Character Interview from Lyndi Lamont's Marooned #FallingIntoLove

 Title: MaroonedAuthor: Lyndi LamontGenre: Steamy Historical Short Story
Blurb: Heather Parnell is traveling from England to her home in Jamaica with her new husband, Roger, a man she detests. She performs a banishing spell with unintended consequences. When their ship is attacked by pirates, Roger is killed. Heather, disguised as a boy, joins the pirate crew.
Pirate captain Adam Langworth suspects there is something odd about the new lad. When he discovers she is a woman, she begs him to keep her secret, a violation of the ships' articles. When her identity is discovered, Adam and Heather find themselves marooned on a deserted island with nothing to do for the rest of their lives but make love.
Disclaimer: This is a 12,000 word steamy romantic short story, not a full-length novel. Previously published by Amber Quill Press. Contains a sexy pirate, a naughty witch, cussing and fornicating.
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  Character Interview with Heather Parnell:
1)     Thanks for sitting down with me today. Tell us a little about yourself.
I was born Heather MacGibbon in Jamaica to Scottish parents. My mother was a practicing witch, and Da thought it best to get her away from Scotland. When Da died, I was forced to marry an odious, greedy Englishman, Roger Parnell.
2)     I understand you have some kind of special power. Can you tell us about it?
I have some talent for spell casting, inherited from my mother.
3)     Did you have special education or training to hone your power?
Ma started to teach me about witchcraft when I was little, but she died before I was fully trained. My spells sometimes go awry. Also, I sometime hear voices in my head. I think they are messages from the Great Goddess.
4)     Do you consider your power a gift or a curse? Why?
’Tis a mixed blessing, for certain. My spells work, but sometimes come with unintended consequences. Like when I performed a banishing spell to rid myself of Roger and ended up getting marooned on a deserted isle with a sexy pirate.
5)     How does having this power complicate your life?
Superstitious people are afeared of witches, so I try to keep my abilities to myself as much as possible.
6)     If you could swap your power for another one, what would it be?
There are other powers? I know naught of them. Nay, I am content to be a witch.
7)     What does your lover think of your abilities?
Adam loves me in spite of my powers, but I’m hoping to show that they can be used for good. I’m working on a spell to summon the wind when our ship is becalmed.
Excerpt
“Are you truly a witch?” he asked, moving to stand in front of her.
“Aye. My mother was one, too. ’Tis why she and my da had to leave Scotland.”
“What will happen to the ship and crew?”
She shrugged. “I do not know. Perhaps nothing.”
He raised his brows. “Are your curses so ineffectual?”
She smiled ruefully. “Not as a rule.”
“Should I be afraid?” he joked.
“Yes.” She looked around the small island. It was no bigger than a drawing room, just a small hillock of sand with a few weeds growing and pieces of driftwood scattered here and there. “I very much fear this is all my fault.”
He put his arms around her and pulled her into his embrace. She rested her head on his shoulder. “You could hardly be responsible for the bad blood between me and Gower.”
Her anger dissipated, and fear now took its place. “True, but I am responsible for our current predicament.”“How?”
She drew back to look at him. “The night before the attack, I performed a banishing spell. I wanted Roger and Kitty out of my life, not dead.”
“How does your spell affect us being marooned?”
“My ma always said to be careful what you asked for. A negative spell has to be balanced with a positive spell and I forgot to do that. I should never have tried to banish them.”
“Why did you?”
“I knew they wanted to kill me, so I figured what did I have to lose? My life was already in danger.”
“So nothing has changed.”
She touched his face, the stubble of his beard rough against her fingertips. “Aye, but now I am responsible for your death, too.”
He caught her hand in his and pressed a kiss to the palm. “No, love, you are not. Besides, if I must die, I can think of no better way to go than in the arms of a beautiful woman.”
She blinked back tears. “No man has ever called me beautiful before.”
“Then you knew only fools.”
She brushed back one tear that had escaped. “Forgive my weakness.”
Adam kissed her forehead. “Any other lady would have succumbed to the vapors before this.”
She laughed shakily. “I’ve never had the vapors in my life, and I don’t intend to start now.”

Author bio:
Lyndi Lamont is the racy alter ego of author Linda McLaughlin, who writes historical and Regency Romance. Since becoming Lyndi Lamont, she has discovered that writing sexy romance is a license to be naughty, at least between the pages of a book.
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