Hello, lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Jennifer
Patricia O’Keeffe, Adesanya, and Jae El Foster and their new book box set, “Falling
For You”! My blog post today focuses on
Jae El Foster and his new book, “The Joys of Getting Pregnant or Sweet Little
Angel from Hell”! For other stops on their
Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, as well as the other two featured author’s
book stops, please click on the banner above or any of the images in this post.
Be sure to make it to the
end of this post to enter to win a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card AND
Signed Goodies from the Cover Model!! Also,
come back daily to interact with Jae El, Jennifer, and Adesanya and to increase
your chances of winning!
Thanks for stopping
by! Wishing you lots of luck in this
fabulous giveaway!
Falling For You
by Jennifer Patricia
O’Keeffe, Adesanya, and Jae El Foster
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GENRE: Romantic Comedy, Women’s Fiction, Chick Lit Anthology
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BLURB:
The Joys of Getting Pregnant or Sweet Little Angel from Hell by Jae El Foster
Toby
has taken the best job – being paid to get a beautiful woman pregnant! Yet,
things begin to turn sour between him and his new client when they keep running
into each other at various places and get to see each other’s more ‘combative’
sides. While fuming over one such confrontation with the client, Toby is
suddenly struck by a car and his world begins to change forever. He is given a
business card that leads him to an abandoned warehouse where, once inside, he
learns there is much more to this place than meets the eye. As Toby’s luck
would have it, only his latest client can save him from what awaits him. What
darkness lies within this old warehouse? What secret is his client hiding from
him? Will this sudden adventure bring the two unlikely mates closer, or will it
make Toby think twice about being her baby-maker? Find out the answers to these
questions and more in this hilarious cutting edge tale of good versus evil!
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EXCERPT ONE:
From The Joys of Getting Pregnant or Sweet Little Angel from
Hell by Jae El Foster:
He
stood outside the doors, trying to look in through the opening, but it appeared
dark inside and he could see nothing.
“Hello?”
he asked again, and still, he received no response. Finally, growing impatient,
he pushed the doors open and allowed the rays of sunlight to brighten the
interior.
For
a building that had last served as a textile factory, what he saw seemed misleading.
The sunlight brightened a long hallway that was lined with a red carpet and
narrow wooden walls on either side.
Toby
stepped inside and took two steps forward before turning around to the sound of
the doors closing behind him. Now, with the sun blocked out, he was trapped in
utter darkness.
“Okay,”
he said, nervous and on guard as he turned in a circle. “Who’s there?”
At
the end of the hallway, a single light flickered on, showing him that the hall
ended with a turn to the right. Knowing he should just turn around and run, he
decided against chickening out. He’d had such a bad run already that this
adventure would either turn out better for him or just finish him all together.
He knew one of those had to be the outcome, but the world was pissing him off
and he was ready to face it, rather than hide from it.
Slowly,
he walked toward the end of the hall and the flickering light that brightened
it. There, he paused, looking down the right turn and seeing more of the same –
nothingness through the darkness. Shaking off the nerves, he made the turn and
continued.
Again,
at the end of the hall, a light came on, this time illuminating a door. The
door appeared to have a wooden frame with a frosted glass window. The window
had writing on it, but from where he stood, he could not read it. So, with more
timid steps, he approached it to read it.
“John
Smith, Esquire,” read the lettering.
Although
this made no sense to him – having an office and this sort of hallway in an old
condemned factory – he was at least glad to see Mr. Smith’s name. That gave him
a bit of confidence in that, perhaps, he had not fully had the wool pulled over
his eyes.
Because
of the frost glass, Toby could not see through the window to tell if anyone was
inside or not, and so he knocked on the wooden portion of the door.
There
was no answer. Of course there was no answer, he thought, shaking his head. It
was Sunday. Even if this John Smith and his Chans Dyab Enterprises were real,
they wouldn’t have been in this dark and abandoned building on a Sunday
afternoon. Likely, the man was off golfing or playing a round or two of tennis.
At least, that was what Toby thought rich business men did on their time off.
Then again, he could have just been out hitting more people with his car.
As
he turned to leave, the door clicked and opened just a few inches. The room
seemed dark, but regardless of that, he pushed on the door and opened it fully.
It illuminated as he stepped inside.
It
was, indeed, an office. There was a grand mahogany desk with a chair that
looked like it had cost Mr. Smith more than Toby’s baby juice had cost Roslyn.
