Secret Worlds - Hunted

Secret Worlds

Limited edition paranormal romance boxed set featuring 21 USA Today and Amazon bestselling authors in one sizzling collection.

With twenty-one stories and over one million enchanting words of fiction, this paranormal romance boxed set will keep you spellbound. Dive into Secret Worlds you never knew existed and into the arms of heroes who will steal your heart and leave you hot.

Available for only $0.99 June 29th - August 31st.

Featuring...

HUNTED (Riley Cray #1)

You thought your ex was a nightmare...

Eight years after the attack that changed her life forever, Riley Cray is confronted with something she never thought she’d have to face again: Samson Reed, the werewolf who nearly killed her, has escaped from prison and is headed to Colorado to finish what he started.

With the help of Special Agent Darius Holbrook, Riley is racing against time to stay one step ahead of the crazed werewolf. But Reed isn’t the only monster with his eyes on Riley and as the bodies are piling up she’s beginning to wonder how long it will be before she’s one of them.

Vampires, werewolves, and serial killers, OH MY!

  

Secret Worlds is available now for preorder through Amazon, B&N, Kobo, and iBooks, and don't forget to check it out on Goodreads. Also, join us online on June 29th and enter for your chance to win one of 70 prizes up for grabs at our Facebook Party, including multiple gift cards ranging from $5-$100 or a Kindle Fire! And the prizes just keep coming! Be sure to join the party for your chance to win and learn more about the additional prizes we have coming down the pipeline!

Secret Worlds - Ruby's Fire

Announcing an exciting new box set that I am a part of!

From twenty-one USA Today and Amazon bestselling authors

Secret Worlds - A Steamy paranormal romance box set
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SECRET WORLDS
is a best-selling box set of spicy paranormal reads brought to you by USA Today and Amazon Bestselling authors! With twenty-one stories and over a million enchanting words of fiction, this box set will keep you spellbound! Dive through Secret Worlds and into the arms of heroes who will steal your heart and leave you hot.

Whether you love paranormal romance that warms you up or sets you on fire, this box set will have something to entice your preternatural sensibilities. Supernaturally thrilling and engaging, this set has it all: ghosts, vamps, mind-readers, shape-shifters, demons, faeries, beautiful hybrid creatures and more. 

For a limited time you can enjoy all of these stories, including ones slated for the big screen!!! When purchased separately, these books would cost over $50! But they are yours for less than $1. Get yours before this limited time deal ends!

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Summary of Ruby's Fire, my award-winning novel in Secret Worlds:

“Eighteen year-old Ruby and her little brother Thorn, have only known a life blighted by the extremist Fireseed Cult. The night Ruby is set to be claimed by one of its cruelest and oldest leaders, she makes a bid for freedom. With Thorn in tow, she stumbles into the world beyond, and finds an opportunity for a fresh start in Skull’s Wrath under the guidance of Nevada Pilgrim, a woman who may not be all she seems. Ruby's new life could bring her friendship, love, even fortune, but nothing comes without a price. Is Ruby's talent for elixirs keeping the roof over their heads, or do some of her associates have a more sinister and lucrative interest in them? Life outside a strange cult isn't without its dangers, and the experience leaves Ruby transformed and communing with the Fireseed more closely than she ever would have imagined. Stine delivers a thrilling adventure led by an exciting cast of characters, and the romance is really well handled.” - YA’s The Word  

***Ruby’s Fire was a finalist in the Next Generation Indie Awards*** 

Praise for Ruby's Fire:

“Romance, betrayal, secrets, great world-building!” - Seeing Night Reviews

“Full of creativity, imagination & original concepts” - Fluttereal Flight

“Ruby kicked butt as the resident healer, plus good love triangle!” - Amazon reader

“You know when you get a book and it's much better than you thought it was going to be? Ruby's Fire was definitely one of those books! I absolutely loved it. What an amazing plot! Also, there's a fantastic twist I didn't see coming.” - (Mis) Adventures of a Twenty-Something Year-Old Girl

“I can't even begin to tell you how smoothly the writing flows. It's perfect. No joke. I went into this book not knowing what to expect and what I got was an amazing storyline.” - Words Create Scenes

Giveaway announcement!

