Blood Spirit
A Sons of Navarus Novel
Gabrielle Bisset
The Sons of Navarus series continues...
I am everything you seek.
I am vampire.
Blessed with the gift of telepathy, Terek always knows what a woman wants. His gift has afforded him nightly sensual pleasures and exotic treats for centuries, but beneath the surface he yearns for much more.
Ilona can give him what his soul craves, but only if he trusts his heart. One fateful choice made out of desire puts all he cares for in danger. With a civil war and the threat of Archon hunters at every turn, this Son may lose everything if he can't find the balance between heart and mind.
Hello Gabrielle! Nice
to see you again!
Thanks, Liz! It's great to be back here again.
First, can you tell us all a little bit about this tour?
It's five weeks of celebration of Blood Spirit, the third
book in the Sons of Navarus series. Each week there will be prizes and at the
end there will be three grand prizes. Be sure to read through the interview to
the end for the details.
And since Halloween is coming up at the end of your tour,
what do you think your vampires will do to celebrate? Do you see a costume party in their future?
(And of course, what do you think their costumers would be??)
I'm trying to imagine Vasilije or Saint in a costume. I
think for Vasilije it might be something tongue-in-cheek like Jack Sparrow, but
Saint might go for the scary vampire look. He has a dark sense of humor. Now
Terek...he'd do something sexy. I don't even think he tries to be sexy. He just
is. As for Ramiel and Thane, they'd
be too busy with the Prophecy to party, but Dante would definitely be up for a
good time, as always. He'd probably do something silly or clownish since he's
such a joker. And Sion and Nico might show up, but it's likely Sion wouldn't do
a costume. He's the Ice Man among the Sons, the most serious of them all.
So Gabrielle, I’m sure this one is tough, do you have a
favorite among your characters? And why,
of course?
My street team, Gabrielle's Goddesses, got to asking me that
one day. I fall in love with each Son as I write him, so it's impossible to say
I love just one. They're like Lay's—you can't have just one. (There's a dirty
joke in there somewhere...;)
And now, Blood Spirit was just released in September. What can you tell us about Terek and his
story?
Terek is the most mystical and spiritual of all the Sons. A
monk when he was turned vampire, he's passionate about everything he does. If
he believes in something, he's in all the way. As a vampire sire, he's been
prolific, to say the least, siring thousands of vampires, mostly females. But
his newest vampire, Ilona, isn't like the others and worst of all, his
telepathic power that's helped him seduce women for centuries doesn't work on
her. Terek is forced to deal with her the old-fashioned way—with his heart.
And of course, Blood Prophecy is coming out later this
year. That cover is superb, gotta love a
man in chains. Any hints you can give us
about him?
Bad ass. Ramiel is
one of the two Sons in charge of trying to figure out the prophecy, so his
story is going to be important. But this former Visigoth warrior is a hard one,
so whoever his heroine is, she'll have to be something pretty incredible.
Surprise! Your books
are being made into a movie (we can only hope!). Who are your actor choices for some of your
characters?
The Goddesses and I struggled with this a while back when
another interviewer asked the same question. Each reader has their own idea of
what the Sons would look like, but here's what we came up with. Some are
actors, but some are models. Let's hope they can act. LOL
Vasilije: Michael
Fassbender (think with darker hair...to be honest, I can't think of another
actor who could do Vasilije's sensuality justice.)
Saint: Alexander
Skarsgard (that was a Goddesses choice)
Terek: Tyler Hoechlin
(model)
Ramiel: Sergey Krapiva (Russian model)
Thane: Henry Cavil (my editor suggested him—thinks he has
that sweet and kind look Thane has.)
Sion: Cam Gigandet (actor who has a great cool look)
Dante: Kellan Letz (another great Goddesses choice)
Nico: Michael Anderson (a model who actually is the
inspiration for Nico as I write him)
Ok, on to some other subjects… Social Media. Like, Love, Loathe? Do you have a favorite?
I wonder if I'm using social media correctly more often than
not, so it's not a like, love, or loathe issue but an Am I doing this right?
issue.
If you weren’t a writer or a professor, what job would you
like to do?
I love the outdoors, so I think a job doing some kind of historical
research of landscapes or gardens would be really nice. I don't think I'd want
to give up the historical part of my work, but a change of scenery would be
nice.
And speaking of jobs, Gabrielle, how do you balance teaching
and writing?
Well, I sometimes don't. At the beginning of the semester,
my writing always suffers from neglect because I have so much going on at
school. And then during the summer, I neglect teaching because I want to get so
much writing in. I'm still working on the balance thing, I guess, but I write
at night, so it's just a matter of making the time all the time.
Do you have any exciting or special projects coming up that
you can share with us all?
I've begun a series of free shorts at my website that will
be related to the Sons of Navarus. First up is a short with Hades, the god of the
Underworld, who's set to make his debut in the Sons series soon. After that,
readers can expect to see shorts about Vasilije (pre-Sasa days...;), Thane, and
Saint and Solenne's early days. I'm also thinking I might do some non-romantic
shorts about the Sons to give readers a more fuller picture of them. I like to
think of them as extra scenes from the stories. And Book #4 of the Sons of
Navarus series, Blood Prophecy, will be coming out next. I don't have a release
date yet, but I'm hard at work on it.
Since we are all consumed by books, I have to ask: Do you have a favorite author or book?
I'm a huge fan of Marie Treanor. Her Awakened By Blood
series is just so interesting. She writes a delicious vamp!
And something kind of fun, if you could bring any character
from any book (yours or someone else’s), who would it be and why? What do you think they’d do first?
There are so many choices! One of my vampires from my Sons
series or Amon from my book Destiny Redeemed would be terrific to spend time with.
One of those divine BDB boys...well, who's kidding here? There's only one I'd
want to meet and that's Vishous. And then there are other characters from
classical books, such as Holden Caulfield, who would be interesting for a
little while. Or the Greek and Roman gods...I can't imagine how exciting that
would be!
And ahem, the most important question. Do you think Vasilije would go out with me??
Vasilije is always up for a good time. He does has Sasa, but
if you've read Blood Spirit...uh-oh, I don't want to give too much away.
Gabrielle, as always, this has been a lot of fun talking to
you. I’m very excited to follow the rest
of your tour. Thank you for taking the
time out for this interview!
Thanks so much, Liz! It's great being back at Fictional
Candy!
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