Sheldon’s Interview Zach and Lisette from Dianne Duvall’s Night Unbound

Thank you for joining me!  I’m happy to be here today, celebrating the release of NIGHT UNBOUND, the fifth book in my Immortal Guardians paranormal romance series.  If you like powerful heroes, kick-ass heroines, action scenes that will keep you flipping pages well past your bedtime, and romance that is alternately sweet and steamy and laced with humor, then I hope you’ll pick up a copy, because you’ll find all of this in Zach and Lisette’s story.  😉

My friends on Facebook thoughtfully provided some Hot Seat questions for Sheldon, one of the human characters in NIGHT UNBOUND, to ask Zach and Lisette that I hope will help you get to know them a little better:

Sheldon:  *opens a small spiral notebook*  Okay.  The first interview didn’t go quite the way I’d hoped, so I’m just going to ask you some hot seat questions this time.  Cats or dogs?

Lisette:  Cats.

Zach:  I’ve never had a pet, so I’m ambivalent.

Sheldon:  You’ve never had a pet?

Zach:  No.

Sheldon:  That sucks.  Vampires or shifters?

Lisette:  I have to listen to the thoughts of psychotic vampires every night when I hunt them, and they sicken me.  So I much prefer immortals who can shape shift.  *peeks up at Zach*  One in particular.

Zach:  *winks*  Immortal shape-shifters, for the same reason.  Though I admit I admire Bastien’s young vampire friend, Cliff.  He’s an honorable man and has managed to keep the madness that strikes all vampires at bay far longer than most.

Lisette:  *nods*  I like Cliff.  I hope Melanie and the network will be able to help him.

Sheldon:  If anyone can help him, Melanie can.  What about . . . humans or immortals?

Zach:  If you’re asking who is more annoying, I’ll choose immortals.

Lisette:  *elbows him*  That’s just because you’ve so little contact with humans.

Zach:  I doubt humans would chap my ass the way your Immortal Guardian brethren do.  They’ve certainly never declared me a traitor.

Sheldon:  What about you, Lisette?  Do you like one group over the other?

Lisette:  No.  My fellow immortals and the humans who aid us are all like family.  I don’t know what I would do without Tracy.  She’s like a sister to me, and she’s human.

Sheldon:  She totally kicks ass, too.

Lisette:  *laughs*  Yes, she does.

Sheldon:  *consults list of questions*  Okay, I really don’t want to know this, but apparently all the ladies do . . .  Boxers or briefs?

Zach:  You want to know what kind of underwear I wear?

Lisette:  When you DO wear it.

Sheldon:  That’s . . . too much information.

Zach:  *shrugs*  Boxers.  I was born thousands of years ago.  Men didn’t wear tight, binding undergarments then, so why the hell would I want to do so now?

Lisette:  Especially when you look so hot in boxers.

Sheldon:  Gag.  Day or night?

Zach:  Both.

Lisette:  Night.  I’m a younger immortal and can’t withstand direct sunlight without suffering the consequences.  Zach, on the other hand, is lucky.  He’s like Seth and is so old that sunlight doesn’t affect him adversely.

Zach:  *frowns at Sheldon*  Were you asking what time of day we prefer?  I thought you were asking when we prefer to make love.

Sheldon:  Why would you think that?

Zach:  *shrugs*  You asked about my underwear.

Sheldon:  Dude, no one wants to know about your sex life.  *consults list again*  Crap.  I spoke too soon.  Top or bottom?

Zach:  Both.

Lisette:  Both.

Zach:  *takes Lisette’s hand as his eyes acquire a golden glow and hers begin to glow a vibrant amber*

Sheldon:  Great.  Now your eyes are glowing.  Don’t pounce on each other yet.  I still have a few questions I’m supposed to ask.  Spaghetti or steak?

Lisette:  Spaghetti.

Zach:  *smiles*  She’s a carbohydrate fiend.

Lisette:  It’s true.

Zach:  She’s also ALWAYS hungry.

Lisette:  *winks*  And not just for pasta.

Sheldon:  Come on, guys.  No flirting.  *checks list and sighs*  This is so not going to help.  Bed or sofa?

Zach:  Is THIS one a lovemaking question?

Sheldon:  *resigned expression*  Yes.

Zach:  Bed.  Her sofa is way too short.

Lisette:  *laughs*  I’ll have to get a larger one.

Sheldon:  Change of subject.  Petite or tall?

Zach:  Petite.

Lisette:  I’m 5’6”.  I don’t think that’s considered petite.

Zach:  And I’m more than a foot taller than you.  You’re petite.

Sheldon:  Who ISN’T, compared to you?  Daggers or swords?

Zach:  Daggers suffice.

Lisette:  Says the immortal who can kill a man with a thought and doesn’t need ANY weapons.  I favor shoto swords myself.

Zach:  And you’re exceedingly skillful at wielding them.

Sheldon:  Strong women are so hot.

