New Release Spotlight/Giveaway: Abbie Roads' Defying Evil

Defying Evil: A Dark Romantic Thriller
Abbie Roads
(Blood is Thicker Than…, #1)
Publication date: October 17th 2023
Genres: Adult, Romance, Thriller

He’s the son of a serial killer.
She’s his father’s only surviving victim.
He’s obsessed with her.
She’s frightened of him.
Before it’s all over they’ll need each other to survive.

Cain Killion’s life has revolved around blood. From a childhood of torture by his father, to his gruesome ability to solve crimes. When a current case is directly connected to his past, there’s only one person with answers.

But she isn’t talking, and the bodies are stacking up. The only solution… Kidnap her.

Defying Evil is the first book in the Blood is Thicker Than Series of dark romantic thrillers. It features a man tortured by his past who never thought he was capable of love. If you devour edge of your seat thrillers and romance novels, you’ll love a series that combines both in a roller-coaster ride of mind games and tragic love.

Read this dangerously dark romance today!

Trigger warning: Depictions of violence.

Previously published until the title Saving Mercy.

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Author Interview:

Tell us about your latest book, who are the main character(s) and what can we expect when we pick it up?

About Defying Evil:

He’s the son of a serial killer.

She’s his father’s only surviving victim.

He’s obsessed with her.

She’s frightened of him.

But before it’s all over they’ll need each other to survive.

 

Expect and edge of your seat, roller-coaster ride of darkness and danger and love! 

 

Fire off five words to describe your book.

Suspenseful. Gripping. Dark. Intense. Bloody. 

Do you come up with the hook first, or do you create characters first and then dig through until you find a hook?

Usually, I come up with the characters first. But the premise of a serial killer’s son falling in love with his father’s only surviving victim just air dropped into my head one day. I knew I had to write a novel about that. Defying Evil was born.

Which of your characters would you want to share a campfire with, and why?

This might sound weird, but I’d love to get to know Liz a bit more. In the novel she’s a psychiatric nurse in mental hospital. She’s seen it all and done it all. As a mental health counselor in my day job, I would love hearing the stories she has to tell and to learn from the wisdom of her experience.

Lol… I make it sound like she’s a real person. I guess to me she kinda is real!

Tell us about what you are reading at the moment or anticipate reading in the future?

I’m in between books now, but I just finished Lisa Regan’s My Child is Missing (Detective Josie Quinn Book 18). I don’t know what spell Lisa has cast over these books, but I’m addicted to this series.

What led you to becoming an author?

Being a reader.

When I very first learned to read, I would tell my teacher that books didn’t end the way I thought they should, and she suggested I become and author. So here I am! Writing what I like to read. I like dark stuff.

What’s next for you, do you have any exciting projects coming up? Are you writing another book?

I’m working on a thriller series with romantic elements. It’s about a female podcaster telling the story of paperboy who went missing twenty years ago. She thinks the case is cold. But there are powerful people who don’t want the story told. 

Thanks for having me.

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Author Bio:

Abbie Roads is the best-selling author of the Fatal Dreams Series and the Fatal Truth Series. Her novels have been finalists in many prestigious contests including The Golden Heart, The Greater Detroit Booksellers Best, The Oklahoma National Readers’ Choice Award, The Write Touch, The Strut Your Stuff Contest, The Aspen Gold Contest, The Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence, The Heart of Excellence Readers’ Choice Award, The Midnight Sun, The Kathryn Hayes Contest, The Chanticleer, The Daphne du Maurier, The National Readers’ Choice Award, The New England Readers’ Choice Contest, The Beverly Award, and The Maggie Award. Her debut novel Race the Darkness was Publishers Weekly Top 10 Pick for Fall and Never Let Me Fall is an Amazon Editor’s Pick.

By day Abbie Roads is a mental health counselor always focusing on the bright side. By night she writes on the dark side, putting her characters through the wringer before she gives them their happily-ever-after. She loves a good inspirational quote and is a fan of true crime.

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