Aidan’s Journey Book Tour
Author Bio:
After years of hearing characters chatting away in her head, CJane Elliott finally decided to put them on paper and hasn’t looked back since. A psychotherapist by training, CJane enjoys writing sexy, passionate stories that also explore the human psyche. CJane has traveled all over North America for work and her characters are travelers, too, traveling down into their own depths to find what they need to get to the happy ending.
CJane is an ardent supporter of gay equality and is particularly fond of coming out stories.
In her spare time, CJane can be found dancing, listening to music, or watching old movies. Her husband and son support her writing habit by staying out of the way when they see her hunched over, staring intensely at her laptop.
Author Contact: You can contact CJane at cjaneelliott@gmail.com. Her website is http://www.cjaneelliott.com. Twitter: https://twitter.com/CJaneElliott and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cjane.elliott
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
Cover Artist: L.C. Chase
Blurb(s):
The star of the University of Virginia theater department, Aidan Emery is lusted after and admired for living out and proud. He uses his talent and good looks to his advantage and never sleeps with the same guy twice. But his glamorous patina has been carefully honed to hide the pain he carries inside.
Aidan wasn’t always such a player. He starts college naively romantic, hungry for the attention he can’t get from his workaholic father and mentally ill mother. Unfortunately, that leaves him ripe pickings for predatory professor Rodney Montgomery. Rodney’s flattering regard seduces Aidan into a dysfunctional relationship that destroys his innocence.
Life looks up for Aidan when he finally breaks free of Rodney’s pull and moves to New York City to make it as an actor. Meeting sweet fellow actor Patrick Jaymes seems like the start of a fairy tale. But before Aidan can rebuild his life into happily ever after, family secrets rip him wide open, leaving him easy prey when Rodney decides he’s not willing to let Aidan go.
Categories: Contemporary, Gay Fiction, M/M Romance, New Adult
Pages: 326
Excerpt:
Every good story begins with a journey. Mine started on a June day in 2011 as the Amtrak train pulled out of Union Station in Washington, DC. Lee and I were bound for New York City, ready to dazzle ’em all with our acting and singing chops. Look out, Broadway, here come Aidan Emery and Lee Dunlap, the stars of the U.Va. drama department! Jazz hands!
I was leaving my family home—which I’d recently been kicked out of by my father. I was also leaving behind a long-term, toxic relationship. Yes! I felt pretty fucking victorious sitting on that train, talking and laughing with Lee. I’d done it! Left my past behind! Right? I was sure, with all the surety of a twenty-one-year-old, that my dragons had been slain and New York City was where the gold awaited.
Not so fast there, bucko, I want to tell myself now. You’ll get to the gold, but you have many more hard roads to travel before you arrive. Oh, but don’t despair—there is a Prince Charming at the end of it all.
Interview
1 – What is the saddest book you ever wrote? Aidan’s Journey is the saddest. Aidan goes through such a bleak period during his college years that I almost couldn’t stand writing it, and it took him a long time to free himself from his demons. I was never more happy than when I got him to his happy ending
2 – What is the saddest story you ever read? I would say Borrowed Time by Paul Monette. It’s the true story of his lover’s death from AIDS back in the early days of the epidemic, when so much was still not known. It’s an amazing love story, beautifully written, and heartbreaking.
3 – Do you believe in happy ever after? I sure do! I totally believe that people can heal and grow and have love come into their lives. It might take some inner work and some outer conviction, but it’s possible. I believe that people are bigger than their circumstances and can overcome awful things. I think of all the LGBT youth and young adults who have dealt with homophobia, bullying, and worse, and how so many of them have come through. I want to see all of them come through. The happy ever after is possible, but it takes a community. None of the heroes in my stories made it to the HEA alone. They had friends and family who helped them out along the way.
4 – What’s your favorite genre? To write, contemporary. To read, contemporary and mystery. I’m in awe of people who can write mysteries.
5 – What’s your ultimate goal as a writer? To keep on writing as long as the muse agrees. I have a crazy goal to write a musical based off of one of my books. My son the musician wants to write the songs. I’ve never written a play, much less a musical, but why not? My secret fantasy is to start an LGBT youth theater troupe.
Tour Dates/Stops:
October 14: Love Bytes
October 15: Amanda C. Stone
October 16: MM Good Book Reviews
October 17: Wicked Faeries Reviews
October 20: Tara Lain, Michael Mandrake
October 21: Parker Williams, Multitasking Mommas
October 22: Cate Ashwood
October 23: Inked Rainbow Reads, It’s Raining Men
October 24: Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words
October 27: Rebecca Cohen Writes, BFD Book Blog, Smoocher’s Voice
October 28: Prism Book Alliance, Jade Crystal
Sales Links:
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5592 paperback
http://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=5540 ebook
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