Today I am so pleased to welcome Lex Chase back to Joyfully Jay. Lex has come to talk to us about her latest release, Urban Fairy Tale. She has also brought along a great giveaway. Please join me in giving Lex a big welcome!
Hello, everyone! I’m Lex Chase and a huge thanks for Jay letting me pop in to talk about my new release Urban Fairy Tale!
Urban Fairy Tale is a long-awaited finale to the Screw-up Princess and Skillful Huntsman Trilogy. Telling the grand adventure of fuck-up dude Princess Taylor Hatfield in his true love jackass, redneck Huntsman Corentin Devereaux, they thanklessly save Enchants from threats such as Taylor’s own brother, Atticus.
Taylor, Corentin, and Atticus have been through a lot. A. Lot. This series is just as much as Taylor’s origin as a hero as it is Atticus’s origin as a villain.
I knew the series was going to turn into a tale about brother against brother from the get-go. I also knew the final scene of Urban Fairy Tale while writing the first book Americana Fairy Tale.
However, it was Corentin who provided the vehicle to keep the books tied together.
Like all fairy tale stories, every character has a curse. A weakness they strive to overcome. Taylor is Sleeping Beauty, but price for his magic is to be a perpetual insomniac. Corentin’s curse to lose his memory every seven days. From his name, to what he is, to his life with Taylor. Every seven days, Taylor makes them fall in love all over again. Sometimes successfully, and sometimes not so much.
The large arc focused on the task and a goal. You’d be surprised at the task was stopping Atticus, and the goal was breaking Corentin’s curse.
Atticus provided an obstacle, motivated by his jealousy for his brother. Truthfully, Atticus’s reasons to lash out at Taylor were incredibly flimsy. But Atticus’s reasons have been twisted to the point of terrifying obsession. His deteriorating mental state is one of my favorite things to explore. Much of his symptomology mimics my own with growing up with bipolar disorder. And a lot of his moments hit very close to home. He’s a man in such deep psychosis, he wants to get well, but is going about it the wrong way.
Taylor’s trapped with wanting to save his brother, and wanting to save the man he loves. Taylor’s arc is twofold. With Corentin, he just wants him to be happy. He goes through whatever is necessary to take care of him. Even to the point of willingly offering to sacrifice his life in the previous book Bayou Fairy Tale.
Taylor’s sibling bond with Atticus runs deep. Taylor has done everything in his power to vilify himself to protect his brother from their controlling father. When Taylor is disowned by his father, Taylor over time sees it as a blessing so his brother can be taken care of. Atticus sees it as Taylor abandoned him, Taylor is forced to realize he had been selfish. And now their relationship is become so toxic, the only way out is for one of them to die.
But even when faced with the impossible, Taylor has to do the unthinkable.
He can save the man he loves, or he could bring his brother back to his senses.
He can’t have both.
And here we have Urban Fairy Tale.
Through thick and thin, who is the one person that you’ll always remain by their side?
Tell me down below and click on the giveaway graphic to enter!
Blurb
Modern day fairy-tale princess, Taylor Hatfield, has problems. One, he’s a guy. Two, he’s an insomniac Sleeping Beauty. Three, his practically perfect brother, Atticus Hatfield, this generation’s Snow White, has been irrevocably corrupted by the Witchking. The Library, a clandestine organization, seeks to write “The End” on Atticus, and Taylor faces the impossible when his own parents endorse his brother’s demise. With his true love, the huntsman Corentin Devereaux at his side, they once again set out to find Atticus, but Atticus won’t go down without a fight.
The quest ends how it began. But instead of the quirky, corkscrewing Americana road trip, Taylor and Corentin must contend with the dangers of the urban jungle. With an unexpected ally at their side, they’re forced to question all they knew about the legacy of Snow White.
As the world of the Enchants and the mundane hang in the balance, Taylor knows what he must do…. Go pick an apple.
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Bio
Lex Chase once heard Stephen King say in a commercial, “We’re all going to die, I’m just trying to make it a little more interesting.” Now she’s on a mission to make the world a hell of a lot more interesting.
Weaving tales of sweeping cinematic adventure—depending on how she feels that day—Lex sprinkles in high-speed chases, shower scenes, and more explosions than a Hollywood blockbuster. Her pride is in telling stories of men who kiss as much as they kick ass. If you’re going to march into the depths of hell, it better be beside the one you love.
Lex is a pop culture diva, her DVR is constantly backlogged, she has intense emotions about Hannibal’s Hannigram, and she unapologetically loved the ending of Lost. She wouldn’t last five minutes without technology in the event of the apocalypse and has nightmares about refusing to leave her cats behind.
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Giveaway
Call shotgun with this Urban Fairy Tale giveaway! I’m giving away any book from my backlist (including my DSP Publications titles) to two lucky winners! Will it be you? Click on the Giveaway graphic above to enter!
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Thanks for sharing about your book, Lex, and how parts of it parallel your own struggles. Best wishes to you. I like to think I’ll always be there for my husband and for my daughter. (Though I’d like my daughter to have a long, happy, healthy life after I’m gone, so perhaps I don’t want to ALWAYS be there for her.)
Thank you, Kareni. 😀 Family is important no matter what form they take. Sometimes it’s best to hang on tight, and sometimes it’s best to let go for them to grow into themselves. My mother and I are very close, suuuuuper close, we’re more best friends than we are parent and child. But when I’m upset, the “Mommy Hat” definitely comes on. <3
Thank you for the post and giveaway chance!I will always be there for my parents, husband, and kids. We’ve been through so much already and don’t think that woll change in the future.
Welcome! My family and I have likewise been through a lot over the years. And even to this day we’re finding our feet with new opportunities. Both of my parents recently retired and there’s been a lot of “Well. Now what?” because they no longer have to do anything. So they’re finally taking all the vacations they’d never had the chance to do!
I’ll definitely be there for my family, and for my true love (wherever he may be)!
Aaaaaaw! I’d like to think love happens when you aren’t looking. I definitely wasn’t and someone found me when I was sure to be a confirmed bachelor. 🙂
Thank you for the post and giveaway chance. I’m a family person so I can’t imagine not being there for my close family. I’ve spent the last five years pretty much as a live in nanny for my brother and his kids. They get are my nerves so much these days, but even so I can’t imagine not being there for them.
What’s family without a few bumps in the road! Sometimes blood really is thicker than water! My brother and I drive each other bonkers most of the time, and we have opposing views on everything. His worldview is a bit narrow, while mine is much more broad. But he comes through when it counts!
My parents and my sister. That’s the most important people in my life, I’ll never desert them. Of course, I have some very good friends, but friends come and go, and family is always there.
Congratulations on the new release, Lex. I love your books!
A lot of people talk about their family! It is true that we’d never let them go. And you’re too right about friends come and go. I’ve had a few that I would be with “forever” but priorities change, we grow up, or are offered new opportunities.
Thanks for the post & giveaway. I’ll never turn my back on my family – most especially my son, who’s my everything.
Aaaaawwww Lisa! I don’t think my Mom would ever turn her back on my brother and I. We’ve given her more than one gray hair, but she goes with the flow!