A warm welcome to Andrew Q Gordon visiting us on his blog tour for the re release of “Purpose”.
Andrew kindly answered some of our questions and also brought a giveaway to enter!
Welcome Andrew 🙂

Title: Purpose

Author: Andrew Q Gordon

Publisher: DSP Publications

Release Date: 6 October

Edition: Second (Re-written, re-edited, new cover)

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Genre: Paranormal, Gay Fiction

Blurb:

2nd Edition

Forty years ago the Spirit of Vengeance—a Purpose—took William Morgan as its host, demanding he avenge the innocent by killing the guilty. Since then Will has retreated behind Gar, a façade he uses to avoid dealing with what he’s become. Cold, impassive, and devoid of emotion, Gar goes about his life alone—until his tidy, orderly world is upended when he meets Ryan, a broken young man cast out by his family. Spurred to action for reasons he can’t understand, Gar saves Ryan from death and finds himself confronted by his humanity.

Spending time with Ryan helps Will claw out from under Gar’s shadow. He recognizes Ryan is the key to his reclaiming his humanity and facing his past. As Will struggles to control the Purpose, Ryan challenges him to rethink everything he knew about himself and the spirit that possesses him. In the process, he pushes Will to do something he hasn’t done in decades: care.

1st Edition published by Dreamspinner Press, June 2013.

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• Where did you come up with the idea for the Spirit of Vengeance?

 

I came up with the Spirit of Vengeance as a result of my love of comic books. Ghost Rider was the spirit of vengeance, though he was much different than Will/Gar. I’ve always been drawn to the notion that the guilty should pay. I work in law enforcement and we are constrained by the law. But one of the main reasons our system is so stringent is the notion that better 9 guilty go free than an innocent be unjustly convicted. And that is an absolutely essential element of our system.

But what if? What if you could be 100% certain of what happened? Of who did what? Of who was guilty? Would you be justified in taking the law into your own hands? Purpose isn’t quite that much of a vigilante story. Will only avenges the guilty when the innocent victim is calling out for justice. He doesn’t go after robbers or the like. The book is, however, built of the premise that the Spirit of Vengeance can tell whodunit because the souls of the innocent dead speak to it.

 

• This book is a lot different from the last books we reviewed from you. Do you intend to continue this book into a series, or was this a one-time standalone?

 

Originally this was going to be a one and done. The major plot devise – Gar’s struggle to regain his humanity was finished and I didn’t see an interesting new story to write. But as time went on, a new story presented itself and I’m working on a sequel.

 

• Tell us a little bit about Andrew Q. Gordon. We see you are still working as an attorney, but your husband convinced you to pick back up the writing. We are certainly happy he did, but how do you balance working full time, having a husband and a daughter, and still having time to write?

 

Balance? Really? Most times writing is cut off because of family. No complaints, but it does open me to questions about when is the next book. lol Generally I find time to write on weekends and after ‘lil q gets to sleep at night. Most time that’s about an hour, two max. But if I plan well and work smart, I can get between 5-10K written a week (on a good week.) Though I can’t say I always succeed, I try not to push family aside to write. It happens, but usually if ‘lil q wants to play or do something, I stop and go do it. But there are times. . .

 

• We are eagerly awaiting book three in your fantasy series. Anything you can tell us about Champion of the Gods #3? Do you have a tentative completion date yet?

 

Book Three is finished. Kings of Lore and Legend will be released in March of 2016. We’ve just finished round two of edits and there is one more coming. Then I can get with the cover artist and the map maker and we’ll be ready for the release in the spring. Now I need to get Book 4 finished. (It’s ‘written,’ but only in rough draft. It needs a LOT of work before I can submit it.)

 

• Is there anything else you would like to share with our reader’s today?

