#judesierra

[novelnoviceya]

"The thing about shadows is: the faster you run, the faster they chase you ..." 💙 SHADOWS YOU LEFT by @judemsierra and @taysalion is live NOW! It's a beautiful and lustful story featuring a broken cage fighter and a tender tattoo artist. Make sure you snag your copy today! . . ERIK The white picket fence. The happily-ever-after. That life was never meant for him. For years he's been bouncing from city to city—from one cage fight to another. That's his outlet. That's pain Erik can control. But in Seattle, everything changed. River's an artist. He's a pretty boy. He does yoga. Someone so soft shouldn't be intrigued by Erik's rough edges. . . RIVER His life was quiet. He had a simple routine. Designing tattoos, avoiding drama. Well, mostly. Then Erik comes along—scarred and dangerous, shrouded in mystery. A mystery River can't resist trying to solve. Maybe a secret as dark as his own. Neither of them expected a relationship so complicated, so intense. Neither of them expected...each other. Erik and River are both trying to escape a shadowed past. But the thing about shadows is: the faster you run, the faster they chase you. . . #judesierra #taylorbrooke #mmromance #availablenow #bookstagram #inkstagramtours @inkslingerpr #booksofig #romancereads #romancereader #ireadromance #booklover #onmyereader #ebooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxui_VMgguU/?igshid=10cbkvezal8rv

[hopefuldreamerpatrol]

The thing about shadows is: the faster you run, the faster they chase you... SHADOWS YOU LEFT by @judemsierra and @taysalion is live NOW! It's a beautiful and lustful story featuring a broken cage fighter and a tender tattoo artist. Make sure you snag your copy today! ERIK The white picket fence. The happily-ever-after. That life was never meant for him. For years he's been bouncing from city to city—from one cage fight to another. That's his outlet. That's pain Erik can control. But in Seattle, everything changed. River's an artist. He's a pretty boy. He does yoga. Someone so soft shouldn't be intrigued by Erik's rough edges. RIVER His life was quiet. He had a simple routine. Designing tattoos, avoiding drama. Well, mostly. Then Erik comes along—scarred and dangerous, shrouded in mystery. A mystery River can't resist trying to solve. Maybe a secret as dark as his own. Neither of them expected a relationship so complicated, so intense. Neither of them expected...each other. Erik and River are both trying to escape a shadowed past. But the thing about shadows is: the faster you run, the faster they chase you. #judesierra #taylorbrooke #mmromance #availablenow #bookstagram #inkstagramtours @inkslingerpr #booksofig #romancereads #romancereader #ireadromance #booklover https://www.instagram.com/p/BxlwpDYHCwb/?igshid=mp421eqqcscu

[rtbookreviews]

Cast your vote for the Best Book Cover of December! Take a look at Idlewild by @judesierra. Cast your vote on RTBookReviews.com.

[interludepress]

I think the Power and the Wine got to me! I don't want to give it back over to the lovely Powers That Be at IP. Unfortunately, they probably need their feed back. That was so much fun though y'all! Thanks for joining in, and don’t forget to use the code JUDE at store.interludepress.com today to get 25% off What It Takes and Hush!

-Jude

[interludepress]

Oh! I want to say something about the cover for What It Takes. This beauty, right here:

CB Messer, our art director, had a lovely idea for the layered look for the cover which is beautiful. We wanted something that captured their hidden world and haven.The fort was perfect for that. It's also a romance and so the back cover with the beach came from that -- the lovely soft colors and the way we're looking out from the forest to the beach (metaphor alert!). My artist is so talented.

[interludepress]

“@InterludePress @JudeSierra Tell me something I don't know about your latest WIP.”

@moriahgemel That depends on what you know, who you've been talking to, and how much you've paid them for that top secret info! Just kidding. This new project is the first of my novels that takes place in a real city! It takes place in the city of Detroit. It's also the first of my novels to feature characters at completely different stages in their lives -- one just out of college and another, ten years older, trying to keep his business together years after his husband has passed away.

[interludepress]

“@InterludePress @JudeSierra What it Takes was so immersive! How did you go about writing characters across several points in their lives?”

@carriepack I had to build the bread around the meat, so to speak :D I started the story, conceptually, in the middle -- when they were teenagers -- and had to puzzle out how they got there and what that meant for their future. I had the heart of the story, but to earn the ending and to make the beginning build there properly, I had to do a lot of moving back and forth mentally. Building and rebuilding and cutting. I know what happens in those seven years they are apart -- I had to know in order to be sure they get where they need to emotionally. Like many things, I had to know, even if I didn't write them. Then I knew I had a solid base under what I did write.

[interludepress]

And some equal time for Hush, my first novel that was released last year...

Hush is a new adult novel about Cam and Wren, students at Carlina University. Cam is fresh from a small town in Nebraska, completely innocent and kind of disconnected from the world. When he meets Wren, a "gifted" sophomore at their University, Cam's world suddenly becomes a whole lot bigger. Not only does their instant and initially fleeting connection begin to shape his understanding of his own sexuality and desires but also his understanding of the world.

Wren is a boy who uses his gift -- the ability to compel -- under very strict rules as part of a game of consent. His rules do more than just ensure consent; they operate to keep anyone at arms length and to protect his own heart. Little does he know when he meets Cam that he'll be so much more than a simple game.