Blog tour stop for Exit Strategy by L. V. Lewis
Exit Strategy The Highly Anticipated Follow-up to Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever!
Synopsis:
Ex*it Strat*e*gy(noun)1. A preplanned means of extricating oneself from a situation that is likely to become difficult or unpleasant. 2. The method by which a venture capitalist or business owner intends to get out of an investment that he or she has made in the past.
Will Keisha and Tristan exercise their elaborate EXIT STRATEGY and end their unorthodox arrangement?
Assailed by demons she thought she had conquered, Keisha Beale has uttered the words to end her tumultuous relationship with Tristan White. Separated, they grapple for a time with their personal demons. However, when their lives apart become unbearable, a credible threat brings them back together prematurely.
As they seek to discover who is responsible for the threats, several seemingly unrelated incidents throw them into a tailspin. Will Keisha’s youthful indiscretions or Tristan’s un-reconciled feelings for a former sub derail their tenuous arrangement?
In the meantime, trouble in Nathan and Jada’s paradise send dramatic ripples that hint of future difficulties in the idyllic pairing.
Nothing Ventured…
Tristan uses his vast wealth and connections to correct a gross miscarriage of justice, while Keisha makes herself utterly vulnerable to Tristan and fears he has chosen to exercise his own exit strategy.
…Nothing Gained!
Will this be the end of the indecent arrangement that became a fairy tale? Or will Keisha and Tristan reveal the trauma from their pasts so they may heal and completely embrace their relationship?
Sensual, suspenseful, and still infused with the riotous levity of Triple-G and Fairy Hoochie Mama, the Ghetto Girl Romance Quadrilogy departs from full parody with a distinctive take on love, loyalty, sacrifice, redemption, and acceptance.
*****My Review*****
5 out of 5 stars
Exit Strategy picks up, right where Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever ended and let me just say that this sequel flowed flawlessly back into the story. In book one Keisha leaves Tristan after having another one of her episodes, she decides to put an end to their arrangement mostly out of fear that she might love him but it’s too late for her because she’s already fallen hard for him. And while Tristan’s trying his best to act as if he doesn’t care about her in that way he can’t stop thinking about her either, they find a way back to each other and all the fun and excitement in the grotto continues until the suspenseful parts in the book start to play out. In my opinion this book is even better than the first one and I want to give a big kudos to Ms. Lewis because I love to read suspense books and when I do, I always, well almost always guess who’s behind of everything before the plot reveals the perpetrator but she managed to have me second guessing myself the entire time...man, I really didn’t see this one coming and now I’m anxiously awaiting for book 3 to come out…
*****Interview with L. V. Lewis*****
So L.V., author of Fifty Shades Of Jungle Fever and the recently debuted sequel in The Ghetto Girl Romance Quadrilogy ‘’Exit Strategy’’ I’d like to start off with some personal questions before we get into your recently debuted novel. I’d like to try and get your readers know a little more about you. (If that’s ok with you)
Q Is L.V. just a pen name or is it your real name?
It is both.
In that case, what does L.V Stand for?
L. V. is part of my real name, and Lewis is part of my hyphenated name, but I can’t say which part. LOL
Q. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Yes, I come from an exceptionally large family. I currently have 3 brothers and 5 sisters.
Q. What did you want to be when you grow up?
Early in my life I wanted to be a teacher, however, when I got older, I decided that wasn’t the vocation for me, and I began to write in my teens and loved it, however, I was counseled not to major in English, but to major in something that I could get a job in right after college. My father wanted me to be in the medical field, so I tried that, but ultimately, I finally figured out that I needed to do something that I enjoyed. I was a standout in business classes, so I got my undergraduate degree and masters degrees in Business Administration. However, I also learned that really wasn’t my passion, because I wrote all through college and that was what truly made me happy. It’s taken a lot of years for me to come to the conclusion that I was born to write, but I allowed indecision, fear, and life cheat me out of it until now.
