Paranormal Romance Blog

If you like your paranormal romances with a touch of spice, you’ll love Christine McKay’s paranormal-themed erotic short stories from Spice Briefs! Christine’s here today to tell us about her latest release, Loch Dragon’s Lady, a sensual tale of shapeshifting and magic in Scotland…

by Christine McKay, author of Loch Dragon’s Lady (Spice Briefs, January 2010)

Hero with a Scottish accent. Check. Hero wearing a kilt. Check again. Shape-shifter who doesn’t have a feline or canine alter-ego or hangs out with vampires. Yep. Heroine who isn’t a super bad-ass, have a chip on her shoulder, or the personality of  a door mat. Bingo! Love paranormal stories set in the contemporary world? Looking for a little palate-clearing minty freshness before returning to the land of vampires, werewolves, and zombies? Try my Harlequin Spice Brief, Loch Dragon’s Lady.

Hi. Christine McKay here. My second Harlequin story, Loch Dragon’s Lady,  was just released on New Year’s Day. The little known Outer Hebrides of Scotland, a place too rugged to be tamed by any group of people but as luring as a Siren’s voice to composers,  painters and the occasional bold tourist,  is home to Robert Dunyveg, a water dragon shape-shifter. Though gruff and antisocial, he’s no Loch Ness monster. Did I mention he likes to wear nothing more than a kilt?

Enter Ellen Kildonan. Despite the surname, she’s never set a foot in Scotland. When she’s willed the deed to Robert’s island by a little known relative, Ellen can’t sell it sight unseen. Regardless of the season, a trip to the Hebrides is anything but tame. Trapped on her island by the weather, injured, and stalked by a strange man who’s definitely not 100% human, Ellen’s forced to confront uncomfortable mysteries about herself and her ancestors. Cue tortured music.

What can I say? The Hebrides called to me. Check out National Geographic’s very timely pictorial article: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2010/01/hebrides/warren-text/2. To call the land gorgeous would be an insult. Mysterious, captivating, and dangerous are better words. One needs a strong hero to learn to live in harmony with such land. And Robert’s my man, er, dragon. A paranormal creature like Robert requires an equally confident and not-quite-human woman. Thus, Ellen, was crafted. Loch Dragon’s Lady packs a lot into a little space: paranormal creatures, romance, sex, villagers with pitchforks and torches (just kidding). I admit to being envious of Ellen. Who wouldn’t want their own dragon?

Since I have about a 100 words left in my blog, I’d like to mention Carnal Magic, also a paranormal Spice Brief of mine released this past October. After the life-changing and gut-wrenching loss of her fiancé, Elaine turns to magic to fill the void. Not the hocus-pocus, pull-the-rabbit-out-of-the-hat sleight of hand, but the magic of incantations, formulas, rituals, and of course, danger. Her carefully built spell culminates in a All Hallow’s Eve disaster that belches up, not her lost fiancé, but an otherworldly stranger who has the power to steal a person’s soul. Sorry, no demons here. Just a formidable but lonely specter looking for a taste of love. In exchange for it, he’s willing to bring Elaine’s fiancé back from the dead…if…and only if, Elaine finds no passion lying within his embrace. It’s a wager she’s willing to make, but, as she’s learning, those who cast spells are sometimes the easiest to be-spell.

I hate flying – it’s a control thing. Imagine my excitement at finding out this year’s Romantic Times convention and the National Romance Writer’s conference are both within reasonable driving distance. Hurrah! If you happen to attend either event and recognize my name, please stop to say “Hello!” I’m working on having book plates designed and even if you’re an e-book reader only, I’d be happy sign one for you. Want to see more of what I write? Check out my website, www.ChristineMcKay.com.