 

First I want to thank Love Bytes for being such a welcoming home to authors of MM romance and fiction. The readers, reviewers and owner are all wonderful

There will be a sequel to Purpose, titled Redemption. For those who read Purpose, please feel free to email me if you have any questions. I won’t say more, but those who’ve read or will read the book will understand. I’m happy to chat about things and share my thoughts. I also want to say to anyone thinking of reading the book that this is not a romance. There is a romance element to the story, but if you like you Romances hot and steamy and with a HEA, this isn’t the book for you. But that said, if you want to try something a bit different, this might be for you. Purpose follows the journey of two people as they struggle to help one find himself and live again.

He turned where he saw the others disappear and understood why they had stopped: dead-end alley. Ryan stood with his back to the brick wall, wide-eyed and pale. Gar noted the uncontrollable shake in Ryan’s body as the four jackals slowly inched closer. White knuckles surrounded the small bag he’d carried off the train.

The one closest to Ryan inched closer. “You know what time it is.”

“Police!” Gar didn’t wait for them to react to his command. He tightened his leg muscles and moved the moment everyone turned toward the front of the alley. Using the split second before they could focus on him, he leaped over them, twisting in the process.

The space between them and Ryan wasn’t much, but he managed to avoid contact with the kid, landing a foot to the left. He reached into his coat and removed a collapsible metal baton with his right hand and a pair of brass knuckles with the left.

One step right, and he completely covered Ryan’s shaking form. Not risking a glance back, he kept his eyes on the startled thieves in front of him.

“Stay behind me, Ryan.”

A muffled grunt, barely audible, told Gar the kid heard him. He dropped the police officer illusion, staring calmly at his prey. Assessing his adversaries, he ignored the hint of a thought that said they were not the guilty. Too late for that—they would have been had he not stopped them.

“I know what time it is,” he hissed, tossing the slang for street robberies back in their face. “Time for vengeance to collect its fee.”

In the recent past, Gar had taken to finding a way to take out the guilty without doing it himself. This time he couldn’t risk it; Ryan was too close. One of them had a gun. He could smell it now.

He definitely didn’t have time to make it look like an accident.

Spinning on his left foot, he kicked the kid with the gun so hard his skullcap flew off when his head hit the wall. Allowing his movement to carry him around, he brought the metal baton down on the arm of a robber with a knife. Metal on flesh and bone was no contest. Gar saw Ryan flinch when the kid let out a scream of agony and fell to the ground.

At least he would live, Gar noted. The first kid was probably dead already. The other two were rooted in place, stunned into inaction. Two seconds ago, they were about to rob a defenseless kid. Now they were being taken apart. Before they could run away, Gar lashed out.

Using the palm of his left hand, he struck the one closest to him. Even using the inner part of his hand, he heard the brass knuckles crack the kid’s sternum when he connected. The last kid finally moved and made it three steps before Gar swept his feet out from under him with the baton.

The face looking up in terror was that of a kid, a juvenile. They were all kids. Reaching toward the teen’s head, he heard movement behind him.

“Gar.” Ryan’s timid, urgent tone caused him to turn. “Don’t kill him.”

“I won’t.” His voice was a cold hiss. Instead, he touched the sweaty forehead, inserting confused thoughts. He quickly repeated the process with the others. The first kid still lived, but probably not for long. The other two, he left sobbing out their pain.

“Come on.” He grabbed Ryan’s left arm. “We need to go.”

Ryan resisted the pull, but Gar was prepared for this. “Either you come with me or I leave you to explain this.

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First Prize: $25 Giftcard to Dreamspinner Press

Second Prize: Autographed Paperback copy of Purpose

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Andrew Q. Gordon wrote his first story back when yellow legal pads, ball point pens were common and a Smith Corona correctable typewriter was considered high tech. Adapting to the times, he now writes with a shiny new MacBook that he sets on the same desk as his manual typewriter and vintage adding machine.

Long a fan of super heroes, wizards and sports, Andrew’s works include high fantasy, paranormal spirits, magic as well as contemporary fiction. He is still trying to find the perfect story that will include all his favorites under one cover.

He currently lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his husband, their young daughter and dog.  In addition to dodging some very self-important D.C. ‘insiders’, Andrew uses his commute to catch up on his reading. When not working or writing, he enjoys soccer, high fantasy, baseball and occasionally sleeping.

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