We have 70+ prizes up for grabs at our Secret Worlds Facebook party, including multiple gift cards ranging from $5 to $100, plus a Kindle Fire!!! And the prizes just keep coming. Be sure to join the party for your chance to win these prizes and more coming down the pipeline! The party is on June 29 but the giveaways have already begun.

70+ Prizes! 

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Secret Worlds - The Forever Girl

 I'm very excited to be included with 20 other USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Authors in the Secret Worlds Boxed Set. Many of you are probably already familiar with my included title, THE FOREVER GIRL, but for those who aren't, here's the full blurb.

The Forever Girl

At twenty-two, practicing Wiccan Sophia Parsons is scratching out a living waiting tables in her Rocky Mountain hometown, a pariah after a string of unsolved murders with only one thing in common: her.

Sophia can imagine lots of ways to improve her life, but she'd settle for just getting rid of the buzzing noise in her head. When the spell she casts goes wrong, the static turns into voices. Her personal demons get company, and the newcomers are dangerous.

One of them is a man named Charles, who Sophia falls for despite her better judgment. He has connections that might help her unveil the mystery surrounding her ancestor's hanging, but she gets more than she bargains for when she finally decides to trust him.

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The Forever Girl has been optioned for film and published internationally by Harlequin in Germany (now HarperCollins of Germany) and IPC Books of Hungary. It has nearly 500 Amazon reviews. Normally you can purchase my book alone for $3.99, however, for this summer only (and the pre-order period leading up to this summer) you can snag a copy of this title WITH 20 OTHER ADDITIONAL TITLES all in 1 Boxed Set for $0.99! That comes out to less than a nickel per book! You can learn more about the boxed set HERE or you can order your copy on Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, or iBooks. While you're here, though, why not take a moment to learn more about the complete line up! I've included a super short blurb of every title in the collection. Some are not yet available and being introduced exclusively through the boxed set, but ALL of the titles are professionally edited and not a single one ends on a cliffhanger!

 

The Secret Worlds LIMITED EDITION Collection!

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From USA Today Bestselling Authors

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Taken by the Beast by Conner Kressley and Rebecca Hamilton: Women are going missing. Women who look a lot like Charisse. And the man this beauty is falling for may be the beast responsible.

The Forever Girl by Rebecca Hamilton: Sophia's ancestor's body went missing during the Salem Witch Trials, and the only one able to help solve the mystery is a shapeshifter Sophia is afraid to trust.

Summoned by Rainy Kaye: Dimitri can't reveal the paranormal bond controlling him, and Syd won't tolerate his secrets.

 Purgatory by Susan Stec: A sex-hungry myth with no name, no flesh, and no identity ...unless it wears one of you.

The Pandora Principle by Noree Cosper: As a descendant of Pandora, Cassi must discover if her lover is one of the evil spirits she hunts before all her friends die.

Heart Song by Samantha LaFantasie: When incredibly handsome Marren frees Relena, there's a catch.

From Amazon Bestselling Authors

Changeling by Debbie Herbert: As a changeling and a witch work together to restore order in Fairy, they discover that love, like magic, casts its own spell of enchantment.

Shiftless by Aimee Easterling: After years of suppressing her inner predator, Terra meets a shifter who forces her to reclaim her wilder side.

The Black Parade by Kyoko M.: Poltergeist Michael is the key to saving Jordan's soul from hell, but can she handle the cost of her salvation?

Haunting Echoes by Caethes Faron: Will Amaia's vampire clan kill her ex-fiance before she learns whether he returned from the grave for love or revenge?

Braving Fate by Linsey Hall: Diana and Cadan fight demonic forces and a deadly passion that has lasted centuries.

Trinity Rising by J.E. Taylor: Damian and Naomi are desperate for victory against the devil, but one wrong step couldtrigger Armageddon.

