Erzabet Bishop

Erzabet Bishop is a USA Today bestselling and award winning author of over forty paranormal and contemporary romance books.

She lives in Houston, Texas and when she isn't writing about sexy shifters or voluptuous heroines, she enjoys playing in local bookstores and watching movies with her husband and furry kids.

What led you to write SURRENDERING TO HER MATE?

This book was inspired by some very real situations in my own life and I really wanted Clover to feel like she could be accepted for herself, curvy girl or not.

What do you do when you are not writing?

I am a bookstore manager and a dog mom.Do you read the same genre you write?

Have you ever written a scene that ‘creeped’ you out?

I wouldn’t say creeped me out…but this book was very emotional for me and I ended up crying at more than one point. Domestic violence is a tough thing to write about, but it has affected people in my family and I myself have had to deal with situations that make you grow up really fast. In a way, this book is a rallying cry to anyone who has ever been put down because they didn’t look a certain way. I believe in empowerment for all women and Master Richard was the perfect hero to introduce for this role. He and Clover are magic together and I just love this book.

Do you have a favorite writing place or writing rituals?

Yes. I write teen books, paranormal and contemporary adult and am also branching out into children’s picture books.

I write at my desk at home, with my puppies all around me. Chocolate and water at the standby, I have to have quiet, but I really love rainy days, where it just feels like it’s me and the keyboard.

A new beginning… Fleeing from a relationship gone horribly wrong, bunny shifter Clover Frazier makes the choice to start a new life. If only her car had gotten the memo. Stranded in the parking lot of what seemed to be a nightclub, she walks into a world she never knew existed. A new job with room and board are the answer to her prayers, but can she really outrun the ghosts of her past or will they come back to claim her?

A cat with a broken heart might just learn to love again. Master Richard has just come out of a five-year Master/sub arrangement after a bitter breakup. He spies the new barmaid instantly, dismissing her as just another pretty face. When circumstances put them in close proximity, his resolve to stay at a distance is put to the test when his prickly panther responds to the luscious bunny shifter. Finding himself enamored by the curvaceous blonde, the teacher becomes the student and this alpha male learns that the gift of trust might just be the greatest surrender of all.

Book Excerpt from SURRENDERING TO HER MATE

CLOVER GRIPPED THE handle on the front door to Inferno and was surprised to find it was locked.

“Oh no.”

She was about to knock when a workman opened the front door, dragging a ladder behind him.

“Excuse me, miss.” His eyebrows rose as he took in the dog, a pinched expression coming over his face.

“Here.” She held the door as he maneuvered outside.

He grunted in response and kept walking toward a nondescript van parked a few feet away and then secured the ladder to a rack on the roof.

“Okay…” Shaking her head, she entered the club and came face to face with a buxom brunette dressed in jeans and an overlarge baseball shirt with red sleeves. The woman caught sight of Clover standing in the doorway and hurried over to greet her, wiping her hands-on a bar rag as she approached.

“We’re closed, hun. Open again at seven tomorrow night.”

“Oh. I’m sorry.” Clover grimaced. “My car just broke down in your parking lot and I was hoping I could maybe use your phone…”

But even as she said the words reality struck. Who was she going to call? Then there was the hour. It was late and she really didn’t want to wake Gracie after the older woman had been up

at the crack of oh-dark-thirty for the opening shift that morning.

“Well… I’m not supposed to. The new security measures and all.”

“Oh,” Clover replied, her lips forming a tight smile. “It’s okay. I understand. I was on my way out of town for an audition.”

“With your dog?”

An uncomfortable moment of silence became longer as the woman scrutinized her, eyes lingering longer than Clover felt comfortable with on her face.

Had she applied enough concealer? God, she hoped so. But, even still, her stiff movements probably gave her away.

“I couldn’t leave him.” It was the truth.

“Hmmm. My name’s Miranda and I’m part owner of the bar.”

“Nice to meet you. Clover.” She juggled Sylvester’s weight and smoothed the worried expression from his face with a light kiss to his cheek.

She caught the scent of many shifters in the building and was trying to decide whether to run when Miranda grinned.

“Wait…you said you were going out of town for an audition.” The brunette’s eyes lit up. “You aren’t by chance looking for a job?”