Title: An Angel All His Own
Author: Jilian Neal
Date of
Publication:
November 18th 2014
She’s
everything Dan Vindico has ever wanted. Fionna Styler embodies every single
thing he told himself could never exist inside of one woman. She’s beautiful,
smart, funny, powerful, and she’s his… almost.
No
one can know they’re together. The Interfeci would never let her live. It was
an inevitability, but Dan simply cannot resist her.
After
a vow to somehow keep her safe, Dan learns what that really entails. Betrayal,
scandal, millions of dollars, and watching her in the arms of other men are
only the beginning, when danger intrudes into every sanctuary he secures.
Dan
can’t determine if the demons in his soul or the monsters outside are more
vicious, but Fionna’s life depends solely on him. That blasted tomb is
ever-present in his mind. Can he save the Angel who managed to pull him from
the depths of hell, the one he longs to make his own?
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Excerpts:
She
stuck her bottom lip out in a delicious pout. He turned back on his side as she
wriggled her body closer. His entire being was thrumming and his mind was
drowned with her scent, her taste, her energy, and of the heavenly space that
wrapped around him so perfectly between her legs. He leaned and whispered in
her ear. His hot breath caressed her delicate neck.
“Just
wait, baby; be patient for me.” He felt her body tense against his. “Just keep
thinking about how good it feels when we’re together. Keep thinking about how
bad I crave you, and the things I’m gonna do when we’re finally alone in here
tomorrow night. All day I want you to think about me sucking you.” He slid his
hands over her breasts as she panted in deep desire. She trembled and arched
her back, forcing them into his firm grasp. “They’re tender, aren’t they, baby?
I know. I’ll be gentle, but I’m gonna make it all better.” He massaged her
breasts slowly. They were swollen and fevered. He caught her nipples between
his thumb and index finger. With a light squeeze, she shook in his arms. “You
just think about me running my hands all over you, tracing you, making you feel
me, touching you in all of those sweet, hidden places that are all mine. I know
how to make my girl so hot and wet for me. Think about how good it feels when I
run my tongue over your body, and mark you where no one else will ever see.”
She moaned deliciously as she gasped for breath. He traced his hands down her
stomach and slipped them to her lush backside as he continued.
“I
want you to think about me leaning you over this bed, honey, driving you wild
until you can’t stand it anymore. I’m gonna make you scream out my name, make
you tell me you want it harder. You just keep thinking about me sucking you and
biting you. I want you to let it build inside of you all day, baby, until I get
here, and I drink you, and spank you for being my bad girl, and make you take
it until you’re so full of me you explode in my arms, and then I’m gonna do it
all over again,” he promised in a lust-filled rasp.
Other Books in The Gifted Realm series
Within the Realm (The Gifted Realm, #1)
Lessons Learned (The Gifted Realm, #2)
Every Action (The Gifted Realm, #3)
Rock Bottom (The Gifted Realm, #4)
About Jillian
Neal
Jillian
Neal is a Romance writer with a passion for passion who pens strong, character
driven novels, told from the male perspective. Her guys aren’t afraid to let us
inside their minds or inside their bedrooms. They’re hot on the trail of a
sinister criminal organization when they’re not burning up the bed sheets.
She’s
a self-proclaimed ‘Southern girl with a sassy mouth.’ Her coffee addiction is
barely legal, and she’s most often running around with her hair and her pen on
fire! She's full of smarts, sass, and sizzle and that's a lot to get into
barely five feet of girl with her head always in the clouds.
Q/A With
Jillian
How
did you come up with the idea for this story?
This
story took over my brain all on its own. When I started the Gifted Realm
series, I wrote to try desperately to get it out of my head. Rainer, Dan,
Logan, all of them were demanding to be heard. They weren’t gentle about it. I
sat down one day five years ago and began typing. I haven’t stopped. The more I
write the more ideas I have. It fulfills me like nothing ever has. It makes me
deliriously happy. I can’t wait to write more!
Where
do you find your inspiration?
There’s
this old, abandoned warehouse downtown Atlanta, just off Ponce de Leon. You
have to go really early in the morning. No, I’m just teasing. Honestly, I find
inspiration everywhere. I see a couple on TV or walking in the grocery store,
and my mind conjures a life story up for them.
