Hello! Elodie. Thank
you so much for visiting Written Butterfly with me today!
Hi Beth, thank you for inviting me
along to talk about my new Evernight release, Rescuing Cade.
Cade’s trying to get over a broken
heart when his friend Jack takes him off to a nightclub, named only, The Club.
Although at first Cade is shocked by the place he meets Marissa. It’s not long
before he and Marissa get together, but under the pressure of expectations
from, The Club, and Marissa’s fear of commitment, they’re both running in
opposite directions.
Gorgeous Cade has touched Marissa’s
heart in ways she doesn’t want to admit.
Lovely Marissa has lifted Cade’s
sadness and opened his heart to love again.
The trouble is — someone has to give a
little. Who’s it going to be?
An erotic romance with a sprinkle of
vanilla BDSM
Q) How did you dream
up the dynamics of your characters?
It’s different for each story. With Rescuing Cade I was asked to write
a story for an erotic romance anthology. Almost immediately I had my character,
Cade, form in my head and a love story for him, but then I was informed the
anthology would be BDSM. I thought I’d have trouble with the genre, but the
editor of the proposed anthology said, ‘give it a go’. I began to adapt the
love story in my mind for the character Cade, thinking I’d have to consider the
plot for a short time, but only a few days later the anthology was cancelled.
By then Cade was so real to me and a story with a sprinkle of the genre, BDSM,
was firmly in my mind, so I wrote it.
The story is much longer than I originally thought it might be,
especially when it was going to be for an anthology, and the romance conflict
arc is now about both Cade and my heroine, Marissa. As usual, I fell in love
with my characters and couldn’t stop writing until they reached their HEA.
I did a little research for this story because I didn’t know much
about the type of club Jack, Cade’s friend, takes him to. Once I no longer
needed to place emphasis on dominance and submission, the story unfolded
easily, interweaving with the original love story I had for Cade when he first
began whispering in my ear.
With scorching hot love scenes, tender moments, a dash of angst and a
splash of humor this is Cade’s journey to love again.
I hope readers enjoy it.
Q) If you could
choose, which published author would you like to brainstorm with and why?
I’d choose Christine Feehan and I’d want to brainstorm a vampire romance
with her, because I love her Dark series and I think it’s one of the most
original and fabulous vampire series ever.
Q) What are your
upcoming projects?
No surprises it’s a vampire romance. (smiles)
There’s magic in the book too. The story is titled, The
Confession Box and its part of a series under the banner title Club Coven
Stories. The story is going to release mid to end March.
About
Elodie:
Elodie Parkes is a British author
writing romance, erotic, contemporary, and often with a twist of mystery,
paranormal, fantasy, or suspense. Her books are always steamy. Her tag is, Cool
stories: Hot love scenes.
Elodie lives in Canterbury with her two dogs. She works in an
antique shop by day and writes at night, loving the cloak of silent darkness
that descends on the rural countryside around her home.
Elodie writes for, Evernight Siren Hot Ink Press
Eternal Press Secret Cravings Ra Jones Anthologies Side Street Cookie
Publishing
She has also released titles as an
individual indie author.
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Rescuing Cade
Excerpt
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Cade took
his time drinking his coffee on Saturday morning. He wanted to go out to the
street market and call into the coffee shop to buy fresh grounds, but he knew
the reminder of being with Marissa there the weekend before would hurt. He
drove there and parked in the big flat lot at one end of the High Street.
Thoughts of Marissa teased him as he sat for a moment in his car and assessed
his feelings. She’d touched his heart and he knew it. He sighed and thrust away
the idea of calling into her place on the journey home from the market. She doesn’t want me.
He turned up
the collar of his leather jacket against the cool breeze, and after checking
he’d locked his car, since his thoughts drifted time and again to Marissa’s
lovely face, he stalked off up the street. He avoided the market stalls he and
Marissa had stopped at the week before, making straight for the farmers’ market
section, where he bought two different kinds of apples and a couple of large
potatoes he knew could be put in the oven and baked without him having to
hassle around.
When he
entered the coffee shop he kept his face turned from the café end and ordered
his usual Italian roast grounds, but then, longing to recall Marissa as she
gazed at him over the table they shared the Saturday before, he glanced
around—and there she was.
She stared
at him from a table in the middle of the café.
Cade blinked
to make sure he wasn’t just imagining she was there. He paid for his coffee
order, and drawn to Marissa’s table as if by some invisible thread, Cade
quickly walked over there.
“Marissa,
it’s so good to see you. I hoped you’d call me. May I sit with you?” He croaked
out the words as his heart flipped about and the urge to pick her up, crush her
to his body, and devastate her with a kiss scared him with its ferocity.
She didn’t
speak, only nodded an assent at him.
Cade dragged
out a chair and dropped his shopping to the floor. He sat down close to
Marissa, but still facing her.
She turned
her coffee cup around and around in the saucer. Her gaze riveted on the coffee
in there.
She wasn’t
wearing makeup. Her face was pale and her cloud of brown hair wisped around her
heart-shaped face.
Cade smiled
noticing for the first time a faded splatter of freckles across her nose. The
tremble in her fingers, didn’t escape Cade’s hungry observation. She’s nervous. Is that because she likes me
or thinks I’ll make a scene and wishes I’d leave? He reached out and
clasped her fingers in his.
Her coffee
cup clattered a little in the saucer.
Copyright Elodie Parkes, Evernight Publishing 2015
Hi Beth,
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting me on your Q&A blog spot today :-)