1.) What was your first job? Did you like or dislike it? Why?
I was a waitress in an ice cream shop. I liked it a lot because I like interacting with people.
2.) Do you have a pet peeve? If so what is it?
I hate pollution of any kind, but especially plastic on the beach.
3.) Do you spend more time researching or writing?
Researching! There is so much history, mythology, romance, and magic to weave into my novels!
4.) Tell me about your book and where you got your inspiration for it?
My trilogy is a dark fantasy paranormal romance adaptation of the medieval French legend of “Tristan et Yseult”(Tristan and Isolde in English). My newest release, “The Lady of the Mirrored Lake’, is book 2 of The Wild Rose and the Sea Raven trilogy. I got the inspiration through research into the enchanted Forest of Brocéliande, where my novels take place. There is a lake called Le Miroir aux Fées (The Mirror of the Fairies), and I wove together the dark French lore related to this mysterious lake with the paranormal romance aspect of my trilogy. Since my female protagonist was trained by the Lady of the Lake Viviane to become a healer on the Island of Avalon, I wove it all together and had Issylte—my heroine– become The Lady of the Mirrored Lake.
5.) How much of your book is realistic?
The locations are real places in England, France, and Ireland. The characters are fictional, based on myths and legends.
6.) What are your ambitions for your writing career?
The conclusion of my trilogy, entitled “The Emerald Fairy and the Dragon Knight”, will be published soon by The Wild Rose Press. I have submitted another novel, “Winter Solstice in the Crystal Castle”, which I hope will land a contract as well. I am currently writing “The Elven Mirror”, which features the next generation of characters introduced in my trilogy. I have plans to write several additional dark fantasy paranormal romance novels in this genre. I also have begun an adaptation of Victor Hugo’s Notre-Dame de Paris (The Hunchback of Notre-Dame), from the perspective of Esméralda the gypsy dancer, interwoven with the lives of the famous playwright Molière and a musical genius, inspired by the classical musician Lully and the fictional Phantom of the Opera!
7.) Who is your role model? Why?
Sarah J. Maas. I absolutely love her blend of passionate romance, danger, dark magic, and Fae lore!
8.) Share one fact about yourself that would surprise people.
I create Renaissance Denim Couture, where I upcycle vintage denim and give it new life with French bohémienne flair. I take vintage jeans and turn them into bohemian denim skirts with ruffled lace, silk, velvet, beads, and huge rose pins. Or I take vintage denim jackets and turn them into romantic dusters with tulle, lace, and bling. Here is my Etsy shop to see my creations: https://www.etsy.com/shop/bohemienneivy
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Hunted by the Black Widow Queen, Issylte–a healer with the verdant magic of the forest–must flee Avalon with the two finest knights in the Celtic realm, both wrongly accused of treason. The trio travels to Bretagne, where Issylte heals a critically injured wolf and obtains fiercely loyal, shapeshifting allies.
In mystical Brocéliande, Issylte becomes a warrior priestess of the Tribe of Dana and otherworldly mate of the Blue Knight of Cornwall, discovering with Tristan a passion that transcends all bounds. When she becomes the Lady of the Mirrored Lake, sworn to defend the sacred waters of the Goddess, Issylte must undertake a perilous quest to discover what priceless object lies hidden in its murky depths.
As a nascent evil emerges in a fetid cave, Issylte and Tristan must face a diabolical trio that threatens their lives, their love, and their kingdoms.
Enchanted. Enflamed. Entwined. Can their passion and power prevail?
Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3VTstI7
Amazon US: https://amzn.to/3F61jXJ
BIO:
Enthralled with legends of medieval knights and ladies, dark fairy tales and fantasies about Druids, wizards and magic, Jennifer Ivy Walker always dreamed of becoming a writer. She fell in love with French in junior high school, continuing her study of the language throughout college, eventually becoming a high school teacher and college professor of French.
As a high school teacher, she took her students every year to the annual French competition, where they performed a play she had written, “Yseult la Belle et Tristan la Bête”–an imaginative blend of the medieval French legend of “Tristan et Yseult” and the fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast”, enhanced with fantasy elements of a Celtic fairy and a wicked witch.
Her debut novel, “The Wild Rose and the Sea Raven”–the first of a trilogy– is a blend of her love for medieval legends, the romantic French language, and paranormal fantasy. It is a retelling of the medieval French romance of “Tristan et Yseult”, interwoven with Arthurian myth, dark fairy tales from the enchanted Forest of Brocéliande, and otherworldly elements such as Avalonian Elves, Druids, forest fairies and magic.
Explore her realm of Medieval French Fantasy. She hopes her novels will enchant you.
Goodreads Author page: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/22671046.Jennifer_Ivy_Walker
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