Showing posts with label Molly McAdams. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Molly McAdams. Show all posts

Friday, April 11, 2014

Interview: Molly McAdams + Deceiving Lies


Today I'm thrilled to welcome New Adult author Molly McAdams back to the blog to answer a few questions about her latest release, Deceiving Lies. Deceiving Lies is the second book in her Forgiving Lies series and is available now from William Morrow paperbacks. Thanks so much for stopping by Molly!

If Rachel were to write her own wedding vows to Kash, what are a couple things she would make sure to include?

Hahah, oh lord. I had a hard enough time writing my own vows ;) But I’m sure there would be something along the lines of: Loving him, fighting with him, making pancakes for him while pretending to hate them, and always stealing his green Sour Patch Kids.

Let’s say you’re moving into a new place and discover you have an insanely attractive neighbor like Kash. Are you the confident, strike-up-a-conversation type, or (like me) the more shy, observe-from-afar type?

I’m definitely no Candice, but I’m not shy either. I’m directly in the middle. I’m completely like Rachel. I would see him in passing—and by passing, I mean I would make an ass out of myself by tripping in front of him, accidentally hitting him in the face (has happened) … something along those lines.

If Kash could have a do-over for any part of his relationship (large or small) with Rachel, what moment might he wish he had a second chance at?

There are so many things I could put here. Not let Rachel walk away with Blake in Forgiving Lies, but Blake had escaped so many times before, if he hadn’t been so consumed in Rachel, he would have probably escaped again. Then there’s not leaving the night/morning she was kidnapped in Deceiving Lies, but then they would have just killed him and Mason. He could have staying after everything went down with Blake in Forgiving Lies, but it would have put a major strain in their relationship rather than giving them time to realize they needed each other. So … nothing. There’s nothing to do-over.

You write some very strong, sexy couples. Who is your all-time favorite couple from a book, movie, or TV show?

Ahh, Romeo and Juliet. I’m a Shakespeare fan, those were the only books I read in high school. I actually took Shakespeare classes. They were so young, naïve, so passionately in love, and they obviously would do anything to be together. They will always be my favorite.

Kash is a cop often assigned undercover missions. If he were to teach a class on what it takes to go undercover, what’s one of the first tips/lessons he’d emphasize to those who have never experienced it?

You have to be willing to completely lose yourself, to forget who you thought you were, and everything you know. You have to be willing to do things you grew up knowing you would never go near.

Since this series deals with secrets and lies, let’s put people to the test and see how good they are at sniffing out truth from lie. Please give us three facts about yourself, one that’s true and two that are completely false.

1. I loathe the sound of cicadas.
2. I have been pooped on by a cow.
3. One of my all-time favorite movies is: Idiocracy.

Thoughts on which is the truth? Leave your guess in the comments!


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DECEIVING LIES


Rachel is supposed to be planning her wedding to Kash, the love of her life. After the crazy year they've had, she's ready to settle down and live a completely normal life. Well, as normal as it can be. But there's something else waiting—something threatening to tear them apart.

Kash is ready for it all with Rach. Especially if all includes having a football team of babies with his future wife. With his line of work, he knows how short life can be, and doesn't want to waste another minute of theirs. But now his past as an undercover narcotics agent has come back to haunt him ... and it's the girl he loves who's caught in the middle.

Trent Cruz's orders are clear: take the girl. But there's something about this girl that has him changing the rules and playing a dangerous game to keep her safe. When his time as Rachel's protector runs out, he will turn his back on the only life he's known, and risk everything, if it means getting her out alive.

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MOLLY MCADAMS


Molly grew up in California but now lives in the oh-so-amazing state of Texas with her husband and furry four-legged daughter. Some of her hobbies include hiking, snowboarding, traveling and long walks on the beach…which roughly translates to being a homebody with her hubby and dishing out movie quotes. When she’s not diving into the world of her characters, she can be found hiding out in her bedroom surrounded by her laptop, cell, Kindle and fighting over the TV remote. She has a weakness for crude-humored movies, fried pickles and loves curling up in a fluffy comforter during a thunderstorm...or under one in a bathtub if there are tornados. That way she can pretend they aren't really happening.

Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Cover Reveal: Deceiving Lies by Molly McAdams

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!!

I'm kicking off 2014 with a little fun in the form of a cover reveal, something that always makes me happy because I happen to be mildly obsessed with type, design, and covers in general. So today I'm very excited to share with you the cover for Deceiving Lies, the upcoming sequel to Forgiving Lies from new adult author Molly McAdams.

