[Day Twenty Four of 31 Days] Giveaway + Author Interview: Terry Spear, author of The World of Fae

It's now Day 24 of the 31 Days, and for today, Terry Spear is visiting The Fairytale Nerd to talk to us about THE WORLD OF FAE! Terry is the author of The World of Fae, and an award-winning author who writes of fantasy worlds in both contemporary and historical times.


Commenters in this post have a chance to win an ebook copy of one of her fae stories, winner’s choice.

Everyone, please welcome Terry Spear!

Award-winning author of urban fantasy and medieval historical romantic suspense, Heart of the Wolf named in Publishers Weekly's BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR, NOR Reader Choice for BEST PARANORMAL ROMANCE.

Terry Spear also writes true stories for adult and young adult audiences. She’s a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves and has an MBA fromMonmouth University and a Bachelors in Business and Distinguished Military Graduate of West Texas A & M. She also creates award-winning teddy bears, Wilde & Woolly Bears, to include personalized bears designed to commemorate authors’ books. When she’s not writing or making bears, she’s teaching online writing courses.

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What are the fae like? Different kingdoms exist in the fae realm, much like the humans have their cities and states and countries. They’re loyal to their own kind, most of the time. They love to play pranks on the humans. It’s just their nature, you see.

They’re immortal, or, I should say semi-immortal. Because being immortal means they would never die, but they can and do.

Like humans, some are good and some are bad. But all fae have a dark side, oh, just like humans.

So here are some snippets from the three fae stories out so far.

From THE DARK FAE, Book 1:

“No one has ever doused me with ice cold drinks before. There has to be an appropriate payback. You’re mine until I think of an adequate revenge.” His dark brown eyes sparkled with delight.

“You’re kidding right?”

His smile broadened. “Ask Ritasia. I don’t get angry, Alicia. I get even. Another dark fae quality.”

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From THE DEADLY FAE, Book 2:

“Let go of me,” she said in a whisper back, a threat in her voice.

But Fairhaven only smiled in a smug way and said, “You will not stay.” He turned to Davenport. “We need a moment alone.”

“We do not,” Sessily said, countermanding his request.

“Lord Davenport?” Fairhaven said, his words so harsh, Davenport nodded and took a step back. He motioned for Lady Marguerite to come with him.

Sessily could have strangled Lord Fairhaven. “Let…go…of…me.”

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From THE WINGED FAE, Book 3:

“Indeed. Of course, my mother will want her imprisoned for what she has done, and most likely her own people will want her locked away for a very long time in some castle tower for the same reason.” Deveron frowned again. “She’s of a royal house, which means she could be a duchess or countess, or any number of cousins to the main royal house. Did you ask her name?”

Ask her name? Niall rolled his eyes. At least he thought he did. His head hurt to such a degree, he wasn’t certain if he did it properly.

Deveron twisted his mouth in derision. “Why have you, of all people, picked up that annoyingly human expression? Even Ritasia has started copying Alicia’s way of rolling her eyes. At least Alicia lived among the humans so she had a reason to pick up the human mannerism, but…” The prince let his observation trail off with a dark look meant to make his point.

Niall grimaced. If he could have rolled his eyes again without hurting his head, he would have.

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That’s a tiny glimpse into The World of Fae. They don’t get angry, they get even. And arrogance, possessiveness, and loyalty are important to their natures. Dark humor, also. There’s also a pecking order—as would be the case in any place that has royalty. Yet it doesn’t mean that the fae won’t push their luck to accomplish something they want badly enough.

In THE DARK FAE, Deveron has never met a girl before who would do such a thing to him. And he suspects she sees right through him. That he is of the fae, and not human.

In THE DEADLY FAE, Lord Fairhaven intends to stop Sessily from committing a crime, but he has no idea the crime she intends to commit, or how it will prevent another crime from being committed.

In THE WINGED FAE, Niall tangles with the winged fae, which changes his life forever. He’s intrigued with her, which he never thought would get him into a jousting tourney with a dragon fae knight—but there you have it!

In The World of Fae, they live by rules of an ancient past and visit the human’s modern world to have fun. Beware the fae, they can wreak havoc on your day, and may even capture your heart while they’re at it!

I’m working on another couple of fae stories now, Ritasia’s, the dark fae princess, who uncovers some ancient artifact that gets her into trouble, and a dragon fae story…not sure about that one yet. You see, sometimes I find the perfect fae picture and that’s how the story begins.

Have you read any of my fae world? If so, is there anyone you would like to read about further?

Thanks so much to JoAnne for having me here today, and to those who are lovers of the fae. More fae need your love!

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BUYThe Dark FaeAlicia's always known she's different--that she can recognize the mischievous fae when they show up to "play" with the humans. Only now she's faced with one highly annoyed dark fae and she's certain he knows the truth about her. She can see him, which means her life is forfeit.
Add to that, his sister arrives, who wants to play, too. And their mother, the queen of the Denkar, will want Alicia's head, once she learns what Alicia can do.
And all because Alicia was attempting to rescue her friend, Cassie, on their beach excursion at South Padre Island, from the wicked fae. Now, Alicia has really gone and done it--and she's thinking she should have let the fae have his fun. Her friend's broken heart would be a lot easier to deal with, than Alicia losing her life.
But it is too late for regrets. As soon as she threw the soda at the dark fae's chest, she had declared war on the fae. And he is happy to take up the challenge.
BUY The Deadly Fae

Lady Sessily is on a mission to assassinate a fae lord who is the most evil kind of fae. But when she is thwarted, not once, but twice by another fae lord, she is ready to strangle him. And she'll do it for free.

Tall, dark, handsome and deadly Lord Fairhaven insists she do a job for him. Which she refuses. But the lord is not one to take no for an answer.

The crown prince of the cobra fae doesn't know what to think when he hires a master assassin who turns out to be a woman--not her father like he'd been led to believe. But can she eliminate one of the most powerful queens of any of the fae kingdoms without getting herself killed?

He soon rethinks his plan as he gets to know the woman he begins to think of as his angel assassin. 

BUYThe Winged FaeNiall, a royal member of the Denkar, aka the dark fae, is visiting South Padre Island when he catches a winged fae painting graffiti on a wall on the island claimed by his people. He is at once fascinated with the lovely girl and intrigued by her audacity, but as one of the Denkar, he must take her to task. Yet she's armed with a sleeping potion that makes his life intolerable. Between freeing her from his people's dungeon, her own tower, and fighting a knight in her honor, he wonders if he's lost his mind over one beautiful winged fae--when she's betrothed to his cousin!

Commenters in this post have a chance to win an ebook copy of one of her fae stories, winner’s choice.