Chasing Sam
Vegas Mates, Book 1
by Krystal
Shannan
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BLURB:
Samantha
Demakis doesn’t want a mate right now. Her birth-rite and family obligations to
her status as the first daughter of a noble family beg to differ. In fact, even
her wolf seems to be against her. When a chance encounter reveals the man who
might just be a perfect fit, will she run? Or will she fight?
Chase
Michaels has been alone for seventy-five years. He’s fought in Vietnam, the
Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan in the US Army. Somewhat resigned to never
finding his true mate, he is shocked when his wolf reacts so strongly to a
woman he runs into in the airport. Unprepared for the politics and snobbery of
the noble families, Chase finds himself fighting in a different type of war —a
war for the heart of a woman he knows should be his.
A
lot of things are chasing Sam, but who or what will catch her in the end?
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Krystal
Shannan is a born, raised, and current TEXAN. She is married to a wonderful man
who supports her dream of writing and allows her to spend many evening and
weekend hours glued to her laptop. During the day she moonlights as an
elementary music teacher. In addition to a doting husband, a young daughter is
also part of the picture and keeps her hopping! An ornery little Welsh Corgi
completes the household.
Krystal has
been writing stories since she could hold a pencil. She has always dreamed of
writing romance and sharing the "movies in her head" with the world.
If she's not writing, she's reading -historical, paranormal, action, adventure
-anything she can get her hands on that ends with a Happily Ever After!
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Inspiration
Behind CHASING SAM
Well…..I saw this picture of this beautiful woman. I love to
look at portrait art. I get most of my inspiration from photographs and songs.
Anyway, I was browsing through this photographer’s gallery and stumbled upon
this one picture. She had such gorgeous blue grey eyes that just haunted me.
She just started telling me a story. Before I knew it,
Samantha Demakis, “Sam”, was a fully developed character. She told me how she
wanted to be a doctor and not be forced into the politics of her family. She
didn’t want this mate hunt to happen. She’d been avoiding her family all year,
hoping they would just let it go.
Now, when she brought up the hunt, I knew I had something
interesting. So my historically inclined brain started making up all these
ideas for how and why this hunt was happening to her, but not to her friends….
The wheels really began to turn then. CHASING SAM doesn’t get into a lot of
details about the werewolf society’s history, but it lays the groundwork for
the whole series.
But, back to the topic at hand, my inspiration comes from the
characters. They are always first in my mind. I let them tell me their story
and everything usually falls into place from there. I can remember even as a
teenager, talking to myself, making up stories, writing down what the
characters in my mind were saying. I’m so psyched that I’m finally getting
share these friends with you.
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DeleteIt's amazing where inspiration can come from. Art, relatives, personal experiences. All great! Thanks for sharing!
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It really it. And it usually strikes when you least expect it....and can't seem to find a pen, LOL.
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Great post , this book is a must read for me .I loved the excerpt and cover .
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