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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Character Confession: Tegan from Beg Me to Slay by Lisa Kessler + giveaway

Hey there. My name is Tegan. It’s like Megan with a T.

So I’m here with a little confession. My first name was the key to Beg Me to Slay. Seriously.

My author, Lisa Kessler, is a total write-by-the-seat-of-her-pants writer and when she gets a story idea and needs characters, she starts stalking baby name sites. When she stumbled across the name, Tegan, she loved it instantly.

Tegan actually means “beautiful” and it’s a Welsh name. As soon as she discovered that, my father’s name was next, Maddock is a good strong Welsh name and Lisa loved it. His character came alive.

But that’s hardly the “key” to Beg Me to Slay. Once she had my Welsh heritage, and the opening scene written, Gabe came into the picture. Demon Slayer. But what kind of demons?

This is where my name really paid off. Lisa figured since I was Welsh, there must be some Welsh demons… More research and BANG. She discovered Welsh Dragons and the book took off.

So while readers may be super excited about a new paranormal mythology, I’m here to confess that Lisa never set out with the intention to write a Welsh mythological dragon paranormal romance. Nope.

She just liked my name.

Shhhh this is just between us, right?

Tegan Ashton from BEG ME TO SLAY

Here’s Lisa’s pinterest board for my book too, if you’re curious to see how she imagined we looked



Beg Me to Slay
by Lisa Kessler

Release Date: 12/30/13
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Published: Entangled Covet

He’ll slay her demons, but it may cost her heart…

Four years ago Tegan Ashton was attacked. Determined never to be a victim again, she devotes her life to martial arts and self-defense. When her assailant returns to finish what he started, only one person can help her.

Gabe is a private investigator by day and demon slayer by night. After losing loved ones, he vows to defend people from a threat they don’t realize exists.

The relationship is supposed to be strictly business, but fighting demons together stirs up emotions they never expected. Turns out demon slaying is a breeze compared to facing their scarred pasts and even worse - hearts.


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Lisa Kessler is an award winning author of dark paranormal fiction. Her debut novel, Night Walker, won a San Diego Book Award for Best Published Fantasy-Sci-fi-Horror as well as the Romance Through the Ages Award for Best Paranormal and Best First Book.

Her short stories have been published in print anthologies and magazines, and her vampire story, Immortal Beloved, was a finalist for a Bram Stoker award.

When she's not writing, Lisa is a professional vocalist, performing with the San Diego Opera as well as other musical theater companies in San Diego.


16 comments:

  1. I thought the book was a lot of fun. Great post.

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    1. Thanks for coming by and commenting Mary! :)

      So glad you enjoyed the book!

      Lisa

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  2. love the interview with tegan, and the book sounds great (just went on my tbr).
    thanks for the post, and contest/giveaway :)

    patricia crews
    ADAMSGIRL4602@YAHOO.COM

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    1. YAY!!! Thanks for adding Beg Me to Slay!

      I hope you enjoy the book...

      Lisa :)

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  3. Like the interview with Tegan and this book sounds great. Will be adding to my to read list. Thank you for great giveaway.

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    1. Yay! Thanks for adding Beg Me to Slay to your TBR list!

      Hope you enjoy the book...

      Lisa :)

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    1. Thanks for coming by! :)

      Hope you enjoy the book...

      Lisa :)

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  5. I love the character interview. Thanks for the giveaway.

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    1. Thanks for coming by! :)

      Hope you enjoy the book...

      Lisa :)

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  6. Tegan outed me!!! LOL :) Thanks for letting her visit!!!

    And thanks so much for checking out the book everyone!!!

    Lisa :)

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  7. Well, I for one am super glad that you liked the name Tegan!!! She is one of my favorite Heroines!!! Great, Great book!!!

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    1. Hee! Thanks Holly! I loved writing her...

      And Tegan says thanks too!!! LOL :)

      Lisa

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  9. I adore this interview with Tegan... Welsh dragons <3 to boot!

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  10. I like any book with Dragons in it and Welsh Dragons sound even better

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