The Promise by Victoria Sue Blog Tour, Interview, Excerpt, Review & Giveaway!

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Hi peeps, we have Victoria Sue popping in with the tour for her latest release The Promise, we have a short interview with Victoria, a great excerpt, a fantastic giveaway and Leigh’s review, so enjoy the post and click that giveaway link <3 ~Pixie~ 

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The Promise

Sirius Wolves 04
by

Victoria Sue

The time of Anubis is at hand. Working together against him, the goddess Sirius and the god Orion have helped mankind prepare by uniting Blaze, Conner, Darric, and Aden to fight the evil in the world. But in the war to come, the werewolves will need more allies, and this will extend beyond werewolf kind.

Marcus, an ex-Marine who’d lost both his legs in a landmine accident, is now Human Liaison Officer for Blaze’s pack. Having lost his lover too when the man couldn’t bear to live with a cripple, the last thing he expected was that he’d fall in love again, let alone with the werewolf Kellan who seemed to be universally hated by the pack.

The Winter Circle is moving, and a psychopathic pastor has abducted Nate, one of the wolves from Hunter’s pack. For once the wolves cannot rescue him — it has to be a human — and now Marcus must save the wolves from their biggest threat: one of their own.

If Marcus succeeds, he will bring in a new era in mankind’s battle against the power of evil, starting with a simple promise and ultimately mending four broken hearts.

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Interview

Today I’m very lucky to be interviewing Victoria Sue author of The Promise, thank you for agreeing to this interview. Tell us a little about your current book.

The Promise is the fourth book in the series Sirius Wolves. I was incredibly excited when Orion’s Circle, the first book in the series, won third place for paranormal in last year’s Rainbow Awards.

This book is the start of a new group of main characters, and the first to feature a human as one of them. Marcus is a combat vet, and bilateral amputee. He features as a minor character in the other three, as do the rest of this group, so the readers already know them.

Do you pay attention to literary criticism? If so, how do you handle it?

I am lucky that I have some reviewers that have stuck with me for the last year and a half since I started writing and have given me some great advice. Having said that, I’m not gonna pretend that some reviews don’t hurt. I don’t mind people not liking my book. There’s plenty of books I don’t like – it’s just hard not to take it personally

How do you come up with your titles?

Well, this series was based on the idea of the Dog Star – Sirius – actually being a goddess (she was in ancient Egypt) and creating werewolves in her own image. According to Egyptian mythology, the human race is descended from the gods Orion and Sirius. The background to each of my covers is taken from a picture of the Orion constellation from the Hubble telescope!

What is the hardest part about writing?

Discipline. Making yourself physically sit in front of your computer when you’d really be doing anything else.

Character interview (Marcus from The Promise)

What’s your job like?

I’m the first ever Lupine Liaison Officer. Yeah, right? They even gave me fancy business cards. Bit of a change from the Marines.

Would you rather be respected or feared? Why?

Do you know what? I’m gonna say feared – I bet everyone says respected, right? But at the moment with the guys wanting us dead, I’ll be happy to make them think twice about it.

What’s your favorite book?

(blushes) There’s this book about this marine. It’s um (coughs) a romance. I mean there’s totally a lot of fighting as well, but…  Ask me another question? Please?

If you could go anywhere, all expenses paid, where would you go?

(Marcus leans back and looks out of the window thoughtfully)

“I’m not gonna say where, I’m gonna say how. I want to walk, run really.” (He bangs his prosthetic legs) “It’s hard. I think the author got it right when she said I was a little intimidated. I mean I haven’t got two decent legs, and I seem to be living with two thousand wolves very adept at using four. Takes some getting used to.”

Tell us a bit about yourself. How did a human get to live with werewolves? I mean I understand you had a fight to keep your job?

“Hell, yes! I goT this gig originally because Senator Mason from books One and Two was a good friend. No one minded until the werewolves got famous, then they offered me a lot of money to give the job up. Wanted someone that would look better on TV i guess.” (Marcus smiles) “It doesn’t matter anyway now, it’s not just a job anymore. It’s my home.”

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Excerpt

Marcus inhaled appreciatively as he eventually made it to the top of the steps. He loved Aden’s pack house. The upstairs floor was Aden’s and his mates’ living quarters. He was incredibly lucky to be here, and one of the only humans who had been trusted to live with werewolves. Not just any werewolves, thought Marcus with a grin at his own joke. Blaze, Conner, and Darric were the Supreme Alpha triad who had been blessed by the goddess Sirius when they were born over seven hundred years ago. Marcus grinned to himself — didn’t that just roll off the tongue! It was one of those things that even when he’d seen it with his own eyes — first with his buddy in the army, and then here — it was still a truly fucking incredible thing. Werewolves. Thinking of every film in the movies, none of them came even close to how amazing it was, and how goddam lucky he was to be here.

It had only been because of his dad’s friend, Bud Mason, that he’d gotten this gig in the first place. Marcus was a newly washed up Marine with two bum legs. Career finished. Then Bud — Senator Mason — had called him. He knew Marcus was aware of werewolves. Marcus and his unit had been out on patrol, eyes on a swivel as always, but it had been quiet for days. Craig was scouting up front where he liked to be and a sniper had taken him out first.

