Killer Fiction

Who the heck is C.C. Hunter? And why am I posting her cover on my blog? Well, I could tell you that I think she’s a pretty decent writer. I could tell you how she’s a fairly nice person, and a total babe, but not only would I be stretching the babe part, but I’m southern and was trained not to say nice things about myself. Yup, C.C. Hunter is the name I’m using for my paranormal young adult series Shadow Falls. The first book, Born at Midnight, is scheduled to release in April 2011.

So what is Born at Midnight about? Glad you asked. It’s about a teenage girl who has spent sixteen years trying to figure out her destiny, attempting to discover who she is, only to realize she doesn’t even know what she is. Below is my short blurb.
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Kylie Galen has had a lot of crap tossed in her lap. Her parents are getting a divorce. Her boyfriend broke up with her because she wouldn’t put out. Her grandmother died and now Kylie’s acquired a stalker. Unfortunately, she’s the only one who seems to be able to see the stalker. And that gets her sent to a psychologist’s sofa.

The kooky psychologist gets Kylie sent to Shadow Falls Camp. Kylie and her parents think it’s a camp for troubled teens.

They thought wrong.

It’s a camp of supernaturals: vampires, werewolves, fairies, witches and shape shifters. And if she believes the camp leader, Kylie is one of them, too.

Just because she’s seeing ghosts, just because she was born at midnight, does that really mean she’s not human? And if so, what is she? Not even the other supernaturals can tell her.

As Kylie attempts to cope with the realization that these creatures actually exist, and that she might even be one of them, the ever present stalker/ghost appears to have secrets that could unravel the mystery of Kylie’s identity and her destiny.

But getting a ghost to open up is as hard as getting a guy to talk about his feelings.

As Kylie struggles to find answers, two hot guys, a werewolf and a half-fairy vie for her attention. However, Kylie’s determined that before she lets her heart discover a new love, she needs to solve her indentify crisis and unearth the truth of her destiny.

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I just finished the second book in the series and I’m having a blast with these characters. The plot is a tad darker than my adult romances, but as you might imagine, it still has my humor. I just can’t stop the wisecracks from appearing on the page.

While Kylie is young, she’s dealing with something I think most of us deal with throughout our lives. Self discovery: Who are we? How do we fit in? And are we fulfilling our destinies? Are we on the right path?

When St. Martin’s Press came to me and asked if I would write a young adult series, I came so close to saying no. I was afraid to try something new, to take a chance on a new genre, a new publisher, and a new editor. Now I can’t even begin to tell you how thrilled I am that I didn’t allow my fears to stop me from traveling down this new path.

Don’t worry, I’m still writing my crazy humorous romantic suspense novels, but by taking a chance I’m now writing crazy paranormal young adult novels. And yes, I do believe it was part of my destiny.

So here’s what I’d like to hear from you guys today. How are you doing on the road to your own self discovery? Do you know what you wanna be when you grow up? Even more important, are you still growing, learning, opening yourself up to all life has to offer? And I don’t care how old you are, you know what I mean. Are you doing what makes you happy, or are you holding off waiting for something to change before you take a chance on yourself? When opportunity knocks, are you answering the door? Or are you running to the bathroom, claiming you ate bad chicken, and not answering that knock?