Today I'm participating in another blog hop, an event that jumps from one writer's blog to another. In this particular hop, we're featuring characters from our novels. Polly Iyer, suspense author extraordinaire, invited me to participate. I've read and loved all of her novels, including HOOKED and MIND GAMES.
Here is a link to her blog, where she discusses her character, Diana Racine, one of my favorites.
Polly has just released the third Diana Racine novel, BACKLASH, which I'm dying to read. Here's a peek at the book:
When psychic Diana Racine’s old friend is murdered in New Orleans, her
love, Lieutenant Ernie Lucier, brings her in to consult on the case.
What she sees when she touches the dead man’s body is another man with
silver eyes, a gang tattoo, and a bullet in the middle of his forehead.
Before long, Diana and Lucier are drawn into a web of murders that
stretches far into the past. The deeper they get into the investigation,
the more it appears the deaths are the work of a group of vigilantes on
a moral crusade. Vigilantes wearing the blue of the NOPD who won’t let
anything or anyone stand in their way.
*** Now here is my piece about one of my very favorite characters. ***
Sky Lissoneau: the
“Bad Boy” from Tall Pines Mysteries
copyight 2014, Aaron Lazar
When I began to write the Tall Pines Mystery series, I never
intended to create a mystery featuring a sensuous three-way relationship
between Marcella, her husband Quinn, and her first love, Sky. But that’s
exactly what happened, and the tension and desire are still scorching the pages
behind the mysteries in books two through four.
In For the Birds, book
1, Marcella is in love with her husband of seven years, a beautiful half-Seneca
man named Quinn “Black Eagle” Hollister. I hadn’t created Sky Lissoneau yet,
who shows up as a feature character in book two, Essentially Yours. Sky
proposed to Marcella when she was a young woman on the brink of pursing her
singing career. She loved him deeply, but wanted to follow her heart to New
York City, where she hoped to become part of the cast in The Metropolitan
Opera.
When Sky arrives on the scene after being MIA for eighteen
years, Marcella is stunned and deeply conflicted. Of course she loves her
husband. She adores him. But when she sees the passion that still fills Sky’s
sea green eyes, it makes her remember the times they had together as teenagers
on Honeoye Lake. As a youth, the young Sky methodically studied methods to
please women, and his talent in that arena had driven Marcella to heights she’d
never forget. He’d been her first, and she’d ridden those waves of rapture with
abandon on his family’s pontoon boat at night in the middle of the lake.
Sky suffered badly in the war, including having to secretly
leave his platoon when his best friend’s life was in danger. Captured and held
as a prisoner of war for years, all he could think of was Marcella, his darling
Marcella. It was the thought of Marcella’s soft kisses that kept him going. Her
infectious laugh helped him survive the cruelest torture. And when he returned
with a gang of vicious hi-powered crooks chasing him, she’d saved his life. Somehow,
he just knew she’d be there, still waiting.
It was when Marcella introduced Quinn that his heart was
broken for the second time in his life.
Now he secretly hopes she’ll dump her big, beautiful Indian
brave and come back to him. But he never says a word. He just looks at her with
adoration, and jumps to help her whenever possible. In Betrayal, book #4,
Marcella is on the outs with her husband and flees to their cabin in the Adirondacks
for solace.
Sky lives and works at Project Hope, a research site in the
mountains. When she calls him for help turning on her water and heat, he’s at
her side in a flash, and is very happy to oblige. ;o)
BETRAYAL: A Tall Pines Mystery
Marcella
Hollister realized a lifetime of hopes and dreams when she was given custody of
a child. A cousin of her half-Seneca husband, Quinn, the baby’s mother was
murdered in a political plot—and Marcella, who’s never been able to have
children of her own, formed an instant bond with little Kimi.
Then
a distant relative comes forward to claim Kimi—and Quinn, who Marcella thought
understood her pain better than anyone, allows them to take the baby without a
fight.
Confused
and deeply wounded, Marcella takes off for Tall Pines, their secluded
Adirondack cabin. She hopes the peace and natural beauty of the mountains will
help clear her head and decide whether to forgive Quinn…or leave him.
But
the situation at Tall Pines is anything but peaceful. Her high school lover,
Sky, arrives to help out—and Marcella discovers her old feelings may not be as
distant as she thought. Worse, a serial killer is stalking young women in the
area. And when a teen girl whose mother works with Sky goes missing, Marcella
and everyone she cares for wind up dead center in the killer’s sights.
Next, please stop by my fellow authors' websites when you can. Next week they will post their
"About My Character" pieces for you to enjoy!
"About My Character" pieces for you to enjoy!
Mary Bradley McCauley
They are at The House of Annon to learn how to change their lives. Annon
is their guide, helping them and at the same time searching for the one
who will replace him, guiding others to change their lives. He studies
each one, wondering who it will be; one of these, or is there another to
come? At each session they talk about the amazing changes in their
lives, face obstacles, and overcome set-backs in order to learn how to
use the infinite power within. In the beginning there are only four.
More will come, more always come.
***
Books by multi-award winning author,
Aaron Lazar:
DON’T
LET THE WIND CATCH YOU (print, eBook, audio book)
SANCTUARY
(eBook)
STANDALONES
THE
SEACREST (print, eBook, and
audio book)
DEVIL’S
LAKE (eBook)
WRITING
ADVICE:
About Aaron Lazar:
Aaron
Paul Lazar writes to soothe his soul. A bestselling Kindle author of 22 books,
including three addictive mystery series, writing books, and a new love story,
Aaron enjoys the Genesee Valley countryside in upstate New York, where his
characters embrace life, play with their dogs and grandkids, grow sumptuous
gardens, and chase bad guys. Visit his website at http://www.lazarbooks.com and
watch for his upcoming release, UNDER THE ICE. Aaron has won over 18 book
awards for his novels and finds writing to be his form of "cheap
therapy." Feel free to connect with him on Facebook or his website; he
loves to connect with readers!
Thanks for the feature, Aaron. You are amazing for the breadth and quality of your work.
ReplyDeletePolly, you are most welcome. I am honored to feature you and your books - eat 'em up like candy!
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