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From Goodreads:

Rachel is supposed to be planning her wedding to Kash, the love of her life. After the crazy year they've had, she's ready to settle down and live a completely normal life. Well, as normal as it can be. But there's something else waiting—something threatening to tear them apart.

Kash is ready for it all with Rach. Especially if all includes having a football team of babies with his future wife. With his line of work, he knows how short life can be, and doesn't want to waste another minute of theirs. But now his past as an undercover narcotics agent has come back to haunt him ... and it's the girl he loves who's caught in the middle.

Trent Cruz's orders are clear: take the girl. But there's something about this girl that has him changing the rules and playing a dangerous game to keep her safe. When his time as Rachel's protector runs out, he will turn his back on the only life he's known, and risk everything, if it means getting her out alive.

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Prank-Tacular Blog Tour: Needing Her by Molly McAdams


Today I'm crazy excited to be part of the blog tour for Needing Her, the latest novella from new adult author Molly McAdams. HarperCollins has put together a really fun and creative promotional tour leading up to the novella's release on December 23rd, so I'm going to let them explain just how it's going to work: 

WHO IS THE REAL MOLLY McADAMS?

Molly McAdams is pulling a prank on the internet to celebrate the release of her prank-tastic novella, Needing Her, on 12/23! For eight days until Needing Her goes on-sale, the internet will be brimming with New Adult celebs like J. Lynn, Jay Crownover, Sophie Jordan, and more—all pretending to be the REAL Molly McAdams. All have filled out the same Q+A, so it’s up to the fans to guess which one is the real Molly! Each day, a new Q+A will go live on a variety of blogs, and if you guess who’s answering the questions in the comments, you could win a fabulous gift basket, including books from all the participating authors, as well as a prank “starter-kit,” for your own practical jokes. Here are the participants:

Molly McAdams

J. Lynn

Monica Murphy

Lisa DesRochers

Jay Crownover

Sophie Jordan

Nichole Chase

Blogger Yara Santos of Once Upon A Twilight

So see if you can guess who’s who by commenting, and you’ll be entered to win a lavish prize basket. And check all the other participating blogs until 12/23 to see if you can pick out the REAL Molly McAdams. Identities will be revealed, and the winner will be announced on 12/24, on these blogs as well as on the Between the Covers FB page.


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Favorite food?

POTATOES!

Favorite color?

Green - no, pink! No, purple! … Maybe green.

Favorite band and / or favorite song?

Band? Coheed & Cambria *drools over Claudio Sanchez's hair* My favorite song changes based on what book I'm writing, soooo good question?

How do you come up with your book ideas?

They all start off as dreams, and then I throw a lot of my personal life in there!

What’s the best prank you’ve ever played on someone?

Me? Play pranks? I pretended to kill off a main character … oh, wait no. I actually did that. Never mind!

What’s your fascination with cops and detectives?

Uhh, they're sexy? Haha, to be honest, I'm surrounded by cops and detectives, and for years before that I was surrounded by Marines. I write what I know!

What’s the thing you love most about Needing Her?

I love that they have fun with each other. I love the wars, and I love Connor's attitude. Yup.

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NEEDING HER


A fabulous, fun, and sexy New Adult novella from New York Times bestselling author Molly McAdams. If you loved Connor in From Ashes, this is the story for you.

She's the girl next door

Maci Price isn't really into relationships. Having four very protective older brothers has always made having a boyfriend very difficult anyway. But her friend is set on finding her the right guy—and thinks the mysterious Connor Green is the perfect pick.

He's her brother's best friend

Connor Green is trying to find himself again. He loved, then lost, and it's time for him to pick up the pieces. His brooding is making his friends crazy, but Maci, who has grown up into a gorgeous and incredibly sexy woman, is about to break the spell.

They're made for each other

When Maci starts up old pranks to get Connor out of his slump, an all-out war leads to a night that will break all their rules … and a relationship they must keep hidden. Together they're electric. Apart they're safe. And soon they'll each find that they're exactly what the other needs.


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Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Interview + Giveaway: Molly McAdams + Stealing Harper


I'm hugely excited today to welcome new adult author Molly McAdams back to the blog to celebrate the upcoming release of her new novella, Stealing Harper. For those of you who have read Taking Chances, this novella is written from Chase's point of view. Molly was nice enough to answer a few questions about Chase and the events of Taking Chances and Stealing Harper for me, so I hope you all enjoy! And don't forget to check the bottom of the post for an exclusive excerpt as well as a fantastic giveaway!