Moonlight by Katie Salidas: Good girls don't wear fur, fight over men, or run around naked, howling at the moon. But Fallon's not a good girl.

Lash by L.G. Castillo: Lash, a fallen angel, must choose where to place his trust--in a home he fought so hard to regain or in a forbidden love he can't bear to lose.

Between by Lisa Swallow: Alek could kill Rose with a kiss. Finn, with a touch. Pulled into an intense affair with Alek, Rose discovers her connection to Finn threatens them all.

The Devil's Fool by Rachel McClellan: When vampire Boaz gives Eve the one thing she never had--love--she falls into a world of greed and seduction.

Spark Rising by Kate Corcino: A runaway Spark and the agent arresting her ignite a revolution to end their people's enslavement while resisting the electricity between them.

Ruby's Fire by Catherine Stine: On the run from a desert cult, Ruby must choose which handsome stranger to trust with her heart and her darkest secret: Armonk or Blane.

Cursed by Lucy Leroux: Governess Isobel Sterling has been hiding an uncanny ability her whole life--until she has to use it to save herself from a madman.

Hunted by A.J. Colby: With Agent Holbrook's help, Riley races time to stay ahead of a crazed werewolf killer.

Vigilant by Angel Lawson: Ari stumbles into a world of crime and vigilantism while discovering the one man that sets her heart on fire.

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The Holy Dark is here...

You've been patient and now it's finally here. 

 

Sarcastic demon-slayer extraordinaire Jordan Amador has been locked in a year-long struggle to hunt down the thirty silver coins paid to Judas Iscariot. The mere touch of these coins is enough to kill any angel. Jordan's demonic opposition grows more desperate with each coin found, so they call on the ultimate reinforcement: Moloch, the Archdemon of War. Moloch puts out a contract on Jordan as well as her estranged husband, the Archangel Michael. Now Jordan and Michael will have to find a way to work together to survive against impossible odds and stop Moloch's plan, or else he’ll wage a war that will wipe out the human race. 

  The Holy Dark will hit shelves April 24, 2015. 

You can get in paperback right now, pre-order it on the Kindle, add it to your Goodreads To Be Read shelf, like my Facebook page, or sign up with the mailing list to find out more about the series. While you wait, there are two excerpts available to read. 

Please spread the word! Kyoko

Secret Worlds - Changeling

SECRET WORLDS

Secret Worlds, a best-selling boxed set of spicy paranormal reads, is brought to you by twenty-one USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Authors! With twenty-one stories and over a million enchanting words of fiction, this paranormal romance boxed set will keep you spellbound. Dive through Secret Worlds and into the arms of heroes who will steal your heart and leave you hot.

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 My novel, Changeling, included in the boxed set, is a (full-length) New Adult paranormal romance.

Somebody is murdering the Pixies. They've been dropping like flies in this small college town. Skye's a teen witch who sucks at spells and is skeptical about the idea of winged Tinker Bells. But strange things have been going on at the metaphysical shop, The Green Fairy, where she works nights: black specks of movement out of the corner of her eye, mysterious buzzing noises, unidentified dragonfly carcasses in the basement, and a hidden cache of absinthe (aka fairy crack). Kheelan is a human changeling. Raised with the fairies, he's viewed as an inferior species whose only use is to serve his kidnappers. He's been totally screwed by the Fae and his only goal in life is freedom. When he meets Skye, he sees an opportunity to escape. The last thing he needs is to be distracted by feelings for this quirky witch. Skye stumbles upon the remains of dead fairies and is approached by Kheelan who has been sent to investigate the pixie murders. Funny thing is--he looks exactly like a part-time employee of the store who has autism. Skye falls for Kheelan, only to discover he's using her to win his freedom. Hard to believe she's really half-fairy and has secret powers when she can never get a spell to work right. But one night, after years of painful backaches from what she thought was scoliosis, Skye discovers a pair of sprouted wings. As Samhain, the witch's Halloween, draws near, she must make a bold move to claim her heritage and power, restore order in the fairy realm, and try to win Kheelan's freedom and love. Absinthe, autism and augury meld into a paranormal cauldron where everything is not what it seems and the fairies are sly tricksters who can trap you in their realm.

