Interview with Mary Buckham and a Giveaway!

Alexis: Today we have USA Today Bestselling author, Mary Buckham visiting and she is giving away an ecopy of INVISIBLE FEARS to one lucky commenter!

Welcome Mary.  What are you working on now?

Mary: I’m working on the next full-length book in the IR (Invisible Recruits) series. This one is called INVISIBLE SECRETS and as the fifth full-length book in the series it has some major twists to the lives of the core IR team members. It should be released late September or early October. I’m also finishing up the final tweaks on my next non-fiction writing craft book—WRITING ACTIVE HOOKS Book 1 which will be released this September.

Alexis: Wow, you are busy. Where did you get the idea for Invisible Recruits?

Mary: Originally the idea came from noticing a speed trap and realizing that since a lot of law enforcement agencies use the same types of cars, some speed traps are really easy to spot. Same issue happens in undercover work, that criminals get very savvy about spotting a cop so what if you used agents who were not trained in law enforcement ~ that would be invisible to criminals because they’d look and act like the regular people they are—a kindergarten teacher, debutante, etc. Then I threw in the paranormal and preternatural element. What if you were a woman that hid your gift your whole life and now all of a sudden have a chance to use that gift to battle preternaturals in a world unaware that preternaturals exist?

Alexis: I love it! So what is your favorite trait of Kelly McAllister?

Mary: Kelly McAllister, former kindergarten teacher and current IR agent represents the good girl in most women. The way we’ve been taught to behave, to hold back, to acknowledge others’ strengths but not always our own. Placed in a position of leading her first mission I keep placing her in more and more danger, testing her mettle, putting her through multiple trials of fire. That’s when we discover who we truly are, not when things are easy but when things get tough. It’s a fascinating journey of self-discovery even as the reader finds herself rooting for Kelly even as they worry about her through each step of her story.

Alexis: What has been the best piece of advice you ever received for your writing career?

Mary: Never give up. Never surrender. Oh, wait, that’s the motto from Galaxy Quest. Actually it’s very applicable. As a writer I have the opportunity, every day, to give up, to stop writing, to turn away and take another job that’s not fraught with so much insecurity and variables outside of my control. It takes a daily leap of faith to face a blank page, to assume there are readers that love the kind of stories I love to read and write, that all the time invested in learning how to write and write better and keep on writing, will be worth the time and attention. I’ve been very fortunate in finding a very receptive audience for my stories, who encourage me in so many ways, and, by taking the time to write a review or send me an email, reaffirm that the risks are worth it, that I can truly say I won’t give up and won’t surrender.

Alexis: Mary, thank you so much for visiting us here at Happily Ever After Thoughts. It has been so fun chatting with you.

Check out the blurb on INVISIBLE FEARS below.

INVISIBLE FEARS Blurb:

He’s a preternatural fighting for the humans.

She's a human fighting for the preternaturals.

Kelly McAllister’s Invisible Recruit mission in Sierra Leone is to locate and secure a threat to humans and preternaturals. Van Noziak is also there, with his own secret mission, one that’s on a collision course with Kelly’s. In deepest Africa the race against a deadly bloom reveals secrets, exposes fears, and forces unlikely alliances.

About Mary:

I love conflict. The conflict between dark magic and white. The conflict between beings

created with different needs and wants. Witches. Mage warlocks. Shifters, Weres, and demons all trying to co-exist against their natures. Bring it on!

I'm a huge paranormal and fantasy lover. Especially Urban Fantasy and any paranormal fantasy series that allows me to throw myself into magic and mystery page after page, book after book.

The paranormal world of the Invisible Recruits is built on women who must learn to embrace their preternatural talents to fight good and evil. Talents that they've hidden from the human population for fear of being different.

But because I love conflict I've dropped these women into a world where magic and fantasy exist side by side with humans intentionally kept in the dark about Shifters, Weres, warlocks, witches, and especially about magic.

Throw in a strong dose of romantic suspense, emotional relationships to add more conflict, and paranormal beings you've never heard of before, and you'll know why readers can't get enough of this fast-paced paranormal thriller series.

Website: www.MaryBuckham.com

FaceBook:https://www.facebook.com/mary.buckham?fref=ts

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MaryBuckham

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Mary-Buckham/e/B001HCZW8U

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/674828.Mary_Buckham

Invisible Fate: Book 3 by Mary Buckham

For fans of the paranormal and fantasy world, this is the series for you.  Mary Buckham has included them all, the weres, shifters, witches, warlocks, druids, and the list goes on.

A super fun part of the story is that many of the preter-natural beings are working together for the Invisible Recruits Agency, trying to save theirs and the human’s world from the bad-eggs.

Alex Noziak, a sassy Shaman witch, has been captured by a powerful and destructive Druid.  

Alex’s lover, Bran, a warlock, doesn’t believe she’s dead.  He’ll do anything, including risk his own life to find and rescue her.

