Indelible By: Alexis Kennedy

INDELIBLE

by Alexis Kennedy

With the cover of this book, those blue eyes just grab you and pull you in. Actually, they do more then that, they make you crave opening the book and desire reading it. Seriously, but I am good with anything by this author, her work is always entertaining, so I know I want to read it even before opening the book.

Upon opening the book, we are meeting once again the beautiful red head Scarlett Vanderwall. And I am glad, I just loved her character before, she has a great personality, honestly, I feel parts of her are much like the author, but that’s just me. Saying this will get this review deleted, if it even posts. Truth. All because I am a big fan of this author, and this review is justifiably, my version of the truth.

Anyway; as I was saying.

Scarlett and Ivan are headed on yet another journey. It’s just that this time, they are trying to rescue Ivan’s sister from Ivan’s own former boss, who is a Norwegian crime Lord. The man is known as Kieran ‘The Punisher.’ If that doesn’t just say it all, what does?

Thanks to Scarlett and her own ‘style’ of associates, she and Ivan manage to gather together the gear they need. Some weaponry and such, and embark on their journey, one that they hope, they will be able to return from.

As they are on their journey, Scarlett is still receiving phone calls from the DEA agent Aiden Bradley and one CIA supervisor Collin Kincaid. The alphabet soup group keep begging her to come back and work for them.

Then Scarlett receives word of a posing threat on the United States itself, and realizes she is in fact needed. Scarlett must be forced to decide, and her thoughts are put between a rock and a hard place.

Scarlett has a dark life beckoning for her in the back of her own mind, and she wants to give in. And the needs of the good ole USA are important to her too. And Ivan’s sister, will this be the last fight of her life after all?

Wait; what? You wanted me to give you the scoring details? Not happening. You need to read the book yourself, just like the rest of us, that’s cheating!

What I can do is tell you this: this book is a fantabulous read, five stars, even. And I enjoyed it, because I wanted to know the choices that Scarlett would make. And I was worried about that evil crime boss, and I wanted him to get what he deserves. And I understand how jobs nag at you, as well as wanting to do the right thing, and even wanting to resort to a dark side. Sometimes the dark side can be fun and entertaining. But you are going to have to read the book yourself. You’ll like it, so go on. Go get your own copy!

Here are my questions for Alexis:

1. What made you decide to write this book and how long did it take you? I wrote it as the sequel to Two Faced because I loved writing Two Faced and knew Scarlett had more stories to share. It took me about 3 months to write it.

2. Do you have any photos or descriptions of the characters? Photos are attached. Here’s how I think of them: Scarlett Vanderwall is unstoppable, untouchable, cool, confident, intelligent, beautiful, suave, fearless, sexy, sly, secretive—and she has the conviction that she will always get what she wants.

Ivan Stanislovsky is handsome, charismatic, daring, strong, dangerous, smart—and ready to face any challenge in an assignment.

Scarlett

Ivan with a gun

3. Did you put yourself into any of these characters? Just my sarcasm lol.

4. Which of the characters is your favorite? Scarlett is my favorite, and if I could be like her, I would be.

5. Does writing ever try to put itself in the way of your life, by insisting that you write? (Like for example when you're trying to sleep.) Yes, always when I’m trying to sleep. Since I started writing, I stay home more often. I just need my dog and my PC. I carry a notepad in my purse, so when I’m waiting at the doctors office or wherever, I can write.

6. Do you enjoy writing, if so, why? I love it. I like creating worlds I can control when I feel like my own life is out of control.

7. What do you think of Amazon deleting reviews? (Please explain in detail, with your change.org link.)  https://goo.gl/RTFNHj  I hate it. It’s hard enough to make money writing, but then they lessen our chances of gaining new readers by removing our reviews. Here’s what I told the BBB: They claim our reviewers are biased, as if we aren't entitled to have fans. It's ridiculous for them to assume that they know what a reviewer is thinking when they post a review, and it's ridiculous for them to assume that the reviewer is a liar. If they doubt the reviews, perhaps they should read the book and see for themselves and post their own reviews. They are violating the first amendment. Our readers, who are their customers, have the right to express their personal opinions about our books.

