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<\/p>\nHello, Raven, your new novel about shifters sound exciting and what a\u00a0cool\u00a0cover!<\/p>\n
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What would you like readers to know about your book?<\/b><\/p>\n
Cat with the Blue Eyes is the first book in a new series called The Cats of Craig Mhor.<\/p>\n
Catlin can\u2019t shift, even though her parents could, and she\u2019s so unsure about how it will affect Dylan.<\/p>\n
He of course is confident it doesn\u2019t matter at all.<\/p>\n
Does it?<\/p>\n
Well, you\u2019ll need to read the story to find out.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s just a short story, but one I hope people will find as satisfying to read as I did to write.<\/p>\n
What was it like to write the story? Did you face any difficulties\/challenges?<\/b><\/p>\n
It\u2019s set in The Trossachs, in Scotland an area I know and love very well. If we were to be very exact about Scottish Wild Cat\u2019s territory it\u2019s probably a bit far south for them, but as my cats are shifters, there is no reason they can\u2019t live there. It\u2019s perfect for them. Mountains, lochs and wooded glens.<\/p>\n
The difficulty is I suppose to create a realistic scenario, where shifters can live and work, and still make it a place that if you visited you\u2019d be able to say, \u2018aha I bet this is where Cat lives.\u2019<\/p>\n
I much prefer to set my stories in places I know and love. The only thing I might do is move a house to a new part of the area. After all I\u2019m not sure my neighbors won\u2019t want people knocking on their door and asking to see the room Dylan shifts in, or the school Cat teaches at.<\/p>\n
What have you learned from the main characters in your story?<\/b><\/p>\n
It\u2019s so much fun to discover who and what they are. I\u2019m very much character driven in this book, and as they revealed themselves to me, I learned how they think, how they react and, most importantly, how I need to do as they say, not make them do as I say. (That never works. I learned that right back at the beginning of my career.)<\/p>\n
Do you write in other genres and if so, what are they?\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
I write romance in various guises, for quite sweet to quite hot, and I guess from sensual to dark. (Dark romance as Kera Faire)<\/p>\n
I also write YA as J. Lilley. The reissued Shalean Moon series, about Leopard shifter in yes, you guessed it The Trossachs will be reissued in the late summer.<\/p>\n
What genres would you like to try that you haven\u2019t already?<\/b><\/p>\n
Maybe a crime story one day, but you know? I\u2019m really happy doing what I do.<\/p>\n
What or who influences your writing?<\/b><\/p>\n
My mood and my muse I guess. I just write.<\/p>\n
Where do you find your inspiration?<\/b><\/p>\n
Everywhere and anywhere. I got one idea for a story, as I washed up, and another when I was on holiday in Devon and decided the house we rented was perfect for one of my Regency heroines, as well as a contemporary. The village there and indeed the village I live in Scotland are often used, and I used a holiday villa in Majorca for the setting of another book.<\/p>\n
Do you have any interests outside of writing, and if so, what are they?<\/b><\/p>\n
Does wine, chocolate and travel count? I also like tapestry, and reading of course.<\/p>\n
What is your next literary project?<\/b><\/p>\n
A Regency\u2014the next book in my Daring Ladies series. That\u2019s a short series about unconventional ladies who don\u2019t follow the rules of the times. Such great fun to write. This one is about a young girl who stands in for a dancer at short notice and attracts the attention of a Duke.<\/p>\n
Blurb for Cat with Blue Eyes:<\/b><\/p>\n
It\u2019s not easy being among wild cat shifters, when you\u2019re simply human. Especially, when you\u2019re trying to keep your supposed mate at arm\u2019s length.<\/p>\n
Catlin Creamer isn\u2019t buying into this destiny nonsense. What does that even mean?<\/p>\n
Dylan MacSween might be her every fantasy on legs, but she will not be subjugated by any man, let alone an Alpha like him.<\/p>\n
Give him a pack to rule any time. Wooing a female like Cat is a complete step into the unknown. However, this Alpha knows what he wants, and he wants his mate.<\/p>\n
Persuading her might take some time, but when his leadership is challenged, Cat proves herself more than worthy as his life partner.<\/p>\n
Take one red-haired blue-eyed Cat.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n
That’s Catlin\u2014she can’t shift.<\/b><\/p>\n
Add Dylan\u2014who can.<\/b><\/p>\n
Stir in melodrama, malice, and mischief and watch the fur fly.<\/b><\/p>\n
Literally.<\/b><\/p>\n
Excerpt from Cat with the Blue Eyes:<\/b><\/p>\n
The cat next to her smiled\u2014if that\u2019s what you called the baring of canines\u2014shook and morphed into a hot as hades male. One she\u2019d sworn off ages ago.<\/p>\n
He was bad enough as a cat. As a human, a naked human, he was ten times worse.<\/p>\n
Dylan MacSween stretched and her mouth went dry.<\/p>\n
