The Trouble With Spells Blog Tour: Build Your Own Alpha

As a lover of romance, I have spent my fair share of time swooning over hot and delicious book heroes.  Sometimes during these love fests I would find myself in the mood for a certain kind of hero though, and I would read through books trying to find that perfect specimen who fit my current needs.

After hours and hours of “researching” through said books, I’ve decided what we need is something like a café, where we can just grab a table, pull up a chair and let the waitress fill out our order.

Waitress: “Thanks for coming to Hunky’s today.  What can I get for you?”

Me: “I’ll have the Alpha, dark and brooding, tough, though slightly tender in the

center, and a heaping side of Knee Buckling Kisses please.”

Waitress: “Can I get you anything to drink with that?”

Me: “Sure.  I’ll take a bottle of Rippling Abs.”

Waitress: “Would you like me to super size your order?”

Me: “MOST DEFINITELY!”

Waitress: “Would you also be interested in upgrading to a private dining room?”

Me: “That would be lovely, thank you!”

Waitress: “No problem.  I will get this order put right in and have it out to you

soon!”

Wouldn’t you love a place like that?  I know I would definitely be a frequent customer!  It would be the meal you would want to go straight to your hips!

But, alas, this place only exists in my imagination.  That’s when I put the brakes on!  Wait! I have an imagination!  What if I built an Alpha to my own specifications?  The idea took over quickly in my head and I began to ponder different scenarios. The possibilities were endless, with so many choices that I was soon overwhelmed with where to start.

I began writing little snippets here and there, but nothing too grandiose, before moving onto a little fantasy novel with a hero that had potential, but has never been fully explored yet.  I had just finished the rough draft for that book when the idea for Of Witches and Warlocks came to me.  Even though I knew this was going to be a young adult series, I decided to throw my Alpha crafting into full force and create a character I could fall in love with.

Thus Vance Mangum was born.

He’s not perfect, but that’s one of the things that makes him perfect I think.  He’s a little older than Portia, he being eighteen to her sweet sixteen, but I felt that gave him a little more maturity.  I wanted him to be a gorgeous, good-hearted guy who was surrounded by this terrible darkness that was constantly threatening him.  But even in the midst of all that adversity he still tries to do the things he thinks are right.

I love that Vance is super confident and sure of himself.  He’s not afraid to pull off some cockiness occasionally, but never to his girl.  When it comes to her, she is everything to him and his attitude toward her reflects that from the start.  He’s crazy about her and not afraid to show it, no matter who’s watching!

He reached down then to grab my hand, interlocking our fingers together, and I felt that ever-present tingling at his touch. We began walking down the hallway. This action caused quite a stir among our classmates, and many of them stopped to stare, some even pointing. I could hear the whispers behind our backs as we passed.

“Silly, isn’t it?” I said, when we stepped out of the door into the bright sunshine.

“Not at all,” he replied. “Now the whole school knows you’re my girl.”

My heart started pounding in my chest, and I stopped dead on the sidewalk, squinting up into his face through the sunlight.

“Is that what I am?”

He turned to look at me, moving right in front of me, standing face to face. “That’s what you are,” he replied, his voice husky with some sort of emotion, his eyes holding mine with a meaningful look. He lifted my face to his with both of his hands and proceeded to kiss me full on the lips, claiming me as his own right there for the whole world to see.

Vance’s character will continue to evolve in many different ways throughout the series, and I find I love him a little more with every word I write about him.  After all, he’s my Alpha, my choice, my guy, built to suit my tastes.  But I truly hope you will enjoy him too!

How do you prefer your Alpha?

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About the author:

Lacey Weatherford has always had a love of books. She wanted to become a writer after reading her first Nancy Drew novel at the age of eight.  She resides in the White Mountains of Arizona , where she lives with her wonderful husband, six beautiful children, one son-in-law, and their energetic schnauzer, Sophie. When she's not out supporting one of her kids at their sporting/music events, she spends her time writing, reading, blogging, and reviewing books.

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