Into the Unknown Character Interview and Giveaway!

Hey Everyone! I have an awesome interview to share with you all today! 

The three awesome, and might I add, sexy, male leads from the Into the Unknown Anthology and their own respective series are here to talk with us. 

I have Sean from Darkness and Light (A Holloway Pack Story #1),  

Wyatt from Little White Lies (Mimics of Rune #1), 

and Liam from The Glass Man (A Lila Gray Novel #1). 

I for one, am super excited to talk to them, and I hope you are, too! There answers are colour-coded so you can be sure to follow their awesome banter! ;)

Don’t forget to stick around for the giveaway at the end of this interview! ;D

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Hey guys! Thanks for stopping by my blog in time for the anthology with your stories to release! How about we start this interview off with a simple introduction? So, can you tell us a little bit about yourselves?

Sean: Why does it feel like I should be flexing my muscles whilst some skinny female in a bikini waves in my direction and invites everyone to stare at the freaky showcase?

::Wyatt gives Sean a fist bump::

Talk about being put on the spot. ::scratches head:: Okay: Hey, Ambur, I’m Sean. My Dad’s pack Alpha. I’m 32, 6’3”, I work in the family business of property development, and it pisses me off that I didn’t get the bedroom overlooking the forest. A fact that Ethan—that’s my thick-skulled big brother—enjoys lording over me on a regular basis. Oh, and … ::smiles:: … I’m mated to Jem. ::nods to the human on his left:: Floor’s yours.

Wyatt: Uh … mated? Are you in the animal family? Nevermind. Don’t answer that. I should have learned a long time ago not to ask questions. My name’s Wyatt Moreland, and I’m a field agent with the FBI? There’s not a lot I can tell you about that but if you want to know my favorite color? It’s green. The green color Charley stole from my own eye color to make her own.

Liam: Hey, great to meet you, Ambur. ::nods to the other two:: Sean. Wyatt.

::Wyatt gives Liam a fist bump::

I guess I won’t mention the fae version of mating. Don’t want poor Wyatt here to think he’s appearing on National Geographic. And I’d tell you my favorite color, too, but Lila hates it when I get all sappy. ::clears throat. Yeah, I’m Liam Kane, new king of the Unseelie Fae. I live in a shape-shifter that houses the Unseelie Court in the Black City. Life has been a tough since I took over the Court, but don’t tell Lila that. Yeah, she’d have a fit if she knew. But hell, what’s a little civil uprising? Nothing I can’t handle. ::tugs collar::

Now that we know a bit about you, why don’t you all tell us a bit about your lovely ladies? And don’t worry, we won’t tell them what you say...unless it’s super romantic, then we’ll definitely talk you up big-time. ;)

Sean: There’s nothing I can say to you about Jem that she doesn’t already know. She knows I think she’s beautiful, just as she knows she has the most amazing scent I have ever smelled on another being. She’s also the reason I return to this earth time and again—because, without Jem here, there’d be no point. I intend to marry her one day. Again.

Wyatt: What’s with these women and taking forever on the marriage front. It’s been sixteen years for me! Now, Charley, I can talk about. She’s … man, what can I say? She’s mine. Is that enough? No? She wasn’t mine for sixteen years, but she’s mine again, and I’m going to make sure that doesn’t ever change … again. Why wasn’t she mine for so long? That would be a better question for her, but let’s say, she did what she thought was right. But we’re together now, so it’s all good. What about you, Liam? You married?

Liam: Married? Oh no, what we do is far deeper than marriage you humans practice. Fae bond soul-deep. Lila and I were bonded at one point … but … yeah, let’s just say unusual circumstances changed that against both of our wills. ::clenches fists:: Enough about that. You asked about Lila. Yeah. Mmm. Lila Gray, queen of the Seelie. ::wipes brow and smirks:: She’s like walking beside a white tiger. You’re both in awe of her spectacular beauty and terrified of her all at the same time. When she lets down her walls and lets me see inside once in a while, I always have to re-learn how to breathe. She’s stronger than she thinks she is, though I still hate it when she plays hero. ::chuckles:: I’ve been running a lot lately, too, because if I piss her off, my only chance is to run. Fast. Yeah, don’t tell her I said that, either.

