A great big welcome to Bree and Donna, who make up the awesomely talented writing team of Moira Rogers. I am going to try to behave and tone down some of my natural perviness for you girls, thanks for being willing to answer my fan girl questions! For those who are unaware, the second book in the Southern Arcana series, Crossroads is now on sale everywhere e-books are sold! To celebrate, they wanted to give away an ebook copy of Crux to one lucky person, winner is posted at the bottom!

He’s the last man she should ever want. She’s the last woman he can ever have.

Coming from a family with psychic gifts, Derek Gabriel was aware of but separate from the dangers of the supernatural world, until a rogue wolf shifter stripped away his humanity. The change he barely survived didn’t drive him insane, but the cultural bias against him as an inferior transformed wolf might. And it doesn’t help that he’s fallen for the daughter of the most powerful wolf in the country.

Almost from the moment she was born, Nicole Peyton started planning her escape from the strict confines of elite shapeshifter society, an old-fashioned world where women are valued only for their bloodlines and bank accounts. In New Orleans she has a bar she loves, friends in decidedly low places, and a smoldering sensual tension with an incredibly attractive and deliciously unsuitable man.

Their forbidden longing erupts into unbridled need—until Nick’s sister burns into town with a strike team hard on her heels. Saving her means Nick has to play by the Conclave’s rules…and give up the man she is growing to love.

Unless Derek does something completely crazy—issue a challenge that could shake the foundations of their world.

I am going to go ahead and ask the question I am sure you get all the time, how did you two meet and decide to start writing together? Was it writer-love at first sight where you knew you had to write as a team, or something you kind of grew into?

Bree: Oddly enough, we knew each other for a long time before we decided to start writing together. We met about ten years ago, online. We were both pretty big fans of the new X-Men movie.

Donna: Mmm, Hugh Jackman.

Bree: Scruffy Hugh Jackman! But even though we met ten years ago, we didn’t decide to start writing together until 2007, and even then it was kind of a whim.

What was the first thing you wrote and sold to a publisher together?

Donna: The first thing we started writing was actually Crux–even though, as a full-length book that took months to finish, it wasn’t the first thing we sold.

Bree: In fact, part way through Crux we stopped and decided to write some short stories and novella and see if we could learn a thing or two about the market first. The first stories we sold were Moonshine and Kamikaze. Moonshine is currently available for free on our website!

Are there set roles in your writing partnership? Or do these roles change based on the books?

Donna: Driver picks the music!

Bree: Ha! We change back and forth. The only constants are the cops and the techies. Donna writes the cops, I write the techies. Well, and Donna does the edits and I do the websites.

So far, I have only had a chance to read your novels, but I hear your shorter work is S.T.E.A.M.Y! Do you have a preference when it comes to length? (of the story of course *looks around for pervy blog readers*) 

Bree: I love the long stuff. (I said that just for you pervs.) But in reality, I love them both. I love getting to write short, campy stories full of naughty sex, and I love the chance to tackle sweeping adventure and action.

Donna: Sometimes the short stuff is fun, and it’s better for the sanity sometimes because you can finish it more quickly, check it off the list, and say, “Hey, accomplishment!” But my heart will always belong to the great, sweeping complicated plots of longer books.

It must be a very exciting time for you two ladies, Crossroads is releasing in ebook format tomorrow, February 9th and positive reviews seem to be coming at you from all angles! Can you tell us a bit about the Southern Arcana world?

Donna: It’s a world where magic exists and supernatural creatures might live next door.

Bree: You’ll just never know it, because they hide really well. Unfortunately, being outside the law can mean things get unfair fast, so life isn’t always very pretty.

Crux featured Jackson, a smooth and sexy wizard. Crossroads features Derek, a passionate and powerful wolf shifter. Was one easier to write than the other?

Donna: Every character belongs to one or the other of us, and we take charge of his or her background, motivations, thoughts and feelings. Since Jackson was my character and Derek was Bree’s, I’ll say Jackson was easier.

Bree: Oh yeah, Jackson was totally easier because I didn’t have to write him. (Ha!) Writing Derek was a little trickier, but even he is a walk in the park compared to writing Alec.

Can you describe both Jackson and Derek in just 3 words each?

Bree: Hmmm… Jackson is smart, charming and stealthy-dangerous.

Donna: Derek is loyal, lovable and determined!

We all know that I already have Andrew’s name tattooed on my backside, he is mine…. but I am curious if either of you have a favorite Southern Arcana male and why?

Donna: Hmm, that’s a tough one. There are so many, and each has his own awesome qualities. I like Alec for his broody man pain, Jackson for his Southern good ole boy charm… I will say this: Alec’s heroine has a pretty sexy brother who’ll be showing up.

Bree: It would have to be a toss-up between Derek and Andrew for me. Derek is strong and steady and can cook fabulous dinners as well as build houses, but Andrew…well, Andrew is geek-girl kryptonite. I can’t wait to show everyone why in future books.

(note from KV – geek girl kryptonite?!?! I don’t know if I can take it *swoon*)

In the interest of being fair to the ladies of your books, who are all strong and formidable characters, do you have a favorite Southern Arcana female?

