Hi all!! Welcome to my inaugural blog tour. I’m incredibly excited to be here, introducing you to my new book, Where Death Meets the Devil!! It’s full of action and suspense and two damaged men who shouldn’t be friends—or more—coming together to uncover a common enemy—and more. I’d love to have you join me on the tour where I’ll be dorking… ah hem, talking about the importance of titles, the dangers of research, theme songs and other stuff. And if watching while I potentially embarrass myself isn’t enticement enough, there’s a chance to win a $10 Riptide gift card!
Character theme songs
Individual songs mean different things to different people, usually depending on where you were, physically, spiritually, mentally, when you first heard it. And sometimes, songs take on new meaning as your experiences change. The following songs were two of my favourites from each band, as well as being overall favourites, but during the writing of Where Death Meets the Devil, they developed extra symbolism for me.
Incubus’s “Surface to Air” is Jack’s theme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QaO50y8RMgg
Do you read me, mayday
Aeronaut to base
I confess I’m a mess
No egress
Alone, hovering in space
Jack spends a lot of the book lost, literally and figuratively. This is his plea for connection when everything around him fees so very, very distant. He has to find something to ground him before he spins completely off the rails.
Ethan’s theme is Muse’s “Undisclosed Desires.”
You trick your lovers
That you’re wicked and divine
You may be a sinner
But your innocence is mine
Ethan is good at hiding behind a calm and collected paid-killer demeanour. However, he can’t keep up the façade if he expects Jack to trust him, so parts of his true self are exposed. It’s the flashes of past trauma, damaged conscious and innocence that draw Jack in.
About Where Death Meets the Devil
Jack Reardon, former SAS soldier and current Australian Meta-State asset, has seen some messy battles. But “messy” takes on a whole new meaning when he finds himself tied to a chair in a torture shack, his cover blown wide open, all thanks to notorious killer-for-hire Ethan Blade.
Blade is everything Jack doesn’t believe in: remorseless, detached, lawless. Yet, Jack’s only chance to survive is to strike a bargain with the devil and join forces with Blade. As they trek across a hostile desert, Jack learns that Blade is much more than a dead-eyed killer—and harder to resist than he should be.
A year later, Jack is home and finally getting his life on track. Then Ethan Blade reappears and throws it all into chaos once more. It’s impossible to trust the assassin, especially when his presence casts doubts on Jack’s loyalty to his country, but Jack cannot ignore what Blade’s return means: the mess that brought them together is far from over, and Ethan might just bring back the piece of Jack’s soul he thought he’d lost forever.
Available now from Riptide Publishing!
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About L.J. Hayward
L.J. Hayward has been telling stories for most of her life. Granted, a good deal of them have been of the tall variety, but who’s counting? Parents and teachers notwithstanding, of course. These days, the vast majority of her story telling has been in an honest attempt to create fun and exciting ways of entertaining others (and making money).
As such, she is still a mad (always provoked!) scientist in a dungeon laboratory (it has no windows—seriously, the zombie apocalypse could be going on outside and she’d have nary a clue) who, on the rare occasions she emerges into the light, does so under extreme protest and with the potential hazard of bursting into flames under the Southeast Queensland sun.
Connect with L.J.:
- Webiste: http://www.ljhayward.com/
- Twitter: @lj_hayward
To celebrate the release of Where Death Meets the Devil, one lucky winner will receive a $10 Riptide credit! Leave a comment with your contact info to enter the contest. Entries close at midnight, Eastern time, on March 3, 2018. Contest is NOT restricted to U.S. entries. Thanks for following the tour, and don’t forget to leave your contact info!
This shapes Jack and Ethan more in my mind. Thanks for sharing the characters’ theme songs, LJ. And congratulations with the new release!! <3
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I am so looking forward to reading this. I have a credit and will get it now.
Thank you! I really hope you enjoy it!!
Good luck with the release!
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Congrats on the book and thank you for the songs that represent the main characters.
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Thank you for sharing and congratulations on the release
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Sounds good!
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the songs fit the guys so well! really enjoyed this book
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Thank you for the post. I love listening to Muse. Both sounds fitting to the characters.
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Thank you for reading! Muse is one of my two all time favourite bands. They are absolutely brilliant live.
Congrats, L.J., and thanks for the sharing about the songs. I like action, suspense, undercover, damaged men, the title, the blurb. I even like your post intro. – Purple Reader,
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Cheers all for keeping up with the tour!
I’m just starting chapter 7 and I LOVE it!!
I’m just starting chapter 7 and I LOVE it! Will this be part of a series?
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🙂
As for a series… 😉
Hmm, that smilie face isn’t as smilie as I’m feeling.
Funny! I thought that it was a little smile too! But, to give u a reason to find a more exciting emoji…
I’m just about to start chapter 12 and hate when I HAVE to put it down! I hesitated on getting this book when I saw in the reviews about the now/then format. Wow – was I wrong to hesitate! Ive come to the conclusion that you must be utterly brilliant! 😎
I was worried it would be confusing..it absolutely isn’t. And…each chapter leaves off with a mini-cliffhanger of sorts that makes the book that much more exciting/suspenseful.
Question (of course you don’t have to answer): Plotter or Panster? (Plz say plotter…. plz say plotter…lol)
Ok…gotta go read sum more! 😁
Imagine a big arse smilie right here!! 😉
I’m so glad you’re enjoying it, and that the format is working for you. I knew it wouldn’t have universal appeal, though.
Funny you should ask about the plotter v pantser… My guest post at The Novel Approach was about how I’m a … pantser. Sorry! I’m a lifelong pantser with a small hint of plotter.
Thanks for the chat!!
Cheers!!
PS if you leave your email you can go in the draw for a Riptide coupon. *hint hint*
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Congrats on the new release! I hope you’re having an amazing release week.
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