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13 Questions with The Devil Made Me Do It Author @sromkey
I love this cover! It’s so eerie! Fun fact – it was designed by the Liliana Sanches, the same cover designer who did The Grave Winner and What Gifts She Carried!
The Devil Made Me Do It
Book Two: Speak of the Devil series
By Shawna Romkey
Coming July 1 – Go to hell!
The demons strike back!
Lily is working with the angels to stifle the last of the demon outbreaks and to figure out how to stop the Silence of God, so life can get back to boring normality. But all hell breaks loose when she’s stolen from school and brought face to face with the devil himself. Lily has to find her way back home to Luc, crack the prophecy that breaks the curse silencing God, and figure out how she and Luc can ever really be together; but Lucifer has other plans for her that don’t include her ever getting out of Hell in tact.
Book One, Speak of the Devil, is currently on sale for $2.99 for the Kindle.
Excerpt
Why me? I asked this question a lot, when I died, when I lived, when I’d lost my friends, when I’d hooked up with angels, when I was chased by demons, so it seemed trivial to ask it now, but why me? Why couldn’t I have a regular non-angel boyfriend to make out with and not worry about ruining, well, everything for everybody everywhere?
Snap out of it, Lily, I told myself. You have an amazing ability and super-hot— too hot— angel boyfriend, a blessed life that someone upstairs seems to think is valuable and worthy of protection. Quit feeling sorry for yourself and girl up.
“Right, girl up. I can do this,” I said aloud. My body was under control finally and I felt like I could go back to class as long as we got a new scene to work on. But I’d hurt Luc. I had to talk to him. I had to fix it and make it right. He was suffering with this as much as I was and probably more so since he had to have that pious-angel behavior and all.
I stood to go, pushing the vanity chair back as I did so.
“Lily!” someone whispered.
“What?” I turned to see if Cassie was there.
“Lily, look!” It was difficult to tell if it was a male orfemale voice since it was a whisper.
The voice was coming from behind me. I looked back around – that’s when I saw the surface of the mirror tremble, as though it were liquid. It rippled from the center. “Lilith!” The whisper came from the mirror.
Too late I remembered something Luc and Belle had said about mirrors. The surface splashed out toward me, and though I reflexively turned away and pulled back, the watery mirror grabbed me with its newly formed reflective arms and pulled me inside.
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Oooooh, I like that excerpt! Now it’s time to get to know Shawna a bit better with 13 Questions!
1. The zombie apocalypse is here. You’re going to fight them off with the first thing you see on your left. What is it?
My cell phone.
2. How do you like your vampires: not at all, sparkly, wearing a cape, or drinking blood from bottles? Why?
I do like vampires. Not sparkly. Capes are cool if it’s a period piece. Blood from bottles? Hmmm, not so much. I think I just like them yummy… Ian Somerholder, Alexander Skarsgard. That type of thing. :p
3. Other than your release day, what is something you’re really looking forward to?
Cover reveals are especially fun! That’s when it becomes real. Then there’s holding the book in your hands for the first time. That’s fun, too.
4. What’s the name of the book you’re reading?
I’m reading The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater.
5. Pop or soda or soda pop or Coke?
It was soda when I was in Missouri. I got ridiculed once I moved to Nova Scotia, so I’ve converted to pop.
6. What is your favorite salty treat?
Chips and salsa
7. What makes you laugh?
Everything. I’m easily amused. My friends think I’m the best audience ever, but they also leave my house thinking all their jokes are a lot funnier than they really are.
8. What’s the one physical object you can’t live without?
My cell phone or laptop. Don’t know what I’d do without them.
9. What are you going to do right after you finish this interview?
Maybe read outside. It’s a beautiful day.
10. Would you rather have hiccups for the rest of your life or feel like you need to sneeze but not be able to for the rest of your life? Why?
The latter. I hate hiccups.
11. Do you have any strange writing quirks? If so, what are they?
I write in bed, which may seem weird. It’s comfy and I use my laptop. I probably write a lot more sleeping scenes than other people do though.
12. Would you consider yourself a pioneer or a settler? Why?
Pioneer. I’m a risk taker. I like variety and new things. I wouldn’t want to settle.
13. When it comes to food, are you the adventurous type, or do you like standard foods?
Adventurous as long as it isn’t gross. I wouldn’t survive on Fear Factor.
Good answers! You can find even more about Shawna below!
