Thanks so much for having me! I’m excited to be here talking about my new release from Carina Press, Paradox Lost. At its core, Paradox Lost is a time travel adventure. Is it a romance? Not necessarily. But it is a love story. There are no candlelit dinners and walks on the beach in this book. There’s no time. The main characters, Saul and Reegan, are too busy trying to stay alive. What you will find is attraction, respect, affection, shared pain and triumph, and a bond forged by love and sacrifice.You’ll also enjoy a time travel story that doesn’t concern itself with time paradoxes, another genre trope I tried to leave behind. Not that the lack of a paradox or two makes things any easier on poor Saul and Reegan. Quite the opposite.

Paradox Lost has lived in my head for ages. Some stories are born fully formed, fleshed out in seconds. A few of those books might be written in as little as a few months and published within a year. When the creative process is that explosive and quick, an adrenaline-fueled satisfaction follows, as though we’ve won a battle where the odds were stacked against us.

But on the other side of that coin are the stories that have stayed with us for years, slowly coming together in stages, like a garden that matures and becomes more beautiful each spring. Plot twists appear to us in dreams. We see new characters in strangers we pass on the street. The morning news provides ideas for exotic settings, and the trials of our everyday lives give rise to our characters’ struggles and conflicts.

This is exactly how Paradox Lost was created, and it’s made Saul and Reegan’s tale more a part of me than any other I’ve written, with the possible exception of Running Far Afield. I love time travel stories and wanted to make sure I did this one right. When it was all said and done, I spent years crafting a storyline that takes place over a period of days. So in essence, I did more than write a book. I created my own time machine.

(Although I must admit, it’s not as fancy as Reegan’s.)

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Paradox Lost: Time travel tour guide Reegan McNamara’s job—taking eager tourists whenever they want to go—is usually a breeze. A trip back to 2020 to watch a world-changing speech seems no different, until a woman runs away from his tour group before the jump home. Now her tycoon husband is demanding her safe return—or Reegan will lose more than just his job.

PI Saul Kildare’s business is running on borrowed time. Due to a messy break with the police, he can’t get a referral to save his life. When an enigmatic stranger bangs on his door one night and promises a windfall for a missing-person case, it seems too good to be true. But the two men have an immediate connection, and Saul can’t pass up the chance to spend more time with Reegan, even if he is clearly hiding something.

Saul knows he shouldn’t trust Reegan, and Reegan knows he can’t get involved with Saul. But as their attraction evolves into feelings neither can deny, will they have the strength to take a leap of faith – together?

On sale January 27^th

Carina Press:http://ebooks.carinapress.com/38B6627E-809C-473B-8726-ABB79A1846A9/10/134/en/ContentDetails.htm?ID=210F300A-2FE8-44D3-A109-AE0F83C0C3E3

Amazon:http://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Lost-Libby-Drew-ebook/dp/B00F942VQI/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1390493010&sr=1-1

Barnes and Noble:http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/paradox-lost-libby-drew/1116912932?ean=9781426897832

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ABOUT LIBBY DREW

Libby glimpsed her true calling when her first story, an A.A. Milne /Shakespeare crossover, won the grand prize in her elementary school’s fiction contest. Her parents explained that writers were quirky, poor, and often talked to themselves in supermarket checkout lines. They implored her to be practical, a request she took to heart for twenty years, earning two degrees, a white-collar job, and an ulcer, before realizing that practical was absolutely no fun.

Today she lives with her husband and four children in an old, impractical house and writes stories about redemption, the supernatural, and love at first sight, all of which do exist. She happens to know from experience.

Libby’s State of Mind received rave reviews for being fast, clever, and relentless and was nominated for a Bookie Award for Best M/M Novel of 2011. 40 Souls to Keep, Libby’s third novel, has been described as intense and heart-poundingly good and was praised by Publishers Weekly for maintaining a high level of suspense.

An avid supporter of gay rights, Libby donates her time to the Trevor Project and organizations that work to support marriage equality.