Virtual Book Tour: Safeword: Mayday by Candance Blevins #blogtour #interview #giveaway #contemporary #romance #bdsm #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours @CandaceBlevins - A Life Through Books

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Virtual Book Tour: Safeword: Mayday by Candance Blevins #blogtour #interview #giveaway #contemporary #romance #bdsm #rabtbooktours @RABTBookTours @CandaceBlevins



Contemporary Romance (BDSM, kink)

Date Published: 06-21-2023

 

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Heather’s soul soars when she’s hang-gliding, skydiving, kayaking, or piloting a helicopter during search and rescue missions. She’s taken the term adrenaline junkie to a whole new level. However, she’s never enjoyed sex and never had an orgasm.

Instead of giving up on her, Kyle, a long-time friend who convinces her to be more, brings an experienced Dom in to help. Marcus explains she only enjoys extreme sports, so she needs to try extreme sex since the normal kind hasn’t worked. Marcus is all Dom, and helps Kyle bring Heather alive sexually.

Just when Heather thinks she has everything figured out, she learns the details of how it worked when the two men shared a girlfriend for years while they were in college.




Interview

What is the hardest part of writing your books?

 

Every book is different. Sometimes, getting the first draft written is the hardest part, and then revisions and edits are the next hardest. Other times, the first draft flows from my fingertips, but then revisions and edits to make it publishable are a nightmare. For the Safeword: Mayday duet in particular, writing the final third of the second book was the hardest — it took me years to manage just the right ending for this foursome.

 

What songs are most played on your Ipod?

 

Mostly, I stream the music I listen to. I’m partial to the 80s station on Vevo when I’m not writing, or sometimes an 80s compilation on YouTube if the Vevo channel is playing offbeat 80s music, which they are prone to do on weekend nights, but I mostly listen to classical music while writing. Songs with words sometimes interfere with my train of thought.

 

 

Do you have critique partners or beta readers?

 

I have alpha and beta readers, and I don’t know what I’d do without them. Some help me with plot and character development, others help me with continuity issues, and others help with grammar issues and typos. My brain doesn’t care about homophones during the first draft — so long as it sounds right, my fingers type the word — and I love that they catch those snafus for me. The cleaner it is when it goes to the editor, the more of a chance she’ll catch what’s left to fix.

 

 

What book are you reading now?

 

Next up will be Resonance Surge by Nalini Singh, but not until I finish the rough draft of my current WIP.

 

 

How did you start your writing career?

 

Sometime around 2005, I was frustrated with the available BDSM romance offerings. Some writers were awesome, but others had clearly never felt the kiss of a whip, or negotiated limits, or had any experience at all in the lifestyle. I thought I could do better, and I signed up for NANOWRIMO and actually managed to finish a book. That first attempt was terrible, but a half-dozen manuscripts later, I had something I thought publishable. I sent it to a few publishers, and the one I most liked offered me a contract.

 

 

 

Tell us about your next release.

 

Now that both Safeword: Mayday books are out, I can focus on KHAN and WRENCH, the next two books in the Birmingham Chapter of the Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club. Both are werewolves, and both are going to fall in love with a human, which complicates things. Khan ends up with Wrench’s sister, so these two books are closely intertwined. KHAN releases 8/24 and Wrench releases 9/7. Wrench’s story will also have a companion adult coloring book.

 

Thanks so much for having me on the blog today!

 

 

 



About the Author

Candace Blevins writes urban fantasy, paranormal romance, contemporary BDSM romance, and two kick-ass motorcycle club series. With more than sixty published novels, Candace continues to create stories with strong women, and she pulls from her vast knowledge of mythologies, ancient religions, and history to create a paranormal world that fits neatly into our real one.

She lives with her husband of twenty-five years and their youngest daughter. Their oldest daughter has flown the nest, but frequently comes home for visits. The family’s beloved, goofy, retired racing greyhounds are usually at her side as she writes, quietly keeping her company. Or sometimes not so quietly.

You can visit Candace on the web at candaceblevins.com and feel free to friend her on Facebook at facebook.com/candacesblevins, TikTok at tiktok.com/@candaceblevins, and Goodreads at goodreads.com/CandaceBlevins. You can also join facebook.com/groups/CandacesKinksters to get sneak peeks into what she’s writing now, images that inspire her, and the occasional juicy teaser.

 

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