Up close and personal with Reyes Farrow

I am so delighted (and a little scared) to have the pleasure of interviewing 

Reyes Farrow

Photo courtesy of Tricia Schmitt aka Pickyme

 I have been dying to chat with him ever since I read his stories.  I have a huge crush, but probably should not mention it...(NO REALLY...do not mention it.)  He is the powerful entity of Charley Davidson's dreams in First Grave on the Right, and he has us playing Hide and Seek in the new Novel 

Second Grave on the Left.
Which Darynda has been so kind to offer a GIVEAWAY.  
Signed Hardback!  *Squeals

Before we get to Reyes I would like to introduce you to the woman responsible for telling their story.

Darynda Jones

Winner of the 2009 Golden Heart® for Best Paranormal Romance for her manuscript FIRST GRAVE ON THE RIGHT, Darynda was born spinning tales of dashing damsels and heroes in distress for any unfortunate soul who happened by, annoying man and beast alike. After the Golden Heart final, she pimped herself as best she could, landed an amazing agent and sold to St. Martin’s Press in a three-book deal. Darynda lives in the Land of Enchantment, also known as New Mexico, with her husband of more than 25 years and two beautiful sons, aka the Mighty, Mighty Jones Boys. She can be found at ww.daryndajones.com

Without further ado.  Please welcome

 Reyes Farrow

Pimpin': Nice to meet you.  *reaches out hand then thinks twice.  I know you don't have a lot of time, since you are currently in hiding, so I will try to make this quick.  

Reyes:  *nods*

*wishing you could see him in person. The black robe appears as a mist around him. Eerily sexy. His eyes piercing and his hands look quiet "capable"

Pimpin':  You probably get this all the time, or well....maybe not.  What's it like to be the son of Satan?

Reyes:  Dangerous.

Pimpin':  Is he a caring father?  (maybe a dumb question)

Reyes:  As caring as a rattlesnake. He had high hopes for me and I turned my back on him and his war. He’s a little miffed.

Pimpin':  Who's your mother?

Reyes:  I was created, not born. My mother is the stars in the heavens, the minerals in the earth, and the energy from a thousand supernovae. I was forged in the fires of hell for a reason. While a perfect Being made my father, I was made with the most imperfect of intentions. I have a few flaws as a result.  

*Mouth drops open in awe!  Clears throat...No flaws that I can see!

Pimpin':  Where or how did you get the tats?

Reyes:  They were there WHEN I was created and they are WHY I was created. They’re a map to the gates of hell and without them, my father can’t navigate the void between heaven and hell. Which could explain why he’s a little miffed.

Pimpin':  How did you know when Charley was being born?, and does she have an incorporeal body?  

Reyes:  I felt a shift in the universe like a summer breeze rushing across my skin when she was sent to Earth, and I knew it was time to become human. She is like energy, pure and powerful, and her essence is warm and intoxicating. Her presence calms me. All the hate and despair that still lingers in my marrow melts, and I feel absolved. Worthy.

*heart melts and I swoon a little more. Fans face (only makes it worse) crosses legs

Reyes:  And, yes, she has an incorporeal body. It is more powerful than the sun, and when she learns to harness that power, to use it as it was meant to be used, she will be a force with more potential than imaginable.

Pimpin':  Why do you call Charley Dutch?

Reyes:  She perceives it as Dutch. The word is actually ancient Aramaic. It means seeker, because that’s what she is, the seeker of souls. She just doesn’t know it yet, not that part.

Pimpin':  What do you think about Garrett's advances on Charley?

Reyes:  Some men aim to summit a mountain that is far too high. Those same men often die on their journey, the quest too ambitious. Garrett’s aim is way off.

*swallows hard.  Poor Garrett

Pimpin':  Do you know Rocket Man's real name?

 Reyes:  Yes.

Pimpin':  What do you have on right now under your cloak?

Reyes:  Would you like to see for yourself? 

*FAINTS!

When I wake up he is gone.  I am left with a feeling of emptiness, and I wonder if that's how Charley feels every time he leaves.  Despite being the Son of Satan he is very pleasant in a I could kill you in an instant kind of way.  Wherever you are Reyes.  I thank you, and hope you come back soon.

To win your signed Copy of Second Grave on the Left. (US only) Please leave a comment with your email addy and be a follower of the blog. If you tweet this  or FB link (leave link in comment):  I will announce the winner 8/22

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You can find Darynda at www.daryndajones.com

on FB:  http://www.facebook.com/darynda.jones.official

Also please look for the wonderfully talented Tricia "Pickyme" Schmitt.  Cover artist extraordinaire.

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Pickyme/309839267386 

www.pickymeartist.com 

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Book Drop Tuesday. August 16, 2011 Edition

It's HERE!  Second Grave on the Left has FINALLY arrived. 

 Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper Extraordinaire, is back in this sexy, suspenseful novel of supernatural shenanigans

When Charley is rudely awakened in the middle of the night by her best friend who tells her to get dressed quickly and tosses clothes out of the closet at her, she can’t help but wonder what Cookie’s up to. Leather scrunch boots with a floral miniskirt? Together? Seriously? Cookie explains that a friend of hers named Mimi disappeared five days earlier and that she just got a text from her setting up a meet at a coffee shop downtown. They show up at the coffee shop, but no Mimi. But Charley finds a message on the bathroom wall. Mimi left a clue, a woman’s name. Mimi’s husband explains that his wife had been acting strange since she found out an old friend of hers from high school had been found murdered a couple weeks prior. The same woman Mimi had named in her message.

