A warm welcome to author Julie Lynn Hayes visiting Love Bytes today on her newest release When Will I Be Loved.
Julie Lynn kindly answered some of our questions, she shares an excerpt and there is a giveaway to participate in!
Welcome Julie Lynn 🙂
Author Name: Julie Lynn Hayes
Book Name: When Will I Be Loved
Release Date: June 7, 2015
Goodreads Link: My Goodreads
Publisher: Amber Quill
Cover Artist: Trace Zaber
Pages or Words: Approximately 115,000 words
Blurb:
Miller Fenwick wants the kind of happy ending his best friend got, with the hunky werewolf of his dreams. Trouble is, there doesn’t seem to be a Prince Charming on the horizon, and casual encounters don’t cut it anymore. Now that Alexx and Raoul are engaged, Miller is becoming resigned to being the bridesmaid, never the bride. But a chance encounter with a sexy stranger at Charisma has his hopes soaring, and his heart is wide open to possibilities.
Holt Wynne is the head of Helios, the largest vampire organization in the country. He’s a very influential and wealthy man, with a deep-seated hatred of werewolves. His running into Miller at Charisma isn’t entirely accidental. He’d meant to wait, but his emotions got the better of him, and he couldn’t stay away. And now see what he’s done…
Wait until Miller finds out he’s sortof just gotten married to the sexy vampire who hates the people who are Miller’s best friends. Sparks are gonna fly—and not just in the bedroom. One thing for sure—life in Crescent Bay is never dull!
Categories: M/M Romance, Mystery, Paranormal
Buy Link:
Julie Lynn Hayes – When Will I Be Loved #978-1-68175-037-8
Can you tell us what inspired you to write When Will I be Loved?
Thanks for having me here today!
I had never intended to write a sequel to When Will I See You Again, but a reader named Shorty asked me when I was going to write Miller’s story. She said he deserved to have love too. I told her something along the lines of maybe I’ll write a Christmas story, figuring that would give me some time before I had to worry about it. But my Muse had other ideas, and the next day I had the plot in my head and began to write. Sometimes you can’t fight what’s meant to be lol
What was your favorite part about writing this book? Your least favorite?
My favorite part was in developing the relationship between Miller and Holt, watching it grow, and watching them go through some difficult times as they can came to grips with what was happening to them. No matter how much you want to believe something is true, there’s always that little doubt in the back of your mind that says it’s too good to be true, so it can’t be.
My least favorite part was writing some of the action scenes. I still struggle with those, although I think I’m getting better. Practice makes perfect, I guess, so I’ll keep doing it. Also, trying not to signal to the reader what’s going to happen. I prefer to surprise them instead.
Do you feel you have a specific writing style?
I have a unique writing style, I think, is that the same thing? I consider myself a blend of William Faulkner and PG Wodehouse – long-winded and full of dry humor. I’m working on the long-winded part. I would say my writing is more formal than not, filled with fairly big words, and a generous sprinkling of humor.
How do you like to spend a warm spring evening?
I spend most evenings at my computer. I confess to not really having much of a life outside of work and writing. So on a warm spring evening, if I’m not at my computer, I’m probably watching TV with my daughter Sarah.
What are you working on now?
I’m currently working on a fantasy novel with author Chris T. Kat, which has elves and centaurs and such in it. Also, I have my first PI novel I’m working on, which will hopefully become a series. And I have a long-running flash fiction at my blog, which ventures into taboo territory, and which I plan to offer as a freebie when I’m done and put it together.
Thanks for having me here today! Have a great day!
Miller forced himself to take a breath, unaware until he did that he’d stopped breathing.
Quit being ridiculous. Wine going to your head already?
But he’d only had the one glass. And he hadn’t even finished that. He wasn’t such a lightweight, when it came to holding his alcohol, and he knew it.
He told himself it was just his imagination. But just to be safe, he began a slow cautious turn, looking around him, without appearing to be searching for anything—or anyone.
And there he was.
Standing a heartbeat away from Miller was one of the sexiest men he’d ever seen in his life. A man every bit as sexy as Raoul Marchand, although not in the same feral way as the werewolf.
This man was light where Raoul was dark. His hair was a honey blonde which stood out by virtue of being obviously natural, in a place where most blondes were either created by the sun or came from a bottle. He stood a little taller than Miller, exuding a presence that went beyond the merely physical, possessed of the bearing and mien of a veritable god.
But it was his eyes that drew Miller in and held him spellbound. Blue and green, like staring into tropical waves, flecked with bits of pure molten gold. And the way he was staring at Miller was sending the most delicious shivers traveling up and down his spine.
The man took a step toward Miller, his hand outstretched. Before Miller quite realized what had happened, he’d placed his own hand inside of the other man’s, and he found himself being drawn onto the dance floor.
Julie Lynn Hayes first began publishing short stories and poetry in the 1990’s, when it was a different ballgame altogether, and Ebooks hadn’t been dreamed of yet. That changed in 2010 with the acceptance of her first romance novel. She’s come a long way since that first book appeared, and is finding the journey a very educational one.
She lives in St. Louis with her daughter Sarah and her cat Ramesses. She often writes of two men finding true love and happiness in one another’s arms, and is a great believer in the happily ever after. She likes to write in different genres, to stretch herself in order to see what is possible. Her great challenge is to be told something can’t be done—she feels compelled to do it.
When she isn’t writing, she enjoys crafts, such as crocheting and cross stitch, needlepoint and knitting, and she loves to cook, spending time watching the Food Network. Her favorite chef is Geoffrey Zakarian. Her family thinks she’s a bit off, but she doesn’t mind. Marching to the beat of one’s own drummer is a good thing, after all. Her published works can be found at Dreamspinner Press, eXtasy Books, Wayward Ink Press, and Amber Quill Press.
Where to find the author:
Facebook: Facebook
Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/ShelleyRunyon
Tour Dates & Stops:
7-Jun
Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words
8-Jun
9-Jun
Because Two Men Are Better Than One
10-Jun
11-Jun
12-Jun
Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews
15-Jun
16-Jun
17-Jun
18-Jun
Vampires, Werewolves, and Fairies, Oh My
19-Jun
The Fuzzy, Fluffy World of Chris T. Kat
22-Jun
23-Jun
Book Reviews, Rants, and Raves
24-Jun
25-Jun
26-Jun
29-Jun
30-Jun
1-Jul
2-Jul
Rafflecopter Prize:
1 copy of When Will I Be Loved and 1 copy of When Will I See You Again or if winner has that, another book from backlist
Congrats on the new Bol, sounds amazing.
Thanks! I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!
Thanks so much for having me here today!
Congratulations! I can’t wait to read When Will I Be Loved!! Thanks for the giveaway!
Thanks, Kara! I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by!
Congratulations–sounds like a winner!
Thanks, Trix! I hope you like it! Thanks for stopping by today!