I can’t stop it. Everyone and everything has a story. You just have to
pay close attention.
Is
there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?
Time!
Time to write, edit, promote, edit, edit, occasionally see my children’s faces,
eat, bathe, there’s never enough time! ;) Shall we discuss my coffee addiction
now?
What
are your current projects?
Currently
I am working on the final book of my third series, “The Gifted Islands.” I’ve
taken a few minor characters from “The Gifted Realm” and written another
series. This time we see where too much power can land someone and what the
ultimate cost of that can be.
I am also journaling my fourth series that I
hope to start writing in January (please, please, please!) It involves a kind
of gypsy-life cult and what could come out of extremists in any area. Should be
interesting.
Tell
us about your first book. What would readers find different about the first one
and your most recent published work?
Oh
my goodness, I hope my writing has vastly improved from my first novel to this
one. I always just want the next one out to be better than the one before. I
feel like writing has this fantastic infinite horizon. You can always get
better! That’s very exciting to me.
My
first book is really the introduction to “The Realm.” Books 2-7 have much, much
more action. It’s a rip-roaring ride, but I wanted to use the first book,
“Within the Realm” to make you feel like you’re living in my world.
Is
there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
So
many messages. I would love to take sex out of the “dirty” category and
celebrate it as a beautiful expression of love. I would love for readers to see
Fionna’s strength that is displayed time and time again in her knowledge of
herself, her empathy, her tender care, and her love of Dan. He is far superior
in physical strength, but ultimately she is so much more powerful. I would love for women to recognize their own
strengths through hers.
Does
music play any type of role in your writing?
Music
plays a huge role in my writing. I always have music on when I write. All of my
characters have playlists. Lyrics move me like nothing else. I love words! I
have heard a song only once and immediately had a story idea come from a single
line of the song. Music soothes me and
lets me tap into a deeper well of creativity.
Are
experiences based on someone you know, or events in your life?
I
think I draw on events in my own life for little bits of detail in my writing.
I also people watch and, yes, even eavesdrop to try and get a glimpse into the
human psyche. I seek to understand what makes people tick, whether I know them
or not.
What
books have influenced your life most?
Oh
my goodness, so many of them! I was the weirdo in high school that preferred to
skip the football game so that I could read Austen, Bronte, Chopin, and
Steinbeck. I have always been an avid reader, but the most influential would
probably be: “The Awakening” by Kate Chopin, “On the Road,” by Jack Kerouac,
“Pride and Prejudice,” by Jane Austen, “Grapes of Wrath” by John Steinbeck,
and “Anne of Green Gables,” by Lucy
Montgomery.
Are
there any new authors that have grasp your interest?
I’m
never, ever on the forefront of news. I usually figure things out a solid 4-5
months after everyone else (if I’m lucky.)
I do know that Nicki Solcedo’s debut novel, “All Beautiful Things,”
comes out January 2, 2015. I can’t wait to read it! It is absolutely going to
be fantastic! Check her out!
Can
you share a little of your current work with us?
I
feel like what I’m currently writing is too far ahead in the timeline for me to
give you a scene from that without giving too much away. How about a quick
scene from “An Angel All His Own?”
Very, very carefully, Dan wrapped Fionna up in
his arms and tried to make it appear that it wasn’t the place that she
belonged. Nonchalance was not his forte. He attempted to hide his love and
all-encompassing desire for the woman, who fit in his hands like she was made
for him alone, but she melted into him.
Relief soothed her fraying rhythms. She drew a
deep breath, inhaling his cologne and his musk. Discreetly, she touched his
wrist and pulled his energy into her own.
Dan fought not to groan from the heavenly
sensation. He embraced her and let his energy work through the bare skin there.
“I’ve got you.” The words disappeared in the blaring music. Only she had heard
them.
Do
you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?
Thank
you! Thank you for buying the Realm and loving my characters! I could never
have done any of this without you! You have no idea how much I love hearing
from you. Your words of encouragement and desire to keep reading my work
delights my soul! Thank you from the depths of my heart!! <3
How
can readers discover more about you and your work?