Secret Worlds - The Pandora Principle

SECRET WORLDS

Limited Edition Paranormal Romance Boxed Set

Secret Worlds, a best-selling boxed set of spicy paranormal reads, is brought to you by twenty-one USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Authors! With twenty-one stories and over a million enchanting words of fiction, including my new release The Pandora Principle, this paranormal romance boxed set will keep you spellbound. Dive through Secret Worlds and into the arms of heroes who will steal your heart and leave you hot.

PreOrder Our Limited Edition Boxed Set for $0.99 

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The Pandora Principle by Noree Cosper

The moment Cassi's gaze locks with Mercer Chaplin's she know she has to have him. She scoffs when her best friend warns her to stay away. But maybe she should listen. When her aunt comes to reclaim her for the legacy of Pandora to hunt down the evils released by her troublesome ancestor, Cassi rebels. She’s determined to get as much from her last year of college as possible, including Mercer. But he's got secrets of his own. And as she falls deeper down the rabbit hole, signs begin to suggest that Mercer could be one of those evils she's fated to hunt. Too bad Cassi can’t put her heart in a box.

About Noree Cosper

USA Today Bestselling Author, Noree Cosper loves writing about magic in the modern world. While growing up in Texas she constantly searched for mystical elements in the mundane. She buried her nose in both fiction and books about Wicca, Religion, and Mythology. Everyday became an adventure as she joined a group of role-players, acting out her fantasies of vampires, demons, and monsters living in the world.

She embraced her nerdom wholeheartedly.

Noree grew, but never left her love for fantasy and horror. Her dreams pushed her and her hand itched to write the visions she saw. So, with her fingers on the keys, she did what her heart had been telling her to do since childhood. She wrote.

Connect with Noree

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Ready to Turn Up the Heat?

Whether you love paranormal romance that warms you up or sets you on fire, this boxed set will have something to entice your preternatural sensibilities.

Supernaturally thrilling and engaging, this boxed set has it all: ghosts, vampires, mind-readers, shapeshifters, demons, faeries, werewolves, and more.

For a limited, you can enjoy books from today's USA Today and Amazon Bestselling, including titles that are slated for the big screen!

When purchased separately, these books cost over $50! But they are yours today for less than $1.

Every selection in this rare, limited edition paranormal romance boxed set are full-length novels and novellas!

Save over $50! This set is only available at this price for a limited time, so order your copy before it's gone!

PREORDER NOW for $0.99 

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Secret Worlds - Shiftless

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Check out Secret Worlds, a boxed set of 21 novels from USA Today and Amazon best-selling authors, on sale for a limited time for 99 cents!

Aimee Easterling's Shiftless is just one of the offerings. Werewolf Terra fled her repressive home village a decade ago to get out from under her father's thumb, and in the process she repressed her wild side so well that she's forgotten how to shift. Can Terra regain her wolf before her father sucks her back into the pack she tried so hard to run away from? And, after meeting a shifter who's more wolf than man, does she really want to stay away?


This story and 20 more are waiting to feed your imagination on:


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Secret Worlds - The Devil's Fool

From 21 USA Today and Amazon Bestselling Authors

Secret Worlds - A Sweet and Spicy Paranormal Romance Box Set

COMPLETE, FULL-LENGTH BOOKS! NO CLIFFHANGERS!

Professionally edited and and Formatted for Quality Assurance.

 

My NEW novel THE DEVIL'S FOOL is a part of this amazing collection.

