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DEMONIC DESTINY
Possessed by Passion Collection
BY MICHELLE EDWARDS ETAL

Crazy Ink Publishing, LLC is pleased to present a USA Today bestseller list-aiming dark romance and paranormal romance collection boxset for release on March 16, 2021. Featuring stories from USA Today and International Bestselling authors, this set includes more than twenty romantic novels and novellas aimed to ignite your passions and make you fall in love with the characters. Pre order your copy today!

Collection Blurb

Passions pulsate.
Destinies collide.
Humans, angels, and demons alike are possessed with a common bind—desire.

Experience exquisite and sultry seraphs, demonic witches, a hellfire phoenix, a vengeful gargoyle, ordinary humans with dark sides, vampires, werewolves, ghostly spirits, and other creatures of the night, who will whet your desire for romance and seduction. Travel with them into their worlds as they lust for love, romance, and pleasure.

Will they find what they are searching for? Will you?
Find out in this twenty-plus, limited time paranormal and dark romance collection by USA Today, international bestselling, and award-winning authors.

Experience the passion.

Readers of Anne Rice, Debbie Paterson, Linda Howard, Dean Koontz, Kristen Ashley, and Paul Tremblay will love this dark collection! One click now to become POSSESSED…

Featuring the works of USA Today and International Bestselling Authors:

Bella Emy – USA Today Bestseller – For Better or For Cursed
Alyssa Drake – USA Today Bestseller – For Better or For Cursed
Cora Kenborn – USA Today Bestseller – Cast Stones
Catherine Wiltcher – Amazon All Star – Cast Stones
Erin Lee – USA Today Bestseller – Blank Slate
Olivia Marie –USA Today Bestseller– Blood Bound
Lorah Jaiyn – USA Today Bestseller – The Immortal Stone
Murphy Wallace – International Bestseller – Death in the Flames
N Isabelle Blanco – International Bestseller – Malice
Rena Marin – International Bestseller – The Arisen
Rita Delude – International Bestseller – Driven by Desire
M W Brown – International Bestseller – Under the Moonlight
Diana Register – International Bestseller – Electric Man
Stephanie Ayers – International Bestseller – Blood White
Yolanda Allard – International Bestseller – Gargoyles: Stone Curse
Sian B. Claven – International Bestseller – Neutral Ground
LJC Fynn – International Bestseller – Blank Slate
John Watson – International Bestseller – The Hollow-Eyed Girl
Tiffany Carby – International Bestseller – Meet Cut(e)
Michelle Edwards – International Bestseller – Demonic Destiny
Tracy A. Ball – International Bestseller – Blood Like Rain
Eve Corso – International Bestseller – Spellbound
Marie Ahls – International Bestseller – Villainous
Rheanon Nicole – International Bestseller – His Soul to Keep
Cloud S Riser – International Bestseller – Queen of Stone

Editor’s Note: Look for **Spring Madness** spotlights through March and April for authors included in this collection, a deeper look at the individual authors and their books, including Excerpts, Author Interviews, and Character Interviews!

DEMONIC DESTINY
Possessed by Passion Collection
BY MICHELLE EDWARDS

Blurb

Who knew a tattoo could change your destiny.

Kassandra Mayfield stood outside the house that had been in her family for decades. Her dead mother brought her back here, but it was the tattoo that appeared on her arm that forced her to stay.

Theo Webb drew her in from the moment she saw him. Everything about him was captivating, even his demonic presence. Kassandra always knew being a witch would become her new normal, but she never expected her destiny to take such a demonic turn.

Secrets are revealed, lives are lost, and her world was changing in ways her body and body weren’t ready for.

DEMONIC DESTINY
Possessed by Passion Collection
BY MICHELLE EDWARDS

Interview

1. What appeals to you about the genre that you write?

I write paranormal and contemporary. With paranormal, it all appeals to me. I can create monsters and creatures. With contemporary I tend to do military themes and when I write my military books I learn quite a bit.

2. Are you a plotter or a pantser (one who writes “by the seat of your pants”)?

Plantser. I plot and I write by the seat of my pants. I know that’s a little weird. I come up with an idea, character names and a basic summary of the book. Then I write down important events I want to happen. The rest just happens as I write.

3. What is your favorite part of writing?

The coming up with a new idea and getting the cover art done. For me having a cover makes it real and gives me that push to go.

4. If you had to give up writing and do something else, what would you do instead?

Well, I’m a travel agent also, so I’d probably focus most of my time on that.

5. What’s your favorite meal of the day?

Breakfast.

6. Which are your favorite characters to write, the female characters or the male characters? Why?

It depends on the story. I tend to like writing female characters more because I can relate really well.

7. If you had a superpower, what would it be, and how would you use it?

I think running fast like the Flash or Superman would be right now what I would want. It would make traveling so much quicker for me!

8. Many writers dream of having the ideal location to write. If you could live anywhere in the world or live a particular lifestyle, where would you be answering these questions right now?

From Turks & Caicos. It’s my favorite place to be and there would be nothing better than to be sitting some place where I could hear the ocean and see the beautiful turquoise water as I write.

9. Do you have any rejection stories to share? Reviews that meant something special to you?

When I first started writing I was a part of one of those writing forums (back before Facebook groups became a popular thing). I posted a piece of my work in there and it got slaughtered. I was crushed because at the time, I wasn’t prepared for any rejections like that. I’ve since learned that’s a big part of writing.

As for reviews that mean something special. To me, they all are special. I do have to say though, I love when my editor tells me she loves my story. To me it means I did something right.

10. Tell us about your next book & when is it being published?

Demonic Destiny in the Possessed by Passion collection released March 16th. It’s about a woman (a witch) who wakes up to her mother dead and a tattoo on her body. Then things just get crazier as she goes in search of how and why she is marked with a tattoo.