A warm welcome to author Cass Lennox joining us today to talk about new release “Blank Spaces”.
Welcome Cass 🙂
Memes
I thought it would be fun to have my two main characters fill out a (non-spoilery) Tumblr meme. Without further ado, Jonah and Vaughn.
NAME: Vaughn Hargrave
COUNTRIES I’VE LIVED IN: Canada. My family did spend two years in France when I was two but I don’t remember that.
FAVORITE FANDOM: Do games count? If so, Halo and Dragon Age. I never thought I could develop feelings for a horned man with one eye, but life keeps surprising me.
LANGUAGES YOU SPEAK: English, basic French.
AESTHETIC: I adore art deco. (Jonah is facepalming for some reason, is that a bad answer?)
FAVORITE FILM OF 2016: Zootopia.
LAST ARTICLE YOU READ: This really interesting summary of tin-glazed pottery! It’s this amazing glazing and painting technique developed in Iraq that produced beautiful pottery in the Middle East and southern European countries [redacted for length]
SHUFFLE YOUR MUSIC LIBRARY AND PUT YOUR FIRST THREE SONGS HERE:
Keep Ya Head Up – Tupac
Turn Back Time – Aqua
Little Talks – Of Monsters and Men
LAST THING YOU BOUGHT ONLINE: Turpentine, and protein powder for my boyfriend.
ANY PHOBIAS OR FEARS?: I am not great with horses.
HOW WOULD YOUR FRIENDS DESCRIBE YOU?: Artistic, calm, loyal.
HOW WOULD YOUR ENEMIES DESCRIBE YOU?: Um. Lazy, passive, over-dressed?
WHO WOULD YOU TAKE A BULLET FOR?: Jonah, my family, and the Francis Bacon currently on display in my gallery.
IF YOU HAD MONEY TO SPARE WHAT WOULD YOU BUY FIRST?: I have money to spare so I feel like this question shouldn’t apply to me okay, I guess I’d buy my boyfriend a trip to Europe, even though whenever I’ve offered something like that he keeps saying no.
FAVOURITE PIECE OF ADVICE: You catch more flies with honey.
NAME: jonah
COUNTRIES I’VE LIVED IN: canada
FAVORITE FANDOM: avatar
LANGUAGES YOU SPEAK: english
AESTHETIC: omg I hate this tumblr shit
FAVORITE FILM OF 2016: star wars. 2016 went downhill after that.
LAST ARTICLE YOU READ: probably something about canadian etfs.
SHUFFLE YOUR MUSIC LIBRARY AND PUT YOUR FIRST THREE SONGS HERE:
don’t save me – haim
how to be a heartbreaker – marina and the diamonds
vice – razorlight
LAST THING YOU BOUGHT ONLINE: groceries
ANY PHOBIAS OR FEARS?: i have a phobia of answering questions like these in public
HOW WOULD YOUR FRIENDS DESCRIBE YOU?: hot, ambitious, funny
HOW WOULD YOUR ENEMIES DESCRIBE YOU?: hot, ambitious, not funny
WHO WOULD YOU TAKE A BULLET FOR?: my bf
IF YOU HAD MONEY TO SPARE WHAT WOULD YOU BUY FIRST?: if we’re talking serious money then i’d get a house. like a proper one that i could decorate the way i wanted and get a dog and show my bf how home ownership is meant to work.
FAVOURITE PIECE OF ADVICE: “I am a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work, the more I have of it.” Thomas Jefferson
About Blank Spaces
Absence is as crucial as presence.
The decision to stop dating has made Vaughn Hargrave’s life infinitely simpler: he has friends, an excellent wardrobe, and a job in the industry he loves. That’s all he really needs, especially since sex isn’t his forte anyway and no one else seems interested in a purely romantic connection. But when a piece is stolen from his art gallery and insurance investigator Jonah Sondern shows up, Vaughn finds himself struggling with that decision.
Jonah wants his men like his coffee: hot, intense, and daily. But Vaughn seems to be the one gay guy in Toronto who doesn’t do hookups, which is all Jonah can offer. No way can Jonah give Vaughn what he really wants, not when Jonah barely understands what love is.
When another painting goes missing, tension ramps up both on and off the clock. Vaughn and Jonah find themselves grappling not just with stolen art, but with their own differences. Because a guy who wants nothing but romance and a guy who wants nothing but sex will never work—right? Not unless they find a way to fill in the spaces between them.
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About Cass Lennox
Cass Lennox is a permanent expat who has lived in more countries than she cares to admit to and suffers from a chronic case of wanderlust as a result. She started writing stories at the tender age of eleven, but would be the first to say that the early years are best left forgotten and unread. A great believer in happy endings, she arrived at queer romance via fantasy, science fiction, literary fiction, and manga, and she can’t believe it took her that long. Her specialties are diverse characters, gooey happy ever afters, and brownies. She’s currently sequestered in a valley in southeast England.
Connect with Cass:
- Blog: casslennox.wordpress.com/
- Facebook: www.facebook.com/Cass-Lennox-1704635609768647/
- Twitter: twitter.com/CassLennox
To celebrate the release of Blank Spaces, one lucky winner will receive a $15 gift certificate to All Romance Ebooks! Leave a comment with your contact info to enter the contest. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on November 19, 2016. Contest is NOT restricted to U.S. entries. Thanks for following the tour, and don’t forget to leave your contact info!
That was great! I really got a sense of the guys’ personalities. And I loved that quote from Thomas Jefferson.
Thanks.
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LOL, thanks for such an enlightening (entertaining) interview. It’s as much fun as your book is sounding. *g*
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Thanks for the interview. I like getting seeing these glimpses into the characters’ heads!
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I just love the way you did the interview. The characters are great, the story sounds interesting.
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Thank you for hosting me and Blank Spaces today! Good luck with the giveaway, everyone 🙂
enjoyed the interview
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loved the character interviews 🙂
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Thank you for the character interview. i enjoy getting to know the characters outside their book =)
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I love posts like these, so fun and entertaining and make me want to know more about the characters and story. This part so true now: “2016 went downhill after that” peachescon(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks for the fun post! violet817(at)aol(dot)com
Thank you for sharing a bit of your characters with us. I love how this book sounds
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Congrats and thanks for the post. I find the asexual premise intriguing, as well as the setting in Toronto. Good luck with your new book.
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