Incandescently
by
Sylvie Parizeau
Publication
date: October 22nd 2016
Genres:
New Adult, Romance
BLURB
LIAM O’SHEA, bestseller
author of the SciFi saga, Eiloe.
All I knew was pain – a
childhood filled with cruelty and villains who used and abused.
Until Éolie.
I first heard her sweet,
angelical voice in the dark of night, when I lay bathed in my own impending
death. Seventeen years later, it’s not the nightmare she pulled me out of that
haunts me, but the glimpse of Happily Ever After she revealed just before
disappearing.
They said she was a
figment of my boundless imagination. A wish. A dream. Until I had no choice but
to believe them, cherishing my imaginary savior the only way I knew how – in
fiction and lore.
But fantasy has a way of
transforming reality. When I finally tire of being a citizen of the world, I
take an impromptu sabbatical as a professor at a small college on the coast of
Maine. And there I see her, the girl with the sea-green eyes and angelic voice.
My world turns upside
down. Turns out my girl is for real, and the pull between us is anything but
imaginary.
Happily Ever After has a
story … and this one is mine.
Buy Link : Amazon
Guest
post by Sylvie
Parizeau
The overall theme of the Incandescent
Series is
romantic with a touch of magic and whimsy.
Bonjour !
As you know by now (spoiler alert if you haven’t read my full bio
: http://www.sylvieparizeau.com/about-sylvie/), I am epilogue obsessive
compulsive.
And as Éolie once said to Liam in one of their deleted scenes:
_“Liam, it’s a compulsion. I swear; I start
to read fully intending not to skip ahead, but I can’t help it. I need to know
how it ends before I can enjoy how the characters get there. I cannot bear
anything less than a happy ending. Everyone deserves a happily ever after.”_
Guilty as charged.
I am one of those who read the end … right after Chapter One. So by now, you’re
either, gasping, cringing, totally scandalized, or smiling in complete accord,
depending on which side of that story you stand, non?
But in any case, this obsession of mine is what started my
story-telling journey. I can’t tell you how many times I concocted additional
scenes in my head every time I got lost in a romance book. What do you mean The
End? Noooo. It’s the beginning! Give me the happy!!
And as such, Liam and Éolie’s story, INCANDESCENTLY,
book One in the Incandescent Series,
holds a very special place in my heart, and I hope it will in yours too come
October 22, 2016.
Meanwhile, in heartfelt appreciation for being such an awesome and
all-around wonderful blogger, your tribe is among the first ones to enter a
chance for a signed paperback copy as well as a signed
copy of the map. A journey into the incandescent world of the
Forest of Laure where all of my characters find their Happily Ever After, love,
cherish, and grow, one story at a time.
So? In the mood to read something romantic with a touch of magic
and whimsy? Go ahead. Let yourself loose.
Happy reading!
Sylvie Parizeau, romance novelist @ www.sylvieparizeau.com
Q&A
IT’S GET TO KNOW SYLVIE PARIZEAU
WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
I was born and raised in Montréal (Québec), the world’s second-largest
French-speaking city (ever heard of Paris by any chance?;).
Want
to explore Montréal?
Montréal is a pretty cool city. However, back in those
years, I admit to existing through the winter months only to come truly alive
in the summer time (La Belle Saison), running free at a lake cottage up in Les
Laurentides, where I now live full time.
Happily Ever After. No longer winter challenged. Virtually
hugging trees every morning.
THE FAVORITES? (Oh, no. Do I have to?)
What is your favorite book?
You mean... I only get to pick one? That’s just... so
cruel.
I have lots of favorite books and authors within my favorite genre, ANYTHING ROMANCE. In
an ever-growing list that took on a life of its own.
I’m not kidding. For a short and sweet sampling, visit
Mes Coups de Coeur (http://www.sylvieparizeau.com/mes-coups-de-coeur-indie/) whenever you feel like it.
For as long as I can remember, I have always been a
bookworm. The shy one, the quiet one. I have older siblings and by the time I
came around, I fortuitously had access to an extensive library already. Books
fascinated me from then on, and even though I couldn’t read any of them yet, I
used to get lost in stories I made up just from the images for hours on end.
Add to it that my favorite Saturday afternoons in the
winter time were spent at the public library, in a tête-à-tête with shelves
upon shelves of books, and voilà. You have me in a nutshell.
And then... E-books happened.
Browsing anytime, on my time? Downloading books in
just one click? Even from under my rock, on top of a mountain, in a forest, in the
middle of nowhere? With a full library of my beloved neatly following me
wherever I go? With minimal imprint on trees I virtually hug every morning? And
here I am, revolutionized.
Anticipation? Character building.
Instant book gratification? Decadent bliss.
Les favorites en vrac
:
favorite color : blue,
from the lightest azure to the darkest navy, and all the
nuances in between.
favorite dish: anything
pasta.
favorite time of the day: cuddling
time.
favorite snack: aaaaah!
Keep me far away from Cheetos. Bad Sylvie.
favorite keyboard keys: Ctrl,S.
favorite flowers: wild
myosotis, lavender, echinacea, wild daisies.
favorite day of the week: Saturday.
favorite plants: ferns,
moss.
favorite mood: happy.
favorite people: romance book readers.
WHAT IS YOUR WRITING RITUAL LIKE?
I have a writing/reading nook upstairs
with a window seat, and a view of the forest. A view I’m more than happy to
share en direct from my winter wonderland on my home page.
It’s a quiet room. A peaceful room. When I
step into that room, I step into an alternate universe, and it puts me in the
frame of mind needed. I let the surrounding beauty infuse me.
Sometimes, depending on my mood, I plug in
headset earphones to immerse myself in background music. Mostly without lyrics,
otherwise, I get lost into the story unfolding within the song.
Beyond that, I don’t
require much else to keep me going for hours on end. I get by with only a shot
of organic guarana caffeine once in a while (okay, maybe more than once in a
while. I’ll never tell.).
WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
Life. Love. Laughter.
The written words.
Art, in its many forms.
Man’s creative genius.
The Earth’s abundant, natural wonders.
Breathing in the moment, letting it seep, blending
into it.
Author Info
A paralegal by day and
incurable romantic by night, Sylvie is a cross-genre, and she takes Happily
Ever After very seriously. The End just isn’t in her vocabulary.
An incorrigible
daydreamer, she now feeds her obsession with epilogues by concocting stories in
which heroes deal with the happy from the get-go. Ready, or not. And she
confesses under oath to loving every minute of it.
Sylvie lives her own
Happily Ever After in the beautiful mountains of Les Laurentides in Northern
Quebec, alongside her whole set of characters.
In between treks in their
backyard wilderness, you can find them hanging out at www.sylvieparizeau.com
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