Fiona Jayde Guest Post

I am so excited to have Fiona Jayde here to talk about her book "Pas de Deux" in a Guest Post here at Razlover's Book Blog.

Fiona Jayde is currrently touring to promote her new release “Pas de Deux".


Fiona is a space pilot, a ninth degree black belt in three styles of martial arts, a computer hacker, a mountain climber, a jazz singer, a weight lifter, a superspy with a talent for languages, and an evil genius.


All in her own head.

In life, she is an author of kickass, action packed, steamy romances, possesses a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do and blue belt in Aikido, a web developer, scared to death of heights, loves jazz piano, can bench-press about 20 pounds — with effort, speaks English and Russian fluently, and when not plotting murder and mayhem enjoys steamy romance novels, sexy spy thrillers, murky mysteries and movies where things frequently blow up. Her website is: http://www.fionajayde.com/

Thanks so much Goddessfish.com for connecting us on this blog tour!

Pas De Deux is a contemporary erotic romance with a bit of suspense thrown in.

One wrong move, and she could be dancing on her grave…

Two years after an injury put her dancing career on hold, Lynnrina Kovaleva is determined to reclaim her place on the stage. On the eve of her comeback production, she takes the edge off her nerves with a one-night stand in the strong arms of celebrity bodyguard Mateo Rivera.

Ex-cop Mateo is celebrating one hell of an anniversary: eight months since he was declared unfit for duty. When a delicate beauty boldly propositions him in a bar, he chooses to lose himself in her body rather than lose his mind to alcohol. This choice comes back to haunt him when he’s hired to protect a prima ballerina who’s been receiving threats.

Despite her shock at seeing him again, Lynn must not allow their intense attraction—or any creepy fan letters—to undermine her performance. Mateo can’t reconcile this coldly focused dancer with the passionate woman who seduced him. Yet he sees fire under the ice, pain hidden by the smooth mask of perfection.

The vivid memory of their entwined bodies wars with the job at hand, but he must keep Lynn safe—regardless of the cost. The most difficult challenge, however, will be keeping his hands to himself.

Warning: Contains jetés, pliés, a chilling touch of danger, and the boiling heat of an unwanted attraction that combusts into passionate sex.

Please take it away, Fiona!

Fiona's Idea Closet

Ideas are my favorite parts about writing. Ideas are also the most frustrating elusive dragonflies in the whole process, slipping away at the worst moments, or hammering at my head when the last thing I have on me is a pen to write the damned things down.

I love the little buggers. And I'll share with you my secrets of acquiring them.

My first secret is something I call Input and Output. Authors are notorious outputters - but like any fine tuned machine, we need fuel to keep us running at our best. My fuel is books and movies and TV shows, usually having nothing to do with what I'm brainstorming about. I can't concentrate on more then one thing at a time, so if I'm engrossed in a good book or a good show, I'm not thinking how something might fit into what I'm writing about. I simply cast a net and see what's catching, without worrying if it's something I can use.

My second secret depends on this general "net" of ideas. What to do with them? This is where I tell you guys about my fascination with dreaming.

I love dreams. I love to interpret them and think about them and talk about them. When I was in high school, a few friends and I formed a dream club, to talk about our dreams (and gossip, of course). I learned something interesting - if you actually try to remember you dreams - to the point of writing them down - the more dreams you end up remembering. I'm not sure how this works, but it's sort of like a positive reinforcement for your memory. Dreams are as fleeting as ideas. But as I consistently encouraged myself to remember them by talking about them and/or writing them down, I found myself remembering them more and more. (Try it! I bet it'll work!)... This is the approach I apply to my idea gathering from my input. I explore ideas, I encourage them, I write them down - even if they have nothing to do with what I'm writing at the moment. Anything that interests me, goes into my notebook. (Or my ideas only email address - yes I am a geek!)

With time, the ideas get refined so that the ones that get your attention more and more pertain to what you're writing. My second book ever - a sci-fi erotic romance GrimJustin:DisArmed resulted from such an idea: I'd taken up running and my knees were not thrilled with the fact. My heroine ended up having survived major knee injuries, and the reason for those injuries carried the whole plot.

When brainstorming Pas De Deux, I watched a number of ballet documentaries. (This is the secret I share with everyone who listens - Netflix if an idea goldmine!) The main plotline of Pas De Deux came to me from something someone said during a documentary. (And one could just see the flashbulb light up above my head!!)

My last secret is "inactive brainstorming" or "daydreaming". I'm one of those people who can't stare at a wall for long periods of time. I have to be doing something to enable my mind to wonder freely. That something could be walking, driving, doing dishes, or knitting. Seriously, I have a red lumpy thing that for the most part, resembles a scarf. My recently released novellas - Cold Victory, DragonSlayer and Pas De Deux could be seen in the yarn.

The motion of the needles is so repetitive, that I can lose myself in my day dreams while actively shutting up my analytical side by making it concentrate on forming stitches. It works beautifully. And the cats love it!... I may look like an old lady in my rocking chair with two cats fighting for space on my lap with big old knitting needles, but the fight scenes and space battles and love scenes that go on in my head are worth it :)

Thank you Fiona Jayde for being here today to talk about "Pas De Deux", I greatly appreciate it!

Fiona Jayde will be giving a $15 Amazon gift certificate to a random commenter on her blog tour so please don't forget to comment here to have a chance to win.

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