There’s constant action and conflict amongst the Recruits Agency and Bran, all trying to do the right thing and to find Alex. 

Intense fight scenes between who knows what kind of creature provide excitement and vivid pictures of the invisible world around us… I mean around the characters.

Definitely jump into this series and brace yourself for unbelievable magic and temptation.

 

Happy reading,

Dawn

Mary Buckham Inteview and Giveaway!

Alexis: Today we have Paranormal Romance author, Mary Buckham who is giving away an ecopy of one of her books, winner’s choice! Just leave a comment at the end for a chance to win.

So Mary,what are your favorite traits of the two main characters in Invisible Fate Book 3: Alex Noziak?

Mary: Alex is willing to do the hard things regardless of the cost to herself and she’s also vulnerable though she hides it well beneath her wit (or should we say sarcasm). Bran is a self-made man who’s very comfortable with what he’s achieved but he’s not so comfortable falling for a witch/shaman woman who turns his world inside out.

Alexis: Where did you get the idea for this story?

Mary: A traffic ticket (fortunately it wasn’t mine) but it made me aware of how we quickly learn to spot speed traps and cop cars. They all have a similar look and feel to them. So what if you trained agents who were not law enforcement trained initially but came from everyday backgrounds? Would they be able to infiltrate some situations better? And what if you gave the new recruits some extra mo-jo with paranormal abilities they had to keep hidden for most of their lives? The series came from there.

Alexis: Very cool idea. What made you chose your title?

Mary: I think at some time most women have felt invisible. I wanted to use that feeling and turn it upside down into an asset instead of a liability, so each book in the series celebrates the fact that women might feel invisible but that doesn’t mean they don’t have a whole lot to offer the world.

Alexis: I agree. What was the strangest thing that inspired a story for you?

Mary: Everything contains inspiration. A newspaper article from the 1800s about a little girl escaping an orphanage wearing two sets of clothes. Her work clothes on top and her best clothes underneath so when she found her mother her mother would be happy with her. A snippet of conversation. The look a man gives a woman who’s unaware of it. Figuring out how to bribe a fisherman to cross the Mekong River from Thailand to Laos. (probably not one of my smarter ideas but hubby was with me).

Alexis: What was your very first writer’s conference?

Mary: I think it was an Emerald City Romance Conference in Seattle. I was so new that I’d only been writing a few weeks and packing up, driving across the state and being surrounded by people like me, who had stories in their heads and dreams in their hearts, was just what I needed. I also remember sitting at a dinner table and every single person there was a New York Times author: Jayne Ann Krentz, Stella Cameron, Linda Lael Miller, Debbie Macomber and a half dozen more. Led me to believe every romance writer could be a NYT author.

Alexis: Wow, talk about inspiring.  Thank you so much for visiting us here at Happily Ever After Thoughts.

Blurb of Invisible Fate Book 3: Alex Noziak

Novel three in the paranormal romantic Suspense series, featuring Alex Noziak and the team members of the Invisible Recruits Agency

Forced to choose, will dark magic be the only path.

Hidden from a world unaware of magic, a recently and only partially trained group of operatives known as the Invisible Recruits are the only ones willing to stand between mankind and those powerful preternatural factions seeking to change the balance of power and gain world domination.

Alex Noziak, part/witch, part/shaman, is imprisoned by a powerful Druid bent on changing her into a black-magic portal to release a three thousand year-old demon on the world.

By trying to shield a juvenile witch from the Druid, Alex places the lives of her IR teammates in jeopardy.

Her relationship with Bran is in turmoil, making him the last man she'll turn to . . . but the only one who can help her.

Alex is placed between watching Bran die or saving the world. Choices. Choices.

USA Today Bestselling author, Mary Buckham throws her readers into a world of danger, explosive conflict and dark magic as the team learns to fight the dark paranormal forces out to overthrow the world of humans.

Buy Links:

Amazon:  http://amzn.to/1cumqTE

Barnes and Noble:  http://bit.ly/1jRB3A6

 

More about Mary

USA Today Bestselling author Mary Buckham credits her years of international travel and curiosity about different cultures that resulted in creating high-concept urban fantasy and romantic suspense stories. Her newest Invisible Recruit series has been touted for the unique voice, high action and rich emotion. A prolific writer, Mary also co-authors the young adult sci-fi/fantasy Red Moon series with NYT bestseller Dianna Love.

Mary lives in Washington State with her husband and, when not crafting a new adventure, she travels the country researching settings and teaching other writers. Don't miss her latest reference book Writing Active Setting.

Links

Websites: http://www.marybuckham.com

              http://www.invisiblerecruits.com

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/Mary.Buckham

Alexis: Don’t forget to leave a comment for Mary and you will be entered to win your choice of any of her novels in ebook. Good luck!