I’m so please to have Lisa Medley share some of her inspiration and a look at her new book,ย Reap and Redeem. ย Part of series that is tailor made for those of you who like paranormal romances.
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Cemeteries are an integral part of the setting for the characters of the Reaper Series, who spendย a lot of time traveling to, from, and through them. All of the cemeteries of the Reaper Series wereย inspired by real-life cemeteries near my own hometown. In fact, Iโve done an entire series calledย Grave Discoveries featuring unique and interesting headstones Iโve encountered in my travels.
Before beginning the Reaper Series, I had little interest in cemeteries. My own mother knowsย Iโll likely never visit her grave once sheโs passed and has taken matters into her own hands byย purchasing and placing her own headstone in the family plot, complete with engraved flowers in aย vase on the face of the stone.
Perpetual flowers. Itโs a thing.
Yesterday I got completely lost in my travels.
For my day job, Iโm a vampire for a local blood bank. I travel around organizing blood drives acrossย five counties, and I am responsible for nearly ten thousand donations a year. Most days go smoothlyย since Iโve covered the same ground for the past fourteen years now, but one wrong turn yesterdayย took me completely off the map and into parts unknown.
The unexpected writerly benefit was I found some super cool graveyards.
You probably donโt really pay much attention to cemeteries. But once you start looking, youโll seeย they are like Chinese restaurants and banks…thereโs one on every corner.
I am particularly drawn to decrepit and neglected graveyards. There is an abundance of such placesย in the rural countryside. Most rely on volunteers to mow the grounds and some havenโt been mowedย in a very long time.
Those are the best.
I especially like broken tombstones and those worn slick by time and the elements.
If youโd like to read my sentiments on the tradition of burying our dead in steel boxes, you can find aย post here.
No one will ever admire my broken tombstone, but thatโs okay.
Since I write reapers, I find graveyards inspiring.
Sometimes you can find inspiration in the strangest places.
Just be careful, some cemeteries are more proactive than others.
Have you ever visited a place that begged for a story afterward? Have you ever visited a placeย because it was mentioned or featured in a fiction work?
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Reap and Redeem
The Reaper Seriesย Book Two
by Lisa Medley
Genre: urban fantasy
Publisher: Harlequin E
Date of Publication: Oct. 6, 2014
Blurb:
Heโs a reaper who has given up on savingย souls. Will a dying woman be hisย salvation?
After a century of enslavement to pure evil, Kylen Larson is finally free. But heโsย long past caring. The only woman he ever loved is dead, and heโs tormented byย memories of the horrors his demon parasite forced him to commit. Now, he livesย for nothing more than hunting down the infernal creatures invading Meridian,ย Arkansas, and destroying them.
Olivia Evans is in the final stages of cancer when Kylen accidentally saves herย from demonic possession. When he rescues this innocent soul, Kylen rediscoversย his missionโand his heart.
All he wants is to help Olivia stay alive. Heโll just have to fight off an invasionย from Hell first…
Available at Amazon BN Kobo iTunes
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Author Info:
Lisa Medley writes reapers. The grim kind. A lover of beasties of all sorts, she hasย a farm full of them in her SW MO home including: one child, one husband, twoย dogs, two cats, a dozen hens, thousands of Italian bees and a guinea pig. Not so inย love with the guinea pig. She can do ten pushups IN A ROW and may or may notย have a complete zombie apocalypse bug-out bag in her trunk at all times. Just. In.ย Case.
Website http://lisa-medley.com
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Twitter https://twitter.com/lisamedley
Amazon Author Page www.amazon.com/author/lisamedley
Facebook Fan Page https://www.facebook.com/lisamedleyauthor
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