Sevyn by Author Renee Dyer
Give a warm welcome to Renee Dyer, author of Sevyn a Thriller/Romantic Suspense!
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 Renee and Sevyn.
When life hands you impossible choices, can you become the man you want to be? Now there’s a question and I have a few more for you Renee!
What inspired this particular story? To anyone who reads Sevyn, they may find it hard to believe, but the first time I heard 7 Years by Lukas Graham, the entire story line started flowing through my mind. I called up my friend, Amy, and told her what I was thinking. She was so excited for me to write a darker book, but it took me eleven months of letting the story play out in my head before I decided to start typing.
Who is your favorite character of all of the books you’ve written and Why? Oh, that would definitely be Mickayla (Mick). She’s sassy, wild, and I never know what she’ll say. Although I haven’t written her book in the Healing Hearts Series yet, she has found her way into all the ones I have written. I can’t wait to devote an entire book to her. My stomach is going to hurt from all the laughing. Oh, sounds like my kind of book!
How long have you been writing? I can’t remember a time I wasn’t writing. As a child, it was an outlet. Writing allowed me to escape when I felt awkward, which was quite a lot. I never quite knew what to say to others, but I was always great at putting how I felt on paper.
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? Other than my husband, my mom was the first one I told. It wasn’t a surprise to anyone in my family when I started writing books. I told my mom when I was eight that I would write books someday.
And so you did!
Tells us what’s Sevyn about.
Born into rival drug cartels, Kevyn Zozlov and his best friend Esperanza Torres defy the odds, finding laughter in a world full of pain. Ripped away from her at a young age, Kevyn has to learn the difference between family, loyalty, and obedience. Fear keeps him focused each day. Memories fill his dreams at night.
Torn between the death he sees daily and what he believes is right, he struggles to decide the kind of man he wants to be—until a promise he makes to his mother, the person he loves more than anyone, changes everything.
“Get out of here and find Esperanza. Promise me.”
Now, Kevyn has to figure out how to make his way to the only friend he ever had—the one person who understands his damaged world. Will she welcome him back with open arms, or turn him away, leaving him more lost than he already is?
With time against him, can he find Esperanza and his happiness, or will he be another casualty of the drug war, buried in an unmarked grave with no one to mourn his loss?
A snippet from Sevyn:
There is no way to explain the punch in the gut you feel seeing someone murdered. The sound of the gun shooting. The way their head jerks. That moment before the body realizes that its essence is gone, eyes staring nowhere, devoid of all emotion, before finally crumbling to the ground. Blood dribbles from their lips and pools on the floor. It’s like your soul performs one last dance before wrenching away to find out what lays beyond. One last morbid, horrific waltz, it gripped onto me and imbedded every detail into my young mind.
I would never be the same.
He was really gone.
I never wanted to be responsible for someone’s death, but I was responsible for this. My father was dead because of me. As he laid there, his eyes devoid of life, no longer able to judge me—hate me, I looked up to the sky and silently thought to my mother…justice is yours.
About the Author:
From a young Renee Dyer had a love of writing, starting with a doodle pad at age four that morphed into journals. Poetry became short stories and short stories a novel. Although she’s surrounded by males all day having three sons, a husband, and a hyperactive chocolate lab, she still finds time to be herself by escaping into the fantasy of reading and writing romance. That is, until she needs a male’s perspective and garners eye rolling from her husband at all of her questions. Renee is a true New Englander. You can find her screaming profanity at the TV while the Pats play and cuddling under blankets during the cold seasons (which is most of them), reading a good book. She doesn’t believe snow is a reason to shut things down, only to slow down and admire the beauty. Ask her anything. She’s an open book—pun fully intended.
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It was wonderful having you with us today Renee. Please feel free to stop by anytime. Good Luck with Sevyn!
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Posted in Authors' Secrets Blog and tagged Dark Romance, Renee Dyer, Suspense, Thriller by Tena Stetler with 5 comments.
Seven sounds like an intriguing read. The story line is great Good luck with your release.
Thank you. It is my favorite book I’ve written.
CB Clark good morning! Glad you stopped by, always good to hear from you! I appreciate it!
Thank you Tena for the interview and for sharing! <3
It was my pleasure. Best of luck with Sevyn!