Books-n-Kisses is pleased to welcome Lia Davis to the blog for the first time.

Lia, can you please share with us a little about yourself?

Hi! Thanks for having me over today. I’m Lia, paranormal author and loving it. I have a degree in business accounting and currently work in the finance/accounting department of a software company that uses the ‘other side’ of the brain. LOL. I’m a mother of four (two human, two kitties) and a wife to my soul mate and best friend.

Have you always wanted to be an author?

I think so and just didn’t realize it until late in life. I always loved creative writing and making up stories. And I’ve always been a romantic and lingered for the HEA.

What is your most interesting writing quirk?

Hmm…I can be a little random and a little ADD. Many times I write in layers, which I’m trying to change. By layers, I mean I’ll write the main plot point, then go back and add in additional, but related subplots during the revision stage.

Can you please tell us about your latest book(s)?

I started a new series called Ashwood Falls. The prequel, Winter Eve released in December and Book 1, A Tiger’s Claim, released last week.

Ashwood Falls is a community made up of two Packs—wolves and leopards—that merged together after a rogue Pack attacked their dens, killing most of the members. The wolves and leopards set their differences aside to live together as one Pack to bring down the rogues.

How did you come with the idea for this story?

Like a lot of my story ideas, it just came to me. I wanted to write a shifter series. I’m a cat person, but I also love the wolves. So my muse is like, “So, um, what if leopards and wolves lived together?” LOL. The tension that could arrive from that thought was too tempting so I started plotting and found a whole new world.

Can you share with us your current work(s) in progress?

Sure! I just finished book 2 of Ashwood Falls, A Mating Dance. It’s Blaine and Cameron’s story and my first ménage. They will meet their third, Graham. He’s Nevan’s stepbrother.

Right now I’m writing The Dark Divine, book 3 in my Divinities series and plotting with my writing partner, Carrie Ann Ryan, on a four book angel series we are writing together.

Who is the one author that you would love to meet someday and why?

There are too many. I’ve already meet so many wonderful authors via Facebook, and it would be great to meet them all in person.

What is the best piece of advice you would give to someone that wants to get into writing?

Write, write, write! Don’t let anyone tell you can’t do And join a critique group. There are many of them online.

Can you share with us something off your bucket list.

I want to travel and live on a mountain! LOL. I’d love to travel Europe and Ireland, as well as the places I’ve haven’t been in the US. My dream house is a cabin in the mountains.

What is in your To Read Pile that you are dying to start or upcoming release you can’t wait for?

Lover at Last by JR Ward!! I think everyone is waiting on this one. LOL And the next Psy-Changeling book. Is it June yet?

Is there anything else you would like to add?

Thank you, again, for having me.

A Tiger’s Claim

Ashwood Falls, book 1

By Lia Davis
Publisher: Fated Desires Publishing

As the Alpha’s only daughter Shayna Andrews has always been treated like a rare gem, protected like royalty, and she’s suffocating. Her longing to be independent has driven her to sneak out one evening after dinner. After relishing in being able to run free without an escort, she finds herself face-to-face with the enemy, miles from home, and nearly loses her life until a lone wolf comes to her aid.
Travis Hunter’s main objective is to destroy the Onyx Pack—a group of drug using, murdering rogue shifters. His seek-and-destroy plans are put on hold when he rescues a female from a brutal attack. The beautifully exotic tiger shifter, Shayna, stirs a passion he thought died with his long-lost mate.
When Shay’s first heat cycle slams into her, Travis has no choice but to submit to her needs—and his own. But there is always a price to sleeping with the Pack princess. Not only will they have to face her Pack, Shay and Travis will have to deal with a mating that is beyond a single night and could have consequences more than either of them had thought. And when Travis finds out Shay wears the enemy’s brand, things will go from bad to worse.
Warning: One alpha female who doesn’t take no for an answer, a wolf with more on the line than just his heart, and a combustible attraction that’s sure to cause more than one sweaty night.

Find it on:

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Find it in Print (also includes the prequel, Winter Eve):

eStore | Amazon

Excerpt:
It took ten minutes too long to reach his small one-bedroom cabin. Once inside, he carried her straight to the bedroom, flung the comforter back, and laid the female on his bed. As soon as her leg touched the mattress, she groaned in pain. Frowning, he walked to his dresser, grabbed a pair of joggers, and put them on.
He went back to the bed and sat down next to her, jarring her hip. Another painful groan made him pause. He lifted her sweater to undo her jeans so he could look at the wound. When he touched the button, she flung opened her eyes, screamed, and swung her arms wildly.
Damn it.
He fought with her for a few seconds before he got hold of her arms and pinned them to the bed. “I’m not going to hurt you.”
Her eyes held a wild fear he hoped never to see in a female again. The claw marks etched into both her cheeks fueled his fury more. He breathed in then out slowly.
Calm down before you scare her more than she already is.
“My name is Travis Hunter. You’re safe.”
She blinked then looked around the room. “Where…am I?”
He growled low in his throat. The tremor in her voice cut through him. “My home.”
She tried to break from his hold, and he tightened his grip. “You’re safe. I killed the rogues.”
The woman stilled and searched his face, the wildness still heavy in her blue eyes. “You’re a wolf.”
He smiled and nodded. “And you’re a tiger.”
“A white tiger.”
To match her white-blond hair. “And a beautiful one.”

A little more about the Author:
Lia Davis is a mother to two young adults and two very special kitties, a wife to her soul mate, a paranormal romance author, graphic designer, and co-owner to Fated Desires Publishing, LLC. She and her family live in Northeast Florida battling hurricanes and very humid summers. But it’s her home and she loves it!
An accounting major, Lia has always been a dreamer with a very activity imagination. The wheels in her head never stop. She ventured into the world of writing and publishing in 2008 and loves it more than she imagined. Writing and designing are stress relievers that allow her to go off in her corner of the house and enter into another world that she created, leaving real life where it belongs.
Her favorite things are spending time with family, traveling, reading, writing, chocolate, coffee, nature and hanging out with her kitties.

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