 

There’s nothing eighteen-year-old Eve can do about her corrupt, power-hungry witch parents who kill at the slightest insult, except vow never to use her own powers, adding to the family evil. But when her father introduces her to Boaz, a powerful vampire who manipulates her by giving her the one thing she’s never had—love, Eve finds herself caught up in a world of greed and seduction, using black magic to harm others purely for enjoyment. Unbeknownst to Eve, however, Boaz’s true desire is to steal her power for himself, and he will do whatever it takes to make that happen. After Boaz nearly kills her, Eve finally sees him for the devil he is. Knowing Boaz will never let her go, she enlists the help of the Deific, a secret organization that fights the world’s true monsters, to fake her own death. She learns to use her abilities for good and sets out to make up for all her wrongdoings. But when her past actions catch up to her, the consequences prove deadly. Boaz wants revenge, and he’s not alone. With twenty-one stories and over a million enchanting words of fiction, this paranormal romance boxed set will keep you spellbound.

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Giveaway Announcement!

We have 70 Prizes up for grabs at our Facebook Party, including multiple giftcards ranging from $5-$100 or a Kindle Fire! And the prizes just keep coming! Be sure to Join the Party for your chance to win and learn more about the additional prizes we have coming down the pipeline!

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Secret Worlds Paranormal Romance Boxed Set

Secret Worlds

21 stories for only 99¢

Angels, Demons, Vampires, Shapeshifters & More

With twenty-one stories and over one million enchanting words of fiction, this limited edition PNR boxed set will keep you spellbound. Dive into Secret Worlds you never knew existed and into the arms of heroes who will steal your heart and leave you hot.

Every title in this set has been edited to quality standards and professionally formatted.

 Sale ends August 31st, 2015

Secret Worlds - A Steamy Paranormal Romance Boxed Set

Ready to Turn Up the Heat?

Whether you love paranormal romance that warms you up or sets you on fire, this boxed set will have something to entice your preternatural sensibilities.

Supernaturally thrilling and engaging, this boxed set has it all: ghosts, vampires, mind-readers, shapeshifters, demons, faeries, werewolves, and more.

For a limited, you can enjoy books from today's USA Today and Amazon Bestselling, including titles that are slated for the big screen!

When purchased separately, these books cost over $50! But they are yours today for less than $1.

Every selection in this rare, limited edition paranormal romance boxed set are full-length novels and novellas!

Save over $50! This set is only available at this price for a limited time, so order your copy before it's gone!

KINDLE | NOOK | KOBO | iBOOKS

Giveaway announcement!

We have 70+ prizes up for grabs at our Secret Worlds Facebook party, including multiple gift cards ranging from $5 to $100, plus a Kindle Fire! And the prizes just keep coming. Be sure to join the party for your chance to win these prizes and more coming down the pipeline! 

The party is on June 29 but the giveaways have already begun.

Pre-order this Limited Edition Box set for only 99 cents!

Kindle, Nook, Kobo, iBooks

Release Day!

Hotter than Hell – An Erotic Horror Collection

Now available on:

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Hotter than Hell includes: Magick, House Rules, and The Raising. Three steamy horror stories guaranteed to give you thrills and chills.

Magick:

All the stars in Paige Turner's life align when Hunter Garrett proposes under a full moon in a graveyard garden on Halloween night. However, the moment they step inside the fraternity for the annual Halloween bash, their entire future unravels in a swell of drugs and deceit.

Paige wakes in a sanitarium with no recollection of anything beyond a few raunchy sex acts, and the news she is presented with squeezes her heart to the breaking point. Hunter died of an overdose and everyone thinks she is responsible.

With all the evidence pointing in Paige’s direction, proving her innocence may be an impossible feat, but that is the least of her worries now that she has unleashed an angry ghost.

House Rules:

Layla's gambling addiction brings her face-to-face with the devil’s emissary and now she's playing for her soul.

Kaine is one hot, soul-collecting stud. He runs the table in Hell’s den, and the house rules are simple: if the player wins, they are given the choice to walk away with the amount of time in their pot. But if the house wins, the player must pay the loss with pain.

When all the player’s chips are lost, they become a permanent resident of hell.

Can Layla resist the temptation for more time, or will she end up locked in hell, screaming for all eternity?

