VIP by Riley
Edgewood
(Rock & Release, Act #1)
Publication date: November 17th 2014
Genres: New Adult, Romance
(Rock & Release, Act #1)
Publication date: November 17th 2014
Genres: New Adult, Romance
Synopsis:
When Cassidy Evans scores VIP tickets to a concert, she decides to use them for one carefree night before beginning a summer internship at her father’s Fortune 500 company. But one carefree night turns into a few too many martinis—with two unexpected twists: A steamy encounter with Gage Logan, sexy singer and guitarist, and a tempting job offer from Gage's boss to work at the concert venue she now knows quite intimately.
She definitely can't take the job. Her internship is an opportunity any business major would kill for. But the thought of working with her father, a man furious with grief over a family tragedy that struck six months ago, fills her with dread.
Then there's Gage. Working with him all summer could be hot. Cassidy can't stop flashing back to their night together. Molten kisses. His hands smoothing across the skin of her belly. The weight of his body above her own…
And suddenly the decision about how to spend her summer is much, much harder to make.
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VIP (Rock & Release, Act I) is out now!! The final two acts of the Rock & Release serial, Starstruck and Show Stopper, launch on December 1 and December 15, respectively.
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Riley lives in the DC area and spends most of her time
with her characters, playing with her toddler and husband, and pretending she
knows how to be an adult. Former dancer. Current writer. Lifelong lover of
accessories, books, and the beach. And cats. Can't forget the kitties. Of which
she has two.
What inspired you to write VIP
(Rock & Release, Act I)?
My
(awesome) friends gave my husband and me VIP tickets to a concert (Steve Miller
Band & Journey—fantastic show, by the way), and at the pre-concert VIP bar,
I sat there watching the college-aged staff working their shifts and realized
it could be really fun setting for a story. Drinks, musicians, that "new
adult" period of life… I let my imagination run away and it came back with
Cassidy.
This is a serial, right? Why did
you serialize Rock & Release into three acts?
Well…I
do call it a serial because the plot arc reaches across all three acts of Rock
& Release. Each act is between 30 & 40k words and each releases two
weeks after the last. (In order: VIP, Starstruck, & Show
Stopper). At first I planned to put it out as a novel all at once, but a
writing friend suggested it worked well in three parts. PLUS, this way, since
I'm a debut author, readers can pick up the first act (VIP) for cheap
(only $0.99) and decide if they want to keep going from there. I thought it
might be a better way to allow readers to take a chance on a debut without
forcing them to spend the full cost of a novel the first time.
Tell us something you love about
your main characters that we can't tell from the blurb?
Hmmm.
Let's see… Cassidy loves whiskey. Not that it plays a huge part in the story,
but it's always been interesting to me because I couldn't STAND whiskey when I
was in my young twenties. (Don't love it now, either.) But there's a reason for
it, and it's something she shares with her father, which is cool. Gage is sexy
and sweet (that's in the blurb!) but he has some serious stuff going on with his family. And then there's Luca James, who's
not in VIP but plays a very prominent role in Starstruck and Show Stopper. He's got a few dark
secrets…and that's really all I can say about that.
Obviously, authors love their main characters—but
who are your favorite secondaries?
This
is too hard to answer! I love so many of my secondary characters—and even the
tertiaries, too. Let's see… There's Vera, who doesn't necessarily have the best
taste in guys, but is super team girls supporting other girls, which is
a trait I adore. Teagan, Cassidy's oldest friend who has some issues and can
come across a little rough, but came to me so fully formed she'll be getting
her own book in the future. Clark, who's more of a tertiary character so I
couldn't push more of his story into this one, but he's funny and a flirt and I
just love him on and off the pages. Zach. Zoey. Katy… I could go on and on—I
really do love all my characters! Even most of the bad ones.
Tell us three things about yourself
we can’t discover by reading your author profile.
Ummmm…
I went skydiving on my 21st birthday, and it was amazing. (Not sure
I have the guts to do it again though!) I competed as a gymnast while growing
up. (I even competed at the same competition as Dominique Dawes once! #amazing.
I also was on an Olympic training team for a while.) I have four tattoos,
including a little star on the inside of my middle finger, and I love it.
What are your favorite new adult
titles by other authors?
I
*loved* All Lined Up by Cora Carmack. (I have the second book of that
series lined up (pun = totally
unintentional at first) and waiting on my kindle as my prize for finishing my
next book). Easy by Tammara Webber. All of Chelsea Fine's NA, too. And More
than Exes, Elizabeth Briggs' new adult rock star novella that just came
out.
What's next from Riley Edgewood?
Well,
Starstruck (Rock & Release, Act II) comes out on December 1, and I'm
really excited about it! In this act, international rock star Luca James sweeps
into town, and he's just…yummy. Show
Stopper (Act III) releases December 15 as the final part of Cassidy's
story. And the next book in this series, a companion novel (full-length, this
time) is coming soon! This one's a sexy lil beach romance! (New Adult, of
course.)
Anything else you want to share
with readers?
I
love hearing from readers—so drop me a line anytime!
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