Maggie Blackbird

Today, I have Shiela Stewart in the interview chair. We’re discussing her latest series release Lost Souls, a paranormal romance, supernatural mystery. Don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter giveaway.

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1. What inspired you to write this book?

Shiela: Having lived in a haunted house in my youth, Secrets of the Dead is loosely based on that.

2. Do you have any “side stories” about the characters?

Shiela: I do. The hero in my book, Awaken the Demon, Draco, has his story told of how he was sent from hell to gather souls and why he decided to stop working for his grandfather, Satan, and start a new life. I’ve never published it but might put it on my blog as a free read.

3. Can you tell us a little about the characters in SECRETS OF THE DEAD?

Shiela: C.J. Dowling can see and speak to the dead. His mission is to find out what is keeping them from crossing over to the other side and helping them get there.  He’s a very head strong man, with soft inner shell.

Jessica Coultrain is a diehard skeptic and is eager to dispel the myth that ghosts are real in any way she can.

4. Who designed your book covers?

Shiela: The publisher usually picks the artists, but I have created some of my own covers as is the case with my Darkness series.

5. How did you come up with the name of the book?

Shiela: It didn’t take much. I knew the dead had to be part of it and since there is a deep dark secret is the story I pieced them together and came up with Secrets of the Dead, with a tagline, “nothing stays buried.”

6. What is your favourite part of this book and why?

Shiela: I love the banter between the two main characters and loosely base it on mine and my husband’s sense of humor.

7. Are your characters based on real people or did they all come entirely from your imagination?

Shiela: Complete imagination.

8. What did you edit “out” of the book?

Shiela: Unfortunately, a lot of the humor was edited out mainly because the word count was too high.

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Title: Secrets of the Dead
Series: Lost Souls Series, Book 1
Author: Shiela Stewart
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Supernatural Mystery

Blurb: Jessica Coltrane is a diehard sceptic who believes ghosts and paranormal activity are nothing more than a figment of an overactive imagination. That is until she finds herself locked inside a haunted house with the enigmatic paranormal investigator C.J. Dowling.

Born with the ability to see and speak to the dead, C.J. Dowling thought investigating a haunted house would be a job like many others. He’s prepared for anything—except smart and sexy Jessica.

Working together in close quarters, C.J. and Jessica discover it isn’t only negative tension between them but sexual as well. Giving in to their desires seems like a good idea until they wake and find the spirits thought otherwise.

They are trapped with the ghost of a child long forgotten, an amorous entity threatening Jessica, and a powder keg of a spine-tingling mystery that might just be better left buried.

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Title: Innocence of the Dead Dead
Series: Lost Souls Series, Book 2
Author: Shiela Stewart
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Supernatural Mystery

Blurb: Samantha Dowling sees ghosts. As much as she hates her gift, she can’t ignore the spirit of a murdered young girl who haunts her dreams. As she digs into the death, she learns she’s not the only missing child in the city. And no one seems to be doing anything about it. Running into the very sexy Ethan Montgomery at his bookstore where she’d doing her research adds a whole new element to the mix.

From the first moment Ethan Montgomery sees Sam, he knows she’s meant to be his. Unfortunately, his soon-to-be ex-wife Gwen is determined to bring Ethan down any way she can, and his attraction to Sam is an opening she won’t pass up.

Despite her interference, Sam and Ethan’s romance blossoms. In secret. But sneaking around isn’t as easy as they thought when others discover their relationship.

And when Sam learns the identity of the murderer, it puts her in their crosshairs. Unless Ethan can get to her in time, their romance will have a deadly end.

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Title: Revenge of the Dead
Series: Lost Souls Series, Book 3
Author: Shiela Stewart
Genre: Paranormal Romance, Supernatural Mystery

Blurb: Standing over a dead body holding a gun is never a good thing. Especially when it’s your soon to be ex-wife, Gwen. And when it comes out that she’s been blackmailing him, Ethan is their prime suspect. Proving his innocence is not going to be easy. Luckily, he has his lover, Samantha is on his side.

Spiritual guide Samantha Dowling has seen pretty much everything the dead can throw at her. Just having solved a case of missing children, she’s looking forward to a life with the man she loves, Ethan Montgomery. Being woken by a nightmare of her lover standing over his wife’s dead body, gun in hand, Sam knows what she has to do.

When she goes to the scene of the crime, the last thing she expects is for the ghost of Ethan’s ex to be there. Getting an entity to talk is never easy, but this time, the ghost is being spiteful. Gwen wants Ethan to suffer. Because Ethan doesn’t know she can speak to the dead, Sam has to sneak around to try and exonerate him.

Will Sam risk having her heart broken by telling Ethan, and can she get the spirit to talk before it’s too late?

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Shiela Stewart is a paranormal suspense author with a writing history that stems back to her youth. Always a dreamer, wondering if her stories would ever reach an audience, she was finally published in 2006 and hasn’t stopped since. It is rare to find a stand-alone book as she prefers series stories. Her longest running series to date is her Darkness series which is a vampire romance.

Her joy for scary suspense is evident in each of her books. She has had several accomplishments including fighting for the top spot in rankings with author Stephany Myers, receiving glowing reviews as well as interviews on television.

When not writing, Shiela spends her time with the love of her life, William, and their children and grandchildren. She enjoys getting her hands dirty, working in her gardens and planting flowers. Her strong affection for animals is evident in the many cats, fish and birds she cares for.

Her favorite time of day is at sunset.

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