8. Have you ever met any of your fans, and if so, how was that experience for you? I did a book signing at Penned Con once, but I was a stranger to those people. However, in March, I’m going to be making a personal appearance at a book club, who is starting Indelible now, and I’m very excited about that.

9. What is your upmost favorite book of all time? My favorite book is Scandalous. I’m totally in love with my hero, Adrian Casimir. I poured love and romance into the story and left room for plenty of laughter and a few tears.

10. What are your hobbies? Other than writing, I really don’t do much else. Health issues keep me under house arrest most of the time. I enjoy playing with my dog and spending family time with my parents and my 18-year-old son.

11. Where is your favorite place to write? In my office with TV reruns on in the background.

12. Please share with us your social media and book links:

Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/alexis.kennedy.author/

Amazon page: Author.to/AlexisKennedy

Twitter: https://twitter.com/authorAlexisK

Website: http://www.alexiskennedy.net

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5622152.Alexis_Kennedy

Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/+authoralexiskennedy

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/authoralexiskennedy  

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13. Anything extra to add:  Thank you for doing this interview. Also, if readers want an autographed eBook or softbound, they can order it from my website https://alexiskennedy.net.

Indelible: Two Faced book 2 by Alexis Kennedy
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

With the cover of this book, those blue eyes just grab you and pull you in. Actually, they do more then that, they make you crave opening the book and desire reading it. Seriously, but I am good with anything by this author, her work is always entertaining, so I know I want to read it even before opening the book.

Upon opening the book, we are meeting once again the beautiful red head Scarlett Vanderwall. And I am glad, I just loved her character before, she has a great personality, honestly, I feel parts of her are much like the author, but that’s just me. Saying this will get this review deleted, if it even posts. Truth. All because I am a big fan of this author, and this review is justifiably, my version of the truth.

Anyway; as I was saying.

Scarlett and Ivan are headed on yet another journey. It’s just that this time, they are trying to rescue Ivan’s sister from Ivan’s own former boss, who is a Norwegian crime Lord. The man is known as Kieran ‘The Punisher.’ If that doesn’t just say it all, what does?

Thanks to Scarlett and her own ‘style’ of associates, she and Ivan manage to gather together the gear they need. Some weaponry and such, and embark on their journey, one that they hope, they will be able to return from.

As they are on their journey, Scarlett is still receiving phone calls from the DEA agent Aiden Bradley and one CIA supervisor Collin Kincaid. The alphabet soup group keep begging her to come back and work for them.

Then Scarlett receives word of a posing threat on the United States itself, and realizes she is in fact needed. Scarlett must be forced to decide, and her thoughts are put between a rock and a hard place.

Scarlett has a dark life beckoning for her in the back of her own mind, and she wants to give in. And the needs of the good ole USA are important to her too. And Ivan’s sister, will this be the last fight of her life after all?

Wait; what? You wanted me to give you the scoring details? Not happening. You need to read the book yourself, just like the rest of us, that’s cheating!

What I can do is tell you this: this book is a fantabulous read, five stars, even. And I enjoyed it, because I wanted to know the choices that Scarlett would make. And I was worried about that evil crime boss, and I wanted him to get what he deserves. And I understand how jobs nag at you, as well as wanting to do the right thing, and even wanting to resort to a dark side. Sometimes the dark side can be fun and entertaining. But you are going to have to read the book yourself. You’ll like it, so go on. Go get your own copy!



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H-17 The Morningstar Abduction By: Jake Vickers

H-17

The Morning Star Abduction

By: Jake Vickers

This is a very different style read, and very in depth. From the get go, I was drawn into the words that kept pulling me farther and deeper in as I read, wondering where this book would take me. I knew that I wouldn’t put it down, because the writing was like none other I have ever read. I was strong, and sincere. I felt the writer wanted to make his point known, and that you the reader, were there to help to get his point across.

