GUEST AUTHOR: Katie Reus “Primal Possession” & Giveaway (Ends 06/09/12)
Katie fell in love with romance at a young age thanks to books she pilfered from her mom’s stash. Years later she loves reading romance almost as much as she loves writing it. However, she didn’t always know she wanted to be a writer. After graduating summa cum laude with a degree in psychology and working too many jobs she hated, she finally figured things out.
She now spends her days writing dark paranormal romance and sexy romantic suspense. Her publishers include Carina Press, Harlequin Nocturne, Ellora’s Cave and NAL/Signet Eclipse (Penguin). Regardless of genre, she always includes a happy ending. When she’s not creating stories she loves spending time with her husband and family.
Thank you so much to Carolyn and the ladies at Book Chick City for having me here today!
Primal Possession, the second book in my Moon Shifter series releases in less than a week and I’m very excited about it. When I started the first book (Alpha Instinct) I had originally planned on a paranormal novella but the storyline quickly morphed into something bigger and the Moon Shifter series was born. I was used to doing research for the romantic suspense I write, but I’ve also done a lot of research for my paranormal stories.
Some of it is in the form of reading but I’ve also done hands-on research for this series that has been a lot of fun. Where I currently live, hunting is a big thing in the fall and winter. Since my husband is so familiar with the forest around here he’s taken me out multiple times so I could watch the way animals react to scent as part of my research.
In Primal Possession (and the whole series), many of my main characters are lupine shifters and their extrasensory abilities are parallel to that of regular wolves. Well, actually their abilities are better. Even though I’ve read many different books on wolf ecology and behavior, seeing how real animals react to human scent is interesting.
The first time my husband took me was years ago. I had to wear specially washed clothes and no perfume. I’ll never forget the first time I got to see animals reacting to human scent. We were high up in a tree stand and while the wait was long and pretty boring, the payoff was cool. After sitting there for a while we heard a rustling below us. A few seconds later a herd of wild sows and one boar cautiously came out of the woods to the left of us. They trotted along minding their own business until they came upon the trail where we had just come from and it was like they ran into an invisible brick wall. They squealed and immediately backtracked the way they’d come. It was so cool to see the way they reacted to our ‘predator’ scents.
Wolves have an even greater sense of smell—some scientists believe it’s up to 100 times greater than humans. After seeing that in person, it’s nice knowing that I’m never exaggerating my characters’ extrasensory abilities!
Thanks for stopping by today!
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To protect her, he will unleash the beast within… As his pack’s second-in-command, lupine shifter Liam Armstrong gives orders and takes what he wants—until he meets red-headed, blue-eyed December McIntyre. Liam knows the human beauty is his intended mate the moment he sees her, but December is far too strong-willed to accept his protection.
December, whose brother is the town sheriff, has every reason to mistrust shifters after one killed her youngest sibling. But the forceful and handsome Liam has gotten under her skin in a way she hadn’t thought possible, and the desire she feels for him is almost too much to bear.
When a radical hate group targets all humans known to sympathize with paranormal beings, December is attacked in her bookstore. Reluctantly, she turns to the only one who can help her: Liam. And he is going to take her to places within herself she never knew existed.
GIVEAWAY!
Katie is kindly giving away a print copy of Primal Possession. This giveaway is US & UK only and ends 6th Sept 2012.
To enter please leave a comment for Katie then fill out the form below.
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55 Comments
I HAVE FOUND IN THE PAST BOOKS I HAVE WON I HAVE REALLY ENJOYED EVEN THOUGH I WOULD NEVER HAVE BOUGHT IT IN THE FIRST. ENTERING COMPETITIONS HELP TO FIND DIFFERENT AUTHORS AND DIFFERENT TYPES OF BOOKS
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Thanks for stopping by Stuart
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I’m needing a new book to snuggle up to when the nights draw in x x
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Thanks for stopping by, Katie (love your name!)
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Very interesting to find a successful author and former student of Psychology so heavily involved in writing ‘Paranormal’ literature. Katie, did you find any conflict resolving your earlier teachings with the idea that to paraphrase another great writer ‘there are more things in heaven and earth…than are dreamt of in your philosophy?’