Q. Who were your role models growing up?
My fifth and eleventh grade teachers were my biggest role models. Then if you count other authors, I’d have to say, Toni Morrison. Alice Walker. Anne Moody. Earnest J. Gaines. Langston Hughes. Countee Cullen. Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones). Sonia Sanchez. Nikki Giovanni. Maya Angelou. (There are many more, but I would probably be listing for the rest of the night.)
Q. Where did you go to college, and what did you major in?
I went to several, but the final one I attended was Florida State University. I have a Masters in Business Administration.
Q. What is the name of a childhood pet that you still hold dearly to your heart?
A collie named Patsy who looked very much like Lassie.
Q. What was your high school prom like?
It was a fiasco. I went with a guy I didn’t like simply because he knew I planned to go alone and he had the bright idea that we should go together, as friends. He thought he deserved to celebrate a right of passage with me that night. After half an hour of spurning his advances, he finally realized I seriously wasn’t going to put out and he took me home (after I threatened to get out of his car and walk). The night continued to be the night from hell because the dog we had at the time, died that night. I cried like a baby.
Q. Who stole your heart? Are the two of you still together?
When I first went to college, I went to a private school which had an excellent summer health sciences program. There, I fell in love for the first time with a brilliant young man who stole my heart with his intellect (and his great dance moves to an Earth, Wind and Fire long-playing album. You guys are young and probably don’t remember albums. LOL). He was a junior and I was an incoming freshman. Of all the girls at the dance that night, he chose me as his dance partner. We became very good friends first. He challenged me to take my education seriously. He encouraged me in my writing, singing and other endeavors. Our relationship was eventually sabotaged by others. (I am writing a story loosely based on this). When he went on to Dental School, I transferred to a school in another state, and we eventually lost touch. Some years later, I moved back to the area and was on the elevator one morning with one of my former classmates who informed me that he had died. Needless to say, I was devastated by this turn of events.
Q. What’s your favorite fruit?
Pineapple.
Q. What’s your all-time favorite vacation hot spot?
Destin, FL
Q Coffee, Chocolate or books?
Damn you make it hard on a girl who likes all three, but I’d have to choose books if the answer has to be mutually exclusive.
Q. What can someone drag you out of your bed in the middle of the night for?
Great sex!
Ok moving on now on to the business side of this interview
Q How long did it take you to write Exit Strategy?
Too damn long. Approximately a year.
Q. When did you begin to write? And who inspired you to write?
I began to write in my pre-teen years. I was inspired by my love of reading first and foremost. Then I began to read authors that I went back to read again and again. Some I was introduced to by my English Literature teachers in school, and others I discovered on my own.
Q. What is in your opinion the most powerful challenge when it comes to writing a novel?
Adhering to craft as you create your story, and writing believable characters and a riveting plot.
Q. Which author(s) do you look up to?
The list in the earlier question I answered as well as many wonderful traditional and indie authors I call my friends today. However, If I have to name names, I love Attica Locke, Edwidge Danticat, Kathy Reichs, Tom Wolfe, James Patterson, Donna Tartt, P.D. James, Walter Mosley, Stephen L. Carter, J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts alter-ego), Tom Perrotta, Robert Olen Butler, Susan Lori Parks, May Lan Tan, and a whole host of others I won’t name for the sake of time.
Q What is your all-time favorite book?
Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody
Q. Out of all the books that have been turned into a movie or a TV series, which one captured the book, the most on the big screen?
Game of Thrones, I’d have to say. I am an unapologetic Winterfell girl. Winter is indeed coming!
Q. Do you have any work in progress that you’d like to share with your readers?
I’m working on Jada and Nate’s story, and let me warn my readers, this story is going to be darker than Keisha and Tristan’s story. Jada has some issues from her past that she will have to confront in her future. That’s all I’m going to say about that.
I’m also working on some stories that will be written by my alter-ego. I will share more as the stories progress, but let’s just say, I won’t always be writing erotic romance (or erotica for those folks who don’t care that there’s a difference).