The Raising:

What would you do to bring your soul mate back from the dead?

Would you give up your soul? Your talents? Your life? 

Dr. Holly Robbins lost her husband to a stray bullet and now she has another patient on the brink between life and death. A patient whose mother offers a unique opportunity, but only if Holly can save her son. 

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If you've already read House Rules and The Raising, you can pick up Magick today as well!

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And last, but not least, the cover reveal for the second book in the Magick series: 

Black Magick: 

Paige Turner is back!

What was supposed to be a relaxing weekend in New York City turns sour when she meets a familiar stranger who freezes the blood in her veins. The experience shocks her world, and sends her into a flurry of doubt over everything in her life, from her current relationship, to her skills as a witch.

Did she truly banish a ghost, or just transplant him into a different body...a body primed for revenge?

Thank you for swinging in! 

Until next time,

Ciao.

JET

Author Spotlight: Elle J. Lawson

Please welcome Elle J. Lawson to the Author Spotlight.

The Fling is Elle J. Lawson's first foray into fiction writing, with most of her 20-year writing career being in non-fiction, technical writing and corporate communications. She is an active member of Romance Writers of America and her local chapter, Heart of Carolina Romance Writers.

Her education includes a BA degree in Communication Studies, an MA in English, as well as graduate-level certification in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL).

Originally from the Washington, D.C. area, Ms. Lawson now lives in North Carolina with her husband, son, and their spoiled Chihuahua. She loves reading, movies, and travel to exotic locations.

JET:  Can you tell us about The Fling?
Elle: The Fling is my debut novel, and is a New Adult contemporary erotic romance that will be released on April 3, 2015. 

The story is about Amy, a 22-year-old recent college graduate who is ready to conquer the world if it wasn’t for her overprotective parents. She uses a once-in-a-lifetime academic opportunity to study abroad in Greece as a means to escape her parents’ watchful eyes, if only for a moment. She is hoping to find excitement and adventure in Athens in order to combat the boredom that has been her life up to that point. Unfortunately (or fortunately?) she finds just that.

Dr. Dimitri Speros is Amy’s incredibly attractive professor at the University of Athens Medical School. She is immediately enamored with him, but is disappointed to learn that he is happily married. Dimitri encourages her professional goals, building up her confidence and giving her the freedom to dream of the future she wants, rather than the one her parents want for her. He is exotic, sexy, charming, and their chemistry is off-the-charts every time she goes anywhere near him. For his wife’s sake, though, Amy desperately tries to rein in the attraction she feels.

Everything goes according to plan until an unlikely ally – none other than Dimitri’s wife herself – bizarrely encourages Amy’s crush. What then starts off as an innocent summer fling, awakening her sexuality like no other has ever done before, eventually becomes a struggle for happily ever after when Amy and Dimitri are faced with the ultimate betrayal. They must learn to trust one another in order for their love to survive.

JET:  What drew you to erotic romance?
Elle: I grew up reading Danielle Steel romance books that my mother read and then discarded. As a young adult, I then stumbled upon Thea Devine’s paranormal erotic romance books and devoured each and every one of them. The combination of the love story mixed with the hot and steamy sex has been my go-to read ever since.

JET:  What’s been your most challenging hurdle on the road to publication? 
Elle: Finding time to write when you’re working full time. It took me six months to complete this novel, the majority being written between the hours of 3 a.m. – 6 a.m. I had no choice, though. I’d wake up in the middle of the night with a scene clearly in my head and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t go back to sleep until I got up and wrote it all down. It was actually a lot of fun, those quiet mornings spent just writing.

JET:  What was your favorite moment in the journey?
Elle: Getting the very first scene down on paper. While it was just in my head, it was just an idea; but when I wrote it down, I was like, ‘I can do this’. Little by little, that one scene blossomed into the novel it is today. The very first line I wrote was: “So what exactly is going on between you and my husband?” That line actually ended up being near the middle of the book, strangely enough. None of the book was written sequentially; I had to write it as the scenes came to me, which was not in order.

