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Talking with the author, Tina Blenke...
Today I’m very lucky to be interviewing Tina Blenke author of Life
Worth Living.
Hi Tina, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a
little about yourself, your background, and your current book.
Thanks so much for having
me today. I’ve been in the M/M genre for a couple of years now and started out
with a paranormal novel about a pansexual vampire with amnesia. I followed that
with a series of wolf shifter short stories and now I’m following it up with my
new contemporary novel. This story is a sweet college crush that grows into a
summer love but there’s a lot of turmoil in their lives. So many secrets
surround them, both their own and those of others, that threaten to upend their
love and in the end they must choose to let go and be honest with themselves
before they can have that happy ever after.
Give us a to-do list for
one of your characters.
Quentin:
1.
Graduate with
honors with my undergraduate in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology with a minor
in Chemistry
2.
Send in my
graduate school acceptance letter to New York University to their School of
Medicine
3.
Confirm the
off-campus housing to start in September – first time living alone!
4.
Learn how to
make a soufflé from scratch
5.
Invest in an
apron – not a high priority unless Phil will be staying through the summer
6.
Meet with the
lawyer to find out the terms of my trust fund
7.
Need to get
myself off of social media and get my own phone so the parents can’t track me
8.
Stay out of
the public eye so the parents will stop having me watched
9.
Continue
working out – need to find a studio that can be discreet
10.
Find someone
to confide in and make love to him until the sun comes up
Now let's check out Tina Blenke's Life Worth Living.....
Publisher: Wilde City Press
Cover
Artist: Adrian Nicholas
Release
Date: December 9, 2015
Goodreads
Link: https://www.goodreads.com/
Blurb:
Jake has been hiding in plain sight, always a few rows
behind his straight-crush Quentin during their four years of college. He’s been
successful so far but just as they’re about to graduate, Quentin finds out
Jake’s secret and Quentin shares one of his own. He’s in the closet.
Jake isn’t about to let this opportunity pass him by
especially when Quentin is scheduled to leave for the East coast in a few short
summer months. Willing to keep Quentin’s secret from his upper crust
politically-fueled homophobic family, Jake shares his bed and eventually his
heart.
Quentin’s life in the closet is non-negotiable. His family
has strong political ties and any word about their son’s sexuality would cast
him out of the family and out of his inheritance which he desperately needs to
finish his education. He’s been successful keeping his sexuality a secret for
years until he meets the irresistibly adorable Jake at an early graduation
party.
Quentin is unable to ignore his desire for Jake and makes
the life-altering leap that holds his future in the balance. Locked away from
the public eye, the two men admit their love for one another. In three short
months, they will be forced to part ways for graduate school but the challenges
of potential scrutiny, family commitment and an un-promised future may prove to
be more than they can overcome.
Pages or Words: 63,267
Categories: Contemporary, Erotica, Gay Fiction,
M/M Romance, Romance
Excerpt:
“Cora? He’s
really gone, isn’t he?”
“You did what
you had to do to save both your life and his career. You didn’t do a goddamned
thing wrong, you hear me? You are one of the bravest men I know,” she growled.
“Yeah, right.
I’m the gayest man you know.”
“You shut the
fuck up right now, Jake. I don’t let anyone bad-mouth you around me and that
includes you. It takes a real man to stand up for who he truly is on the
inside. The easy way out would be to hide who you are and live in the closet
for fear of what the world will say or do to you.”
“Now that’s
not fair,” I argued immediately, thinking of Quentin’s situation.
“And for what?
Admitting that you want to love another man? It’s a beautiful romantic notion,
Jake. You throw yourself bare to the world for love, the noblest feeling in the
world, and all you expect in return is someone to return the feeling. And what
does that rat bastard do? He shows you what it feels like to be loved, only
there was a condition on it, wasn’t there? As long as he could hide you from
the world and not be proud of the honest, kind and decent man that you are. He
should have been yelling your name from the mountains or something. Instead?
Instead, he runs and hides so he can save his face from his family.”
Buy the book:
Wilde
City: https://www.wildecity.com/books/product/life-worth-living/#.VmYPdNKrTtR
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1PhQu6m
Amazon: http://amzn.to/1PhQu6m
Tour
Dates & Stops:
23-Dec
30-Dec
6-Jan
13-Jan
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3-Feb
10-Feb
Meet the author:
Tina
is a retired Air Force brat and has lived in several states as well as a
handful of countries. She has always had a soft spot for literature and is a
voracious reader. When she isn't writing, she can be found cuddled up with a
good book. Though Tina adores a thrilling novel with sappy lovesick heroes, she
is terrified of things that go bump in the night. This makes for quite a
complicated relationship with zombies, something that she just can't get enough
of.
Where to find the author:
Facebook Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tina-Blenke-Author/487878157926041?ref=hl
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tinablenke
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