For those who have yet to meet Chase, please describe him using only the title or titles of other pieces of fiction.

“More Than Meets the Ink” “Bad Rep” “Passionate Ink” “Bad Boy Secrets” “Torn By Love”

What was the most fun/fascinating/difficult part of being in Chase’s head and writing from his point of view?

I absolutely LOVED getting to know him. I felt like I knew exactly who he was when I wrote Taking Chances, but I really had no clue. He’s very complex, caring, and willing to hurt himself emotionally, if it means that Harper has a better life. So finding out all these things about him absolutely gripped me, and I fell in love with him all over again.

If you were to sit down and interview Chase, what’s the first thing you would ask him?

Before I wrote Stealing Harper, it would have been “Why didn’t you fight for her in the beginning?” but I know that answer now, along with hundreds of others I had. So now, it would probably be something along the lines of, “How are you? I miss you.” Chase will always have a big part of my heart when it comes to my characters.

You don’t pull any punches emotionally when it comes to your stories, and your characters (and readers!) are always put through the wringer. What’s the last book you read that tied you up in all sorts of emotional knots?

When We Collide by A.L. Jackson. All her books bring me to my knees with the emotions in them, I love what she evokes in her readers!

What’s one question you wish someone would ask you in an interview? How would you answer?

“How ninja are you?” I’d probably say something along the lines of… “I’m the lamest they come, unless there’s a spider, or other bug, or a random floaty object in front of me. Then I become so ninja it’s insane. I karate chop at whatever it is, then disappear before it can find me again.”

*Jenny dies laughing*

If you were to channel Chase and get a tattoo that represented the events of Taking Chances and Stealing Harper, what might it look like or say?

I’m not sure if I can think of something that represents what happened in the books. But, to be honest, I love the lilies Chase gave Harper. I wouldn’t get exactly that, but I am getting something from it. I’m getting one orange lily with the word “Princess” hidden in one of the petals. Those lilies are a way of Chase, and his love, to forever be with Harper. No matter what happens, it won’t go away. And I love that.

What’s one line from Stealing Harper that brought a smile to your face the minute you wrote it?

“Swear, bro, you should have started with that, because I thought you were going to start batting for the other team.” –Brian. I just love anything Brian says, really. haha

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MOLLY MCADAMS


Molly grew up in California but now lives in the oh-so-amazing state of Texas with her husband and furry four-legged daughter. Some of her hobbies include hiking, snowboarding, traveling and long walks on the beach…which roughly translates to being a homebody with her hubby and dishing out movie quotes. When she’s not diving into the world of her characters, she can be found hiding out in her bedroom surrounded by her laptop, cell, Kindle and fighting over the TV remote. She has a weakness for crude-humored movies, fried pickles and loves curling up in a fluffy comforter during a thunderstorm...or under one in a bathtub if there are tornados. That way she can pretend they aren't really happening.

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EXCLUSIVE EXCERPT FROM STEALING HARPER

And no, the fact that I hid the word “princess” within the design I wanted to complete my right sleeve had nothing to do with her or the fact that I couldn’t stop thinking about her. At all. Fuck. I slammed my sketchpad shut and shoved it into my desk.

I stretched my arms and back before leaving my room and locking the door behind me. I’d almost gotten to the end of the hallway when I heard Drew’s loud slur.

“YYYEEEAAAH Bree and fresh meat are sleeping over tonight!”

I figured “fresh meat” was Bree’s new roommate and felt bad for once again forgetting to meet her. I needed to make sure my sister wasn’t going to be rooming with some crazy person. When I got into the living room, Bree was over taking shots with Drew and Zach, and there standing near the doors to the backyard was my gray-eyed princess. This better be a fucking mistake.

Plastering a smile on my face, I couldn’t help but embrace the images that were now burned into my mind, “Well, well. If it isn't the princess.”

She froze when she heard me, and as she turned to look at me her eyes narrowed and the fakest smile I’ve ever seen crossed her face, “I almost didn't recognize you without a tramp attached to you.”

Be sure and check out both yesterday's excerpt over at Flirty and Dirty Book Blog as well as today's additional excerpt at Confessions of a Bookaholic!

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HarperCollins has been running a fabulous promotion wherein if the pre-orders for Stealing Harper reached a certain number, the novella would be released a full two weeks early. WIN! That goal has since been achieved, ensuring Stealing Harper will be released on May 21st, so mark your calendars, and be sure to pre-order your copy!
 


