THANK GOODNESS IT'S FRIDAY--SADLY IT'S LINDSAY DOWNS LAST DAY!

TGIF and I have Lindsay Downs for one more day. It's been fun and I hope everyone has enjoyed his visit. The character interviews have been great!

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Without further ado, take it away one more time Lindsay.

What’s in a name?

We’re all familiar with the following-

    

     A rose by any other name is…

     Don’t judge a book by is cover.

Well, here’s another one for you all-

     Don’t judge a person by his or her name.

Being a writer is easy, we’re all writers. Being a published author is even harder. Being a multi-published author is close to a miracle. Then add multi-contracts with a publisher and it goes past the realm of miracle.

Now, be a bestselling author with your debut romance regency, that’s out of this world.

Oh, I should have told you I’ve got two different contracts for a total of four regency romantic suspense books. Also, a six book contract for a contemporary suspense series.

What makes all this even more amazing is…that I’m a man. Divorced from one wife and my second wife died unexpectedly.

If you haven’t already guessed from reading the posts since Monday you would have known that. What you might not have realized, is that Lindsay Downs is my real name.

For several years, I kept the fact I’m a man a secret. Not because I was ashamed, but I wanted to be known as an author, not a man who’s an author. Last year with the encouragement of several very close friends on several internet radio shows, I announced to the world, or so I thought, who I really was.

My point is, it doesn’t make a difference if you’re a man or woman, you can write and should write the genre of your choice. Not only that but in your style and voice.

Where to find Lindsay:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lindsay.downs.7

Twitter: @ldowns2966

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/home

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3210224-lindsay

A Jessica Sales blog:  http://ajessicasalesnovel.wordpress.com/

Murders and Mysteries blog:  http://murdersandmysteries.wordpress.com/

What a pleasure having you as my guest blogger for the week, Lindsay. Hope you decide to come back soon.

Until next time my naughty pets,

 GRAY

 

HAPPY THURSDAY WITH LINDSAY DOWNS!

Yep, it's Thursday, almost the weekend here on Between the Pages and Lindsay is bringing us an interview with Jessica Sales from Ice Queen.

Hope everyone has enjoyed the interviews and excerpts.

Remember, leave a comment today for a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate from Secret Cravings Publishing. If you haven't followed Lindsay on one of his social sites, check out the links below and follow at least one of them.
 
Without anymore fanfare, take it away Lindsay!

Today we have Jessica Sales in the hot seat. Her first book, Ice Queen, releases in June 2013 from Secret Cravings Publishing. Warning-don’t piss her off if you want to see tomorrow.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Are you upset your name is not in the title?

JESSICA: In a sense my name is in the title. In each of the books Lindsay has written about me he uses, with my permission, my code name for the operation. In this case it’s Ice Queen.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Do you have any annoying habits your author did not share with us in your book?

JESSICA: If he had I’d have killed him.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Do you have siblings? Are you close to them?

JESSICA: No. My parents died in an auto accident.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Are you happy with the profession your author chose for you or would you rather be working at something totally different and why?

JESSICA: Who are you kidding? He didn’t give it to me, I gave it to him. I get to travel the world working for a consortium of very powerful individuals taking care of problems governments can’t or won’t.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Would you like to be taller, blonder, thinner or smarter than you have been portrayed?

JESSICA: No. I’m not one of those women who has a body image problem.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Are you planning to make an appearance in a sequel? If not are you unhappy about that?

JESSICA: Well, since the series is about me, yes. So far Lindsay’s already been contracted for a total of six books. I’ve also got four more in the works with him.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Now for a personal question. Is there enough  sex in the book for you? Would you have liked more?

JESSICA: Hell yeah. No he’s given my enough scenes so they add to the story, not detract from it.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Did your author handle your “love” scenes the way you like or was she too explicit or not explicit enough?

JESSICA: Reading over the scenes I was really surprised at how well he nailed it.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Is your hero/heroine a good kisser?

JESSICA: If there was a word higher than magnificent it couldn’t begin to describe the way Ronny kisses. Let’s just say, every time we kiss I got oh so wet.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Are you happy with the setting? Did you want a bigger house or car?

