While the TALISMAN is not precisely a vampire novel, her vampire, Serge, does appear in it as a friend of the main character and the talismans which plays such an important role in THE TALISMAN appear in BLOODLUST II: THE TAMING OF SERGE. Marilyn Lee recommends reading the TALISMAN before reading BLOODLUST II.
When not writing romances, Marilyn enjoys roller-skating, spending time with her large extended family, and rooting for all her hometown sports teams. Her other interests include collecting Doc Savage pulp novels from the thirties and forties and collecting Marvel comics from the seventies and eighties. She thoroughly enjoys hearing from readers who can email her at MLee2057@AOL.com.
INTERVIEW
You often write about strong black women with white men. Is that your fantasy, to have
a white lover?
No, it's not. I started writing about black women with white men because so many of
my friends are involved in interracial relationships and complained there weren't
enough romances that reflected their particular love stories. So actually, the fantasy, or
the reality belongs to many of my friends. Nevertheless, my characters, generally
determine who or what they are. I let them pick their occupations, their fantasies, and
even their skin color. ;-0
You have approached such a controversial subject, as interracial couplings with
sensitivity and care. What sort of response have you gotten from readers?
The response from readers who are not my friends have been extremely positive, which
is another reason I continue to write interracial love stories.
Do you think it has hurt or helped your career?
I don't know that's it's done either. I like to think that my stories stand on their own and
I've been fortunate enough to develop a core readership that read my stories whether
they're interracial, vampire, paranormal, or just plain contemporaries. I've been very
fortunate in that respect.
Dealing with controversial subjects and different heroines seems to be a habit, since
not only have some of your heroines been black, some have been full figured. Why do
you choose such out of the norm heroines?
Actually, I don't think it is out of the norm. Granted it's probably out of the "norm" as
