Made Men # 2
By: Sarah Brianne
Releasing March 16, 2015
Young Ink Press
Blurb
Vincent knows the glamorous side of the Mafia, being born a soldier.Lake lives on the opposite side of the tracks, born the daughter of a soldier. The light and dark side of him are at constant war, but he is letting his darkness reign. She is trying to find peace, and she will soon be far enough away to find it. Discovering that his boss owns her, showed him how little he knew her. Knowing all about him only makes her want to hate him.
I’m a fu**ing made man.
I’m just fu**ing trailer trash.
Author Info
Hey! My name is Sarah Brianne and after living for
twenty-two years the characters in my head told me enough was enough and I have
finally put pen to paper (or is it finger to keyboard?) to tell their stories.
Since I was a little girl I have watched every chick flick I could get my hands
on, then when I became older I discovered a whole new world of romance novels.
To me there is nothing better then a tale of true love and those are the
stories that have inspired me to write. Like everything else in my life I have
put my own spin on two lovers destined to be together.
Next to my books my prized possession are my two beautiful
fur babies, Kalypso and Khaleesi. I know what you’re thinking, do you pack them
in your purse? Yep, right next to my kindle.
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Excerpt
Lake
closed her eyes at the sound of screeching metal hitting the pavement from the
car’s muffler scraping the road. Her father’s car was an old Cadillac she was
sure dated back to the eighties; it honestly needed work. Total junker.
Her
father somehow managed to keep it working by doing his own repairs on it, using
different parts from various cars and even making some himself. Lake liked to
call it the Frankenlac.
She
thought he would have bought a new car sometime between 1981 and 2014, but
nope. He had better ways to spend his money. Yeah, like betting on a horse or for chips to throw in the middle of a poker
table.
Even
though Lake’s father was a level-twelve gambler on the Richter scale, she
wouldn’t trade him for the world because Lake knew the other side of the coin
all too well.
She
shook her head, unwilling to think about the coming weekend. Most teenagers
would be happy it was Friday, but not her. No, her weekends were nothing except
torturous. Literally.
Her
father finally reached the destination and put the car in park. “All right,
kiddo. Have a good day. I’ll see you Monday.”
Lake
looked away from all the stares outside of the car to meet her father’s smile.
“You, too, Dad. See you Monday.” She had managed to force a smile of her own by
the end of the sentence.
Lake
opened the door and stepped out of the car, grabbing her bag.
“Love
ya, kiddo.”
That
time, Lake didn’t have to force a smile. “Love you, Dad.”
As
she closed the door, another scraping sound occurred. After watching her father
start to drive away, she was finally able to turn around and face the
teenagers’ looks. It honestly wasn’t as bad as it seemed; they always had much
better things to talk about. Not to
mention a short attention span.
See,
Lake wasn’t popular nor was she unpopular; she was just … well, Lake.
Boom!
After
a moment of complete silence, loud laughter filled the air along with some
serious black smoke from her father’s car blowing a gasket. Lake put her head
down and pulled up the hood from her hoodie, trying to conceal her face.
Great. It can’t get any worse, can it?
She started walking
through the parking lot, weaving between the people and cars.
Beginning
to hear loud music come closer, Lake turned her head to see a big, white Jeep
heading her way. She had to jump back to dodge the corner of the vehicle as the
brakes squealed into ‘park’.
Lake
stood in shock from the close call as her heart began to pound. She knew
exactly who was driving before the girl exited the Jeep along with three of her
friends.
Ashley. It was hard for her to even say her
name in her head.
“Oh,
my gosh. I didn’t even see you,” Ashley said sarcastically through her
snickering.
Lake
decided to take the golden opportunity of being able to talk back. She didn’t
get many chances.
“Oh,
my gosh. Really? Maybe you need to get glasses. Quick, how many fingers am I
holding up?” Lake stuck up her middle finger then heard muffled laughs.
Ashley
scowled and spoke as loudly as she could. “Sorry, I don’t speak trailer trash.”
That
right there was how a lot of the world saw Lake—just a piece of trash. Trailer trash, to be exact.
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Tasty
Book Tours Q&A with Vincent
(Vincent
is sitting in the VIP of a very exclusive club)
~Vincent,
three words to describe yourself
Insane psychopathic killer.
~Did
you always want to be a “Made Man” or is it something you have no control over?
I was born wanting to be made.
~If
you had the choice to be anything else, what would you want to do with your
life?
There was no other alternative I was going to become made
or die trying.
~You
have watched your best friend fall in love. Do you want the same thing for
yourself?
Fuck no.
~Is
there anyone in the running to be Vincent’s girl?
Sure, anyone with tits and a great ass can be my girl for
an hour.
~Where
do you see yourself in five years?
Same place now, except with a better view up the mafia
family tree.
~Thanks
for taking the time to chat with me!
Your welcome sweetheart, what are you doing for the next
hour?
