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It has been over a week and half since Breaking Faith went live. What a whirlwind. I knew it was going to be a roller coaster. Even with all the planning, I still felt like I was plummeting down a dark hole.
I’m finally starting to catch my breath.   The dust has started to settle from my landing into a published author category. Now the reviews are trickling in.
My brain is having a hard time wrapping itself around the fact that people are reading my book.
I can’t describe how weird it is to have people know my characters. Sure, when I am telling my face down naked patients about my book while running my elbow up and down their back I’m sharing my story, but now people I have never touched naked are learning about my characters.
Who The Fuck Are The JackholeS?
Can now be answered by over 200 people.
Yeah, it blows my mind too.
For people who have just been introduced into JackholeS territory I feel like I should explain some things. Everyone who has been with me through this journey so far already know my intentions with the JackholeS series. For you new comers lost in the craziness that is Joy’s World let me clear some things up.
Almost three years ago I wrote Breaking Faith. It was nearly 400k words long. I was new and didn’t do any research on word count. I just wrote my story. I didn’t expect to publish. How that came about is a whole other story.
I wrote Breaking Faith as a therapeutic exercise. At the time I was writing another book. A trilogy actually. When I was near the end of the first book I panicked. This story was all from my head. I created a whole new world and I explained mythological creatures in my own words. I wasn’t ready to share that story yet. So I stopped writing it 94k words into it.
I closed the document and opened another one. My fingers word vomited Breaking Faith. Obviously, I did not marry a lead singer of a band. I took some artistic liberties, but Faith and Jason’s story is close to my heart and memories.
I planned to make it two stories. When I finished Breaking Faith I spoke to other authors and realized I had a huge book on my hands. I broke it in half and shaved the first half down for two and half years.
People are upset it ended in a cliffhanger. The reason it did is because it’s half of what I wrote in one book. The first chapter I included of Surviving Faith was the original ending to Breaking Faith.
Dayna Elise talked me into ending it where I did. She has taken full responsibility for this choice.
I didn’t want people to hate me when I published the cliffhanger. I agonized and whined about it to anyone that would listen.  I tried to be prepared for the backlash I knew I would receive. I’m sorry to anyone who felt short changed in the ending.
Also, please know the second book is written. I need to add some scenes and polish it up before sending it to the editor, but it is done.
Also know the second book although it resolves most of the conflict it doesn’t resolve all of them. I leave one big conflict open.
Kill and Faith get three books. I have the covers for them and I can’t wait to unleash them on you. The third book Becoming Faith has four roughly written chapters done.
I promise the ending of Surviving Faith will not be as abrupt as Breaking Faith. Hopefully you will want more.
Also please know. After Kill and Faith I will write three more books in the JackholeS series.

Van’s

D’s

And
Ryans.
If you were in front of me I would be able to tell you every story line for all of the books. They are done in my head I just need to put them to keyboard.
I want to thank everyone who has read Breaking Faith and is willing to give Surviving Faith a chance.  I promise you will not be let down.
This journey has started another incline and I’m ready to take it on. The amount of support has been tremendous. With you guys along for the ride, I am so excited to see what the JackholeS will do.
THANK YOU!!!!!

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Breaking Faith

The JackholeS series part 1

by Joy Eileen

Synopsis

Faith made the mistake of giving her heart to someone who didn’t deserve her. After making the decision to leave, she sought refuge at a bar full of misfits. They accepted Faith without question, and now they protect her as if she’s family. While putting the pieces of her life back together, she fights to keep her broken heart from falling for the moody lead singer of the JackholeS. A man named Kill. Killian has his own demons to battle, yet Faith brings out his protective side: a side he thought he’d buried long ago. Can Faith and Kill trust each other long enough to leave their pasts behind and find love? Or is the past too overpowering to allow anyone a chance at happiness?

WARNING: This book contains explicit non-consensual sex scenes. It contains strong language and adult situations. This book is not intended for anyone under 18. This is a series so this book does not end with resolution. Don’t worry the second book is already done and the third is being created. 🙂

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Excerpt:

Realizing I was half naked and pressed against him, I slowly backed away. The immediate sadness from the removal of his electricity was staggering.

His grin disappeared, and the laughter in his eyes was replaced with desire. I could see why girls all over Portland were infatuated with him. Just one fierce look, and I wanted to wrap myself around him until you couldn’t tell where he stopped and I began.

I took the step I had just taken away from him back toward him. We both inhaled sharply when our bodies collided.

He pulled in his bottom lip, raking his teeth over it until it popped out. My attention became rapt on his bottom lip and I wanted to bite it like he had just done.

The wet heat between my legs was on fire, and the only way I could think of getting rid of the burning ache was to have him buried deep within me. The look in his eyes, before my attention went to his lips, showed he was thinking the same thing.