Zach:  Not to you, she isn’t.

Sheldon:  Dude, I totally just flashed back to interviewing Étienne.  Next question . . .  Which speaks louder to you—actions or words?

Lisette:  Actions.

Zach:  I agree.

Sheldon:  I agree, too.  Which brings me to my last question.  *eyes Zach*  Friend or foe?

Lisette:  Sheldon!  I told you, he’s on our side!

Sheldon:  I know.  But I’d like to hear it from him.  Zach?

Zach:  I believe the—

Lisette:  If you say the jury is still out on that, I will beat you.

Zach:  *eyes flash golden*  With what?

Sheldon:  Aaaaand that’s my cue.  See you guys later.

*****

Title: Night Unbound 

Series: Immortal Guardians #5

Author: Dianne Duvall

Format: eBook/Mass Market Paperback, 432 pages

Publication: September 2nd 2014 by Zebra

ISBN: 1420129805

Genre: Paranormal Romance

Dianne Duvall’s Immortal Guardians protect humanity from unspeakable horrors–but their hearts are as fragile as any mortal’s. . .

For centuries, Lisette d’Alençon has been a warrior against the dark. She fights alongside her brothers and comrades. But when the dreams start coming, she can’t bear to confess them to the Immortal Guardians’ command. Dreams of a dark-haired man with soft eyes and brutal wounds, a man her heart aches for–and a man she knows has been declared a traitor.

Zach is an exile, a loner. He won’t defend himself against false accusations or grovel to those who should have faith in him. But he’ll damn sure defend the woman who kept him sane against a plague of super-vamps that seems to have appeared from nowhere. The Guardians will blame him, and that will make Lisette suspect, too. With life, death and eternity on the line, who can they really trust?

Kelly’s review of  Night Unbound: 

NUMBER OF HEARTS:  4 3/4

It feels like I have been away from the Immortal Guardian world for way too long.  When Ms. Duvall announced that Night Unbound was going to be Zach’s book I was over the moon.  I just love this Immortal with wings!!  And that Lisette was going to be his lady love.  Super excited.

Night Unbound did not disappoint me.  Zach & Lisette are so perfect for each other.  I love that Zach is always wanting to try something 🙂  (you will have to read to understand).   I am so glad that Zach got his own book.  He really need to be excepted and find love after so many years of nothing.

There were so many heartbreaking tissue grabbing and happy joyful scenes in this book.  Just a few that stood out were:

1) The scene with Cliff were heartbreaking I hope that they find a way to help him.

2) The scene with Amy: Oh gosh, poor Amy.  Poor Marcus.  Many tears

3) The scene with Aidan broke my heart.

4) Every scene with Zach & Lisette

I just loved this book. And as always I had the wonderful Kristin Potter read to me yet again.  I just love how she is able to bring the characters to life for me.  Kristin is so very talented at voices that it is really easy to tell who is who even before she reads who is speaking.  I am very much looking forward to the next installment of the Immortal Guardian series.

Disclaimer:

I received a complimentary copy of the book from NetGalley & Tantor Media in exchange for an honest review. This review is my own opinion and not a paid review.

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Dianne Duvall earned a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of St. Thomas, where she studied fiction writing, playwriting, and poetry writing. Darkness Dawns, the first book in her Immortal Guardians paranormal romance series, was nominated for the RT Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Vampire Romance by RT Book Reviews and for Best Paranormal Romance – Vampire by The Romance Reviews. It was also deemed a Top Pick by The Romance Reviews and a Best Book by Long and Short Reviews. Night Reigns, the second book in the series, was nominated for Best Best Book of 2011 – Paranormal Romance by The Romance Reviews and declared an “utterly addictive” Top Pick by RT Book Reviews. Phantom Shadows, the third book in the series, has been declared a Top Pick by both The Romance Reviews and Night Owl Reviews. Her Immortal Guardians novella In Still Darkness was released in the Predatory anthology on May 7, 2013, and has received many fabulous reviews. Darkness Rises, the fourth book in the series, hit the USA Today Bestseller list, has been nominated for the RT Reviewers’ Choice Award for Best Vampire Romance by RT Book Reviews and was deemed a Night Owl Reviews Top Pick.

Dianne has also completed two not-yet-published paranormal romance novels that are prequels to Darkness Dawns. A Sorceress of His Own is a medieval romance with paranormal elements that won awards in the Lone Star, Where the Magic Begins, Southern Heat, Picture This, Book of Your Heart and Suzannah national writing competitions. Rendezvous With Yesterday is a time travel romance and won second place in the Picture This writing contest.

In addition to writing romance, Dianne has completed a one-act play (comedy) and teamed up with an award-wining screenwriter to write a spec script for a new situation comedy. Several of her poems have also been published in anthologies.

When she isn’t writing, Dianne is very active in the independent film industry and once even appeared on screen as a machete-weilding maniac not unlike the vampires she so loves to create in her novels.