Blog Tour: Interview,Excerpt & Giveaway Kenzie Cade – Hummingbird House

Today we have stopping by @ Love Bytes  author Kenzie Cade.

She is visiting for the Hummingbird House blog tour answering some questions for us , offering an excerpt and there is a giveaway to participate in 🙂

Welcome Kenzie!

Book Name: Hummingbird House

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23601149-hummingbird-house

Author Name: Kenzie Cade

Kenzie Cade was born and raised in the South where she spends her days in the sometimes stressful field of private medicine observing interesting people and committing them to memory for later use. When she isn’t reading, experimenting with recipes, or being distracted by social media, Kenzie spends time with her family, friends, and the Pomeranian/long-haired Chihuahua mix who likes to keep her company while she writes. As a young girl, Kenzie dreamed of princesses and their white knights. As an adult (or sort of adult), she dreams of princes and their proverbial white knights, which she attributes to fellow Arkansan S.E. Hinton and her novel, The Outsiders. Writing to keep the fictional voices at bay, Kenzie enjoys the journeys her characters travel to find their happy endings, and she loves the challenge of writing a great love story.

Author Contact:

Facebook: www.facebook.com/kenziecade.author

Twitter: www.twitter.com/thekenziecade

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Publisher: Dreamspinner Press

Cover Artist: Catt Ford

Blurb:

To honor his grandmother’s final request, Trenton Appleton drops everything to visit the family’s ancestral home: Hummingbird House, where he experienced his first kiss and first heartbreak with Callum Eason. Eight years ago, confused by his attraction to Trent, Callum reacted badly. But with help he never expected, Callum found himself and learned to accept who he was. Now Trent is back at Hummingbird House, and Callum has his opportunity to salvage their friendship, at least. But Trent is less receptive than he was all those years ago. Still, Callum is determined to show Trent he has changed and keep his promise to Trent’s grandmother. When past mistakes repeat themselves, Callum must break the cycle before his last chance with Trent passes him by.

Categories: Contemporary, Fiction, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, Holiday, Christmas, Romance

Buy Links:

Dreamspinner Press

Amazon

Amazon.UK

For a house that had stood empty for the past eight years, it was surprisingly… clean… and warm and bright. The lights were on in the living room to my left, but the clanging of pots and pans in the kitchen through the archway to my right drew my attention. Setting my suitcase and urn down quietly in the entryway, I pulled out an umbrella from the holder by the door. With every bit of stealth I possessed—which is not much—I crept into the kitchen, umbrella raised over my head. My heart raced and my breath sped up, until I crossed into the kitchen to find Callum at the sink.

My umbrella clanked to the wooden floor, and then I slumped over, hands to knees. Callum turned around eyes widened in surprise with an understanding smirk gracing his full lips. I wanted to hate those lips.

“What the fuck are you doing here?” I panted, looking up at Callum as I stumbled over to the nearest kitchen chair and plopped myself into it.

Callum shrugged. “I’ve been taking care of the place for Astrid for the past few years.”

I hadn’t known that. Had I known that? Had Astrid ever mentioned it? No. She certainly hadn’t. Though I’d never admit it aloud, I hung on every word she shared regarding Callum. And trust me, they were few and far between, as if she had known what had happened between us.

She probably had.

Callum had kept up Hummingbird House. The pain in my chest twisted just a little more than usual. I refused to think of it as a betrayal, certain Astrid had her reasons for not telling me. But I just couldn’t imagine what they were.

“That doesn’t explain why you’re here now.”

Why did you choose to write M/M stories?

I love this genre. I found it by accident, as lot of us do, and I fell in love instantly. Writing those relationships with happy ever afters was a given to me. I have real life reasons out there as well. I see my friends and family and want to portray that love on the page for people to see.

Where do you find your inspiration?

Lots of places. Everywhere. Music is a huge inspiration to me. There are songs that are so visual that I can’t help but see a story, or at least the beginnings of one, by the end of the song. People in my life are also a big inspiration. I know tons of different personalities, and I love each one of them for it. Television and movies are also inspiration. One of my works in progress started out as an inspiration from a Lifetime movie. It morphed into something completely different by the time I began writing, but I still attribute that inspiration to the stalker movie I watched. Real life events are a big inspiration as well. Hummingbird House draws a lot of inspiration from my own life and my own family. The real life inspirations are pretty difficult to write sometimes, but luckily, in the case of Hummingbird House, it was so rewarding in the end.

What is for you the perfect book hero?

I’m an Alpha male type of girl. I love the big growly, moody guys who think that relationships are too bothersome. I love seeing them felled by love. I also have a thing for snarky brats. You know, the ones who have a comment for everything and find themselves in more trouble walking to the bathroom (or wherever) especially when they’re trying to be good and follow the rules.

Tell us about Hummingbird House, and what would you like to share about it? 

Tour Dates/Tour Stops:

8-Dec

Love Bytes

MM Good Book Reviews

9-Dec

Bayou Book Junkie

Prism Book Alliance

10-Dec

Inked Rainbow Reads

Parker Williams

11-Dec

Rainbow Gold Reviews

The Novel Approach

12-Dec

Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words

Molly Lolly

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