Guest Author Interview: Tina deCoux

Please welcome today's guest author Tina deCoux!  Tina is the author of I Thought We Were Friends, Shipping and Receiving, and Temptation.

EJ:  When did you begin writing?

Tina:  I started writing about ghost, and vampires, when I was in grade school, second grade maybe. I entered my stories in school contest, and often I would turn the stories into a play for my friends and family. In my teens I developed insomnia, and turned to books to help get me through the long sleepless nights. I put my writing aside and instead got lost in novels. I didn’t start writing again until 2009, when I wrote my first novel I Thought We Were Friends.

EJ:  What brought you to the paranormal genre?

Tina:   I have always loved the paranormal. I mean what’s not to love? Vampires, demons, ghost, angels, shape shifters, and every other scary thing you were ever convinced was lurking under your bed at night. I can’t think of anything I’d rather read or write about.

EJ:  If you could be any paranormal or have any one supernatural talent, what would it be? Why?

Tina:   Vampires have always been my favorite paranormal creatures, so I think I would have to go with that. I have always been a night person so it would be an easy transition, oh and I’m allergic to garlic so that’s a plus too.

EJ:  Tell us why readers will enjoy your new release.

Tina:   Times are tough for the demon, Temptation. Once he enjoyed his work enticing humans to sin so their souls could be marked for collection. Now no one needs inducement from him. Lying, stealing, and cheating, has become the mortal's way.  This tiny gold-mining town in northern California and the bar he has just entered appear as corrupt as all the other places he has visited. However, he senses purity amongst the squalor, and he knows he has found the one soul he must tempt. Sunset. She is as decent as he is corrupt. As good as he is evil. And more hopeful about life than any human he has encountered. He must have her.  But he soon learns he has overstepped his bounds, and he must now find a way to free the souls of the wrongfully damned.  His long-time enemy, the Collector, has other plans. Here to chastise him, he takes great pleasure in announcing Temptation's punishment. He must pursue his quest, in human form, with human emotions. Emotions that lead him straight to Sunset.

EJ:  If your book(s) were being made into a movie, who would you cast for the leading roles? Why?

Tina:   Hugh Jackman, as Temptation.

Jackman, would be the perfect fit, because he can be dark, mysterious, and sexy, but at the same time compassionate.

Charlize Theron, as Sunset. She’s a vision of beauty, and innocence, and some one even a demon would have a hard time not trusting.

Christopher Walken, as The Collector, because he is one of the scariest men on the planet.

Temptation (Soul Collection, #1) by Tina deCoux.

Times are tough for the demon, Temptation. Once he enjoyed his work enticing humans to sin so their souls could be marked for collection. Now no one needs inducement from him. Lying, stealing, and cheating, has become the mortal's way.  This tiny gold-mining town in northern California and the bar he has just entered appear as corrupt as all the other places he has visited. However, he senses purity amongst the squalor, and he knows he has found the one soul he must tempt. Sunset. She is as decent as he is corrupt. As good as he is evil. And more hopeful about life than any human he has encountered. He must have her.  But he soon learns he has overstepped his bounds and must now find a way to free the souls of the wrongfully damned.  His long-time enemy, the Collector, has other plans. Here to chastise him, he takes great pleasure in announcing Temptation's punishment. He must pursue his quest, in human form, with human emotions. Emotions that lead him straight to Sunset.


Thank you Tina for joining us here today at From the Shadows!

To learn more about Tina and her books, please visit her website.