H-17 is an organization that has been silent for nearly forty years, until now. And now they have come out of hiding to recruit. Making it obvious there is a need for more of them to do whatever it is that they must do.

Gabby Morningstar is in class, when her class is interrupted by the announcement of the murder of her parents. After this, the homicide detective on the case, abducts Gabby. Gabby then is being sold to ‘these mysterious people’ off of the highway, where the exit is unmarked. She has now realized, things are beyond strange.

Fortunately for Gabby, her runaway sister: Nikki will stop at nothing to find and rescue her, however long and difficult it may be.

Gabby herself, is determined to get away from this sinister group of people, and if anything, make anew for herself, with the hopes of surviving. Gabby feels if she is to stay with these people, just about anything could happen to her including death. And she can’t have that.

As you read this book, you will be rooting for these girls, trust me. And you will not be rooting for H-17, in fact you will want to climb into the book and get involved. This book makes you feel like you are right there, and that you need to mediate, and help in any way that you can. Unfortunately, you can’t. But what you can do, is read it, and write a review. Because I myself enjoyed this book a great deal and give it five stars. I certainly hope that Jake will find the time write another book. He is a very good writer, and I love his writing style. So, if you haven’t already, pick up your copy today!

Here are my questions for Jake:

DENEALE: What made you write this book and how long did it take you?

JAKE: My initial motivation was to escape from reality.

My separated parents gave me 2 separate names, Jimmy and Jake. I suffered some torment in early childhood that really compounded my proclivity for isolation. In adolescence, I ran away often and probably devised my own personal hells by way of poor choices informed by arrested development. Then I met a dear friend on a school bus who very quickly became my best friend. He was a strange boy, 2 years younger than me, wearing a drab army jacket and flipping through a mail order catalog of fantasy knives with a sort of alert intensity that seemed determined to ward others off. So, of course we got along. We were close through high school and through our years in the Marine Corps. We were close up until the time that he had a schizophrenic break. I didn't know how to deal with his crumbling reality, and so taking care of him eventually fell on others. Months later, in March 2013, he committed suicide—but even that phrase is a lie. I killed my brother with my neglect.

That last sentence is something of a lie, because I am not Jake, nor am I Jimmy—though I carry the guilt and memories of both like a pack full of rocks that pulls me deeper into the loose dirt with every step.

During the time after my friend, or rather Jake's friend, killed himself, the only semi-meaningful relationship I'd ever had in my life ended horribly. With that, and everything, it felt as though the world was closing in. I couldn't breathe evenly, or eat my food and acknowledge the very taste of it. I'd written stories with Nikki and Gabby as central figures, but in my mind there was the monochrome image of Nikki screaming and snarling—just visceral and fearless and careless and cunning and fun. And with that ferocity, I could live again.

I began to write the novel H-17 The Morningstar Abduction. At the time, I did not understand what was happening to me, or what was developing as I began to write. But I know in a very literal sense that I am not the same person who set out to write this work. I would not make you more uncomfortable by telling you my name. This novel is many things, but to me, it is also a representative biography that opens up to an exploration that I hope others will be interested in experiencing along with me.

DENEALE: Who designed your cover?

JAKE: Allison Dalton. I'm afraid the current image isn't nearly as high-def as the one that was initially designed by Allison. If, in the future, I have the resources for my own print, there will be updates to do the image justice.

DENEALE: Do you have any photos or descriptions of the characters that you can share with us?

JAKE: No. The descriptions are quite specific in the novel, though never intentionally constructed in an exclusionary fashion. The photos don't exist as they are not extrapolations of literal figures. I would hope that the audience can personalize the experience of H-17 to a greater degree if I do not dictate in a manner that has nothing to do with the writing.


DENEALE: What are you working on now?

