Tortured
by Kate Givans
Publication Date: July 2014
Genres: Adult, Contemporary
Synopsis:
A contemporary romantic drama about loss, healing, and love's ability to
reach beyond scars and secrets, no matter how deep or hidden.
WARNING: This book is intended for 18+ readers ONLY. Potentially triggering
content and concepts in books to follow.
More than a year after the death of his best friend, Josh is still tormented by
the past. Everything changes when free-spirited Willow barges into his life.
She challenges him, helps him feel something other than the overwhelming
pain, sadness, and anger.
There’s just one problem.
Underneath that carefree spirit, Willow is elusive and secretive. Josh believes
she may be fighting a few demons of her own, but he harder he tries to uncover
the truth, the more she pushes him away.
Can Josh get her to open up before it’s too late? Or will he discover that some
secrets are better left untold?
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Author Interview
What
made you decide you wanted to be a writer?
Deep down, I think I’ve always known. I started
reading at four. When I was seven, I wrote my first book. It was a short,
adorable little thing that I wrote for my mom. Along the way, I lost sight of
that – maybe it was the responsibility of being a mom, or the idea that I was
supposed to grow up and do the responsibility thing. Whatever the case, it kind
of got buried in day to day life. Then, after my mother passed away, I found my
book in her things. It all came flooding back, but again, I tossed it aside,
figuring it was just too late. It wasn’t until I met my best friend that all
that changed. I learned about Indie publishing and fell in love instantly.
How
would you describe your books, in a nutshell?
Dark, twisty, angsty, with a lot of heart and a
peppering of romance. That may change as I go along, but it definitely fits
most of my current writing.
What
has been your biggest struggle when it comes to writing and publishing?
I have to say my biggest struggle has been believing
in myself enough to actually do it. At first, I wasn’t really sure I could tell
a story that anyone else would enjoy. Plus, I’ve always been oversensitive, so
the fear of rejection kind of kept me frozen for a few years. Thankfully, I’ve
had some pretty amazing people in my life that believed in me until I could do
it for myself.
Where
do you draw your writing inspiration from?
Honestly, there’s not any one place that I find
inspiration. It’s more of a conglomeration of personal experience, music,
cinema, pop culture, books, and random ideas that seem to come out of nowhere.
Each piece of the puzzle seems to play its own little role in the writing
process for me.
Do
you share any traits, characteristics, or traits with any of your characters?
Admittedly, I do. While each and every one of
them is different, I find that I share certain struggles, personality traits,
or nuances with most of my characters. And in so many ways, they teach me
lessons about myself. I learn from them - the things they endure and somehow
manage to overcome, the truths that they come to see and believe about the
world around them or themselves. It’s a very interesting process, to say the
least.
Do
you have any favorite authors?
I do! But I have entirely too many to mention!
Not just because I don’t want to exclude anyone, but also because I don’t read
just one particular genre of book. I have my dark and twisty, contemporary, my
guilty erotica reads, romance, zombies…needless to say, I’m extremely eclectic
in my reading tastes.
About the Author
Quirky, clumsy, and always a
little off-key, Kate Givans has always loved books and the words contained
within. Now that she’s writing the stories, she’s filling them with broken
characters, angst, and even a few of those happily-ever-afters that seem
to evade us in real life.
When
not writing, this gypsy-hearted wife and mother of five can be found guzzling
coffee, day-dreaming, dancing for no reason at all, playing with the voices in
her head, watching her favorite shows (Originals, Grey’s, OUAT, The Following),
listening to music, and reminding herself to “breathe.”
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