meets Adelle Poema, a shifter with a mysterious past and a determination to kill the chief’s human son.
Adelle’s broken, or at least that’s what it feels like. She’s lost everything, and her life has become defined by a burning need for revenge. Killing the chief’s son is the only way she can move forward and let go of her past.
Until she meets Xander. Now Adelle must choose … Revenge or love?
Who is/are the main characters?
Xander Wulf is a lone shifter who has a secret, once he swore he wouldn’t reveal to anyone. He figures he’ll spend his life alone, until he meets Adelle, who makes him wonder if he wouldn’t be happier sharing his bed—and his life—after all.
Adelle Poema lost everything and now her only goal in life is to destroy the human who took away her world. When Xander shows up, she thinks she’s found an ally in her quest. She’s not so sure about his idea that they could be compatible in other ways, too.
How did the story come to you?
Broken Light came about after I wrote First Light, the (original) prequel to my Lightbearer series. Xander was the bad guy, yet a potential love interest for the heroine, Sabine. Ultimately, she chose another. Even though he was the antagonist, readers wanted Xander to have a happily ever after, too.
Did you have to research for this novel. If so, why and what did you learn?
I had to do a bunch of historical research, since this book is based in the sixteenth century, in a part of the world that had few human inhabitants, so not much detail on what it was like living there. I had to be careful about wording, too, such as slang and the names for locations like Lake Michigan, North America, and Michigan. I also had to figure out what type of clothing people wore and housing they lived in, specifically in the winter.
Do you relate to your character? Is your protagonist anything like you personally?
Well over a year ago, when I first started this book, I might have said no, or at least not anything significant. But since then, I lost my son, and had already written about Adelle losing hers, too. Returning to that storyline was hard, yes, but I knew what I was writing as far as her pain and suffering, and the choices she made as a result, were very, very real.
What made you write this character; what made them important to you or made you want to tell their story?
Xander first entered my subconscious in First Light, the book before this one. I wanted to write a love triangle, but I knew all along the heroine (Sabine) would end up with the other person in the triangle, based on the way I’d already written the rest of the series. And Xander had to at least initially appear to be the bad guy, also because of the way the series was already set up. But he had to be somewhat redeemable, right, or else why would Sabine have considered falling for him, even for a minute? The problem with giving him redeeming qualities was that readers then wanted him to have an HEA too. And I can’t let readers down J.
Is there anything specific you want readers to know about this piece of work?
This is technically a second prequel to my Lightbearer series, although it can be read as a stand alone. Still, I hope readers like it enough to read the rest of the series
MEET MY CHARACTER
(Choose one character from your story to spotlight)What is your name?
Xander Wulf
What are you? (Fae, shifter (kind), vampire, etc…)
I’m a shapeshifter. We can shift into any warm-blooded animal. Oh yeah, and I also possess Lightbearer magic. The only shifter who’s ever been able to say that, by the way.
What should we know about you?
You should know that everybody thought I was the bad guy in my first book, First Light. I suppose the title was deserved, although at the time, I didn’t know any better.
When and where is your story set?My story takes place in the year 1514. I’ve been hanging out on the shores of a great, salt-free lake, on the western side of what in your time would be a state called Michigan.
What is your personal goal? I mean, what do you ultimately want?Well, the reason I’ve been hanging out near this lake is because I figured out that’s where the Lightbearers disappeared to at the end of First Light. I suppose I wasn’t quite ready to let Sabine go, even though she had clearly moved on with her new mate. And then, at the beginning of Broken Light, I meet this shifter named Adelle, and suddenly my ambitions are changing. Now, I don’t ever think about Sabine, and I can’t get Adelle out of my head.
What conflict(s) do you face?It’s 1514 and I’m a shifter without a pack. There’s always some sort of conflict. Although at the moment, my most pressing conflict seems to be internal. I want Adelle, but she has a few demons she needs to conquer, apparently, before she’ll let me share her blankets.
Are there any secondary characters we should keep our eyes on? Who are they? How are they connected with you?This book is a second prequel to the Lightbearer series, and happens 500 years before the rest of the series picks up. There’s lots of setup for the future, but none of the characters in my book will be alive when you read Into the Light, which is the next book after mine.
Will we see you in upcoming stories? If so, what is the title/series and when?Well, the series is called Lightbearer, and picks up again in the twenty-first century. Since it’s strange enough to have two prequels, I don’t think there’ll be another, so I probably won’t be around again. However, I’m pretty sure the author references my plight in later books, if that helps to keep you reading!
What is the title or working title for this piece?Broken Light
Tell us again where we can order our copy.
You can pre-order this book as part of the Claiming My Valentine anthology!
Follow Tami Lund
Goodreads
Amazon
Website
When will Claiming My Valentine be available?It’s available for pre-order NOW. Release day is 2/14/17Where can we grab our copy?Amazon: Global link: getBook.at/CMValentinehttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MQKJXV4https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B01MQKJXV4https://www.amazon.com.au/dp/B01MQKJXV4https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B01MQKJXV4https://www.amazon.de/dp/B01MQKJXV4Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/claiming-my-valentine-c-d-gorri/1125171460Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/claiming-my-valentineiTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/claiming-my-valentine/id1178023003?mt=11Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/682329Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33024537-claiming-my-valentine
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