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We're assuming so, or you probably wouldn't be here right now. Ever read one you wanted to see end differently? Ever wish something else happened to your favorite characters? I think I might have been the first romance writer to present such a hero; when paranormal went out of fashion again, I was still one of the few writing shapeshifter characters. It wasn't until the most recent blossoming of paranormal romance that others authors began to explore the theme, to the point that non-cursed werewolves are now very common romance heroes and heroines.
Constantly looking for new ways to approach the ideas that interest me, I considered what I might do next. There are only so many plausible animal subjects: But the idea of shapeshifting equines gave me another idea: This wasn't as much of a stretch as it sounds. Though most faerie lore shrinks the Fair Folk to a diminutive size, I decided to go back to the old Irish legends that paint the Sidhe as resembling humans in stature.
I placed my Fane in the Land of the Young, Tir-na-Nog, a plane where life is eternal and beauty commonplace. Like most Faerie folk, the Fane are not always kind to mortals. In fact, my Fane tend toward selfishness, arrogance, and disdain for humankind. There are exceptions, of course: And their half-human children, like Donal in Lord of the Beasts, are often torn between the magical Fane world and troubled earth, between immortality and love.
What better home for unicorns, I reasoned, than Tir-na-nog? What if their king was exiled from the eternal realm and forced to take human shape in a world that had once exterminated his kind? Arion, the unicorn king, begins by despising the human domain to which he's been condemned, a helpless prisoner of the mortal lord who longs to hunt him as the rarest of game. He'll have to decide if he can sacrifice his true nature—even his very life—for the sake of the woman he's coming to love, or abandon her to her own imprisonment.
And Mariah will have to make the same choice between captivity, her hidden Fane nature, and her love for the man she calls Ash. Writing about unicorns is always fun. So is writing about werewolves, and I expect I'll keep doing it as long as they'll let me. Where do I start introducing Sarah A. Sarah is such a fabulous and prolific writer everything from Three Musketeers mysteries as Sarah D'Almeida to both alternate historical and contemporary shapeshifters - her Magical British Empire and Shifters series respectively.
Every time I open a magazine, one of her short stories appears. From laugh-out-loud funny to deadly series, Sarah's done it all. In fact, if I were to post her full bibliography with links below, it might take me all day. So, withouth further ado, I give you: When I was little I had sharks under my bed. A child of the sixties, I had this thing mom had made from cheese crates, painted white and hung with blue-flowered curtains. No self respecting monster would hide in a white-painted cheese crate.
So I had sharks under the bed. At which point they would presumably start up their chainsaws and I would go through life being known as stumpy. I understand people with more normal — saner — childhoods had monsters in their closets, though. They had vampires, or werewolves, or other, stranger creatures. So how come for the last two decades the monsters have been out of the closet and dancing with our main characters in the terrace under the full moon? How come the examples of seductive vampires, werewolves, shape shifters of various kinds are too many to mention?
Perhaps because as we, shambling god-monsters, shift out of the closet and into the full light of twenty first century life, we are not going to leave our darker side behind. It will go with us into the future. We are not going to become angels, possessed only of good. Our animal nature, our baser impulses, will always be there. And, like the vampires in the most satisfying vampire stories, we must learn to overcome our darker nature even as we embrace the gifts of our enhanced life.
Only then can we waltz with the main character under the moonlight. They don't text their buddies while they're having dinner with you and their cell phones don't go off while you're at the theater. Okay, so they don't really need phones, but even if they owned one, they'd keep their focus on you. Demons are good at giving their undivided attention. Demons don't spend hours gaming on their Xbox or golfing. They prefer to play with humans, but that's another story and you don't want to ask.
Think accessory after the fact. Demons don't order grande cinnamon dolce latte, no whipped, no powder. Demons drink plain old coffee. They also don't eat quiche, drink bottled water, or send their order back to the kitchen five times at a restaurant. They're not worried about climbing the corporate ladder, getting their next raise, or earning a promotion. You never have to worry about him putting in hour work weeks—your demon has time for you. He's probably not going to share what he was up to while he was out, but you're better off that way. Remember, accessory after the fact.
If they have a problem, they address it directly. That might include taking someone's head off—literally—but at least they're clear about how they feel. They never complain about being sent downstairs in the middle of the night because you heard a strange noise. Demons are nocturnal, they're up anyway. Besides, there might be a burglar there to play with, er, chase off. Yep, remember accessory after the fact. Car mechanics will never try to rip you off when your demon is by your side.
One blaze of red from his eyes and the estimate will suddenly become much more reasonable. Demons don't care about wearing designer clothes, buying the most expensive watch, driving the fastest sports car, or going to the hottest club. Demons don't need to own the latest and greatest or be seen in the trendy hot spots to prove how cool they are—they know they rock.
But if you want to go to the club, he'll get you in. They don't play mind games. Okay, they don't play mind games with YOU. Like when some guys say they'll call you tomorrow and then don't do it for four days? If they're going to play, it'll be with someone who deserves it—like maybe the burglar who was foolish enough to break into your house.
And the number one reason to date a demon is: A demon knows how to last and he doesn't have to ask if it was good for you. Your screams of pleasure tell him everything he needs to know.
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I wrapped the tools of my trade in padded cloth and secured them with Velcro. The pack of stakes, knives, and my silver traced main-gauche was small enough to fit into the saddlebags of the old Yamaha bike, and still leave room for a change of clothes and odds and ends. I tucked my money into the inside pocket of my jeans beside the red lipstick I favored. The jacket was used, purchased at a consignment store, and it still reeked of the last owner, at least to my sensitive nose. If I took down the vamp I was gunning for and earned the bounty, I had promised myself a brand new leather riding jacket.
That and two real vamp-killers to replace the less-than-perfectly balanced main-gauche a local silversmith had modified with silver. Last, I adjusted my gold nugget on its double chain for riding, the necklace my only jewelry. I looked over the small efficiency apartment I rented, making sure I was leaving nothing important behind, and locked the door after me.