Adrian J Smith’s For By Grace

I’m so very excited to have Adrian on my blog today. Her book For By Grace has gotten such good reviews and I cannot wait to read it. I had the chance to interview Adrian and we had some fun with it. After the interview read all about the book, and an amazing excerpt that will have you on the edge of your seat! At the very bottom be sure to enter for a chance to win a copy of For By Grace and Forever Burn.

Amanda C. Stone: Good morning Adrian! I’m so excited to have you here today. I’m going to ask a bunch of fun questions for your interview. Change it up from the typical questions authors get asked. If you could be famous/infamous for one thing, what would you choose?
Adrian J. Smith: Well, I seem to be infamous for going barefoot. It’s a huge thing that gets talked about over and over again. But it’s also not necessarily something I want to be infamous for. I have no desires to be famous, so I’ll stick with infamous. Hmmm… I don’t know. This is a hard question. I guess I want to be infamous for killing characters. =P
ACS: I’m infamous for being barefoot as well! But I actually don’t mind it. You are on a deserted island and can have only one book with you. What book would it be?
AJS: One book? A blank one.
ACS: Oh the stories you could come up with if you had time to yourself! If you were a candy bar what would you taste like?
AJS: Chocolately and sugary and mmmmm worthy.
ACS: Mmm worthy for sure! Do you have a library card and know where it is?
AJS: I do not have a library card.
ACS: What?!
AJS: I know! Gasp-worthy, right? I actually just moved to a tiny little town (my post office is about a 45 minute drive away), and there is only one tiny library here that’s in the courthouse. So…no need for a card! But I don’t go to the library often anyway, I prefer to pay and support fellow authors that way.
ACS: I love that you prefer to buy books instead of borrowing them. Last question. If there were a movie about your life, who would you want to play you? It can be anyone alive or dead.
AJS: Who would I want to play me? My life is so boring, I wouldn’t want to subject anyone to that kind of torture. I’m going to say Emilie Ullerup, but that’s just because she’s awesome and one of my favorites.
ACS: Oh my gosh! I love Emilie Ullerup! I loved her in Sanctuary! I think it would be great to see her in a movie about your life. Thank you so much for joining me today Adrian. It was so much fun having you.

Blurb:
Being a Sheriff’s Deputy is not all about saving lives and arresting criminals, and each day Grace wonders if she’ll make it home.

While kids at the schools Deputy Grace Halling visits see her as the knight in blue-cotton armor, people involved in the cases she is dispatched to have a different opinion. She has every confidence in her ability to do her job and arrest criminals. She easily takes down a knife-wielding woman and a drunken combatant teenager without hesitation. Everyone—victim, suspect, or witness—has a story to tell or to lie about, and Grace is never perturbed by their tales.

That all changes when she looks down the barrel of a gun. She loses confidence in her ability as a deputy, she loses trust in herself and fellow officers, and she struggles to stay afloat as shift after shift passes. Grace cannot find her rhythm of being a deputy again. And when the Police Chaplain unexpectedly barges into her life, her personal and professional lives are flipped upside down. Grace struggles to find her even ground, worrying that the next time she stares a murderer in the face will be the last.

Excerpt:
Deputy Halling tensed her shoulders as her cruiser sped up—she was always ready for the next suspect. The truck was already four blocks ahead of her and did not look to be slowing down. She reached up and hit the mouthpiece of the radio at her shoulder, tilting her head as she spoke. “337—speeder on Hosmer and 126^th, heading northbound. Red Ford Ranger, early model, plate is boy-boy-charles-seven-zero-nine. In pursuit.”

“10-4,” dispatch responded.

Hitting the gas, Grace got as close to the truck as possible. They weaved in and out of traffic, cars pulling over to the side and hitting their brakes as the driver either caught sight of the truck or heard her sirens. He blasted through a red light, horns beeping continuously at him as she drove to catch up.
Grace slammed on her brakes. She let out a quick breath as a black mustang came to a forceful stop, letting her drive past them. She picked up her speed, scanning the roadway ahead to try and see where the Ford had gone. Biting her lip, Grace cocked her head to the side, skimming the intersections to make sure everyone had stopped or was coming to a stop before she went through them. One car was too close of a call for her.

About Adrian:
Adrian J. Smith, or “AJ” as she is often called, is a part time writer with an epic imagination, sharp wit, and kind heart that gets her into a bit of trouble when it comes to taking in all the neighborhood stray cats. Being obsessed with science fiction, Smith often goes off on tangents about the space-time continuum. She is also a part time lunatic with a secretive past. It’s been rumored that she was once a spy for the government, but anyone who has gotten close enough to know the truth has never lived to tell the tale. When traveling around the world on various classified tasks, Smith requires the following be provided: buffalo jerky, mimosas, and eighty six pennies. This is all we know about the reclusive woman.
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Buy Links:
Amazon US: Amazon US
Smashwords: Smashwords
Kobo: Kobo
Barnes and Noble: Barnes & Noble
iTunes: iTunes
Amazon CA: Amazon CA

Tour Stops:
8/18: Prism Book Alliance
8/25: The Hat Party, Velvet Panic, Scattered Thoughts & Rogue Words
9/1: SA McAuley
9/8: Jade Crystal
9/15: Cate Ashwood
9/22: Fallen Angel Reviews
9/29: Hearts on Fire
10/6: My Fiction Nook
10/13: Wake Up Your Wild Side
10/20: Love Bytes, Regular Guys, Hot Romance
10/27: Parker Williams, Iyana Jenna
11/3: Dawn’s Reading Nook, Amanda C. Stone, LeAnn’s Book Reviews

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