Showing posts with label Love's Battle. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 29, 2014

~ "If Love Isn't Worth Fighting For, What Is?" ~ LOVE'S BATTLE ~








I'm so happy to have author Angela Hayes with us today to talk to us about her romance LOVE'S BATTLE. But before we do that, let's find out a little bit more about Angela herself.

So, Angela, what is something you struggle with when you write?

Right now I'm struggling to write different character personalities. In my first book, Love's Battle, my main character was Love Howard, the youngest of triplets. Book two will focus on the oldest, Faith, and book three on the middle, Hope. I'm finding it difficult to write the sisters' personalities, likes and dislikes without creating carbon copies of Love. Just because they look alike doesn't mean they are the same people- they each have their own issues, so they each need their own personas that while keeping them separate, still keep them united.

I couldn't agree with you more. I have four kids including a set of triplets and they are ALL completely different. I find it hard to believe sometimes that they came from my husband and I. How do you balance the demands of your everyday life and your writing life?

Having a full time job and growing kids, I find it very difficult to balance everyday life and writing life. I continuously plan to spend my weekends writing and dissapoint myself everytime because something comes up here or there. People tell me it will get better when the kids go off to college, I'm not convinced but I am hopeful. If I can jot down an idea here or there, I feel like I've accomplished something. I have tons of ideas simmering just waiting for the right time when I'll put them to written word.


I hear you my sister. Sometimes I feel like I'm constantly doing for someone else. This one wants this. That one needs that. When's it gonna be my turn. But actually, I'm pretty lucky to have a decent amount of time to write. Do you have hobbies that you’d like to share?

I have a ton of hobbies. At the top of my list is Pinteresting. What? It's a thing. Do you realize how many hours a week you spend on that site, it's outrageous! I have a huge soft spot for crocheting. I'm currently making a sweater for a friend. I'm learning to knit and have been working a piece for nearly a year- I hope to finish soon. And I'm currently looking into learning how to spin my own yarn. Like writing, I love the idea of taking something literally from nothing and giving it life.


I've tried knitting. I guess I just didn't get the knitting gene. Where do you live? Where would you love to live?


I live in a small rural town in central Alabama- attesting to it's size,the school my kids attend is still a 1A! A beautiful place full of community spirit and involvement, it's ripe with literary potential. But if I could live anywhere, I would certainly love a homestead in Scotland or Ireland (I've always fantasized about this) or maybe a chic penthouse in the center of Paris, or a Spanish villa in Madrid. Fingers crossed I become a bestseller so I can do it all!!


Sound like a girl after my own heart. At least we sometimes get to go to these places through our reading and writing. Share with us a little about your family. Married? Kids? Pets?

My husband and I just celebrated our 13th wedding anniversary- go us!Together we have two beautiful kids, a boy and a girl- who keep us on the go and then there's our dog- Mercury- he's half pug, half Boston terrier and thinks he's human!

Congratulations! That's wonderful! What is your concept of a fruitful day?

A fruitful day would consist of sitting down at my laptop and tapping away at the keys until Faith's Forever, the sequel to Love's Battle is complete and ready for edits.

It's gonna happen. What are your three favorite smells?

I love the smell of vanilla, the library, and stepping outside to inhale those first few deep breathes of crisp fall air- glorious.

Ahh, yes! Fall is my favorite time of year, too. Now let's hear a little bit more about LOVE'S BATTLE! 


Blurb ~ 

Love Howard has more than a knack for matchmaking. Born from a forbidden passion and a twelve-hundred-year-old promise, she and her sisters can literally see true love. And while Love has no problem bringing other couples together, her own romantic life could use a little help.

Danton DeAngelo has always been well grounded in reality. So it throws him for no small loop when the woman he’s fallen for believes that she’s been reincarnated eleven times and can actually see true love.

Now Danton is faced with the biggest decision of his life. Accept Love for who she really is, or walk away from her forever.



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Excerpt  `


The hand Love pressed to her brow was visibly shaking. “There’s something I need to tell you. I just need you to keep an open mind.”

“What is it? Are you sick?” Danton asked.

“No, I’m not sick.” Her voice trembled on a forced laugh. “It’s something else. Something I‘ve been trying to prepare you for. This would be so much easier if you believed in magic. If you could believe that what I’m about to tell you is the honest truth.”

Turning, Love opened the iron chest, the hinges groaning with the effort as specks of rust littered the floor. From its depths she pulled out a clear plastic bag that she held tight to her chest, eyes closed, before handing it to a confused Danton.

“This is my tartan, my plaid. Before it faded and was dinner for the moths, it was once patterned in checks of green, gray, and brown. The purple and white stripes that ran through the hem identified the wearer as part of the royal family.” Love tapped the plastic, her finger pointing out where each color should be. “It was a gift from my father. The first and only time my sister’s and I met him, he was on his deathbed, we were eighteen. A week later our mother died in the same moment he drew his last breath.” Needing the extra air Love drew a breath of her own. “That day was the thirteenth of February, eight-hundred and fifty-eight AD. My father was Cinaed mac Alpin, crowned king of the Picts and Gaels. He was Scotland’s first king.”

“Eight- hundred and fifty-eight?” That couldn’t be right, she was only twenty-five. “Don’t you mean Nineteen-eighty-seven?”


“No. I was born for the first time in Scotland during the middle of the ninth century.”


You can buy LOVE'S BATTLE here:


http://bit.ly/LovesBattle - Amazon

http://www.wildrosepublishing.com/maincatalog_v151/index.php?main_page=indexHYPERLINK 


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