{"id":442,"date":"2011-06-19T10:21:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T10:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.felicityheaton.com\/blog\/?p=442"},"modified":"2011-06-19T10:21:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-19T10:21:00","slug":"hunters-moon-character-interview-with-nicolae","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.felicityheaton.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/19\/hunters-moon-character-interview-with-nicolae\/","title":{"rendered":"Hunter’s Moon – character interview with Nicolae"},"content":{"rendered":"

As part of my Paranormal Pandemonium 2011 Blog Tour<\/a>, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m interviewing some characters and doing some posts on my own blog too, Indie Paranormal Romance Books. Today, I caught up with Nicolae, the hero from my vampire \/ werewolf romance book, Hunter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Moon<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you haven\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t met him already, here\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the lowdown on Nicolae. Nicolae is a dark, sexy, and rugged ex-alpha werewolf with a past that could make any woman want to kiss the guy. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s strong, a loner since the events that led to him fleeing Europe, and can be charming when he needs to be. He\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a born leader and extremely protective, and very territorial. He won\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t let anything happen to anyone or anything in his territory, even if that person is a vampire.<\/p>\n

FH: I have Nicolae here with me today to talk about his book, Hunter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Moon. Firstly, can you tell us a little about yourself?<\/b><\/div>\n

Nicolae:<\/b> Ah, what like? I mean, is it alright to talk about that stuff?<\/p>\n

FH: *nods* You can tell us anything. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all cool.<\/b><\/div>\n

Nicolae: <\/b>Alright then. I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m Romanian, although I have lived in Canada for the past century, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m a werewolf. Hell, it still sounds crazy when I say that aloud, even though I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been a werewolf for two centuries now. I was turned in Romania and lived with my pack there. It was peaceful until the vampires came for us. We didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t stand a chance. My sire, the alpha of the pack, and I, and the other warriors amongst us tried to fend them off. They rounded us up and took us all to the compound. It was hell. I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to think about it even now. We had done nothing to deserve such brutal treatment and abuse. Our pack had lived in peace, keeping to ourselves, never treading into vampire territory. When I finally managed to put an escape plan into action, I only made things worse. I lost my entire pack that night\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 and fled here, to a place where I was free of the vampires.<\/p>\n

FH: Here being the remotest place on Earth. It must have been hard for you to deal with everything that had happened, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure many women\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hearts have gone out to you already. Can you tell us about what happened in your story, Hunter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Moon?<\/b><\/div>\n

Nicolae: <\/b>It was around a century after I had escaped Romania and the nightmare of losing my pack, and I was finally learning to deal with it all in my own way. A night time hunt with the local timber wolf pack turned that all on its head. The peace I had found was shattered by a group of hunters and a woman. Tatyana. A vampire. It was difficult for me to accept her presence in my territory after everything I had suffered at the hands of the vampires, but the threat of the human hunters drove me to take her back to my cabin and help her heal. I had needed to know what she did so I could protect the local werewolf pack and the timber wolves. I thought she had brought them with her\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 I couldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have been more wrong.<\/p>\n

FH: In Hunter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Moon, you meet Tatyana. How did you meet and how did you feel about her initially?<\/b><\/div>\n

Nicolae: <\/b>Looking back now, I can\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t believe that I ever wanted to leave her in that clearing to die from her wounds or the sunlight. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s everything to me. The reason for my existence. It was difficult to get past everything that had happened to me, all the pain in my past, and accept her in my life and my territory. I was never sure whether I was coming or going at first. She tied me in knots and challenged everything that I believed about the vampires, and I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m glad that she did. We\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve both had hatred bred into us, and it was time for us both to open our eyes and look at each other for ourselves, not have our judgement coloured by what we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve been told to believe and what had happened to us in our past.<\/p>\n

FH: You have a lot of history with the vampires of Europe and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s generally frowned upon for a werewolf to enter into a relationship with a vampire. Was it difficult to get past the terrible thing that the vampires did to you and your pack, and fall in love with Tatyana?<\/b><\/div>\n

Nicolae: <\/b>Of course it was, but Tatyana\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s bloodline weren\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t responsible for what happened to me. The European vampires are often at war with each other, squabbling over territory and other petty things. Her bloodline, the Nocens, probably hate the Tenebrae bloodline as much as I do. I know that it was difficult for Tatyana too, and I think that helped me cope with my feelings and face them. Werewolves don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have laws against relationships with another species, but vampires do. Tatyana is risking a lot by being with me. When we eventually return to Europe, we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have to be careful about it. If the Law Keepers discover that Tatyana is with a werewolf, they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll hunt her down and kill her. Not that I would let them get close enough to try, but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s always there at the back of my mind.<\/p>\n

