Lilah Suzanne's Blog, page 11
August 22, 2017
lilahsuzanne:
lilahsuzanne:
It’s book tour and giveaway...
It’s book tour and giveaway time!
Today I’m at The Novel Approach with a country playlist from Grady’s childhood. Be sure to stop by and enter to win a copy of Blended Notes
Back from the weekend with a stop at Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words for a new release spotlight, Blended Notes excerpt, and Rafflecopter giveaway!
At Joyfully Jay there is an exclusive excerpt from Blended Notes and a short story from a younger Grady’s pov! Plus the giveaway!
Congratulations, Lilah Suzanne! Broken Records is a Kindle #1 Bestseller!
Congratulations to Lilah Suzanee, whose Broken Records just became a #1 bestseller in the Amazon Kindle store! It’s a great time to check out this first book in Lilah’s Spotlight series—it’s the Book Bub featured LGBTQ eBook special of the day, and is only 99 cents today through Friday at Amazon, B&N, Kobo, Apple, and the IP Web Store.
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Sale starts today!
Starting today! Give Broken Records a try for only 99 cents! Offer available at:
August 21, 2017
lilahsuzanne:
It’s book tour and giveaway time!
Today I’m at...
It’s book tour and giveaway time!
Today I’m at The Novel Approach with a country playlist from Grady’s childhood. Be sure to stop by and enter to win a copy of Blended Notes
Back from the weekend with a stop at Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words for a new release spotlight, Blended Notes excerpt, and Rafflecopter giveaway!
interludepress:Haven’t started @lilahsuzanne‘s Spotlight series...
Haven’t started @lilahsuzanne‘s Spotlight series yet? Now’s your chance! On Tuesday, Broken Records will be BookBub’s LGBT deal of the day! For three days, we’ll be reducing the price of the eBook to 99 cents on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple, Kobo and the IP Web Store!
Y’all, for 99 cents you can give Broken Records a try! Maybe you’ll like it. Maybe you’ll love it. Maybe you’ll want to read the next book and the next… Give it a whirl and see! August 22-25 only, available at BookBub and lots of other fine book retailers.
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August 20, 2017
Review: Blended Notes
For the third time I was lucky to have the opportunity to be an advance reader for Lilah Suzanne, this time for Blended Notes, the third and final (I believe) novel in her Spotlight series. The title truly says it all, and was one of the reasons why this book just might be my favorite of the three. While Broken Records introduced us to the celebrity lifestyle and Burning Tracks approached the challenges of everyday life, this final chapter blends both these themes together perfectly. (Ha, see what I did there?)
The novel starts off on a high note, causing the reader to be just as giddy as Grady and Nico while they shop for their home together. They are successful, in love, and engaged to be married - what could possibly go wrong?
The conflict is delivered so swiftly it feels like the rug has been taken out from under the feet of the reader, allowing a greater connection and sympathy for the characters. Grady’s past and future team up in an attempt to bring him down and rip away everything he’s worked so hard to achieve. This story demonstrates how opposing sides of society can exist in the same place, as Grady faces the difficultly of the conservative music industry pushing back against love alongside the joy of being a pseudo-uncle to “the biracial adopted child of two lesbians in Tennessee”.
Our favorite couple must choose between fighting for what is right and taking the easy and safe route to preserve what they can. Neither is inherently right or wrong, but both will have consequences for Grady’s career and relationship. Especially when, as Nico reminds him; “my wedding and home are the only places I get an escape from your career.” Can love and music hold our favorite couple together when the ghosts of Grady’s past come back full force?
There may be a wedding on the horizon, but life has a few more curveballs to throw at our music and fashion duo. Will Grady pick love and truth over the stage that has become his second home? If music is taken away from him, what does he have left?
