Genre: New Adult Fantasy Romance
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: Dec 13 2013
Editions/Formats it will be Available In: eBook
Out of a young woman’s ambition comes a love triangle that
could destroy more than her heart.
Firia has always wanted to be a witch, but even though she’s
a natural in magic, there’s a problem: She’s human.
Considered by the elven elite to be inferior, Firia needs an
edge to be accepted into the Magic Academy. Out of sheer desperation, she
summons the demon Varuj, a terrifyingly gorgeous spirit who helps her win the
entrance competition. But at what price?
As the commanding demon does everything he can to penetrate
every aspect of her innocent life, Firia still finds herself drawn to her study
partner, Mae’lin. Not only is the sweet elf completely different from the
powerful Varuj, but their relationship is forbidden.
How is she supposed to choose between the demon she owes her
life to and the innocent elf who makes her a better person?
This
thrilling coming of age new adult romance is from fantasy romance author,
Jillian Keep.
Jillian Keep is the softer and more romantic side of J.E.
& M. Keep. They love to combine fantasy, scifi, horror, romance and mystery
into exciting and titillating novels.
They are long term, loving partners in a very happy
relationship and because of this; they love to torture their characters. Dark
romance touches all of their stories in one way or another; from elicit trysts
to forbidden love.
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1. What would you say was the most fun about
writing this book?
How it all tied in
together. It was a really complicated novel for us, and will be the first in
many, so setting up a solid base was really important. Knowing that our beta
readers and the advanced reviewers have been responding so well to the ending
says that it was done well!
2. Give us some insight into the main
character. What does he/she do that is so special?
She’s daring,
adventurous, and driven, willing to take immense risks to escape her lot in
life. She’s certainly not like most other humans in her world. She’s talented
with magic and has the drive to succeed, despite the many setbacks - poverty,
single parent family, heritage - that she has to face.
3. What are you working on right now?
The second one is in
planning! Though we hope to finish the sequel to “The Mistress” before then.
For those who don’t know, “The Mistress” is a mystery novel about a young
psychology student in the 1920’s who gets caught up in a lot of intrigue and
suspense at her university.
4. What genre are your books?
Almost always fantasy and
scifi, though we do the occasional contemporary and often slip in some mystery.
5. What draws you to this genre?
It’s so much more
interesting to explore serious themes in a more whimsical setting. In fantasy,
such as “Magic Academy”, we can create new laws of nature, new societies,
everything bent to our whim. Trees that grow sideways, castles that float, and
intrepid young women who make deals with
the devil.
6. What is your favorite color?
Today it’s red!
7. What is your favorite food?
Cheesecake! Thick and
creamy.
8. Are you a cat or dog person? Why?
Neither due to allergies,
sadly. Though if not for that we’d be split down the middle, cat vs. dog.
9. How are you published (*i.e. indie,
traditional, or both) and why?
Indies definitely has
more freedom to respond to fan wishes, and to explore themes that might not be
the most profitable. It also allows us to keep more of the money from sales and
use that to promote our work in manners we approve of, that give more back to our fans, such as
contests and giveaways.
10. Do you have any amusing stories from your
adventures in the writing world?
We once got a very
negative review on one of our stories from an arachnophobe because the monster
in it was described as having eight limbs in total, and their mind immediately
jumped to “Giant spider”! And they became quite upset.
11. What is your favorite motivational
phrase?
“Do the thing you fear
most and the death of fear is certain.” - Mark Twain
12. What is your favorite book and why?
Maybe when you become a
really prolific reader it stops being easy to pick a favourite. In our minds
there are so many great books we love and adore that just race through. Trying
to rank them can almost feel like cheapening them, because not all books stand judgement
under the same criteria.
However, in the realm of
fantasy-romance the Last T’En trilogy stands out as something special and
influential to our work. With a cunning and capable woman thrown into a
desperate situation that she manages to overcome, despite the odds.
We love stories of
desperate heroes and heroines overcoming great odds. Tales of sacrifice. Love
and romance that blossoms despite the ominous circumstances. And characters who
fall for each other even when they most definitely should not.
13. What advice would you give to your younger
self?
Don’t give up. There are
so many options available if you’re willing to keep pushing.
Conversely, relax, and
don’t burn yourself out. You can’t run on max forever, eventually you burn out.
14. To end: Give us three Good to Know things
about you. Be creative.
Jillian Keep is actually
one person in two bodies! We wanted to separate our darker and more erotic
works from our more romantic and softer novels!
We’ve been partners and
writing together since we were teenagers. We met online one night through a
random chat hookup, and that somehow miraculously ended up being the romance of
our lives, going strong well over a decade later!
Aside from reading and
writing, we’re huge movie, tabletop and video game fans. We love roleplaying
games, action games, and even own and operate a large site dedicated to
combining two of our biggest passions: writing and gaming. Darknest
has many thousands of members and is primarily dedicated to producing fan
created fiction and art about video games.
