There's a new pack of wolves on the block courtesy of Vanessa North. Amazons is full of myths and steamy sexual encounters. Vanessa North is her today talking about misfits as well as having a giveaway so keep reading to find out more about this book. To learn even more about this book visit the other blogs hosting this tour listed here.
Joder, thank you so much for having me here today!
Let’s hear it for the misfits, the ones who can’t hide how different they are. Let’s celebrate the strange, the off-putting, and the weird, because they are the funhouse mirror of society. Let’s surround ourselves with the artists and the odd. Let’s live for a moment in fantasy, where every curiosity has a home.
I didn’t set out to write about isolation--I’m writing about pack creatures, after all. But in just about every instance I can think of, werewolves are a power-dominated, and male-dominated society.
This is true in the Ushers as well.
In order to pave the way for Amazon to come to exist, I had to create the society that made them outcast. Amazon Pack is a sort of wolfie “Island of Misfit Toys.” They aren’t broken, just different. And even among Amazons, different has layers of power and social struggles. In fact, Amazon opens with a teenage Bianca fighting another werewolf in the schoolyard.
Though I’m not a religious woman, I always found the quote from Matthew “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth” particularly inspiring. In Amazon, the meek inherit themselves--and they find strength in what makes them different.
These days, we’re talking a lot about bullying, more than I can ever remember before. And not in an after school special, “we all hug at the end,” sort of way. We’re reaching out to the meek to show them their strength, and their beauty, and that being different doesn’t have to be a bad thing.
In Amazon, I’m celebrating the misfits and the rogues, the ones who are strange and different. They’re the ones whose stories move me, the ones whose stories I want to tell.
Let’s hear it for the misfits, the ones who can’t hide how different they are. Let’s celebrate the strange, the off-putting, and the weird, because they are the funhouse mirror of society. Let’s surround ourselves with the artists and the odd. Let’s live for a moment in fantasy, where every curiosity has a home.
I didn’t set out to write about isolation--I’m writing about pack creatures, after all. But in just about every instance I can think of, werewolves are a power-dominated, and male-dominated society.
This is true in the Ushers as well.
In order to pave the way for Amazon to come to exist, I had to create the society that made them outcast. Amazon Pack is a sort of wolfie “Island of Misfit Toys.” They aren’t broken, just different. And even among Amazons, different has layers of power and social struggles. In fact, Amazon opens with a teenage Bianca fighting another werewolf in the schoolyard.
Though I’m not a religious woman, I always found the quote from Matthew “Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the Earth” particularly inspiring. In Amazon, the meek inherit themselves--and they find strength in what makes them different.
These days, we’re talking a lot about bullying, more than I can ever remember before. And not in an after school special, “we all hug at the end,” sort of way. We’re reaching out to the meek to show them their strength, and their beauty, and that being different doesn’t have to be a bad thing.
In Amazon, I’m celebrating the misfits and the rogues, the ones who are strange and different. They’re the ones whose stories move me, the ones whose stories I want to tell.
Jack's routine investigation of rogue wolf sightings threatens to uncover both Bianca's secrets and her passionate nature. Can she trust him enough to make the sacrifice her destiny demands?
Born albino, Bianca was spared death in infancy when her mother found safe haven among the ghosts and misfits of Amazon Pack. As Guardian of Amazon, she protects the hidden pack with a ferocity that belies her delicate appearance.
Jack’s routine investigation of rogue wolf sightings in his territory uncovers both Bianca’s secrets and her passionate nature. He finds her alluring and terrifying: he’s convinced she’s his mate, but is she also the Usher--key to their culture’s most sacred prophecies?
EXCERPT:
Bianca pulled her v-neck t-shirt over her head, shucking off her shoes and jeans. Jack immediately started shedding his clothes as well. Growing up among wolves, he’d never really given much thought to nudity. Their bodies grew in size as they shifted, so he was accustomed to stripping down before a run in order to preserve his wardrobe. He glanced over at the Albina as she shook her hair out. Standing in the moonlight, she was stunning. He saw her delicate pink nipples were still hard and aroused from his kiss. The curls of hair on her mound were as fair as her hair, and he saw the delicate pink folds glistening, swollen with arousal, peeking through the white curls. Her beauty was astounding. He saw marks on her skin, leaned closer to examine them. Tattoos, he realized suddenly. All wolves were tattooed after their first shift. Most of them were tattooed in black ink with colors for emphasis, but several of hers were done in white. As befits Albina, he thought as he admired the elegant symbols. Her entire back was covered, here and there a shadow in grey? or a bit of color drawing attention to some of the more consequential tattoos. Clearly she was a powerful Guardian for her pack--she’d not have been tattooed so many times without having achieved her place of power by virtue of her skills. As she turned to fold her discarded clothes, he could see some scars on her body, remnants of fights won. The tattoos glimmered in the dark, beckoning him to trace them with his fingers, his tongue. He groaned, and she looked over her shoulder at him with a smile.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Vanessa North was born in New England but moved to the South as a teenager, where she learned to appreciate biscuits and gravy, bluegrass, and that most welcome of greetings: “Hey y’all!” She has a degree in Mass Communication but has long since abandoned journalism in favor of writing romance. Instead of telling the news, V would rather tell stories.
Vanessa has a voracious appetite for books and loves all kinds. She writes obsessively: every day brings new ideas and stories to tell. When she’s not buried in a book—hers or someone else’s—you can find her taking thousands of photographs of the people she loves.
She lives in Northwest Georgia with her handsome husband, not-quite-civilized twin boy-children, and a pack of dogs.
Contact Vanessa at:
Website - http://www.vanessanorth.com
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The book sounds good.
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