Okay now that we know about you and your ladies, what do you like to do in your spare time?

Sean: Aside from hunting and making love to Jem? Um … eating … I guess. And basketball.

Wyatt: What else do almost-newlyweds do? Other than that, we’re trying to figure out life together. I’d spend all day just doing that if I could.

Liam: Must be nice. If either of our people found out we were sneaking around both of our lives would get infinitely worse because of what that idiotic war did to us so long ago. We see one another when we can, not nearly enough for me, so when I’m not in Court, I find other things to do. Since the Goddess granted me the gift of an animal form, I spend a lot of time flying. There’s something so peaceful and thought-cleansing about soaring high above the trees with the wind in my face. I’d take Lila more often if she’d stop flinching and yanking out my feathers. Damn, that stings. ::coughs to cover a laugh:: That woman’s not afraid to face down our worst enemy, but take her a few feet above the ground and suddenly she’s all screams and squeals of terror. Wait … you won’t tell her I said that, right? I’m not too keen on spending the rest of the day with broken ribs.

Wyatt: Liam? Sounds to me like you spend most of your day not telling Lila stuff. ::cringes::

Liam: No, I’m just kidding about that. Well, mostly. I love her more than I can possibly put into words. I mean, yeah, we both have our flaws and get on each others’ nerves now and then, but nothing is right with the world when we’re not together. Know what I mean?

Sean: ::shakes head:: Yup.

Christmas is coming up, so do you have any plans? Any gifts that you’re hoping to get, and more importantly, any gifts that you’re planning on giving?

Sean: Yeah, I’m giving Jem myself. What? Okay, I kid, I kid. In all honesty, I’d completely forgotten about Christmas. But don’t tell Jem that. Got any suggestions on what to buy? ::shrug:: I’m usually the receiver of gifts at Christmas, not the giver—I’m way out of practice.

Wyatt: There’s only one gift I want and that’s to finally say my vows with Charley. As far as I know, that’s what she wants, too. But I’m with Sean. I’ll give her me, too. Maybe that would be a better gift idea. All wrapped up with a bow …

Liam: The fae don’t celebrate Christmas like the humans do, but Brígh’s thinking about putting up a tree so Lila can remember what it was like when she was little and her mother decorated the house so they’d fit in with the humans. The only gift Lila ever wants is … uh ::scratches head and rubs warmth from cheeks:: … guess I can’t really say that in mixed company.

Wyatt again: Sean said it. I said it. Come on, you’ll feel better for it. ::chuckles::

Liam: Let’s just say she’ll find her gift already unwrapped for her and entirely willing to please. ::grins::

Sean: And who said males don’t know how to keep their females happy?

Keeping with the Christmas theme for one more question, are you a fan of the holidays or a Grinchy-Scrooge-type?

Sean: Nah, I’m not a Grinch. I just … usually get lavished with stuff off Dad. Last Christmas was when me and Ethan got our latest vehicles. Then we spent the afternoon racing along the lane outside the house instead of cozying up by a tree we didn’t have. I won. Of course. The race, that is. What’d you expect between a Porsche and a Ford pickup?

Wyatt: I’m a big fan of the holiday. Wasn’t for a while, but I’m liking it again now that Charley’s in my life permanently.

Liam: Geez, these humans and their cars. I was so glad when most of them went to the junk yard when the gas supply dried up. Iron and the fae don’t get along so well. As for gifts, I’d give Lila anything she wanted if she’d let me, but she hates anyone making a fuss over her for any reason. Who’s this Grinch person, anyway?

Sean: Grinch is in that Christmas hymn, movie, right?

Wyatt: What is it with women who don’t want us to fuss over them. I thought they all wanted us to.

Liam: Yeah, most fae women do, but not Lila. Still haven’t entirely figured her out, though I vow to spend eternity trying, Goddess willing. I don’t feel the cold like others do, and I’ve always found snow fascinating. My favorite thing to do when it’s winter and I’m in the north is to sprawl out with Lila on the rug in front of a fireplace at that hotel we sneak off to once in a while. ::grins:: Preferably without clothes.

::fist bumps with Wyatt and Sean::

Since you’re here in honour of anthology’s release, how are you feeling about people getting the chance to read stories from your perspective?

