After getting knocked out by his prey, the would-be vampire hunter, Leif comes to...tied up and at the sexy vampire's mercy. His wannabe slayer days are over. Now he's got no choice but to team up with Amaretto and catch the rogue vampire terrorizing his city.
Soon, their nights are spent pursuing the killer and building sexual tension between them. Leif can't be attracted to a vampire, can he? The sex is hot and there's definitely something there, but Amaretto's not into forevers. Still, he's never been so tempted to try something long term as he is with Leif. When Leif takes off and gets himself into trouble with the killer, who's all too human, it's up to Amaretto to figure out how to save him and whether he can find a love that's never bitter, only sweet.
Blood Lines 2: Conduit
2006 Finalist Passionate Plume
Blood Lines 4: Night's Journey
"Mechele Armstrong has written one of the best vampire story lines I have read, ever. I love the way she writes the vampires in these stories as strong and passionate beings. And Theo, well he is pure heat, and I loved the way she made him human but having his own powers over Anna. I loved the fast paced chase and intrigue of this story. It keeps you on the edge of your seat wondering if they will be able to stop him in time, and if their feelings and love will be strong enough to last. I look forward to this author's next book, and can't wait until it comes out." -Nicole Harvey, Paranormal Romance
Read an excerpt from Blood Lines 5: Bitter Love
Visit Mechele Armstrong's web site
About Mechele Armstrong
Mechele started writing stories with the crayons in her Crayon box and hasn't stopped since. She played in several genres before coming back to her two first loves, things that go bump in the night and romance, having grown up on a steady diet of Stephen King and Kathleen Woodiwiss.
Her first novel was born in a trial by fire while she learned the writing craft. Currently living in Virginia, she writes while playing Mom to two girls and a bunch of naked Barbies.
Backlist
Blood Lines 1: Blood Kiss
Blood Lines 2: Conduit
Blood Lines 3: Crimson's Rose
Blood prequel: Currents
Blood Lines 4: Night's Journey
Dinah's Dark Desire (also available in print)
The Collector 1: Magical Chances
The Six Curses of Christmas
The Sixth Curse of Spring
Solstice Spell
Veterans: Nothing to Lose (also available in print)
Settler's Mine 1: The Rivals
Settler's Mine 2: The Lovers
Settler's Mine 3: The Woman
A note from Mechele...
I also cowrite as Melany Logen with Melissa Lopez. Melany's backlist: Torc's Salvation, Viking's Pledge (in Secrets of Seduction II), Ingram's Charm, and Bold Bride. A mix of historicals and futuristics.
An Interview with Mechele Armstrong
By Katie Raines for The Romance Studio
KR: Mechele, thank you for talking with us at TRS BLUE. Please tell us about your featured book, Bitter Love.MA: Thanks so much to TRS Blue for having me. Bitter Love is the story of Amaretto, a vampire, and Leif, a human, who starts out a want to be vampire slayer. He tries to slay Amaretto, who captures him, and then they start working together to slay what they think is a vampire in the area. Of course sparks fly between the two. Amaretto was absolutely wonderful to write. He's a free spirit and completely arrogant with some issues about commitment.
KR: This is the latest installment in your very popular Blood Lines series. Where did you get the idea for the series to begin with? MA: The idea of Blood Kiss just sort of came to me. I've always loved vampires and decided to try my hand at the legend. Nick and Sarah wrote their own story, along with the villain of Marcus. I liked the idea of a woman who didn't know her own power and had been yearning for something supernatural, getting thrown into that world.
KR: What can you tell us about the first four stories? MA: Blood Kiss is the story of Nick and Sarah going up against their villain, Marcus. Conduit is the story of Bastian and Copper. Copper's blood acts as a conduit, making a vampire's powers that much stronger. A vampiress named Evangeline is out for revenge against Bastian and will do anything to have it. Crimson's Rose is the story of Crimson (Copper's twin sister), who's had a troubled past and is now a troubled vampire and her meeting with the mercenary vampire, Rojo. Rojo has been hired by the vampire, Lang to bring Crimson to him because Lang thinks Crimson is a conduit. Course the conduit isn't who Lang thinks. Night's Journey follows the human, Theo and vampiress, Anna Grace as they try and defeat Titius, who is the vampire who made Nick and wants to take over the world.
And of course the prequel, Currents, is Henri and Nathan's story. Henri is a mentor to several of the vampires in Blood Lines.
KR: How does Bitter Love continue the series? MA: Amaretto is a vampire that Henri created. And this is his story. Of course all the stories are leading up to what I foresee as the last Blood Lines book **grins**.
KR: What do you like about Amaretto and Leif? How do you relate to them? MA: I enjoyed writing Amaretto because he is this free spirit and he's very full of himself. He says things I would never say. Leif is interesting because he's been so hurt and Amaretto finds a way through his armor to get under his skin. Leif doesn't want to like Amaretto which was hard for me to do because I really do like Amaretto.
KR: What have you enjoyed most about this series? Will there be more?
MA: I love vampires. So writing them and putting my own spin on the legends has been awesome. I have an idea for one more book and that will probably end the series. I will miss the world though. I would love to write the story of Henri's making and may one day just for fun.
KR: What else do you have coming for readers and fans? MA: I have The Sixth Cursed Halloween coming out in October. This is the third in the Curses series. It is Deidre's story, who was the villainess in the first two. I had fun redeeming her and helping her to find love. I'm currently working on the next in the Settler's Mine series, which is my futuristic world.
KR: What do you enjoy most about being a writer? MA: I love creating my own worlds and playing in them. It's the best job in the world. Not to mention, it gets the voices out of my head.
KR: What challenges do you face in your career? MA: Time. There's never enough to do everything I need to do. At least right now. I have two fairly young children, so I have work around their schedules. I'm also not the fastest writer in the world. It takes me a while to work out a story. To do that, I need time to write, so at times, other things suffer.
KR: What's your favorite way to interact with readers and fans? MA: I actually enjoy loop chats. They are time consuming but I enjoy talking with people. I also LOVE getting emails from readers. It's an awesome way to start my day.
Thanks so much Katie. I enjoyed the interview.
KR: Thank you!
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