Love This Life (Love’s Great Adventure Series/Book 2)
Author: Theresa Troutman
Cover Design: James GoOnWrite.com
Publication: June 9, 2014
Genre: New Adult Romance 18+
Author: Theresa Troutman
Cover Design: James GoOnWrite.com
Publication: June 9, 2014
Genre: New Adult Romance 18+
SYNOPSIS:
“All I want is you.”
“All I want is you.”
Tess Hamilton has a ten year plan—every milestone mapped out to reach her educational, career and life goals. Happy to be moving in with her fiancé, Sebastian, she didn’t anticipate a dangerous attraction to another man, a life-changing event, and a terrifying journey of self-discovery. They were definitely not a part of her master plan, and now Tess wonders if any part of her scheme will come to fruition. Sebastian Irons is getting everything he’s ever wanted out of life. Leaving his playboy image in the past, he’s finally become the better man he longed to be when he left England and came to America. Madly in love with his fiancée and ready to start their life together, everything is seemingly perfect—until a series of unexpected events threatens to tear them apart. Can Tess and Sebastian survive the curveballs life throws at them? Will their love crash and burn, or will they get their long-awaited happily ever after?
BOOK TRAILER
AUTHOR BIO
Theresa Troutman lives in Pennsylvania with her husband and their crazy dog, Niko. She loves reading, theatre, traveling and is an active member of the SCBWI. Works by Theresa include My Secret Summer (YA romance), A Special
Connection (New Adult Romance), and Life's What You Make It - Love's Great Adventure Series Book 1 ( Mature YA romance)
INTERVIEW
With Theresa Troutman
1. What books have most influenced your life most?
Brideshead
Revisited by Evelyn Waugh. I read this books when I was sixteen years old. It
made me fall in love with all things English and inspired me to be a writer.
This books was the impetus for The Love’s Great
Adventure Series. I named the main character Sebastian as a tip of hat to Mr.
Waugh.
The
Harry Potter Series by J.K.Rowling. All books books share the theme of
friendship and loyal. For me this is the cornerstone theme of the HP series.
Ms. Rowling takes us on such a amazing, epic journey in these books and still
manages to give the book a heart. Ultimately these books are about love.
2. If you had to choose, which writer would you
consider a mentor?
J.K.
Rowling. To be able to write something so epic and make each character
three-dimensional amazes me. She is multi-talented, able to write, suspense,
horror, romance, and satire
3. What book are you reading now?
The
Ties That Bind by JM Miller
4. Are there any new authors that have grasped your
interest?
Melyssa
Winchester (You must read Count on Me) Ryan Ringbloom (The Fast Series) and JM
Miller.
5. What are your current projects?
I
am currently writing London Loves, book 3 in the Love’s Great Adventure Series due to release
September 2014.
After
I finish up the series I’ll either start an adult comtempory romance or a YA romance. Two great
ideas in my head and not sure which
one will win out.
6. Name one entity that you feel supported you
outside of family members.
Melyssa
Wincherster. Even though we don’t live in the same country, my fellow author
Melyssa has been amazing! She is my beta reader, graphics designer and dear
friend, who is always there for me when I need to talk.
7. What would you like my readers to know?
I am
so grateful for the outpouring of support and love I’ve received on journey
into indie publishing from both fellow authors and readers. I love to connect
with my readers. They can just make my day with a kind word or their enthusiasm
for one of my books. You can always connect with me on my website or goodreads!
Guest Post
10 Things You Didn’t Know About Theresa Troutman and The
Love’s Great Adventure Series.
To celebrate the release of book two - Love This Life, I wanted
to share some little know insider info with you and your readers.
1. The playlist
consists of songs from the 1980s, the period that the story takes place. The
playlist is an alternative way to telling the story and the lyrics parallel
what is happening is Sebastian’s life. Older readers will recognize these songs, but
I hope to introduce younger readers to music of that decade.
2. Life’s What You Make It was originally
called: Nanny, Charles and Me. It was told from Tess Hamilton’s point of view. I switched to
Sebastian Iron’s
point of view because he is such a flawed character and I wanted to take the
reader of his journey to redemption.
3. The book Brideshead
Revisited by Evelyn Waugh inspired me to start writing this book back in
1984. As the years progressed, Downton Abbey and Gossip Girl are
other shows that are similar in genre. If you’re a fan of these shows, I think you’ll enjoy Life’s What You Make It.
4. I kept the time
period for Life’s What You Make It in the 1980s. Why? Life was so much
simpler—no
internet or cell phones. It was easier to go undetected back then. Now
everybody know what you’re doing thanks to social media. Also, it wasn’t uncommon for high school
sweethearts to get married.
5. Sebastian Irons died in the first draft of the book.
6. When beta readers finished the first book, many of they
said, “Do
they get married?” This inspired me to write Love This Life. I fell in love with
Sebastian and Tess and had so much fun writing them, I didn’t want to let them go. The final book
in the series is called London Loves and will take place five years after Love This
Life. I’m
currently writing it and looking to release in September 2014.
7. I’m an avid traveler and have traveled to Australia seven times
in the past twenty-five years. That’s the equivalent of being on an
airplane for two weeks straight!
8. I was married when I was nineteen years old and I’m still with the same guy! We don’t have any children. (Does a crazy
dog count?)
9. When I was young, I wanted to be a film director. Guess I
like telling people what to do, so being a writer suits me perfectly.
10. I owned my own cafe and photo gallery in the 1990s in a
town called Intercourse, PA. (It is a real town in Amish country right between
Bird and Hand and Blue Ball - really don’t know what inspired the Amish to
name their towns!)
GIVEAWAY!
Grand prize - signed paperback of Love This Life and a swag pack! (US only)
EBook copy of Love This Life (international)
Grand prize - signed paperback of Love This Life and a swag pack! (US only)
EBook copy of Love This Life (international)
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