FH: How has life been since the events that happened and brought you together?<\/b><\/div>\n

Nicolae: <\/b>Peaceful. It might sound crazy, and sometimes I feel as though I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m dreaming, but everything has settled down again since the end of our story. Tatyana is slowly building a relationship with the local werewolves, and even the local timber wolf pack is beginning to accept her. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s hunted a few times with us, and has learnt that catching the deer we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re chasing isn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t the way into a wolf\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s heart. She lets the timber wolves have the glory now, and they\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re getting along better for it. Hell, even I wanted to snarl at her when she beat us to the deer that time. *laughs* She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll make a good pack member one day, when she stops trying to be the alpha female. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll tell you different of course. Sometimes, when we hunt together and it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s just us, I let her win. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t tell her I said that. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll wring my neck if she thinks I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m letting her beat me to the prize\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 but it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s all worth it. Seeing her smile, seeing her happy and proud\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s something I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll do anything for. Even losing a hunt. She\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s beautiful when she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s standing over a fresh kill, empowered by her victory. And hell\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a saucy vixen afterwards too. My little alpha female.<\/p>\n

FH: Your story, Hunter\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Moon, is a book in a series. Can you tell us a little about the series and can we expect see more of you in other stories in this series?<\/b><\/div>\n

Nicolae: <\/b>Shouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you be the one telling me that? *laughs again* I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m sure we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll cross paths again at some point. The series you write based on the werewolves of my home continent and the vampires of the pure European bloodlines truly reflects the darkness and the danger of our world, but also the intense passion and the deep love we feel for our mates, even if the ones we fall for happen to be the enemy. <\/p>\n

FH: Describe yourself in one word?<\/b><\/div>\n

Nicolae: <\/b>I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m thinking. *looks pensive* Failure springs to mind, but Tatyana would argue about that. Let\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s see. She would say\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 complicated. I would probably say\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 possessive. It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s the wolf in me. *cracks a charming smile*<\/p>\n

FH: Thank you for meeting with me today and chatting. Is there anything else that you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122d like to add?<\/b><\/div>\n

Nicolae: <\/b>Only that I want your solemn promise not to mention any of what I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve said when you interview Tatyana. If she comes back knowing any of this, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m hunting you down. <\/p>\n

FH: Hmm, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122m not sure that\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s much of a threat. I would probably pay to have you hunt me down. *looks at audience* Wouldn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t you?<\/b><\/div>\n

Here’s a little information about Hunter’s Moon<\/b><\/a> and the places it’s available:<\/p>\n

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Hunter’s Moon<\/b><\/a><\/span>
F E Heaton<\/b>
The horror of the night he failed to save his werewolf pack from the cruelty of their vampire masters has haunted Nicolae for one hundred years, driving him deep into the Canadian wilderness in search of peace. That peace is threatened when unfamiliar hunters and the scent of blood lead him to a beautiful woman and a hard decision\u00e2\u20ac\u201dface his past and help her or risk losing everyone he cares about again.<\/p>\n

Bearing a heart filled with grief and with vengeance on her mind, Tatyana is intent on killing the hunters she\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s tracking and returning to her vampire bloodline, but her plan didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t include being shot with poisoned arrows or rescued by a glowering alpha werewolf who stirs forbidden hunger in her.<\/p>\n

When the hunters make their move, will Nicolae be able to stop them before it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s too late? Will he be able to overcome the darkness in his heart and embrace his desire for a vampire? And can Tatyana face her fears and risk her life for the sake of forbidden love?<\/p>\n

ebook price: $2.99
paperback price: $6.99
genre: paranormal werewolf romance
length: 65000 words
rating: sultry
released: February 2011
Book 9 in the Vampires Realm series<\/p>\n

Available in e-book from:<\/b>
Author’s website:<\/b> http:\/\/www.felicityheaton.com\/ebooks.php?title=Hunter’s%20Moon<\/a>
Amazon Kindle:<\/b> http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B004P5NQ0W\/<\/a>
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Barnes and Noble:<\/b> http:\/\/search.barnesandnoble.com\/Hunters-Moon\/F-E-Heaton\/e\/2940011207600\/<\/a>
Sony Reader Store:<\/b> http:\/\/ebookstore.sony.com\/ebook\/f-e-heaton\/hunter-s-moon\/_\/R-400000000000000351166<\/a><\/p>\n

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Amazon.co.uk:<\/b> http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/dp\/1460978544\/<\/a>
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