Maidens, be very, very quiet. Ms. JD Tyler is sneaking us into the Alpha Pack compound for a unique opportunity to sit down and chat with her and her smoking hot shifters. We don’t want them to know you’re all tagging along.
Ms. Tyler thank you so much for giving us the opportunity to spend some time with you and the boys! *squeeee*
Thank you so much for inviting me and the Alpha Pack guys here today!
Well lets gets started. Ms Tyler your series Alpha Pack has not only “werewolves” but it seems that at every turn a different kind of supernatural was popping up.
Yes, it does—it would be a shame if our highly specialized guys had no paranormals to fight! The Alpha Pack is tasked with eliminating the world’s most dangerous creatures, both human and non-human. So by necessity, the series is teeming with all sorts of wonderful, interesting, and lethal paranormals such as gremlins, the Fae (including Seelie and Unseelie), a basilisk, Sluagh (Unseelie minions), and shifters of all kinds.
In your opinion, what makes a good heroine?
I think that today’s reader wants a heroine who’s smart and tough, able to take care of herself. But they also want to see her vulnerable side shine through, giving the hero a well-rounded person to fall in love with. It can be a tricky balance, getting tough and vulnerable just right. But I enjoy that sort of heroine, too.
Do you prefer writing in the paranormal romance genre where the possibilities are endless, or do you enjoy your contemporary stories more?
Truthfully, I enjoy both because each genre feeds a different need for me as a storyteller. My contemporaries as Jo Davis (Firefighters of Station Five) are suspenseful romance, and take place in the “real” world. My J.D. Tyler books are darker, grittier, and take you to a world only found in fiction, filled with paranormal beings. Both are fast-paced, packed with action and romance.
What can you tell us about Savage Awakening?
I’d love to! Here’s the blurb:
After a mission goes wrong, Aric Savage is taken prisoner. Half-dead and despairing, he makes a stunning discovery: his Pack mate Micah Chase, who was reported dead, is a fellow captive. When the Alpha team goes into full-rescue mode, accompanying them is an absolute stunner with sable hair—and a spine of solid steel.
LAPD officer and Psy Dreamwalker Rowan Chase has one priority: her brother Micah’s recovery. Still, she can’t help but be drawn to Aric, the ruggedly handsome wolf shifter who pleasures her as no man ever has—however fleeting their affair is destined to be. But when Aric’s life is endangered, Rowan must ask herself what she’s willing to sacrifice in the name of love, for the man fated to be her Bondmate.
Who is your favorite author and what is it about their work that resonates with you?
One of my favorite authors ever is Stephen King. I’m awed by the way the man can take our most common fears and play us, make us quiver in our boots while telling a fantastic tale. He can take a ball point pen and make it evil. But I also enjoy his wisdom on writing, and I quote him all the time.
If you could bring one of your characters to life for the day, who would it be and what would you do?
Right now, the answer to that would have to be Alpha Pack’s newest member, Kalen Black. He’s the team’s Sorcerer/Necromancer/panther shifter, and his just too cool with his black rock star hair, emerald green eyes, black-tipped nails, guyliner, and enough powerful magic to light up West Coast. I’d spend the day with him, making him demonstrate his magic… in more ways than one!!
Of course we are very excited to chat with the boys as well. And Hammer, because you are one of my favorites, I brought you a little present *hands over a quilting patterns magazine to Hammer* What do you think? I hope that has some new designs for your quilting work. 🙂
Hammer: Aww, thanks so much! How’d you know I love to quilt? The guys give me a lot of crap about it, but quilting is a stress reliever for me.
Jax (snickering): Yeah, I can think of more enjoyable ways to relieve stress, buddy.
Hammer: Shut up, moron.
You guys not only have the ability to shift into wolves, but you also have unique abilities. If you could switch psychic abilities with any of the other members of the Alpha Pack, what would you like to have and why?
Ryon: I’d like to be a Firestarter/Telekinetic like Aric. That would be awesome to burn stuff instead of seeing dead people. (Makes a face)
Jax: Yeah, Ryon is a Channeler, which means he can communicate with the dead. They’re always following him around, trying to talk to him.
Ryon: And it sucks! (He looks at Jax) What about you?
