Guest Blog & Giveaway with Kylie Brant

I'm happy to announce that I have Romantic Suspense author, Kylie Brant here as a guest today. Her newest series The Mindhunters debuted on September 1st with the release of Waking Nightmare. Book 2, Waking Evil comes out today (October 6th) and will be followed by Waking the Dead on November 3rd.

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I have a confession to make. I’m not a true paranormal reader. I admire the authors who can create other worlds and populate them with furry or fanged creatures they then make us care about. But my feet have always been too firmly rooted to the ground to suspend disbelief for long. I’m not sure what it says about me that I find it far easier to believe in serial killers and crazed criminals than in vampires and werewolves, but there you go.

There is a similarity between dark romantic thrillers and paranormals, however. Both have our hero and heroine fighting evil to save the world, or at least their part of it. And in doing so they overcome obstacles and fall in love. Which isn’t bad for a week or two’s work, any way you look at it! But the evil in my books most often takes on an all too human form.

I do love sprinkling hints of the paranormal in my stories. I’m fascinated by psychic phenomena, which keeps me watching Medium week after week despite Patricia Arquette’s acting ability, or lack thereof. There are no psychics in my newest release, but there is a hint of the supernatural.

Book 2 of The Mindhunters series hit the shelves Oct. 6. Each book in the back to back trilogy features a different investigator from a private forensics firm, headed by the legendary ex-FBI profiler, Adam Raiker. In Waking Evil, the heroine, Ramsey Clark, is a no nonsense investigator hired by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation to help with a murder case in a small rural town. Ramsey believes in evidence, not superstition, so she’s not happy to find renowned parapsychologist Devlin Stryker dogging her steps at every turn.

And Devlin…well he’s got charm to spare, an admirable intellect, and an open mind. He’s exposed a lot of supernatural hoaxes, but has seen a few things in his career that can’t be explained away by science or pranks. One of the hardest things he’s ever done is to try convince Ramsey the local century old curse might have something to do with her murder victim.

Ramsey doesn’t want to hear about the red mist that appears over the town every generation, or the murders that follow its appearance in threes. But she is willing to admit the legend just might be playing a part in the crime as she tries to figure out if a killer is playing on everyone’s fears or if a prophecy is being fulfilled—one victim at a time.

The best part of researching this story was delving into parapsychology and tools of the trade. I don’t necessarily believe in ghosts. But I wouldn’t be above using an EMF meter, thermal scanner, and night vision video light in a place reputed to be haunted, as long as I had plenty of company. Did I mention I’m a huge coward?

How about you? If you had a chance to accompany a ghost hunter some night, would you go? Have you had a paranormal experience that made you a believer? Or maybe you’ve traveled somewhere that’s haunted? I’d love to hear about it!

Check out my website at http://www.kyliebrant.com for more on Waking Evil, and the other two books in the series, Waking Nightmare and Waking the Dead.

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Giveaway- Open to All
Big Thanks goes out to Kylie for stopping by and offering the giveaway prizes. She's giving away two copies of Waking Evil.

A signed copy of Waking Evil will go to a U.S. commenter and the other copy in ebook format of Waking Evil will go to an International commenter. To enter leave a comment along with your email address. Winners will be announced on October 13th. Gook Luck!!