I'm lucky to be one of the authors taking part in the Alpha's Claim anthology. Perhaps you didn't know there was a manlove edition? Well, today I have the lovely Eileen Griffin sharing a snippet from her story, and her inspiration. Anyone who sends me Jason Momoa is welcome anytime *sigh*
Thanks for hosting me on your blog today J
I’ve been asked what my inspiration was
when I was writing “Claiming Ayden”. I have a weakness for Alpha males and
absolutely love the wolf sub-culture. They’re fascinating animals that are
extremely territorial about their packs, travel vast distances to find food and
shelter to ensure the health of their packs, but are also one of the few
animals that mate for life. When I was developing my story and characters, I
kept envisioning the scene from Last of
the Mohicans when Hawkeye (played by Daniel Day-Lewis) was racing to rescue
his love, Cora. The intensity with which he traverses the distance and
landscape to save her has stuck with me all these years – for me, it was a
pivotal scene in the movie. It made me wonder how a wolf/human shifter would
react to his beloved, in this case Ayden, was captured by his Alpha’s enemy.
The story basically wrote itself from there. It was such an awesome and novel
experience to create a world and story for them, that I hope to one day
continue Ayden and Thane’s story in future novellas J
~Eileen
Inspiraton For Thane:
Inspiration For Ayden:
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“Claiming
Ayden” by Eileen Griffin
Genre:
Erotic Romance, M/M, Paranormal, Shifter
Length:
Anthology Length Short Story
Release
Date: January 24, 2014
Publisher:
Evernight Publishing
Anthology
Title: Alpha’s Claim: Manlove Edition
Strength.
Power. Domination.
The
shifters in our Alpha's Claim: Manlove Edition anthology have one thing in
common—they won't take “no” for an answer. Whether they lead packs of their
own, or whether they walk a solitary path, these alphas won't let anyone
stop them from claiming their men.
Lose
yourself in these ten sinfully delicious love stories. After all, who could
deny an Alpha’s claim?
Blurb:
Thane, Alpha of his pack of shifter
wolves, is running out of time. Drake, Alpha of a rival pack and Thane’s enemy,
has stolen into Thane’s camp to capture three of his youngest members,
including his intended mate Ayden.
Drake needs numbers to increase the size
of his pack and he does not care how he accomplishes that feat. Will Drake
succeed and not only increase the number of his pack but eliminate Thane as a
rival Alpha and enemy to his pack? Or will Thane’s need for his mate and desire
to have him at any cost be the tipping point that will help him overthrow Drake
and claim Ayden once and for all?
Excerpt
from “Claiming Ayden”
Thane looked down at Ayden’s white
blond hair and felt his chest tighten. He lifted his hand and settled it in the
pup’s hair. He had to hold back a moan when he felt a tremor go through the
pup’s body the moment his fingers brushed along Ayden’s scalp. Thane tightened
his fingers in Ayden’s hair and pulled the younger man’s face to his. Crystal
blue eyes stared back at him. Nowhere in them was there any fear or pain.
Instead, Thane saw the same expression of surety and desire Ayden had worn when
he’d wandered into their camp almost two and a half years ago.
“Thank you for the food, pup. But
that’s not the sustenance I need tonight.”
The tremor Thane had felt turned into a
shudder as Ayden placed the food and water on the ground. Then in a show of
true submission he gently leaned his head into the grasp Thane had on his hair,
leaving his neck exposed.
Thane’s cock filled with blood and
hardened against his body. His eyes roamed over the battered body of his true
mate to check for damage that would prevent him from taking the action he
should have completed before they had begun their journey to the winter lands.
Roane approached Thane’s side and slid the leather thong from his neck,
pressing it into his leader’s free hand before backing away.
About
Eileen:
Eileen Griffin lives in Texas, but loves to
travel and has spent many summers crossing Europe with nothing but a backpack
on her back. She enjoys TexMex, lives for good wine, and has a certain penchant
for purple unicorns. She loves reading all genres of books, but her current
obsession is writing M/M romance. She currently has three works out, Chasing Matt, a M/M novella co-authored
with Nikka Michaels, Dinner For Two,
a M/F romance novella, and “Claiming Ayden”, a M/M shifter romance that is part
of a M/M anthology of short stories. Eileen is currently at work with co-author
on two M/M foodie romance novels set to be released summer/fall 2014.
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