Today we are giving a warm Love Bytes welcome to author Susan Mac Nicol , who stops by our blog with her Love You Senseless blog tour.
She answered some questions for us and there is also a chance to participate in a giveaway
Welcome Susan 🙂
Book Name: Love You Senseless (Men of London: Book 1)
Author Name: Susan Mac Nicol
Susan Mac Nicol is a self confessed bookaholic, an avid watcher of videos of sexy pole dancing men, self confessed geek and nerd and in love with her Smartphone. This little treasure is called ‘the boyfriend’ by her long suffering husband, who says if it vibrated, there’d be no need for him. Susan hasn’t had the heart to tell him there’s an app for that…
She is never happier than when sitting in the confines of her living room/study/on a cold station platform scribbling down words and making two men fall in love. She is a romantic at heart and believes that everything happens (for the most part) for a reason. She likes to think of herself as a ‘half full’ kinda gal, although sometimes that philosophy is sorely tested.
Lover of walks in the forest, theatre productions, dabbling her toes in the cold North Sea and the vibrant city of London where you can experience all four seasons in a day , she is a hater of pantomime (so please don’t tar and feather her), duplicitous people, bigotry and self righteous idiots.
In an ideal world, Susan Mac Nicol would be Queen of England and banish all the bad people to the Never Never Lands of Wherever -Who Cares. As that’s never going to happen, she contents herself with writing her HEA stories and pretending, that just for a little while, good things happen to good people.
Author Contact:
website: www.susanmacnicol.com
blog: susanmacnicol.wordpress.com
facebook: www.facebook.com/susiemax77
twitter: www.twitter.com/SusanMacNicol7
pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/susiemax777/pins/
linkedin: http://uk.linkedin.com/pub/susanmacnicol/48/a44/602
tumblr: http://www.susanmacnicol.com/my-tumblr-blog/
Publisher: Boroughs Publishing Group
Cover Artist: Boroughs Publishing Group
Blurb:
London’s saucy up-and-coming chef, Eddie Tripp has just the right recipe to drive tragedy from the mind of Gideon Kent—and leave him senseless with desire.
From Soho to Norwich, there’s no escaping love.
A TASTE OF FOREVER
An award-winning chef with his own restaurant and an inexhaustible passion, Gideon Kent once had everything. Then came tragedy. It stole more than Gideon’s home. He hasn’t cooked since.
Until Eddie Tripp. Fun-loving and vivacious, the Norfolk redhead’s a real up-and-comer in Gideon’s kitchen—and other places. Slim where Gideon’s broad, easy-going where Gideon is growly, he and Gideon seem polar opposites, and yet Eddie conjures flavors that would tempt anyone with a taste for perfection. The sauce of love is already simmering, and this pair is about to dine on the most delicious dish they’ve ever prepared. Because Eddie’s been Gideon’s missing ingredient all along.
Categories: Contemporary, Erotica, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Romance
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What was your inspiration for this story?
I’ve always wanted to write a story set in a classy restaurant, which acts as the back ground for people meeting, enjoying themselves, sharing a drink and eating good food. Not only that, but I wanted to explore the idea of a man who lost something that meant a lot to him, something he needed that he believed was an integral part of him. The two things came together in the story of an award winning chef losing his sense of smell and taste and having to come to grips with the fact that he may do the thing he loves again -cook.
Do you like to cook? If so, what is your favorite thing to cook? If not, who does the cooking?
Nope, I don’t like to cook myself. I come from a family where everyone is a chef, a hotel owner or something involved in hospitality and catering. It’s something I’ve never been interested in myself. I love eating the food obviously J My husband and kids tend to do most of the cooking in our house.
I love eating dishes like paella, hamburgers and chips, sea food dishes like prawns and crab, and I love ‘picky’ eating- like mezzes or tapas, where you can eat lots of things in small portions.
What was the best part about writing this story?
There were a few bits I really enjoyed doing. I loved the way Gideon changed from a bad tempered, grouch, who just needed to love someone and forget about his own troubles, to a caring, contented man who ended up exactly where he needed to be -in Eddie’s arms. I loved creating the persona of Eddie, caring, cheeky, red headed and full of love for the right person.
