Virtual Book Tour ~ Cutie And The Beast by EJ Russell ~ (Review+Giveaway)

Welcome to the Fae Out of Water blog tour, phase one--Cutie and the Beast! I’m so looking forward to introducing you all to the Kendrick brothers and their guys, starting this month with Alun and David. As you follow along on the tours—phase two, The Druid Next Door, in August, and phase three, Bad Boy’s Bard, in September—please leave a comment and your contact information for a chance at a $50 Riptide gift card. The drawing will take place after the last Bad Boy’s Bard blog stop. Thank you so much for stopping by!

About Cutie and the Beast

Temp worker David Evans has been dreaming of Dr. Alun Kendrick ever since that one transcription job for him, because holy cats, that voice. Swoon. So when his agency offers him a position as Dr. Kendrick’s temporary office manager, David neglects to mention that he’s been permanently banished from offices. Because, forgiveness? Way easier than permission.

Alun Kendrick, former Queen’s Champion of Faerie’s Seelie Court, takes his job as a psychologist for Portland’s supernatural population extremely seriously. Secrecy is paramount: no non-supe can know of their existence. So when a gods-bedamned human shows up to replace his office manager, he intends to send the man packing. It shouldn’t be difficult—in the two hundred years since he was cursed, no human has ever failed to run screaming from his hideous face.

But cheeky David isn’t intimidated, and despite himself, Alun is drawn to David in a way that can only spell disaster: when fae consort with humans, it never ends well. And if the human has secrets of his own? The disaster might be greater than either of them could ever imagine.

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Virtual Tour ~ Wolf’s Clothing by EJ Russell ~ (Guest Post + Giveaway)

Virtual Tour ~ Wolf’s Clothing by EJ Russell ~ (Guest Post + Giveaway)

When I signed my first contract with Riptide Publishing, it was for two books in the Legend Tripping series. Book one, Stumptown Spirits, was already completed and ready to go to edits, but the second book, Wolf’s Clothing, was nothing more than a 500-word proposal.

Eeeek! Time to get to work!

One of the first things I had to do was fill out my cover art requests for both books—including descriptions of the main characters. I always like to “cast” my main characters before I start writing, so it’s easier for me to describe them. I’d been living with Riley and Logan for months by that time, and had already cast them as Stiles and Derek from Teen Wolf. (Here’s my Pinterest board, in case you’re a Sterek fan too ;-) : https://www.pinterest.com/ejrussell/stumptown-spirits/ )

Since Trent was a secondary character in Stumptown, I’d already thought about him a bit, and went searching for pictures of blond actors who looked troubled/tortured. I found Lucas Till and bonus! He was wearing a hoodie in one picture (one of Trent’s go-to clothing choices).

Then I needed to cast Christophe. Since he’s a werewolf because of a genetic mutation, I thought “Where can I find mutants?” Well, X-Men was the obvious choice. Besides, I loved James McAvoy’s seedy, defeated Charles Xavier in Days of Future Past—he had the longish hair and beard, a little on the reddish side, that I pictured for Christophe. Bingo.

Here’s the Wolf’s Clothing Pinterest board, in case you’re interested: https://www.pinterest.com/ejrussell/wolfs-clothing/

It wasn’t until later that I realized Lucas Till was also in the X-Men movies. D’oh. So while Stumptown Spirits was the Teen Wolf homage, Wolf’s Clothing—the book with actual werewolves—was all about the X-Men.

So what movie did I pick for Trent and Christophe to watch together in Trent’s hotel room? You guessed it—X-Men: Days of Future Past. What can I say? It seemed like fate.

About Wolf’s Clothing