True Blood won’t be airing new episodes until this summer, and waiting for Season 4 is quite difficult for most fans. My alternative (besides chatting with fellow fans here on TrueBloodNet.com) has been to turn to books to make the wait less painful. However, I can only go so far with vampires. Sometimes I prefer to read about were-creatures and shapeshifters. One writer with several shapeshifting characters in her books that I read all the time is Moira Rogers.
Technically, Moira is composed of two women, Bree and Donna. They’re brilliant, incredibly funny, and very witty. And yes, all of these traits show up consistently in their books. Take, for example, Crux, which is the first book from their Southern Arcana series.
Crux is the story of Jackson Holt and Mackenzie Brooks, a private investigator and a woman who is running scared. But of course, nothing is as simple as that. Mackenzie is on the run from a stalker, and lucks into getting a job with a friend of Jackson’s. That friend actually instigates the beginning of Jackson and Mackenzie’s relationship.
From there, love, lust, and craziness ensue as Jackson and Mackenzie try to stay a step ahead of the stalker while Mackenzie learns about being a shapeshifter and finds out why she’s being pursued.
I really don’t want to go into too much detail, but this is a fantastic book, and if you love True Blood, you’ll enjoy Crux too.
Two (2) lucky winners will be chosen to win a trade paperback copy of Moira Rogers’ book Crux. You can find a short excerpt from the book here.
How To Enter For Your Chance To Win a copy of Moira Rogers’ book Crux.
- In the comment section below answer the following question: What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of being a shifter? How do those shape your perception of shifters?
- Please provide a valid email address when you enter so we may contact the winner.
- Comments must be posted no later then 11:59pm EDT on Sunday, February 27, 2010 to be eligible.
- Two (2) winners will be drawn randomly from all eligible entries. Two (2) winners will each receive a copy of Moira Rogers’ book Crux.
Winners must respond within 72 hours upon notification. Please check both your inbox and spam folders for the notification if you have been chosen the winner. If the winner does not respond with the 72 hours time frame a new winner will be randomly selected.
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Good Luck!
Sandi Speer Robinson
Some of the advantages of being a shifter include the ability to experience the natural world with heightened senses, experience insights into other animals that humans can never experience, and experience joy in the simple acts of running, flying, swimming, feeding, procreating, and surviving, etc. unencumbered by human politics, manners, and niceties.
Disadvantages of being a shifter include the inability to talk or communicate intangible ideas across species, the neccessities of having to change on the full moon whether you want to or not, and limitations on humans you can trust with your secret.
These advantages and disadvantages of/for shifters cause me to feel both admiration for their abilities and sorrow for their limitations.