Thursday 3 December 2015

Soul Struck Book Three ~Shifter 101 for the Warlock Brothers of Havenbridge Series By Jacob Flores




Shifter 101 for the Warlock Brothers of Havenbridge Series


Hi, everyone! My name is Jacob Z. Flores. I’m excited to be here today because today marks 

the first day of my pre-release promotional tour for Soul Struck, the third book of my 

Warlock Brothers of Havenbridge series.  

In the first two books of the series, I introduced the reader to my versions of vampires (or 

vampyren as I call them) and the fae. Well, it should come as no surprise that for Soul 

Struck, I’m adding to the mix yet another magical species—shifters.

And just like I did for vampires and fairies, I shook the shifter mythos up and tweaked a 

genre many of us have come to love.

So, today, I wanted to give you a brief introduction to my contribution to shifter lore.

WHAT IS SHIFTING???

Shifting is the result of a magical spell

In my world, there is no genetic mutation or a wolf bite that turns an ordinary human into a 

shifter. In fact, shifters can’t turn others into shifters. They are born with the ability to 

transform into an animal, which is a result of a transmutation spell cast upon a tribe of 

humans by a powerful sorcerer named Sersie in 695 B.C. In her desire to create an army to 

do her bidding, Sersie inadvertently created a new magical species capable of tapping into 

the most primitive abilities of all—natural magic.

Shifters transform into an animal according to their magical race not their genetics

Sersie’s spell created four races of shifters—mammalians, avians, aquatics, and reptilians. 

Two wolf parents create another mammalian, not necessarily another wolf. Shifters 

transform into the animal spirit that calls to their soul the strongest on the day of the first 

shift, which is reminiscent of what happened to the human tribe upon which Sersie first 

cast her spell. Two wolf shifters could produce a child that transforms into a lion or a bear.

Shifters don’t live in packs; they live on a magical island

After the shifters were freed from Sersie’s control, the magical community created Aeaea, a 

magically shrouded island, where shifters could live in peace and remain safe from other 

sorcerers. Shifters have called Aeaea home since 690 B.C. and have no desire to return to 

what they now refer to as Human’s World.

 Shifters don’t have an alpha; they have a Beast King

All shifters, regardless of type of animal they shift in to, answer to the Beast King, who is 

considered the most powerful shifter in the community. He is charged with protecting his 

people from magical and human threats. He rules Aeaea with the advice of the Were 

Council, but ultimately the Beast King’s word is law.

Shifters don’t have to completely transform; they can partially shift

While shifters can transform their entire bodies into the animal that has called to their 

spirit, they also have the ability to shift only part of their body. Arms can turn into wings, 

mouths can shift into beaks, and hands can turn into claws. Shifters only partially shift in 

extremely dangerous situations that call for immediate action. If a shifter maintains a 

partial shift too long, it could result in death.

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That wraps up my brief introduction on shifters as I have created them for Soul Struck. I 

hope I’ve piqued your interest. Let me know what you think about my take on shifters. I’m 

anxious to hear your thoughts, and if you want to learn more about shifters in the world of 

the Warlock Brothers of Havenbridge, I hope you’ll consider picking up Soul Struck.

The Soul Struck Giveaway Contest

All you have to do is leave a comment to this post, and your name is entered to win a free 

ebook from my backlist.

At the end of the blog tour, one lucky winner will win a $50 Amazon gift card!  

Soul Struck, Book 3

BOOK DETAILS

Book title: Soul Struck

Book number in series: 3

POV: Pierce Blackmoor

Genre: paranormal

Length: 224 pages

Release date: December 14, 2015

Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Ebook ISBN: 978-1-63476-682-1

Paperback ISBN: 978-1-63476-681-4



Like the electricity he commands, Pierce Blackmoor streaks through life on raw power and 

pure sexual energy. His conquests on the battlefield and in the bedroom form his 

foundation, but that bedrock crumbles when his younger brothers’ abilities surpass his 

own. Pierce finds himself at an all-time low, and clawing his way back to the top becomes 

his only concern.

Pierce's plan to reassert his dominance, however, takes a backseat when he wounds Kale 

Aquilo, an emissary of the Beast King, lord of all shifters.

Kale’s beguiling nature shoots like a lightning bolt straight to Pierce’s soul, and when the 

soft-spoken Kale relays that a virus is killing his people, Pierce abandons his quest for 

power to do something he has never done before—protect someone other than himself.

As Kale, Pierce, and his brothers struggle to find the root of the magical virus spreading 

plague across Aeaea, the shifter island, they face a gauntlet of old and new foes. Soul struck, 

Pierce and Kale must uncover the truth behind the conspiracy gathering in the shadows.


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Jacob Z. Flores lives a double life. During the day, he is a respected college English professor 

and mid-level administrator. At night and during his summer vacation, he loosens the tie 

and tosses aside the trendy sports coat to write man on man fiction, where the hard ass 

assessor of freshmen level composition turns his attention to the firm posteriors and other 

rigid appendages of the characters in his fictional world. 


Summers in Provincetown, Massachusetts, provide Jacob with inspiration for his fiction. 

The abundance of barely clothed man flesh and daily debauchery stimulates his personal 

muse.  

When he isn’t stroking the keyboard, Jacob spends time with his daughter. They both 

represent a bright blue blip in an otherwise predominantly red swath in south Texas.




You can follow Jacob’s musings on his blog at http://jacobzflores.com, his website

dedicated to the Havenbridge series at http://www.havenbridge.me or become a part of

his social media network by visiting http://www.facebook.com/jacob.flores2 or










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2 comments:

  1. Congratulations on your up coming release the book sounds fab the covers great too and I've added it to my wish list.

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  2. Congratulations on this new book! I can't wait to read it! I love our books and have the first two in this series already! Thank you.

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