MAYA BANKS DROPS BY FOR A VISIT

Hey Maya, Thanks so much for taking the time to visit and answer a few questions for us!

Tell us a bit about SWEET TEMPTATION and the other books you have being released this year.

Sweet Temptation is the fourth book in my sweet series and features, Micah Hudson, who’s been in all of the previous books (usually naked)  He’s run pretty hard from his past, but it catches up to him when the sister of his oldest and dearest friend arrives in Houston to turn his world upside down. He fights her—and fights hard—but he can’t win against the one thing he needs the most. Her love.

As for my other releases, Colters’ Lady, the second book in the Colters’ Legacy series releases (today!) from Samhain publishing. This book features the sons of Holly, Adam, Ethan and Ryan Colter.

And coming up this fall, I have a new action adventure/romantic suspense series debuting.  I call it my KGI series (Kelly Group International) and it focuses on a military family, six brothers who all served (two of whom are still enlisted) who do contract work for the government or private sector.  The first book is called The Darkest Hour and you can check out the cover and blurb on my website, www.mayabanks.com.

Why erotic?

It’s erotic when the story calls for it   In all seriousness, it’s the absolute truth.  Some of my “erotic” books are more erotic than others. While some books that would ordinarily have “erotic” themes, such as a story with more than two people, aren’t erotic at all.  Even books within a series, such as the sweet series, some books are more rooted in sex and sexual themes than others. It’s just a matter of who the characters are and what is right for them and their situations.  If you try to force a story to be erotic when at its heart it isn’t, then it’s not going to turn out well.

Do your characters come to you with their stories or do you develop them?

Yes and yea.  They come to me with a part of a story. Rarely do I get an entire storyline from start to finish. What I get is a kernel. Just bits and pieces of things I really like and then I have to develop the rest to fit those bits and pieces.

Do you have a favorite character or couple?

Eli and Tyana from Into the Mist. Nathan and Julie from Sweet Seduction. I love Garrett from my KGI series.

Favorite book(s) as a child, teen, adult?

Impossible to say. I read everything as a child and I mean everything. It was nothing for me to check out 30-40 books every time I went to the library, and I’d go at least every two weeks.

What’s your stress buster?

I’m still looking for one, unfortunately.

3 biggest pet peeves, I know it’s hard to pick just 3.

Rude people. Really. People who do nothing but bitch all the time. I just want to tell them to take a xanax (or three) and chill the hell out. No one wants to listen to that.

People who make assumptions about me based on what I write.

Preachy people. You know, the ones always doling out the advice but never taking it themselves?

What do you prefer to hunt?  What do you hunt with, bow & arrow, .22 ?

Mostly deer. I have a Browning compound bow and I shoot a Remington model 07 .308, stainless steel with a black synthetic stock and a Leupold stainless scope. It looks totally badass *g*

I bet it does…it sounds incredible..

Is there anything you’ve always wanted to do and haven’t yet?

I’d like to go deer hunting up in Saskatchewan. Hoping to do that soon!  I’d also like to go dove hunting in Argentina.

I hope you do get to realize those dreams soon & that you have a large time doing it!

Maya honey, I’ve very much enjoyed this chance to chat with you….Thank you again for visiting today…