This morning we welcome author Patricia Eimer as she talks about her favorite part of romance novels and shares with us her newest book,ย Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead.
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Since Iโm a romance author withย 7 (itโs hard to believe that number is right but Iโve checked and it is) published romance novels to my name and another 4 contracted people sometimes ask me what my favorite part of romance novels isโboth to read and to write. Most people assume itโs the sex. Heck, if youโd have asked me years ago when I was too young to really understand romance novels I would have told you it was the sex. The secret, hidden part that you arenโt supposed to tell anyone about.
Then I grew up. I had relationships. I got married. I had a couple of kids and suddenly romance novels werenโt illicit anymore. No one was scandalized that I knew what sex was. Which, now that I think about it is something of a disappointment. I want to scandalize people. I didnโt enjoy that power when I had it. But alas, scandal is hard to do when youโre a middle aged suburban mommy and what I enjoy most about romance novels isnโt the sex. Heck, I can find that on prime time telly now.
What I enjoy most about romance novels is the first time the hero and the heroine meet. That first instant that they latch eyes on each other and everything goes wrong.
What? I can hear you say. Thatโs not how it happens. Their eyes lock andโฆ Now youโre going back to your romance novels and going wait a secondโit does always go wrong before we get to the sexy parts. Usually heroes and heroines are sure that the last person theyโd be happy with is each other. They spill scalding coffee on each other or catch their future love in the arms of a married partner or one of them falls in a gopher hole and breaks an ankle. And usuallyโeven in the most serious of romance novels that first moment is funny. Not always ha ha funny sure but still at least worthy of one of those cringe worthy โIโm so glad itโs you and not meโ chuckles.
I love that about romance novels. Because I donโt know about you, but Iโve never really had a cringe worthy introduction to a lover. Iโve been introduced by friends, had them buy me drinks and weโve chatted. I once met a man I dated for over a year while we were both buying milk in the checkout line of a gas station. My husband and I? We went to high school together and were on the same track team. He stammered the first time he invited me to a movie. Not exactly Hollywood material.
Donโt get me wrong. I love my husband. I adore my husband. After all these many years together I can honestly tell you that George Clooney and Brad Pitt could show up and one could rubย my feet while the other hand fed me artisanal swiss chocolate while we watched Channing Tatum and Chris Hemsworth did a strip tease and afterwards Tom Hiddleston sang me love songs and recited Shakespeare and I would still go home with my husband at the end of the night. Sure, Iโd take the chocolate with me, and Iโd probably be a few (hundred) dollars lighter in the savings account but not even all of Hollywoodโs hottest could make me want to stray.
But we are not the stuff romance novels are wrote about. Weโre ordinary. Just like Iโd want us to be. And Iโm sure just like most of you are all happy to be. But when I read a romance novel for just the length of that book I want something more and for me it always starts right about the time the heroine accidentally dumps burning hot coffee all over the hot young guy on the subway next to her.
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BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOUโRE DEAD
By Patricia Eimer
EBook: 368 pages
Release Date: February 24, 2014
ISBN:ย 978-1622661183
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Blurb:
Not Even Death Keeps a Good Demoness Down
Thereโs never an end to the crazy when youโre demon spawn. Not that Faith Bettincourtโs complaining. Sheโs been patching things up with her angelic on-again off-again boyfriend, Matt, and her best-friend-turned-sister-in-law is soon giving birth to the Anti-Christ Part Deux. Oh, and Faith is saving kids from Death in her pediatric unit one soul at a time. Life is good.
Until Faith accidentally runs over the Angel of Death and is forced to take his place. Now sheโs taking lives instead of saving them. Which is kind of a problem when youโre a nurse. As if that werenโt bad enough, she is suddenly thrust into the worst scenario of them all–Mattโs ex Brenda is back, and sheโs brought the Apocalypse with her.
Faithโs not about to give up the world…or her man. But when the chips are down, whatโs a demoness supposed to do? Besides take matters into her own hands, of course.
And don’t forget – Book 1 LUCK OF THE DEVIL and Book 3 BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU’RE DEAD are 99 cents for a limited time on all eBook platforms!
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Patricia Eimer is a small-town girl fated to be a storyteller. After a stint of “thinking practically,” she earned degrees in Business and Economics, but her passion has always been a good book. She lives in Pittsburgh with her two kids and a husband who learned the art of frozen pizza to give her more time to write. When sheโs not writing she can be found fencing or arguing with her dogs about plot points. Most days the beagle wins, but the dalmatian is a close second. Sheโs a distant third.
Website /Twitter/Facebook/Goodreads
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Giveaway:
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Tour Schedule:
Week One
2/24/2014- book’s blog– Excerpt
2/24/2014- The Reading Obsession– Spotlight
2/25/2014- Urban Fantasy Investigations– Guest Post
2/25/2014- BookHounds– Interview
2/26/2014- Happy tails and tales– Review or Spotlight
2/26/2014- In The Pages of a Good Book– Excerpt
2/27/2014- Manga Maniac Cafรฉ– Interview
2/27/2014- Margay Leah Justice– Review or Spotlight
2/28/2014- Fade Into Fantasy– Guest Post
2/28/2014- Toot’s Book Reviews– Interview
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Week Two
3/3/2014- Books, Movies, Reviews. Oh my!– Interview
3/3/2014- Books and Things– Excerpt
3/4/2014- Romantic Reads and Such– Guest Post
3/4/2014- Let’s Talk About Books– Review
3/5/2014- The Jeep Diva– Guest Post
3/5/2014- Cassandra Lost in Books– Excerpt
3/6/2014- Sapphyria’s Book Reviews– Guest Post
3/6/2014- Read-Love-Blog– Excerpt
3/7/2014- Miriam Smith– Review or Spotlight
3/7/2014- Fantasy Book Addict– Guest Post
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