Jax: I don’t know, I’m kind of cool with my own ability. I’m a RetroCog, and that means I can touch objects or people and catch glimpses of past events surrounding them. I’m also a Timebender, and that’s exactly what it sounds like. I can bend time backwards, but only by a few minutes. I don’t recommend jacking around with time, though, ‘cause it can really mess up the future.
Zan: I’m a Healer, and though I’m always glad to help one of my injured bros, it takes a lot out of me. I’d like to be a Sorcerer/Necromancer like Kalen, command the elements to do magic and raise the dead.
Kalen: I’ll bet you would. Too bad for you. (smirks)
Hammer: I’m a Tracer, and I can teleport from one location to another. It’s handy in a fight, that’s for sure. But I’d like to heal people, like Zan. That would be neat.
And who has the hardest ability to deal with?
The guys all look at each other, knowing that’s a tough one to answer because along with the fun they sometimes have, each of them also has his own cross to bear.
Jax: That would be Nick, in my opinion. (Lots of nodding and murmurs of assent, though Nick Westfall, the Pack’s commander, doesn’t comment) Nick is a PreCog, which means he can sometimes see into the future. He doesn’t believe in influencing a person’s free will in order to change that future, so his gift can be a heartbreaking curse to live with. I don’t think anyone here would want to switch gifts with him.
Sometimes it’s the quiet ones you have to watch out for. What do you all think of your new Sorcerer/Necromancer recruit and how are you dealing with all the new additions to the team?
Ryon: Kalen is pretty cool, for a kid who looks like a cross between a Goth rock star and a gunslinger. (That earns the finger from the Sorcerer, and Ryon just laughs) He’s really powerful and he’ll only get more and more so the older and more experienced he gets. Kalen is a super asset to the team. Our other new man is A.J., and he was a security guard where Jax’s mate Kira used to work. He’s not ready to go out in the field yet, but it won’t be long.
Zan: Maybe. A.J. has some heavy shit he’s dealing with, I think.
Aric: Don’t we all?
It’s game night at the Alpha Pack compound, what are three things that you can’t do without?
Kalen: Definitely the Wii! We’re really twelve years old at heart.
Aric (snorting): You can be twelve if you want. My vote is for girls—one for each arm. What? Well, she didn’t say what KIND of games, did she?
Zan: And the booze! Don’t forget that. (Zan and Aric bump knuckles)
Even though a lot of you got turned let’s say against your will, what are the best parts of your new shifter life?
Jax: Being able to run as a pack, and hunt. Enjoying the freedom to just be wild and free for a short time. That’s pretty cool. (The rest agree)
Guys, how do you handle Ms. Tyler’s multiple personality disorder and the fact that you have to share her with some hot firefighters?
Aric: Human firefighters got nothin’ on us. No disrespect, you understand, because they have a dangerous job, too. But…
Jax (shrugging): What can we say? We’re selfish and we want all of her attention.
Ryon: Yeah, true that.
JD: Now, guys, there’s plenty of me to go around! You know I’ll make sure you all get your fair share of love.
The Pack moves in to give JD lots of hugs, and she basks in the attention.
Ms. Tyler, can you tell us what’s coming next, both as J.D. Tyler and Jo Davis?
Next up is the Alpha Pack novella BLACK MAGIC, and it will be a stand-alone story involving Kalen Black, the Sorcerer/panther shifter/Necromancer who joined the team in PRIMAL LAW (Alpha Pack #1). As Ryon said, the Pack calls him a cross between a Goth rock star and a gunslinger. The novella will be released from Penguin eSpecials on March 6, 2012, and will lead into Kalen’s full-length book, which will be BLACK MOON (Alpha Pack #3), coming out in December 2012. And I’ll tell you right now, Kalen’s full novel is going to be truly epic.
After Kalen’s novella is SAVAGE AWAKENING (Alpha Pack #2), which is Aric Savage’s story (blurb above) and will be released on April 3, 2012! Aric has been the most fun hero I’ve ever written because he’s such a snarky bastard. Of course, the prickly outside hides a heart as big as a continent. It will take a really special woman to make this sexy redhead accept his self-worth and be the hero everyone knows he is.
Last, for those of you who’ve read and enjoyed my Jo Davis books (Firefighters of Station Five), or even if you haven’t yet, I’ve sold my spinoff of the Firefighters series to NAL! The new series, SUGARLAND BLUE, will be about the heroes behind the badge at the Sugarland PD, the dangers they face, and the women who love them. The series is tentatively set to launch in June 2013 with Detective Shane Ford’s story, book title TBA. I can’t wait to start writing! Ah, patience is a tough thing…
Wow we can’t wait! And of course we are drooling over that Savage Awakening cover!!! We want to thank Ms. Tyler and of course the hot Alpha Pack shifters for stopping by UTC today and now another treat for you!
