Daring Debuts ’18: Jaycee Jarvis’s New Release Deadly Courtship

[image error]I’m so excited to welcome back my Golden Heart sister Jaycee Jarvis and her second romantic fantasy release Deadly Courtship.

Can a minstrel with a knack for predicting the future help a warrior face her painful past?

In a world rife with elemental magic, Han-Triguard Madi’s earth gift strengthens her body, but makes her distrust of fluid emotions. When her former lover Jasper, a water gifted empath, begs her to protect his brother’s orphans, Madi struggles with unwelcome tenderness even as she tracks down a murderous Lord. Then the Lord unmasks her shameful past, forcing her to risk her career—and her heart— to avenge a ghost and save the love she and Jas once shared.

Sharon: Welcome back, Jaycee! Can you please tell us about the second book, Deadly Courtship, in your Hands of Destin series?

Jaycee: Deadly Courtship is the second book in the Hands of Destin series. It continues the adventures of a magically gifted group of friends as they battle corruption in the tropical market town of Trimble. This time we follow Madi as she tries to solve a murder or two, and reconnects with her past, including an old flame.

Sharon: Sounds as wonderful as the first book. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?

Jaycee:  I’m a romance junky with a weakness for chocolate. I love to travel and explore new places, which is part of why I enjoy reading so much. Reading a book is like traveling without the jetlag!

Sharon: I totally agree! What are some of your favorite things? Foods. Flowers. Books. Whatever.

Jaycee: I’m a huge chocoholic, the darker the better. Fortunately for my waistline, I like chocolate themed desserts more than they like me. I’m lactose intolerant, which keeps me from indulging, though I still make a mean peppermint brownie.

Sharon: I’d love the recipe one day. What was the most interesting place you ever visited?

Jaycee: I was fortunate enough to live in Europe for a year when I was growing up. My favorite memory from that year is climbing the Leaning Tower of Pisa. It is a remarkable structure, and climbing it felt like stepping back into the past.

Do your travels influence your writing? Absolutely! I think that all of a writer’s experiences influence them, but my mind is more open and receptive when I’m traveling so those experiences really inform my work. ~ Jaycee Jarvis…
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Sharon: What a great experience. Do your travels influence your writing?

Jaycee: Absolutely! I think that all of a writer’s experiences influence them, but my mind is more open and receptive when I’m traveling so those experiences really inform my work.

Sharon: Where is your favorite place to write?

Jaycee: I do a lot of writing and editing at home, but when I’m feeling stuck I like a change of pace. There are a few local coffee shops where I regularly meet other writers, and I’m lucky enough to live in a city with a great library.

Sharon: I love coffee shops as well. How did you choose the genre you write in?

Jaycee: In some ways it chose me! I have always loved sweeping fantasies like Anne McCaffrey’s Dragonriders of Pern, but I miss the rich emotional layers found in a good romance novel. I strive to combine those elements–that sense of wonder and magic, and that authentic emotion–into my own fantasy romance novels.

Sharon: I loved the Dragonriders of Pern! Is there any particular author or book that influenced you in any way either growing up or as an adult?

Jaycee: Catherine Coulter was the first adult romance author I read as a teen, and her books opened me up to the whole world of historical romance. While I don’t write historical romance, that genre is still very influential on my work.

Sharon: My first romances were historicals as well and I can still remember my first Rosemary Rogers book. Can you tell us about any other upcoming books, series, or writing plans?

Jaycee: I’m working very hard on the Hands of Destin Series right now. Book one, Taxing Courtship, came out this past June. While book two is in edits, I’ve started drafting book three. The books are what I call companion novels, in that the setting remains the same and the events from one book carry over into the next, but the central characters change in each book as different couples come to the fore. It’s a classic series style for romance novels, and really fun to write. I already know the characters from the previous book, but I get to dive deeper and explore the forces that shaped them. It’s very satisfying.

Sharon: Is anything in your book based on real life experiences or purely all imagination?

Jaycee: I have a vivid, vivid imagination, but I don’t think any experience is really lost either. I try to write emotionally authentic stories, which means exploring my own emotional experiences, even if the circumstances differ.

Sharon: What project are you working on now or what book will be next?

Jaycee: While Deadly Courtship is in edits, I’ve begun drafting the next book in the series, tentatively title Fated Courtship. It’s a friends to lovers story, about a seer who sees a future with a man who wants nothing to do with her visions. I love their conflicting viewpoints and exploring what it means to have a destiny.

Sharon: When sill Deadly Courtship be available for sale?

Jaycee: Deadly Courtship should be out sometime this winter, but no release date yet!

Do you have a writing tip that helped you get published? Perseverance is so important. Writing, and publishing, is a marathon not a sprint . . . .you just have to figure out how you work past that and keep faith in yourself. ~ Jaycee…
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Sharon: Do you have a writing tip that has really helped you get published?

Jaycee: Perseverance is so important. Writing, and publishing, is a marathon not a sprint. Half the battle to get your work out there, is actually completing the work, and then sending it out, and sending it out. Rejection is part of the game, and you just have to figure out how you work past that, and keep faith in yourself.

Sharon: Do you have any websites, blogs, or books about writing that you would recommend?

Jaycee: For character building (I’m a character-first writer) I really love The Complete Writer’s Guide to Heroes and Heroines by Tami D Cowden, Caro LaFever and Sue Viders. I also highly recommend getting involved in a writers community, either online or in person, and attending conferences if at all possible. There is nothing like the comradery of other writers to give you the tools you need for all aspects of this business.

Sharon: I love all of those suggestions! Thank you so much for spending the day with us, Jaycee. And I hope you’ll join us again with Deadly Courtship is on the shelves.

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[image error]Jaycee Jarvis is a Golden Heart® finalist who writes lush fantasy novels with plenty of heart and magic. Book one in the Hands of Destin series, Taxing Courtship, is available now through Kindle Unlimited. When not lost in worlds of her own creation, she resides in the Pacific Northwest with her husband, three children and a menagerie of animals.

You can find Taxing Courtship here: Amazon

You can find Jaycee here: Website  |  Facebook  |  Twitter  |  Pinterest  |  Goodreads  |  BookBub

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Sharon Wray is a librarian who once studied dress design in the couture houses of Paris and now writes about the men in her Deadly Force romantic suspense series where ex-Green Berets meet their match in smart, sexy heroines who teach these alpha males that Grace always defeats Reckoning.

Her acclaimed debut book EVERY DEEP DESIRE, a sexy, action-packed retelling of Romeo and Juliet, is about an ex-Green Beret determined to regain his honor, his freedom, and his wife.

EVERY DEEP DESIRE is available on: Amazon | Barnes and Noble | iBooks | IndieBound | Kobo |  Google

And adding it to your Goodreads TBR list is also always appreciated!

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