Liane Gentry Skye - Day 1

Please welcome author Liane Gentry Skye to the island!

Liane Gentry Skye was considered the girl most likely to become a nun in high school. Upon graduation, she wasted no time rewriting her miserable destiny. Two marriages, one real life alpha hero and four beautiful babies later, she decided it wise to exchange her rhinestone thong for soccer mom sweats. These days, her walk on the wild side lives (mostly) in her imagination. The mother of two children with autism, what time she doesn't spend breathing life into her secret fantasies, she spends grant writing and advocating for a better world for persons with autism.

Thank you so much for joining us on the island, Liane! You’ve just had a couple releases with Red Sage, one of my favorite publishers! Even better, you’re featured in the most recent Secrets (Volume 27). I fell in love with Secrets after reading Volume 9 and I’ve been hooked ever since. You have a smooth, almost magical writing style so I’m super excited to have you here and can’t wait to get to know the ‘real’ Liane a little better! On to the fun stuff: questions!

Since this is your very first time on the island, there are some things we must know about you!

1. If you were stuck on a desert island what 3 things would you bring with you?

You know, I've never been one to pack light, so this is going to hurt. But I know I could never do without paper and pen. A life without chocolate? Not going to happen, so, I'd need a lifetime supply of dark chocolate. Now, for the third, I'd have to choose my hubby. :) I figure all those survival schools he went through as a Navy SEAL will come in right handy. Doesn't hurt that he's cute, either. ;)

2. Boxers, Briefs, boxer briefs, kilt, commando

Uhhh…I'll take the commando option if it includes tight-ish jeans. ;) If it's not an option, bring on the kilt!

3. Favorite Heroine:
Hope Harper in Deidre Knight's Midnight Warrior series. Hope is strong and intuitive, and never lets blindness stop her from living, or loving.

4. Favorite Sex song:
I'm assuming you mean the song that makes me feel romantic?

That would be one by Creed, One Last Breath. The song is, for me, the perfect "black moment" song, angsty, emotional, intense. Everything I love in a good romance, actually!

5. What accent is guaranteed to make you do naughty things?
It's a toss-up between Italian and a Scottish brogue. Oh, but I love a proper British accent, too. On, and then there's those sexy Aussies. Ack. Can we just say I never met an accent I didn't like? ;)

6. What six books would you bring with you if you were stranded on a desert island?
Hmmm…is there a volume of everything ever printed? I want that one. ;) Seriously, I'd choose…

Gone with the Wind

The Works of Pablo Neruda

The Bible

Outlander

The Time Traveler's Wife

The Lovely Bones

You just reminded me that I need to read The Time Traveler's Wife! Want to finish it before the movie comes out :)


Come back tomorrow for an in-depth interview with Liane on her writing process and what it's like writing for Red Sage. Also, Liane's been kind enough to offer a signed copy of Secrets Volume 27 to one lucky commenter. Just leave a comment today or tomorrow and I'll announce the winner (U.S. eligible only) on Wednesday!


Blurb from HEART'S STORM (in Secrets Volume 27)
Sirenia's final breeding moon is upon her. She is the last fertile mermaid of her brood. Racing against a hurricane, she must search out and mate with the only merman who can save her kind--the prophesied Lost Son of Triton. When Sirenia rescues injured Navy SEAL, Byron Burke from drowning, she seals herself into his life debt. When the time comes to ask Byron for her freedom, her heart threatens to stand in the way of the last, best hope for her kind.