**GASP**
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Tasty
Book Tours Q&A with Sarah Brianne
~Sarah,
congrats on the release of your Second New Adult Romance, VINCENT. For those
readers that haven’t yet read your books, tell us a little about the Made Men series?
The first two books have hero’s that are in the Caruso
Mafia and the heroines have all suffered in some way, due to physical or verbal
abuse. The series takes you through some real life horrible situations that I
felt compelled to write about, hopefully my books can spread awareness on these
things and I hope that these books can help anyone that has ever suffered
through the same experience my characters have. Made Men the series is for
anyone who was never able to face their demons, or for those that never got the
chance to punch their high school bully. Made Men will take care of that for
you and they take retribution to the next level.
In the end it’s a very dark and very violent series that
still is somehow hilarious at times but most importantly it’s about a tale of
true love.
~How
did you start writing?
Every since I was a little girl I would watch my mom read
books. Seriously she would flow through books like it was water and can easily
read five books a day if she wanted. Obviously she wouldn’t let me even pick
one up so I was forced to watch her enjoy endless books for years upon years. I
felt as if my mom was holding the biggest secret in the world and it killed me
to know, but my mother is crazy and would of turned me black and blue if she
even thought I would read one.
Now fast-forward to high school when I got my ACT scores
back, my reading level was so low (my writing scores were legit though) and mom
did the unthinkable. It was obvious the only way to bring it up was to read more,
so instead of giving me ‘Catcher In The Rye’ or something like that she gave me
my first romance novel. Mom’s theory was this, I was going to actually love
reading a book cover to cover and that I was going to want to read as much as
possible hanging on every word, therefore bringing my reading level up.
Well she was right, I cant tell you how many books I read
that summer I too started to flow through them like water reading book after
book (and for all you parents out there, it worked my reading level went up and
I even went to college and got a degree). Now that I was FINALLY in on the
secret I think my brain went nuts and I started making my own characters up in
my head. Fast forward just a few more years and I was in my last semester of
college, I had to make a choice either go to pharmacy school or write these
stories that were dying to get out. When my mom told me pharmacy school was the
only option, I guess I got a little pissed and that’s when I wrote Nero in my
last semester of college. We had an understanding of if it did good, then I could
make it my career or if it did bad well I was going to spend another four
torturous years in school. I think we all know how that ended...
So how did I start writing? It was all because of my
mother. I still remember the day she handed me my first romance book that
changed my life forever, it was Dark Prince by Christine Feehan. She gave that
particular book to me because Twilight was the shit back then to every teenage
girl so she gave me a vampire love story that was soooo much better. Good call
mom, good call.
~Are
you a plotter or pantser?
I like to think I am a special breed of writer, a
pantter. I dream up certain pivotal scenes that I would like to take place and
I keep them locked in my head. Then everything in-between those scenes are
whatever the hell kind of crazy shit hits me in that moment.
~Where
did the idea for NERO (Made Men Book #1) come from?
I had a couple of key points that always intrigued me and
knew that was what I wanted to write about.
1. Meaning
I wasn’t going to write a story if at the end of the day
it held no true meaning. I believe in telling a story that confronts today’s
real life problems that should be dealt with. Bullying is a real thing. Child
abuse is a real thing. And everything horrible in between that people don’t
think is real is a real thing. I want to help those that have experienced these
problems and most importantly I want to spread awareness that these things are
in fact real.
2. BAD to the BONE
Well I am a very anti-hero kind of girl, the bader the better
in my opinion and I really enjoy a good action film. Blood guts and glory are
my thing and most importantly, REVENGE. The mafia always fascinated me since
they embody all of this and they look freaking great doing it. They have so
many secrets and rules, again secrets just kill me, and it sucks that only Google
can tell me what they are. So unfortunately for me I’m not in the mafia and I
will never really know the truth.
3. Young/High School
I was never able to read Young Adult books they are wayyy
to mushy-gushy for my taste and I always hated how I could never get my fill of
a good high school book. I felt something was completely missing from that
market as the typical bad boys in high school were guys who smoked pot under
the bleachers and bullied kids smaller then them. I was always like REALLY? So
I made the real fucking bad boys who beat the shit out of them for doing that.
Now a young man in high school that was also in the mafia
but still faced real life issues just seemed a little crazy, but I thought… Hey
that just might work.
~What
are your plans for the series?
I honestly have no idea; I just hope that people will
like the second book enough that I can at least write the next book.
~Do
you plan to branch out into Adult Romance, or another genre?
I hope so because I would looove to write a book on the
Caruso family boss, Dante!
~Three
Fun Facts about you
1. I live in Las Vegas!
2. I collect Buddha’s!
3. I have Misophonia. (Google it people, I thought I was
alone for so long…)
~Where
can readers find you?
My books are sold on Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo,
and iTunes.
Twitter @AuthorSarahBri
Instagram@AuthorSarahBrianne
AuthorSarahBrianne@gmail.com
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