World Change
by Maggie Mundy
Clare gets transported from
present day Florence to an alternate world, one that looks like fourteenth
century Italy. The only way back is through a portal half a world away, plus
the local High priestess wants her dead, and the only one she can trust is a
vampire called Trevi. He is the only one who exits in this world, and she knows
more about what he is than he does. He is hard to resist, especially when he
saves her life. Trevi can take her home but he is keeping one big secret. She
will have to be like him to survive the journey through the portal back to her
world making a myth a reality.
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To get started can you tell us
what you are working on or have coming out?
I am working on the next book
in the Earthbound series and it will be called World Apart. It is based on
another world where a mysterious mist has separated the inhabitants from what
surrounds them. I also have a novella Blood Oath coming out in October. It is
the sequel to my erotic novella Blood Scent that came out last year. It
continues the story of my Australian Vampires.
Which genre(s) do you write and
is one of them your favorite?
I write what I call speculative fiction which
covers an awful lot of genres. My main passion would be for paranormal romance
but I also love epic fantasy. I grew up on Lord of the Rings. It is one of the
few series of books I have read more than once. I am co-writing a romantic
comedy at the moment which is great fun. I have a murder mystery waiting in the
wings and a woman’s fiction. If I love the story and the characters I am
willing to try anything. I like to get down and dirty and push my characters so
there will be sex, love and the likelihood that everything could be lost. No
pain no gain.
Tell us about a favorite
character from a book.
Pride and Prejudice and
Elizabeth Bennett. It may be clichéd and far away from my dark speculative
fiction but I love her. Jane Austin was not just a great writer but she wrote
characters that told you about the times they lived in. Elizabeth was strong
willed and had opinions in a society where women without money had little
power. It is something I like to show in the characters in my books. I like my
heroines to be empowered and working alongside the men and not rescued by them.
Where do you dream of traveling
to and why?
That is easy to answer. Italy.
I have always wanted to visit Tuscany and Florence in particular. My book is
placed in an alternate world that is similar to Renaissance Italy. I love that
time when they had political intrigue, romance and art. It changed the world. I
would love to go there and eat the
Italian food and see the wonderful artwork. I also hope to come and visit America
next year.
"Your sister is dead. High
Priestess Sari needs the life of offworlders to survive. Your sister was
sacrificed."
"That's not funny, Tina
isn't dead, this is a dream and you're not real. You're a vampire, and vampires
don't exist except in myth. You were created to show how the aristocracies were
bleeding the peasants dry. Not really bleeding them dry. How did you know my
name?"
Clare looked at the room. The
food, everything around her appeared real. She needed to wake up now. Grabbing
the glass from beside the bed, she smashed it on the tray and scraped it across
the palm of her hand. The pain hit immediately as beads of blood formed along
the cut.
This wasn't meant to happen;
she was meant to wake up. This felt too real, and what was even more real was
the look on Trevi's face. His pupils were almost colorless and he opened his
mouth in a snarl to reveal fangs. He was on top of the bed crouching above her.
It was difficult to see anything of the man who had spoken to her a moment
before. He bent down and laid his face next to hers. His cheek cool against
hers. As he straddled across her middle, he grabbed her injured hand. Holding
it to his mouth, he licked the blood away. Clare fought him and pulled away but
he held on tight. Her hand was stinging but when he moved his head away, it was
healed. As quickly as he had jumped on the bed, he was gone across the room and
crouched in a corner.
I live in Adelaide Australia
and I am a member of Romance Writers of Australia, and the local chapter SARA
(South Australian Romance Authors). I recently completed a Bachelor of Arts in
Drama, English and Creative Writing. I have had a short story published in the
RWA Topaz Anthology Little Gems in 2010 called Sea and Vines. I have had an
erotic novella called Blood Scent published in July 2013 by Rogue Phoenix
Press. I also have a paranormal romance called Hidden Mortality published
February 2014 by Soul Mate Publishing. World Change is the first book in the
Earthbound Trilogy.
Maggie Mundy Author ~ Dark
Speculative Fiction
Find Maggie’s Books here!
Hidden Mortality out now.
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Blood Scent out now.
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Maggie will be awarding an
eBook copy of World Change to a randomly drawn commenter at each stop during
the tour. Leave a comment with a valid email to enter. Follow the tour for more chances. Follow here!
Thanks for hosting!
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ReplyDeleteHi,Maggie! I like the term "speculative fiction." So much tidier than trying to list every genre a book might fit into. So nice to see you touring World Change. :)
ReplyDeleteCongratulations on having another published maggie. Well doen.
ReplyDeleteHope you sell heaps, become world famous, then I can say - 'I know her.'
Good luck with the giveaway.
Thank you JL and Genene. I loved writing Trevi's story and I am now working on book two.
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