Today is my stop during the blog tour for Summoned by Rainy Kaye. When I first came across the blurb for this book I became intrigued by the original concept and immediately signed-up for the blog tour.
Summoned (Summoned #1)
by Rainy Kaye
Blurb:
Twenty-three year old Dimitri has to do what he is told—literally. Controlled by a paranormal bond, he is forced to use his wits to fulfill unlimited deadly wishes made by multimillionaire Karl Walker.
Dimitri has no idea how his family line became trapped in the genie bond. He just knows resisting has never ended well. When he meets Syd—assertive, sexy, intelligent Syd—he becomes determined to make her his own. Except Karl has ensured Dimitri can’t tell anyone about the bond, and Syd isn’t the type to tolerate secrets.
Then Karl starts sending him away on back-to-back wishes. Unable to balance love and lies, Dimitri sets out to uncover Karl’s ultimate plan and put it to an end. But doing so forces him to confront the one wish he never saw coming—the wish that will destroy him.
Summoned is represented by Rossano Trentin of TZLA.
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Excerpt:
I dislike having to murder someone. Kidnapping is worse. At least when I setup a kill, I know what’s coming. No connections, no honesty, no surprises. Everything I say and do are just steps to luring in my victim. Once the victim falls right into the trap, the next move is swift: crushed windpipe, fatal concussion, or a good ol’ fashioned headshot.
Kidnapping, on the other hand, is a little trickier. First, the victim has an opportunity to respond. I don’t like this. Sometimes they cry. Sometimes they manage to alert the authorities. And sometimes they escape, usually by inflicting bodily harm on me.
Dead people don’t retaliate. Kidnapped ones, well, they’re a little more . . . lively.
The second major difference between killing and kidnapping is my conscience. I get in and out with a kill. We have no chance to bond.
Abductees require a little more one-on-one. As much as I try to keep the switch turned off, I can’t help but listen to their pleas and demands. And I usually realize I’m a jerk.
That’s exactly where I find myself one late afternoon in June. I prefer doing this at night, but moreover, I would prefer not doing this at all.
Instead, I have a belligerent nine year old girl sitting in the passenger seat of my Honda Accord, shackles on her wrists and ankles and a small stuffed bunny on her lap. She’s eying me in a way that makes me self-conscious. Like I’m the bad guy.
Probably because I am the bad guy.
And Rainy also has written a guest post explaining why Summoned is her fifth and first novel.
Why My First Novel Isn’t My First Novel
Summoned is my first novel. It is also my fifth.
Madness!
In actuality, I have completed four other manuscripts, all in the same series, before embarking on Summoned.
So why didn’t they go first? Many reasons.
The first series isn’t done, and I would rather be further along in it before I start releasing the novels, even though they all stand alone.
The first series is much harder to pitch as it’s more “high concept” with an entire fictional world and large cast.
The main character in the first series is a little less relateable than Dimitri.
Summoned was just fun. I loved writing it. Betas loved reading it. And it soon after landed my super-awesome agent, Rossano Trentin of TZLA.
I still love the first series, and I continue to stab away at it. But after Summoned came into the world, it wasn’t rocket science to see that my fifth novel should be my first.
About the author:
Rainy Kaye is an aspiring overlord. In the mean time, she blogs at RainyoftheDark.com and writes paranormal novels from her lair somewhere in Phoenix, Arizona. When not plotting world domination, she enjoys getting lost around the globe, studying music so she can sing along with symphonic metal bands, and becoming distracted by Twitter. She is represented by Rossano Trentin of TZLA.
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