Caridad Pineiro The Lost Blog Tour with Giveaway and Guest Post

ABOUT AUTHOR

Caridad Piñeiro® is a multi-published and award-winning author whose love of the written word developed when her fifth grade teacher assigned a project – to write a book that would be placed in a class lending library. She has been hooked on writing ever since.

From the start, Caridad’s novels have received acclaim and have helped redefine the landscape of modern romance novels. In 1999, Caridad was published by Kensington as part of Encanto, the first line of bilingual Latino romance novels. In 2000, Caridad was one of the first Latino authors featured at the launch of BookExpo America’s Spanish Pavillion. In December 2006, Caridad helped Silhouette launch its successful Nocturne paranormal line with DEATH CALLS, one of the novels in the award-winning THE CALLING Vampire series. In addition, Caridad has appeared at BookExpo America on numerous occasions and has captained both the multicultural and vampire genre panels at the RT BookClub Conventions.

Caridad’s CHICAS novels, including her seventeenth release, SOUTH BEACH CHICAS CATCH THEIR MAN from Simon & Schuster’s Downtown Press, have garnered praise from both fellow authors and reviewers and are helping to make Latina fiction a vital part of the publishing mainstream.

In recognition of her work, Caridad has received various awards and honors. In 2007, a year marked by the debut of six novels from Harlequin and Pocket Books, Caridad received the Golden Apple Award Author of the Year Award from the New York City Chapter of the Romance Writers of America. Other honors that Caridad has received include the selection of DANGER CALLS and DEATH CALLS as the Top Fantasy Books of 2005 and 2006 by CATALINA magazine, the Cataromance Reviewers Choice Award for Best Nocturne in 2006 and the New Jersey Romance Writers Golden Leaf award in 2001 for Best Short Contemporary. Her other titles have received a number of nominations, such as the Harlequin Readers Choice Awards and RIO Reviewers Choice Awards. Both DANGER CALLS and SEX AND THE SOUTH BEACH CHICAS have been book club selections.

Caridad’s eighteenth novel, MOON FEVER, a paranormal anthology with Maggie Shayne, Susan Sizemore and Lori Handeland, debuted in late September 2007 as #32 on the New York Times Extended Bestseller list and #123 on the USA TODAY Bestseller List. HOLIDAY WITH A VAMPIRE, a paranormal anthology with Maureen Child, made the BookScan Top 100 Adult Fiction list.

In 2009, Caridad will debut a new paranormal romantic suspense series with Grand Central Publishing. The first novel in the series, SINS OF THE FLESH, will be released in November 2009.

Caridad has appeared on Romance Novel Television, Fox Television’s Good Day New York Early Edition , New Jersey News’ Jersey’s Talking with Lee Leonard and WGN-TV’s Adelante Chicago. Articles featuring Caridad’s works have appeared in the New York Daily News, Catalina, RT BookClub, NJ Monthly, Star Ledger, Home Tribune News, Sun Sentinel, Variety Yahoo! Online News, Latina and the Waterbury Republican-American.

When not writing, Caridad teaches workshops on various topics related to writing and heads a writing group. Caridad is also an attorney, wife and mother.

Also about the Author:

Caridad was born in Havana, Cuba, and settled in the New York Metropolitan area. She attended Villanova University on a Presidential Scholarship and graduated magna cum laude. Caridad earned her juris doctor from St. John’s University and became the first female partner of Abelman, Frayne & Schwab, an intellectual property firm in midtown Manhattan.

http://www.caridad.com



I am so excited to have Caridad Pineiro here to to talk about Where to Set Your Story in a guest post here on Paranormal and Romantic Suspense Reviews.

Caridad is currrently touring to promote her new book The Lost.

Thanks so much Entangled Publishing for connecting us on this blog tour!

Please take it away Caridad!


Thank you for having me here on your blog!

One of the most important things about writing a novel is deciding where to set your story. In paranormal stories, location will often make a huge difference in the feel of the story. That may have you wondering why I chose to set THE LOST along the Jersey Shore.

You probably wouldn’t think of beach communities as the kind of setting for a sexy and dark story, but for me it was the perfect location for the Hunters, the ancient race whose civil war forms the backdrop for THE LOST.

Why was it perfect? Well, the Hunters (both Light and Shadow) are a people who are capable of absorbing energy from nature, humans and other Hunters. That ability allows them to have all kinds of unusual power, like shapeshifting, traveling at the speed of light and either healing or killing with a touch.

The Jersey Shore, with its abundant nature and beautiful open areas, provided a great place where Hunters could absorb energy from nature as well as hide in plain sight. Also, since each Hunter has a stronger connection to one kind of energy – their “affinity” – it allowed me to use many of the forces of nature in the story. For example, Adam Bruno, the hero, has an affinity for lightning, one of the strongest forms of power. Because of that affinity, Adam can gather and direct lightning and also control all kinds of electrical things.

He can also use that energy to heal and it was very touching to portray how Adam deals with both the physical and emotional wounds of the heroine, Bobbie Carrera. Bobbie is a Marine who has come home from war and is trying to rebuild her life. The last thing she wants is to be drawn into Adam’s uncertain world, but her attraction to him will force Bobbie to confront her fears and begin to heal.

I hope you’ve enjoyed this behind the scenes look into THE LOST. Thanks for taking the time to drop by.

The Lost
By Caridad Pineiro
Mass Market Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Forever
(Hachette Book Group)
Date Published: August 1, 2011
ISBN-10: 0446584614
ISBN-13: 978-0446584616

Blurb:

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

Giveaway Rules

Thanks to the great people at Entangled Publishing and Caridad I am thrilled to be able to offer an e-copy of The Lost and a T-Shirt.

The e-copy of the Lost is open internationally and the T-Shirt is only open to the US.

If you’d like to enter this giveaway please leave a comment with your e-mail!

Please check back to see if you are the winner, thanks!

The contest runs till Oct 31st and closes at 11:59 PM EST!