Thank you so much for having me on Fresh Fiction today to chat about my young
adult paranormal romance,
THE THIRD KISS. For most
people, paranormal fiction means vampires, werewolves, angels, and demons. Many
novels in this genre borrow their mythology from Eastern European tales of blood
sucking rulers, Ancient Greek stories of shape shifters, or fallen heavenly
creatures from the Apocrypha. Itโs unusual, however, to see a paranormal story
drawing on Old Testament mythology, yet
THE THIRD KISS does exactly
that.
THE THIRD KISS is set in
present day Sydney, Australia, and follows high school graduates Jonas and Cora
as they fight hell-sent demons along with their attraction for one another. This
modern story is woven around a fictional curse that first reared its devious
head three thousand years ago in the Old Testament tale of Amnon and Tamar.
Theirs is a scandalous story in which King Davidโs beautiful daughter Tamar is
shamed and cast out of her fatherโs palace, all because of the misogynistic
actions of her half brotherAmnon. Like thatโs not enough of a slap in the face
by fate, Tamar also eventually goes mad.
Hereโs where I got to thinking โ a bit of an occupational hazard for writers
โwhat if Tamar didnโt
go mad? What if she
got mad instead?
Suddenly, a very different ending to Tamarโs story took shape in my mind, one
where she sought out the help of a sorcerer to curse Amnonโs descendants, so
they would suffer the same fate as her. And so Loveโs Mortal Coil was born: a
curse to endure a test of true love or forever be alone. A curse passed down to
Jonas, the relationship phobic hero of
THE THIRD KISS.
But as writer Charles Baudelaire said in one of his stories, โThe loveliest
trick of the Devil is to persuade you that he does not exist,โ so, of course,
Jonas finds his new reality hard to swallow.Ancient love curses? Come on. And
even if he did believe such nonsense, heโs the type of guy who might as well be
wearing an allergy alert bracelet with the words โrelationshipโ and โserious
girlfriendโ engraved on it, so he isnโt going to lose sleep over his new fate.
Or is he?
What about you? Are you a vampire, werewolf, angel, or demon fan? Which
mythologies do you enjoy getting lost in?
Love's Mortal Coil #1
Keeping her safe might cost him his life. Or worse, his heart.
Love curses donโt exist. At least thatโs what Jonas, master of the
meaningless hookup, tells himself when a letter warns him heโs an Eros Guardian
cursed to endure a test of true love or forever be alone. His levelheaded
longtime friend Cora figures itโs a revenge prank by an ex. The way Jonas stamps
each girlfriend with a weeklong use-by date, it serves him right.
But when an impulsive kiss between the two friends reveals potential for
more, Cora becomes the target of the Groth Maar: demons sent to wipe out the
Eros Guardian line. And suddenly the curse becomes dangerously real.
Breaking the curse means Jonasโs biggest challenge yet. Failure guarantees
Coraโs death. But success may cost him his own lifeโฆand the loss of his
carefully guarded heart to the one girl far too sensible to fall for him.
Paranormal Romance |
Fantasy Urban | Young Adult [Entangled Teen, On Sale: August 7, 2017, e-Book, ISBN:
9781640631540 / ]
Kat Colmer is a Sydney-based young and new adult author who writes
coming-of-age stories with humor and heart. The recipient of several writing
awards, she has won the Romance Writers of Australia First Kiss contest, as well
as the Romance Writers of America On the Far Side contest, for her debut young
adult paranormal romance.
Kat has a Master of Education in Teacher
Librarianship and loves working with teens and young adults. When not writing,
teaching, or reading the latest in young adult fiction, Kat spends time with her
husband and two children.
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