Friday, April 12, 2013

Guest Post: Molly McAdams + The New Adult Genre


Today I have the pleasure of welcoming author Molly McAdams to the blog to talk to us a little bit about the New Adult genre and what it entails. The New Adult genre is one I'm completely in love with, and I've been devouring as many books that fall under this label as I can get my hands on. As a slightly older reader of YA fiction, it's sometimes difficult for me to connect to the younger characters, so the New Adult genre and its myriad of upper-teen/early twenties men and women and their corresponding life situations just makes me happy. Take it away Molly!

People have many ways of defining the New Adult genre; whether it’s the general age group that you’ll find in the stories, the problems the characters may face or the intensity of the steamy scenes…different readers and authors see it their own way.

I feel the New Adult genre is about the experiences we’ll have, the freedom we’ll finally taste and the lessons we’ll learn…most likely the hard way. It’s all about the time in your life when you’ve just legally become an adult and you’re learning what exactly it means to be an adult. People are excited to hit that age, and to finally be able to say they are “legal”; but going into that time in your life can be more overwhelming than you’re prepared for. Bills start coming, you are suddenly responsible for things like buying your own food and, if you went the college route, actually getting yourself out of bed and to class.

For a lot of “new adults” you’re finally free from the parental units and with that freedom comes the time to find who you are. And that’s what we’re all wanting to know, isn’t it? Who we really are, where we want to go in life, and what paths we’ll take to get there.

It’s the time in our lives when I feel we learn the most that will help us in life. It’s almost like when your parents told you not to touch that burning stove when you were a child, but until you touched it yourself, you had no idea just how much it would hurt. Our parents and people we look up to can tell us countless times to do this…oh, but don’t do that! But until we’ve experienced these things ourselves, we aren’t going to truly comprehend exactly what will happen if we do decide to “touch the burning stove” – whatever it may be.

New Adult is really all of these things. The epic highs and terrifying lows of becoming an adult and becoming who you want to be. We get to follow heroes and heroines through journeys that a lot of us often face during those incredible years of eighteen to mid-late twenties. I can’t say there is one thing that defines the genre, and as I said, other people may have a different view on it. But for me, it’s all about the thrilling time in our life that we get to learn about who we are, and it’s those steps and paths we take figuring that out, that make up the genre.

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MOLLY MCADAMS


Molly grew up in California but now lives in the oh-so-amazing state of Texas with her husband and furry four-legged daughter. Some of her hobbies include hiking, snowboarding, traveling and long walks on the beach…which roughly translates to being a homebody with her hubby and dishing out movie quotes. When she’s not diving into the world of her characters, she can be found hiding out in her bedroom surrounded by her laptop, cell, Kindle and fighting over the TV remote. She has a weakness for crude-humored movies, fried pickles and loves curling up in a fluffy comforter during a thunderstorm...or under one in a bathtub if there are tornados. That way she can pretend they aren't really happening.


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TAKING CHANCES


Eighteen year old Harper has grown up under her career Marine of a father's thumb. Ready to live life her own way and experience things she's only ever heard of from the jarheads in her father's unit; she's on her way to college at San Diego State University.

Thanks to her new roommate, Harper is introduced to a world of parties, gorgeous guys, family and emotions. Some she wasn't expecting yet, and others she never knew she was missing.

She finds herself being torn in two as she quickly falls in love with her boyfriend Brandon, and her roommate's brother Chase. Covered in tattoos, known for fighting in the Underground and ridiculously muscled...they're exactly what she was always warned to stay away from, but just what she needs. Despite their dangerous looks and histories, both adore and would do anything for Harper, including stepping back if it means she's happy.

Her first year away is turning out to be near perfect, but one weekend of giving in to heated passion will change everything.

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FROM ASHES


Aside from her dad, who passed away when she was six, Cassidy Jameson has only ever trusted one man: her best friend, Tyler. So of course she follows him to Texas when he leaves for college. She just didn't expect to be so drawn to their new roommate, Gage, a gorgeous guy with a husky Southern drawl. The only problem? He's Tyler's cousin.

 Gage Carson was excited to share an apartment off campus with his cousin. He didn't mind that Tyler was bringing the mysterious friend he'd heard about since they were kids . . . until the most beautiful girl he's ever seen jumps out of his cousin's Jeep. There's something about Cassi that makes Gage want to give her everything. Too bad Tyler has warned him that she's strictly off-limits.