JET:  Which authors had the most influence over you growing up? 
Elle: I read a lot of Nancy Drew when I was young. In addition to that much-loved series, my two favorite books were Wren, by Marie Killilea, and Jacob Have I Loved, by Katherine Paterson. I read almost every available book in the children’s section at my local library. My mother and I would check out so many books every week that it would require several trips to the car, lugging a huge pile each time. Then we’d bring them back the following week and repeat the process.

JET:  When did you know you wanted to take the plunge into the writing world?
Elle: When the story wouldn’t leave me alone until I wrote it down! It was out of my control; it wasn’t a decision I made.

JET: What’s the craziest thing you’ve done in the name of book research? Most interesting fact you uncovered? 
Elle: Although I spent a lot of time researching for my book, most of it was easily accomplished online. However, one funny fact I discovered is that what you find online is not necessarily true even if it comes across as such. Luckily, I have a wonderful Hellenic friend who actually was born and raised in the area my story is based in. I tried not to inundate him with questions, preferring instead to do my own research and then write the scene and then send it to him to make sure it made sense. One of the things I heavily researched was the practice in Greece of celebrating “name days”. Most names are so common and shared among so many, each day celebrates a specific name (or several) and they’re treated like birthdays. The research I had found stated that they celebrated these name days instead of birthdays. I wrote the scene and sent it to my Greek friend and he wrote me back saying, “Who in the world told you Greeks don’t celebrate birthdays?” I’m thankful I had him to check my facts!

JET:  Of all the novels and stories you’ve written - which one is your favorite?  Why?
Elle: Since this is my first, it’s obviously my favorite. J I’ve always been a writer, but most of my writing has been journalism or other non-fiction writing. Writing fiction was an incredible rush.

JET:  Any advice (from a writer’s standpoint) for the novices out there?
Elle: Just write. There are no rules, no tried-and-true tips that work for everyone. Just do what works for you and have faith in what you do. Be your own biggest fan.

JET: All right - now that I’ve hammered you with the big questions, let’s tackle my favorite (and geeky) quick ten. . . starting with... Paper or Plastic?

Elle: Plastic (sorry, Mother Earth)

JET: Steak or Tofu?

Elle: Steak (cooked medium, please)

JET: Beach or Mountains?

Elle: Beach (no contest)

JET: Country or Rock-n-Roll?

Elle: EDM, please – though if forced to pick from those two, I’ll take rock-n-roll

JET: Leather or Lace?

Elle: Both are uncomfortable. Can I choose sweats instead?

JET: Angels or Demons?

Elle: Demons have more fun

JET: Paper or Digital?

Elle: Paper (though I do love the fact that I can carry hundreds of books around with me on my iPad)

JET:  Silent Film Classics or Cheesy B Rated Horror?

Elle: Cheesy B-rated horror!!!

JET: Twilight or True Blood

Elle: I’ll have to say Twilight just because that’s the only one I’ve read/seen

JET: Coffee or Tea?

Elle: Both -- iced

JET:  Thank you for indulging me.  Before we wrap this up, can you tell us what you're working on now?  What's next?
Elle: I left a little bit of a hint to a story for Abby and Dylan at the end of the book. What that story is, I have no idea yet – the characters have yet to talk to me about what it is, I just know it’s there. If at some point they begin to demand their story be told, I will have to tell it. In the meantime, however, I’m recovering from so many sleepless nights staying up writing this first one.

JET: Thank you so much for taking the time to chat on my blog.  Folks, you can find out more about Elle Lawson and her work at the following places:

http://www.ellejlawson.com

http://www.amazon.com/Fling-Elle-J-Lawson-ebook/dp/B00T7ZJDCA

https://twitter.com/ElleJLawson

https://www.goodreads.com/AuthorElleJLawson

https://www.facebook.com/AuthorElleJLawson

And in the meantime, The Fling is available for pre-order on Amazon! 

Until next time,
Ciao.
JET