Book Blitz: Mistletoe & Hollywood

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Mistletoe & Hollywood

Jack Eversea and Evan Weston, two of Hollywood’s hottest young actors had their hearts stolen by regular down to earth girls, and we lived and laughed and loved their stories in the Eversea Series and in the Desire Resort Series. But what happened when the books were over?

How did each couple choose to spend their first Christmas? Was it sexy, emotional, stressful or heartwarming?

Perhaps it was everything and more…

My Star, My Love (An Eversea Series Novella) by Natasha Boyd

Movie star, Jack Eversea, has decided to brave his history with England and take the love of his life, Keri Ann Butler, home to meet his mother for Christmas. He’s been back in California and Keri Ann’s been busy with art school, and they are desperate to spend three weeks together over the Holidays.

But Jolly Old England does weird things to Jack. And despite his super sweet “twelve days of Christmas” gift giving, Keri Ann can’t quite work out of he’s about to propose or regrets bringing her home. Is he still questioning whether she can handle a few paparazzi, or is he doubting Keri Ann’s commitment to their future?

The magnetic couple is back in a fun, sometimes poignant, and super sexy story about acceptance, love and how to make love quietly in a creaky old house with one’s mother down the hall.

Many Times, Many Ways (A Desire Resort Series Novella) by Kate Roth

Vacation is over.

Danielle was escaping her monotonous life at a sexy beach resort when she first fell under the spell of Hollywood hunk, Evan Weston, but now they’re trying to make their relationship work in the real world.

While they’re both hopeful for what lies ahead, the only question is whether or not their desires for the future are one and the same.

Things have always moved quickly between Evan and Danielle, but Danielle can’t stave off the lingering anxiety she has once she finds out about Evan’s big plans—and even bigger Christmas gift. Can she continue to let go of the worry that plagues her so the man of her dreams can give her the life she never imagined she’d have?

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Author Interview

1. Where did you come up with the inspiration behind the book? 

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NB: I wanted to write a book about how it feels to fall in love; when every single interaction, look and thought regarding the other person takes on monumental impact. When it’s all you can think about. I also wanted it to be part Cinderella story, but where Cinderella doesn’t really need to be saved and the prince is not exactly perfect. 

KR: 

--> When Natasha brought me the idea of bringing my characters from Last Resort back for a holiday novella I knew I had more to show for them. The novella for Mistletoe & Hollywood came so easily. It proved to me how much I love Evan and Danielle.  

What inspired you to write your first book? 

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NB: I’ve always written. I love to write.  But recently we moved to a new area and I wasn’t working, my youngest was in school, and I didn’t know many people. So one day I sat down to write and just kept going. 

KR:  

--> --> My debut novel, The Low Notes, is the first book I ever finished. I started writing versions of it as far back as high school. Forbidden love has always called to me and The Low Notes is my take on the ultimate forbidden romance.

--> What books/authors have influenced your writing?
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NB: Every book I read inspires me in some way.  I read across so many genres that I don’t believe I specifically have much of anyone’s influence in my writing.

KR: 

--> So many authors! Everyone from Emily Giffin to Joe Hill. My very first inspiring author was Katherine Applegate. She wrote a YA series I devoured as a teen and it really propelled my love of fiction.

What was your favourite scene to write?

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-->It’s funny. I get asked this question a lot, and every time I really need to think about it.  I think the scene when Keri Ann and Jazz get drunk together. It comes right after Keri Ann gets kicked in the gut (metaphorically) and inspired to get her a** into gear about her art and her future and life in general.  There’s some great banter between the two friends too when Jack shows up. 

KR: 

--> Ooh, well my favourite was a scene I can’t share without giving major spoilers! But I loved being able to write a few more love scenes for Evan and Danielle. Those are always fun and they are one of my favourite couples I’ve written—their chemistry is off the charts.

What was the hardest part of writing your book?

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--> Believing I could do it.  And trying to write it as if no one would ever read it. You know that phrase ‘dance like nobody is watching’? It’s the same with writing. 

