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Posted by Amy - January 22nd, 2010 Comments 35

Lori Devoti, author of the new Silhouette Nocturne Bite LURED, has a tough choice for paranormal romance fans: would you rather meet a hellhound or a werewolf? Read Lori’s guest-post on the differences between these two kinds of sexy shifters and make your pick in the comments by Sunday, Jan. 25 for a chance to win a free book!

by Lori Devoti, author of Lured (Silhouette Nocturne Bites, Jan. 2010) and The Hellhound King (Silhouette Nocturne, Feb. 2010)

This year I have three releases coming out with Nocturne. Two feature werewolves (Lured, Nocturne Bite January/ Zombie Moon, Nocturne novel, July) and one a hellhound (The Hellhound King, Nocturne novel, February).  I have to admit I love them both, but if I HAD to choose I’d pick…no I’m not going to say. (grin) I want you to tell me!

But to be fair, before we can really discuss which you would rather meet in a dark alley, or maybe in a candle-lit bathtub, I should probably outline a few differences for you.

Both werewolves and hellhounds are shape-shifters, and both are canine when in their other form. But hellhounds’ shifts aren’t tied to anything except their own whims. They also have some other cool powers like blending (making the eye go right past them when they stand still) and shimmering (moving from place to place in the blink of an eye).

You can put a bunch of hellhounds together, but one alpha will quickly fight his way to the top. And all in all they would prefer to be out on their own.

So far as becoming a hellhound, you can’t. You have to be born that way.

They also have a bit of a tortured past. Over millennia, they have been owned by others and forced to hunt and fight. Now they are free, but still bear the scars of that past.

It makes them rather sweet—uh, no it doesn’t.

Now for my weres….you are probably pretty up on werewolf talents, but I’ll do a quick rundown.

In my world, you can be made into one. In fact in Zombie Moon, my hero chose to become a were for a very specific purpose. (Hint it’s given away in the title.) In Lured, my heroine is also made into a were and not by her own choosing.

Weres can’t shimmer, but they are stronger than an average man, can heal faster, and move faster.  And, unlike hellhounds, they form packs. In fact living on your own means you are a rogue, which in werewolf politics means you are a loose cannon and a big walking target for the local pack alpha.

They don’t have the tortured past of the hellhounds, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have issues. They are rare and bagging a were would be quite a prize—not to mention dealing with all the other weres and their issues.

Most importantly though, both hellhounds and werewolves are super sexy and if they are playing a hero in my book, alphas.

So, what do you think? Would you go for the male who was once used to run in the wild hunt, capturing lost souls? Or the wolf who roams free and is tied at least to some degree to the changes in the moon?

Who would you date and who would you want to be?

For me without question it would be…nope, not going to say. You just can’t make me choose.

But if you want to choose, you can get a shot at winning one of my books (2009 release or earlier). Just post your choice (hellhound or werewolf) and why here. I’ll pick a winner and post it in these comments Sunday. (ship to U.S. and Canada only)

Lori

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