HONOR BOUND: Awakenings and Sacrifices By Kat Loveland Interview, Excerpt & Giveaway

HONOR BOUND: Awakenings and Sacrifices

By

Kat Loveland

BLURB:  

AWAKENINGS

X-Men meets the Real World. "This was an amazing book while steeped in fantasy it tackles a huge subject , the subject of human trafficking. Instead of a bland preachy PSA against it, this story uses amazing imagery, action, intensity, and heart to keep you reading well into the night."

Children and teens with unique abilities are being sold on the black market. When twins John and Clara made a vow several years ago to help children that had abilities, they never thought they would be forced to fight hardened criminals. Honor Bound Awakenings shows the beginning of the journey they and their friends from idealism to reality and what sacrifices they will be forced to make to keep their vow.

SACRIFICES

Picking up the moment Awakenings end – John and Clara are forced to choose which of them will continue to put themselves in the line of fire, Cesco has to make peace with what he may have to become to keep the others safe, Min-Ji confronts her painful past head on, Sarah and her family must learn to adapt to the results of her Awakening and Jessie has to struggle to keep the group emotionally stable.

EXCERPTS  

Honor Bound Awakenings Excerpts.

Sarah sat in the wreckage of the 6x9 dirty cell she had been confined to for the last five weeks. One of her rescuers handed her a coat. Her captors had prohibited her from wearing anything beyond a pair of underwear and a bra. After her attempt to conceal a weapon her second week they had ripped her pants and shirt off and beat her until she blacked out. She sat silently. Her emotions were numbed by constant abuse. She wasn’t able to believe that it was over. One of her rescuers, a girl named Jessie snapped a picture of her to send to someone. She didn’t care. Jessie walked up to her with a bottle of water.

“Do you want something to drink?”

Sarah looked at the bottle. In her mind she could see all the components that made up both the bottle and the water. Patterns swirled in perfect geometry -- she could turn that water into air, ice or using the carbon in the plastic any number of things. She looked closer at Jessie and saw even more possibilities. She had never considered turning people into things until she had been kidnapped. Once before the rescue she had tried it. They broke her brother’s legs in three places as punishment. Sarah reached out her hand, took the bottle of water and had a small drink.

“Where are they?” she asked Jessie.

“We tied them up. The police are on the way. It’s what we do. We’re sort of volunteer police. What’s your name? “ Jessie replied.

“I won’t ask again,” Sarah said “Where are they?”

“Look, I know you want to hurt them but that won’t change anything.”

A bitter smile crossed Sarah's face. “That’s where you are wrong,” She placed the bottle of water on the ground and put her hand on the lid. As Jessie watched the bottle shifted, losing it’s transparency, it took on a more granular appearance and seemed to slowly collapse in on itself. Then as if all the bonds that held it together were snapped at the same time it turned into a pile of dirt. There was no water, no plastic, just dirt. “I’m Sarah and I want you to take me to them.”

AUTHOR INFORMATION:

Who is Kat Loveland? Why does she write?

Good questions. Complicated questions. Questions that make you say hmmmmmmm.
Kat is a person of great charm and grace, she lights up whatever room she walks into. Her stunning fashion sense mesmerizes all who see her. Witty rejoinders and endless amounts of relevant and thoroughly researched facts and tidbits flow effortlessly from her mouth.....

Yeah, ok, Not so much. I've got the witty rejoinders but not the fashion sense. I like comfy, simple clothes and sparring with weapons. I occasionally try my hand at archery and artistic photography, sometimes I'll even hop a wall or vault a bench. I'm a tomboy at heart, what can I say.

Why do I write? My imaginary friends are endlessly entertaining and they always do whatever the hell I tell them to. Besides it's fun to play Goddess, most authors won't admit that but I'm pretty blunt. It's fun to torture, harass, endlessly confound and every once in a while make a character a bit happy with life. Not too often though, that's just silly.

My editor tells me and I quote : “Only a genius can write three books at the same time, work all the time and shoot arrows into the air and hope and pray what goes up does not come down on top of her.” Have I mentioned she's an awesome editor?

Interview:

Hello,

  I'd like to thank you for having me here. I have two deal for your followers today! One is a free ebook and one is ½ off the print version. I have Books 1 and 2 in the Honor Bound series compiled into one book, if you have access to Kindle you can download the book for free http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00LR93TQU

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Where are you from? I am originally from Palm Springs, CA now I live in Phoenix, AZ

Tell us your latest news? I am working on a complete retelling of the Adam and Eve story, several short stories and a vampire zombie novel. If any of those interest you like my Facebook page for updates :).

When and why did you begin writing? I didn't start really writing until December of 2013. What triggered it was imagining some scenes of a Supernatural and Arrow (TV Shows) crossover, that spawned three novel length fanfictions and I pretty much haven't stopped. Word count wise I have written about five novels since I started.

When did you first consider yourself a writer? When I published Honor Bound.
What inspired you to write your first book? I wanted to write a realistic take on having to deal with having special abilities and I love writing action scenes. Honor Bound has lots of action, lots of character development and characters that people tell me are incredibly unique.

What would you like my readers to know? Don't judge a book by it's cover. In the world of self published authors not all of us can afford good cover art. Use the check inside feature and check it out before dismissing it. 

Website link: http://katlovelandauthor.weebly.com/

Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Kat-Loveland-Author/1399973693597047

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ChaoslilKat

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