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No conflict at all! I find my degree in psychology is a benefit in developing my characters.
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any book with a character called ‘December’ has got to be a fascinating read !
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Thanks, Liz!
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I love reading. Was my first pasttime and I’ve never grown out of it, thank goodness
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Me too! I try to fit in time every day
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Cool research! Looking forward to reading more of Liam and December, I can’t wait to see how these two get together!
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Thanks, Laurie! I think (or hope) it’s an entertaining story
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Love Katie Reus books!! I’ve read loads of her Romantic Suspense which are great and I loved Alphas Instinct
looking forward to Primal Possession 
Is the giveaway open to Ireland by any chance?
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Hey Amiee! Thanks so much for stopping by. I’m glad you enjoyed Alpha Instinct! This one is just US and UK but I’m going to be doing international ones via facebook very soon!
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Thanks Katie
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Sounds like a really great read. Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
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Thanks for stopping by Tanya
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Thanks for a great post and congrats on the newest release! I just got Alpha Instinct and I’m so excited to start reading
Thanks for the giveaway!
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Thanks, Erin! Hope you enjoy it
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I love your books. I can’t wait to read this one.
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Thanks, Allie!
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Sounds like a fascinating read. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Thanks for stopping by Sherry
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This one sounds really good, I would love to be entered for it. Thanks for the chance.
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Thanks Martha
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Thanks for the giveaway. I would love to read this book.
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Thanks for stopping by Victoria
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What a great experience to see how animals react to our scents. I have always enjoyed being able to see how animals react in nature and what sets them off to aggression, feeding, mating etc. It is a wonderful experience to watch them. It is great to know that authors go a far distance to know how to write about characters and really do research before writing them. Your book Alpha Instinct was great proof that you really knew what you were talking about when it came to the way that wolves stick together in their own packs. Thanks for such a great story and future stories and I am happy and excited that you did further the storyline into a series!
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Thanks so much, Karen! I have such a fascination with wolf life and I’m glad you enjoyed what I put into the first book. I hope you enjoy Primal just as much
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Thanks for the giveaway!!!!
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yay!! thank you for the giveaway , I can’t wait to read it.
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I love your moonshifter series and can’t wait for the new one to come out. Reading is one of my favorite things to do. I especially love the werewolf and shapeshifter books.
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I read alpha instinct and I really love this series. Reading is one of my favorite pastimes. I especially love the werewolf and shapeshifter books.
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Love shifters so i can’t wait to read this one. It sounds great.
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I cannot wait to read this book, I read the first one on half a day!
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Congrats on the new release. This book sounds fantastic. Can’t wait to read it. I love shifters and any book where someone is named December, had got to be great. Thanks for the giveaway.
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I just started Alpha Instinct and Liam just met December. This book is hard to put down so I look forward to the other ones! Thanks, Katie!
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The book sounds good.
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I’ve read the previous series and thoroughly enjoy each of them and i’m really looking forward to this one!!
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Wow, I really didn’t know much about wolves at all before I read this post!
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I really enjoyed Alpha Instinct and I’m looking forward to reading Primal Possession.
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Sounds very interesting!! I would love to read this!
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An amazing prize, hope I win!
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Sounds like a good book
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This looks like an amazing book. Thanks for the opportunity to win.
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WOULD LOVE TO READ
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This sounds like a great book. I love to read and would like to try out this book also. Thanks for the giveaway.
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Need to add this to my TBR list
Sounds great!! Thanks for the giveaway as well!
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Alpha Instinct was a great break out new series and I loved the characters. I cannot wait to see what this second installment has for us readers, thank you!
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Katie Reus and this series is new-to-me. It is always nice to discover new, great reads, specially one in my genre! It feels like Christmas morning!
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Loved Animal Instinct. May be the best first of a series I’ve read. Can hardly wait for this next one, it’s in my next book buy budget. Thanks for opportunity.
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Looking forward to a good read
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Sounds a fab book
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Many thanks for the giveaway – would love to win the book sounds like a really good book to read
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Would love to win – my wife is really into the whole paranormal romance thing
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