Today I’m very lucky to be interviewing Suzey Ingold, author of Speakeasy.
Hi Suzey, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself, your background, and your current book.
- Thank you for having me! I’m a writer and linguistics student, currently based in Edinburgh. I’ve been writing for years and had my first short story, The Willow Weeps for Us, published in 2015, in the Summer Love anthology from Duet Books. Speakeasy is about a recent Yale graduate who must discover what he really wants when he meets the owner of a unique Midtown speakeasy in 1920s Manhattan.
1) Do you have pictures that you use for your characters? Can you share them with us?
- I do! I’m very much a character-based writer in the sense that often I’ll have an entire character devised in my head before I even have a fully thought out story to set them into. Speakeasy started from Heath, which has always been “cast”, if you will, in my head as a clean-shaved Jack Falahee.
- Art took a little bit longer to form in my head but then Sebastian Stan grew his hair out and I had my Art…
Author Name: Suzey Ingold
Book Name: Speakeasy
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Blurb:
In the height of the Prohibition era, recent Yale graduate Heath Johnson falls for Art, the proprietor of a unique speakeasy tucked away beneath the streets of Manhattan where men are free to explore their sexuality. When Art’s sanctuary is raided, Heath is forced to choose between love and the structured life his parents planned for him.
Pages or Words: 244 pages
Categories: Gay fiction, Historical, M/M Romance, Romance
Excerpt:
Heath swallows, playing over an idea that had formed shakily in his head after he saw Frankie, since Art walked through that door and possibly longer without him being fully conscious of it. “Maybe it’s time I was honest. Tell them that I don’t want to marry Ginny or work with my father. Let the pieces fall where they may.”
“You would do that?”
“If it meant being with you, I would do anything.” Heath sits up and the sheets fall to pool around his waist. “I know what I want, now. And it’s you and whatever a future with you brings.”
Buy the book:
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1mGtvXF
Interlude Press: http://store.interludepress.com/search?q=speakeasy
Apple iBookstore: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/speakeasy/id1059517648?mt=11
Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/speakeasy-suzey-ingold/1122958658?ean=2940152470123
All Romance eBooks: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-speakeasy-1972248-145.html?referrer=55feb862851f8
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/593328
Book Depository: Not yet available.
Indiebound: http://www.indiebound.org/book/9781941530696?aff=Interludepress
Meet the author:
Suzey Ingold is a writer, linguist and coffee addict, currently based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Brought up in a household where children’s books are quoted over the dinner table, literature has always had a strong influence on her life. She enjoys traveling, scented candles and brunch. Her short story, “The Willow Weeps for Us,” was included in “Summer Love: An LGBTQ Collection,” published by Duet, an imprint of Interlude Press (2015).
Where to find the author:
Homepage: www.suzeysays.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/suzeysays
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/suzeysays/
Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/suzeysays
Publisher: Interlude Press
Cover Artist: Cover Art by Colin Moore; Cover design by C.B. Messer
Tour Dates & Stops:
18-Feb
Elisa - My Reviews and Ramblings, Love Bytes, Kirsty Loves Books, Hearts on Fire
19-Feb
Prism Book Alliance, Sinfully Addicted to All Male Romance, Nephy Hart, Kiki’s Kinky Picks, Inked Rainbow Reads
22-Feb
Fangirl Moments and My Two Cents, 3 Chicks After Dark, Two Chicks Obsessed With Books and Eye Candy, Book Reviews and More by Kathy
23-Feb
Unquietly Me, My Fiction Nook, Havan Fellows, The Hat Party
24-Feb
Dawn’s Reading Nook, Divine Magazine, Bayou Book Junkie
25-Feb
V’s Reads, Lee Brazil, MM Good Book Reviews
26-Feb
A.M. Leibowitz, Boys on the Brink Reviews
28-Feb
Molly Lolly, Jessie G. Books
29-Feb
Happily Ever Chapter, BFD Book Blog
1-Mar
Three Books Over The Rainbow, Up All Night, Read All Day
2-Mar
Wicked Faerie’s Tales and Reviews, Alpha Book Club, Cathy Brockman Romances
Rafflecopter Giveaway:
Giveaway Link: $25 IP Web Store Gift Card Grand Prize + 5 eBook editions of Speakeasy to randomly-drawn winners
Thank you for having me!
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