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The Sea Archer
by Jeny Heckman
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GENRE: Paranormal Romance
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BLURB:
Raven
Hunter, a musical prodigy, flees to the Hawaiian Islands to pick up the pieces
after her marriage to her manager collapses. Instead, she experiences
extraordinary and unsettling events that are beyond her understanding.
Living
in paradise, marine biologist, Finn Taylor has the unconscious but effortless
ability to understand the needs of the animals he cares for. His playboy
lifestyle is most men's fantasy. That is, until the night he meets the shy and
elusive new island resident. Suddenly his life no longer feels like his own.
The
attraction is undeniable. However, vastly contrasting lives, peculiar dreams,
and an unbelievable proclamation that they could be the direct descendants of
Poseidon and Apollo threaten to divide them forever. Will they accept their
destiny and begin the quest of a lifetime or will they remain in their
comfortable yet separate existence?
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EXCERPT TWO:
"Where's
the one place you've never been?" Que asked, trying to keep her on track.
“Someplace
you've always wanted to go to?" Wyatt asked. Enjoying herself, Raven
turned pink.
"You'll
think it's stupid."
"No,
I won't," both said in unison.
"I've
never been to Hawai‘i."
"Hawai‘i?"
Que's brow furrowed. "That's here. Don't you wanna go to, like, the
Bahamas or something? How have you not been to Hawai‘i?"
"Donovan
always wanted to play the massive arenas and big cities, and for some
unfathomable reason that didn't include the islands."
"You
should do it then. Take some time, figure it out."
"What
about my tour dates?"
"You'll
get ‘em from, whoever, then call and cancel them. Hell, you can even interview
new people to run the works while you're there. You're in the position to do
that now, Rave. People would fall all over themselves to come to you. The point
is to go away and figure it all out."
She
bit her bottom lip and thought about all the problems this idea would bring
until her brother spoke the next words.
"What're
you afraid of Rave? What do you have lose?"
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BOOK TRAILER:
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Thank you, thank you to the
"Fabulous Brunette," for hosting me today, I really loved that
question! And thank you to the readers, I hope my answers were fun, and they
have persuaded you to give The Sea Archer
a chance and invest some time in it. I’m so grateful you stopped by today.
Cheers!
Jeny will be awarding a $50 Amazon or B/N GC to
a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
GUEST POST:
Five Reasons Why You Should
Buy The Sea Archer?
What a fantastic
question and one I've never been asked before!
Okay,
so number one. I’m a new author. I suppose this could be good or bad. However,
I think it's usually a good thing. Personally, I enjoy reading something from
the ground up. I was a Diana Gabaldon fan before she was Outlander and it was a fun ride to go on with her! Not that I’m
Diana Gabaldon, but I do have a lot of stories to share and am just getting
started. I’ve been told I have a great ability to write dialogue, in a
true-to-life way. Dialect and syntax are fun things to explore and I want my
characters to speak like real people do, complete with awkward pauses and
idiosyncrasies. So far, my characters have been a little removed from the norm
or what’s expected of them and that’s deliberate because I love the little
things that make people unique.
Number
two, The Sea Archer is different.
Many paranormal books are similar in subject matter. There's absolutely nothing
wrong with those books or stories but things can become saturated. I believed
the Greek gods would be fun because you don’t see them as much and if you do,
they’re the actual Greek gods. So, I also wanted it to have a kind of Percy
Jackson meets Nora Roberts way about it. Finally, I liked the idea that the
characters don’t know they’re special or even believe anything they've been
tasked to do. I mean it makes a quest harder, doesn’t it? You must believe in a
quest to thwart it, so already there’s conflict.
Number
three, the books of The Heaven &
Earth Series build off each other. The
Sea Archer is a romance with paranormal elements rather than a straight up
paranormal romance and that’s intentional. I want this series to take the
reader on a journey. The characters, as I stated above, don’t necessarily
believe in quests or Greek gods. It’s like your own grandma saying to you over
breakfast, "You’re the descendent of Athena. Now go do some stuff to free
her and all the other Greek gods from the depths of hell because if you don’t,
they’ll unleash the last remaining evils upon the earth." You might roll
your eyes, pat her on the head or possibly call for a psych evaluation, if you
discerned she was really serious. So, there’s a significant level of unknown,
then as the series progresses, it enlightens you as a reader just like it
illuminates the characters. First, you learn the basics, then a bloom of
understanding happens, and then you grow more proficient. Each story has its
journey, but the series is the reader becoming proficient in the quest.
Number
four, you get to learn about a fascinating topic. When I was younger, I
remember learning about the Greek gods and as I said before they can be
overwhelming. There are so many crazy stories about adultery, incest, trickery,
and epic battles, to say nothing of all the weird names, categories, and
occupations. What's a primordial versus a deity versus a personification? My
daughter, Paisley, just returned from Greece and it was so interesting hearing
about her guides there and the people she spoke to. There are so many that
believe in the gods as a kind of religion and still hold yearly festivals to
honor them. That’s really cool. What I love about the Greek gods is that they
are very flawed and clueless. They are supposed to be these massively
omnipotent beings, yet Zeus can barely think outside his pants, Hera, see past
her jealousy, Athena takes everything too seriously and Hermes, nothing at all
seriously.
Finally,
number five the story and the series is empowering. Unfortunately, I can’t go
into too much detail about how it’s empowering but in some ways, it’s not quite
what you’ll expect and I’ll just leave it at that.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Jeny Heckman, loves romance. She
especially loves romance with a paranormal and/or historical twist. When not
ignoring her family and friends by writing you will find her time exclusively
on them and photography. Jeny lives in Stanwood, Washington.
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NEWSLETTER:
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will be announced in the next month’s newsletter.
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distributed once a month via email and contain news, announcements and a
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Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteI am enjoying these tours and finding all the terrific books my family is enjoying reading. Thanks for bringing them to us and keep up the good work.
ReplyDeleteAwesome cover & great excerpt, thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Victoria!
DeleteSounds like a good read.
ReplyDeleteI'd like to thank Ally Swanson for having me on this blog tour. I am so thankful for her generosity in hosting me. I would also like to thank all the readers for taking the time to stop by and comment, I wouldn't be able to do it without any of you! I hope that a copy of The Sea Archer finds its way into your hands!
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