Why Vincent?
D. B. Reynolds
Every character I write becomes my new favorite, and Vincent
is no exception. I had one territory left and that was Mexico. My vampires come
from all over the world, but I knew I wanted Vincent to be Hispanic. Partly
because he was going to be Lord of Mexico, but also because I’d never written a
Latino hero. So I made him big and gorgeous, with golden brown skin and black
hair, and a neatly trimmed beard and mustache, about which he’s rather vain.
And I gave him ancient roots in the Mayan culture, even though he’s nowhere
near old enough—even as a vampire—to be Mayan. The blood is there on his
mother’s side of his heritage and reflected in his name, Vincent Kuxim.
Vincent isn’t just beautiful, however. He’s charming as
hell. One of those men who seduces every woman he meets, just because he can.
He does it effortlessly, without even thinking about it. It’s simply who he is.
And because women recognize and respond to the kind of man who loves women,
they love him back. Old ladies are charmed by him, teenage girls wish they were
older, baby girls stop crying when he says hello. And adult women of a certain age simply want
him.
Hell, I love Vincent, too. Apart from being physical gorgeous,
he’s irreverent, he loves beautiful cars, he has a wicked sense of humor and a
bit of a temper, and he’s loyal as a boy scout.
I don’t get to keep Vincent to myself, however. Lana is
Vincent’s love interest and she’s not at all his usual type. Actually she
doesn’t want to be anyone’s type, least of all Vincent’s, because after a
lifetime surrounded by alpha males, she recognizes Vincent’s type, and she doesn’t trust him. She’s not immune to his
charms, she simply resists him. Which Vincent naturally sees as a challenge.
And the game is on.
Blurb:
Sinaloa, Mexico . . . haunting deserts, hot nights, and
vampires, who’ve been there for hundreds of years, watching from the shadows,
playing their games, manipulating humans, and surviving at any cost.
Vincent Kuxim, powerful and charismatic, was made vampire by
an ambitious leader looking for soldiers to pave his way to the rule of all
Mexico. But more than a century later, Vincent’s Sire is looking over his
shoulder as Vincent closes in for the kill, ready to claim the title Lord of
Mexico for himself.
Lana Arnold is a bounty hunter, smart, beautiful, and
determined to chart her own future. So when the most powerful vampire lord in
all of North America enlists her help in tracking down a very old and elusive
bloodsucker, Lana sees nothing but opportunity. There’s only one catch. The
client wants her to take Vincent—a vampire she neither knows nor trusts—along
on her hunt. Then again, maybe it’s herself she doesn’t trust, because Vincent
Kuxim is sex walking in a pair of tight black jeans.
Thrown together by circumstance, Vincent and Lana soon find
themselves battling an evil they didn’t know existed in a fight that makes
Vincent all the more determined to destroy his Sire, seize Mexico for himself .
. . and keep Lana by his side forever.
Buy Links: Amazon
About the Author:
D. B. Reynolds is the RT Award-Winning author of the popular
Vampires in America series of Paranormal Romance/Urban Fantasy and an
Emmy-nominated television sound editor. She lives with her husband of many
years in a flammable canyon near the Malibu coast, and when she’s not writing
her own books, she can usually be found reading someone else’s. Visit her blog
at www.dbreynolds.com
for details on all of her books, for free stories and more.
Giveaway:
1st Prize a copy of VINCENT e or print (signed)
winner's choice, plus a $25 Amazon gift cert
2nd Prize a copy of VINCENT e or print (signed)
winner's choice, plus a $10 Amazon gift cert
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I love Vampires In America, the series! Can't get enough of this series! I love the way D.B. Reynolds writes her stories and books.
ReplyDeleteFavorite series hands down! Saving Vincent for my road trip to Disney in a few weeks
ReplyDeleteAnother enthralling read by Ms Reynolds!!! Nothing tops Vampires in America on my reading list, hence why I read these stories in one sitting, and Vincent was no exception!!
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