JAKE: I'm working on the second H-17 novel. It's about ¾ completed in my head, but I have a ton of groundwork to do. I'm quite motivated to see that H-17 isn't forgotten or ignored or just read dumbly. It isn't the greatest piece of literature in the world, but it is the very best I can do at the moment. To hear from readers who find it meaningful is more important to me than I can express here.


DENEALE: What motivates you to write?

JAKE: ...

DENEALE: If you were to get writers block, or have ever had it, what do you do for it?

JAKE: I do not believe in writer's block.

DENEALE: What suggestions can you offer for the aspiring writers out there?

JAKE: Have the courage to be original despite the negative voices that will seek to impede your progress and clip your wings.

DENEALE: How long have you been writing?

JAKE: I've been writing since 2017. Jake started when he was 16. The answer that you're wanting is that I started at the age of 16. Back then, I wrote shitty poetry and thought it was the most beautifully emotive thing in the world, and that the girl it was for could never possibly deny something of such deeply poignant and personal meaning—of course I was mistaken.

DENEALE: What are your hobbies?

JAKE: I don't have any social activities as I don't have any people in my life. I write of course. I sometimes rewire circuit boards to breadboards. I solve puzzles. I break things. I game. I listen to music. I search for meaning. I howl at the moon. I think at a frenzied pace and my mind never takes a break.

DENEALE: Do you put yourself into your characters?

JAKE: I'd rather not offer an answer as to what portion each of these characters is or isn't the individual you are conversing with.

DENEALE: Where is your favorite place to write?

JAKE: My friend killed himself just feet from a giant metal desk that one is probably accustomed to seeing in classrooms in the 90's. I repainted the desk and spray painted MORNINGSTAR MOTHERFUCKER on the side. I write on that.

DENEALE: Please share with us your social media and book links:

JAKE:

H-17 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/H-17-Morningstar-Abduction-Jake-Vickers/dp/0957103883/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1506552849&sr=8-1&keywords=h-17+the+morningstar+abduction

On goodreads:

https://www.goodreads.com/search?utf8=%E2%9C%93&query=h-17+the+morningstar+abduction s

DENEALE: Anything to add?

JAKE: The things I have to say will be said with a series of H-17 novels, and I will do everything in my power to make sure that each novel is an improvement over the last.

H-17 The Morningstar Abduction by Jake Vickers
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

This is a very different style read, and very in depth. From the get go, I was drawn into the words that kept pulling me farther and deeper in as I read, wondering where this book would take me. I knew that I wouldn’t put it down, because the writing was like none other I have ever read. I was strong, and sincere. I felt the writer wanted to make his point known, and that you the reader, were there to help to get his point across.

H-17 is an organization that has been silent for nearly forty years, until now. And now they have come out of hiding to recruit. Making it obvious there is a need for more of them to do whatever it is that they must do.

Gabby Morningstar is in class, when her class is interrupted by the announcement of the murder of her parents. After this, the homicide detective on the case, abducts Gabby. Gabby then is being sold to ‘these mysterious people’ off of the highway, where the exit is unmarked. She has now realized, things are beyond strange.

Fortunately for Gabby, her runaway sister: Nikki will stop at nothing to find and rescue her, however long and difficult it may be.

Gabby herself, is determined to get away from this sinister group of people, and if anything, make anew for herself, with the hopes of surviving. Gabby feels if she is to stay with these people, just about anything could happen to her including death. And she can’t have that.

As you read this book, you will be rooting for these girls, trust me. And you will not be rooting for H-17, in fact you will want to climb into the book and get involved. This book makes you feel like you are right there, and that you need to mediate, and help in any way that you can. Unfortunately, you can’t. But what you can do, is read it, and write a review. Because I myself enjoyed this book a great deal and give it five stars. I certainly hope that Jake will find the time write another book. He is a very good writer, and I love his writing style. So, if you haven’t already, pick up your copy today!

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