On series I will eventually write is a YA series. I have held off writing it because I wanted to learn more craft before attempting it. My dream is for it to become the African American version of Harry Potter (and that does not mean I will writing about wizardry). LOL
Q. Are any of the characters in your book based on real life persons?
I believe most of my characters are an amalgamation of people I know or have known. No writer can seriously get away from this unless they write a character that is the opposite of everyone they’ve ever known.
Q. If any of your books were to be made into a TV series or a Movie, which actors would you like to see playing your characters?
It hurts me to say that my actor for Tristan recently died (Paul Walker), so now I have to find another fantastically hot blond actor to play him. Maybe the actor who plays Four in Divergent right now. Theo James. Yeah, maybe him.
My actress for Keisha is Denise Vasi, the actress from Single Ladies.
Actress Jennifer Lewis would definitely be Clara Lee Beale because it was her voice I heard when I was writing both 50SoJF and Exit Strategy.
Pastor Johnson, probably Courtney B. Vance.
And if Rihanna keeps acting, she could be Jada, because she’s got the whole self-destructive vibe down pat.
Q. What would you like to say to your readers?
I’d like to thank my readers for giving me a chance. Many people dismissed me out of hand when I came on the scene because I dared spoof Fifty Shades of Grey, but it was all in good fun. I shall be forever grateful for those who read and liked me work in the beginning and for those who have stuck by me through everything. I love you and can’t wait to share my other stories with you. The plot may not always be your cuppa, but I have to stay true to the story in me. Looking forward to writing many more that you like and take into your library.
*****Buy The Book*****
http://www.amazon.com/Exit-Strategy-G...
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/exit-...
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eboo...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
*****Social Media Links*****
https://www.facebook.com/lv.lewis.148
https://twitter.com/lv_lewis
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*****This Blog Tour Is Hosted By Book Enthusiast Promotions*****
Synopsis:
Ex*it Strat*e*gy(noun)1. A preplanned means of extricating oneself from a situation that is likely to become difficult or unpleasant. 2. The method by which a venture capitalist or business owner intends to get out of an investment that he or she has made in the past.
Will Keisha and Tristan exercise their elaborate EXIT STRATEGY and end their unorthodox arrangement?
Assailed by demons she thought she had conquered, Keisha Beale has uttered the words to end her tumultuous relationship with Tristan White. Separated, they grapple for a time with their personal demons. However, when their lives apart become unbearable, a credible threat brings them back together prematurely.
As they seek to discover who is responsible for the threats, several seemingly unrelated incidents throw them into a tailspin. Will Keisha’s youthful indiscretions or Tristan’s un-reconciled feelings for a former sub derail their tenuous arrangement?
In the meantime, trouble in Nathan and Jada’s paradise send dramatic ripples that hint of future difficulties in the idyllic pairing.
Nothing Ventured…
Tristan uses his vast wealth and connections to correct a gross miscarriage of justice, while Keisha makes herself utterly vulnerable to Tristan and fears he has chosen to exercise his own exit strategy.
…Nothing Gained!
Will this be the end of the indecent arrangement that became a fairy tale? Or will Keisha and Tristan reveal the trauma from their pasts so they may heal and completely embrace their relationship?
Sensual, suspenseful, and still infused with the riotous levity of Triple-G and Fairy Hoochie Mama, the Ghetto Girl Romance Quadrilogy departs from full parody with a distinctive take on love, loyalty, sacrifice, redemption, and acceptance.
