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There You Are
CJane Elliott
Series: Wild and Precious, book two – should be read in order
Release date: December 23, 2015
Wacky author interview blitz!
(Rules of the game,
every answer must be 5 words or less)
If
someone wrote a biography about you, what do you think the title should be?
She Packed Lots Into It.
What
was the last movie you saw in the theatre?
Trainwreck. Hilarious and surprisingly
sweet.
How
violently do you have to fight the urge to run outside when you hear the ice
cream truck coming?
I don’t fight – I run!
What's
your favorite 90s jam?
Pump Up The Jam!
What
did you have for breakfast?
The usual – protein shake
If you
were 80 years old, what would you tell your children?
I already spent your inheritance.
You're
a new addition to the crayon box, what color would you be and why?
Rainbow, obviously!
How
honest are you? Honestly?
No one will ever know….
Are
you more of a hunter or a gatherer?
Gatherer with hoarding-like tendencies.
What
vegetable best resembles you?
I’m stumped. So, brussel sprouts.
And now a word from our author…
Hi there! Thank you for having me on the
blog today to share about my new novella, There You Are, which is the second
book in the Wild and Precious series. There
You Are picks up the story of Cody Bellstrom where we left him in Wild and Precious. He moves to Portland,
Oregon to join a funk band and meets the man who is to become the love of his
life, Phineas MacDonald. But they both have issues to work through before they
can get to their happy ending.
By the way, those who have read my novella, Mercury
In Retrograde, will recognize a cameo appearance of one of the main
characters, Alex Harrison, toward the end of the book. It’s a short but key
scene, which proves to be a turning point for Cody.
Blurbs:
Wild
and Precious – bk 1
Aspiring writer Brent Granger has good
friends and a great job at an arts magazine in DC, but he’s batting zero in the
arena of love. Brent begins to get a clue why things aren’t working with women
from his strong attraction to his gorgeous, gay, and already attached boss,
Graham Stoneford. When he sees a personal ad from a man that quotes his favorite
poet, Brent decides to do something wild and answer.
Enter Cody Bellstrom, easygoing bisexual
musician, who is happy to initiate Brent in the ways of gay sex. Brent now has
a new problem: he realizes he’s gay and no one in his life knows it. Cody tires
of hiding their relationship, but Brent finds it challenging to come out to
family, friends, and especially to Graham. In the end, Brent must confront the
truth of where – and with whom – his heart lies.
There
You Are – bk 2
Bisexual musician Cody Bellstrom is a free
spirit, easygoing and unattached. On a cross-country trip, Cody befriends young
Sandy Nixon and gets him safely to Portland and his uncle, Phineas MacDonald.
Beautiful Phineas turns Cody’s life upside down, and Cody learns he's not as unattached
as he aspires to be. With the hard-won knowledge of what lies underneath his
need to be free, Cody wins a chance at real freedom and true love.
Ever since his longtime lover Allen died,
Phineas MacDonald has lived a circumscribed life. He stopped performing as
fierce drag queen Phanny Hill and works part-time in a bookstore. Phineas never
expected to find love again. But when sexy and caring Cody Bellstrom turns up,
Phineas feels his orderly life slipping out of his control. Cody brings him
alive again, but now Phineas must find the courage to let go of his grief over
Allen and give love a second chance.
Categories: Contemporary, M/M
Romance, Gay Fiction, Romance
33,000 words
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: AngstyG
Excerpt:
From
There You Are
“YOU
SURE about this?” Bette’s pointed glance packed a world of meaning as she
maneuvered the car through the DC traffic and Union Station came into view.
Cody
shifted, touching the door handle to ready his escape. “Yes, I’m sure. Didn’t
we go over this?” In excruciating detail, he added silently but didn’t
dare say aloud. Not with the mood Bette was in.
“I’m
giving you one more chance to come to your senses.” Bette pulled up outside the
train station, frowning, and turned off the engine.
She
looked so unhappy, Cody wanted to change his mind. I can’t, he thought.
Won’t,
you mean, said the Bette in his
head. He reached over and laid his hand on top of hers. “You’ll get along fine
without me.”
“That’s
not the point.” She nailed him with a baleful scowl. “We don’t want to get
along without you. Dang you, Cody Bellstrom, you have no idea who you are to
us.” At his puzzled expression, she turned away and stared stonily through the
windshield.
“Well…
I guess this is it.” Cody waited, but she didn’t respond. “I love you, girl,
you know that, right? You and Aurora.” He meant it. He, Bette, and Aurora had
been friends since they were college freshmen ten and a half years ago. Cody
sometimes found it hard to believe that he’d known them since before Bette and Aurora
had become a couple. It seemed like they’d been together forever.
A
barely perceptible nod.
“Come
on, Bette, don’t be mad. I’ll be back. I swear.”
“Sure
you will.” She sighed and turned a softer face toward him. “Goddammit, you
better. We love you. If you gotta do this, of course we can’t stop you. All we
want is for you to be happy.”
A car
honked behind them, and a uniformed officer motioned them to get moving.
“Shoot,”
Bette muttered. “All right, babe. Get outta here.”
Cody
leaned over and planted a kiss on her cheek. “I’ll text. And call. And Skype.”
“Okay.
Send us a postcard from every stop, and take a picture of yourself in Powell’s
Books when you get to Portland.”
“Will
do.”
Cody
opened the door and unfurled himself from the passenger seat, then hauled out
his luggage, such as it was. He traveled light; always had. A knapsack, one
rolling suitcase, and his guitar, and he was good to go.
He
stood on the curb and waved as Bette pulled away, then strode into the station,
his spirits lifting, while Willie Nelson’s “On The Road Again” played on a loop
in his mind.
Buy the book
Wild
and Precious – bk 1
There
You Are – bk 2
It’s all about the author…
After years of hearing characters chatting
away in her head, CJane Elliott finally decided to put them on paper and hasn’t
looked back since. A psychotherapist by training, CJane enjoys writing sexy,
passionate stories that also explore the human psyche. CJane has traveled all
over North America for work and her characters are travelers, too, traveling
down into their own depths to find what they need to get to the happy ending.
CJane is an ardent supporter of LGBTQ
equality and is particularly fond of coming out stories.
In her spare time, CJane can be found
dancing, listening to music, or watching old movies. Her husband and son
support her writing habit by staying out of the way when they see her hunched
over, staring intensely at her laptop.
…and stalking them :)
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