Could You Refuse Fate?
- 3 days ago
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1) Hello! I’m excited to feature your book today but before we get to that, why don’t you introduce yourself? You can use a pen name if you have one.
Dania Voss
2) What genre do you write?
Steamy Paranormal Romance
3) Can you pitch your book in just a few words?
Fate that refuses to be ignored
4) What inspired you to write this book?
I was invited to write a dark paranormal romance where humans knew of shifters, and they thought them to be monsters or were fine with their existence. It was supposed to be part of a shared-world collaboration. But as I dug in to the new story world I was creating, I decided that I preferred to keep the story for myself as an independently published title.
5) Can you tell us a little bit about the characters in Primal Destiny?
Our hero, Dario Kingston Renzetti is a sexy Italian lion shifter. He’s an only child to an American human mother and his father is a tough lion shifter. He’s earned his Harvard MBA, is super smart, assertive, and has a bit of an ego. He’s made it his mission to be the best and make his father proud, to set a good example for the shifter community that his father thinks is so important. This puts a lot of pressure on him and he has to sneak around to let out his frustrations behind his father’s back.
Dario’s family owns Renzetti Media, an international media company. He runs successful men's magazine called The Fundamental Gentleman (Il Gentiluomo Fondamentale) which began in Italy in 1935.
He’s 43 years old and hasn’t found his mate when the story begins.
Our heroine is Tessa Cooper, a 28-year-old single mother of an adorable daughter named Charlotte. Although she earned her MBA from Columbia, she put her career ambitions on hold when she discovered she was pregnant. Charlotte’s biological father is not in the picture. She’s close to her family and lives in an apartment in her parent’s 3-flat. With Charlotte in pre-school Tessa wants to concentrate on getting her career off the ground and making her little girl proud of her.
Tessa is firmly in the anti-shifter camp.
6) How did you come up with the concept and characters for the book?
There were certain criteria I had to include for the shared-world project which I kept after deciding to publish independently.
There had to be an age gap component – Tessa and Dario are 15 years apart in age.
The story had to have scenes that took place in a national bar chain with a location in New York. I chose Manhattan, made it an upscale place, and changed the name to Quench Cocktails. Dario is co-owner with his shifter friends.
The story had to have dark elements so I created a secret (to humans) underground avenue for dark and sometimes violent moments between shifters.
There’s also a paranormal public relations agency that works to maintain good relations between humans and shifters.
7) What else do you want to share about your book?
Primal Destiny
The secret is out. Shifters exist and live among humans.
Humans fall into two camps: Those who consider shifters monsters but manage to co-exist with them, and those who want to get close to them, relishing their power.
Tessa Cooper, a single mother devoted to her three-year-old daughter, is firmly in the first camp, doing her best to keep her biases to herself. But one look at Dario Kingston Renzetti, a wealthy lion shifter, and she senses her life will never be the same.The moment Dario sees Tessa in his bar, he knows he’s found his fated mate – age difference be damned. Learning she wants nothing to do with shifters – especially romantically – is another matter altogether. But nobody said he wasn't determined.
Can Dario’s persistence convince Tessa he’s not hiding dark secrets that would reinforce her opinion of shifters, or will she deny them their primal destiny?
Pick up this steamy, age gap, rejected mate paranormal romance today and find out.
8) Can you tell me a little bit about yourself?
Int’l bestseller and award-winning author Dania Voss writes compelling, sexy romance with personality, heat, and heart. Born in Rome, Italy and raised in Chicagoland, she creates stories with authentic, engaging characters. She loves anything pink and is a huge fan of 80s hair bands.
A favorite with romance readers, her debut novel “On the Ropes,” the first in her Windy City Nights series, became an international bestseller. Dania’s books have won multiple awards, and her work has been highlighted on NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX. She has been featured in the Chicago Tribune, Southern Writers Magazine, and Chicago Entrepreneurs Magazine (selected as the #8 Top Chicago Author in 2021).
When she’s not writing, you can find Dania at a sporting event, a rock concert, or the movies (preferably a comedy).
9) Do you have a website? If so, what is it?
10) Where else can we find and follow you?
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthorDaniaVoss
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/daniavoss
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