Twin
Flames
Katoom
Series
Book
One
Cassandra
L Shaw
Genre: Paranormal Romance / Suspense
Publisher: Black Opal Books
Date of Publication: 25th July,
2015
ASIN: B011CN2YM0
Number of pages: 316
Word Count: 100 000
About the Book:
She’s in grave danger, but she doesn’t
want his protection…
After a long and bitter world-war
for pure human supremacy, humans and two sub-species the Eli and Crea reside on
Earth in an uneasy harmony. One morning on a jog, Bliss Jacobs finds a murdered
fellow Eli. She scents the killer on the body, but other evidence is washed
away by a savage storm, leaving Bliss as the sole witness and the target of an
assassin—and forcing her back into the world of the man who shattered her
heart.
He believes she is his destined mate,
but he knows there are no second chances…
Kaid Sinclair is chasing more
than his best friend’s murderer. He wants Bliss in his bed and in his life, but
after their relationship went south several years ago, he knows he has to tread
carefully. So how can he keep her safe, while still proving to her that they
are destined to be mates, and he doesn’t just want to control her? All he wants
is for her to be safe—but with a killer who sees her as Kaid bait, Kaid may
have to choose…his life or hers?
Chapter
1
Train
Tracks
The assassin
grunted, dropped the body, and then watched it roll and sprawl on its back.
Empty eyes stared at the dark and cold Montana spring night sky. The assassin
laughed.
He’d killed him.
He scratched at
the chemical reactive burning inside his robotic chest. Hissed at the scald of
the toxins pulsing in his neck and right arm veins. Silver and the metals that
only resided in Eli—a race of humans who, along with the Crea, had taken refuge
on Earth five hundred years ago when their own planet Ecreal died—merged with
the contaminants in his body with caustic results.
About
the Author:
Cassandra L Shaw writes Urban
Fantasy, Paranormal Romance, Romantic Suspense, & Contemporary Romance. She
lives in a small farm on the Sunshine Coast of Australia. Her eclectic past
includes fashion design, environmental science and years of drudgery as an
office worker where she dreamed of NOT being an office worker. She discovered writing a few years ago and
has decided that with its mix of art, writing craft, and study she’s at last
found the career that suits her arty and academic mind.
Interview
Where are you from?
Hi, I live on a small farm at the top end of the
Sunshine Coast in Queensland, Australia. I’m surrounded by animals (pets and
wild), trees, and creeks but only half an hour from Noosa’s beaches and shops.
It’s a good life.
Tell us your latest news?
Black Opal Books recently released my paranormal
romantic suspense, Twin Flames, book 1 of the Katoom series. Which is pretty
exciting.
I’ve also just returned from the Romance Writers of
Australia, Melbourne conference and a week-long immersion course with Margie
Lawson on deepening writer craft. Added together it was 9 days of inspiring fun
and damn exhausting. Third day home and I’m still tired but can’t wait to apply
my new knowledge to my work.
When and why did you begin writing?
I started at the very beginning of 2011 after I’d
written a very long winded, poorly crafted 170 000 word paranormal romance in
about six weeks. It was awful but it
sparked my writing bug. But since I knew my writing craft was poor I sought
help.
When did you first consider yourself a writer?
As soon as I took several courses and workshops and
applied what I’d learned. Once I saw the difference I knew I wanted to pursue
writing as my career and it was at this point I started calling myself a
writer.
What inspired you to write your first book?
I had a lull in my life. Kids were at school, I’d
finished my degree, finished renovating the house we were then living in and
was bored. I needed a new challenge, a challenge that would use both my
creative side and my need to learn side.
I’d always wanted to write but had little confidence
in my ability, then one day I read a simply written book that I enjoyed and
thought, wow, I wonder if I can write after all and so it started. (The book
was Twilight).
Do you have a specific writing style?
Well I’m a pantser and I write and revise with layers.
So I write a rough draft out of my head with nothing more than an idea or even
just a single image of the main character in my mind. One I’ve written the
rough draft of the story I revise it and revise it and revise it etc. etc.–
each time adding layers of depth and plot. Some layers can be as simple as
adding more humor, or torturing my characters (deepening their emotional
journey)
How did you come up with the title?
I choose all my titles out of the story. Twin Flames
is part of the connection of the main couple. In another story I chose what the
main character calls her job, so it’s usually a phrase that is in the story
that is relevant to the character or characters.
Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
Honestly, not really.
In Twin Flames I’ve used a commonality I see worldwide—and
one that has in the past changed the world—hatred and racism. My over-arching
plot that will drive the series forward is the Pures. Pure humans who detest
and fear the sub-humans, the Eli and Crea (aliens who live on Earth). Each novel
will be about fighting the Pures (the evil and suspense part of the story) and
following the life and love of my latest hero and heroine (the romance part).
How much of the book is realistic?
Twin Flames is set in alternative futuristic Earth
and has both paranormal and sci-fi elements but though the main characters
aren’t 100% human their emotions are realistic, and their way of life is easily
recognizable as ours with a few twists.
Are experiences based on someone you know, or events in your own life?
No, it’s totally fiction dug out of my dreams.
What books have influenced your life most?
I can’t honestly say any fictional books have
influenced me in any way. To me fiction is to take you on a journey of
entertainment. Non-fiction may have, but then you read what you are interested
in so influence is only gained through a door you already have open.
If you had to choose, which writer would you consider a mentor?
Karen Marie Moning or Nalini Singh as both write
series and characters well.
What book are you reading now?
The 7th in the Eve Dallas series by J.D.
Robb. The first ten in the series are the ones I re-read. And I just put finished Sworn to Silence by
Linda Castillo.
Are there any new authors that have grasped your interest?
Well Linda Castillo is new to me and I’m keen to
read her second in the series. I also have a large to be read pile and it has a lot of new authors on it.
What are your current projects?
I’m currently working on four books. I’m revising
the rough draft of the 2nd of my Grave Robber series, writing the
rough draft of the second in the Katoom series (book after Twin Flames),
writing the rough draft of a Sci-fi Romantic suspense and revising a single
title contemporary romance (the first story I’ve written without speculative
elements).
What would you like my readers to know?
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