Hi, lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Zoe
Allison and her new book, “Impervious”!
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Impervious
by Zoe Allison
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GENRE: Vampire Romance
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BLURB:
Vampires
are real, existing alongside regular humans as a secret subspecies. The
malevolent of their kind exploit their powers and immortality at the expense of
their human counterparts. The Organization, a league of benevolent vampires
headed up by the anonymous Mr. X, works covertly to keep this threat in check.
Amber Ridley is the company’s top agent, unique to the team as the only human
working alongside her vampire allies. She is an ‘Impervious’, a rare human with
powers that can be used against the malevolent.
When
Amber’s latest mission takes her back to the UK to work with her close
companion Valentino, she meets his old colleague Hayden Knight. Hayden is
infamous to Amber as the man who betrayed their organization and abandoned her
friend Valentino in the past. She dislikes Hayden instantly, and his arrogant,
cold demeanour does nothing to aid this.
Amber
and Hayden are forced to work together on The Organization’s most important
mission to date, and they must put aside their differences to take down the
menace that threatens the very existence of their group. Amber must put her
trust in Hayden, but is she impervious to love?
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EXCERPT TWO:
Amber
mirrored Vale’s posture. “Why is he here then? Why come back now?”
Just
then, Hayden appeared from the doorway. “You could just ask me directly, you
know.”
Amber
turned to Hayden. He was dressed in tight-fitting black jeans and a black T-shirt.
His muscular physique was very apparent, both from the look of his arms and
also the ripples under his clothing. Amber could appreciate that he was
extremely handsome, but there was a hardness to him that there wasn’t with
Vale, along with an iciness to his blue eyes. Hayden had focused on Amber as he
spoke, then he broke eye contact to move over to the coffee pot and pour
himself a cup.
Amber
still couldn’t muster any sympathy for him, and his aloof behavior did nothing
to help. “Fine,” she said, watching him as he prepared his drink. “Why are you
back with The Organization? What’s in it for you?”
Vale
interjected, a warning tone in his voice. “Amber.”
Amber
ignored him. “I want to know.”
Hayden
brought his coffee over, not looking at either of them, and he took a seat at
the other side of the table. He took a drink before finally lifting his gaze to
meet hers. “I was promised something by Mr. X.”
“What?”
Amber was quick to ask before Vale could stop her.
Hayden
met Vale’s eyes. “I was promised a certain target.”
Amber
scrutinized them both. A knowing look passed between the two men. Vale had
realized who Hayden meant. Amber suspected she could also guess.
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GUEST POST:
Fierce Female Lead Characters: How to Create Strong Role Models
in Books
This
is an issue that was important to me when I started to write romance, for a
number of reasons. Firstly I feel that on the whole, strong female role models
are under represented in society and this was something I was keen to
contribute to changing in literature.
Secondly,
when it came to romance, although I enjoyed this genre I felt relatively choosy
about which books I would read. Stories that depicted a male character who
wielded a lot of power over the female and who was portrayed as being more intelligent
and accomplished than her really didn’t attract me. I found that a significant
number of the medical romances I encountered were based on this premise of
power imbalance and the females featured in them who did happen to be on an
equal level in terms of status with the men tended to be depicted as cold and
unfeeling. So I often chose not to read that variety of story, despite being
medical myself. I wanted to read about female characters in romance who were
strong and powerful, like the women I see in everyday life. I wanted them to
walk on an equal footing with the male lead in terms of intellect and power.
Although physical strength wasn’t the only aspect to this, cognitive power was
very important to me too, I did feel that if men can be depicted as superheroes
in literature and film, why cant women? If we are imagining a different
reality, then why should the constraints of our universe apply to the women but
not the men? This was why I wanted my female protagonist to have physical
superpower in ‘Impervious’.
Thirdly,
at times I could feel a little let down by female leads in romances. There were
a lot of stories I enjoyed in literature and TV/film up until point that the
female lead lost her integrity in my eyes. It didn’t gel with me when the woman
would display behaviours such as openly neglecting family and friends in favour
of her love interest. It alienated me even more so when she would put up with
toxic behaviours from her male counterpart, condone them and perhaps even be
portrayed as finding them attractive. I didn’t find these behaviours attractive
in men, so why would she? Why would she be attracted to someone who she
witnessed displaying cruel or callous behaviour?
When
I decided to write my own romances these were themes I felt important to
portray. Strong female leads with integrity, and men who are just as fierce and
attractive because they value the women for their strength.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Zoe lives in Edinburgh, Scotland with her
husband and two children. A medic by day, she started writing in her spare time
as a means to counter burn out and found that this was a balm for the soul.
She
is a fan of the romantic genre and its ‘happy ever after’ ethos. A sharp
contrast to what she can, at times, see in her day job. Zoe is keen for the
female lead in romantic fiction to disabuse stereotypes and walk on an equal
footing with her male counterparts. She prefers male leads who
do not display signs of toxic masculinity and believes that positive
masculinity is much more attractive to women and healthier for men.
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Zoe ~ Good morning! Welcome to FAB! It is so great to have you here! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeleteMorning Ally! Thanks so much for having me!
DeleteThank you for hosting
ReplyDeleteHave you read any good books while in quarantine?
ReplyDeleteHi Bernie! Unfortunately I haven't had time because I've still been going out to work, and actually doing more hours than usual due to my day job (I'm a doctor). I'm looking forward to having time to read again though! Hoping to finish the book I starting reading pre quarantine which is Katherine Johnson's autobiography "Reaching for the Moon".
DeleteI liked the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rita! I'm glad you liked it!
DeleteGreat post, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you Victoria!
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed the post, this is my favorite type of read!
ReplyDeleteThis sounds like a book I'd enjoy reading. Sounds really good.
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