JESSICA: Ice Queen starts out in Wyoming then shifts to The Big Apple. Yes, I’m happy with the setting. Of course I have a nice little house, thirty rooms with a ballroom, in Antibes, FR.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: How many re-writes did you have to live through?

JESSICA: None. If Lindsay didn’t get the books right the first time he knew what would happen to him. Let’s just say it wouldn’t have been pretty.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Did your story end too soon?

JESSICA: As long as I get the villain, dead or dead, then the book finishes at the right spot.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Who was your favorite supporting character?

JESSICA: That’s really hard to say as I’ve got a great team of experts working with and for me. I guess if I had to name one it would be Collette. She’s my cook, chef and part-time mother. Even though she’s not in the debut book I do mention her.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Were you happy with your wardrobe?

JESSICA: Are you kidding me? Most of the time I’m in designer outfits, especially swim suits which Ronny doesn’t approve of. Seems he thinks I’m showing off a little, correction to much skin.

GUEST INTERVIEWER: Did you fight much with your author or did you two see eye-to-eye?

JESSICA: Since I’m 5’2” and he’s 6’ it’s a little hard to see eye-to-eye with him unless I stand on a step stool. Kidding aside, yes we do, he’s the best.

(Gray's comment: Now, for an excerpt. Yay!)
 
This is an unedited, by my editor, so please forgive any poo-poos. In this scene Jessica meets the villain.

Enjoy-

With a mental brain shake, she lifted her head. As their gazes met she leaned back and settle her elbows on the bar top. The effect was damn near instantaneous as it helped stretch the flimsy material over her breasts.

His heated smile of approval, she saw, confirmed the distraction was working. While part of her kept him occupied she positioned her booted right foot against the front of the bar. “You got it?” Her voice soft, with a touch of sensual huskiness.

“And more, if you want,” he replied as he leaned forward to close the distance.

From the bottom of her vision she caught movement as he lifted a hand. She fought back a cringe when he brushed the tips of his fingers along the side of her breast.

“Nope, just what I ordered.” She paused to look him down and up. “Don’t see anything else that I could use,” her voice hardening ever so slightly.

“You sure?” he asked before his thumb drifted toward her peaked nipple.

“Yep, and if you don’t want to sing with the Vienna Boys Choir, I’d suggest you remove your hand. Oh,” she paused to let the first words sink into his lecherous brain, “and look down if you don’t believe me.”

Never one to doubt or underestimate a dangerously beautiful woman he dropped his eyes. He could feel them open even wider when he saw a knife point glisten in the weak light of the room, a centimeter from his groin.

Where to find Lindsay:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lindsay.downs.7

Twitter: @ldowns2966

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/home

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3210224-lindsay

A Jessica Sales blog:  http://ajessicasalesnovel.wordpress.com/

Murders and Mysteries blog:  http://murdersandmysteries.wordpress.com/

Until tomorrow my naughty pets,

 GRAY

 

HAPPY HUMP DAY WITH LINDSAY DOWNS!

It's Hump Day and halfway through my guest blogger for the week. Today, Lindsay is bringing us another character interview. Debbi from Spy Catcher, the heroine, brings insight into her character.

Remember, leave a comment today for a chance to win a $20 Gift Certificate from Secret Cravings Publishing. If you haven't followed Lindsay on one of his social sites, check out the links below and follow at least one of them.

Okay, take it away Lindsay, sir!

Today we’re lucky enough to have Debbi Overstreet, the heroine in Spy Catcher, a regency romantic suspense, releasing in July 2013 from Secret Cravings Publishing.

LINDSAY: Is your love interest the way you pictured him or her? Or would you have preferred someone with a different hair color.

DEBBI: As you’ll see in the excerpt below I had an idea what he might look like. Trust me I wasn’t surprised when we finally came face to face.

LINDSAY: Do you have siblings? Are you close to them?

DEBBI: Not that I knew of at first but when a Bow Street runner showed up at the Duke of Carlisle’s estate soon I realized I might have a brother.

LINDSAY: Any hobbies we might be interested in knowing about?

DEBBI: I love to fish and am very skilled at it. Even though some might consider it work to me it’s a hobby in looking after the ducal gardens.

LINDSAY: Are you happy with the profession your author chose for you or would you rather be working at something totally different and why?

