We'd like to welcome to the Blog Cardeno C,
who just released the 3rd book in the Mates
Series, In Your Eyes from Dreamspinner
Press.
You can contact Cardeno C:
Website: www.cardenoc.com
Blog: (Shared Blog) http://caferisque.blogspot.com
FB Profile: http://www.facebook.com/carden
Twitter: @CardenoC
Mates Series Inspiration Songs by Cardeno C.
Most of my book titles are inspired by songs I
listened to while writing the book to put myself in the right mood and mindset.
With the newest standalone novel in my Mates having been recently released, I
thought it’d be fun to go over the songs that inspired my books in the series.
It's
hard to come up with a better song to inspire a book about wolf shifters than
one called Animal, especially when one of those shifters - Samuel - struggles
not to stay in his animal form and leave the human world behind. Samuel was
always a good man who wanted to do right by his pack, but in many ways, he
lived in a world dark from a lack of emotions and empathy, which was a danger to
him and those he was meant to lead.
From the first moment Samuel saw Korban, he knew
there was something in the other shifter's eyes, but it took him many years to
identify what it was. In the end, Korban can fill the hole that has always
lived in Samuel. Korban's strength, while different from Samuel's, compliments
the Alpha well and allows him to be the strong leader he always longed to be.
The last thing I loved about this song for this book
is the happy vibe in it. In Your Eyes has some sad scenes and battles, both
internal and external, that the characters have to fight. It felt good to hear
a peppy song as I wrote it.
Until
Forever Comes is a novel about Ethan a young, ill shifter who realizes his mate
is an ancient, dangerous vampire and Miguel, an intelligent, blood-thirsty
vampire who realizes his salvation comes in the form of a spirited young wolf.
Ethan has never been right in the eyes of his pack. He is a shifter who can't
shift, something that shouldn't happen.
Being different and physically weak has given him
more than his share of sadness and pain, but it also gave him something rare
among his people - the ability to look past what's supposed to be and see what
is. Ethan has lived his whole life in a way that doesn't make sense by shifter
law, so when he learns he is mated to a male and a vampire at that, he manages
to look past the complications that block stronger shifters and see the simple
truth: Miguel is his mate.
That mating saves both men, bonding their bodies and
making each of them stronger. Through their connection and love, they give each
other life. A vampire and a wolf mated, it shouldn't have been possible, that
day shouldn't have come. But it did and instead of running away from it, they
embraced it and got to live a not-quite eternal life where a shifter can finally
shift and a vampire can see the sun.
The
lyrics of this song speak of someone whose core is numb and spirit is sleeping.
They need someone to lead them out of that dark place before they come undone;
they need to come home. I don't want to give too much away for anyone who
hasn't read Wake Me Up Inside, but it's about shifters and the concept of what
true mates need from and mean to each other in that world.
Purchase Links for In Your Eyes:
Author Link: http://www.cardenoc.com/inyour
All Romance ebook Link:
Amazon Link:
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/in-your-eyes-cardeno-c/1119946702?ean=2940149679133
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