Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Avery Flynn to HJ!
Hi Avery and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Hexy Beast!
Thank you so much for having me!!!
Please summarize the book for the readers here:
Hexy Beast is just the absolute most fun. It’s about a chaos witch named Effie who is definitely the woman you always want in your corner and a very uptight alpha werewolf named Darrius who has a wild wolf inside him just dying to get out. Well, these two end up magically tied together and the pack oracle says they’re fated mates but these two are gonna fight that right up until the end. What they’re not fighting? The insta-lust that comes with the bond. There is also a pack mutiny, a race through the woods, mythical creatures, and so so many shenanigans. It’s a total good time in book form.
Please share your favorite line(s) or quote from this book:
I can’t pick! I will narrow it down to three.
1. “Role-playing as the big bad wolf, Darius?” she asks. “Does that make me Red Riding Hood? Are you going to nip at me with those teeth of yours? Be careful, I might like that.”
2. There is nothing worse than lusting for the guy who kidnapped you.
3. “You want to find out want happens when I give in to my wolf and let it out, witch? Are you sure you can handle that?”
Please share a few Fun facts about this book…
This one was such a wild one to write. I had the most fun digging back into Greek mythology and anytime I get to write a snarky, take-no-shit wise woman I am a happy writer! Even though most of this book is Effie and Darius on a race through the woods, you will get to meet a ton a fun creatures and even a centaur or two.
What first attracts your Hero to the Heroine and vice versa?
I love that even though Effie is such a mess in some ways and Darius is such a grump in others, that at their heart they are both caregivers who are willing to do whatever it takes to keep their people safe and happy. They just have very different ways of going about it.
Did any scene have you blushing, crying or laughing while writing it? And Why?
Only one? Ha! You know I have several scenes that I giggled while writing (casting a spell to turn someone into macaroni salad will be one I wish I could make happen in real life) and some that had me blushing (these two are spicy), but none that made me cry because that is just not something I do. Go get your tears somewhere else! LOL
Readers should read this book….
Because it really is a wild ride and a good time in book form with two MCs that you really will be rooting for.
What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have in the works?
I’m super excited that the fourth Sherwood Witches story is coming. I’ll start working on that after Hexy Beast’s release and it is going to be a blast. Juniper just might turn out to be a reader favorite! And Cal, her vampire that looks like a big ass farm boy? Well, he has a lot going for him. And there’s going to be a talking Pug!
Thanks for blogging at HJ!
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Excerpt from Hexy Beast:
So in Hexy Beast, our uptight MMC Darius has several conversations with the wolf living inside him (a benefit of being the alpha, although Darius thinks of it as a bit of a curse because his wolf is a handful). His wolf is all about Effie from the very first second.
I’m not sure if my wolf or Effie Sherwood is going to kill me first, but one of them is bound to put me in a pine box. Who knows, by the end of the month I might welcome it.
If my second in command Nikos doesn’t manage to turn the pack against me first.
Of course, the smart way to avoid that would be to ransom the sexy little witch off, not marry her-even if only temporarily.
“But we’re not gonna do that, because she’s ours,” my wolf says
with a possessive growl.
“Fuck off, Sparky.”
“You do understand that I’m you, and you’re me, right?”
The furry fucker isn’t wrong, but that doesn’t mean I have to give in to the call of the wild like my father did and ignore everything except what his primal wolf side wanted. I can keep my wolf on a tight leash, rule with logic not instinct, and take care of my pack while the rest of Witchingdom goes to shit. Whatever it is that the witches are up to doesn’t involve us.
In short, fuck them witches.
But not literally.
No matter that she smells like the first honeysuckle blooms of spring or that her skin is so soft, her curves so full, or her ass so perfectly round and smackable. Trouble trails after Effie Sherwood like the scent of a pie fresh out of the oven.
“Which is exactly why we should give her a naughty nibble, my
wolf says.
“Do I need to lock you up again for you to shut up?” I stride across the park toward where a third of the pack are gathered.
“Really, what in the fuck were you thinking with that whole ‘on my knees’ comment?
“Do you need me to go into graphic description, or would a quick overview do the trick?”
“You’re a real asshole, Wolf.”
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Book Info:
An impulsive witch and a buttoned-up werewolf discover love is its own beast in this spicy rom-com from USA Today bestselling author Avery Flynn.
As the eldest daughter of the magical Sherwood family, I’m supposed to have everything together. Well, joke’s on them—I, Effie Sherwood, am chaos incarnate, and you’ll never be able to guess my next move.
Like jumping on the back of Darius Aetos’ motorcycle. Not only is Darius grumpy, gruff, and hot, he’s also the head of the Aetos werewolf pack.
My spur of the moment decision has quickly become a much bigger commitment, because a pack elder is convinced this hunk of a man (or wolf, depending on the hour) is my fated mate.
Even though I’m a witch and he’s a werewolf, we’re stuck together until we can find our way out of the tricky pack politics. But under the light of the blue moon, it’s almost starting to feel like Darius doesn’t want to stay away from me. And I’m not sure if it’s my magic going haywire or the starlit skies, but I can’t imagine leaving his arms either.
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Meet the Author:
USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestselling romance author Avery Flynn has sold more than a million books, which have been translated into multiple languages. She has three slightly-wild children, loves a hockey-addicted husband and is desperately hoping someone invents the coffee IV drip. She lives outside of Washington DC with her family and a pack of five dogs all named after food. If she’s not reading romance or binging reality TV, she’s most definitely plotting to take over the world so she can banish Crocs from existence. Also, if you figure out how to send Oreos through the Internet, she’ll be your best friend for life.
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