A warm Love Bytes welcome to Tina Blenke joining us here on our blog to talk about her new release Shifting Cargo.
Tina kindly answered some questions for us , shares a short excerpt and there is a giveaway to participate in!
Welcome Tina 🙂
Author Name: Tina Blenke
Book Name: Shifting Cargo        Â
Series: Shifting Paradigm  (Can be read as standalone)
Release Date: April 1, 2015
Publisher: eXtasy Books
Cover Artist: Latrisha Waters
Pages or Words: 20,765
Blurb:
Ramey’s world is shattered when his brother dies suddenly. He tries to go through the motions, day by agonizing day, doing the best that he can at his job, but it’s not enough. Months of depression escalates into alcohol use and drug abuse to numb the pain. For the past year, he’s been dreading meeting with his lawyer and accepting his brother’s death. The pain becomes too much to bear and Ramey is caught with cocaine at work and fired immediately. When he hits rock bottom, he realizes that he’s disrespecting his brother’s memory and checks himself into rehab with the help of an unlikely friend.
Londyn’s life is perfect living as a wolf Shifter in the Pack Lands. He’s been working in the family business and happy living in his cabin in the woods. Londyn has high expectations for the perfect mate to make his life complete.
Can Ramey accept his destiny as a Shifter’s mate? And is his love for the wolf Shifter worth leaving behind the demons and the only world he’s ever known?
Categories: Erotica, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Paranormal, Romance
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How do the characters in Shifting Cargo relate to the ones in the other Shifting Paradigm books?
If you’ve been following the series, the main character in this series is Ramey. He’s the man who worked at Vivacity with Justin and was fired by Connor for using drugs at the nightclub. When I first introduced him to Justin, my intent was to display the honest qualities of Justin and didn’t plan on Ramey having his own story. But I couldn’t leave him that way. I wanted to know why he behaved the way he did and why he was making self-destructing decisions and I had a lot to redeem. One of my beta readers hated him and didn’t want me to write his story but I thought that there had to be something within him, like a call for help, and all it needed was one person to listen to that cry. He’s still a person after all and I wanted to hear what he had to say.
Can you tell us a little something about yourself?
I’m outspoken, nerdy and not afraid to laugh out loud or embarrass myself to make someone else feel more comfortable. I like to have a good time whether that’s cuddled up with a good book, watching a movie, traveling or riding roller coasters. I love to talk about books, any kind of books in any genre, for hours at a time. I like meeting new people and I like hiding in blanket forts. On a more real personal note, I’ll share that I’m an immunobiochemist by training and I like to learn about new scientific discoveries.
What is the hardest part about writing?
Currently, the most difficult part is to keep the subsequent stories within my series as short stories. We’d all wish that our romance stories were longer, as readers or authors, but the intent was to have a series of short, sweet, feel-good stories that one could consume in a sitting or two. I love the simplicity of this series but the consequence is the brevity of my self-imposed story length.
What is your deserted island book? Movie? Album?
Ah, I love these questions because the answer might change depending on my mood or my arbitrary placement in the galaxy! My favorite book doesn’t usually change since I love the complete works of Shakespeare but I’m going to shake it up this time and say The Scarlet Letter. This book changed everything for me and absolutely turned my world on its axis when I first read it. As a rule, I read it every couple of years to “cleanse my palate” and to see what I think of the characters in different stages in my own life. My favorite movie of all time is Speed followed by the 1968 version of Romeo and Juliet. I’m kind of an adrenaline junkie when it comes to movies but I have to love R&J because…well, R&J! And my favorite album? Black Holes and Revelations by Muse – I love that album.
Are you working on your next book? Care to share with us?
I’m working, albeit slowly, on the next installment of the Shifting Paradigm series. I won’t divulge the characters but let’s say that you’ve already met them in the previous stories and leave it at that. I’m always asked about a sequel to Athan’s Kiss and I’ll admit that at this time, I only have a draft outline and the first couple of chapters done so any movement on that doesn’t look too good. I’m not going to force something that’s still working itself out in my head. Sorry! On a completely different front, I’m also finishing up a contemporary novel that I’d like to have done in the next couple of months. Would you believe there aren’t any shifters or vampires in this one? Strange, I know.
“It pleases me that you want to see my wolf so bad. Have a seat on that fallen log by the fire and watch the master at work.” Ramey took a seat as instructed and watched Londyn prepare for his shift. Londyn removed his clothing piece by maddening piece. It was a slow strip tease set to the music of the forest and Ramey swore all the blood left his body and pooled into his cock. Londyn’s body was absolutely lickable. He had definition in his lean muscles, his chest was smooth and hairless with pale pink nipples that Ramey couldn’t help but drool over. His back and legs had corded muscles and fine blond hair covered his legs and groin. Except for a few old scars, the man didn’t have a mark on him. No blemishes, birthmarks or tattoos and given his age it was odd that he didn’t have at least one. Ramey had never been with a man who didn’t have any ink. And the ass on his boyfriend. He had won the lottery ten times over. He had to sit on his hands to keep from reaching out and when he turned around, he caught Ramey ogling his mate.
“Hey, eyes are up here, sir.”
“I’m sorry, it’s just that—”
“Nah, just messing with you. I like your eyes on me.” Londyn’s own blues were dark with heat proving that Londyn was just as turned on as Ramey was by the show. It wasn’t just Londyn’s eyes giving away his arousal either.
Tina is a retired Air Force brat and has lived in several states as well as a handful of countries. She has always had a soft spot for literature and is a voracious reader. When she isn’t writing, she can be found cuddled up with a good book. Though Tina adores a thrilling novel with sappy lovesick heroes, she is terrified of things that go bump in the night. This makes for quite a complicated relationship with zombies, something that she just can’t get enough of.
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Rafflecopter Prize: $25 Amazon Gift Card
Love finding new to me authors….added to my wish list!
A new author and series for me!
HelloTina and welcome. It is always fun to be exposed to new to me authors.
Thanks for the chance.