Ms. Tyler is giving away a SIGNED copy of Primal Law, the first book in the Alpha Pack series (and Jax’s story). You know you want to get your hands on this one! This is open for US/Canada ONLY.
Founded by a team of former Navy SEALS, the Alpha Pack is a top-secret team of wolf shifters with Psy powers tasked with eliminating the most dangerous predators in the world. But the gift of their abilities comes at a price…
After a massacre decimates half his team and leaves him crippled, Jaxon Law must relearn how to fight—and must defeat the anger and guilt threatening to overwhelm him. But when he rescues a beautiful woman who reawakens his primal instincts, Jax is unprepared for the dangers that lie ahead.
On the run from her employer, brilliant lab assistant Kira Locke escapes with disturbing evidence that leads the Alpha Pack team on a hunt for someone targeting human civilians with Psy abilities. And as Jax and Kira circle both the killer and each other, Jax will have to decide if the deep connection he feels with Kira is worth breaking the ultimate shifter rule—because bonding with Kira means putting his abilities at risk, and they might be the only tool he has to keep his mate alive…
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2. Answer Ms. Tyler’s question below in the comments
i would like telepotation or telekinesy but even more i would like to power to heal ( regeneration or cellule manipulation – to heal others)
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thanks you for this giveaway
isabelle(dot)frisch(at)gmail(dot)com
Great interview! SOunds like an epic book!
Well…if I could only choose 1 ability it would be to turn invisible. haha. I could be all sneaky and “accidently” take the run turn into the men locker room. haha. ^.^
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This is a new author for me, I will need to add her to me TBR =)
hmmm Power to heal others would be AWESOME!
That was a great interview. I think I would like to be able to read minds, to know what everyone was thinking. Thanks for the giveaway.
e.balinski(at)att(dot)net
Good morning everyone! It’s great to be here today! Thank you to Francesca for inviting me. 🙂
Also, thank you for the super reviews on PRIMAL LAW and TRIAL BY FIRE (posted under today’s interview)!! I’m so happy you enjoyed my Alpha Pack and my firemen!
LOVED the before and after perception of the name “Howard” after reading TRIAL BY FIRE!!! LOL So glad I could help on that score. :))
Good morning everyone! It’s great to be here today! Thank you to Francesca for inviting me. 🙂
Also, thank you for the super reviews on PRIMAL LAW and TRIAL BY FIRE (posted under today’s interview)!! I’m so happy you enjoyed my Alpha Pack and my firemen!
LOVED the before and after perception of the name “Howard” after reading TRIAL BY FIRE!!! LOL So glad I could help on that score. :))
Whoops! Double post, sorry! :/
Hi Miki, Carole Rae, DiDi, and Joanne! So glad you all could stop by! I hope you enjoy the series should you give it a try.
I used to have dreams about being able to fly. That would be so cool. Healing would be neat, too.
I think I’d like to be telekinetic, because reading other people’s minds would be really uncomfortable! Although Carole Rae’s suggestion of turning invisible has its appeal as well…
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gah!
OMGsh. Where have these guys been all my reading life? I’ve been missing out. I think I might just try to squeeze on ein before year ends.
Great interview ladies and Alphas.
I would like to be able to move things with my mind(housework).
I would also like to be able to promote calmness in people.
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I have this book on my wishlist. 🙂 Thank you for the giveaway.
I don’t think I would want to be able to read people’s minds – that is way too personal.
I do like the idea of teleportation – that way if my family needs me – or needs to be somewhere quick (like Disney World or The Bahamas) I can get it done in a jiffy. 🙂
Happy Holiday’s
Michelle
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I would love a signed copy of Primal Law! Thanks for the opportunity.
Which psychic ability would I like to have? I’m gonna cheat a little. I just finished re-watching Heroes and if I had an ability I would want to be an empathic mimic like Peter Petrelli so I could duplicate the powers of others.
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I would love to have a couple things:
1) read minds on demand
2) teleportation
3) influence someone with my mind
🙂 thank u for the giveaway!
