Give a warm welcome to Suzanne Johnson, author of FRENCHMAN STREET.
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 Suzanne and FRENCHMAN STREET, THE FINAL BOOK OF THE SENTINELS OF NEW ORLEANS SERIES. Pssst… Don’t forget to enter the Rafflecopter give away at the bottom of the post.
Suzanne Johnson grew up in an Alabama cotton-mill town of about 2,500 people that is famous for its annual Mule Day. She also writes under the name of her greatx3-grandmother, Susannah Sandlin, and is currently binge-watching the whole Real Housewives franchise. Find her at www.suzannejohnsonauthor.com/blog.
Speed Round (one word only answer): Yep, I know torture for a writer!<evil laugh>
Favorite movie: Lord of the Rings trilogy
Favorite book: Stephen King’s The Stand
Last book read: Kevin Hearne’s Hounded
Favorite color: Teal
Stilettos or flipflops: barefoot!
Coffee or tea: coffee
Ebook or audiobook or paperback: ebook (*ensue guilt*)
Pencil or pen: pen
Favorite song: “Hallelujah” by Leonard Cohen
Streak or not: not
Favorite dessert: NY-style cheesecake
Favorite junk food: Cheetos (*ensue guilt again*)
Favorite thing to do to relax: binge-watch reality TV
Champagne or gin: gin
Paranormal or Historical: paranormal
Wonder Woman or Top Model: Top Model
Favorite TV show: The Deadliest Catch
Hot or cold: cold
POV: Deep
I’d die if I don’t have: diet soda
Review or Not: Sure
Tell us a little about Frenchman Street.
New Orleans’ Mardi Gras might be billed as the biggest party on earth, but it’s getting bigger by the moment as it becomes the center of a brewing war between the power-mad heir to the throne of Faerie and the Elves and Wizards, who are feuding with each other as well as with Faerie. The vampires are playing mercenary, the shifters have split allegiances, and it will take wizard DJ Jaco and her friends, Cajun merman Rene Delachaise and undead French pirate Jean Lafitte, to stop the madness before the humans figure out there are monsters in their midst.
The uneasy truce between the preternatural species of New Orleans has shattered, with wizards and elves, shifters and vampires—not to mention the historical undead—struggling for ultimate control of the city, including the humans who still think they’re atop the food chain.
They aren’t, however—and the Summer Prince of Faerie wants them to know it.
Stuck in the middle? One unemployed wizard sentinel. For DJ Jaco, war makes for strange bedfellows as she finally embraces her wizard-elven heritage and strikes a deal with the devil so she and her ragtag band of allies can return to defend her hometown. After all, when the undead French pirate Jean Lafitte is the mayor’s newest consultant, things could go horribly wrong.
War is coming to New Orleans in time for Mardi Gras, with the elves and wizards lined up on opposite sides, the shifters with a new leader, the vampires promising loyalty to the highest bidder, and the soul of the Crescent City resting on the outcome of the civil war going on in Faerie between the rival princes of summer and winter.
Mardi Gras Day is approaching fast, and the line between friends and enemies grows thin as DJ tries to stave off open warfare on the St. Charles Avenue parade route.
Laissez les bons temps rouler…but be careful, or the good times might roll too close for comfort.
A peek between the pages of FRENCHMAN STREET!
“So, what’s the plan…” I trailed off at the sound of the front door slamming, followed shortly by the appearance of a very wet merman in the doorway of the study. Water dripped from Rene’s jeans, his t-shirt was plastered to his chest, and….was he bleeding?
“I hate elves. They should all be shot. And cats. Why would any sane person have a damned cat if it can’t shift into a bigger cat?” He stalked to the corner cabinet, helped himself to a drying charm, and, within seconds, was no longer dripping. The side of his face was covered in dried blood.
“How did you get injured?” I was going to tear Quince Randolph a new one. He had promised not to hurt Rene. Never mind that the shifter’s face had already healed.
Rene threw a bag in my lap on his way to the bar to wash off his face; he also poured a drink. We needed to get out of Barataria before all of us became alcohol-dependent. The white paper sack, which smelled of fried shrimp and fresh French bread, also had a long rip along the side. Somehow, he’d managed to keep it dry.
He came back and took a seat next to me, drink in hand.
“Rene, you didn’t answer me. What did Rand do to you?”
The toasted merman turned on the sofa to face me, and leaned close enough for me to think, not for the first time, that he might have the most beautiful eyes I’d ever seen—almost a liquid black, with long lashes. He’d also let his hair grow out into a messy tangle and grown a short beard. It looked good on him. “Did you know the elf’s transport was guarded?”
Well, no. “So his guard cut you?”
“Yep. Leaned over and sniffed me like a dog. Or a freaking cat. I might have swatted it on the nose before it took a swipe at me. Cats and merfolk don’t get along, babe. They think we’re sushi.”
Signed print copies of all books in the series available from the author: https://www.suzannejohnsonauthor.com/shop
About the Author:
On Aug. 28, 2005, Suzanne Johnson loaded two dogs, a cat, a friend, and her mom into a car and fled New Orleans in the hours before Hurricane Katrina made landfall.
She grew up in rural Alabama, halfway between the Bear Bryant Museum and Elvis’ birthplace, and lived in New Orleans for fifteen years, which means she has a highly refined sense of the absurd and an ingrained love of SEC football and fried gator on a stick.
She can be found online at her website or her blog.
Suzanne currently lives in Auburn, Alabama, where she works as a full-time author and copyeditor.
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I’m a big fan of the Sentinels series, love Frenchman Street. Well maybe not one of the scenes.
Highly recommend all the books in the series. Hope to see more someday.
Love the excerpt and love Rene!
i love this series and Frenchman steert is oen of the best of teh series, i couldn’t stop reading, real page turner and a rollecaster for emetions
must read the series!!!