Interview & giveaway with Joanne Kenrick

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• Can you please share with us a little about yourself

I would love to. For the benefit of those who don’t know already, I’m British; Welsh, to be precise. I’ve moved around a lot! One might think I have gypsy blood. In fact, I’m convinced of it…after all, that two year itch is relentless! And writing is a great vocation to have as an accidental traveler. I get to use all those wonderful locations in my stories, and my office is wherever I want it to be. Psst. I’m mad about vampires, too.

• Have you always wanted to be an author?

I’ve never really knew what I wanted to do for a career, just that I enjoying ‘creating’ things. I always felt writing found me. On reflection, though, I can see the aspirations of writing romance had always been there. I think we can blame Anne of Green Gables for this. Yes. I am sure of that.

• Can you share with us your typical writing day.  Is there anything you have to have while writing?

It used to be that I’d sit on a sofa with my Macbook on my knee while writing away with some movie or Netflix season playing in the background. That was so until my Mac let me down. Three times actually. I got sick of having it reinstalled so I got my dear husband to set up a desktop computer in my office. You know, where I should be writing. Now, I race around and get house type jobs done before disappearing into my office. I check emails, play a little Zombie verses Plants on my Kindle Fire, then get stuck into whatever project I’ve got on the go. Maybe Tetris or Bejeweled will come out if I get stuck on a scene and need a blank mind to ‘think’. I’ll stay in that office right up til the kids get home from school. Or, at the moment, since it’s the summer break, until around about four.

• Most challenging or rewarding part of writing?

I find it difficult to ask reviewers to read my work…it spins through my head that the reviewer must have tons to read, and that they would never want to add another book to their pile. Yes. I heart reviewers. That is one tough and often thankless job. But let me say this… most of us authors really do appreciate all that you do to help get the word out about books you love!

Most rewarding is getting an acceptance! I think it always will be. Submitting work never gets any easier, or at least it doesn’t for me.

• Can you please tell us about your latest book(s)?

*rubs hands together* yeay! Estella is excited you asked that question. Yes, my characters come to live in my head. I know that makes me crazy. But writer sounds so much better. And more sane. My latest release is All The Pretty Faces, Tales from the Coffin book two. Book three actually releases in a month or so. And book four comes out just in time for a Bonfire Night special! I totally heart this series. The books are a story within a story. So first you get Estella and Lucy’s little introduction and conclusion, and in between that you get a tale one of them is sharing. Think Tales from the Crypt (only much sexier) or Red Shoe Diaries (but snarky). During Estella and Lucy’s section, they talk to you as if you are in the room with them…well, you are…and it’s you they are telling a story to. They’re pretty bad-ass! Estella is Dracula’s one and only rejected bride, and boy does she harp on it. Lucy Rotterdayne (Lucy Rot) is a zombie and Estella’s sometimes-faithful lacky and lover. Between them, they tell some pretty smutty tales. And their story unfolds more and more in each book, so I’d recommend reading the series in order so you get the bigger picture and their romance story. Although they can be read as stand alones.

In All The Pretty Faces, book two, Estella tells a story about three TV ghost hunters who experience things going bump in the night. WARNING uber hot and smexy cover alert!!

Here’s the blurb:

Estella is on edge. Why? The Bone Cruncher wants to collect his debt early. What’s a girl to do? Get her zombie lover to do her dirty work for her of course, while she entertains you with tea and a ghost hunter sandwich….
MidNight, a paranormal magazine show, transformed Lindsay from a jittery legal assistant into an almost famous TV presenter. Ghost hunting was the last job Lindsay ever expected to see herself doing, or loving. Best of all, the show had helped her face fears; the dark, and her own shadow. If only she could conquerWalker, too, her long time just-good-friends buddy.

When her co-host Debra puts an offer of a threesome on the table after a live filming at York Castle Prison, Lindsay takes it into careful consideration. A menage withWalkerand her nemesis will complete her confidence trip. But when things start going bump in the night, will three be a crowd?

 The series so far…

 1. Strange and Beautiful

2. All The Pretty Faces. OUT NOW

3. Bittersweet Symphony. COMING THIS AUTUMN

4. Treacle and Treason. COMING THIS WINTER

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• How did you come with the idea for this story?

The series itself came from one idea for a character…Estella. And that idea came from listening to music. She’d been in my head for quite some time before finally making it to the pages of a book. Ever since I first heard Emily Autumn, this idea has been taking shape. So for a few years now. Back when I was writing my very first to be published book, When A Mullo Loves A Woman.

• Can you share with us your current work in progress?

I just finished edits on Shamrocked, Irish Kisses book two, and have begun writing Threesome Sweetness for the series. I’m super loving the Irish books…more so than I ever imagined I would, being the total fangbanger that I am. Me? Write straight up contemporaries? But it works. Well! Many more on the way!

• Who are some of your favorite authors?

This is always changing for me. But the Smutketeer gang always remain a solid favorite. I just recently discovered how awesome Anne Rainey is (the Blackwater Series RAWKS) and I’m uber psyched for Ciar Cullen’s Fish out of Water to be released. Her Mayan series was the final jump into fiction writing for me. I wanted to be just like her when I grew up!! Oh, and they were the first ever stories I brought for my first eReader.

• Do you feel that any of your favorite authors have inspired your writing style?

When I set out to write When A Mullo Loves A Woman, I wanted to write something similar to Virginia Andrews. Hence the younger heroine. But once I got started, my own voice became very apparent. Miss. Andrews sure inspired me to write fiction, as did Ciar Cullen. But I’m not so sure their influence can be spotted in my work…you tell me?

• What is in your To Read Pile that you are dying to start or upcoming release you can’t wait for?

Oh lordy. My Kindle Fire is jam-packed with books I’ve brought and not had a chance to read yet. I’ve been way to busy writing. But I promised myself I would make time to read this summer…and I’m looking forward to reading more of Anne Rainey’s work. But also I am simply DYING to read A.E. Rought’s Broken. But it doesn’t come out for ages yet. Arghhhh. By the way, Rought’s Slade and Kally is one of my all time favorite stories. Very romantic. I can totally see it being a Lifetime movie.

• Is there anything else you would like to add?

How about details on my upcoming release?

Shamrocked is set for release late July / early August. And for those who have read my bestseller, Sweet Irish Kiss, I think you’ll be pleased to hear it’s Devlin’s story…

Devlin Kinney is focused on his Irish Rock band, Shamrocked. Between that and tending bar at Bell’s Irish Pub, he’s rushed off his feet. Still, he’s envious of Shaun who found his perfect woman through Madame Eve’s exclusive agency, 1Night Stand. Pushed for time, he follows his friend’s lead and hopes to be matched with a woman ballsy enough to share in his fetish for things that go buzzzz.
At the event of the year for soap stars, Elizabeth Grant meets Devlin and mistakes him for her soon-to-be The EastEnd co-star. Before she has a chance to confess she’s not his 1Night Stand as he seems to think, the silver-tongued smooth dancer proves irresistible. He seems perfect…for one night of pleasure. She’s ready to play the role of her life!

Will his Irish charm and toys be enough to hold onto his leading lady, or will his heart be shamrocked into next week?

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GIVEAWAY TIME:

Joanne is giving away a $25 Amazon gift card.  This is a tour wide giveaway.

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