KR: 

--> It was hard for me to just tell the holiday story. A part of me wanted to keep going and show their entire life but that would’ve made for a long and incredibly fluffy read since I want them to be happy.

How do you overcome writer's block?

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-->The best solution for me is to open a new document and write my characters in a totally made up, stupid situation. That way I usually find out where they actually want to go (instead of where I was forcing them to go). 

KR: 

--> I usually try to read something or see a movie. Unwinding and getting my mind on something else usually breaks me out of a block.

What are your current projects?

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NB: Finishing Jazz and Joey’s story.  I had to put that aside for a while to work on Deep Blue Eternity (formally known as The Cottage). It will be out in March 2015. 

KR: 

--> I’m currently working the next book in the Desire Resort series and a novella in my Confession Records collection.

--> What book are you reading now?  

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NB: 

-->The Bone Clocks by David Mitchell 

KR: 

--> I’m reading Stronger With Him by JA Hensley. I’m loving it so far!

If you could have dinner with any fictional character who would it be and why?

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NB:  It would be a dinner party because I could never pick just one.  Can you imagine a dinner companion who was a “good” vampire, and who had been stuck as a teenager for a hundred years? Fascinating.  What about President Snow (Hunger Games)? He would be a totally scary dinner companion but man, do I have some questions for him.  I’d really love to have dinner with Mrs. Weaton, the elderly neighbour from my Eversea series. Boy, she lived a life. I’d love to know more!
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--> I have a sick love for Nick Carraway from The Great Gatsby. I’d love to meet him!

Do you have any advice for other writers?

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NB: Ha ha!  Write like no one is reading, but publish like everyone will.  Give yourself permission to write an imperfect first draft, but don’t release anything less than what you deem to be perfect. There’s a long road between the two, don’t get pressured to take a short cut, and don’t quit because it’s a long road. 

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--> Keep writing! I always say be a writer first and an author second. Your passion and your love for writing should be what keeps you going.

 About the Author

Natasha Boyd

Natasha Boyd is a writer with a background in marketing and public relations. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and lives in the coastal Carolina Lowcountry, complete with Spanish moss, alligators and mosquitoes the size of tiny birds. She has a husband, two sons and a cat named Tuna. Eversea is her first full-length novel.

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Kate Roth

Inspired by music, film, art and the wealth of stories she has heard through her career as a professional hair stylist, Kate Roth decided to get real about her love of writing in 2008. She signed up for a course after-hours at the local high school called ‘So You Want To Write A Book?’. Indeed, she did! For years Kate had been dreaming up love stories in her head and she’d even managed to write a few of them down but it was that class that gave her the drive to finally do something more with her ideas. The ideas haven’t stopped flowing since. She enjoys writing in all sub-genres of romance and even has a few surprises up her sleeve for the future. She is a small business owner and lives in Indiana with her husband, Adam and their dog, Sampson.

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I Can See You Tour

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I Can See You

“Emma stuck her face to the window to watch the rain. Lightning in the background drew a fiery specter in the sky while her eyes traced the water droplets running down the pane like tears.” Emma Willis is ten years old and has a secret. She not only inherited her grandmother’s power of sight, she can accomplish much more. Like most children without siblings growing up amongst adults, she is precocious yet at times lonely. When a murderer is loose in Newark, a maniac with a thirst for killing little girls, she begins to understand why her Granny Dottie called her sight a curse. She will need all her powers to catch a killer and help the people in her life: Detective Hank Apple, her teacher Christina Tyler, and her little family of three. Only … the madman knows who she is!

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Author Interview

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• 1.    Where did you come up with the inspiration behind the book?

