by SJ Molloy
Acknowledgements
I’d like to say a special thanks to my husband and my girls. Thank you once again for helping me complete this project by being patient, for encourage me to start typing again after a challenging few months, and for always being ‘bright’ and keeping me in your light. I love you all to the moon and back.
A special thanks to Rebecca from Becca Annes book reviews blog, for being the kick-start to this male point of view project and for giving me inspiration. Thanks Rebecca for waiting on me finding my mojo, and for sharing your creativity and giving me your questions. Without these questions, I couldn’t have shaped and moulded them into this interview and it has worked wonders for my plot development for Luminoso. You helped make all this possible. A million thank yous.
Thank you to Vera. I don’t thank you enough Vera, for answering my messages, emails, and for giving me your thoughts, making me laugh and for keeping me sane. You are the ‘bestest’ big cousin and friend I could ask for. Always by my side despite the miles between us and always cheerleading for TeamSJ – Magsie, you are my promise because you never let me down.
An exceptionally huge thank you to Joanne, my graphic designer from Design Divaz. Thanks for another pretty, sleek, and awesome book cover. You just get me and never fail to deliver. I love it, and I love that I only have to give you four words in bullet points and you have mastered up the graphic I have imaged in my mind. An exceptionally artistic and talented individual. Thanks, Joanne.
Thank you to the very hardworking and dedicated Evelyn, my assistant who manages all my social media, giveaways and oversees my admin when I’m unavailable. You sure have been busy these past few months and have been my godsend in many ways. I’m so grateful to have your expertise and help, and for the endless extra miles that you go to for me. You are a star agent, Eve, my star. A very ‘bright’ one at that.
Thank you to my darlin’s who have kept me sane, focused and motivated because you all believe in me. You’ve all empowered me when I need it most by listening and being supporting. Girls, I love you all.
Once again, a huge thank you to my editing team Max and James. Thank you, Max, for taking on this project, doing a fantastic job with it, and for helping me once again. I’m overawed with your sharp eye and professionalism. I greatly appreciate it and I’m extremely thankful to have you on-board. Thank you, James, for giving me your time, your attention to detail, and your clever ideas on the plot development. Without you I would not be developing this series in the way we have so far. You are helping to make my plot, tone, flow, and characterisation a whole lot better and believable. Max and James, you are both invaluable.
Thank you to Lucinda, for another professional and amazing formatting service. You are forever patient and always accommodating. Thank you.
Thank you to Kassi once again for your very creative and artistic interior design for the paperback.
Thank you to Debra for your amazing blogging and author promotional services. I’m very lucky to have your services. Thank you to all the book bloggers taking part in the release day event, for your pimping, posting, giveaway opportunities, reviews and your support. Without the blogging social media community, I would not be reaching as many readers as I do. I’m forever thankful for your effort and tireless passion and selfless hard work you do for Indie authors.
A massive thanks to my Dolcezzas. You ladies are the nicest, loving, friendly and biggest supporters a woman and author could ask for. Thank you so much for being part of my street team and for all the pimping, posting and enthusiasm you share on the Luminara Series. You will never know how grateful I am for all of you because you all wow me with your endless support. Ladies, you rock!
Finally, I save the best for last. Thank you to all my readers who have fallen in love with Lucca and Lexi, and everything lust, love & light. I never in my wildest dreams thought I would be writing as many words, or that readers would actually like them and want to read more. This project is huge and at times it feels a little overwhelming, especially with all my current personal circumstances which has distracted me recently.
The most important and crucial thing saving me from any doubts and keeping me going with writing this series is my readers passion and love. As you know I’m a few months behind because of a challenging few months, but you have been patient, showed me nothing but kindness, encouragement and enthusiasm.
I was worried because I have not been able to deliver Luminoso in the time frame I had anticipated, and I hope that I have been transparent and honest as to why. I wanted to give you a little extra to read while you patiently wait on book four. Thank you for staying with me and for all your understanding.
F file R for readers. Readers are my gift of the day … every day.
About The Author
Bio
SJ Molloy, British Author of The Luminara Series, was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. As a young child, her family moved and raised her in Lanarkshire, Scotland where she currently resides with her husband, two daughters, and her energetic, hyperactive loving gun dog who is utterly spoiled.
SJ is a qualified Fitness Instructor and Health & Fitness Motivator of various fitness styles and disciplines. Music and dance aerobics have always been a pleasure and passion for her. SJ will sporadically make up dance style routines at any hour of the day when a move comes to her or piece of music moves or inspires her. Currently not teaching classes, she is focusing her time into nurturing her yearning passion for creative writing, exchanging one visualisation for another.
As a child, SJ loved to write in journals and make up short stories and has a flare for all things creative. With an overactive imagination at times, SJ adores to make notes and visualise scenes and settings to create characterisations.
While on holiday with her family one summer reading book after book, she had a flash of inspiration and has had various ideas whirling around in her mind ever since. It was not until she pulled back on teaching classes that she found the courage, time, and insight into actually bringing these ideas to life.
In February 2013 she decided to bring that imagination to light by beginning her writing journey with Lussuria the first instalment in The Luminara Series.
