<— This cover is veryyyyyy enticing, and the fact that the hero is an MMA fighter makes it sound that much better! 😉 Plus, it has a crazy amount of awesome reviews already and it was just released yesterday! Today’s list consists of only one fighter that I know of, but we’ve got plenty of tattoos, boys with bad attitudes, billionaires with control-issues, one super-taboo sounding read (eeeep!), rock stars, physically scarred heroes and even brothers caught in a love triangle <— *waggles eyebrows* this one is REALLY calling me.
Behind The Books – An Interview With Cover Model Benjamin Fiege (on J.A. Redmerski’s cover of “The Edge of Always”)
It’s been awhile since I’ve featured a cover model on the blog, but today, we have our very own “Andrew” (his real name is Benjamin) to discuss being on the cover of “The Edge of Always“, his photo shoot, and his own personal interests. Here’s a hint: he’s a musician. 😉
1. You yourself are a musician, as is the character you modeled for EDGE OF ALWAYS. Can you talk about your experience (both as a model and as a musician?)
Well that is an interesting fact. Music started playing a pretty significant role in my life when I started playing guitar in high school, from there I began singing and then writing my own songs. My love of music grew and I realized that my long term goal has always been to develop a career through my music. I didn’t enter into the world of modeling until later in my life, actually only about three years ago, as a means of supporting myself financially to fund my path in music. I found modeling to be rather enjoyable and closely enough related to being a musician. Whether being in front of a crowd of people or a camera, it still gave me the means to express myself and the ability to connect with people. I quickly realized that both these jobs benefit the other by networking and meeting new people and expanding my possibilities. Recently I haven’t been doing too much modeling work, I have been focusing more on my music on putting together an album. I continue to write songs and I have been performing throughout New York City. Actually this month I will be competing in the Ultimate Singer Songwriter Contest at the Waltz Astoria. Also in the upcoming months I plan on getting some fresh test shots to get back into the modeling world.
Seventeen books from my current TBR list
New year, new TBR list, right? Well… not really. Bigger TBR list, yes, but I’m not abandoning those that I added in last year. They are still calling to me like crazy. So while I’ve been reading some of these fantastic looking shiny new ones (and will still be reading them as I find the ones that “grab me”), I’ve also been backtracking and pulling out a few that have been waiting patiently. I’m gonna make a dent in it, if it’s the last thing I do! 😉
Reader Question – The book where the rock star strips at a bachelorette party. And there’s a cowboy hat.
Sexy rock star that strip-teases his fiancée? Sounds like a good time to me. But, I haven’t read any rock star books that feature this scene (shame on me!!), so I wasn’t able to give her an answer. But maybe you guys know?
Emily just messaged me asking:
What is the book where the girl is dating an up and coming rock star….they get engaged and he does a strip tease at her bachelorette party. I vividly remember a cowboy hat being important. It is driving me nuts that I cannot remember it.
Book Review – Let It Be Me by Toni Aleo
I’ve had this one on my TBR list since it’s release a few months ago. In a way, I was dying to read it, but I just needed to be prepared. I kept re-positioning it to the top of my list, but skipping over it when it came time to choose, ’cause I knew… this one wouldn’t be an easy read, and I was never really ready for it. Considering the subject matter, I had a feeling this would get ugly, and boy did it ever.
While I tend to gravitate to these kinds of reads (or watch movies that deal with spousal abuse), I cringe and wonder why I do “this” to myself. But I realize, what I love about these “darker” reads, is that sometimes, we can truly hate the bad guy from start to finish, our minds are not muddled with “love” for him. Plus, hopefully… eventually, the heroine’s survival instincts kick in, her mind overrides the mental abuse and brainwashing, and she’s practically reborn in the end. She finds herself again, and is stronger for it.