Tuesday 5 April 2016

Author Q&A with Liz Gavin #Contemporary #Paranormal #Romance


The author will award a $50 Amazon/BN GC to one randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter.

Do you ever wish you were someone else? Who? 
Hmm that’s a tough one. Do I need to pick only one person? LOL so I’d choose Queen Elizabeth I who was a kick-ass red-head not much different from me; except she ruled the world in her time. I’m still working on that. LOL
What did you do on your last birthday?
I went to Vegas baby!
What part of the writing process do you dread?
Proofreading… *snores*
Do you ever suffer from writer’s block? If so, what do you do about it?
Sometimes I do. When I’m working with alpha readers they pretty much kick my butt and demand I write. VERY HELPFUL I must add. When I’m working on a short-story for instance I try to alternate with different activities. I paint, go out for a power walk/jog, clean up the house; whatever gets my muse back.
Tell us about your latest release.
It’s an erotica short-story called Indecent Proposal. I’m also working on my third novel called Celtic Fire, which is a historical fiction about a Druid priestess. But this blog tour is about my second and most personal novel. When I started writing Luck of the Irish I wanted to create a romantic story about a young woman’s journey of self-discovery in her search for love and self-assurance. I ended up writing a book about how she learns to defend herself against a psychopath in the direst of circumstances and finds out she is much stronger than anyone had ever imagined including herself. I also managed to tackle delicate subjects such as domestic violence and rape, which I never thought I’d talk about in one of my stories even though I find these issues to be extremely serious and important.
The main characters are Declan and Keira. Declan Slane is a twenty-six-year-old bartender at a fancy Dublin hotel bar. He’s a tall, dark-haired man with the most beautiful dark green eyes. At seventeen, he moved to Dublin escaping his abusive father. It takes him twenty years and the thought of losing his true love for Declan to be able to understand his innermost feelings and come to terms with his past. Keira Faith Ashe is a twenty-two-year-old American from Boston. She’s short, blonde and blue-eyed. She starts off the book as a shy and sometimes whiny young woman but she will blossom into a strong-willed person who knows how to overcome difficulties and learns from them. 
**********************************************
Keira Ashe’s parents are great but her mother has overprotected her for years. Now, this twenty-two-year-old Bostonian has graduated from college and can go on a trip she has been planning for years. She fears her shyness may get in the way of her enjoying what could be a life-altering adventure. However, Keira feels her luck is about to change when she meets gorgeous bartender Declan Slane.

Declan Slane is twenty-six and works at a hotel bar in Dublin. He hasn’t been very lucky in his love life so far. Also, he has got a troubled past he has chosen not to revisit in order to keep his sanity. Because he isn’t looking for a girlfriend, Declan isn’t very pleased to meet a certain breathtaking American who walks into his bar one afternoon.

Get a taste of adventure and heartache as Keira spreads her wings and matures while she gets to know her great-grandparents’ home country – Ireland. Hold your breath when she faces tough decisions and dangers. Root for Keira while she weighs up the consequences of making love for the first time. Bite your nails when she comes across unforeseen threats.

Liz Gavin’s second full-length novel is hard to put down just as it is hard to pinpoint its genre. She has woven an intricate web around her characters that will leave readers breathless. In the sizzling concoction, this talented new author poured heart-warming romance, heart-stopping suspense, and a dash of heart-searching paranormal. Take your pick. Regardless of the literary genre you might favor, Liz Gavin’s writing will take you to a whole different side of it.

Excerpt:

He was responsible for her withdrawal, which made him feel like an asshole. He shouldn’t have gone bi-polar on her. He should have managed his emotions better. It wasn’t her fault he’d had a shitty love life. And it was not her fault if he couldn’t keep his damn lustful body in check.

Those thoughts didn’t help Declan, but caused new graphic scenes to invade his mind. For a while, he let himself indulge in them. If Keira were to stay, he would find a way to know her better.

I’d love to spend hours getting to know her—every little inch of her.

He closed his eyes imagining her perfect body under his—felt her silken skin under his fingertips. He wanted to kiss her until they were both breathless, discover her secret spots: what made her tick, moan, and shout his name.