There was a tall file cabinet, two computers, and two guest chairs. A globe sat
atop a bookshelf, and there was a window with the curtains closed at the far
wall behind the desk. Although it was simply furnished, it felt posh – more
executively exclusive than anywhere Toby had ever stepped into. It even smelled
good.
The
chair, he thought, looked too inviting. He looked around and behind him,
ensuring no one else was in the room with him, and he walked to Mr. Smith’s
chair, touching its soft warmth. Then, wondering what it would have felt like
to have been a well-to-do businessman, he sat in the chair to get a feeling… to
imagine his life being much better than it actually was.
The
office door shut, securing him inside. Toby stood with a jolt of surprise.
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GUEST POST:
‘A Melding of Worlds’
Greetings, and thank you for having me again! It’s always
pleasure to be hosted by Fabulous and Brunette!
My
story ‘The Joys of Getting Pregnant’ or ‘Sweet Little Angel from Hell’ was such
a wild ride for me, creation-wise. While the story began as a simple tale about
a sperm donor falling in love with his client, it quickly transformed into a dark
comedy about the implications of knocking up a woman who happens to have a very
powerful father.
Creating
the backdrop of a story is one of my favorite aspects of writing, and this
particular story gave me a melding of backdrops to work with. First and
foremost, there’s the city. The city is where Toby – our protagonist – lives
and works. The city is a cruel, hard place with bustling traffic, angry bosses,
and bad drivers. Toby’s apartment in similar, in that it is shared with a
sexually active hippie who offers an interesting cultural twist to the tale.
Primary
backdrop number two is the abandoned warehouse building that Toby is sent to
via the business card of a man that hits him with his car. The warehouse is
nothing more than a ghost of what it once was – on first glance. On second
glance, the building is an office complex for demons in suits, handling the
dealings of souls and offerings.
The
third main stage of this story is Hell – a seemingly unending pit of heat and
fire, demons and sinners, and the angry father of the woman Toby knocks up. The
backdrop of Hell had to be the most intricate of all because it needed to be
displayed as something not quite like what has been portrayed before. Images of
Hell and what it might look like have been crafted in literature and film for
millions of years (okay, billions). Each writer got their opportunity to create
their own version of Hell for readers or viewers to endure, and with this tale,
I got mine.
The
final notable backdrop for my story was church. The church had to be familiarly
created in a way that most modern ‘mega-churches’ are laid out. It needed that
large, echoing space for a key moment in the story to take place, and it had to
have a lobby for an entertaining moment of comedy to happen – one that will
surely give you a giggle or two.
The
tricky part to having these great backdrops all in one story is that they have
to be organic to the story. They have to be natural, and making an empty
warehouse pass for a hopping office building, or transitioning from a drop
through the fiery pits of Hell and into an office chair… those are transitions
that have to be handled with drastic care in order to make sense. They must be
woven together in a way that keeps the flow and the story moving without
allowing the reader an opportunity or a desire to question how it could be.
I
think I’ve done that… I hope I’ve done that. I’m almost certain I’ve done that,
but as always, I’ll leave that up to the reader.
‘Falling
for You’ is a fabulous anthology of romantic comedies and chick lit (yes, even
the story I just described!) and I know my fellow authors involved are just as
proud of it as I am. This anthology is an absolute perfect Halloween read, or
really for any time of year. Speaking on behalf of myself and the others, we
have given you our best; we sure hope you like it.
Until next time!
~ Jae El
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AUTHOR BIO:
Jae El Foster is an
author with whom you question going to bed with at night, but you dare to
venture beneath the sheets with him anyway. As the venture concludes, you are
perhaps romanced by it, or perhaps you are frightened by it. Don’t worry,
because you are always satisfied by it. Despite the title or genre of the book,
Jae El sets out to please you with climatic and unexpected conclusions that
will make you tremble with emotion. Hop aboard the Jae El train and give it a
good ride.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Jae El, Jennifer, and Adesanya will be awarding
a $25 Amazon or B/N GC and signed goodies from the cover model to a randomly
drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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Jae El ~ Good morning! Welcome back! It is so great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting this amazing DCL author!
ReplyDeleteAlly!!! So glad to be here again! Thanks so much for having me back!!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good read.
ReplyDeleteI'm looking forward to reading this one :)
ReplyDeleteA question to the authors: Do you enjoy reading any non-romance genres and if so, who are some of your favorite authors?
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