Luck of the Dragon
Susannah Scott
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release
Date: June 2013
Publisher:
Entangled Covet
Book Description:
Luciana
de Luca has a PhD in sass and gemology—and a problem. Her twin brother’s
gambling debts have gotten out of hand, and a mob enforcer is blackmailing her
to rob the latest, greatest mega-casino on the Strip. Although Lucy has worked
her whole life to get away from her family’s grifter past, to save her brother,
she dons three-inch heels and a sluts-r-us dress and struts into Alec’s
Gerald’s casino, determined to put her long-forgotten thieving ways to the test
again.
Alec
Gerald, a shape-shifting dragon, has built the Crown Jewel casino to provide
sanctuary for his people amongst the flash and awe of Las Vegas. Unfortunately,
the sexy little thief trying to rob his gem exhibit turns out to be his mate,
and he must woo her before he loses his dragon form forever. With enemies in
every corner, and the all-important mating ceremony looming, Alec and Lucy must
learn to trust each other, before time runs out for Alec and the rest of the
dragons.
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Interview:
Hi Book Lunatic!
Thank you so much for having my on your
site today to celebrate the release of my Paranormal Romance, Luck of the
Dragon!
1. Please tell
me a little about your main characters.
Glad too! Alec has a Vegas Casino
and a Dragon form. Lucy has a PhD in sass and gemology—and a problem. She is
being blackmailed to steal from Alec to save her ne'er-do-well twin brother.
2. Why did you
choose to write about dragons?
I love
dragons. I love that they can fly, and I love that they are over-the-top
powerful! The added human-dragon shifter element is wonderful because Alec’s
bestial nature is in constant conflict with his human reasoning. I loved
getting to know Alec better by watching how he dealt with his competing
impulses. But, mostly it is the flying, and fire, and power,
3. What was
your favorite part of the storyline?
The romance! Alec and Lucy start as
enemies, and have great banter and chemistry, before they find their happily
ever after.
4. Will there
be more books that follow Luck of the Dragon, as a series perhaps?
Absolutely! Stop Dragon My Heart Around will
be out this spring. It is Leo and Tee’s story. A fun, friends to lovers tale
with lots a sexy bantering. Tee is part of the Las Vegas Paiute tribe so there
is a cool theme of “belonging” that runs through the story too. What is means
to belong to the dragons, to a tribe, to each other?
5. Can you give us a short excerpt from Luck of the
Dragon with the set-up?
Alec and Lucy have some really great arguments. This
one in Alec’s office is one of my favorites:
***
Alec
opened the door to face 130 pounds of fury.
“I
am a respected professional and you are manhandling me and treating me like a
criminal!” Luciana yelled at him.
Alec
handed her the drink and sat in a deep-seated leather chair. The chair sighed
with ease when he leaned back. He crossed his ankle at his knee and took a sip.
“Luciana—”
“Oh,
please, all my captors call me Lucy.” She glared at him. “You sound like a
priest hearing confession when you call me Luciana.”
“Well,
we can’t have that.” Alec chuckled and sipped his own drink, the taste of
mellow corn mash and oak barrels tingling over his tongue. Alcohol did not
affect dragons in the way it affected the feeble humans. He drank the bourbon
purely because he liked the taste.
“Does
this have something in it?” Luciana held the drink to the light.
“I
wouldn’t harm you.” Alec took a second sip of his drink, and it fired down his
throat to his belly in a pleasing trail.
Lucy
set her drink on his desk, untouched. “I’m not the trusting sort.”
Alec
gave her what he hoped was a charming look. “You can trust me. I can help you.”
“You’ve
got to be kidding,” Lucy said in a voice used to stopping cabs.
“Fine,
don’t trust me, but I need you to start your appraisal tomorrow,” Alec said in
a voice used to calling stretch limos.
Lucy’s
face flushed. Her collarbones rose and fell under her pale skin in elegant
lines.
He
wanted to kiss her, to see if the zing of electricity was a fluke, or if the
fates had gone mad and paired him with a human mate.
She
might bite him.
He
might like it.
6. What are you
reading now?
I have an Elizabeth Hoyt novel on my nightstand,
but I haven’t cracked it open yet because I have been covered up with edits. I
use books as a reward for meeting my writing goals. I tend to read outside my
writing genre. Rachel Gibson, Susan Elizabeth Phillips, Sherry Thomas and Lisa
Kleypas are some of my current favorites.
7. What do you like to do when you’re not writing?
My
absolute favorite thing is to go to one of the many spring fed rivers we have
in this area. We have three young boys, and my very best days have been spent
in a chair beside the water, watching them catch critters, while my husband
fishes and I enjoy a good book and margarita.
8. Books in
print or eBooks?
Ebook only right now!
Thank you again for having me on your blog, and giving
me an opportunity to connect with your readers!
All my best,
Susannah Scott
FB/SusannahScottAuthor
Excerpt:
Lucy glared at the
casino owner. She had researched him, of course, studying his athletic image in
hundreds of Internet pictures. The man was good-looking, apparently brilliant,
and ruthless in his business deals. Watching the mesmerized crowd lean toward
the stage, she had to admit he had that something else too—the showmanship of a
champion con man—a magnetism she knew could draw people like lemmings off a
cliff.
The man was flat-out
people-genic.
“As many of you
know, this project has been years in the making.” Alec Gerald surveyed the
courtyard, working the crowd with his voice and easy mannerisms. “Our gem
exhibit opens in a few weeks and will be the largest private collection of gems
in the world. Carat for carat, we will outweigh England’s crown jewels.”
Lucy’s eyes never
left him. Though his voice was cultured and smooth, Gerald’s posture was
wide-legged and slightly aggressive. Formidable. Her eyes traveled from his
polished shoes up his body. The curve of quad muscle showed through his pants
when he shifted to the side. His torso was taut and gave way to wide, burly
shoulders. A bump on the bridge of his nose indicated he’d been in a fight or
two.
That was not good
for her. Not good at all.
Lucy pondered the
man on the stage, not happy with the picture she was forming of her opponent.
Gerald’s playful words, five o’clock shadow, and slightly long hair all seemed
to suggest a man of desultory casualness. Indeed, the articles she had read on
him went on, and on, about his genial public presence. A veritable man of the
world, who’d been-there-done-it all, twice. A man who could offer the
all-elusive it to anyone with a plane ticket to Vegas. A man so charming, he
didn’t need to shave twice a day.
But her instincts
told her this was wrong. Gerald was a serious man who only pretended to be
lighthearted and casual.
She would have to
watch her step.
About the Author:
SUSANNAH SCOTT lives in the Missouri Ozarks and is the lone
female in a very loud household of males ranging in age from 4 to 40. While she
jokes that the extreme levels of testosterone inspired her to write romance, it
is really the love of creating an excellent story, and the occasional dreams of
twenty-foot dragons, that wake her and send her to the laptop before the chaos
of daily life ensues. Susannah loves to hear from her readers at the following
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