INTERVIEW WITH LILAH SUZANNE:
Today I’m very lucky to be interviewing Lilah Suzanne author of Burning Tracks. Hi Lilah, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about yourself, your background, and your current book.
1) What’s the best line you ever wrote?
- “Do you just wriggle around on top of each other like oversexed walruses?”
- I’m kidding. Though I do laugh every time at that line! Gwen was really fun to write. In all honesty, I hope that I have yet to write my best line. With every book I’m trying to get better and take my writing to ever higher levels.
2) Do you listen to music while writing? If so, what kind?
- I can’t listen to music at all while I’m writing, as I find it very distracting. Only at the final proofreading stage can I play music while I work, punk music usually, but sometimes Beyonce. They’re equally motivating.
3) If your book were made into a movie, what actors would you like to see star?
- For Flora I think Dascha Polanco is a pretty good fit. For Gwen I want to say Evan Rachel Wood but she’s too tall! So, Evan Rachel Wood but six inches shorter for Gwen (movie magic, right?) And from the very beginning my actress dream cast for Clementine has been Melissa Benoist (Supergirl!)
4) What genres do you write in?
- Rom-Com is definitely my preferred genre and where I feel comfortable. Of course, I’d love to branch out at some point. I’m itching to write historical romance, for example. Or even YA.
5) Where and when do you prefer to write?
- I typically write in the late morning and/or early afternoon, but that’s less of a preference and just the only time of day I’m able to write. My desk is tucked into a corner of my bedroom, maybe I’ll upgrade to an actual office soon! Dream big, right?
Thanks again & Congrats on your new release!
Author Name: Lilah Suzanne
Book Name: Burning Tracks
Spotlight Series
Book: Two
Can be read as a standalone
Release Date: August 11, 2016
BLURB:
In the sequel to Broken Records, Gwen Pasternak has it all: a job she loves as a celebrity stylist and a beautiful wife, Flora. But as her excitement in working with country music superstar Clementine Campbell grows, Gwen second-guesses her quiet domestic bliss. Meanwhile, her business partner, Nico Takahashi and his partner, reformed bad-boy musician Grady Dawson, face uncertainties of their own.
Pages or Words: 224 pages, 62,000 words
Categories: Contemporary, Fiction, Lesbian Romance, Romance Rom-Com
EXCERPT:
“There’s a reason you two aren’t allowed to hang out alone.” Arms crossed, one impeccable eyebrow raised, lips twisted, hair artfully tousled, and dressed to the nines: Alexander Wang black-on-black tropical-printed board shorts, a slim fit black-and-white chino and matching black lapel jacket, black boots, and a black and white scarf to tie it all together. “Nico,” Gwen says.
“Nico?” Grady is up in a flash. “You came?”
Nico’s face softens into his Grady look. “Of course I came. Did you really think you were getting rid of me that easily?” Grady comes closer, and Nico brushes a spiraled lock of hair from his face. “I’m sorry it took me so long. There were storms over Dallas, and I got stuck on the tarmac with a dead phone. I barely made my connection, and the clusterfuck of morons known as the United gate at JFK could not get its shit together, and I may be banned outright from Charlotte-Douglas International, can you believe they flag you as a security risk and hold you in a room with no phone signal or Wi-Fi just for threatening one person with shoving that goddam intercom up their—” He opens his arms for Grady; his look of annoyance slips away the moment they touch. “Anyway, I’m here.”
Grady sighs, crowds into Nico’s space, and tucks himself into Nico’s body. Much better, a perfect fit. “God, I love you.”
“I love you, too.” Nico sinks one hand into his hair, strokes the nape of his neck with other, breathes him in, and closes his eyes. “I’m so sorry. About the apartment and taking off and not being here yesterday, I tried to so hard to make it because I know how difficult it is for you. You shouldn’t have been alone.”
Grady sniffs and holds him tighter. “It’s okay. We’re okay. I’m sorry, too.”
Still ensnared in the sheets and duvet and barely awake, Gwen presses her hands to her cheeks and awws. “You guys,” she coos.
Grady lifts his head from Nico’s neck to smile at Gwen. “I wasn’t alone, though.”
“Mmm” Nico says. “And how much trouble did she get you into?”
“None,” Gwen says, defensive. Here she kept Grady safe and sound, searched all over Nashville and Las Vegas while he was off burying himself in work and what thanks does she get? None.
But then Grady smirks and says, “Kind of a lot.”
“Grady.” Gwen throws a pillow at him. “You’re such a tattletale, gosh.”
He bends to whisper something in Nico’s ear, and Gwen doesn’t miss the way his lips drag and linger on the shell of it, or the way Nico’s breath catches and his eyes roll back. When Nico lifts Grady’s shirt and traces around the tattoos with reverent fingers, Gwen takes that as her cue to extricate herself from the bed, put on some pants and a bra, and go fetch her luggage.
“‘Kay you guys have fun and make sure to change the sheets when you’re finished.”
“Wait.” Nico tugs Grady’s shirt down. Then he goes to the case he always has nearby. “You have trouble of your own, Gwen. Thought you might want to know about this.”
Gwen catches the magazine and folded-up papers he tosses her way: screen grabs from a few entertainment websites printed out in black and white.
Is This Clementine Campbell’s Girlfriend? Our source says, “It wouldn’t surprise me.”
Clementine and Gal Pal Definitely More Than Pals Sunning On Vegas Pool Deck.
Our exclusive source and close confidant of both says: Clementine’s married girlfriend “would cheat for sure. She was always touching her. There’s been an energy between them from the very beginning.”
There are pictures: her rubbing sunscreen on Clementine’s bare back, which looks far steamier in a fuzzy long-range picture than it actually was; a picture of them from the back at the store in the Venetian with their hands clasped and Clementine curled in close and her lips on Gwen’s cheek; and most damning of all, grinding together at the VIP club at the Bellagio just last night.
“I don’t—” Frantic and confused, she flaps the magazine and printouts in the air. “What is this? This isn’t— Nico, I didn’t, I swear.”
Nico holds both hands up. “Hey, I am well aware of the slander of tabloids. I get it.” He gives her a sympathetic look. “I’m just not sure Flora is going to.”
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MEET THE AUTHOR:
Lilah Suzanne has been writing actively since the sixth grade, when a literary magazine published her essay about an uncle who lost his life to AIDS. A freelance writer, she has also authored a children’s book and has a devoted following in the fan fiction community. She is also the author of the Interlude Press books Spice, Pivot and Slip, and Broken Records, which was named a Top Pick by RT Book Reviews Magazine.
Where to find the author:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/lilahsuzanne
Twitter: www.twitter.com/lilahsuzanne
Other: www.lilahsuzanne.com
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/29557148-burning-tracks
Publisher: Interlude Press
Cover Artist: Victoria S.
TOUR DATES & STOPS:
11-Aug: Havan Fellows, Jessie G. Books, Divine Magazine, 3 Chicks After Dark
12-Aug: BFD Book Blog, Unquietly Me, The Novel Approach
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16-Aug: Book Reviews and More by Kathy, Alpha Book Club, Bayou Book Junkie
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19-Aug: V’s Reads, My Fiction Nook, Happily Ever Chapter
22-Aug: Love Bytes, Foxylutely Book Reviews
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24-Aug: A.M. Leibowitz, Open Skye Book Reviews, Book Lovers 4Ever
RAFFLECOPTER GIVEAWAY:
Enter the Giveaway: $25 Interlude Press gift card for the grand prize, One of five e-copies for first prize.
Thank you so much for interviewing and hosting me again!
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