{"id":11047,"date":"2014-01-09T07:57:40","date_gmt":"2014-01-09T12:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/wordpress\/?p=11047"},"modified":"2022-10-11T18:18:45","modified_gmt":"2022-10-11T18:18:45","slug":"debut-author-interview-alyssa-alexander-the-smuggler-wore-silk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/09\/debut-author-interview-alyssa-alexander-the-smuggler-wore-silk\/","title":{"rendered":"Debut Author Interview: Alyssa Alexander &#8211; The Smuggler Wore Silk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;m interviewing the lovely debut author \u00a0Alyssa Alexander. \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/2014\/historical\/jan-the-smuggler-wore-silk-alyssa-alexander.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>THE SMUGGLER WORE SILK<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>was given a<strong> 4.5 Star Top Pick<\/strong> by RT Book Reviews and said,\u00a0<em><span style=\"color: #003300;\">\u201cAlexander makes her debut with a thrilling, wild ride of a spy thriller that sizzles with passion. Readers will follow her three-dimensional characters through a maze of plot twists and turns. Like an intricate puzzle, Alexander has all the pieces of the ideal romance and arranges them in the perfect picture. She is a rising star you won\u2019t want to miss.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Please join me in giving Alyssa a warm welcome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">~~~<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.alyssa-alexander.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-11051\" style=\"margin: 5px 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Alyssa-Alexander-214x300.jpg?resize=164%2C255\" alt=\"Alyssa-Alexander-214x300\" width=\"164\" height=\"255\" \/><\/a> <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Q: <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Alyssa, tell us a little about <span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Smuggler Wore Silk<\/span>. How did you\u00a0come up with premise?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>A:<\/strong><\/span> <span style=\"color: #003300;\">Julian was a secondary character from my very first book (now hiding under the bed) who was always meant to be a spy. I also knew I wanted to write about military information being sent across the English Channel through a smuggling operation. So, to put Julian and Grace in conflict, I knew I needed to align Grace with the smugglers. Once I discovered smugglers stored their goods in abandoned quarries and caves, the rest is history!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Q:<\/strong> <\/span><strong>What are readers going to love about your hero and heroine?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>A:<\/strong><\/span> I hope readers love Julian\u2019s vulnerability. Much of the time, he\u2019s a clever spy and lives in that world. But because of his past, he has a wounded side that I simply love. As for Grace, she was a difficult character to write and gave me fits throughout the entire process. She\u2019s by turns independent and daring, and then meek and downtrodden. This duality in character was tough on a creative level, but I think it\u2019s what makes her three-dimensional. At least, I hope so, because if not, I pulled out a lot of hair for nothing!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Q:<\/strong><\/span> <strong>Traitors and spies and smuggling rings, it all soundsvery\u00a0suspenseful. Would you classify this a historical romantic suspense?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>A:<\/strong><\/span> Yes, I do classify this as a historical romantic suspense. The general idea of romantic suspense is that the two plot lines, love and suspense, are so entwined the story can\u2019t be told without both. I feel that way about this book because it\u2019s the suspense portion that brings them together and puts them in conflict. Julian and Grace\u2019s story can\u2019t be told without the traitor, the smugglers and their conflicting loyalties. They wouldn\u2019t have met otherwise, and they wouldn\u2019t have resolved their relationship without their interaction with the traitor.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/theseasonforromance.com\/2014\/historical\/jan-the-smuggler-wore-silk-alyssa-alexander.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11050 alignleft\" style=\"margin: 5px 15px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/smugglerworesilk.jpg?resize=171%2C275\" alt=\"smugglerworesilk\" width=\"171\" height=\"275\" \/><\/a><em>After he is betrayed by one of his own, British spy Julian Travers, Earl of Langford, refuses to retire without a fight, vowing to find the traitor. But when the trail leads to his childhood home, Julian is forced to return to a place he swore he\u2019d never see again, and meet a woman who may be his quarry\u2014in more ways than one.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>Though she may appear a poor young woman dependant on charity, Grace Hannah\u2019s private life is far more interesting. By night, she finds friendship and freedom as a member of a smuggling ring. But when the handsome Julian arrives, she finds her fa\u00e7ade slipping, and she is soon compromised, as well as intrigued.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>As she and Julian continue the hunt, Grace finds herself falling in love with the man behind the spy. Yet Julian\u2019s past holds a dark secret. And when he must make a choice between love and espionage, that secret may tear them apart.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em>**Click cover to access buy links<\/em><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Q:<\/span> <\/strong>\u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Smuggler Wore Silk<\/span> is the first book in the series. Does this\u00a0series have a name and how are the books connected?