Despite everything keeping them apart, Cassi and Gage dance dangerously close to the touch they've both been craving. But when disaster sends her running into Tyler's arms, Cassi will have to decide whether to face the demons of herpast . . . or to burn her chance at a future with Gage.

Monday, April 1, 2013

Review: From Ashes

FROM ASHES
Molly McAdams
Contemporary New Adult
416 pages
William Morrow/HarperCollins
Available April 16th
Recevied via Edelweiss for review

THE STORY (from Amazon)
Aside from her dad, who passed away when she was six, Cassidy Jameson has only ever trusted one man: her best friend, Tyler. So of course she follows him to Texas when he leaves for college. She just didn't expect to be so drawn to their new roommate, Gage, a gorgeous guy with a husky Southern drawl. The only problem? He's Tyler's cousin.

 Gage Carson was excited to share an apartment off campus with his cousin. He didn't mind that Tyler was bringing the mysterious friend he'd heard about since they were kids . . . until the most beautiful girl he's ever seen jumps out of his cousin's Jeep. There's something about Cassi that makes Gage want to give her everything. Too bad Tyler has warned him that she's strictly off-limits.

Despite everything keeping them apart, Cassi and Gage dance dangerously close to the touch they've both been craving. But when disaster sends her running into Tyler's arms, Cassi will have to decide whether to face the demons of herpast . . . or to burn her chance at a future with Gage.

MY THOUGHTS
From Ashes is a story that, based on the synopsis and cover art, we enter into assuming there will be a fair amount of romantic drama as well as a prominent love triangle. What we discover a few chapters in is just how correct our assumption is with regard to the former, and luckily for us, how incorrect with regard to the latter. What could have been an extraordinarily frustrating love triangle between Tyler, Cassidy and Gage turns out to be something entirely unlike what we initially expect (though still quite frustrating, just in a drastically different way), with Cassidy and Gage's feelings for one another solid and reciprocated, though unbeknownst to them, neither is fully aware of what the other is feeling. There's thankfully no waffling on Cassidy's part, and neither Cassidy nor Gage is deliberately obtuse when it comes to their miscommunications, instead they are manipulated and misled by someone they have no reason to assume would do something so hurtful. As a result, our irritation is derived from the circumstances rather than the characters themselves, and we continue on in the hopes that good things await the two of them once they sort through the layers of deception.

There are certainly some beautiful moments between Cassidy and Gage; quiet, stunningly intimate moments that do a nice job of smoothing the feathers of ours that have been ruffled along the way, but ultimately this story is so intensely and unnecessarily dramatic at times that not even those sweet and sexy scenes can hold off our ire. For the first half of the book it's easy to root for both Cassidy and Gage, their unwitting roles in Tyler's twisted game of possessiveness something that has us instantly in their corner, wishing we could step in and clear the air with just a few simple words so they could both finally start the relationship they've been desperately wanting. As the story continues however, Cassidy becomes increasingly difficult to like, our budding connection with her stalling out as she continues to hurt Gage with her cluelessness, and when yet another romantic player other than Tyler and Gage enters the picture, any lingering affinity we had for her is quickly extinguished.

Tyler is equally problematic, his history with Cassidy initially endearing him to us only to have him rather suddenly undergo a massive behavioral overhaul shortly after Gage first lays eyes on Cassidy. For someone who claims to want nothing more than what's best for her, Tyler does everything in his power to keep her happiness at bay in the misguided hope that she'll finally develop feelings that have never once been a part of their unique and seemingly unbreakable bond. When his actions escalate from small falsehoods and manipulation to downright cruelty, our patience with this book as a whole wears dangerously thin, and we flip the pages with a sort of dread as we wonder what massive drama will be hurled at us next.

The highlight of From Ashes is Gage himself, a young man with a butterfly-inducing southern drawl and an unwavering loyalty to Cassidy despite her tendency to push him away at every turn. He is patient, kind, and sinfully attractive, and while Cassidy loses a bit of our respect as she tries to sort herself out through major and minor dramas alike, the romantic scenes between them still cause our pulse to quicken and a flush to spread on our skin. Overall, From Ashes is full to bursting with tension and angst, so much so that we find ourselves drowning in it, desperately searching for some small facet of the story to keep us afloat, and while Gage is that lifesaver for the most part, he alone is unable to help us make peace with many of the decisions both Cassidy and Tyler make.

Rating: 2.5/5