Don’t miss out on the wonderful conclusion to the series, Blended Notes! Available now :)
Where to buy Blended Notes
Blended Notes is out in the world and the Spotlight series is complete! (whoa!) Where? Like, so many places. Even Target! (what!) Purchase links below:
Interlude Press | Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Target | iTunes | Kobo
Smashwords | Book Depository | Indiebound
August 18, 2017
Blended Notes - book review
I confess that I have been eagerly awaiting this novel after
having read the first two books in Lilah Suzanne’s Spotlight series (Broken Records and Burning Tracks), and I am thrilled to report that it lived up to
all of my expectations.
Delving into the world of Grady Dawson and Nico Takahashi
once again felt like coming home. I know
these characters, and their cohorts Gwen, Flora, and fellow superstar
Clementine Campbell, well enough to feel like I’m reading about friends. The fact that this couple that I love is
actually planning their nuptials left me with a full heart, and even when they
faced some challenges that inevitably come along to most couples, and some that
are definitely unique to their situations, I knew they would come out the other
side with their love and commitment intact.
Grady Dawson hadn’t had the easiest of lives before
achieving country music superstardom. Both his mother and father left negative impacts
on him, and he grew up without the benefit of stable relationships. He’s overcome his background however, and is
now shining with a fantastic career and wonderful friends. While planning his private wedding to Nico,
the love of his life, things start to slowly unravel. His family comes out of the woodwork, his
wedding plans have been leaked to the paparazzi, and worst of all, his record
label challenges everything he believes so strongly in. His integrity is in jeopardy, and when it
comes to his relationship with Nico, the most important thing in his life, he
does not want to have to compromise, even if it means derailing his career.
Throughout this beautiful novel, Lilah Suzanne has once
again displayed an amazing ability to evoke emotion and empathy for her
characters. It would be an
understatement to say that I was rooting for this couple and their true happiness
more than is usual. They are very
clearly partners in every way, but their differences are many and this serves
to make them and their relationship extremely realistic, in spite of their high
profile careers. I’m sad to see the
series complete, but I cannot imagine a better send off for the characters, and
I know I will revisit them again and again.
Blended Notes is available through Interlude Press, as are
its prequels, and Lilah Suzanne has a wonderfully fun blog as well, at
lilahsuzanne.com
August 17, 2017
It’s book tour and giveaway time! Today I’m at The Novel...
It’s book tour and giveaway time!
Today I’m at The Novel Approach with a country playlist from Grady’s childhood. Be sure to stop by and enter to win a copy of Blended Notes
Now Available:
“Blended Notes” (Spotlight Series 3) by Lilah Suzanne
Sing me a forever.
Grady Dawson’s future looks bright. He’s at the top of his country music career, has a close-knit group of friends who have become his Nashville family, and has found solid ground in his personal life as he plans his intimate, private wedding with Nico, his stylist turned lover turned love of his life. It seems Grady has finally left his difficult childhood and tumultuous youth behind. That is, until his past shows up on his doorstep, news of his upcoming nuptials is leaked to the media, and his record company starts issuing demands that challenge his integrity as an artist and as a person. The foundation Grady built his new life on begins to crumble and fast. Can he have his future if he’s haunted by his past? Can he continue making music if it means comprising his convictions? Must he make the ultimate choice between a private life with Nico and the public demands of his career?
Price: $16.99 print / $6.99 multi-format ebook
Details: Trade paperback, 6"x9”
Pages/Words: 256 // 65,000
ISBN: 978-1-945053-23-8 print // 978-1-945053-40-5 ebook
International: Order the print edition by October 17, 2017 from your favorite book retailer and receive free multi-format eBook by submitting a copy of your receipt to contact@interludepress.com.
Available from the IP Web Store, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Target, Smashwords, Kobo, Book Depository, Indiebound and other book retailers.
About 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 from North Carolina, she spends most of her time behind a computer screen, but on the rare occasion she ventures outside she enjoys museums, libraries, live concerts, and quiet walks in the woods. Lilah is the author of the Interlude Press books Spice, Pivot and Slip, Broken Records and Burning Tracks.
Connect with Lilah Suzanne at lilahsuzanne.com, on Twitter @LilahSuzanne, and on Facebook.
Cover art by Victoria S. Cover design by C.B. Messer.
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