Caridad Pineiro The Lost Blog Tour with Guest Post

I am so excited to have Caridad Pineiro here to talk about her Hunters in a guest post here at Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews.
Caridad is currrently touring to promote her new book The Lost which features shapeshifters.

Thanks so much Pump Up Your Book Promotions for connecting us on this blog tour!

Please take it away Caridad!

Mix Two Parts Paranormal and One Part Romantic Suspense

By Caridad Pineiro

I’m often asked what is my favorite genre and I have no doubt that my favorite is actually a mix of paranormal romance and romantic suspense, or what I like to call paranormal suspense.

What I like about paranormal suspense is that I get to mix parts of both genres in order to create a story, like I did for THE LOST, the first book in my new Sin Hunters series.

The first thing I had to do was to create a mythology that would appeal to readers. Although I’ve written about vampires (and will have two new THE CALLING books out in early 2012), I wanted this story to have very different paranormal elements.

After a lot of brainstorming, I came up with the idea of building my mythology about a race of people who possessed the ability to gather energy from the things around them, like the forces of nature, animal and human life forces, and for conflict, the energies of other Hunters. When you think about it, all kinds of cultures believe in things like chi and being able to tap your own inner energies, so why not a race like the Hunters who could do that and then some.

What’s the “then some?” Well, how about being able to shapeshift into the animal or human they’ve touched? Shooting orbs of energy? Breaking down into their most elemental forms to speed across the cosmos? Killing or healing with a touch? Best of all, using that energy during intimate moments to bring complete release?

The Hunters are capable of all the above and maybe more since as the stories are developing, the ability to gather energy from all kinds of things is really creating a wealth of possibilities for the paranormal elements in the novels. I really love that about this Hunter mythology – it lends itself to lots of growth and lots of different powers.

You may recall that I mentioned conflict before and that’s actually where the romantic suspense elements blend in with the paranormal. The Hunters have been with us for millennia, but much like the Americas were changed by the arrival of the Conquistadors and the illnesses they brought to the indigenous people, the Hunters were changed also.

Because of a smallpox contagion amongst the Hunters, their world was irrevocably changed. The ability of some Hunters to gather energy was either diminished or lost except for their most powerful leaders. Other Hunters were forever blighted by the disease which would ravage their bodies unless they constantly fed with energy.

These two factions became known as the Light and Shadow Hunters and for centuries, the Shadow Hunters have been hunting down the most powerful Light Hunters to keep free of disease.

That civil war is the conflict and in THE LOST, it is what drives the suspense elements as the Light and Shadow Hunters both search for a missing heir to their race – Adam Bruno.

Adam is the hero in THE LOST and when the story begins, he is aware of his powers, but not why he has them or how to control them. Adam will be drawn into this war between the two factions of his people while at the same time learning to deal with the growth of his powers and the arrival of a very special and unique woman in his life.

Bobbie Carrera is the heroine in THE LOST. Bobbie is a Marine who has come back from combat both emotionally and physically wounded. The last thing she wants is to engage in another war, but that’s just what she may face if she stays with Adam.

As the love between Bobbie and Adam grows, so does the reality that both possess powers of which they were unaware. Those powers will help them in fighting off the Hunters who would do them harm.

I loved blending the paranormal and suspense elements to create THE LOST. There was just something that came together about the mythology and also, with Bobbie and Adam. I so loved exploring them and finding a way to give them a realistic resolution. I also loved creating the villains in this novel who you will see in later books in the Sin Hunter series.

I hope you’ll take the time to explore the world of the Sin Hunters and THE LOST.

Caridad Pineiro is the NY Times bestselling author of over twenty-six paranormal romance and romantic suspense novels and novellas. Look for THE FIFTH KINGDOM, a romantic suspense from Carina Press in July 2011 and THE LOST, the first book in the new SIN HUNTERS paranormal romance series in August 2011. Caridad has also done the foreword for OBSESSED: EROTIC ROMANCE FOR WOMEN edited by Rachel Kramer Bussel which will be available in August 2011. Her popular THE CALLING vampire series returns in 2012, but vampire lovers will enjoy A VAMPIRE FOR CHRISTMAS (October 2011) which includes Caridad’s novella, WHEN HERALD ANGELS SING.

For more information on Caridad, please visit www.caridad.com.

Visit Caridad on Twitter at www.twitter.com/caridadpineiro or Facebook at
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The Lost (Sin Hunters) [Mass Market Paperback]

Product Description

Adam Bruno is no ordinary millionaire. The heir to an ancient race possessing a dark, powerful magic, he can shapeshift and create energy. His gifts make him a living weapon and have forced him to live in seclusion. But now an inhuman force hunts down Adam-just when he finds someone who makes him feel more human than he ever imagined possible . . .

Home from combat in Iraq, Bobbie Carerra wants only peace, yet soon joins Adam in a terrifying battle against paranormal enemies who hide in plain sight. She's drawn to his strength of mind and body; he's attracted to her courage and intoxicating energy. Their scorching passion can either transport them to the heights of ecstasy or-if Adam's powers rage out of control-destroy them. But when an invisible brotherhood tightens its nets and someone Adam trusts betrays him, only a heartrending decision can save them.

Product Details
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Forever; Original edition (August 1, 2011)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446584614
ISBN-13: 978-0446584616