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>A: <\/strong>The series is called <em><strong>A Spy In The Ton<\/strong><\/em>. The books are connected by spies all working for the same spymaster. Many of them work alone, but they call on each other periodically so you\u2019ll see characters pop up in other books.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Q:<\/strong> <\/span><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">What do you read to relax? Who are your favorite authors? Which\u00a0book have you reread more times than you can count?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>A:<\/strong> <\/span>I don\u2019t read much for pleasure these days, being a mom with a full time job outside the home and a writing career. But when I get a chance, I tend to read outside of my own genre. Suspense and contemporary or paranormal romance.<\/p>\n<p>The book I have read more times than I can count is probably CARS AND TRUCKS AND THINGS THAT GO by Richard Scarry. Sorry, I have a kindergartener.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Q:<\/strong><\/span> \u00a0<strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">The Smuggler Wore Silk<\/span> is your debut novel. Tell us a bit about the\u00a0&#8216;call&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>A:<\/strong> <\/span>That was a wild and crazy day, that\u2019s for sure. It was in November and I was at the end of NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month. I promised myself I would buy a great pair of leather boots if I reached 50,000 words. Unfortunately, I didn\u2019t meet my goal and planned to forgo the boots. The day I got the call is a blur of amazement, disbelief, and absolute euphoria. What I remember most is that I wanted to tell Mr. Alexander first and I couldn\u2019t get him by phone. I called probably a dozen times, then sent him emails and instant messages to call me. In the few hours it took to finally reach him I could barely hold in my news! When he came home that night, he brought with him a bottle of wine and an amazing pair of black leather boots. He said I earned them, even if I didn\u2019t make the 50,000 word goal. My hero!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Q:<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>What&#8217;s next for Alyssa?<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>A:<\/strong> <\/span>I\u2019m currently working on a book that started with a minor secondary character. The hero is a grouchy recluse and the heroine is sexy\u2014and deadly. I\u2019m enjoying them immensely!<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">About the author:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When Alyssa is not working at her day job, writing, cleaning house, scaling Mount Laundry or doing any of the other tasks a wife, mother and writer must do, she can usually be found sitting on my deck overlooking the hay fields behind my house. Or, in the winter, she&#8217;s staring out the window at my deck and wishing the foot of snow would melt. Either way, she&#8217;s likely to have a book in my hand. And maybe a drink with a paper umbrella.<\/p>\n<p>You can find Alyssa on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexanderalyssa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@AlexanderAlyssa<\/a>,\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AlyssaAlexanderAuthor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alyssa-alexander.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Comment to enter to win a print or Kindle copy of THE SMUGGLER WORE SILK.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-11047\" data-postid=\"11047\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-11047 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I&#8217;m interviewing the lovely debut author \u00a0Alyssa Alexander. \u00a0THE SMUGGLER WORE SILK was given a 4.5 Star Top Pick by RT Book Reviews and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,83,27],"tags":[179,233,307],"class_list":["post-11047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-authors","category-berkley","category-giveaways","tag-author-interview","tag-debuts","tag-historicals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Debut Author Interview: Alyssa Alexander - The Smuggler Wore Silk - Smitten by Books<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/09\/debut-author-interview-alyssa-alexander-the-smuggler-wore-silk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Debut Author Interview: Alyssa Alexander - The Smuggler Wore Silk - Smitten by Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Today I&#8217;m interviewing the lovely debut author \u00a0Alyssa Alexander. \u00a0THE SMUGGLER WORE SILK was given a 4.5 Star Top Pick by RT Book Reviews and [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/2014\/01\/09\/debut-author-interview-alyssa-alexander-the-smuggler-wore-silk\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Smitten by Books\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-01-09T12:57:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-10-11T18:18:45+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/smittenbybooks.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Alyssa-Alexander-214x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"beverley\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"beverley\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/09\\\/debut-author-interview-alyssa-alexander-the-smuggler-wore-silk\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/2014\\\/01\\\/09\\\/debut-author-interview-alyssa-alexander-the-smuggler-wore-silk\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"beverley\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/smittenbybooks.com\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/5a4181aeb9cd5641e30023b9b4d3e00d\"},\"headline\":\"Debut Author Interview: Alyssa Alexander &#8211; 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