“Declan!” her clear voice yanked him from the daydream. He looked at Keira, still in a daze, and she smiled. “The check please.”

He was mortified at the bulge in his pants, which prevented him from going to the table without making a bigger fool of himself than he had already made. So he pretended to study some papers instead.

“What’s your room number? I’ll add the check to your room bill.”

“Don’t I have to sign it?”

“Not necessary,” he lied, I’ll have to sign it myself because there’s no way in hell I can stand up right now, you little bewitching thing.

AUTHOR Bio and Links:

When Liz Gavin was in Second Grade - just a couple of years ago, really - her teacher told her mother the little girl should start a diary because she needed an outlet for her active and vivid imagination. She was a talkative child who would disrupt the class by engaging her colleagues in endless conversations. She loved telling them the stories her grandfather used to tell her.
Apparently, the teacher wasn’t a big fan of those stories, and Liz’s mother bought her a diary. She happily wrote on it for a couple of months. Unable to see the appeal of writing for her own enjoyment only, she gave up on it. She missed the audience her friends provided her in class. She went back to disturbing her dear teacher’s class.

Since then, she has become a hungry reader. She will read anything and everything she can get her hands on – from the classics to erotica. That’s how she has become a writer of erotica and romance, as well.

As a young adult, she participated in a student exchange program and lived in New Orleans for six months. She fell in love with the city and its wonderful inhabitants. NOLA will always hold a special spot in Liz Gavin’s heart. Nowadays, living in Brazil, Liz’s creativity has improved many times because it’s such a vibrant, gorgeous and sexy country.

Welcome to her world of hot Alpha males and naughty, independent women. Add a touch of the paranormal in the presence of some wicked souls and you’ll get the picture.

AUTHOR LINKS

Blog - http://lizgavin.wordpress.com
Facebook Page - https://www.facebook.com/lizgavinauthor
Twitter - @LizGavin_author
Goodreads - https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7360069.Liz_Gavin
Amazon Author Page - http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B00F5BJC7Q
B&N Author Page - http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/liz+gavin?_requestid=513766
Email – lizgavin@elessarbooks.com

BUYING LINK
AMAZON - http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00MS48JO0

GIVEAWAY INFORMATION
 
a Rafflecopter giveaway

70 comments:

  1. Thank you for both the great excerpt and opportunity to win this giveaway

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank YOU for visiting and supporting. Good luck with the giveaway!

      Delete
  2. Happy to be a part of this tour, thank you for sharing!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks. You've been a great supporter. Good luck with the giveaway!

      Delete
  3. If you could live anywhere, where would it be?

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Present time - Ireland.
      Another time - England during Tudors' reign.
      Thank you for visiting!

      Delete
  4. Your book sounds like a great read.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank YOU. I had the best time writing it so I hope readers agree with you! Good luck with the giveaway!

      Delete
  5. Thank you guys for putting together this awesome tour!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Thank you Louise for hosting this stop in your gorgeous blog. I've added your books to my TBR list because they look awesome.

    ReplyDelete
  7. Great post and I love the cover :) - thanks for sharing the excerpt

    ReplyDelete
  8. Saying thank you for giving all of us the opportunity to win

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank YOU and good luck with the giveaway!

      Delete
  9. Fun interview!

    --Trix

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks! I had a blast answering it! Hope you enjoy the book.

      Delete
  10. I appreciate you taking time to offer this giveaway to us. Thanks so much!

    ReplyDelete
  11. GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR BOOK AND THANKS FOR THE GIVEAWAY!SHELLEY S. calicolady60@hotmail.com

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank YOU for visiting and supporting! You're much appreciated. Good luck with the giveaway!

      Delete
  12. Enjoy your Thursday and saying thank you once again

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank YOU and good luck with the giveaway!

      Delete
  13. Thank you for this giveaway - I'd love to read the book!