My tongue darted out, and he groaned, making his chest rumble. The sound caused my nipples to pebble, aching along with the rest of my body for his attention.

He lowered his face to mine until our foreheads touched, our lips a breath away. Both of us were panting, the dull pain between my legs caused me to press my thighs together, trying to gain friction to help with the need building inside of me.

When I was about to break and press my lips to his, Kill turned around and stormed away, leaving me confused and unsatisfyingly hot.

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About the author

Joy Eileen is a born bibliophile who becomes deeply engaged with her characters, and has devoured more books than she would like to admit. She becomes obsessed with happily-ever-afters, and will read any genre that fulfills that requirement. Evading the library is something she has been known to do, because after befriending the characters returning them would be a heartbreaking event. Books are held hostage on her bookshelf, and any author that makes her ugly cry becomes her sworn enemy. Nicholas Sparks is one of the many on the list of villains.

As a massage therapist, most of Joy’s stories come to her while working. With the sound of classical music, and snoring from a half covered hostage, characters are created. The victim (massage patient) has no idea that while their body is being manipulated, Joy has traveled into distant lands creating landscapes and inhabitants as she goes. Her patients should be wary as sometimes they are pulled into her stories and turned into characters. Hero or Foe? Well, that depends on how they tip.

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It has been a crazy ass couple of weeks. I pushed myself to start checking off things on my checklist. Being me when things start to reach the electric wire of deadlines I go into self~sabotage mode.
I push off what I should be doing and start new projects. I put Breaking Faith on preorder
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Amazon requires you to put your finished manuscript in ten days before the release date. August 8th Breaking Faith will be locked away with Amazon with no chance of making changes until after it is released on the 18th.
I wanted to have it out to the amazing blogs that requested ARCs (advanced reader copies) soon. Just in case there was a major error that needs to be fixed. I finished the proofs for Breaking Faith yesterday. Kristen Hope Mazzola formatted it for me and now it is in the hands of blogs to judge my story. Scary stuff.
I have a giveaway for an ARC in my release party page. If anyone is interested in entering.

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I wanted to give the news that I finished Breaking Faith out first before telling you my adventures in self)sabotage mode.
So July 14th was my birthday. I had tickets to go see Corey Taylor that Sunday the 19th. So of course I ignored my laptop and the ticking bomb of a story locked away in it.
While in~line for Corey Taylor Southern California decided to fuck with my hair and pour rain down on my curls while the humidity made standing in~line miserable.

I have to tell you. I love Slip Knot. I love Stone Sour. I now love love love Corey Taylor. I loved him before so much so Killian “Kill” Taylor took his surname. For the first 45 minutes he did a question and answer with the audience. Seriously he just talked to us. Stupidly I didn’t think of a good question until after the show.
After the Q&A he took a break amd came back to do an acoustic show. He sang everything and the whole audience sang along. He captured my heart completely when he sang Pink Floyd. We all know how much I love them. So much so Donovan Gilmore “Van” the drummer of the JackholeS got his last name from the band.
The night was amazing. He sang Snuff which is one of my favorite songs and the night was amazing.
That night we got home at 2am. We decided what better way to procrastinate than to go to Disneyland. So at 6am we were on the road to the Happiest Place On Earth.
Normally I don’t post pics of the Famn Damily, but it was so much fun. Yes I am running off of maybe one hour of sleep. Don’t judge. I know I look awful.

This was B’s first time at Disneyland. Yes,.we are taking selfies while a four year old has the wheel and I am pressing the pedal to the floor.
Besides the awful time at California adventure where we waited in~line for an hour and a half just to get to the front and have the Car’s ride break down. B had the best day ever. He actually stated this twice with enthusiasm.
At one point I was crouched down with my knee up. Weird Captain Morgan stance. B was sitting on my knee. The Mad Hatter came over and say on B. He turned around and said, “I’m going to toot on you” The Mad Hatter made a raspberry with his mouth and bounced away.
B turned to me and screamed “best day ever”
He also got a high five from Pluto when he was walking by. As soon as hand touched paw B started jumping up and down screaming “best day ever” even the guy in the costume giggled.

Story of Space Mountain. I have no problem with roller coasters. My hands are normally extended to get the fullest rush. Except Space Mountain. It’s dark and the track is tight in that tiny space. I am terrified my arms will catch the other track. (I know this fear is unfounded. I don’t care) This explains the T~rex arms in the picture.
This marks a huge milestone for our family. I finally have someone to ride roller coasters with. It took C nine years to reach the required height. I have been waiting patiently for this day to come.

We got home from this little adventure around 2am. I had to work the next day at 9 am. Five hour massages later and I was tapping out. I felt that last birthday hit me that week.
After recovering I buckled down and finished Breaking Faith.
Now on to the blanket fort.