Blog Bash Day 14 with Jess Haines

The H&W Team Talk About Travel

By Jess Haines

Hello there!  Jess Haines here.  I’m the author of the urban fantasy H&W Investigations series

HUNTED BY THE OTHERS

 [link: http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/finditem.cfm?itemid=16761],

 TAKEN BY THE OTHERS

 [link: http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/finditem.cfm?itemid=18148],

and the upcoming

 

DECEIVED BY THE OTHERS [link: http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/finditem.cfm?itemid=19226]). 

 I’d like to take a moment to introduce you to some of the cast—Shiarra Waynest, the lead character, Sara, her business partner, Chaz, her on-and-off werewolf boyfriend, Arnold, a mage who lends her a hand, and Alec Royce, a vampire Shiarra meets in the course of her adventures.

Seeing as JoJo and I just came back from the Authors After Dark convention, I thought it would be a good idea to have Shiarra and her friends discuss how they handle their travel arrangements.  Over to you, Shia!

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Shiarra:  I haven’t done much traveling since I was in high school.  Used to go on family trips to visit landmarks like the Grand Canyon and stuff.

Sara:  I traveled a lot when I was younger. Not so much anymore, except to visit my sister sometimes.  She’s usually in England instead of stateside.  

Chaz:  Last year, I hit Tijuana for a long weekend.

Shiarra:  What?

Chaz:  You were on some big case.  You said you couldn’t go.

Shiarra:  I don’t remember you asking.

Arnold:  Hey, hey, calm down over there.  

Royce:  Quiet, mage. I’m finding this rather fascinating.

Shiarra:  Oh, shut up.  What do you care, anyway?  You probably hit Rio or Vegas or whatever every other weekend.

Royce:  Actually, I avoid leaving my territory as much as possible.

Arnold:  Don’t want someone to horn in on your action when you aren’t looking, huh?

Royce:  An accurate assessment.  Many vampires are opportunists, and we are more likely to use guile than violence to increase our holdings.

Shiarra: Huh.  So you became master over New York—how, exactly?  Aren’t you originally from Greece?

Sara: I bet he pulled a Dracula and came over on a ship, drinking from all the crew and passengers on the way.

Chaz:  Dracula killed everyone on the ship.  I bet fang-boy here did, too.

Royce:  Lovely to see how kindly you all think of me. Truly.

Arnold:  Does that mean they’re right?

Royce:  Partially. I did originally travel to America via ship.  I chose New York as my home in 1721, and have only left it sporadically. Perhaps once a decade since.

Sara:  I’m worried about the crew. What happened to them?

Royce:  No one aboard that ship died by my hand. There was a rash of dysentery that killed a few passengers, but that was not my doing, and a common enough occurrence during those times. After so many centuries, my hunger is easier to contain than you lot seem to believe.  When necessary, I can go for quite some time without feeding.

Chaz:  I’m sure that made everyone aboard feel so much better about having a life-sucking leech walking among them.

Royce:  As opposed to being trapped with a mindless beast that would savage them upon the rise of the full moon?

Chaz:  Hey!  We aren’t mindless when we’re shifted, you know.

Royce: And vampires are not all murderous fiends, either.  Watch your tongue, boy.  You might offend someone who would be quicker to take retribution.

Sara:  Damn. I was almost hoping for a good, scary story.

Shiarra:  Um.

Royce:  Believe me, Ms. Halloway, if you are in search of harrowing tales involving bloodshed and murder, you’ll find no lack of them if you study your own country’s history.  

Shiarra:  That’s boring. We want to hear something straight from you.  C’mon, how many hundreds of years have you been around?  You must have seen or done something gross in all that time.

Arnold:  I went to Scotland on vacation once and watched a butcher make haggis.

Everyone Else:  …

Arnold:  What?  That was pretty gross.

Chaz:  I heard there’s a ghost tour in Philadelphia.  Maybe we can take a road trip and check that out.

Royce:  Fascinating, I’m sure.

Shiarra:  You never answered Sara’s question. Have you ever seen or done something scary or gross in your travels?

Royce:  Ms. Waynest, I’ve seen and done things that would turn the hair on your pretty head white.  I’m not about to revisit those memories.  Not even for you.

Sara:  Lame.

Shiarra:  Totally.

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You can learn more about Shiarra and the rest of her friends in

HUNTED BY THE OTHERS (link: http://www.kensingtonbooks.com/finditem.cfm?itemid=16761).  

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Website: http://www.jesshaines.com/

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Thanks again for having me and the gang over, JoJo!  And happy blog-o-versary!

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