Thursday, October 27, 2011

Paranormal Guest Author: Keri Arthur (Riley Jenson, Dark Angels)











Please welcome today's paranormal guest author Keri Arthur!  Keri is the author of the Nikki and Michael series, Myth and Magic series, Ripple Creep Werewolf series, Damask Circle series, Riley Jenson Guardian series (Full Moon Rising, Kissing Sin, Tempting Evil, Dangerous Games, Embraced by Darkness, The Darkest Kiss, Deadly Desire, Bound to Shadows, Moon Sworn), and Dark Angels series (Darkness Unbound, Darkness Rising).

EJ:  When did you begin writing?

Keri:
  I actually started writing when I was about 12, after I'd read a book where the author killed off a character I loved. I was so incensed I rewrote the book and made the character live! I've been writing 'seriously'--that is, with the aim of getting published--for about 20 years, and was first published with ImaJinn (a US small press) in 2001.

EJ:  What brought you to the paranormal genre?

Keri:
  I've always loved reading fantasy novels, and the first three books I wrote were all fantasy romances. Then I read Children of the Night, by Mecedes Lackey, fell in love with Andre, and knew that's exactly what I wanted to write.

EJ:  If you could be any paranormal or have any one supernatural talent, what would it be? Why?

Keri: 
I'm not actually sure I'd want to be a paranormal--this world isn't ready for them! lol As for a supernatural talent, again, I'm not sure I'd want one. Such gifts always have their downsides, and to be honest, I'm happy just being me, as I am!

EJ:  Tell us why readers will enjoy your new release.

Keri:
  My upcoming Dark Angels series is set in the same world as the Riley Jenson series, so old friends are occasionally revisited. Plus, Risa can kick arse almost as well as her aunt Riley, and she has the help of a seriously sexy Aedh, as well as a reaper.

EJ:  If your book(s) were being made into a movie, who would you cast for the leading roles? Why?

Keri:
  I'd love my books to be made into movies, and honestly, as long as the actors were appropriate (for example, Riley has red hair and can kick male arse, so the actress has to at least look like she could do that--no wimps allowed!) then I wouldn't care.























Darkness Unbound (Dark Angels #1) by Keri Arthur

Risa Jones is as extraordinary as her heritage. Born from a lab-enhanced clone mother and an Aedh father, she can not only talk to the souls of the dying and the dead, but she can see the reapers and walk the gray fields that divide this world from the next.

They are skill she rarely uses, however, preferring to concentrate on the business she shares with her two best friends. But when her mother asks her to help the parents of a little girl locked in a coma, she reluctantly agrees. What she discovers scares the hell out of her. Because the little girl’s soul no longer resides in her body, and it wasn’t death and the reapers that took her.

Someone had ripped her soul from her flesh.

As it turns out, a creature consuming the souls of the innocent–and not so innocent–is the least of her problems. Because someone wants to rip open the gates that divided hell from earth, and Risa is a key component in their plans. And the only person standing between her and disaster is a reaper who isn’t exactly on her side.



Thank you Keri for joining us here today at From the Shadows!

To learn more about Keri Arthur and her books, please visit her website.

17 comments:

  1. I've read the werewolf series which were awesome but haven't read this series yet. Thanks for reminding me why I've been collecting it to read.

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  2. I've read all the Riley Jenson books and love them so this series should be fun. Just hoping we haven't seen the last of Riley.

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  3. I LOVED the Riley Jenson series and I've had these on my wishlist. I didn't realize the two series where somewhat tied together. I'll have to move them up on my TBR list.

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  4. The new series looks great. Thanks for sharing!

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  5. Hi Keri. It was nice to meet you at RWA in NYC this year. I love your books, and always recommend them. Your new one sounds very interesting. Can't wait to read it.
    Best wishes to you!

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  6. Absolutely loved the Riley Jenson series myself! Still in the process of collecting all the books. :)

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  8. Thank you for the informative review. I was looking for this information. Thanks to you I will read this book. Good luck.

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  9. I'm a big fan of books of this genre, because they are very unusual and with twisted storylines.

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  10. Now all the stories about werewolves and vampires are very popular, because now this topic of paranormal is very popular.

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  12. The new series looks fantastic. I haven't read this one yet but I'm going to.

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  13. I like reading very much and that is good when light bounds darkness.

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