Check
out my blog at http://jillianneal.com Or “Like” my Facebook
page: https://www.facebook.com/jilliannealauthor Or follow me on
Twitter: https://twitter.com/JillianNealAuth
On
top of hearing about my books, you can also hear about my clumsiness, my inept
parenting attempts, and what I’m confusing my brain with at the moment. Oh, and
I also post sexy pics of my characters that will surely make you smile!
Do
you have a special time to write? How is your day structured writing-wise?
I
do my best writing when I’m alone. I can hear myself think. I will, however,
write at a moment’s notice. I’ll sprint to my laptop and get down an idea or
one sentence when it strikes me in the middle of dinner. DH often rolls over at
3 in the morning to find the bed empty. My characters drive me from my sleep. I
try to blog, check social media, check emails in the morning, at lunch, and
just before dinner. I’ll occasionally check in after my kiddos are in bed.
Other than that I’m writing or editing. Getting the words on the page is what
it’s all about. I also try to squeeze in laundry, cleaning, parenting, school
activities, yoga, and spending time with that stud that I married that makes my
entire world go round! J
Why
did you choose to write [genre] stories?
I
truly, truly love love! I adore every single piece of getting a couple
together. All of the complications, the trials, the whirlwinds of emotion, and
yes the sexy sex scenes, they all make me tick.
I never really chose to write. It chose me,
but from the moment I began, I wanted to write Romance. I never say never, but
I doubt I ever write anything but Romance. I just love it too much.
What
is for you the perfect book hero?
Flawed.
All of my heroes have some major complications to work through. Yes, they’re
sexy and muscular and have a particular knack when it comes to getting their
girl, but they all have to go through some major changes to get where they need
to be. I also find very protective men to be super sexy. There’s a reason my
guys are all Law Enforcement officers with a penchant for protecting the ones
they love no matter what.
When
you start a book, do you already have the whole story in your head or is it
built progressively?
I
usually have a very loose concept of where we’re going. I have the opening
scene and the ending scene in my head. What happens in the middle I find out as
I write. That’s why I always want to keep writing. I want to know what’s going
to happen!
When
and why did you begin writing?
I
never decided to become a writer. I never really decided to write. I woke up
one day with Rainer Lawson and Dan Vindico in my head, and I couldn’t get them
to go away. They took over. Out of sheer desperation to be able to think
clearly, I sat down and started typing. I had 250 computer pages in less than 2
weeks. It kept coming. That was five years ago, and it hasn’t stopped.
Ultimately, I discovered as I worked, I was writing to save my own life. After
a bout of post-partum depression and never really regaining my equilibrium, I
wrote my way back to life. I can’t tell you how thankful I am when I look back
at where I was and where I am today all because of Rainer and Dan.
When
did you first consider yourself a writer?
There
are days I still don’t consider myself a writer. When I first started, and
began to consider seeking publication, I would think when I see my name on the
cover then I’ll be a writer. Well, that happened, and I still didn’t quite
believe it. Then I thought, okay when I get some 5 star reviews from real
reviewers, then I’ll really be a writer. Well, again, that happened and I
wasn’t quite sure that was enough. Now, it’s when I hit the NYT then I’ll
really believe it. I’m very proud of what I’ve done, but I always want that
next goal.
List
three books you have recently read and would recommend.
“When
You Dare,” by Lori Foster
“The
Look of Love” by Bella Andre
“Taking
a Shot” by Jaci Burton
Tell
us something that people would be surprised you know how to do.
Hmm,
I’m a good cook, and I can play the piano. I took lessons for years, but have
no desire to do it again. I do a ton of research for my writing so though I
would never, ever DO any of this, I do have the basic concepts down for
disassembling a semi-automatic pistol, hot-wiring a car, blowing up a car,
picking an intricate lock system, releasing a computer worm virus, and many,
many ways to kill people with Gifted energies. ;)
Will
you write more about these characters?
Oh,
yeah! I have a huge ensemble cast and the stories there are endless!! I can’t
wait to introduce you to more of the minor characters and let you really get to
know them when they tell you their stories.
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