Great week for guests! Welcome my friend Jessica Freely who is bringing us a nibble of her new MM scifi romance that will take you to a fascinating world! It's called UNLAWFUL. If you leave a comment with your email, you may win your choice of books from Jessica's backlist in her drawing on Feb 3rd! Here's Jessica to introduce us to one of her gorgeous guys (I'm in love already!) Hi Jessica!
Hello
everyone and thank you for joining us today! A big hug to lovely Tara for
having me over. I've brought someone else with me, as you'll see.
I thought
it would be fun to talk to the heroes of Unlawful, each of them on their own
and then later together. Since Tara loves pretty boys, of course, Larke was the
obvious choice for her blog. Here we go.
A tall,
slender man with shoulder-length blond hair, wearing dress slacks and a white
shirt open at the collar, looks about himself with some concern. "Where am
I?"
"You're
in the blogosphere, Larke. It's a place between stories, where I sometimes send
my characters to talk about their books."
His
concern becomes alarm and he turned in place, trying to find the location of
the disembodied voice that just spoke to him. "Who are you? Where are
you?"
"I'm
Jessica Freely, and I'm your author."
"Oh
shit. My author?"
"Yes."
"So…
you decide what happens to me."
"Yep."
"And
it's because of you that I met Droje?"
"Uh
huh."
He
brightens. "Oh. Well, thank you!"
"So
what do you think of him?"
He looks
left and right. "Can he hear me?"
"Nope."
Bites lip
and leans in. "Okay, I know we've only just met and he's an outlaw and all
but…" He smiles. "I really like him."
"You
mean like, like like him?"
He nods.
"It's not just that he fucks like a jackhammer. It's… him… he's… I'm still
not entirely sure about this business about freeing the uncons? But the fact
that he cares so much about it, about them, and me, and his team, makes me
think maybe there really is something to it. I can't imagine him being involved
in something that was really wrong, you know?"
"I
think so. And it's not as if your world doesn't have few things in it that are
considered wrong, but aren't."
"Yeah,
like liking men." He pauses, frowns. "Hey, did you decide it would be
that way?"
"Uh…
Let's get back to Droje. He's hot, right?"
"Oh
yeah. And he doesn't make me feel like there's something wrong with me for
wearing my hair long and for the way I look… or for wanting him."
"I
thought the two of you would hit it off."
"I'm
really glad I met him. Something tells me my life is going to be different from
now on."
"Different?"
"Better.
More meaningful."
"Ah.
Good. Thanks Larke. "
Now here's
an excerpt from Unlawful.
In a world where being gay is unlawful and slavery is legal, two men
fight for their lives, for their desires, and for justice. Larke is a corporate
lackey with a secret. Droje is a freedom fighter on the run. Each spells
trouble for the other, but the passion between them will not be denied, no
matter what the risk.
Up ahead a crowd spilled out of the
Orchid, a nightclub popular among his coworkers. Laughter echoed up the street.
Larke slackened his pace, studying the group. He didn't want to run into anyone
from his office, especially out here, after hours, outside the bounds of
corporate propriety. He didn't want to hear what they might say to him. He
didn't want to risk what his reaction might be.
He spotted Prinde among the revelers. Shit.
The very last person Larke wanted to see. He had to get out of here before they
spotted him.
An alley loomed ahead. Fear slithered
up Larke's spine at the prospect of taking refuge there. Escaped uncons were
known to hang out in such places, just waiting for the opportunity to attack
the unwary.
"What's next, ladies and
gents?" Prinde and his friends started heading Larke's way. In a moment
they'd spot him.
Larke ducked down the alley.
It was dark, and dirty. Trash lay
strewn on the ground in damp heaps. Larke's pulse quickened. This looked
exactly like the sort of place where a good, law-abiding Hanovan would get
jumped by rogue uncons.
Except Larke wasn't exactly good or law
abiding.
Unlawful
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Website: http://jessicafreely.com
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Thank you so much for visiting, Jessica, and thank to everyone who stopped by. Remember leave a comment WITH YOUR EMAIL and you may win your choice of books from Jessica's backlist on Feb 3rd! BTW, i love blog followers. : )





Congrats on the upcoming release! Thanks for the giveaway. :)
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I love character type interviews :)
ReplyDeletepenumbrareads(at)gmail(dot)com
Thanks for the character interview and the excerpt. Sound dystopian, my favorite!
ReplyDeletebrendurbanist at gmail dot com
I loved the interview thanks for sharing. And we all here in Taraland loves pretty boys.lol
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OOOO Sounds like a fun read!
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Thanks so much for the interview. I really enjoyed it and haven't read her work yet.
ReplyDeleteAndrea
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This is a really good series, and I'm not even a sci-fi person normally...
ReplyDeleteTrix, vitajex(at)aol(dot)com
Congrats on the upcoming release! I love interviews with characters, getting to see/hear them outside of their normal surroundings... Aww Larke, I just want to hug him! ;) Can't wait to read the book, and thank you for the giveaway!
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Thanks for stopping by Jessica, I love your books, thanks for the giveaway!
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I enjoyed the interview. This sounds like it will be a very good book.
ReplyDeletesstrode at scrtc dot com
cky15: It sure is always good to read intervies. It sure was good and the book was very good that I need to put it on my to read list.
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Wow! Thanks everyone! Unlawful is a bit of an experiment because I've never sold a self-published short story. I hope everyone will enjoy reading Larke and Droje's story as much as I did writing it. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the interview,looking forward to reading the book.
ReplyDeletecvsimpkins@msn.com
Great interview - now I want to read all about him so I'm adding the book to my wishlist :D
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Hi Jessica! Hi Tara! Sounds like a fun reading experience. Count me in!
ReplyDeletelena.grey.iam@gmail.com
Sounds like a great book. Please count me in. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds really good! Please count me in.
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susanmik AT gmail DOT com
Love Unlawful Larke! The story sounds very appealing and I'd definitely would like to read more! Thanks for the giveaway, Jessica!
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taina1959 at yahoo dot com
Such a great post thank you!!
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Ooh, this book sounds terrific! Can't wait to read some more. :)
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ReplyDeleteThanks everyone!
ReplyDeleteI'm late here, but better late than never, right? Yes, I just pulled a cliche there.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the interview ^.^ Unicorns? Hehe, can't imagine what that's all about.
Erica
eripike at gmail dot com
Prinde seems like very bad news. Enjoyed the interview with Larke, he is so sweet.
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And the Winner Is...
ReplyDeleteAndrea!
Congrats, Andrea. I'll be contacting you by email about your prize.
Thanks so much everyone for stopping by and visiting with me and Larke, and big thanks to Tara for having us.
Hugs!!!
jessica