Meanwhile, Reyes Alexander Farrow (otherwise known as the Son of Satan. Yes. Literally) has left his corporeal body and is haunting Charley. He’s left his body because he’s being tortured by demons who want to lure Charley closer. But Reyes can’t let that happen. Because if the demons get to Charley, they’ll have a portal to heaven. And if they have a portal to heaven…well, let’s just say it wouldn’t be pretty. Can Charley handle hot nights with Reyes and even hotter days tracking down a missing woman? Will Cookie ever get a true fashion sense? And is there enough coffee and chocolate in the world to fuel them as they do?

Here is your signpost for the most hilarious read of the summer: Second Grave On The Left.

My Take on it: LOVED IT!  Although, I have some frustrations.  *sigh*  Darynda is at her finest.  The wit in these book are like none other I have read.  She makes reading FUN again.  THANKS!  I've said all along that First Grave on the Right is my favorite read of 2011 and now Second Grave is probably my Second.  Wonder what Third Grave Ahead will bring.  Can't WAIT to find out.  

I will be interviewing 
REYES Farrow on Friday.

August 19

Come back and see what he has to say.  

You can find Daryda at www.daryndajones.com  Also @Darynda on Twitter

I want to also give special thanks to Tricia ask Pickyme for letting me use her beautiful artwork.  Doesn't she make Reyes look so dreamy!  

You can find Pickyme here

http://www.pickymeartist.com http://www.wix.com/Pickyme/port http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/...

Book Drop Tuesday August 2nd Edition

Sorry this post is a little late.  I was running the contest last week.  Plus I cannot find any PNR's coming out this week so it is perfect timing! Please pardon the highlights.  I think blogger is messed up

He gave up his soul for a second chance to love her...

Two and a half centuries ago, Calisto Terana lost everything when a zealous priest murdered the woman he loved. Now, desperate for another chance to love her, he wants redemption for the mistake that cost her life.

She's haunted by dreams of her own death...

After catching her fiance with another woman, Kate Bradley returns to San Diego to clear her head. The last thing she needs is romance, but after meeting Calisto she's drawn to him in ways she doesn't understand.

They've waited in the shadows for centuries...

Calisto has no doubt Kate is the reincarnation of his lost love, but the Fraternidad Del Fuego Santo has a new watcher with dark ambitions of his own. As old enemies reemerge and a new threat arises, the betrayal that enslaved Calisto to the night might destroy the only woman he's ever loved again.

Guess What I have a signed COPY of!

Harm no human...

A hired gunslinger, William Jessup Brady lived his life with one foot in the grave. He believed that every life had a price. Until the day when he finally found a reason to live. In one single act of brutal betrayal, he lost everything, including his life. Brought back by a Greek goddess to be one of her Dark-Hunters, he gave his immortal soul for vengeance and swore he’d spend eternity protecting the humans he’d once considered prey.

Orphaned as a toddler, Abigail Yager was taken in by a family of vampires and raised on one belief- Dark-Hunters are the evil who prey on both their people and mankind, and they must all be destroyed. While protecting her adoptive race, she has spent her life eliminating the Dark-Hunters and training for the day when she meets the man who killed her family: Jess Brady.

A gun in the hand is worth two in the holster...

Jess has been charged with finding and terminating the creature who’s assassinating Dark-Hunters. The last thing he expects to find is a human face behind the killings, but when that face bears a striking resemblance to the one who murdered him centuries ago, he knows something evil is going on. He also knows he’s not the one who killed her parents. But Abigail refuses to believe the truth and is determined to see him dead once and for all.

Brought together by an angry god and chased by ancient enemies out to kill them both, they must find a way to overcome their mutual hatred or watch as one of the darkest of powers rises and kills both the races they’ve sworn to protect

Able to wield thunder and lightning, wyr sentinel Tiago Black Eagle has ruled the skies for centuries. His massive build and thunderous power make him one of the wyr's best weapons. And he's the one sent to protect Tricks, heir to the Dark Fae throne, when she's almost assassinated in Chicago. Soon Tiago and Tricks will fall prey to the stormy hunger that engulfs them-a passion that will shake the very foundation of all the worlds.

Winner of the Summer Hop Giveaway

The WINNER of First Grave on the Right is 

YAY

Picked by Random.org

Summer Giveaway Hop

I am giving away First Grave on the Right by Darynda Jones

Be on the LOOKOUT for Second Grave on the Left. 
 Coming out August 16, 2011

Charley Davidson, Grim Reaper Extraordinaire, is back in this sexy, suspenseful novel of supernatural shenanigans. 

When Charley is rudely awakened in the middle of the night by her best friend who tells her to get dressed quickly and tosses clothes out of the closet at her, she can’t help but wonder what Cookie’s up to. Leather scrunch boots with a floral miniskirt? Together? Seriously? Cookie explains that a friend of hers named Mimi disappeared five days earlier and that she just got a text from her setting up a meet at a coffee shop downtown. They show up at the coffee shop, but no Mimi. But Charley finds a message on the bathroom wall. Mimi left a clue, a woman’s name. Mimi’s husband explains that his wife had been acting strange since she found out an old friend of hers from high school had been found murdered a couple weeks prior. The same woman Mimi had named in her message. 

Meanwhile, Reyes Alexander Farrow (otherwise known as the Son of Satan. Yes. Literally) has left his corporeal body and is haunting Charley. He’s left his body because he’s being tortured by demons who want to lure Charley closer. But Reyes can’t let that happen. Because if the demons get to Charley, they’ll have a portal to heaven. And if they have a portal to heaven…well, let’s just say it wouldn’t be pretty. Can Charley handle hot nights with Reyes and even hotter days tracking down a missing woman? Will Cookie ever get a true fashion sense? And is there enough coffee and chocolate in the world to fuel them as they do? 

Here is your signpost for the most hilarious read of the summer: Second Grave On The Left

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2. Tweet:  #ENTER to #WIN Summer Giveaway Blog Hop http://bit.ly/hotbooks @jowannnjk  
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