Sons of Midnight Series
Book 4
Theresa Meyers
Genre: Paranormal romance
(vampires and werewolves)
Publisher: Harlequin Nocturne
Date of Publication: February 2014
Number of pages: 304 pages
Book Description:
A one-night stand with a werewolf has unexpected consequences in Theresa Meyers's latest romance in the Sons of Midnight series.
After he is exiled from his pack, Tyee Grayson must learn to make it on his own. But one night with a beautiful stranger who has luminous blue eyes changes everything…. Especially when his instincts shout that she is the one.
All elementary school teacher Jessica Brierly wanted was a night on the wild side, but when she finds herself pregnant, all the rules change. Not only does her lover have more secrets than she ever imagined, but suddenly they're both fighting off vampires.
When vampires attack the town she dearly loves, Ty must work with his old pack to save them from a ruthless enemy who could kill not only his mate and his unborn child—but the entire human race.
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Interview: Paranormal Romance Fans for Life would like to extend a warm welcome to Theresa Meyers, author of One Night with the Shifter. Theresa, first please tell us where you are from and where/who did your love for writing come from?
Hi! Thanks so much for the invite to hang out here today.
I’m really fairly average as people go – I’m a mom with kids, cats, a dog,
horses and a parakeet. I’ve been an avid
reader most of my life and I think storytelling is part of my genetics. While
she wasn’t a writer, my mother was an elementary teacher and a storyteller her
whole life. She influenced me in a number of ways. Storytelling was the first
gift from her. A love of books and learning how to read was the second gift,
which was a big deal for me since it took me nearly until fifth grade to read
easily with my dyslexia. The third gift she gave was a belief in what we can’t
see – the paranormal if you will.
Just as example, when I was little she read the story of the
shoemaker and the elves to me right before bed. My room was a mess. Right after
she’d finished the story she got very quiet and asked if I heard something.
Sure enough there were little squeaky voices outside my window! They were
talking about how they were going to clean up my room. My mother convinced me
we had elves living in our big tree stump in the back yard. In the morning I
woke to find my room clean. My mom even helped me make cookies and little
clothes for the elves as a thank you. It wasn’t until I was in my 20s that I learned
she’d put a tape recorder with a long blank space at the beginning of the tape
and had recorded the little voices herself. But it didn’t matter. It was things
like this that taught me to be open to the world around me in a different way
which is likely why writing paranormal romances, steampunk with a paranormal
twist, and urban fantasy stories are some of my favorites.
Right now I live on a mini-farm outside of Seattle in the
little town of Port Orchard. LOL. I say little, but it’s at least four times
bigger than the town I grew up in Sutherlin, Oregon! My office in the turret of
my Victorian house looks out over the horse pasture and fruit trees lining our
driveway. It’s a great room, with five windows. The only drawback is there’s
not much wall space for bookshelves! I’ve got a spot for my long-haired calico
to supervise my writing and usually my day starts and ends around the schedule
of my two busy teens and the feeding times for the animals.
Can you say that your journey to publication was difficult? If so, what
were the hardest moments to get through?
That’s kind of a trick question when it comes to me. I
started having my writing published nationally when I was 17 and got a short
story piece published in Merlin’s Pen as part of an extra credit English
assignment in high school. I wrote for newspapers for years and magazines, but
in fiction I’ve been writing far, far longer than I’ve been published. I
started writing my first romance novel when I was seventeen as a self-created
elective my senior year along with a few friends. As long as we produced
written pages and showed progress in our chosen writing projects, we were given
an A for the class. My first novel was published by Harlequin in 2009 and since
then I’ve been thrilled to have several more. One Night with the Shifter will be my sixteenth published book, but
probably the twentieth I’ve written.
How do you overcome i-suck-it is, that little voice in your head that
tells you your writing isn’t good enough?
Honestly, most of the time I just
tell it to shut the hell up and go get an ice cream or something, I’m busy. I
learned a long time ago that EVERYONE sucks at the first draft. That’s not
important. What’s important is what you do with the raw material once you’ve
got it down on the page. Once I learned that the little voice couldn’t
intimidate me anymore because it was a non issue. It’s kind of like when
someone says, something they think will mentally tear you down like “You’re
fat.” Or “You’re a bitch.” If you look them straight in the eye and answer
“Yeah, and?” the taunt becomes totally flat and powerless. Own that you suck,
and know you will fix it because that’s your job as a writer, then move on.
