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Cynthia Eden (ETERNAL FLAME)

Setting: Baton Rouge and New Orleans, Louisiana
Subgenre: Paranormal Romance
Hero: Zane Wynter, a demon hybrid
Heroine: Jana Carter, an Ignitor

One sentence summary: When Zane Wynter is given the task of tracking down wanted criminal Jana Carter, he never expects to fall for a woman who can literally burn a man to ash with just one look.

Scene you like most and would never cut:

My favorite scene actually occurs at the very beginning of the book. Zane is forced to run into a burning house because he hears Jana screaming for help. This is the scene in which the two characters meet, and they both come together with very altered perceptions of each other. Lots of fire, drama, and a deadly demon who wants to kill them both—all in the first few pages of the book. Definitely my favorite scene!

Thing your heroine would never be caught dead doing/saying: Due to her past, Jana has more than a few trust issues. She’s not exactly sunshine and light. So she’d never be the sweet welcome wagon that greets new neighbors with a batch of homemade, chocolate chip cookies. Instead, she’d be more likely to suspect the neighbors of evil deeds—and she’d greet them with smoke and fire.

What celebrity is your hero like: I’d say Zane is like Alex O’Loughlin, with an edge.

What celebrity is your heroine like: Jana is like Kate Beckinsale from Underworld. Her outside appearance looks fragile, but that’s just a trick. She’s incredibly strong.

What is your heroine’s occupation, or if unemployed, what should she be doing:

Jana’s an assassin. Not your typical nine-to-five job, but it’s what works for her particular skill set.

What is your hero’s occupation, or if unemployed, what should he be doing:

Zane is a bounty hunter for the Night Watch organization. Night Watch hunts the killers (often very real monsters) that human cops can’t catch.

What you think readers will like best about this book:

I hope readers enjoy the action as well as the intense, sexy scenes between Zane and Jana.

The person that readers want you to write about but you haven’t yet:

This is the third installment in my Night Watch series, and I’ve gotten a lot of reader email about my cop, Antonio Young. He’s a human in a world full of paranormals, but he seems to fit well into the mix.

What’s next:

In July, I will be releasing my werewolf romance, NEVER CRY WOLF, with Kensington Brava, and then later in 2011, I’ll be releasing the first book in my new Fallen Angel series. There are currently four books planned for my angels, and I am having a fabulous time writing about them!

Thanks for checking out my post!  And now it’s time for my question. My heroine, Jana, is a woman with a very dark past. She isn’t a “good girl” by any stretch of the imagination (lucky for her, Zane is a very bad boy), but, what do you think about heroines who have a darker edge? And do you have a favorite “dark” heroine?

Thanks, again!

Cynthia Eden
www.cynthiaeden.com
www.twitter.com/cynthiaeden
ETERNAL FLAME—Available 11/30/10 from Kensington Brava