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I've been thinking a great deal about urban fantasy tropes the past few months. Can you imagine what it would be like to live with a werewolf? Would he get mad if you insisted on cooking his steak? And what about the shedding? I´m thinking a new vacuum cleaner would be in order. You´d also need to put away the good silver forever. With a vampire, you´d have to keep blood in your fridge and see about finishing the basement, like, yesterday. If you were married to a fairy, you´d have to scour the house from top to bottom and get rid of the iron. I´m looking around my house, realizing it´s not very fairy-friendly at all.  No wonder I haven´t seen any since I´ve been in Mexico. -grin-

For the last four years, I´ve been immersed in another culture. In my daily life, I speak a different language. I do business in Spanish. If I order food, it´s in Spanish. Sometimes I find myself thinking in Spanish. I cuss in Spanish.  The folklore of Mexico is different, too, and it flavored my writing of Blue Diablo. (If you´re interested, you can find some examples here.) As I celebrate the release of Blue Diablo, I am proudest of the fact that I bring something new to the genre. Other people are already doing a brilliant job of exploring vampires, werewolves, and fairies (sometimes all of the above), so I wanted my contribution to the genre to be fresh and different. I´m delighted  to report that most of my ARC readers report they´ve never read anything quite like the Corine Solomon series.

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Ann Aguirre is our guest blogger during the week of April 6th. If you have any questions for Ann Aguirre, add a comment to any of her posts.

Here is more information about Blue Diablo:

 "Gritty, steamy and altogether wonderful urban fantasy."-New York Times Bestselling Author Patricia Briggs

"Right now, I'm a redhead. I've been blonde and brunette as the situation requires, though an unscheduled color change usually means relocating in the middle of the night. So far, I'm doing well here. Nobody knows what I'm running from. And I'd like to keep it that way..."

Eighteen months ago, Corine Solomon crossed the border and wound up in Mexico City, fleeing her past, her lover, and her "gift". Corine, a handler, can touch something and know its history-and sometimes, its future. Using her ability, she can find the missing-and that's why people never stop trying to find her. People like her ex, Chance...

Chance, whose uncanny luck has led him to her doorstep, needs her help. Someone dear to them both has gone missing in Laredo, Texas, and the only hope of finding her is through Corine's gift. But their search may prove dangerous as the trail leads them into a strange dark world of demons and sorcerers, ghosts and witchcraft, zombies-and black magic...