Her parents are dead and now a moody trespasser has set up camp on the property Macy has inherited. When the stranger confesses himself to be an ageless sea-god and tells her she has been guarding a secret she never knew existed, her once simple life takes a drastic turn. Just when she thinks it can’t get any stranger, a back door to the Underworld opens up and it’s time to run like hell.Mythology and contemporary life collide as this fast-paced novel explodes and dark forces tracking Macy surface to capture her. In the transatlantic chase that follows, she learns of her forgotten past and a centuries-old connection to the sea-god who helps her escape. A tragic miscalculation derails Macy and in a moment of self-sacrifice she ends up where it all began, trapped in the Underworld.
Has she learned enough about her past to forge a meaningful future? Utterly alone, she realizes that to gain real freedom, she must reject her assigned place in history and in doing so risk everything.
Events challenge her whilst she comes to grips with her legacy and decides what she wants in life. Family betrayal, sinister plot twists, and unlikely friends fill this exhilarating story of one woman’s journey to shape her future as she learns her true identity and strives to become a force in her own right.
Eleusis by Genevieve Fairbrother is one-of-a-kind contemporary paranormal adventure novel that narrates a unique perspective on women and relationships using the life of one immortal woman moving through time.
The author lives in Atlanta with her husband and two teenagers. She attended Wellesley.
Connect with Genevieve!
Website: www.genevievefairbrother.com
Facebookpage:https://www.facebook.com/pages/Eleusis/242435805893260?ref=hl
Goodreads author page: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6941372.Genevieve_Fairbrother
Twitter:@FairbrotherGen
Book trailer: http://youtu.be/BSYk-8Y_5zc
. What
gave you the inspiration to write this book? I wanted to free the mythological
Persephone from her abduction by Hades, reflect the sense of peace that I feel
when I’m on the 200 acres I own that I used as the basis for Eleusis, and chart
society’s progress in allowing a woman the right to determine her own fate.
2. Who
is your favorite character in the book? I like Jason, but I had the most fun
writing Artemis.
3. Which
came first, the title or the novel? The novel. The title was difficult. I
wanted one word to encapsulate a message. Eleusis is a point of freedom or
rebirth in mythology when I settled on that title I knew it was the right one
for this book.
4. What
scene in the book are you most proud of, and why? In the first chapter Macy is
drawn outside by a ground mist that coats her land. She senses the peace of her
property but that is splintered by the sudden and supernatural arrival of Jason
who in an adrenal packed scene chases her into the woods. It sets the pace for
the novel and and crystalizes the juxtaposition of appearances against the dire
reality that Eleusis’ protagonist faces.
5. Thinking
way back to the beginning, what’s the most important thing you’ve learned as a
writer from then to now? That conversation is the best way to show and not tell
the audience what is transpiring.
6. What
do you like most about the cover of the book? The feeling it evokes. All the
little overlays and nuanced changes to the original images are purposeful and
yet the whole is smooth and unforced in its imagery. It’s sublime yet powerful.
7. What
new release book are you looking most forward to in 2013? I don’t know yet.
8. What
was your favorite book in 2012? There wasn’t one. None of the books I read
stood out. I read JK Rowling’s latest and a Baldacci but they didn’t light any
fires for me. I wanted so much to like JK Rowling’s because I have tremendous
respect for her Harry Potter series.
9. What’s
up next for you? I’m already at work on the second in the series. I’ll be at
the Chicago Blogher 2013 convention in July speaking to bloggers about advances
in women’s health (I’m an OB-Gyn)as well as at the Atlanta Writers Conference
in May.
10.
Is there anything that you would like to add? “We stopped
looking for monsters under our bed when we realized they were all in our head.”
Children have such great imaginations because they are not limited by
pre-conceived ideas. The ancient cultures have such wildly fantastical stories
but the root emotions and human relationships tie us together through the ages.
Timeless stories tap into those familiar emotions. The magic is capturing those
emotions in unique and compelling ways.
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June 3 - Forget the Housework, I’m Reading – Review & Guest Post
June 4- Samantha March – Q&A & Excerpt
June 5 – A Blue Million Books – Guest Post, Q&A & Excerpt
June 6 – Amie’s Reviews – Review & Guest Post
June 7 – Ai Love Books – Review & Guest Post
June 10- Every Free Chance Book Reviews – Novel Spotlight, Guest Post & Excerpt
June 11 – Curling Up with a Good Book – Q&A & Excerpt
June 12 – Storm Goddess Book Reviews – Review & Guest Post
June 13 – Chick Lit Plus – Review
June 13 – Bounds by Words – Novel Spotlight & Excerpt
June 14 – Books and Insomnia – Review & Excerpt
June 17 – Brooke Blogs – Review & Excerpt
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