A Haunting Interview

To start Halloween week off on Nights of Passion with a ghoulie, a ghostie, or long-legged beastie, I thought I’d interview an author who writes those sorts of things in her everyday life. Help me welcome, Tera Shanley, who has a wonderful zombie book that has released just in time for Fright Night, October 31.

 1. Who is your favorite scary author and what is your favorite book by them?

Shannon Drake. I love her! Her book When Darkness Falls is what helped to start my love for paranormal romance

2.  What are you most afraid of?

Ghosts.

3. Have you ever had a close encounter of the ghostly kind?

I absolutely have, which is why I’m so scared of them. My parent’s house is haunted by a ghost we’ve named Chandler (to make him less scary. Nobody named Chandler could be THAT scary, right?) – Over the years, he’s turned on cd players and picked songs, entire boxes of 20-year-old toys have all started talking/playing music in closets, and I was chased from the house once by something I still can’t explain. Every single person in my immediate family has had in-depth conversations, thinking they were talking to other family members, only to realize they were alone in the house. Endless stomping in the attic. I’ve seen something (someone?) standing over my sleeping baby, and just last year, I was doing laundry over there and turned around to see a man watching me from a few feet away. He disappeared in front of me, and my parents’ dogs, who were outside the door he was leaning against, went insane barking at the place he’d been standing. So unsettling.

4. Where did you get the idea for your latest scary story?

I’ve always liked things that go bump in the night and my love of zombies only became more ridiculous after the first season of The Walking Dead. I wrote the first book in the Dead Rapture series and fell in love with the characters. Book 2, Love at the End of Days, was the next natural book for me to write.

5. What is your favorite scary movie?

I really love Shaun of the Dead. I know it’s more of a humorous movie, but it’s one of those I can’t see enough times.

And here’s a  peek at  Tera’s latest zombie romance:

Romance and zombies collide in the riveting sequel to Love in the Time of the Dead.

Four years into the Dead outbreak that ended the world, Vanessa Summers has been so burned by love, she swears she will never trust a man again. But Sean Daniels, guard leader of Dead Run River, isn’t just any man. When past lovers return to the colony, things get complicated. Desperate to rid herself of the heartache, Vanessa signs up for a supply run that will test her mettle as a guard in training. Sean volunteers to lead her team, and his hungry looks say it’s more personal than professional.

Danger comes from all sides as they scavenge Dead-infested cities, and as her attraction for Sean deepens, Vanessa finds her head and heart at war with each other. He clouds her judgment, and the slightest misstep could spell disaster outside of the safety of colony gates.

A race back to the safety Dead Run River could save a teammate’s life, but trouble has been brewing back home. Laney Landry, the woman who broke Sean’s heart, is in trouble, and Vanessa must decide whether to take back the Denver colony beside the man she’s falling in love with, or bow out of an attraction that terrifies her.

Weathering Dead hybrids, betrayals, battles, jealousy, and soul consuming love, Vanessa must find her place in the team she’s found. And if she can, she might just master survival at the end of days.
and the buy link is:
http://www.amazon.com/Love-Days-Dead-Rapture-Book-ebook/dp/B00OGUXAL6/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1413263658&sr=1-5
 


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