Sean: What d’you mean? People are reading about me? Shit! I don’t remember that being part of the bargain.

Wyatt: I like getting to tell my side of our relationship, though I have to admit I did get a few words in the first story. As for now, if my friends would stop butting in to my life, this story probably wouldn’t even have happened. Gotta wonder what makes them stick their noses in my life. Then again, had they not, Charley and I might not have gotten back together.

Liam: Sean, how could you not know with your author person hovering over you the whole time?

Sean: Um … ::rubs head::

Liam: Lila blinds me too, but I’d have to be totally daft not to have noticed that. As for me, I’m a little nervous, actually. This throws one of my darkest hours out for everyone to see, one I’m not proud of. I just hope nobody thinks too badly of me for what I almost allowed to happen.

Well our interview is coming to a close, any parting comments that’d you guys would like to leave us with?

Sean: Yeah, I have some good advice to impart, Holloway style: steer clear of my bush, only wimps drink tea—coffee is the way forward, keep your mate’s butt away from Josh Larsen (he has a freakishly bad habit of sniffing them), do NOT piss in my territory … and if you’re ever in need of a new apartment, you should check out Holloway Housing. ::grin::

Wyatt: If you talk to Cael, will you please tell him to get off his butt and talk to Lily? I’m about ready to just step in like he and James have done to me so often. Those two really need to get together. ::Turns to Sean:: I’ll be sure to keep Charley away from your Josh.

Liam: Really? He sniffs asses? Okay, that’s just weird. If he sniffs mine I’ll have to shift and peck his damn eyes out and yeah, you can tell him that.

Sean: Relax. It’s only female asses—arses he sniffs.

Liam: He comes near Lila and it won’t be his eyes I go after if you catch my drift. Yeah, anyway, it was great to get together with Sean and Wyatt again, and thanks Ambur. Anyone up for a friendly chat over a beer or some good Canadian elfish ale?

Wyatt: I’d be up for a beer.

Sean: ::nods:: Sounds good to me. Let’s go.

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haha some awesome banter going on between those guys! :D
Also, some fantastic answers, and sage wisdom from Sean. :P lol
I hope that you all enjoyed getting to know the male leads of Into the Unknown, and now that you know them, maybe you'll want to get the ebook...well, here's your chance to win a copy! ;D

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Also, Into the Unknown came out yesterday! 

So, even if you don't win, you can now get yourself a copy! :D

 

Did you like the interview? 

Did you have a favourite part? 

Any questions for the authors or characters? :)

Happy Reading!!!

♪♫ Ambur

The Glass Man Blog Tour: Character Interview and Giveaway! -- GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

 
Hey, Lila! :D
Hey, Ambur. Thanks for the invite.

First, would you mind telling us all a bit about yourself? :)
Me? Oh hell, where do I start? ::taps chin:: Well, I’ve lived on my own for a long time, moving from place to place. Mostly in the woods, eating what I can find. ::shrugs:: It wasn’t so bad, though if I have to look at another bug in my life, it’ll be too soon. My whole family was murdered by lunatic in a designer suit. Oh, and I can control people and things with my mind. That’s about it.
Hey, why are you moving away?


Your powers are incredible! Can you describe how it feels to use them?
They are pretty amazing, even though they scare the bajeepers out of me sometimes. When they emerge it feels sort of like I swallowed fireworks just before they were about to explode into a million shards of light and colour, and if I don’t keep control, I’ll destroy myself and everything around me. I feel the pulse of the earth and every mind within reach. It’s both humbling and terrifying. Hell, right now I could force my will on you and make you do the chicken dance on top of that table over there. Not that I would. ::shrugs: Just saying.

I know he isn’t your favourite person...or I guess ‘being’, but would you mind telling us a bit about the “Glass Man?”
$#@*!!!! Damn, sorry about that. ::grits teeth:: I didn’t know we were going to talk about that psycho piece of … ::ahem:: … work. The guy’s a murderer. A sociopath who’s been hunting me for the better part of a decade, since I was thirteen. He’s obsessed with his fancy clothes and primps and preens like a randy peacock. Oh, and he’s a murderer. Did I mention that already? He took my family from me. Don’t bring him up again. ::crosses arms::

Do you think your mother would be proud of you for eluding the “Glass Man” for so long?
Huh … that’s a hard one to answer. I know she’s proud of me, for everything I’ve accomplished, but I don’t think she intended me to be separated from our people for so long. I don’t know if the chaotic state of the world made it harder for me to figure things out, or if I just didn’t try hard enough until I had no choice but to face up to my heritage. I’d like to believe she thinks I did the best with my circumstances. The little cynic in my head nags me that I could have saved her and the rest of the people the Glass Man killed along the way if I’d done things differently. It’s just something I have to live with.