Donna: Mine will always be Mahalia. I want to hang out with her.

Bree: I love Nicole. She is probably my favorite character, though if I had to pick one to hang out with, it’d be Kat. Even if she would kick my butt at video games.

Speaking of Andrew (or maybe that was just in my head), boxers -briefs – or commando? Ok and because I know a few bloggers who would kill me if I didn’t ask…. Same question for Alec!

Donna: Andrew wears boxers, definitely.

Bree: Alec would wear briefs a lot more regularly if he weren’t always rolling out of bed on his way to deal with the latest crisis. Some days he’s lucky he’s wearing pants at all.

(note from KV -*perk* unlucky for us….)

Book 1 of the Southern Arcana series is Crux, Book 2 is Crossroads…. we now know that Alec will get his own book, titled Deadlock. Do you have a set number of books in your head for the series? Can you share how many are contracted so far?

Donna: We signed the Deadlock contract last month. It’s another tale of Conclave politics and forbidden love for Alec, though it’ll be vastly different from Nick and Derek’s story. We’re also hoping to get started soon on the fourth book–which, rest assured, is Andrew’s.

Bree: In Deadlock, you’ll be meeting a firefighting wolf with dark eyes and psychic powers, and possibly a magically amplified human who rides a motorcycle and hunts rogue supernaturals. Which is my way of saying we have plenty of books left to write.

One of my favorite things about this series is the way you blend high action urban fantasy plots with sizzling romance without either appearing weaker than the other. Your books actually forced me to create a blog category for Romantic Urban Fantasy. Is this the genre you prefer to write in and have you always known it?

Bree: I think this can be blamed on the fact that Donna grew up reading romance and I grew up reading urban fantasy. We both ended up in the same place, in that hazy spot between both, but we both brought our love of our respective genres with us. I think we come down a tad bit closer to romance, most days, but we walk that line.

Donna: I think that line really is pretty blurry these days, and I don’t mind falling on either side of it occasionally.

Do you have any writing/story rules? If not, can I suggest one? Andrew must appear shirtless, in nothing but low slung jeans or less for all future book appearances. oh and he should growl, a lot.

Donna: Growling, he can handle. But I’m making him wear clothes…mostly.

Bree: I’m pretty sure he’ll be shirtless at least once during the course of Deadlock. Other than that…well, we’re not much for rules.

I have no idea how you two find the time to write so much, I know how often you are on twitter(!), but you have a pretty large collection of books/stories available…. something for everyone. If you each had to pick one that was your favorite, what would it be?

Bree: My favorite rarely seen book of ours is Sexual Healing. It’s just a tiny story in a stand-alone world, but I love it. It’s our psychic space hookers story.

Donna: Actually, I think Crossroads is my favorite. Derek and Nick are so ready to do what they have to do. It’s hard not to love them together.

Any chance you can torture us with a few hints into what is coming up for Alec in Deadlock? Will he be able to outwolf Derek?…. the forest scene in Crossroads is stiff competition (*eyebrow waggle*)

Donna: I think, depending on what you like about that scene, it’s possible. LOL

Bree: I’ll just say that everything that happens in Deadlock will be bringing his alpha wolf side out in a serious way–politically, emotionally, and yeah…sexually.

Besides Southern Arcana #3, what else can we look forward to from Moira Rogers in the next year?

Bree: We have a lot of exciting book releases in our Red Rock Pass series in 2010! In April the first two books come out in one print volume, in June the fourth book comes out in digital, and in July we are starting our new adventure–a spin-off novella set during the Great Depression with bootlegger and smuggler werewolves.

Donna: We’re also working on some secret projects, as well as our first anthology contribution. This fall, we’ll have a short story (set in the Southern Arcana universe) in the Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance 2 from Running Press (Constable & Robinson in the UK). It’s very exciting for us–and there are loads of other really awesome authors who will be part of it, as well.

Ok, and lastly, I am going to ask this question because I simply can not resist. Will there be any fleshlight appearances in any upcoming books or stories? (Readers, beware, google at your own risk and only when you are alone).

Bree: I would say “no” if it weren’t for the fact that Derek & Andrew’s office manager, Mariko, is totally capable of buying one for Alec just to piss him off. If pissing Alec off was an Olympic sport, Mari would have a lot of gold medals.

Donna: Things could get interesting if Alec’s heroine finds it…but that’s a whole different kind of book!

Thanks again to Donna and Bree for stopping by and putting up with me and my Andrew obsession! Double thanks for being kind enough to give away a copy of Crux here on the blog! *drumroll* I am happy to announce the winner of a free e-book version of Crux is….

Marquetta (lovetoreadforfun)
Congrats Marquetta! We will be in touch

Be sure to pick up Crux, now available in both e-book and print format. Crossroads is available today in ebook format and will be in print format in November!

	Title: Crux (Southern Arcana, Book 1) Release: March 3, 2009 Purchase this book: Amazon | Kindle Version | Book Depository | FictionWise
	Title: Southern Arcana (Southern Arcana, Book 2) Release: February 9th, 2010 Purchase this book: Kindle Version | MBaM

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