Mannix Dragon Shifters

Chapter 1

Mannix Dragon Shifters series was born from a marriage of two ideas following a multi-author event on f*******:. I had already published three series: His BBW to Hold (out of print), Masquerade Curves (out of print) and A Werewolf’s Curse. As a prize, I offered winners their choice of any of my books. Most winners chose my menage story from Masquerade Curves series, which surprised me because my best selling books were my paranormal romances. So, I thought, hey, what if I wrote a menage series in a paranormal world?

Mannix Dragon Shifters His BBW to Hold Masquerade Curves A Werewolf’s CurseMasquerade Curves If you know about writing, you’ll know that authors tend to describe themselves as plotters (outlining a book before you write it) or pantsers (writing by the seat of your pants). This was very much a “pantser” series.

When I started Their Runaway Mate, I had vague ideas about making it into a series, but I didn’t have any firm plans on what those future books would look like. So you may have noticed that I introduced some characters in that first book that didn’t end up with their own book (Korwyn, I’m looking at you in particular). As I wrote the later books, the series took on a different direction that I felt compelled to follow. I don’t have any immediately plans to write more in this series, but I suppose this is one of those “never say never” situations. After all, I really would love to see the Dragons Tears addicts find their way to happiness too. At the moment, though, I have witches and warlocks shouting at me to write their stories for The Warlock Prince’s Guards series.

Their Runaway MateThe Warlock Prince’s Guards Their Runaway Mate started with an idea and a couple of key scenes, then I discovered the story as I wrote it. That first chapter started it all, which is unusual for me. Rarely do the first words I write at the beginning of a project end up making it into the final version, but I loved having the dragons chase Jasmine out of her house.

Their Runaway Mate Book 2 also was a bit of a surprise too, but in a different way. I had the opportunity to participate in a paranormal romance Christmas anthology, so I jumped at the chance and wrote Snowbound at Solstice for it. Under other circumstances, I probably wouldn’t have written a Christmas novella as the second in the series, but it was fun to work with so many amazing paranormal romance authors and I love Holly in her Christmas sweater having the chance at her happily-ever-after.

Snowbound at SolsticeAfter that, I had a better idea of the books I wanted to write for finish the series. Xander and Kolz needed a woman who could handle them. And, Maryk demanded his happily-ever-after and I wanted to his redemption story. Heather’s story, like the series as a whole, was inspired by a reader’s comment. This time it was a review for Their Runaway Mate. The reviewer was like, “wait… what happened to the person in the cage?” When I wrote the original scene in Their Runaway Mate, I was happy that they’d saved the prisoner and didn’t worry too much about what happened to them next, but as the series continued I wondered “what if?” And so Heather’s story was born.

Their Runaway Mate.Their Runaway MateI loved writing this series and discovering all these characters along the way. And I am happy with how the series came together. The dragons, who were so desperate in the beginning, have more opportunities now to connect with and find their mates. With the the Mannix clan leading the way, I feel confident they will all be okay now.

I hope you enjoyed reading about the Mannix Dragon Shifters too!

Mannix Dragon Shifters XOXO

Lori

loriwhyte.com

Psst: Scroll to the end to see a list of my current books.

Psst: Scroll to the end to see a list of my current books.