Title: Reap & Repent
Series: The Reaper Series
Author: Lisa Medley
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Big Cedar
Cover Design: Sweet and
Spicy Designs
Release Date: 3rd March 2013
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They
see death. Can they share a life?
Ruth
Scott can read the energy of every person she meets. Then she meets Deacon
Walker. She can see his ice-blue eyes, his black hair, and his gorgeous face.
But this beautiful stranger has no aura.
Deacon
is just as unsettled by Ruth—and, having spent more than two hundred years
ushering souls to Purgatory, Deacon is seldom shocked by anything. As he helps
Ruth to understand her true nature, she awakens desires that he decided long
ago a Reaper can’t afford.
A
demon invasion forces Deacon to confront the darkness in his own past even as
he fights to save the human souls he’s charged to protect. When he’s taken
captive, his first concern is for Ruth. But Ruth just might be able to save
herself—and the Reaper she can’t live without—if she can learn to wield her
newfound powers.
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Series: The Reaper Series
Author: Lisa Medley
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Big Cedar
Cover Design: Sweet and Spicy Designs
Release Date: 10th March 2015
He’s a reaper who has given up on saving
souls. Will a dying woman be his salvation?
After a century of enslavement to pure
evil, Kylen Larson is finally free. But he’s long past caring. The only woman
he ever loved is dead, and he’s tormented by memories of the horrors his demon
parasite forced him to commit. Now, he lives for nothing more than hunting down
the infernal creatures invading Meridian, Arkansas, and destroying them.
Olivia Evans is in the final stages of
cancer when Kylen accidentally saves her from demonic possession. When he
rescues this innocent soul, Kylen rediscovers his mission—and his heart. All he
wants is to help Olivia stay alive. He’ll just have to fight off an invasion
from Hell first…
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Series: The Reaper Series
Author: Lisa Medley
Genre: Urban Fantasy
Publisher: Big Cedar
Cover Design: Sweet and Spicy Designs
Release Date: 5th April 2015
By day he saves lives in the city he
loves. Can he save souls too?
Nate is an EMT, a witch and a newly
inducted member of the Reaper Authority Force. What he's not is a reaper. With
unexplained abilities, his true nature lies somewhere in between the angels,
demons and reapers he finds himself involved with. When he's paired with the
reaper Maeve, he struggles to find his place in the rising war to save the
souls of Meridian and the world.
Maeve has tried to hide her reaper
handicap--her toxic reaper energy--from her colleagues. But when she's
possessed by a fallen angel and forced to poach souls for Hell, her greatest
weakness might be the only thing that saves her.
Nate uses his growing powers and his
innate magic to find Maeve. He'll do whatever it takes to save her, revealing
more than he ever imagined in the process.
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AUTHOR INTERVIEW
Lisa
has always enjoyed reading about monsters in love and now she writes about
them, because monsters need love too.
She
adores beasties of all sorts, fictional as well as real, and has a farm full of
them in her Southwest Missouri home, including: one child, one husband, two
dogs, two cats, a dozen hens, thousands of Italian bees, and a guinea pig.
She
may or may not keep a complete zombie apocalypse bug-out bag in her trunk at
all times, including a machete. Just. In. Case.
What is the name of your
latest book, and if you had to summarise it in less than 20 words what would
you say?
My latest book in the Reaper Series is, Reap & Reveal.
Summary: By day witch, Nate Blackburn, saves lives
in the city he loves. Can he save souls too?
On average how long did
it take you to write the individual books in your Reaper Series, from the
original idea to finishing writing them?
Each book took me about six months to write. I have an evil
day job, so that interferes with things. I think I could write a novel in half
that time if I could write full-time.
Which of your Reaper
Series books were easier/harder to write than the others?
Book three, Reap
& Reveal, was certainly the easiest. Reap & Repent was the first book
I’d ever written. I pantsed it for half the book then got my act together and
started plotting. By the third book, I started with an outline and went from
there.
What can we expect from
you in the future? ie More books in the
Reaper Series? Books of a different genre/series?
There will be at least one more book in the Reaper Series. I
have the first few chapters of Reap & Reckon (book four) written. There are
certainly more stories to be told in this series :D I’m currently working on a
sci-fi/space opera romance called Space Cowboys & Indians. It’s so much
fun! You can expect it sometime late this fall.
What genre would you
place your Reaper books into?
Dark Urban Fantasy is the best place for them. With their
occult tendencies, demons, angels, reapers, witches and such, I think they fit
into that category nicely.
What made you decide to
write that genre of book?
I love monsters. And monsters in love? All the better.
If so why is it your
favourite?
Oh, yes. Reap & Redeem is my favorite. Even though
people tell me Reap & Reveal is a darker story, I don’t see it. I love the
torment of Reap & Redeem.
Do you have a favourite
character from your Reaper Series? and why are they your favourite?
Shhhh, Kylen is my favorite. He’s a dark hero one step away
from damnation. He has to choose the light if he wants it. Unfortunately, he
has very little left to live for.
If you had to choose to
be one of your characters in your Reaper Series which would you be? and why?
Wow, that’s a tough question! I’d want to be Maeve because
she is a total badass, even though she has a very rough go of things in the
series for a while.
Where did you get your
book plot ideas from for your Reaper Series? What/Who is your inspiration?
Like a lot of authors, I started writing about vampires.
After a while, I knew I wanted to write about some more unsung monsters. There
aren’t that many books about reapers. I thought, what if reapers weren’t the
skeletal monsters of death but were more...human…and conflicted? Maybe even
being used as pawns in the ultimate struggle of good vs evil? One thing led to
another and the world and characters of the Reaper Series were born.
How did you come up with
the Title and Cover Designs for your Reaper Series? Who designed the Cover of
your books?
Reap & Repent started out as Reap ‘Em & Weep. I
contracted the first three books with Harlequin but later my rights were
reverted. Harlequin needed a shorter title, so I came up with Reap &
titles. I love them all so far! And as for covers, Jaycee at Sweet &
Spicy Designs (http://jayceedelorenzo.com/sweetnspicy/ did all of my covers. She’s amazing!
Did you choose the individual book titles of your Reaper
Series first, or write the books then choose the titles?
I’ve done both
actually. I think the titles really reflect the tone and plot of the each
individual book.
How do you come up with
characters names and place names in your books?
Lots of Google searching until I find something that seems
right. My fictional Arkansas city of Meridian took quite some time to nail
down. I love it now and couldn’t imagine the city being named anything else.
Are character names and
place names decided after their creation? or do you pick a character/place name
and then invent them?
I typically choose the name first. The name drives the
character/world building for me, with the exception of Meridian. That one took
a while to iron out!
Do you decide on character traits (ie shy, quiet, tomboy
girl) before writing the whole book or as you go along?
My characters develop
as I write. Some are strong and vocal right at the beginning. Others come on
more slowly.
Did you basic plot/plan
for your Reaper Series, before you actually begin writing it out? Or do you let
the writing flow and see where it takes the story?
Book one was totally let’s-write-and-see-where-this-goes.
Books two and three were outlined so I could pick up and carry through
plotlines and details. Book four, Reap & Reckon, will have a full synopsis
written before I start.
Do you think your Reaper
Series books would transfer into movies well?
Who would you want to play Ruth and Dean?
I really do think
it would be a great movie series.
For Dean, I’d love to see Jensen Ackles
(Dean
Winchester from Supernatural) playing his part.
For Ruth, Natalie Portman would
be perfect!
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