Interview: Shyla Colt (Witch for Hire) ~ Excerpt

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Hello and Welcome All!

Today I’m very lucky to be interviewing the Author for a Witch for Hire, Shyla Colt.

Welcome Shyla. 

How did you come up with the idea for this story? It started with the two characters, Louella & Cristobal and the question, What happens if a witch and a vampire fall in love despite the way society looks down on their union? From there it grew until I had a complete universe.

Please share a few fun facts about this book… The main couple are a witch and vampire in love, when then they aren’t in like. It features some of my favorite historical figures suspected of being vampires.

Please share the opening lines from a Witch for Hire…. I’ll be eating crow until I’m shitting black feathers. The space that had once been alive with bright, colorful bobbles, herbal remedies, and homemade beauty supplies, is now a sad, barren wasteland. Bright yellow ‘Everything Must Go’ signs mock me.

Tell us all about your main characters — Who are they? What makes them tick?

Louella Eschete is a modern day witch, bound by the rules, restrictions, and responsibilities that come with her magical family. Heir to the magical throne, a position she never wanted, the sassy, smart-mouthed-witch is determined to pull her family out of the dark ages and prepare them for the storm brewing among the supernatural community.

Cristobal Cortez is the worst kind of dangerous. Beautiful and charming, he hides the savagery that comes so easily to him. The 15th century Spaniard has fast become a power house among the vampire community. His hasty actions nearly cost him his boundmate. Only a rash of murders that need solving have them orbiting the same universe once more. He’ll have to prove himself as they come together for the greater good. Loyal, ruthless when it comes to protection , Cristobal is an mix of Old Warm Charm and calculated moves.

If you could have given your characters one piece of advice before the opening pages of this book, what would it be and why? Get your heads out of your behinds, be open with one another, and be realistic about what the future holds.

Tell us a little about yourself? I love a good story, nice scotch, music of all kind, and most things crafty. When I’m not writing, you can find me spending time with my family, traveling any time I can fit it in, and baking , especially now that it’s fall.

What do you do when you are not writing? Anything crafty, travel, keep my house from burning down, lol. You know how the mom life can be.

What types of scenes are your most favorite to write? I really enjoy writing scenes laced with humor, and the romantic scenes where the characters are just starting to fall for once another.

What are your current projects? I’m working on the follow up to Witch for Hire, and a Contemporary Romance called Ring of Fire.

If you could swap lives with the heroine of any urban fantasy book, which book would you choose? Kitty Norville from the Kitty Norville series. She’s a midnight DJ which I’d love to be, and I found her to be hilarious and relatable.

Thank you very much for taking the time out of your busy schedule to take part in this interview.

 

Witch for Hire

Shyla Colt 

Genre: Urban Fantasy

Publisher: Vamptasy

Date of Publication:  11-27-2017

ASIN: B075GN5Q68

Number of pages: 300

Word Count: 85,000

Cover Artist: Dreams 2 Media

Tagline: Against the approaching darkness, I am the light.

Book Description:

Young, terrified, and bound to a vampire, Louella Eschete fled the bayou and swore off magic. Years later, she’s returned to the tiny town of Cypress, Louisiana to take her rightful place as head of her magical family, whether she likes it or not.

In order to keep the tentative peace formed between the various races of powerful beings who rule side by side, she must face her own demons. Mainly one, Cristobal Cortez.

Now a master vampire, and lord of the seven cities surrounding New Orleans, her former lover has moved up in the world. Their relationship gets way more complicated when his court is framed for a rash of murders they didn’t commit.

Forced to play her role as his bond mate, and launch an investigation into the darkness threatening to overturn truces, she may be in over her head.

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I spot his form on the outskirts. Though, I’m loathe to admit it, my night vision is better than a human’s. Energy crackles on my fingertips. Bright green sparks break the inky blackness of night. My stomach sours. Being in the same space works as an amplifier for us. I’m manifesting new powers. He’s turned me into something foreign. Physical manifestation of magic is rare and left to the most powerful.

I curl my hands into fists. He foresaw this all those years ago in that graveyard. He recognized the potential of the two of us could create together. My chest aches. Some wounds cut too deep to ever fully heal. Angers pools in my belly. I wanted love. I got lies and manipulation instead. A pulsing ball of energy forms in front of me. I’m hypnotized by the technic-color glow. How could this come from me?

I shake under the strain of maintaining it. What was created in anger is burning off my reserves.

“Let. It. Go.”

The command given in a dulcet tone snaps my hold on the newly discovered power. The ball hurtles toward him. I resend the magic, knowing the back lash of the abrupt interruption of signal flow is going to be a bitch. Lifted off my feet by a form of magical feedback, I’m pitched back violently. My stomach drops, and then I’m caught in a strong pair of arms. The gravity of seeing him in person so close up presses down on me as I drown in his chocolate colored gaze. My tongue sticks to the rough of my mouth. All thought flees as my barriers buckle like the compromised hull of a ship. The high, well-sculpted cheek bones lead down to a strong, diamond shaped jaw rounded out by a dimpled chin. His button nose gives an eternal boyish quality to his rugged good lucks. He swallows and my gaze is drawn to his throat as my mind his worked over by years of memories.

We’re exchanging information like two computers updating. He cups my face. “Louella.” I twitch as I ride the wave of power being exchanged between us. 

 

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Shyla Colt is the sassy international bestseller of the popular series Kings of Chaos and Dueling Devils M.C. This genre-hoppers stories feature three of her favorite things: strong females, pop culture, and alternate routes to happy ever after. Listening to her Romani soul, she pens from the heart, allowing the dynamic characters, eccentric interests, and travels as a former flight attendant to take her down untraveled roads. 

Born and raised in Cincinnati, Ohio, this mid-west girl is proud of her roots. She used her hometown and the surrounding areas as a backdrop for a number of books. So, if you’re a Buckeye, keep an eye out for familiar places. 

As a full-time writer, stay at home mother, and wife, there’s never a dull moment in her household.

She weaves her tales in spare moments and the evenings with a cup of coffee or tea at her side and the characters in her head for company.

You can interact with Shyla Colt online via her website, TwitterFacebook, & Goodreads.

 

 

I'm an outdoor sun loving reader living near San Fransisco. I’m a mother, wife, animal & book lover. I'm the owner, reviewer & mind behind Angel’s Guilty Pleasures. My favorite animals are horses & dogs. As for reading I love all things paranormal & urban fantasy & my favorite shifters are dragons.

14 comments on “Interview: Shyla Colt (Witch for Hire) ~ Excerpt

  1. looks like a fun one

  2. This sounds really good. I’m adding it to my reading list.

  3. This looks great. Thanks!

  4. Great interview! I will have to check out her books

  5. Trying to pull people out of the darkmages – that’s like a full-time job these days.

  6. Thank you so much for having me over today!

    • Ms. Colt thank you for the Q&A. It was my pleasure to have you visit and share your book; Witch for Hire.

  7. Great interview and giveaway!! Shared on all my socials!!

  8. I like the book cover. Louella & Cristobal sound like good characters in a story I think I will like.

  9. Please leave a comment for the author

    thanks for the giveaway merry christmas

  10. I liked the excerpt, thank you.

  11. This looks super and I love the first line of the book. Great interview!

  12. thanks for the interview. I confess that this is a new book to me!

  13. This book is “my cup of tea”, looking forward to reading it!