*****My Review*****
5 out of 5 stars
Exit Strategy picks up, right where Fifty Shades of Jungle Fever ended and let me just say that this sequel flowed flawlessly back into the story. In book one Keisha leaves Tristan after having another one of her episodes, she decides to put an end to their arrangement mostly out of fear that she might love him but it’s too late for her because she’s already fallen hard for him. And while Tristan’s trying his best to act as if he doesn’t care about her in that way he can’t stop thinking about her either, they find a way back to each other and all the fun and excitement in the grotto continues until the suspenseful parts in the book start to play out. In my opinion this book is even better than the first one and I want to give a big kudos to Ms. Lewis because I love to read suspense books and when I do, I always, well almost always guess who’s behind of everything before the plot reveals the perpetrator but she managed to have me second guessing myself the entire time...man, I really didn’t see this one coming and now I’m anxiously awaiting for book 3 to come out…
*****Interview with L. V. Lewis*****
So L.V., author of Fifty Shades Of Jungle Fever and the recently debuted sequel in The Ghetto Girl Romance Quadrilogy ‘’Exit Strategy’’ I’d like to start off with some personal questions before we get into your recently debuted novel. I’d like to try and get your readers know a little more about you. (If that’s ok with you)
Q Is L.V. just a pen name or is it your real name?
It is both.
In that case, what does L.V Stand for?
L. V. is part of my real name, and Lewis is part of my hyphenated name, but I can’t say which part. LOL
Q. Do you have any brothers or sisters?
Yes, I come from an exceptionally large family. I currently have 3 brothers and 5 sisters.
Q. What did you want to be when you grow up?
Early in my life I wanted to be a teacher, however, when I got older, I decided that wasn’t the vocation for me, and I began to write in my teens and loved it, however, I was counseled not to major in English, but to major in something that I could get a job in right after college. My father wanted me to be in the medical field, so I tried that, but ultimately, I finally figured out that I needed to do something that I enjoyed. I was a standout in business classes, so I got my undergraduate degree and masters degrees in Business Administration. However, I also learned that really wasn’t my passion, because I wrote all through college and that was what truly made me happy. It’s taken a lot of years for me to come to the conclusion that I was born to write, but I allowed indecision, fear, and life cheat me out of it until now.
Q. Who were your role models growing up?
My fifth and eleventh grade teachers were my biggest role models. Then if you count other authors, I’d have to say, Toni Morrison. Alice Walker. Anne Moody. Earnest J. Gaines. Langston Hughes. Countee Cullen. Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones). Sonia Sanchez. Nikki Giovanni. Maya Angelou. (There are many more, but I would probably be listing for the rest of the night.)
Q. Where did you go to college, and what did you major in?
I went to several, but the final one I attended was Florida State University. I have a Masters in Business Administration.
Q. What is the name of a childhood pet that you still hold dearly to your heart?
A collie named Patsy who looked very much like Lassie.
Q. What was your high school prom like?
It was a fiasco. I went with a guy I didn’t like simply because he knew I planned to go alone and he had the bright idea that we should go together, as friends. He thought he deserved to celebrate a right of passage with me that night. After half an hour of spurning his advances, he finally realized I seriously wasn’t going to put out and he took me home (after I threatened to get out of his car and walk). The night continued to be the night from hell because the dog we had at the time, died that night. I cried like a baby.
Q. Who stole your heart? Are the two of you still together?
When I first went to college, I went to a private school which had an excellent summer health sciences program. There, I fell in love for the first time with a brilliant young man who stole my heart with his intellect (and his great dance moves to an Earth, Wind and Fire long-playing album. You guys are young and probably don’t remember albums. LOL). He was a junior and I was an incoming freshman. Of all the girls at the dance that night, he chose me as his dance partner. We became very good friends first. He challenged me to take my education seriously. He encouraged me in my writing, singing and other endeavors. Our relationship was eventually sabotaged by others. (I am writing a story loosely based on this). When he went on to Dental School, I transferred to a school in another state, and we eventually lost touch. Some years later, I moved back to the area and was on the elevator one morning with one of my former classmates who informed me that he had died. Needless to say, I was devastated by this turn of events.
Q. What’s your favorite fruit?
Pineapple.
Q. What’s your all-time favorite vacation hot spot?
Destin, FL
Q Coffee, Chocolate or books?