You were on the run for a long time now, did you ever think of staying somewhere and trying to settle down?
Not until I met Liam. Damn, did I say that out loud? ::hangs head:: Don’t suppose you can edit that out? Yeah, didn’t think so. Just don’t tell him I said that.
Anyway … the world’s gone to hell in a hand grenade, and just about everywhere I went I ended up looking down the barrel of a gun or near some red-neck backwoods idiot looking for a good time. Being a tall blonde didn’t help much. That’s not to say I didn’t fantasize about how it would feel to have a home, because I did. Goddess help me, but I did. More often than I should have. Nope, I’ll accept what comes and be prepared for the next steaming heap of trouble to land on me. Dreams, most often, are for fools. Liam can disagree with me all he wants.

Now, I can’t do this interview without asking about Liam...and you did mention him first, so how about you tell us a bit about him, too? ;)
What? No, I did not just sigh! Okay, fine, I did. I suppose you’re going to print that, too? ::shakes head:: Thought so.
Tell you about Liam, huh? Well, at first I thought he was a total arrogant … uh … jerk. But he’s not. I mean, sometimes he can be, but he’s got a bright soul, you know? Yeah, he makes mistakes, but don’t we all? When it counted he was there for me. Not to mention he’s got those intense blue eyes and the nicest as— ::clears throat::
Nothing. I didn’t say anything.

Thanks for stopping by, Lila! :D It’s been great having you here, and I can’t wait to read more of your adventures!
Hey, thanks, Ambur. Nice to meet you. Gotta run. Lia—uh—someone’s waiting for me. ::grins::

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I love this interview! :D Lila is so fun! I hope that you all enjoyed it, too! If you keep reading you can find out more about The Glass Man, Jocelyn Adams (the author), and you can enter an international giveaway! :D 

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      About The Glass Man:

Lila Gray is just a human—at least that’s her mantra when she accidentally topples a building or bends a paranoid local's gun into modern art. That she can sense and control the minds around her doesn’t prove anything, either. Unwilling to put others at risk, she hides in the wilderness from the beautiful creature who hunts her, one who sees her as his ultimate prize.

Alone, the egocentric Glass Man can kill with a thought. Mated with Lila, he's a supernatural weapon prepared to annihilate the humans he loathes.

Caught in the Glass Man’s latest scheme, Lila is plunged into a hidden fae realm, faced with a secret birthright and a forbidden romance.

With the Glass Man threatening everyone she loves, can Lila accept who she is in time to end his bloody reign? Or will she succumb to his dark power and become the vehicle of destruction for the human race?

Intended audience: 18+, strong language, adult themes, some violence.

- Blurb taken from Goodreads.

Buy The Glass Man from: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | Books on Board

If you're in Canada, you can also find it in any Chapters or Coles bookstores. :)

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      About the Author:

Jocelyn Adams is an author and lover of fantasy stories, a wife, mother and former I.T. geek.

Joce is thrilled to share her debut novel, The Glass Man, with you in October, a short story in the Into the Unknown anthology in December and a novella, Touch of Frost, in February, 2012.

Her short stories have appeared in Residential Aliens Magazine, Hall Brothers Villainy anthology, Winter Canons anthology, Roar and Thunder Magazine, Wicked East Press's Twisted Fairy Tales II anthology, Dead Robots' Society's Explorers: Beyond the Horizon anthology, and The Red Penny Papers.

- Blurb taken from Goodreads.

Follow Jocelyn: Twitter | Wordpress Blog | Author Website | Facebook | Goodreads Author Page

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GIVEAWAY!

1 Winner will win a copy of The Glass Man

International!

