Please tell my readers a little bit about your brand new book.
Beta’s Mate is the eighth book in the Siberian
Volkov Romance Series. It follows directly after Wolfe’s Mate and features
Granger, the Beta of the Quebec Pack, and his newly turned mate, Brenda Ross.
This book was fun to write because it was different from the others in the
series. This is the first time where the female character was the Alpha and the
male is Beta. But don’t let that fool you, Granger could be an Alpha if he
wanted, he just doesn’t want to. Normally my stories center on the Alpha males
who can be very domineering. Instead we meet Brenda, a woman who is independent
and courageous. She won’t be fooled by anyone and her only fault is that she
doesn’t trust in love.
Describe the genre of this particular title, and
is the only genre you write in?
All of my series are in the paranormal variety. I
write the Shadow Walker Tribe Romances, which feature Native Americans who can
walk into a different dimension. The Witch Guardians Romance, which feature the
witch kind of Great Britain, discovered in my lycan story “My Magic Mate” and
of course my wolf shifter series, The Siberian Volkov Pack Romances. When asked why I write paranormal, I would say it’s
because my life is paranormal. I saw my first ghost at three years old and my
life has been filled with happenings out of the norm. Why Romance? Because of
the happy endings. I think our world is filled with depressing truths. You can
see them every night when you turn on the news. So happy endings are important
to me and I think the world needs more of them.
Why have you become a published author?
I’ve dreamed of being an author since I was in
middle school. I loved to read and still do, voraciously. In high school I
wrote for the school newspaper and wrote short stories for school projects. I
wrote my first novel during this time, it was a Sci-Fi adventure. After
college, I got married and traveled the world, while my husband served in the
Air Force. I continued to write, but just for me. After becoming ill and having
to quit my job to recover, I decided that it was finally time to accomplish my
dream. It took me two years of writing, taking classes, and studying marketing
to make my dream come true.
What is your writing routine like?
My writing routine varies time wise. My favorite
time to write is early in the morning or late at night. Both times I am usually
upstairs in my bedroom lying in bed. I try and do something for my writing
career every day. If I’m not working on a manuscript, I am writing blog posts,
or making book trailers. I do try to add to my manuscript daily, but if the
words aren’t flowing, I normally put it aside and do something else. Being an
independent author means there’s always something needing to be done. J
Having achieved your goal to be a published
author, what is the most rewarding thing?
I love to interact with my fans. I love getting
letters from them and talking to them on Facebook. I love their suggestions and
comments on story ideas. I continue to write because they continue to ask me
for new stories.
Will you share some encouraging words for authors
still struggling for that first contract?
If this is really your dream, then you have to work
at it every day. You have to write, study writing to get better at your craft,
and learn the business of writing. Keep at it, don’t give up, and don’t let
anyone tell you to stop. Making your dream come true will take hard work, but
it’s worth it.
Please
Share three fun facts about you that most people don’t know.
1) I am a Reiki Master.
2) I have gone Ghost Hunting in Gettysburg, PA
3) I am an identical twin. (My sister died at birth)
What’s
next for you?
“The Gift of My Mate” will be coming
out in November for Christmas. This story will also take place in the Quebec
Pack.
BOOK
BLURB:
Beta’s Mate
Book
Eight of the Siberian Volkov Pack Romance Series
Brenda Scott, while being cured of cancer, had her
world turned upside down when she shifted into a wolf. Now, living in Quebec
with her new lycan pack, she wonders if her dream of joining a special
operations unit is forever out of reach. Then there is the quiet man who
watches her with the yellow eyes of a wolf wanting his mate. Will she be able
to adapt to her new wild urgings?
Granger Thibault wants his mate more than anything
in the world. But he knows that if he pushes her, she will fight back. Once a
soldier, and the Alpha female’s lycan sister, Brenda is a force to be reckoned
with. Can Granger find a way around Brenda’s hard shell to the soft woman
waiting to be loved?
Excerpt:
Chapter
One
She
ran headlong into the wind, tail streaming behind. Muscles bunched. She leapt
over a downed tree. She sprang away, a wolfy grin on her face. Her heart
pounded. The raw cold filled her lungs. Claws dug into the earth. Leaves
crunched. She ran faster. Her vision narrowed as the edges blurred. She was
stronger, faster, more. She was Lycan.
Running
full speed in her wolf form, Brenda Scott appeared a blur to the human eye. Not
that there were any humans out here on this side of the mountain, at least not
yet.
The
first snow had left a light dusting of white crystals on the ground. The next
snow would cover the mountain. When that happened, skiers would flock to the
resort on the other side of the peak. It wouldn’t be safe to run like this.
Even with no trespassing signs to keep the humans away, she had been warned
they always seemed to end up on the wrong side of the mountain. She’d worry
about that later. Today, she could run.
