Author Avon Gale is here today on Love Bytes with her blog tour of Save of the Game.
Welcome to the blog, Avon!
Author Name: Avon Gale
Book Name: Save of the Game
Series: Scoring Chances #2 (It can be read as a standalone)
Release Date: January 29, 2016
Pages or Words: 200 pages
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: Aaron Anderson
Blurb:
After last season’s heartbreaking loss to his hockey team’s archrival, Jacksonville Sea Storm goalie Riley Hunter is ready to let go of the past and focus on a winning season. His new roommate, Ethan Kennedy, is a loud New Yorker with a passion for social justice that matches his role as the team’s enforcer. The quieter Riley is attracted to Ethan and has no idea what to do about it.
Ethan has no hesitations. As fearless as his position demands, he rushes into things without much thought for the consequences. Though they eventually warm to their passionate new bond, it doesn’t come without complications. While trying to financially help Ethan, Riley must hide his family’s wealth so as not to hurt Ethan’s immense pride. For their relationship to work, Ethan will need to learn when to keep the gloves on and let someone help him—and Riley will have to learn it’s okay to let someone past his defenses.
Categories: Bisexual, Contemporary, Fiction, Gay Fiction, Sports, Hockey
Today I’m very happy to be interviewing Avon Gale author of Save of the Game. Hi Avon, thank you for agreeing to this interview.
Give us an interesting fun fact or a few about your book or series:
There is a spectacular save that Riley pulls off at the end of the book that is based on one Martin Brodeur made during the 2012 playoffs. Here’s the video link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9flyzH9jImQ
Brodeur is 40 years old in this video. It cracks me up when the announcer points that out and says, “Brodeur still has some flexibility.” SOME? I should say so! I don’t know that I could do that when I was 20!
How did you come up with the title of your book or series?
Since it’s a hockey series, I went with hockey titles that made sense to me for the characters. Scoring Chances was the brainchild of my friend Morgan, who is brilliant! Having hockey terms is a great thing, but it can be hard to choose. There are some super hilarious terms that sound really dirty, like “going five-hole” and “the dirty areas”. My husband keeps trying to get me to use those as titles, LOL.
Have you ever given one of your characters the personality of someone you know?
Not in a sense that they are entirely based on someone specific, no. My characters tend to have supportive friends and I like to think that’s because I’ve been so lucky to have the same.
What do you think makes a good story?
I’m a character-driven writer and reader, and so that’s number one for me. But I like all kinds of stories, and basically I just want to be entertained! I really love stories where you can tell the writer loved their characters. It shines through the page and that always makes for a good read for me.
What does your family think of your writing?
I’m incredibly lucky in that they are very proud of me. My husband is super supportive, and answers all my questions about everything because he is literally a walking trivia game. My friends are the same, and my parents think it’s awesome. One of the weirdest moments of my life was over Christmas, sitting in this tiny little town in Kentucky where I’m from having breakfast in a diner, and my aunt is asking me all about “Let the Wrong Light In,” my first book, and telling me that she’s reading it! Talk about surreal, haha. But like I said, I’m very grateful that my family has always supported me and my writing, since I was a kid.
His phone beeped, alerting him that he had a new text message. It was from Ethan Kennedy, the defenseman the Storm had acquired before the trade deadline last spring. The rowdy Kennedy, who had a heavy New York accent and was a huge fan of the New York Rangers—a team Riley hated, by virtue of being a New Jersey Devils fan—had bunked with him for a few weeks during the finals. He’d gone back to New York after the Storm lost in the playoffs. Riley hadn’t been sure if he was coming back or not, but the text message indicated he’d just gotten back to town, and would Riley mind picking him up from the airport?
And oh, he got a cheaper rate by flying into Tampa, which was three hours away. Was that a problem? And one last thing. Riley didn’t need a roommate by any chance. Did he?
Riley looked around his apartment, which was nice and clean and quiet. Just like it always was, except for those few weeks last spring when Ethan was there. He was loud and messy and always in Riley’s space, left half-full cans of Pepsi everywhere, drank whiskeys with dubious-sounding names, and smoked like a chimney.
be there in 3 hrs, Riley texted and grabbed a few boxes of coconut water out of his fridge. The idea of coming home alone after games reminded him of those car rides in Wyoming, and he was getting tired of the silence.
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Avon Gale was once the mayor on Foursquare of Jazzercise and Lollicup, which should tell you all you need to know about her as a person. She likes road trips, rock concerts, drinking Kentucky bourbon and yelling at hockey. She’s a displaced southerner living in a liberal midwestern college town, and when she’s not writing you can find her at the salon, making her clients look and feel fabulous. She never gets tired of people and their stories — either real or the ones she makes up in her head.
Where to find the author:
Twitter: @avongalewrites
Tour Dates & Stops:
29-Jan: Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words, Two Chicks Obsessed With Books and Eye Candy, Posy Roberts, Book Lovers 4Ever, Mikky’s World of Books, Jessie G. Books, Gay Book Reviews
1-Feb: Boy Meets Boy Reviews, Kirsty Loves Books, Love Bytes, Elisa – My Reviews and Ramblings, Divine Magazine, Hearts on Fire, Open Skye Book Reviews
2-Feb: Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews, Inked Rainbow Reads, V’s Reads, Nautical Star Books, Foxylutely Book Reviews, Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents, BFD Book Blog
3-Feb: Bayou Book Junkie, Alpha Book Club, Molly Lolly, Happily Ever Chapter, Unquietly Me, MM Good Book Reviews, 3 Chicks After Dark
4-Feb: The Novel Approach, Boys on the Brink Reviews, Three Books Over The Rainbow, Carly’s Book Reviews, The Hat Party
Rafflecopter Prize: 2 copies of ‘Save of the Game’ by Avon Gale
Hockey’s my favorite for sure, though I do enjoy watching water polo from time to time…
Thank you for the interview! The book looks great =)
i love hockey !!!!
Loved the first book, can’t wait to pick this one up!