SOUL-MATE by ANNA SANTOS
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SOUL-MATE by ANNA SANTOS
Title: Soul-Mate
Author: Anna Santos
Genre: Paranormal Romance/ Erotica/
Cover Design: Brenda Gonet
Release Date: October 25th, 2015
SOUL-MATE, a Paranormal Romance by the author Anna Santos, releases this October through BookTrope!
✰ ✰ SYNOPSIS ✰ ✰
In a world where Vampires and Werewolves don’t get along. Hybrids are chased and killed. Two unlikely souls find out they are meant to be.
Annabel is a bad-ass hybrid hunter, seeking revenge from the vampire who killed her parents and put her brother in a coma. Arriving in a new town with an undercover identity to protect and the mission to find a pureblood vampire to save her brother’s life, the last thing Annabel needs is to fall in love with the sexy, persistent werewolf who thinks she’s a helpless human in need of a knight in shining armor.
Shane is a dominant werewolf who also happens to be the local sheriff. He has almost lost hope of finding his better half. So when his beautiful soul-mate shows up and rogue vampires try to kill her, he does what any smart wolf would do: he saves her and takes her home, hoping to convince her that they belong together.
When sparks fly between them, Annabel has to decide if she tells him who she really is or runs the other way to protect her secrets.
Links for purchasing:
AMAZON U.S.: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016LUUAZ2
Barnes&Nobles: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/soul-mate-anna-santos/1122790323
ibooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/soul-mate/id1049056243
✰ ✰ ✰ MEET THE AUTHOR: ANNA SANTOS ✰ ✰ ✰
Anna Santos is an up-and-coming New Adult author with an impressive number of followers who builds worlds of undeniable beauty, with witty and enchanting characters.
Anna always keeps her readers on their toes with her adrenaline-fueled adventures, suspense-filled cliffhangers, and steamy love scenes.
When she isn’t writing, Anna is considering plot twists for her next novel or delving into the world of her favorite authors.
You can join her at:
Website: http://annesaint90.wix.com/annasantosauthor
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnaSantosAuthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneSaint90
Instagram: https://instagram.com/annasantosauthor/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/23301866-anna-santos
Links for purchasing:
AMAZON U.S.: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B016LUUAZ2
Barnes&Nobles: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/soul-mate-anna-santos/1122790323
ibooks: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/soul-mate/id1049056243
Interview with the author Anna Santos
1. When did you first realize that you wanted to be a writer/ a storyteller?
Since I can remember, actually. I always knew that I wanted to write, even before I could write. So when it was time to go to school and learn the basics, I couldn’t be more thrilled. I was always a good student and I would read any book that I could put my hands on. My dad had a small library with the classics and I would read them as if they voraciously. The best gift I had when I was a children was a book that my godmother offered me. But I remember that I was a bit sad after because it had a lot of pictures and few written pages, so I finished it in a blink an eye.
I started writing short stories about gods and princesses when I was ten. When I was fourteen I wrote my first novel and at the age of eighteen, I had already a series of three fantasy stories, and four novels. I have them in notebooks, stored in a drawer, and it was only when I started to write in English that I was fortunate enough to find supporting readers who believed in my talent and encouraged me to publish my books.
2. What inspires you to write?
The stories just unfold in my head. I’m a daydreamer. I don’t look for inspiration, inspiration follows me, and sometimes it can be hard to function on the real world because I can only find some peace when I’m writing and I put to paper an idea that’s been fighting to get out and be written.
3. How did you come up with the idea for your current story?
I had been spending three months writing short stories about paranormal creatures. I was also reading a lot of books with paranormal creatures. I’ve always devoured every book that Anne Rice wrote, and then I found other amazing writers when the vampire frenzy started. But I didn’t write about vampires. I had my own worlds, gods, heroes from my high-fantasy books. But I said to myself: why not? So ideas began to take shape and I can honestly say that the idea for this book was based in a name: Shane and what a werewolf would do if he found his soul-mate, but she was a secretive hunter with a dark past who had never thought that she could be someone else’s soul-mate because of being a hybrid. The plot between them was really easy. The chemistry was over the roof. The first draft was the easiest thing to write and then when it was time to share my work, it became a bigger story that became even bigger when I began to edit after already have the next three books in the series taking shape.
4. Are there some stories tucked away in some drawer that was written before and never saw the light of the day?
Of course, several ones that I really love, but I’m too lazy to type it to a computer and finish them. Besides, there are some stories that I feel the urge to write more than others. I hope that someday I can give those stories my attention. Plus, I rather write using a pen and paper, so if I can’t find time to type them, they won’t get to see the light of day, unless I go all reminiscent on them and I began to read old ideas, and half-written books.
5. Tell us about your writing process.
I’m really organized, but everything happens inside my head. I have my chapters all in order and I know what will happen next. I scribble a lot on paper, then I type it on a computer, but sometimes everything I wrote becomes something else. I have a lot of notebooks with chapters from several stories. I use them when I get the urge to write, so I write it down on paper so I don’t forget and so I can type it to a computer when I have time.
6. Do you read? Who are your favourite authors and how have they influenced your writing style?
I have a lot of favourite authors, but I’m just going to name a few: Anne Rice, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Juliet Marillier, Nalini Singh, Carmen Martin Gaite, and Karen Marie Moning.
My favourite writers influenced the genre what I write these days. Unconsciously, maybe they influenced me. However, we live in a world where there aren’t new ideas. Those authors were inspired by someone else. What makes authors different is that they try to give soul and depth to their story and characters.
7. What is the best piece of advice you would give to someone that wants to get into writing?
Writing is a calling. So if you are really set in sharing your gift with the world, you need to share your work with readers, protect your copyrights because there are a lot of people stealing other people’s work, and have realistic expectations. Only a few can live from writing. Reach out for small publishers to have honest feedback. Write, write, write, and don’t even think about publish a book without proper editing if you are planning to publish on your own. There are a lot of people with talent that aren’t able to sell books even after publish them. You need to spend as much energy promoting your work as writing.
8. What would be the Dream Cast for you book if it was to be turned into a movie?
This story started to be shared on Wattpad. The website allows us to choose a cast. Soul-Mate was first shared in 2013. Since then the dream cast has been: Shane – Jamie Dornan; Annabel – Emilia Clarke.
9. If you were to be stranded on the famous deserted island, what three things would you carry?
I would probably starve to death because all I wanted was pens, paper as much as possible, and books.
10. What do you have in store next for your readers?
I have a new book coming out in November. It’s another paranormal book, but with a few twists. It’s also a book to empower women and to show that bad boys don’t miraculously change into good guys. I’m currently working on the third book of the Immortal Love Series (Soul-Mate is book 1), and I’m waiting to have time to start editing book 2 so I can also publish it next year.
✰ ✰ ✰ MEET THE AUTHOR: Anna Santos ✰ ✰ ✰
Anna Santos is an up-and-coming New Adult author with an impressive number of followers who builds worlds of undeniable beauty, with witty and enchanting characters. Anna always keeps her readers on their toes with her adrenaline-fueled adventures, suspense-filled cliffhangers, and steamy love scenes.
When she isn’t writing, Anna is considering plot twists for her next novel or delving into the world of her favorite authors.
You can stalk her at:
Website: http://annesaint90.wix.com/annasantosauthor
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AnnaSantosAuthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AnneSaint90
Instagram: https://instagram.com/annasantosauthor/
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/23301866-anna-santos
Amazon: www.amazon.com/author/annasantosauthor
^_^ Thank you for sharing my story and for the interview
<3 Anna