Today I'm welcoming Ellora's Cave author Ju Dimello. I'm handing over my keyboard, so she can tell us a bit about her debut release, Fiery Icicle. Welcome Ju!
Thanks so much, Joanne, for hosting me in your blog
to celebrate my debut release!

I
love it, like any other writer, when the characters come to me fully formed,
right down to the smallest detail. And chances of that are like winning a
lotto. It’s so easy to write a “perfect” character, simply because perfection
is boring. There, I said it! Honestly, how would you like to spend time with a
perfectly groomed man, who keeps his things so tidy, spotless? Being in the
same room with him is enough to give me jeebies of whether I’m the “dirty one”
by simply being myself or the “odd one out” because I took a late bath?
:Shudders: He might seem more like an alien to me than someone real (even
paranormals are real in my story J) Usually I end up doing a lot more research to
ensure they have some flaw, or something that makes me connect to the
character, to the extent that I miss them when I finish writing their story! I
loved Nathan (the demon) in Fiery Icicle because he knew which buttons to push,
whereas Zach knows the word, apology, thereby making me love him too. (Just
don’t say that to Madeline, the heroine, okay?)
How
about you? Any memorable characteristic from a recent book or film that stood
out for you? Made you feel connected with the hero / heroine? Let me know in
the comments.
I have one copy of Fiery Icicle to giveaway
during the blog tour and every comment during this week will count towards it.
I’ll pick a winner around the 15th of April and contact them! Don’t
forget to leave your email id.
Blurb
and Excerpt:
This
story contains a half-fae intent on claiming his woman, a half-demon bent on
resisting her and a passion that's hot enough to melt the alpine snow
Excerpt:
Black suited him—both his hair and the full-sleeved shirt he wore
over his rippling muscles. She tried not to be affected by his smoldering gaze,
undressing her sure and steady. She needed to get rid of him and fast.
“Give me the tickets and get going. I don’t need a damn
babysitter.”
His eyes darkened and took on a dangerous glint as his jaw
clenched. In that instant, he appeared nothing like the sinful, delicious demon
he portrayed himself as, but one who’d have no qualms about throwing her over
his shoulders as though she was a sack of potatoes, if needed.
“Believe me. I didn’t want to be one either. But the choice isn’t
mine. Zach wants you safe. So it’s either with me or with me. Choose.”
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Thanks for being with me today, Ju! Happy sales for your first release!