DEBBI: Being born into servitude I didn’t know any better and was very happy. When I found out who my mother is my life…Sorry I’m not giving you the answer otherwise I’d spoil the book for you.

LINDSAY: Would you like to be taller, blonder, thinner or smarter than you have been portrayed?

DEBBI: I never gave it much thought and since Gerrard loves me for me then I’m happy with the way Lindsay drew me.

LINDSAY: Are you planning to make an appearance in a sequel? If not are you unhappy about that?

DEBBI: I’m hoping to if I can, along with my brother who can have him arrested if he doesn’t, convince Lindsay to write the story about my brother. From the two of us talking I learned he had a very hard life which would make a great book.

LINDSAY: Now for a personal question. Is there enough  sex in the book for you? Would you have liked more?

DEBBI: I may have started life as a servant but I do have certain moral values. The most I let Gerrard do is the occasional chaste kiss.

LINDSAY: Is you’re hero/heroine a good kisser?

DEBBI: Being a lady I’m sorry but I’m not at liberty to share those intimate moments. I can tell you he, I think you people in the 21^st century say, “He rocks my boat.”

LINDSAY: Are you happy with the setting? Did you want a bigger house or car?

DEBBI: Oh, you should see the manor house I’ll be living in when we marry. What’s a car?

LINDSAY: Did your author listen to you when you tried to redirect her/him?

DEBBI: Since I’m an expert with not only a spoiler alert or spoiler alert he know to listen to me when I directing him.

LINDSAY: Were you happy with your wardrobe?

DEBBI: Considering I started out wearing plain grey dresses and ending being dressing in some of the finest gowns money could buy, I’m very happy.

Excerpt from Spy Catcher.

NOTE: This hasn’t been edited so forgive any mistakes you find.

As promised here we have Debbi woolgathering about the hero she hasn’t met yet.

“I’ll certainly have to be on the alert then.” So Aleece couldn’t see the quizzical expression on her face, Debbi turned her head and gazed out the window.

I wonder what he looks like. Tall, short. No, tall with black hair and eyes that can melt a woman’s heart with a smoldering glance. Broad shoulders like Mr. Thomas but from helping to work the land, not swinging a sword. Not that I object—both in their own way are dashing, dangerous and courageous.

“Debbi, stop daydreaming about this rogue.”

It took a second before the words reached far enough into her mind before she turned back.

“I wasn’t thinking about him,” she replied, not realizing she was worrying her lace handkerchief.

“Oh yes, you were and you can’t deny it. You have a tendency to twisting something with your hands when you woolgather.”

“I’m sorry, m’ lady. It’s just I’ve never seen a rakehell before, leastwise not that I know of. I was wondering what he looked like so I’d know how dangerous to me he is.”

And here her dream becomes reality as she gets a brief glimpse-

Without warning a shiver coursed down her spine, which unfortunately brought Aleece’s attention.

“Are you all right? It’s just like walking through any door. Take a deep breath,” she whispered.

“I don’t think it’s that, Lady Aleece. I fear I feel eyes on me, and I don’t know if it’s good or what,” she replied in a hushed tone.

Stepping back from the small group Debbi peered around, letting her gaze carry up to a window overlooking the forecourt. There she spied the reason for the unnerved feeling. The most dashingly handsome man she’d ever seen in her life. Even more, the sight of his appearance before he hid was exactly as she’d thought.

Tall, taller than she with pitch black hair and broad shoulders. Lips deadly to a woman’s heart in the way he smiled down at her. Before he ducked behind a curtain she noticed he was dressed in a Bath superfine coat with a crisp white shirt and his cravat tied in the latest style.

Great job Lindsay! Can't wait to see this one out for the world to see!

Remember, leave a comment to be entered in the giveaway, and if you haven't followed Lindsay on any of his social sites, please do so. 
 

Where to find Lindsay:

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/lindsay.downs.7

Twitter: @ldowns2966

LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/home

Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3210224-lindsay

A Jessica Sales blog:  http://ajessicasalesnovel.wordpress.com/

Murders and Mysteries blog:  http://murdersandmysteries.wordpress.com/

 

Until tomorrow my naughty pets,

 GRAY