Today I would like to give a warm welcome to Y.A. Sci-fi/Fantasy author, Samantha Durante who is joining us on tour with her book, STITCH!
An
Interview with Isaac
Samantha: Hi
everyone! Samantha Durante, author of
Stitch here, and today I’ll be interviewing our resident heartthrob, Isaac!
Isaac: ‘Resident
heartthrob,’ Sam? Really?
Samantha: Oh,
Isaac, don’t be modest.
Isaac: (flushing through
his gorgeous sculptured cheekbones) ‘Sculptured cheekbones??’
Samantha: Haha,
sorry! We’ve gotta do it for the ladies!
Isaac: There’s
only ONE lady I’m worried about, and I don’t
think she’ll be happy about you flaunting me to readers…
Samantha: Oh,
don’t worry, I’m sure Alessa’s got her admirers as well.
Isaac: (sighs) If
you say so… (trying to hide a self-satisfied smirk)
Samantha: (rolling
eyes and laughing) Okay, well let’s get on with this. Tell me – what was your favorite part of
living on the farm in 1917? And don’t
give too much away… Readers who skimmed
the blurb might have guessed already that you don’t really live on a farm in 1917, but for the time you thought you
did, what was it like?
Isaac: Wow, well
that was just a totally different
experience. I think the biggest thing
that sticks out to me from that period was just the simplicity of it all. It was winter and with the servants taking
care of things, there wasn’t much to do around the house, so I just spent my
days reading and tending to the horses and hanging out with my sister. I thought
I was stressed out at the time, since I felt like I was just trapped in
this life that I didn’t belong in – which in retrospect makes a lot of sense –
but once I got back to the real world and remembered all the huge problems we
were really dealing with, my worries
on the farm seemed almost laughable.
There was no hunger, no fear of constantly being in danger, no having to
sneak around or keep my thoughts hidden.
My biggest concern was how I was going to work up the nerve to tell my
family that I didn’t want to take over the farm! (laughs)
I wish I’d known what I was going to wake up to so that I would have enjoyed that time a little more while I
had it.
Samantha: Well that’s
certainly a positive way of looking at things.
Isaac: I mean,
don’t get me wrong. I’m not happy that they locked me up there and I
lost months of my life, months of time I could have spent with Alessa or
helping the resistance. By the time we
got out of there, the rebellion was practically crumbling… It seemed like the weight of the entire
movement rested on our shoulders, and that wasn’t an easy burden to bear. But compared to my cell in the Paragon’s
prison –
Samantha:
(interjecting) Stop right there! Let’s
not spoil the twist here…
Isaac:
Right. Well, all I’m saying is that I’ve
spent time in worse places than that cozy little farm. Much worse.
Samantha: So what
can you tell readers about your adventures in book 2 of the series, Shudder?
Isaac: Without
giving too much away, I’ll tell you that it picks up right where book 1 left
off and there’s plenty of action and intimate moments and explosive twists to
come. You’ll experience everything that
Alessa and I go through right by our side as we do our part to buoy the
resistance and give the people of our colony a fighting chance. And there are even some chapters where you’ll
get to drop in on some of your other favorite characters from Stitch and see
what they’re up to while Less and I are out on our mission. I think anyone who enjoyed Stitch will
definitely like what’s to come in the sequel.
Samantha: Well
thanks so much for sharing that, Isaac!
We invite any readers who are interested in hearing more from Isaac and
the other characters from Stitch to check out the many stops on the tour, going
on all this month! (Full tour schedule here.) And a huge thanks to the Reading Between the
Wines Book Club for hosting us!!
Her heart races, her muscles coil, and every impulse in Alessa’s body screams at her to run… but yet she’s powerless to move.
Still struggling to find her footing after the sudden death of her parents, the last thing college freshman Alessa has the strength to deal with is the inexplicable visceral pull drawing her to a handsome ghostly presence. In between grappling with exams and sorority soirees – and disturbing recurring dreams of being captive in a futuristic prison hell – Alessa is determined to unravel the mystery of the apparition who leaves her breathless. But the terrifying secret she uncovers will find her groping desperately through her nightmares for answers.
Because what Alessa hasn’t figured out yet is that she’s not really a student, the object of her obsession is no ghost, and her sneaking suspicions that something sinister is lurking behind the walls of her university’s idyllic campus are only just scratching the surface…
The opening installment in a twist-laden trilogy, Stitch spans the genres of paranormal romance and dystopian sci-fi to explore the challenges of a society in transition, where morality, vision, and pragmatism collide leaving the average citizen to suffer the results.
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Samantha Durante lives in New York City with her fiancé, Sudeep, and her cat, Gio. Formerly an engineer at Microsoft, Samantha left the world of software in 2010 to pursue her entrepreneurial dreams and a lifelong love of writing. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania’s Jerome Fisher Program in Management & Technology, Samantha is currently working full time for her company Medley Media Associates as a freelance business writer and communications consultant. Stitch is her first novel. Learn more about Samantha at www.samanthadurante.com.Facebook: Stitch - Author Samantha Durante
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This sounds very interesting. I think I'm going to enjoy this because it will keep me thinking. Thank you.
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