Hello Sara!
Thank you for sharing at Reviews
by Martha’s Bookshelf. I have really enjoyed your characters and exciting
action in the Amoveo Series!
Questions for Sara:SH: Hi! Thanks for the congratulations J Yes. There are going to be five books in the series but I did not have them all plotted out. When I was writing UNLEASHED, I figured out the story for UNTOUCHED. It pretty much worked out that way for the whole series. I get the idea for the next book as I’m writing the one prior and sometimes it changes. For example, in the original version of UNTOUCHED the villain was different but I realized that I liked that character far too much to make him evil and kill him off.
Q2 Have
you found that any of your skills as an actress add extra help to your career
as an author?
SH: Definitely. I use sense memory recall when I’m writing, just as I did when I was performing. As a writer, you have to be able to get inside the head of the characters and understand where everyone is coming from and what their motivations are. It’s actually quite similar to acting.
Q3 Please
share with us one surprising thing about your experience writing Untouched, or about something else
related to your career as a writer.
SH: When I was writing Untouched, it was the first time that music played a significant role in the creative process. I heard the song Honey on the Skin and it sparked a wealth of ideas for the story. Now I use music all the time, but it’s especially helpful when I need to spark a lazy muse.
Q4 Which
word would you use to describe yourself and your personality?SH: Tenacious. I’m like a dog with a bone and won’t let go until I get where I want to go. My mother calls it tunnel vision and it can be both a blessing and a curse. I try to use it for good and not for evil.
Q5 How did
you come up with the idea for Sara’s Angels?
SH: I heard the term “street team” and just kind of ran with it. I put the idea out on Facebook and asked if any of my readers would want to help do some promo in their hometowns. I was shocked by the response! We’re up to 50 angels in 29 states and 3 countries. I’m always looking for more. J The girls on the team came up with the name. I really like it and I’m so lucky to have this vibrant group of women on my side.
Questions for Dante:
Q1 Which
word would you use to describe yourself and your personality?
D: Protector.
Q2
Briefly, can you share with the readers if you have any special plans on
how to win over Kerry?
D: I’m going to show her that she has nothing to fear from me and that my only desire is to make her happy. If that doesn’t work, I’ll be tempted to throw her over my shoulder and carry her off like the Neanderthal that she thinks I am. But since I doubt that would get me anywhere, I’d probably ask her best friend, Samantha what the hell I’m doing wrong.
Q3 Do you
have any special vulnerabilities?
D: Yes. Kerry. I’ve never met a woman who can set me on edge with one look but she sure has managed that. It’s both unsettling and sexy as hell.
Q4 What is
something you would never be caught dead doing/saying?
D: Where can I get a good mani-pedi?
Q5 What is
the one thing your readers would be surprised to know about you?
D: I’m an excellent cook and my specialty is breakfast…in bed.
Final Question: If you could
have readers finish a sentence what would it be?
SH: If Dante were to bring you breakfast in bed….he would bring….?
UNTOUCHED BY SARA
HUMPHREYS – IN STORES APRIL 2012
She should be
seen, but never touched…
Kerry Smithson's modeling career ensures that she will be
admired from afar, which is essential since mere human touch sparks blinding
pain and terrifying visions.
Every good
model needs a heavenly bodyguard…
Dante Coltari is hired to protect Kerry from those who
know who she is—or more importantly what she is—and want her dead because of
it. Nothing could have prepared him for the challenge of keeping her safe. But,
strangely, his lightest touch brings her exquisite pleasure rather than pain,
and Dante and Kerry have an otherwordly connection that might just pull them
through.
“Red-hot love scenes punctuate a well-plotted
suspense story that will keep readers turning pages as fast as they can.”
—Publishers
Weekly Starred Review
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Sara Humphreys has been attracted to
the fantasies of science fiction, paranormal, and romance since her adolescence
when she had a mad crush on Captain Kirk. An actress and public speaker, Sara
lives with her husband--who is very considerate of her double life--and four
amazing boys, in Bronxville, New York. For more information, please visit http://sarahumphreys.com, Like her on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/Amoveo and follow her on Twitter https://twitter.com/#!/authorsara.
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