CARIDAD PINEIRO-Guest Post and Giveaway with the Author
KISSED BY A VAMPIRE Blog Tour
As a writer you always wonder what you can do to make yourself a better writer? Or what mistakes you’ve made in your writing life?
My first mistake, I think, was not starting my writing career earlier. Well, correct that. I wrote my first book in the fifth grade, but I really didn’t devote myself to getting published until after my daughter was born many many many years later.
Why did I decide to do it then? Well, it was a case of deciding to finally follow a lifelong dream and show my daughter that you should never be afraid to chase your dreams.
I did follow my dream then and it took nearly seven years for me to get the call. It is a day I will never forget and the years since then have been a rollercoaster ride for me as an author, but that’s not unusual.
Ask most authors and they will tell you just how uncertain a career it is. You can have talent and yet not have your books sell. You can have a great idea that your editor just can’t get the powers-to-be to acquire.
Despite that, you keep on writing. Why? Because you can’t stop reaching for your dreams.
THE CALLING/REBORN vampire novels is a series of my heart that I had to battle to get published. When I was trying to sell the first book in the series, no one wanted vampire stories. All I heard was that no one was reading vampire stories. LOL! How times have changed
But I stuck to it and THE CALLING/REBORN vampire series now has many novels, including my latest release, KISSED BY A VAMPIRE. It’s been wonderful to be able to tell these paranormal romantic suspense stories.
I particularly love KISSED BY A VAMPIRE because the heroine is such an outrageous, tortured and complex character. Stacia is a 2000 year old vampire who is not only tired of eternal life, but believes that it’s impossible for her to find love. For too long she’s settled for second best. That is until sexy DEA Agent Alex Garcia comes into the picture.
Alex is honorable, handsome and too sexy. Stacia thinks he’s too good to be believed, but as they are tossed together time and again as Alex tries to find the missing daughter of a colleague, Stacia realizes that he really is as good as he seems.
That goodness and honor call to her and for the first time in hundreds of years, Stacia imagines that love might just be possible.
I hope you’ll take a moment to check out KISSED BY A VAMPIRE and share in my dream and a series of my heart.
Click HERE for our review of KISSED BY A VAMPIRE
Kissed by a Vampire
by Caridad Pineiro
October 16, 2012
Harlequin Nocturne
A vampire who has given up on love gets a second chance from a most unlikely mortal…
For two thousand years, vampire elder Stacia has roamed on her own, haunted by the betrayal that turned her into a creature of the night. Her nights looming empty and eternal, Stacia longs for love, but settles for quick bites and sinful pleasures in South Beach. Until she comes face-to-face with the unforgettable DEA agent she once brought back from the brink of death.
Alex Garcia knows that demons exist-the real kind, the kind that are kidnapping women and selling them into slavery. Finding those victims is his focus-not a beautiful seductress whose otherworldly abilities can’t possibly be real. But when Stacia summons all her powers to prove what she really is, Alex will summon all his to believe in the vampire’s kiss….
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Caridad is offering a copy of THE CLAIMED (release May 2012) and some SWAG to one lucky member at The Reading Cafe.
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KISSED BY A VAMPIRE BLOG TOUR
10/06/12 – All Thing Books
10/07/12 – Literal Addiction
10/08/12 – Books-n-Kisses
10/09/12 – United by Books
10/10/12 – Encounters With The Night Kind
10/11/12 – The Hispanic Reader
10/12/12 – Sizzling Hot Books
10/13/12 – Grave Tells
10/14/12 – The Jeep Diva
10/15/12 – The Reading Cafe
10/16/12 – Book Lovin’ Mama
10/17/12 – Riverina Romantics
10/18/12 – Romancing The Book
10/19/12 – All The Fun Start After Dark
10/20/12 – Ramblings From This Chick
10/21/12 – Book Monster
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Wonderful post, Caridad. I loved the review of Kissed by a Vampire. I most certainly will try out this series. It is wonderful to discover authors, we have for unknown reasons have never read. We have seen from many of the authors who have visited us and shared like you, the difficulties of getting your book published.
Thank you for coming her today.
Great post Caridad… a lot of authors are telling us that they started young writing and either didn’t get accepted or were afraid of trying for acceptance in their writing career until later in life. It seems the confidence in youth is overrated…lol. You have quite a collection of books and they all sound interesting…:D
Thanks for the interview, Caridad and Vanessa!!! What I really love about the Vampire romances that are out is the variety of how each author ‘sees’ her vamps. Some have wings, others have horns, others still have magical powers or are between two worlds. Some are true bad boys, others are sweethearts, and some are scarred physically and emotionally. I’m still a big paranormal fan and will continue to be for a long time. I also enjoy when there is suspense throughout the book and I am not sure what the next page will bring. A happily ever after goes wiuthout saying, too!!
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Amazing! Writing your first book in grade 5. Truly a talent.
Congratulations on the release of Kissed by a Vampire.
A great guest post, Caridad. You persevered, and that tells us so much about you.
I can’t wait to start reading this series.
Thank you all for coming and thank you so much for your review of KISSED BY A VAMPIRE. I am truly honored that you liked it. I so loved Stacia as a character and I was hoping readers would love her story as well. As for persevering, yep, I just kept on banging on their doors until they decided to publish it. LOL!
Great to see you Caridad. Stacia sounds like a great character, I’m going to buy this series, as i love the premise of this book.
Hi Caridad. Thank you for stopping by The Reading Cafe. KISSED BY A VAMPIRE was a great storyline. Congratulations on the new release.
Thanks Caridad the book sounds right up my alley. I will get it today for sure. That is if it is in e book form lol if not will have to wait till the 1st.
Thank you all. Thank you, Sandy, for the review. I really appreciate you all taking the time to do things like that and to also stop by! I love hearing from you all about what you like in your stories.
Was one of the lucky few to win a copy of Caridad’s “Kissed by a Vampire” and let me tell you, it was one of the best vampire stories I have read. I am so glad that you persevered in getting these stories published. I look forward to reading more.
Happy Release Day!! I’ve heard such great things about your books! You are totally on my TBR list! Thanks for the chance to win!
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You’re promoted nicely on Amazon, but thanks to Sandy’s great review in particular, I’m ready to jump into your world of vampires.
Congratulations and much more success!!!
I’m glad you enjoyed it, Catherine! Many thanks again to Sandy for her wonderful review. Also thank you all for coming by to share the excitement with me. I’ve been waiting for a long time to see Stacia’s story out in the wild and am so glad that you’ve got a chance to check it out.