Marcus had thought he was done for, until the most incredible thing Marcus had ever seen happened in front of his eyes. Craig shifted into a wolf as he lay on the ground.

Marcus had kept his cool, and even though the firefight grew up in earnest, and had pulled Craig to safety. Craig had later explained everything — how werewolves were known about by the government, but not in the main by the general public; that he had shifted because when injured it’s a natural thing for wolf shifters to heal themselves. Marcus had been enthralled. Unfortunately, Craig had been sent home by panicked generals who didn’t realize it wasn’t Craig’s training so much as his incredibly strong shifter sense of smell that was locating the landmines and keeping their asses safe.

The next day after Craig had gone, their Humvee rolled straight over one. Three Marines lost their lives and Marcus lost his legs. The left one above the knee and the right below.

A few of the wolves glanced up smiling as Marcus limped into the café area at the front of the pack house. Friendly guys, and girls. Lilly greeted him. “Morning, Alpha.”

Marcus had wanted to die of embarrassment when she’d first called him that. Apart from the obvious fact he was a human, he was pretty sure it was against some wolf protocol or something. In fact, Ricoh was standing with Aden one of the first times last year when Lilly had called him that, and he’d seen the shock on Ricoh’s face.

Aden though had explained Lilly meant it as a mark of respect as Marcus had ended up being one of their biggest supporters, and Blaze certainly didn’t mind. Marcus supposed if it didn’t offend their Supreme Alpha, he didn’t need to get all bent out of shape about it.

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About Victoria

MM Love stories – because the only thing better than one hot guy is two of them.

Has loved books for as long as she can remember. Books were always what pocket money went on and what usually Father Christmas brought. When she ran out of her kids’ adventure stories, she would go raid her mom’s. By the age of eight she was devouring classics like Little Women, and fell in love with love stories.

She’s still in love with them. Any size, any shape, any creature – love is love, no matter what it says on the box.

In fact if they don’t fit very neatly into any box she loves them even more!

She has a very patient husband and three wonderful children. In 2010 in search of adventure they all moved from the UK to the US and are happily settled in Florida. Finally, after reading love stories for so long, she decided to write her own.

Where to find the author:

Facebook Author Page | @VickysuewritesBlog

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Giveaway!

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(Ends 19th February 2016)
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Review

51zwpuOEf0L._SX390_BO1,204,203,200_Title: The Promise

Series: Sirius Wolves, Part 4

Author: Victoria Sue

Genre: Paranormal

Length: Novella (142 pages)

ISBN:

Publisher: Dark Hollows Press (January 14th 2016)

Heat Level: Moderate

Heart Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥ 5 Hearts

Reviewer: Leigh

Blurb: The time of Anubis is at hand.

Working together against him, the goddess Sirius and the god Orion have helped mankind prepare by uniting Blaze, Conner, Darric, and Aden to fight the evil in the world. But in the war to come, the werewolves will need more allies, and this will extend beyond werewolf kind.

Marcus, an ex-Marine who’d lost both his legs in a landmine accident, is now Human Liaison Officer for Blaze’s pack. Having lost his lover when the man couldn’t bear to live with “a cripple”, Marcus never expected that he’d fall in love again, let alone with the werewolf Kellan, who seemed to be universally hated by the pack.

The Winter Circle is moving, and a psychopathic pastor has abducted Nate, one of the wolves from Hunter’s pack. For once the wolves cannot rescue him — it has to be a human — and now Marcus must save the wolves from their biggest threat: one of their own.

If Marcus succeeds, he will bring in a new era in mankind’s battle against the power of evil, starting with a simple promise and ultimately mending four broken hearts.

Product Link: http://www.darkhollowspress.com/#!the-promise/c1knf

Review: This book is part of a series and should be read in order.

I was thrilled to read more about the Sirius Wolves. This series has intrigued me and drawn me in since the beginning. This book continues that theme for me. I honestly have to be careful how I write this review so I don’t drop any spoilers. Because let me tell you things happened that really shocked me.

What I can say is that Victoria Sue has done it again with this book. The writing was on point except for a few minor editing issues. But even they did not distract from the amazingly web the author created. It really left me guessing until the end.

This book gave a very awesome look into the heads of Marcus and Kellan. Marcus a human injured veteran living within the wolves’ circle of power. The way he is accepted by most of them and respected more by the wolves than most humans give was touching.

However Marcus at times has a hard time accepting and understanding it himself. Marcus may be human, but he shows the wolves something that makes them give him the utmost respect.
Kellan is hated by most of the wolves for his part in things that were beyond his control. But with Marcus and others in the inner circle he finds acceptance and his strength. It was wonderful to see him come into himself and discover his place in the pack.

I really can’t say much more about whom the other two people are in the developing relationship, but I will say I didn’t see it coming at the start. But I am far from disappointed.

This book had so many surprises around every corner and I cannot wait to see where Victoria Sue takes it next. Because let me tell you there are so many more things to discover and explore.

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