However, if you're within North America you can win either a signed Paperback copy or a digitally signed eBook and if you're from elsewhere you'll automatically get the Ebook.

The giveaways runs until Friday (Oct. 28).

The winner will have 48 hours to respond, and will be chosen randomly using Rafflecopter. :)

To enter just fill out the Rafflecopter form. :)

*******THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED!*********

 Good luck to everyone who enters the giveaway! 

I hope that you all get the chance to read The Glass Man, it's an amazing story! :D

Happy Reading!!!

♪♫ Ambur

Review: The Glass Man ( A Lily Gray Novel #1) by Jocelyn Adams

Source: Received an ebook from publisher for an honest review.

Publisher: J.Taylor Publishing
Release Date: Already Released.

Visit its page on the publisher website: The Glass Man

(Goodreads Link.)

Description:

Lila Gray is just a human — at least that's her mantra when she accidentally topples a building or bends a paranoid local's gun into modern art. That she can sense and control the minds around her doesn't prove anything, either. Unwilling to put others at risk, she hides in the wilderness from the beautiful creature who hunts her, one who sees her as his ultimate prize.

Alone, the egocentric Glass Man can kill with a thought. Mated with Lila, he's a supernatural weapon prepared to annihilate the humans he loathes.

Caught in the Glass Man's latest scheme, Lila is plunged into a hidden fae realm, faced with a secret birthright and a forbidden romance.

With the Glass Man threatening everyone she loves, can Lila accept who she is in time to end his bloody reign? Or will she succumb to his dark power and become the vehicle of destruction for the human race?

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First, I want to say that I am a BIG fan of books with fae (faeries, fairies, fey, whatever you wanna call 'em...I like 'em ;D) in them, so I absolutely loved the whole fae aspect of The Glass Man, and I think that Jocelyn did a fabulous job with creating her own fae world. It was inventive, and had an incredibly descriptive and vivid backstory. One of the biggest things I loved about this book was that the main character, Lila, is pretty much figuring it all out right alongside of the reader, which I always love in a story.

The characters were fantastic in The Glass Man. There was the fierce and tough heroine, Lila, and the big baddy, Parthalan, who was creepily attractive (translation: dude is a psychopath...yet, seriously attractive, and I mean SERIOUSLY haha) and quite the douchebucket, if I do say so myself. Then there was Liam...awww, I loved me some Liam, and Garret was just so sweet. :D I also loved Lila's memories of her mother. Overall, the characters of The Glass Man were fantastic, and well developed...there wasn't a flat character in the bunch. They could have practically walked right off the page...although in some cases with the creepier ones, I'd be terrified if they really did. *shudder*

While I loved most of this book, there was one aspect that bothered me. Lila was constantly saying things about having choices and decisions, and pretty much being in control of everything that happens in the decision maker's life...yet when it came to a big part of the book where choosing was involved, Lila herself stated that there was no choice. Now, I could understand what she meant in that part of the book, but it still bothered me. For such a fierce character to say something so contradictory to what she'd been saying before, I couldn't help but feel confused. However, in the cases where choices aren't really choices, let's be honest, they usually are and we just say there aren't any so we feel better about the decision we've made. So, I chose to interpret it as Lila made a choice she didn't want to make. Also, just to be clear, this wasn't the type of thing that bothered me enough to actually dislike the book. In fact, I really liked it, but it did bother me during the moment, and I just needed to let it out. :P

Another great part of The Glass Man was all of the action. It was awesome! It was intense, and the to add onto that, the magic throughout the story was completely amazing. Lila has some serious skills! :D This book is more of an adventure story, but it is also sensual, a little erotic, and a lot fantastical. It does have some sex scenes, and there are swear words, so it might not be the most appropriate book for younger readers, or ones who don't like that sort of thing, but if you do like it *waggles eyebrows* then this is definitely a book for you. ;)

Jocelyn Adams has created an amazing world in The Glass Man, full of vivid characters and settings. It's incredibly easy to lose yourself in this book, and trust me, you will want to lose yourself and you will enjoy it. :D

Are you a fan of fae stories?
And I'm curious, how do you feel when a character does something that bothers you?
Do you let it fester, or do you try and move on like I do, and continue to enjoy the story?

Happy Reading!!!

♪♫ Ambur