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thank you Angela. Hope you like Luck of the Irish. I had a blast writing it. :D

      Delete
  14. Many of us are happy to see it being Friday again. Thank you for this opportunity at winning and all the work you put into this for us.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Awwn Thank YOU for the kind words. Writing books and promoting them is time consuming but I have SO MUCH FUN doing it that I usually doubt if I can call it 'work'. You know what I mean? LOL

      Delete
  15. Have an awesome weekend and thanks again for the giveaway

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
    1. Thanks. I had an awesome weekend actually attending a Comic-Con at Madison WI and meeting David Tennant, Alex Kingston, and a bunch of other cool people. Good luck with the giveaway!

      Delete
  16. Sunday blessing and thanks for the giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  17. Thank you for taking the time to bring us this great giveaway and the opportunity to win

    ReplyDelete
  18. Happy Hump Day and thank you for the opportunity to win

    ReplyDelete
  19. I appreciate you giving us the opportunity to win, thank you

    ReplyDelete
  20. Happy Friday! Thank you for the chance to win and all the work you put into these great giveaways

    ReplyDelete
  21. Hope you're having a great Saturday! Thanks again for the chance!

    ReplyDelete
  22. Good Morning and wishing you a wonderful Sunday. Thank you for this giveaway as well

    ReplyDelete
  23. I appreciate you giving us the chance to win, thank you

    ReplyDelete
  24. Wishing you a great weekend and thanking you for the giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  25. Monday already? Thank you so much for the giveaway and all the work put into it.

    ReplyDelete
  26. Thanks so much for giving us this opportunity to win

    ReplyDelete
  27. Here we are at the start of another weekend. Thanks for the chance to win and have an enjoyable weekend.

    ReplyDelete
  28. I'm back and to thank you for the chance to win and wishing you a great Saturday

    ReplyDelete
  29. Hope you have an awesome Sunday and thanks for the giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  30. As we start the week I want to say Happy Monday and thank you for the opportunity to win

    ReplyDelete
  31. Stopping by to say hello and also thanking you for the giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  32. Thank you once again for the giveaway and have a fun Friday!

    ReplyDelete
  33. Have an amazing fun filled Saturday and thank you for this giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  34. Happy Mother's Day to all the terrific moms out there and thank YOU for this giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  35. We're at the beginning of another great week and once again I thank you for this giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  36. Have an awesome, fun Wednesday and I appreciate you giving us the chance to win

    ReplyDelete
  37. Have a fun filled Saturday and thank you for the giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  38. Wishing you a blessed Sunday and thanking you for the giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  39. Happy Hump Day and I appreciate the opportunity to win, thanks

    ReplyDelete
  40. Thanks for the terrific giveaway and hope you have an outstanding weekend.

    ReplyDelete
  41. Sunday blessings and thanks again for the chance to win

    ReplyDelete
  42. Happy Monday and thanks so much for the giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  43. You're terrific and so are your giveaways! Thanks for the chance to win!

    ReplyDelete
  44. Wishing you a great Memorial Day weekend. Be safe and enjoy and would like to salute all those who have given their lives in defense of this country. Thank you for this giveaway as well

    ReplyDelete
  45. Stopping by and thanking you for giving us the opportunity to win. Have a great Sunday!

    ReplyDelete
  46. Happy Memorial Day and saying thank you to all our military men and women who served our country and paid the ultimate sacrifice. God Bless our Military men and women and their families.
    Thanks for this opportunity to win this giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  47. Happy Wednesday and thanks so much for the opportunity to win

    ReplyDelete
  48. Hope your weekend is great and thanking you for the giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  49. Sunday blessings to all and thanks so much for the opportunity to win

    ReplyDelete
  50. Monday so soon? Hope you have a great week and thank you for the chance to win

    ReplyDelete
  51. Thanks so much for the opportunity to win, I appreciate it

    ReplyDelete
  52. Thanks so much for taking the time to offer us this giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  53. Happy Friday and thanks so much for the chance to win your great giveaway

    ReplyDelete
  54. Have a fun Saturday and I want you to know how much I appreciate the giveaway. Thank You!

    ReplyDelete
  55. Thank you for the giveaway and all the work put into this.

    ReplyDelete
  56. Good Monday morning and start of a great week. Thanks for the chance to win

    ReplyDelete
  57. Good Morning and thank you for this opportunity you have given us to win

    ReplyDelete