God, he was magnificent. Long tawny tresses with those gold and dark streaks in them, just like his fur when he\u2019d shifted. A torso sprinkled with short strands of gold and black, which arrowed downward to where dark, wiry, hair made a nest for his, she had to admit, rather magnificent cock. To say she drooled was an understatement.<\/p>\n
Her mouth went dry as she thought of what he could do with that appendage\u2026if she agreed to mate with him.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately for her, he was her\u00a0designated<\/i>\u00a0mate and she was having none of it. No way would she be told to mate, or subjugate herself to anyone. Even if it did mean she stayed single forever.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019d hate it.\u201d Dylan shook his head and let his hair spin around and settle on his shoulders. \u201cBeing single for ever.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cDammit, keep out of my thoughts. It\u2019s rude to listen in,\u201d she said indignantly. \u201cMine all mine.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou forget as my life partner to be, I can read you without consciously trying. Hear you automatically,\u201d Dylan said as he finger combed his hair and plaited it loosely. \u201cSod it, this needs cutting.\u00a0 Have you got an elastic handy? Nowhere to hide one like this.\u201d He regarded his naked body unselfconsciously.<\/p>\n
Catlin rummaged in her pocket and brought out a pink scrunchy. \u201cOnly this.\u201d She waited to see what he\u2019d say as she dangled it from one finger and whirled it around in a circle.<\/p>\n
\u201cThanks, that\u2019s fine.\u201d Dylan took it from her mid-swing, and secured the end of his plait. \u201cRight, any clues where my jeans are?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhere you left them maybe?\u201d Catlin said sweetly. Something in his tone annoyed her. \u201cI\u2019m not your servant. I have no idea where you dump stuff, because I have no need to.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dylan gave her a black look. His eyes glowed yellow and dangerous before he blinked and sheathed his inner cat. \u00a0She shivered. Why, oh why did she insist on challenging him?<\/p>\n
Because he\u2019s too big for his paws that\u2019s why.\u00a0<\/i>But was he? Or was he merely fulfilling his role in the Dowt\u2014their group of Scottish Wild Cats that lived and worked as humans part of the time and shifted into their wild forms at others.<\/p>\n
\u201cNever said you were my servant, sweet Cat. I don\u2019t want a servant. I want a partner.\u201d<\/p>\n
Buy links:<\/strong><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.evernightpublishing.com\/cat-with-the-blue-eyes-by-raven-mcallan<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.bookstrand.com\/cat-with-the-blue-eyes-mf<\/a><\/p>\n amazon uk http:\/\/amzn.to\/2rRzOyh<\/a><\/p>\n amazon .com http:\/\/amzn.to\/2sVNpV1<\/a><\/p>\n My stalking links<\/strong><\/p>\n Well what can I say?<\/p>\n I’m growing old disgracefully and loving it.<\/p>\n Oh and I live on the edge of a Scottish forest, and rattle around in a house much too big for us.<\/p>\n Our kids have grown up and flown the nest, but roll back up when they want to take a deep breath and smell the daisies so to speak.<\/p>\n I write in my study, which overlooks the garden and the lane. I’m often seen procrastinating, by checking out the wild life, looking\u2014only looking\u2014at the ironing basket and assuring tourists that indeed, I’m not the bed and breakfast. That would mean cooking fried eggs without breaking the yolks, and disturbing the dust bunnies as they procreate under the beds. Not to be thought of.<\/p>\n Being able to do what I love, and knowing people get pleasure from my writing is fantastic. Long may it last.<\/p>\n http:\/\/www.ravenmcallan.com<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/ \/www.ravenmcallan.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ravenandkera<\/a> (my page)<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ravenmcallanandkerafaire<\/a> (author page)<\/p>\n https:\/\/twitter.com\/RavenMcAllan<\/a><\/p>\n http:\/\/amzn.to\/2r3i55e<\/a> \u00a0 \u00a0 (Amazon. com page)<\/p>\n http:\/\/amzn.to\/2r32baI<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 (Amazon UK)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hello, Raven, your new novel about shifters sound exciting and what a\u00a0cool\u00a0cover! What would you like readers to know about your book? Cat with the Blue Eyes is the first book in a new series called The Cats of Craig Mhor. Catlin can\u2019t shift, even though her parents could, and she\u2019s so unsure about how … Continue reading “An interview with author, Raven McAllan, on her latest release, Cat with the Blue Eyes”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-83","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-promoting-other-authors"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=83"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89,"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/83\/revisions\/89"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=83"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=83"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.korysteed.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=83"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}