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The Panther’s Lost Princess by McKenna Dean @McKennaDeanFic #RLFblog #PNR

The Panther's Lost Princess by McKenna Dean @McKennaDeanFic #RLFblog #PNRMcKenna Dean, welcome to Romance Lives Forever. I’m Kayelle Allen, author and owner of this blog. Happy to have you here! Please tell us about your book.

The Panther’s Lost Princess by McKenna Dean

Genre Paranormal Romance
Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
Ellie West has always known there was more to her story than being abandoned at birth. A child of the foster-care system, she didn’t get many breaks, but the one thing she can do is sing. It’s her only ticket out of poverty and obscurity. Nothing else matters, not even the nagging sense that she’s different. She’s headed for great things. She only needs a chance.
Jack Ferris couldn’t agree more. His firm, the elite paranormal agency Redclaw Security, has been hired to find a missing princess and return her to her family. Discovering that Ellie, a waitress in a hole-in-the-wall diner, is both the princess and his fated mate is like being hit with a sledgehammer. Ellie West can’t be his mate. She’s the mission.
The sooner Jack completes this job, the better, only Ellie has no intention of throwing her dreams away for a kingdom she’s never known. With hired assassins on their trail, Ellie might not have a choice. They must do whatever it takes to stay alive.
What is your go-to meal when you dine out?
I hate to admit it, but I’m a cheeseburger and fries kind of gal. You know what I mean—where you sit down in that little diner at a table with the red-and-white check tablecloth—and they bring you a monstrous burger on a plate with a heaping of crinkle-cut fries on the side. An ice-cold Coke fizzes in a glass in front of you as the smell of grilled meat wafts to your nostrils. As you take your first bite of that sumptuous burger, Sam Cook’s Stand By Me begins to play on jukebox in the corner. Oh yeah.
Who is your “book boyfriend” (that hottie you read about and drool over)?
When I was a teenager, I discovered the Lord Peter Wimsey novels. While ostensibly mysteries and not romances, the relationship between mystery writer Harriet Vane and Lord Peter is one of the healthiest romances I’ve ever read—teaching me early on what is possible when the man you love views you as a life partner and ally. It deeply influenced my notions of what I wanted in a relationship myself (someone educated, witty, and highly intelligent) as well as the kinds of relationships I want to depict in my own stories: where the man you love brings out the best in you and respect is the cornerstone of the relationship.
There’s a scene in one of the books where Harriet is determined to use herself as bait to flush out a poison pen in a small community. Lord Peter doesn’t forbid her from doing it, or tell her it’s a stupid idea, even though he fears for her safety. He teaches her how defend herself from an attack. That’s my hero.
What’s your favorite hashtag to watch on Twitter?
I have really come to enjoy Sunday evenings and #RWChat. I’ve met some amazing writers there, as well as learned some cool things about writing, marketing, and publishing. It’s great discovering that so many people out there have dealt with the same things you’re going through—and sometimes have cool solutions and recommendations.
Describe the perfect vacation.
I’d love nothing more than to rent a cabin in the mountains in late winter or early spring. I’d get up early in the morning and take the dogs hiking with a picnic lunch, and come back in the afternoons to get some uninterrupted writing in. After another dog walk, we’d pile up on the couch in front of a crackling fire in the hearth, and read books until I fell asleep.
If the hero of your latest book called you on the phone, what would be a perfect ringtone for him?
Oh, that’s easy—I didn’t even have to think about it! Bad to the Bone by George Thorogood.

Where to buy The Panther’s Lost Princess

Publisher Redclaw Publishing
Amazon http://a.co/bNAGFy9

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McKenna Dean has been an actress, a vet tech, a singer, a teacher, a biologist, and a dog trainer. She’s worked in a genetics lab, at the stockyard, behind the scenes as a props manager, and at a pizza parlor slinging dough. Finally she realized all these jobs were just a preparation for what she really wanted to be: a writer.
She lives on a small farm in North Carolina with her family, as well as the assorted dogs, cats, and various livestock.
She likes putting her characters in hot water to see how strong they are. Like tea bags, only sexier.
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