Brenda
was surprised how much she liked her new lycan status. Shifting into her wolf
form gave her a sense of coming home. Home to something wild that lived as one
with all of nature. She heard better, saw in the dark, and smelled scents from
the ski resort on the other side of the mountain. But most of all, the cancer
that tried to steal her life was gone. Cured completely as if it never existed.
That was the greatest gift of becoming a lycan.
Brenda
growled low, remembering how angry she had been, at first. Resentful that the
group, Doctors for a Better Humanity, had used her as a science experiment.
Now, the wind whispered secrets in her ear. She paused. Sniffing the air, she
caught his scent, woodlands with a hint of musk. He was coming. The man who
would be her lycan mate. Her wolf spirit gave a happy little wiggle, while the
human woman inside sighed. She wanted to see him, needed to see him. Too bad
Brenda couldn’t let herself give in to that need.
She
slowed her pace when she saw the cliff face ahead. Lowering her shaggy head, she shrugged her
way out of the doggy backpack around her muscular neck. Calling the shift to
her, she pictured herself in her human form. Light brown hair, gray eyes and
pale skin, the long limbs of her runner’s body. She closed her eyes as white
lights appeared to swirl around her. Bones broke and reformed, canine toes
lengthened into fingers as her nails flattened and thinned. Her face rounded
and the hair that covered her body sunk into her skin. Her tail receded. It was
finished in an instant. The pain caused by the change only a wisp of a memory.
She was human once again.
Naked,
she grabbed the pack and donned the Lycra suit and special climbing shoes
inside. She fitted the backpack on her shoulders, and taking a deep breath,
reached for the first toehold of rock. Her focus narrowed as she shut out
everything except the cliff face before her and the next handhold. In minutes
she was nearing the top of the outcropping. As she reached to pull herself up
onto the ledge, she saw the yellow eyes of the wolf waiting for her.
Brenda
sighed, she should have known he would find her. The huge beast moved backwards
out of her way as she scrambled to swing her legs onto the shelf. Brenda turned
and sat, her legs crossed, facing the east and the early morning sun, refusing
to speak and shatter the peace that she acquired through her physical activity.
She listened as birds called to each other from the trees, squirrels chattered
as they gathered their autumn harvest, and one lone hawk screamed a greeting as
he soared on an updraft of air.
The
huge silver and gray wolf sat beside her. She could feel his heat merging with
hers. Her wolf spirit sighed in contentment from his nearness. Brenda closed
her eyes, holding in the urge to wrap her arms around his shaggy form.
He
didn’t speak or put his thoughts into her mind with his telepathy, he just sat
next to her. The sounds of nature surrounded and cocooned them. They could be
the only two lycans in the world, even though she knew that wasn’t true.
Her
skin itched and her wolf spirit whined. The need to touch him overpowered her
good sense. She slipped an arm around his body and leaned her head against him.
She couldn’t resist her desire to be close to him, touch him, and it angered
and confused her. The lycan mating bond demanded that she submit to this man
hiding in a wolf’s body.
He
never asked. He just watched her, always near. His beautiful light amber eyes
following her, caressing her from across the room. Granger Thibault, Beta of
the Quebec pack, drove her mad.
She
fought her attraction, battled her need to be near him. It was too much, too soon
after being turned into a lycan. But as time progressed she had to admit she
liked him. He had a ready smile and a quick wit. He could defuse a situation
between two aggressive lycans quicker than a lightning strike. He tempered the
Alpha’s forceful personality with a quick joke, taking the bite out of commands
that should be requests, and leaving both parties’ dignities intact, often at
the sacrifice of his own. He amazed her.
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Caryn
Moya Block burst onto the paranormal romance scene with her debut e-book
Alpha’s Mate in January of 2012, which won the “Global Ebook Award for 2012” in
contemporary romance. She was also named one of the “Top 50 Indie Authors for
April 2012” from E-Reader Reviews. A Siberian Werewolf in Paris was chosen as a
finalist in the 2014 RomCon.com Readers’ Choice Awards in the paranormal
category.
Caryn
has continued to write, giving her readers three different series to choose
from, The Shadow Walkers Romance Series, The Witch Guardian Romance Series, and
the very popular, Siberian Volkov Pack Romance Series.
Caryn
loves romantic movies and stories that end “Happily Ever After.” She is an avid
reader and writer who lives in the Virginia Piedmont. Her pack consists of her
husband of more than thirty years, two grown sons, a beautiful daughter-in-law,
and granddaughter, as well as a cat, a turtle, and four Shetland sheepdogs. She
suffers from “Multiple Sheltie Syndrome,” because one is never enough. After
seeing her first ghost when she was three, she has been intrigued with the
paranormal. She would love to hear from you at CarynMoyaBlock@gmail.com
You
can find more information about Caryn Moya Block here:
WEBSITE and BLOG: http://carynmoyablock.com/
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