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Guest blog with Bonnie Bliss


Werewolves and their mates
I have noticed a few things about werewolf romance stories. Each wolf has a mate, they have that one mate, and they are monogamous once they find that one mate. Anything that happened before means nothing. It has always appeared to me an unchangeable theme. And I believe that a lot of readers see it as something that is a non-negotiable. If a mate strays, it is not right! That is impossible! I had to think on this idea. I read a few werewolf horror stories where the female Alpha could be challenged, same as the male, and the strongest gets the Alpha Male. I was intrigued by this idea. Of course then my brain got moving even more. Another topic that seems prevalent with wolves, is them being in heat.
What if your mate was gone during this cycle? By instinct it is meant for the sole purpose of procreation for wolves, to mate, to breed, and to complete the circle of life. I decided that with the Lilly and her Wolves Series. I would play with this idea. After all, it is fiction, I can create whatever world I want. With the wolves in Lilly and her Pet Wolves they are not men/women that turn into wolves, they are wolves that turn into men/women. So the instinct if very primal, raw, and primitive, the animal is always at the fore. So naturally when the full moon rises and they are in heat, they need, they crave, they hurt, and that primal instinct is dominant.
In the Lilly books that time is called “The Yearning” it is painful, to force the females to breed if at all possible, mated or not. You can only ‘knot’ your mate, therefore sex with any other wolf has no chance for pregnancy. Lilly is left alone during a few cycles and allows betas of her pack to relieve her tension. I know I run the possibility of taking some negative feedback for this. How dare a mated pair stray? The answer was simple for me. The animal needed, and the animal took what she needed. At the core of wolves they are beasts. I wanted to not just create a great erotica story, I wanted to allow Lilly to prove her power by showing she wasn’t bound by human laws. Most will think she is a bit scandalous. However, I like to think I am creating a strong werewolf Alpha female.
I wrote the Lilly books under Erotica because I knew that infidelity would never fly in the romance genre, animals or not. Because not only are my two lead characters separate for a majority of the series. But they have to face one huge center conflict that they have to overcome to be together. Once they are together they will have to deal with the choices that Lilly made to not only survive, but to be a good Alpha to the pack, while her mate was away. So the real question is… Do shapes shifters always have to lock themselves down to one mate? What about a ménage happily ever after for shifters? Does it lack any romance if, once all is said and done, everyone ends up with what they truly want at the end, creating a truly loving Happily ever after?
In this installment of Lilly and her Wolves, we tell the story of when Lilly is first told that not only is she going to be kept by this handsome man she is dating, but she is a wolf. So many readers wanted to know what the beginning was with this couple. How did they get to the point they were at in Double Trouble? In When Lilly Met Bryn we see Lilly before her transformation into Alpha Female, slightly vulnerable, and not totally ready to not be independent, and give up her best friend Wallace. It is a short story, but it is full of steamy sex and sexy distractions while Bryn drops the wolf bomb on her. When Lilly Met Bryn is now available on:
For additional information about the Lilly books or the other books written by Bonnie Bliss:
Website: bonnieblissauthor.com             
Twitter: @bonnie_bliss
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