The worst part?
It’s a double edged sword! I created all these other wonderful characters in book one – Taylor, Leslie, Clay – and now I have to get my finger out and write all of their stories so people can get closure on them. That means a lot more writing time, more sleepless nights and frantic writing on the train.
If you could live anywhere in the world, where would you go and why?
I want somewhere quiet, with lots of trees, mountains, fields, and waterfalls, calm lakes with ponds, and a rustic log cabin in the woods. I really see myself in this setting, sitting by the huge glass paned windows, gazing out into the soliloquy of the forest, as I tap away on my laptop writing my next book. I’m not sure where it would be -could be anywhere, Scotland, England, the US, Europe – I don’t have a place in mind but the beautiful scenic majesty of Carcassonne in France sounds like a good place to go..
What are you working on next?
I’m working on writing the other five books in the Men Of London series. The next book, called ‘Sight and Sinners’ is Taylor’s story, who we meet in book one. Then comes Leslie’s story, then Clay’s (you’ll meet him in book two) and from there on -who knows. I’m also working on a really emotional and angst ridden story called Living On Air, which is going to be an epic of a journey involving a circus. It’s still in early days as there’s a lot of research to do, but I can safely say that Carey is going to be one of the most damaged individuals I’ve ever written.
Eddie kissed back, wanting nothing more than this moment, this man in his body and his lips on his. Somewhere a bell rang and for a minute Eddie thought it might be the sound of his own passion translated to tinkling sleigh bells and fireworks like in the cartoon movies when two people kissed. He smiled at that thought then as the bell got more insistent and irritating, he turned to Gideon only to find he was no longer there. Eddie scowled and reached across to where the annoying bell sound was….
He woke from his dream upright, sweating, sticky with come and tangled in musty smelling sheets that had seen their fair share of jack off action lately and needed washing. His hand rested on his mobile phone as it trilled incessantly with his Big Ben alarm. He blinked owlishly for a minute, wondering where he was, then as the dream faded, he fell back in a loose heap with a sense of loss.
Words: 85,000
Tour Dates: /Stops:
| 3-Nov | Rainbow Gold Reviews |
| 4-Nov | Amanda C. Stone |
| 4-Nov | Joyfully Jay |
| 5-Nov | Rebecca Cohen Writes |
| 6-Nov | Inked Rainbow Reads |
| 6-Nov | Molly Lolly |
| 7-Nov | Nic Starr |
| 10-Nov | The Novel Approach |
| 10-Nov | Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews |
| 11-Nov | Book Reviews, Rants, and Raves |
| 11-Nov | Hearts on Fire |
| 12-Nov | Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words |
| 13-Nov | Love Bytes |
| 13-Nov | Twinsie Talk |
| 14-Nov | Prism Book Alliance |
| 14-Nov | Dawn’s Reading Nook |
| 17-Nov | The Blogger Girls |
| 17-Nov | Kristy’s Brain Food |
| 18-Nov | MM Good Book Reviews |
| 18-Nov | Regular Guys, Hot Romance |
| 19-Nov | 3 Chicks After Dark |
| 20-Nov | Smoocher’s Voice |
| 21-Nov | Multitasking Mommas |
| 24-Nov | Kimi-Chan |
| 24-Nov | Cathy Brockman Romances |
| 25-Nov | Iyana Jenna |
| 25-Nov | The Hat Party |
| 26-Nov | Queer Town Abbey |
| 26-Nov | Andrew Q. Gordon |
| 27-Nov | Crystal’s Many Reviewers |
| 27-Nov | BFD Book Blog |
| 27-Nov | Michael Mandrake |
| 28-Nov | EE Montgomery |
| 28-Nov | My Fiction Nook |
| 28-Nov | It’s Raining Men |
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So many good ones, can’t choose.
There is a small vegeterian restaurant in Bournemouth (uk). It only has about six tables. It’s wonderful.