I guess you can say, Cheree that I hold all children in high esteem. I remember what it was like to be a child. I can remember my own childhood as far back as  four and five years old. I was lucky. I had excellent parents with a dad who had a doctorate in psychology. Yet, I’ve seen so much disrespect of other children. And I believe that even with all our technological advances, our way of treating children has not improved. In many cases our handling has worsened. I still see flagrant examples of this today, in the stores, and at the parks. Perhaps our levels of stress have increased making us worse parents than ours were. Whatever the case, I wanted to draw attention to their world with I Can See You.

• 2.    What inspired you to write your first book?

I’ve been writing for over ten years now, and my first book has not yet been published. When I do take it out for a spin, there will be a trilogy and it is one of the books I prefer. The inspiration came to me unexpectedly while I was walking my dog in Miami Beach. Characters began to talk out loud and the whole story played itself as If I’d given it a lot of thought. Perhaps it was just time and my crazy imagination had spawned this over the years.

• 3.    What books/authors have influenced your writing?

I have the utmost respect for John Grisham, Pat Conroy, and PD James. I love literary writing. But there are so many writers that have influenced my pen … screen writers as well. I love, love movies. That’s where I learned to perfect the dialogue in my stories.

• 4.    What was your favourite scene to write?

So far, I’ve written approximately ten books and published three. So, I’m working on the ones I wrote, as I am writing new ones. So each book has a treasured moment, often one that surprised the hell out of me. In I Can See You the scene happens when Emma propels herself to the hospital to visit her aunt Franka. This is a powerful, tender moment that shows us the power we possess in this great big skull of ours.

• 5.    What was the hardest part of writing your book?

I think the research was definitely the hardest part of writing this book. For instance, snooping inside police files of known paedophiles and convicted sex offenders. I made sure I did this in a bright sunny room, mid-day and while some calming music played in the background. I am too sensitive sometimes and this can get under my skin and make me sad for a while.

• 6.    How do you overcome writer's block?

Please don’t hate me, but I don’t get writer’s block. I hesitate saying this because I always get the weird looks when I do. It’s true. When I’m rested and it’s morning, all I need to do is sit down in front of my story, read what I wrote the day before, and the story continues … like taking dictation. Hours later when I am tired of typing and can no longer focus, I’ll get up, do a sport—swim, bike, or go to the gym (downstairs in my house). The story will continue to go on in my head and I’ll talk to my characters out loud. Then I’ll sit down again and write some more. They also make a lot of adjustments on what I’ve just written.

• 7.    What are your current projects?

I am presently working on the final edits of a Romantic Mystery you could also call women’s fiction. Long Goodbyes is about four goodbyes and a mystery. Four women who learn to love again while our heroine, Candice Newman, also in the throes of a long goodbye, is drawn into a mystery by Simon Bennett, the handsome professor who seems to be the only one still searching for a young medical student who disappeared one cold February night in his shoes and shirtsleeves while going to the library.

• 8.    What book are you reading now?

Several, actually. I never just read one book at a time. If I do, I can’t put it down until I finish it. I’m a compulsive reader.

• 9.    If you could have dinner with any fictional character who would it be and why?   

Pierre Beaupré. He is a metaphysical marvel of eighty some odd years and I would love to sit down with him and talk shop. I love that science. Oh, he is a character in this trilogy I’ve been working on for the last ten years. Soon!

10.Do you have any advice for other writers?

Like the commercial says on television: POWER THROUGH. Never let go of a story. Whether you are plagued with writers’ block or out of the blue, don’t seem to find interest with one of the chapters you wrote … POWER THROUGH. You’ll get there.

About the Author

Joss Landry

With a degree in commerce, Joss has worked as a consultant for more than twenty years, writing copy for marketing firms and assisting start-up companies launch their business. She recently made the switch from composing copy and promos, to writing fiction and prose. She is developing her style through courses and the support of other writers. She is a member of the Romance Writers of America and is presently working on honing three other novels for publication. Blessed with four children and five grandchildren, she resides in Montreal with her husband, a staunch supporter, and enjoys spending time biking, rollerblading, playing tennis, and swimming. She loves creating stories as she says they fulfill her need to think outside the box.

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