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I want to be able to teleport. Please! Like now. I always thought the Star Trek teleporter was the coolest thing ever!
Telekinesis! Oh how easy it would be to clean the house…. 🙂
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Happy Holidays!
Deb
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Good question! I would select telekinese. Imagine being able to get that one thing off of the table on the other end of the room without moving an inch. Perfect!
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If I had to choose just on ability then I would like to be able to heal with touch. I am a lover by nature and so I wouldn’t be very good in a battle situation but if I was needed to help anyone then I am all for it.
I love the Firefighter series so I know that I will love the Alpha Pack!!
Thanks for the giveaway!!
melissalamb(at)musfiber(dot)com
I adore alpha male shifters! I haven’t read this series and now I am very excited to have found it 🙂
I would want to be telekinetic. thanks for the give away
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Thanks for a great post and giveaway! I’ve had this book on the top of my wishlist! 🙂
I’d want powers like Jean Gray. She can read minds, have telekinesis, but I’d also like to either fly or teleport.
Happy Holidays!
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gfc: erin
If I had a psychic ability I think I would like to be able to bend time. It reminds of the TV show Heroes and how Hiro was able to do that… fun stuff!
This is my first experience with this author and series… it sounds fantastic! Thanks for the chance to win!
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Wow – what a winning combo SEALS+Shifters+Psychic ability!
The ability to heal sounds like a wonderful ability, I could really use that to help some people. Teleportation would be very helpful too.
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Thanks for the chance!
I would love to have the ability to see the future.
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I would like to be able to talk to the dead
audie(at)wickerness(dot)com
That’s a tough one because any one would get me into trouble!!! But I think I would like to be able to read minds because I’m so dang nosy!!!:-)
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I’d say I’d want mind reading as my power.
~Christina Madison
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Savage Awakening sounds tasty. If I were to have a psychic power, I wouldn’t want to be able to read minds…to personal. I don’t think I’d like to be able to see the future either. I think I’d like to be able to find lost things…to divine the location of lost things and people.
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Oh my, another series to get my hands on! That’s alright though, I’m working them into my reading challenges. 😉
This was a great interview…”it’s the quiet ones” ha ha! This series now on TBR!
As for my special power? I would have to choose the power of healing. How amazing would that be to do that?
Sonia
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Loved the interview…if I could have any ability it would be teleportation. I would love to be able to get from here to somewhere like Scotland in a blink of an eye.
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I have always wanted to be able to read minds. it would be awesome!
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I would like to have the power to heal. Thanks for the contest. lisagk(at)yahoo(dot)com
I’d like to have telekinetic powers!!!!
Hell yes I want to get my hands on this one it’s on my Amazon wishlist!!!
Hi Rebe,
Telekenesis would be cool. That’s 2 votes for invisibility, which is something I hadn’t considered for a hero… I’ll have to think about that! 🙂
Hi Angela,
If you give the Alpha Pack a try, I hope you love them! Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Michelle B and Michelle G!
Telekinesis and teleportation seem to be popular. Those would be neat!
Hope you enjoy the Pack and thanks for stopping by!
Hi Miss Mel,
I hope you love Primal Law! I never watched Heroes except at the beginning but it was a cool show from what I recall. Thanks for stopping in!
Hi Arianne and Marlene,
Thank you for stopping in!
DL, yes that would be handy to clean house!! Worth it’s weight in gold for that alone! 🙂
Hi Heather,
More votes for telekinesis! I’m all for that do help with housework, like DL said!
Thanks for stopping in!
Hi Melissa,
I’m so happy you enjoyed the firefighter series! Howard is still one of my favorite heroes… 🙂
I hope you enjoy the Alpha Pack!
Hi Sharon,
I LOVE alpha males too! Though I do love a sweet beta now and then…
Who do ya’ll think a good Beta would be on the Pack team?
Hi Erin,
Reading minds would be useful in some ways, but also I think I’d find out stuff I didn’t want to know! 🙂
Thanks for stopping in!
HI Justpeachy,
Bending time would be neat. On the Pack, Jax has that ability and only will use it in a dire situation, which he does…
Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Di and Juana,
I hope you enjoy the series! Thanks for stopping by!
Hi Audra,
Talking to the dead would be cool for police to be able to do, but I don’t think I’d want to myself! It would creep me out…
Thanks for stopping in!