What is your dream vacation?
A trip all over Europe with
family and friends in the sunshine with great food, drinks and music.
Describe your writing
style in five words.
Adventurous, otherworldly, sexy, descriptive and fun.
What movies are you currently excited to see?
I still haven’t gotten to see
Catching Fire and I want to see that. I’m also still want to see The Great
Gatsby and Anna Karenina. I love watching movies, but I usually tend to save
them as rewards for getting my current work-in-progress finished.
What are you currently reading?
A book about the spice trade for
a historical I’m researching, several fiction books, some contemporary and
others paranormal, and The 5 Love Languages which is a relationship book.
If you weren’t a writer, what other careers would you pursue?
The funny thing is I’ve already
pursued a lot of other careers. I’ve been a professional florist/hotel
decorator, a magazine freelancer, a public relations maven working at some very
impressive agencies, a business owner of my own public relations agency, a
substitute teacher, and an office secretary. I guess if I ever pursued
something other than writing I might want to run a bed and breakfast in a very
cool humongous Victorian house or castle or become a painter.
If you could create a holiday of your own, what would it be called?
Humm. A holiday. I’ve never
contemplated that before. It would have to be in June (my birthday month), and
it would have to involve giving flowers because I adore flowers. And tea. And
cake. And dancing—but only if you want to. Maybe Carpe Diem day?
For people who haven’t read your novel, how would you summarize the
plot?
A one-night stand with a sexy
werewolf has unexpected consequences for an elementary teacher from a small
town.
After he is exiled from
his pack, Tyee Grayson must learn to make it on his own. But one night with a
beautiful stranger who has luminous blue eyes changes everything…. Especially
when his instincts shout that she is the one.
All elementary school
teacher Jessica Brierly wanted was a night on the wild side, but when she finds
herself pregnant, all the rules change. Not only does her lover have more
secrets than she ever imagined, but suddenly they're both fighting off
vampires. When vampires attack the town she dearly loves, Ty must work with his
old pack to save them from a ruthless enemy who could kill not only his mate
and his unborn child—but the entire human race.
What are two of your pet-peeves?
*shakes head* This sounds so damn
petty, but I really hate it when the kids put the toilet paper on so that it
rolls from underneath instead of over the top because then the cats can
completely unroll the entire thing leaving me to reroll it from the pile of
tissue on the floor. Second pet peeve is when people in my family rearrange my
kitchen cupboards or my office thinking they are helping. I really like to cook
so I know where all my spices and baking goods are and when they “clean it up”
I can’t find anything!
To you, what makes a good story?
I guess the same things I write
into my stories. Depth of character and world-building. A vibrant, lush story
that takes you somewhere else for awhile. Great characters with strong
motivations and a fun fast-paced plot with lots of action.
What usually turns you off about a story?
Stories with characters who make
silly decisions without any motivation. Writers call them TSTL (or Too Stupid
Too Live) – you know what I’m talking about—the girl who walks down the steps
of the abandoned house in the dark towards the weird noises in the basement
after all her friends have been brutally murdered around her.
If you could collaborate with any author, who would you choose, and
why?
I’d love to collaborate with my
critique partner, Cherry Adair, someday and write a book with her, rather than
just the two of us picking apart and re-shaping one another’s stories in
critique.
What is on your night stand?
My Kindle Fire and a cold cup of
tea.
What is your favorite book?
So not fair! I can’t tell you
that because I love all kinds of stories, but what I can tell you is some of my
favorite authors: James Rollins, J.K. Rowling, Yasmine Galenorn, Julia Quinn,
Cherry Adair, Arnette Lamb.
Thank you so much for joining us today, Theresa! We really enjoyed the insights. Good luck with One Night with the Shifter.
She is married to the first man she ever went on a real date with (to their high school prom), who she knew was hero material when he suffered through having to let her parents drive, and her brother sit between them in the backseat of the car.
They currently live in a Victorian house on a mini farm in the Pacific Northwest with their two children, three cats, two horses, an energetic mini-Aussie shepherd, a rabbit, parakeet and an out-of-control herb garden.
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