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Christie Clayton | A Five-hundred-year-old Vampire Finally Finds Her Mate
Author Guest / November 2, 2023

1–What is the title of your latest release? BOND CRUSHED 2–What’s the “elevator pitch” for your new book? A five-hundred-year-old vampire finally finds her mate—a disappointing human musician who falls short of her exacting social standards. Can she overcome her prejudice and save them both from the vampire hunters who stalk their every move? And can he forgive her for abandoning him before it’s too late? 3–How did you decide where your book was going to take place? I wanted to see the characters interact in locations where one was at home and the other was very much out of their comfort zone. Cote d’Azur and Ocean City offered coastal settings that clash spectacularly. 4–Would you hang out with your protagonist in real life? Absolutely not! But I would respect her. 5–What are three words that describe your protagonist? Hard, calculating, ruthless. 6–What’s something you learned while writing this book? The protagonist is obsessed with moths and regularly recites information about them, so I learned a lot of interesting moth facts. Did you know a male moth can smell a female moth from more than seven miles away? 7–Do you edit as you draft or wait until you are totally…