I would love to be able to teleport. I get sick and tired of being stuck in traffic.
Hi Wake Angel and Christina,
There’s that reading minds again… Maybe I should use that for a hero’s ability, ’cause that would make for some good conflict… I might have someone in mind for the Alpha Pack…
Thanks for stopping by!
HI Catherine Lee,
I hope you enjoy Aric’s story! Finding lost people would be cool. It would be great to give folks closure in what happened to loved ones.
Thanks for stopping in!
HI Mama Elk,
I hope you enjoy the Alpha Pack!
Thanks for stopping in!
Hi Nayjf, Lisagkendall, and Timitra,
Those are all neat abilities. Healing would still be my choice of those three.
I hope you enjoy the series, thanks for stopping by!
Hi Wickster72,
That’s a good point about teleporting to avoid traffic! Now that would be cool. Thanks for stopping by!
This book sounds amazing!! I would really love to win a copy!
If I were thinking of the good I could do for others, I would definitely choose a healing power – but if I was selfishly thinking of what would help ME the most, then I would choose teleportation, because that would just be so darn much fun!! Popping in on people when they least expecting it, and then popping out again? Awesome!
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That was a fun character/author interview. Thanks!
I would like the ability to teleport. That commercial from Southwest Airlines ‘You wanna get away?’ always touches something inside of me and it would be nice to just ‘get away’.
Thank you for the giveaway opportunity.
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Hi Julie W,
Teleporting would be fun, wouldn’t it? It would sure liven up a party!
I hope you enjoy the Alpha Pack! Thanks for stopping by.
Hi Sophia Rose,
Yes, getting away sounds lovely, doesn’t it? I think I’m due a vacation and that ability would be great!
I’m glad you liked the interview and I hope you enjoy the Alpha Pack! Thanks for stopping in!
I’m a GFC follower of this blog 🙂
Would love the ability to mind manipulate 😀
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Heh, I would like the power to, erm, I don’t know what it’s called, but, mold air with my mind so that it can be devastating… or feel like my touch *evil grin* that way I can make my touch be felt all over…
I’d like to be able to manipulate time. I could right wrongs &have some fun too.
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I would love teleportation & telekinesis. It would be super fun to be anywhere you want to be & move anything you want with just a thought.
Thanks for the giveaway. The book sounds great.
GFC: Jewel
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Oh, well, since I’m always late from everywhere, I’d love if I had the ability to teleport. It must be awesome! 🙂
Thank you for the great interview, I really enjoyed it! 🙂
GCF: mikki-mano
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If I could choose a psychic ability, I think I would like telekinesis to be able to move things around me! I don’t want to be able to read minds or see death people…. taht’s creepy…. but telekinesis can be really helpful and funny! Thanks for this giveaway!
Proserpine
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Cool giveaway. You’re a new author for me. I would love to be telekinetic. It would save me from dangerous situations. Thanks for the chance.
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I can’t decide between teleportation and the ability to read minds…or maybe being able to chnage others minds. So many choices!! Thanks for the giveaway!
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JD. Love the station 5 series and am looking forward to this new one. I also so Jo Carlisle has a new book to add to my list.
I am very intuitive so, a precog would probably suit me best as a psychic ability, but I also would love to manipulate the elements. Can I have both :).
I love your series and your fire station series under Jo Davis. I can not wait for the next book under J.D. Tyler.
If I could have a psychic ability, it would be like Alice in Twilight, to see ahead in the future, but only so far. I still want to have the mystery, but also know that the future is subjective and can always change.
I would love to be able to move things with my mind. I’m the secretary in an office where if they need something, I could use my mind to get what they need instead of interrupting my work. Oh, just wishful thinking.
Love the sound of this book.
Happy Holidays!
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Please add me to fans of teleportation. I would love to see my family more often and not to deal with the TSA, airports, and planes.
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That is a tough question, I think I would go with telekinesis.
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Thanks for an awesome giveaway!
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If I had any superpower I’d like time travel for sure. If that doesn’t count as a psychic power, then I’d probably go for telepathy.
GFC: ML
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i would love to have like.. telekinesis.. i think that would be awesome.. and help when im feeling lazy and there are chores to be done. lol
i would love to win the first book, it sounds AWESOME!!
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Another awesome book! I already have it on the tbr list. I love werewolves! I would like to read peoples minds and be able to discern their true intentions. [email protected]