Give a warm welcome to M.R. Pilot, author of A Bloodline’s Echo, book one in The Avadi Series.
Pull up a chair, grab a drink of your choice from the cooler, a Chocolate Chip or Peanut Butter cookie from the plate, and let’s find out a little about M. R. Pilot and A Bloodline’s Echo. Psst… Don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter at the end of the post.
What defines you as an author? As a person? Are they one in the same?
This is such an interesting question! Because I don’t think that who I am as a person necessarily reflects me as an author. In fact, when someone I know reads my story, I specifically ask them to evict “me” from their mind—a tall order I’m sure. I draw from personal experience but that’s where the similarity ends. As a person, I want kindness to define me. As an author, that’d be horrible—storytellers need the ability to grasp a sneaky hand around your heart and squeeze when you least expect it. In that regard, I think I want fierce loyalty to the story to define me.
Who is your favorite character of all of the books you’ve written and Why?
A Bloodline’s Echo is my only published novel with characters to choose from—though I’m obsessed with so many it hurts to pick, I’ll say Nikomy is my favorite character right now. A lot of mystery still surrounds this person, but enough is seen to glimpse the feistiness and independent spirit.
Did you tell friends and family that you were writing a book? Or did it take a while to come out and tell friends and family you were a writer?
My husband knew, my mom knew and a couple close friends. I didn’t and still don’t really advertise the fact—most people were surprised when I shared that my book was available on Amazon. I think it’s because I started writing as a personal escape with no intention of sharing. But once the story developed into something I thought someone else might enjoy, I discovered the world of indie publishing.
What do you want your readers to take away from your books?
My characters! They’d love to have a home in as many minds as possible. I say this because in my favorite books, the characters linger for quite a while. I even go so far as missing them. Apart from that, of course it’d be awesome if a reader were to identify an over-arching theme that impacts their world view even the teensiest bit.
Tell us a little about A Bloodline’s Echo.
A missing father. A handsome stranger. A feud within the Avadi. Cori will find out who she is in this tale of romance and adventure.
Eighteen-year-old Cori has been tucked into a corner of Verbena her entire life. With no memory of a father and an abusive mother, her escape came in the form of living and working in her town’s inn, a place that happens to be owned by her best friend. Cori was all but resigned to the uneventful and dutiful life as a barkeep.
That is, until a hooded stranger showed up—just in time to witness an incident Cori herself cannot believe—and changed everything. Now Cori must leave Sagebrush, the only place she has ever known, setting off to discover love, adventure, heartbreak, and more about herself and the world she lives in than she could have ever imagined.
A peek between the pages of A Bloodline’s Echo.
Moonlight peeking through branches illuminates his face, allowing me to examine his features. I thought it was odd that he kept his hood up, even inside the Oak Hand. Aside from hardened lines drawn by worry, his face holds youth. He can’t be much older than I am.
He looks to the side as if considering his response, his hood falling back a bit. He has light freckles splashed across his cheekbones, long fair eyelashes and a square, chiseled jawbone. When his hazel eyes return to me, they flicker with amusement.
“Am I following you? Hmm. I don’t think so. Is the moth’s intent to follow the flame? I don’t know that either. But I can understand why the moth is drawn in by the flame. It’s intriguing, isn’t it? How something with the potential for such destruction can dance around with the innocence of a child?” he asks, his eyes lighting up and widening. “From the looks of it, you’re trying to run away from your discovery. You can’t—you carry it with you. May I ask where you’re headed?”
By now his hood has fallen to his shoulders and, even in the dark, I can tell his hair is a short, untamed crimson. This strange encounter is not what I expected from this still nameless, shadowy figure.
Resigned, I shake my head and sigh. “I’m looking for something I lost long ago, something that went in this direction. Who are you?”
He doesn’t bear an emblem, but I hadn’t pegged him for a trader anyway. He smiles and reaches out a hand in greeting. “I’m Rylo. Corinth, right? Although the dark-haired gentleman, perhaps your male counterpart, called you something else. What did you lose, a pet? I’m good with animals. I can help you find it.”
I grip Rylo’s hand. We both pause momentarily, assessing the situation. The contact generates heat far too quickly, and I break the connection.
About the Author:
M. R. Pilot is an avid reader, coffee-drinker and animal lover. When she’s not cleaning teeth, she’s partaking in Alaskan hikes, watching anime, relentless page-turning and/or keyboard clicking. She loves to talk about any of those things for an indiscriminate amount of time—feel free to reach out if you do, too.
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