Being a self-confessed book junkie, she loves nothing better than to get lost in an emotional and moving book. A true romantic at heart, her guilty pleasure is reading heart-warming, passionate stories and falling in love with her favourite fictional characters.
With nine books already mapped out in The Luminara Series, SJ’s busy, creative mind has already planned two more fictitious novels, both stand-alone romance books and very different in their own right.
When she is not writing or reading, spending time with family and friends, or exercising and walking her dog, SJ loves all things practical and creative. Dancing, music, cooking, travelling, good food and wine, and painting are her favourite past times along with laughter, lots and lots of laughter.
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I encourage you all to, like, share, tweet, and follow my social media links for updates, news, giveaways and teasers for the rest of the series. I will be eternally grateful if you would kindly leave a review for Lussuria, L’amore, and Lucca’s Lust on Goodreads and Amazon and any book groups and blogs. It’s really important and crucial for the rest of the series. It will give me a great foundation to work on and help develop my writing to make it the best it possibly can be. It also assists with publicising my work so that the future books of the series can reach a bigger audience.
I have opened a private Facebook group dedicated to discussing anything about the Luminara Series for readers and fans. The official link for The Luminara Series group is advertised on my Facebook page and website, and contains exclusive advance excerpts, giveaways, and information on Luminoso Book 3 in the Luminara series.
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Coming soon by SJ Molloy
Luminoso
Scheduled for spring 2015
Book 4 in the Luminara Series
Luminoso is Italian for light.
The continuation of Lucca and Lexi’s life. As they plan for their future together, many secrets and plots are conspiring which will re-write their destiny, perhaps forever. Fate works in mysterious ways. After the sweetness of love and the closeness it brings, unimaginable events rouse emotions in them both that they fight hard to control. Will she fight, surrender, or run this time? Intense and gripping, this book is filled with angst and suspense leaving you gasping for breath.
Book 5
Scheduled for summer 2015
Yet to be named. This is the conclusion to Lucca and Lexi’s turbulent journey from both of their points of view. In order to find the light, you must first see the darkness. Will Lexi and Lucca find their light again after their story reveals dishonesty, hurt, grief, and guilt? In the most emotional, sensitive, and painstakingly disconcerting tear-jerking conclusion, our hearts will weep. Can they bury the past, forgive, accept, and move on to have their happily ever after?
Lucca’s Love
Scheduled for late 2015
Book 6. A full length novel in Lucca Caruso’s point of view based on L’amore
Lucca’s Light
Scheduled for early 2016
Book 7. A full length novel in Lucca Caruso’s point of view based on Luminoso with bonus chapters of the future in his words.
Lacerato
Scheduled for 2016
Book 8 in the Luminara Series from Cameron’s point of view.
Lacerato is Italian for torn.
Lexi’s brother shares his own anguish and title of the book as it will stop pulses with his roguish insatiable desire to lure and seduce woman, but can he stay faithful and love only one?
Levare
Scheduled for late 2016
Book 9 in the Luminara Series from Grace Robertson’s point of view.
The prequel.
Levare is Italian for taken.
A story of courage, strength and hope.
Lexi and Cameron’s mother shares her trauma, fear, and devastation. Life was taken from her, yet she had to breathe and keep faith in order to protect her children and keep them all alive. A dark, harrowing, suspense-filled physiological thriller of one woman’s miracle—saving grace.
More future projects
Indestructible
Scheduled for 2017
After her father’s death, a contemporary ballet dancer struggles to accept the debt, crime, and debauchery left behind. Inheriting her father’s share of a pretentious exotic strip club, she is determined to sell because she’s is disgusted with the seediness and cliché attached and does not care for it. Her mysterious, handsome, powerful, and sexy business partner has other ideas. Falling for the womanising business partner, she loses all her composure, self-control, and respect.
Feeling bereft and used, she verges into the darker side of a different person after continual protest and seeks solace from the exotic dancers whom she once despised and belittled. She learns how to strip and lap dance provocatively to distract her from her grief, hurt, and emptiness in return for her ballet tuition and gets caught up in the dark side of crime, drugs, and betrayal.
A woman so very fragile but strong, determined and ruthless.
She is indestructible…
Almost Is Never Enough
Scheduled for late 2017
A heart-wrenching love triangle between a woman and her two childhood sweethearts. One man provides, protects, and makes love to her. He’s safe, reliable, and he’s typical. The other ignites, electrocutes, and burns her in a way she always dreamed of and makes her feel very much excitable and alive. She always imagines what life with the other would be like. It takes a natural disaster for the woman to experience these fantasies, another life of amazing sex and passion. Ultimately is it what she wants?
Tragedy has an ironic way of manifesting your dreams into an earth moving shattering reality.
Guilt can almost strip it away.
http://www.sjmolloy.com/books/ will contain all updates on these future projects.
Thank you and happy reading x
Lust, love, light.
Table of Contents
Foreword: A note from the author
Table of Contents
Prologue
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Epilogue
Part Three: Lucca’s Interview
A note from SJ Molloy
Glossary of Characters
Acknowledgements
About The Author
Share and Review
Author Links
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