Damn you make it hard on a girl who likes all three, but I’d have to choose books if the answer has to be mutually exclusive.
Q. What can someone drag you out of your bed in the middle of the night for?
Great sex!
Ok moving on now on to the business side of this interview
Q How long did it take you to write Exit Strategy?
Too damn long. Approximately a year.
Q. When did you begin to write? And who inspired you to write?
I began to write in my pre-teen years. I was inspired by my love of reading first and foremost. Then I began to read authors that I went back to read again and again. Some I was introduced to by my English Literature teachers in school, and others I discovered on my own.
Q. What is in your opinion the most powerful challenge when it comes to writing a novel?
Adhering to craft as you create your story, and writing believable characters and a riveting plot.
Q. Which author(s) do you look up to?
The list in the earlier question I answered as well as many wonderful traditional and indie authors I call my friends today. However, If I have to name names, I love Attica Locke, Edwidge Danticat, Kathy Reichs, Tom Wolfe, James Patterson, Donna Tartt, P.D. James, Walter Mosley, Stephen L. Carter, J.D. Robb (Nora Roberts alter-ego), Tom Perrotta, Robert Olen Butler, Susan Lori Parks, May Lan Tan, and a whole host of others I won’t name for the sake of time.
Q What is your all-time favorite book?
Coming of Age in Mississippi by Anne Moody
Q. Out of all the books that have been turned into a movie or a TV series, which one captured the book, the most on the big screen?
Game of Thrones, I’d have to say. I am an unapologetic Winterfell girl. Winter is indeed coming!
Q. Do you have any work in progress that you’d like to share with your readers?
I’m working on Jada and Nate’s story, and let me warn my readers, this story is going to be darker than Keisha and Tristan’s story. Jada has some issues from her past that she will have to confront in her future. That’s all I’m going to say about that.
I’m also working on some stories that will be written by my alter-ego. I will share more as the stories progress, but let’s just say, I won’t always be writing erotic romance (or erotica for those folks who don’t care that there’s a difference).
On series I will eventually write is a YA series. I have held off writing it because I wanted to learn more craft before attempting it. My dream is for it to become the African American version of Harry Potter (and that does not mean I will writing about wizardry). LOL
Q. Are any of the characters in your book based on real life persons?
I believe most of my characters are an amalgamation of people I know or have known. No writer can seriously get away from this unless they write a character that is the opposite of everyone they’ve ever known.
Q. If any of your books were to be made into a TV series or a Movie, which actors would you like to see playing your characters?
It hurts me to say that my actor for Tristan recently died (Paul Walker), so now I have to find another fantastically hot blond actor to play him. Maybe the actor who plays Four in Divergent right now. Theo James. Yeah, maybe him.
My actress for Keisha is Denise Vasi, the actress from Single Ladies.
Actress Jennifer Lewis would definitely be Clara Lee Beale because it was her voice I heard when I was writing both 50SoJF and Exit Strategy.
Pastor Johnson, probably Courtney B. Vance.
And if Rihanna keeps acting, she could be Jada, because she’s got the whole self-destructive vibe down pat.
Q. What would you like to say to your readers?
I’d like to thank my readers for giving me a chance. Many people dismissed me out of hand when I came on the scene because I dared spoof Fifty Shades of Grey, but it was all in good fun. I shall be forever grateful for those who read and liked me work in the beginning and for those who have stuck by me through everything. I love you and can’t wait to share my other stories with you. The plot may not always be your cuppa, but I have to stay true to the story in me. Looking forward to writing many more that you like and take into your library.
*****Buy The Book*****
http://www.amazon.com/Exit-Strategy-G...
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/exit-...
http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/eboo...
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view...
*****Social Media Links*****
https://www.facebook.com/lv.lewis.148
https://twitter.com/lv_lewis
http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/...
http://lvlewis.com/
*****Giveaway*****
http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2...
*****This Blog Tour Is Hosted By Book Enthusiast Promotions*****
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