Shawna Romkey, teacher by day, writer by night (or day or whenever anyone leaves her alone long enough to get some work done). Bestselling YA / NA paranormal author of Speak of the Devil. The second in the series, The Devil Made Me Do It, will release July 1.
Shawna is from Kansas City, Missouri, but resides in Nova Scotia in a house by the sea with her husband, two sons, and currently two dogs but that’s subject to change depending on the local homeless dog population.
For more info, check out her website at www.shawnaromkey.com.
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13 Questions With @sromkey
I recently sat down with Shawna Romkey and tortured entertained her with weird interview questions. Remember Shawna’s delicious cover for Speak of the Devil?
Yes, of course you do. 😀
Here’s the interview:
Me: Let’s get right to it. What’s your favorite planet?
Shawna: Xena, Gallifrey or Alderaan
Me: The supernatural – is it real? Why or why not?
Shawna: Yes, we just haven’t seen hard evidence yet. Or we haven’t interpreted and acknowledged the evidence we’ve been presented with.
Me: Fair enough. What’s your favorite drink?
Shawna: Iced cappuccino from Tim Horton’s
Me: Yummmmmm. Cats or dogs?
Shawna: Dogs ftw
Me: Errrrrrrr, wrong answer. 😉 Did you learn anything today? If so, what?
Shawna: I learned that the planet Xena was renamed Eris.
Me: Cool! What makes you laugh?
Shawna: Everything. I’m easily amused.
Me: Me too! What’s the last song you listened to on purpose?
Shawna: Probably “Running up that Hill” by Kate Bush
Me: What’s the scariest thing you’ve ever done?
Shawna: Had a baby, asked a guy on a date, went sky diving… not necessarily in that order.
Me: Scary stuff! Here’s a free plane ticket! Where would you like to go?
Shawna: The Greek Isles… thanks!
Me: You’re welcome! What’s something about yourself that really annoys you?
Shawna: My craving for sweets and my weight which go hand in hand.
Me: What’s the name of the book you’re reading?
Shawna: The Last Keeper’s Daughter by Rebecca Trogner
Me: That’s on my TBR list, too! You just walked in the door after a long day. What do you do first?
Shawna: Keep the hellhound from mauling me.
Me: Good idea! What do you write?
Shawna: YA Paranormal Romancy stuff
Me: Me too!
Both of us also went to KU. It’s such a small world sometimes. Thanks for joining me here today, Shawna!
Here’s more info about Shawna and her book:
Shawna grew up in around farms in the heart of Missouri but went to the University of Kansas, was raised in the US but now lives on the ocean in Nova Scotia with her husband, two sons, two rescue dogs and one overgrown puppy from hell. She’s a non-conformist who follows her heart.
She has her BA in creative writing from the University of Kansas where one of her plays was chosen by her creative writing professor to be produced locally, and two of her short stories were published in a university creative arts handbook. She earned her MA in English from Central Missouri State University where she wrote a novel as her thesis.
She’s taught English at the university and secondary levels for close to twenty years and can’t quite fathom how all of her students have grown up, yet she’s managed to stay the same. She’s a huge geek and fan of Xena, Buffy and all kick ass women, and loves to write stories that have strong female characters.
About Speak of the Devil:
What happens when falling in love and falling from grace collide?
After dying in a car accident with her two best friends, Lily miraculously awakens to grief and guilt. She escapes to her dad’s to come to terms with the event and meets some people at her new school who seem all too eager to help her heal. Sliding deeper into sorrow and trying to fight her feelings for two of them, she finds out who…what they really are and that they are falling too.
Can she find the strength to move on from the past, reconcile her feelings for Luc, find a way to stop a divine war with fallen angels, and still pass the eleventh grade?
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#Petthecover : Speak of the Devil by @sromkey
Oh, the pretty! And the sexy because check out those holy mega biceps.
Speak of the Devil was written by Shawna Romkey, and it releases March 15th from Crescent Moon Press!
Here’s the blurb:
What happens when falling in love and falling from grace collide?
After dying in a car accident with her two best friends, Lily miraculously awakens to grief and guilt. She escapes to her dad’s to come to terms with the event and meets some people at her new school who seem all too eager to help her heal. Sliding deeper into sorrow and trying to fight her feelings for two of them, she finds out who…what they really are and that they are falling too.
Can she find the strength to move on from the past, reconcile her feelings for Luc, find a way to stop a divine war with fallen angels, and still pass the eleventh grade?
Awesome, right! You can read more about Shawna at her website: http://www.shawnaromkey.com