1)
Please tell us a little about your new release (The Song Bird) without giving too much
of a spoiler away.
It’s a historical ménage romance, set in San
Francisco, a few years after the gold rush of 1849. I was drawn to this time period after a
vacation there. I bicycled over the Golden Gate Bridge, I took a boat to
Alcatraz, and walked up and down the hills of Chinatown. San Francisco has such
a rich history, full of excitement and violence, that this story practically
jumped to life.
2)
Did you plan out all the characters before you
started the story or did they develop as you wrote?
My heroine, Avilon, demanded at the
start to be a strong woman, atypical of the year she lives in. She’s world savvy, yet manages to hold a last
spark of innocence that draws in her two men,
Eli and Jason. As for writing the men, they developed over the course of
writing the story.
3)
What drew you to this time period?
Everyone knows of the San Francisco
earthquake of 1906, but there’s a really dark side that many not know, and that’s what drew me. After gold was discovered in Coloma in 1849
and California was annexed as a state, everything was thrown into chaos. People
wanted to bring law and order, but the wildness didn’t want to leave just yet.
Blurb:
Avilon Chambert travels to the wild city of San Francisco to find her missing
sister. All she has is a letter
explaining she’s in terrible trouble and that she’s been working as an upstairs
girl in a club owned by two handsome men, Eli Masters and Jason Braddock.
When she arrives at the club, the only way she can get to
talk to them is by auditioning for the singing position, and she captivates
them by her beautiful operatic voice.
But the answers to her questions are vague and filled with holes, rousing
her suspicions.
Her arrival at the club seems to set off a chain of events
filled with danger. As she searches
further for her sister, she unleashes the wrath of a madman bent of revenge,
threatening to destroy everything and everyone she’s come to love.
Excerpt:
Confusion clouded their eyes.
“What do you mean?” Eli asked.
“Kiss him,” she ordered and pointed to Jason. “Love him.
Convince me the emotion is real.”
The bedroom was suddenly filled with heart-pounding tension.
Eli’s body hardened, the muscle of his jaw tightening. Jason’s eyes narrowed as
he regarded her warily.
“How far do you want us to take this?” Eli asked softly.
“If you want me to be comfortable with you, to trust you,
then you need to trust me,” she answered equally as soft.
That must have been the right thing to say because in the
next instant, Eli reached for Jason, sinking his big hand behind Jason’s neck
to pull him into his body. Their lips met, crashing together in a bruising
kiss.
Their bodies gravitated toward each other. She watched Eli
grab Jason’s hips and pull him into his body. They were equal in height and
stature, but Eli simply oozed dominance. Both men ground against each other as
if they couldn’t get close enough.
Author Info:
I like writing about the very ordinary girl thrust into
extraordinary circumstances, so my heroines will probably never be lawyers,
doctors or corporate highrollers. I try
to write characters who aren't cookie cutters and push myself to write
complicated situations that I have no idea how to resolve, forcing me to think
outside the box. I love writing
characters who are real, complex and full of flaws, heroes and heroines who
find redemption through love. I love to
hear from readers so I’ve made it really easy to find me on the web:
Amazon author page: http://www.amazon.com/BethD.Carter/e/B00EOTD1T0/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1?qid=1385417145&sr=8-1
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Thank you!
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