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About today’s guest: Karen Whiddon
Karen Whiddon spun fanciful tales for her younger brothers as early as the age of eleven. Growing up in the Catskill Mountains of New York, then the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, she found enough magic in the rugged peaks to keep her imagination fueled for years.
Now making her home in North Texas, she shares her life with her hero-like husband and three doting dogs. She has published five short contemporaries for Kensington Books Precious Gems and five long paranormals for Leisure Lovespell . She also writes paranormal contemporarys for Silhouette Nocturne and romantic suspense for Silhouette Romantic Suspense.
Werewolves? Romantic? Come on, are you kidding me? I’ve heard that a lot – twenty seven times and counting – but you know what? My werewolves are people too. And actually, they prefer the term “shape-shifters”.
My first “Pack” book was written for Silhouette Intimate Moments. The heroine was a shape-shifter. When I wrote that book, I never dreamed I’d write more. I’d just gotten done with a five book series for Dorchester Publishing featuring Faeries. I wanted to do something different. So I wrote One Eye Open. My agent Lucienne Diver sold it to Leslie Wainger, who found the female shape-shifter different and new. My ninth book in the Pack series, Wild Wolf, will be out in July 2009. I have to say, I love these people, er, wolves.
When I was a kid, we went camping a lot. We lived on the east coast and I remember standing in a Pennsylvania field, staring over the rolling hills and trees and wishing I could change into a deer and go bounding across all that nature, free and wild. Of course, these days I can’t help but think of that deer as ‘prey’, but still. There’s something primitive and sensual about being so in touch with nature, isn’t there.
That’s what makes my shape-shifter characters different. They’re us, plus more. The struggle between human and wolf features prominently in each of my books. The love making when a shifter has found his or her mate is… cataclysmic. All in all, the stories are fun, sexy, and touching. I hope you’ll agree.
Right now I have a short “Pack” story in the anthology Midnight Cravings. Mate of the Wolf details what happens when a shifter and a centuries old vampire realize they’re mates. And my next full length “Pack” book Wild Wolf will be out in July. It’s different from all my other “Pack” books in that both the hero and the heroine are shifters. She’s a feral, a shifter who’d rather remain wolf than face all the pain of the human existence. And he’s the Protector sent to determine if she’s able to be rehabilitated or if he will need to exterminate her. I hope you enjoy both stories.
I’m contracted for three more “Pack” books and am finishing one up right now. Hopefully, the series will continue to do well and I can continue to live in that fascinating world for some time to come.
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I love your books. I have all the pack books I could find,& I’m looking forward to your release in July. Good luck with your books. Thanks for your post.
by kanarytx April 19th, 2009 at 8:36 amThey sound great. I am off to check them out.
by Jamie April 19th, 2009 at 8:47 amLooking forward to checking out your reads!
by Teresa W. April 19th, 2009 at 9:37 amVery excited to know there are more Pack stories on the way!
by Jody F. April 19th, 2009 at 11:01 amI have this book on my wish list. It’s a great way to read many new to me authors.
by pamk April 19th, 2009 at 11:45 amYour books sound like great reads, will have to look for them!
by Colleen April 19th, 2009 at 12:10 pmI enjoy werewolf books. Will have to look for yours.
by Estella April 19th, 2009 at 2:44 pmi have enjoyed all the books ive read of yours
by blackroze37@yahoo.com April 19th, 2009 at 3:48 pmHi Karen, looking forward to some more Pack stories.
by Pam P April 19th, 2009 at 6:45 pmI look forward to reading your Pack stories.
by Donna S April 19th, 2009 at 10:55 pmI really want to read this!
by bridget3420 April 20th, 2009 at 12:49 amThe “Pack” books sound interesting, something I may have to read while waiting for Kate D. to publish another book, I am going to check out your book and see if it is just as good, I don’t know how to get ahold of Kate to see if she can send me any book marks, or covers like she did my sisters, my email is kat_spaz2003@yahoo.com please can you help me with this, and where is the best place to find your book? or actually the 1st of a series, are there different ones?
by Tracie Maslen April 20th, 2009 at 7:36 pmHi Karen! I have been reading you Pack series since you first started it. I can’t wait for the next new one!
by Barb P April 20th, 2009 at 8:50 pmI haven’t read any of your books and it sounds like a I have been missing out. I need to get my butt in gear and gets some of your books.
by Carmen R April 21st, 2009 at 1:46 pmI just read Mate of the Wolf recently and it was amazing! I loved the male character! (straining not to burst out into spoilers!)
by Ley April 22nd, 2009 at 7:02 pmOne of the things I love most about werewolves and shapeshifters is that they do seem more primal than regular humans. Being more in touch with nature can definitely be attractive.
by Karin April 25th, 2009 at 9:44 pm