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This Magic Moment

Interview and giveaway – Virna DePaul

By Barb Drozdowich

Welcome to Sugarbeat’s Books!

We are finally at the last event of an exciting week!  This past week we have been participating in the Spring Blog Carnival and Giveaway.  If you want to enter, simply click HERE to go to the form.  Also this week, we have been featuring  Virna DePaul’s books.  She’s an author that I found out about by accident.  I was offered one of her books to read and review by The Romance Reviews and said yes.  I’ve now read 4 of her stories and have enjoyed them all.  This past week I’ve posted reviews of all four stories – each one unique in their own way.  Feel free to cruise back through the week to find out about some great reads!  Virna has been gracious enough to provide us with all the giveaways for this week.  This is a giveaway worth entering!

To tie things up this week, I asked Virna to join us in an interview.  This would allow her to talk briefly about things I didn’t cover in the other posts!  Without further ado – here’s the interview:

Barb –  Can you please explain briefly your transition from prosecutor to author!

Virna – My transition from prosecutor to writer was painfully slow. In other words, I was dissatisfied with law for a long time but it took me awhile to believe I could do something else. I wrote while working for three years, then finally took a leap of faith. I didn’t sell for close to a year after that, but the second I left law, I knew it was the right decision.

Barb –  In Chosen by Blood, what is your favorite scene and why?

Virna – The one where the team parachutes from a spy plane into North Korea.  I love it because it’s action-packed, but also delves into the emotion/nerves of the team, and is one of the earlier scenes that shows them coming to trust one another.

Barb –  Tell us about the sequel to Chosen by Blood and what else you are working on.

Virna – Chosen By Fate, Book 2 in the Para-Ops series, is about the team’s ghost, Wraith, and its human psychic Shaman, Caleb O’Flare.  Wraith and Caleb first meet in Book 1 and their strong reactions to one another are the product of complex back stories.  In their own ways, Wraith and Caleb have to deal with the tension between pain and pleasure, a dichotomy that is brought to the forefront when they set out on their next mission, investigating a series of crimes in the feline community.

I’m also working on a few things for my other publisher. I’m so excited to be writing paranormals for Berkley, but also contemporary romantic suspense for Harlequin.  My debut novel with Harlequin Romantic Suspense, Dangerous To Her, comes out in September 2011.  It’s about an undercover cop who poses as a bailiff in order to investigate a judge.  He ends up reuniting with his college love and discovers she’s harbored a secret for almost a decade.  I’ve also just sold another story to HRS about a woman who must accept the reopening of her mother’s murder investigation by the one man she hoped never to see again.  Finally, in April of 2012, I’ll be launching a new series with HQN.

Barb –  The only one of your collection that I haven’t read or reviewed this week is A Vampire’s Salvation.  Can you tell us a little bit about this story?

Virna – Jacob La Costa Rios is the head of the California governor’s security team; he’s also a vampire who wants the governor, a presidential hopeful, to support the peaceful integration of vampires into human society. Unfortunately, there are others who oppose Jake’s plan. Plus, Jake’s a little distracted by discovering his one true mate, the human female who can give him everything he’s always wanted: love, children, and continuing immortality.

Francesca Marie Stewart is the governor’s “go-green” political consultant. Although she’s been attracted to Jake from day one, her priority is her career and protecting her heart. But then Jake blatantly propositions her and Frankie, who hasn’t experienced sexual intimacy since she was seventeen-years-old, decides it’s time to take what she wants—within reason.

No matter—once Jake makes love to Frankie, he knows reason will be the farthest thing from her mind. Then he just has to eliminate the person threatening her, reveal the fact he’s a vampire, and convince her that trusting him will bring both of them eternal happiness.

Barb –  If you could ask your readers one question, what would it be?

Virna – What’s your favorite scene from one of my stories?

Barb –  I can list all your various contact points, but what is the best way for your readers to get hold of you to keep up to date with what’s going on?

Virna – I definitely try to keep my readers current through social media and through my website.  So if they join my mailing list at www.virnadepaul.com and “like” my Facebook fan page they’ll know about what’s coming next!

Thank you so much, Barb, for interviewing me and hosting me this entire week.  I’ve enjoyed meeting your readers and am so grateful for the way you’ve supported the launch of my debut novel!

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I’d like to thank Virna for being so generous with her books and her time!  I’ve enjoyed featuring Virna for that past week, and I hope that you will enjoy her books as much as I have.

So, as a special treat for those of you who have read to the end…..Virna said that she would love to hear about our favorite scenes…..I’ll giveaway a $10 gift card to someone who comments on this post with their favorite scene 🙂  My favorite scene is from Chosen by Blood is when Felicia and Lucy take down a fighter named Randolph.  Felicia is absolutely a kick-ass heroine!  So what’s your’s??  Just leave a comment!

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This Magic Moment by Virna DePaul

By Barb Drozdowich

Welcome back to Sugarbeat’s Books!

It’s day two of the Spring Blog Hop and Giveaway.  This whole week I am featuring Virna DePaul on my blog!  You can win copies of her books in the Giveaway!  Find a link to the giveaway form at the bottom of this review.  The first of Virna’s books I’m going to review is This Magic Moment.
ISBN: B004GHND6Q
Release: Dec 2010
Source: I received a copy of this book from The Romance Reviews to read and review.  My review is also posted on TRR HERE.

Determined to find her inner sex diva, Melina Parker asks friend Max Dalton to tutor her. Instead, she ends up in the wrong bed with Max’s twin brother, Rhys, the man she’s always loved. She wants roots & a family; he’s a celeb magician who changes lovers as easily as flights. Can hearth & home find satisfaction with the next big thing? For Melina & Rhys, it’s the perfect formula for love.

This story combines magic, a set of sexy twins, and their childhood friend who wants lessons on finding her inner sex diva!  This is a great romance that keeps you turning the pages.

Melina Parker has been told that she’s a dud in bed by several of her boyfriends.  This scientist decides she needs to do some research, so she calls on a friend to help her learn what men want in bed.  Melina grew up with Max and Rhys Dalton living next door.  Although Max and Rhys were twins, Melina could always tell them apart.  Max was her buddy, someone she teased and flirted with; someone who was always lighthearted.  Rhys was the more somber, thoughtful one of the two, and the one that Melina was in love with.  When she decided to ask for help in pleasing a man, she decided to ask Max as she felt she could be more objective with him.  He could teach her what she wanted to know, and then the morning after they could go back to being buddies.  As the blurb tells us, Max sets up Melina to end up in Rhys’ bed, not his, and the story romps on from there.

This author creates a great story about a set of twins and their childhood friend.  I think anyone who has been friends with a set of twins, knows how to tell them apart and knows that there are often significant differences in their personalities despite the fact that they look alike.  Melina has always been attracted to Rhys, but because of a misunderstanding when they were younger, they have kept their distance.

This story brings the reader into the world of magicians and the world of performers.  There is a  lack of stability in that kind of lifestyle.  Melina wants stability, but Rhys’ life doesn’t lend itself to that.  The process of them coming to a compromise is one of the most interesting aspects of this story.

I enjoyed this story!  The storyline was quick moving, filled with steamy chemistry and enough conflict to keep the path of love from being too smooth!  I loved the interaction between the two brothers and the different ways they related to Melina.  This is a great story from a relatively new author.  Pick up this book and keep your eye on this author!

My Friend, Selena of The Enchanted Book also reviewed This Magic Moment.  Drop by and enjoy her review also!

This is one of the books included in the giveaway.  To enter click HERE to get to the giveaway post.  If you wish to purchase this book, it can be found at Smashwords, Barnes & Nobel, and Amazon

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