Tuesday, October 26, 2021

Author Interview - Need by Madison Wentworth #ParanormalEroticRomance

- What is your “day” job if you are not a full time author?

I used to work in newspapers, but we all know how that’s going these days. I used to write obituaries, but I never thought I’d be writing one for journalism. Now I write about ghosts instead, but most of the time I do contract writing and editing. 

- If you wrote a book about your life what would the title be?

“I Went Mad.” It works with my name, and it’s true in many respects. I love the paranormal, which is its own form of madness.

- What is the hardest thing about being an author?

Being an author’s easy. Have you seen how many books there are out there? Getting people to read your book is the hard part!

- What is the best thing about being an author?

I get to live in my own little world. Have you seen what’s going on in this one? It’s not too pretty. We authors tend to keep to ourselves a lot, because we like the worlds we create better than the real one.

- Have you ever been star struck by meeting one of your favorite authors? If so who was it? 

Not really. People are people. And I think most authors view themselves as artists, not celebrities. I wouldn’t want anyone to get starstruck meeting me. I’d rather people get off on my story than excited about meeting me. That’s the ultimate compliment.

- What book changed your life?

“Magic Kingdom for Sale” by Terry Brooks. It’s quirky, funny, and adventurous all at once. It’s about a guy from the real world who buys a magic kingdom and gets transported there, which is what I’ve wanted to do with my writing ever since. 

- What were some of your favorite books growing up?

I had a lot, including the Terry Brooks novels. I’ve always liked fantasy like “The Lord of the Rings” and intense stories like “1984” and “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

- What books are currently in your to be read pile?

Somehow, I’ve never gotten around to reading any Nicholas Sparks books, and I’d like to.

- Which do you prefer ebooks, print, or audio books?

Print. I’m old-school: I like to hold a book in my hands. Audio books can be nice if you’re on a long trip, though.


- If you could live inside the world of a book or series which world would it be and why?

I’ve always wanted to live in Rivendell, so I’d have to say “The Lord of the Rings.” Just don’t put me in “Game of Thrones,” because everyone ends up dead. Really, I just want to be in a story where the characters treat each other with respect and kindness, where they take the time to understand one another, and where there’s a happy ending.

Need
Madison Wentworth

Genre: Paranormal Erotic Romance
Publisher: Madison Crest
Date of Publication: Aug. 30, 2021
ISBN: 979-8468157046
ASIN: B09F3WVDZC
Number of pages: 165
Word Count: 24,000
Cover Artist: Bookcoverzone.com

Tagline: Sometimes you crave what’s good for you. Sometimes he craves you too.

Book Description:

Cherie just met the love of her life, but there’s a catch: He’s dead.

It’s not every day you find true love on an adult website, but that’s the most normal thing about Cherie’s new boyfriend, Evan.

To start with, he isn’t actually new. They’re engaged, or so he says. But she has no memory of planning their wedding, or even meeting him, for that matter, because for her, it hasn’t happened yet.

The bond is there, though. She can feel it. As a vampire of the soul, she can taste it, and she needs to taste more of it. It’s a bond so strong that it awakened his spirit in order to find her. Now, she must save him in order to free him from death... so she can have all of him. She needs that.

Need isn’t a word she uses lightly. She’s never truly needed anyone before. But she’s discovering she needs him now, even as their time together appears fated to be cut tragically short. And he needs her, too, more than she knows.

Yet their mutual craving is only just awakening. Can they find a way to cheat the fates and find a future together?

Time alone will tell.



Excerpt:

How are you supposed to feel when you find out the man you’ve fallen in love with, who you’ve never even met in person, reveals that the two of you were once engaged, and that you were—inadvertently or not—the cause of his death?

I try to plan for every contingency, but even super-prepared Cher hadn’t seen that one coming.

“Does that mean the whole thing has to happen all over again the same way?” I asked.

“I don’t know.”

“Does it mean we’ll get to meet, after all? Or do I meet another version of you instead?”

“I don’t know.”

This was exasperating. The odd thing was, I found it almost impossible to be mad at him. It wasn’t his fault, anyway. He had no idea how to get out of the place where he was, wherever or whenever that might be, or what would happen if he did. I had no idea how to get him out, either, but I did know I had to find a way—and without him getting run over by a car again. I’d strap him to the bed if I had to.

“If we were engaged before, does that mean we still are?” I asked.

“I think so, unless you want to break it off. Do you?”

“No, I like being your fiancée.”

“Good. Because I like it, too.”

I still didn’t feel comfortable telling anyone else about Evan, or telling Layla anything more about him, because now it was even weirder than before. So, the only person I was left with as counselor was my inner voice.

I need to get him back here again. I need to see him.

Need. It was a word I’d hardly ever used before, and certainly not in connection with myself. But I seemed to be using it more and more with Even.

How do you think you’re going to do that if he’s dead?

It was a good question.

I could call my ghost-hunter friends.

You don’t need to hunt him. You already know where he is: In that smartphone screen of yours! You drew him to you through the internet. Now you just need to bring him the rest of the way.

How?

By being yourself. He hungers for you and can’t resist you. He will come.

Could it possibly be as simple as that? It couldn’t be. I remembered the voice had asked me once before who I was, and I’d answered that I was just me. But I was only that person when I was alone. Otherwise, I was always pretending—except when I was with Evan. I could be myself with him, too. So maybe it really was as simple as that, after all. It had to be, because I couldn’t think of anything else. But how could I be my true self, my vampire self, when the world was watching?

You can’t. You need to go someplace.

It didn’t help that I was having this conversation with myself at work.

“Cher, can you come over here for a sec?” Joy motioned toward me. “This customer needs his frames adjusted.”

“Coming.”

Fortunately for the eye clinic, and for my own job security, I was great at multitasking. I was able to keep brainstorming about how to get some privacy even while I was adjusting Mr. Thompson’s new glasses to fit him perfectly without pinching the bridge of his nose or pulling down too much behind the ear.

“Thank you,” he said. “You’re very good at that.”

I laughed easily. “I should be. I’ve been doing this long enough. But you’re very good at being a patient patient, and that makes all the difference.”

He nodded slightly and... was he blushing? So often, I found that the smallest kind word or gesture was appreciated beyond what I’d expected. People didn’t treat each other with kindness enough anymore. It had become rare enough that, when it happened, it was unexpected.

And they were grateful. It was sad that common courtesy had fallen so far out of style.

But being nice to people was how I’d been raised; it was part of who I was.

Vampires are known for their courtesy. They only enter where they’re invited.

That was it!

I had to be myself—my vampire self—to draw Evan back to the land of the living, but I had to invite him, too. That was the one thing I’d been missing. He might be dead, but he was also a vampire, and if I invited him, he would have no choice but to accept.


About the Author:

Madison Wentworth grew up on syndicated reruns of Dark Shadows and The Twilight Zone, coming of age not far from the Malibu surf. A job as a reporter for a small-town newspaper meant digging through police reports, gossip, rumor, and innuendo. And that led to more work as a writer, and a move east and northward to the opposite coast, a venue far more conducive to night-owl vampires and their felines.

An interest in cinema — and outings to see movies such as Ghost and The Sixth Sense — reignited a fascination with the paranormal, and stirred an interest in blending the mystical with the sensual.

The result is NEED, the author’s debut novella.




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