Cate: Please welcome V.S. Morgan to my special Halloween celebration. V,
please tell us a little bit about yourself.
V.S. Morgan: I grew up in Oregon
but have lived in Minnesota for the last 16 years. I’m married, and we
celebrate our 20th anniversary next June. With hubby, son, and pets
who are all male, I’m the queen of my home.
I enjoy nature, reading, and music. I work full-time as a Project
Manager.
Cate: What do you love most about Halloween?
V.S. Morgan: Halloween is
magical. As a kid, it was the only time I could out and about after dark and
for one night I could be anyone or anything I wanted. As an adult, I love
decorating and seeing all the kids’ costumes as they trick-or-treat and
checking out the houses that are majorly done-up. Halloween always makes me
happy.
Cate: I completely agree :) Do you have a favorite memory of a Halloween past?
V.S. Morgan: There isn’t one
that stands out in particular. Loved them all for different reasons.
Cate: Have you ever had an unusual experience you couldn’t explain?
V.S. Morgan: The night my
great-grandfather died, I saw a shimmery image of him in my bedroom doorway. I
didn’t even know he’d died until the next morning. To this day I believe he was
saying goodbye.
Cate: So sweet, and sad. What frightens you the most?
V.S. Morgan: Clowns freak me
out.
Cate: *shivers* Ever gone on a ghost tour? Or ghost hunting on your own?
V.S. Morgan: I visited the Yaquina Bay Lighthouse in
Oregon which had a ghost story associated with it. A teenager was murdered by pirates.
Her body was never found because there was a secret passage but a long blood
smear on the floor had been found. We went on the tour, and I bought a small
book and read it over and over. Gave me the chills. I believe that story has
been debunked but was still fun. Would love to visit more spooky places.
Cate: Very spooky! Tell us about your latest release, and where readers can find it
online.
V.S. Morgan: Hunter’s Mark is an interracial
paranormal (shifter) story about an assassin who realizes his latest assignment
violates his rules, so the hunter becomes the protector. It was a really fun
story to write.
Cate: Care to share a blurb or excerpt?
V.S. Morgan:
Blurb:
Artist Casey Smith lives a
quiet life, under the radar of his enemies, until one fateful night he loses
control and the astonishing image of a wolf racing down a suburban street
splashes all over social media.
Hunter’s bullet never misses
its target. The assassin seeks out and kills his prey with a clear conscience
by following two simple rules: 1) Don’t kill innocents 2) Don’t kill
shifters.
Realizing his latest
assignment violates those rules, the hunter activates Princess Protocol and the assassin becomes the protector. Red hot
attraction flares between the hit man and his former target. Can Hunter resist
the sweet shifter in his care?
Excerpt:
He stepped
closer to Casey’s stall but stumbled over something small and furry. The toe of
one Birkenstock caught on a clump of grass as he attempted not to trample the
little beast, and he ass-planted with said beast jumping onto his chest to give
him a broad doggie smile.
His buddy
laughed piss-your-pants-hard in his ear. F**k
a duck.
“Miss
Priscilla!”
The target
he’d worked so hard to observe remotely sank to the ground between his
sprawled-out legs, peeling the tiny hairball off his chest and setting it on
the ground.
“I’m so
sorry! Are you okay?”
Big blue
eyes fringed with long, pale lashes scanned his body while strong yet gentle
hands moved over his ankles and legs, searching for an injury. Oh, a toucher.
His wolf basked in the tactile attention. His breath hitched as those hands
glided past his knees and skimmed his thighs.
Damn, he
needed to get laid after this assignment.
“Oh, my,
what a li’l sweetie. Look at those freckles! I wonder if he’s got them
everywhere. I’d like to lick them,” Rex crowed in his ear.
He growled.
The other
man chortled. “Possessive, much?”
He inhaled
deeply, only to be slammed with the force of a Mack truck. Strawberries on a
warm summer’s day and fresh-cut grass—s**t, his target smelled delicious. He
took another breath, and his brain reeled. He’s a wolf shifter, too? F**k.
Casey’s
brows furrowed. “Where are you hurt?”
He forced a
smile. “I’m fine. No worries.”
Casey returned the smile, his
wide and high beam combined with sparkling eyes. Hunter stared as warmth
wrapped around him like a blanket. He had no ammo against such a happy, open
expression. The guy freaking glowed.
Cate: I love reimagined fairy tales. :) What inspired you to write about the theme?
V.S. Morgan: Decadent Publishing
had an open call for re-tellings of fairytales. In order to avoid a hundred
Cinderella stories, they randomly assigned stories. My assignment was Grimm’s
“The Skillful Huntsman.” It was a blast to twist it into my own version.
Cate: Woot! V.S. has a fantastic giveaway for you guys!
V.S. Morgan: I have a Rafflecopter
giveaway $20 Amazon Gift Card
Cate: Thanks so much for partying with us, V.S.! Hope your Halloween is spooktacular!
