Meet Jarrod Jeffries from The Misadventures of a Wannabe (Slutty) Bartender by W.S. Carmichael

 

With a title like this, you know you've got a great romantic comedy at your fingertips. You'll get a taste in this character interview. Also check out an excerpt from The Misadventures of a (Wannabe) Slutty Bartender by W.S. Carmichael and then download your own copy. Be sure to also check out the rest of the tour and leave your questions and comments along the way. Best of luck entering the giveaway!

Ava Moreland has it all planned out. In two months, she will marry her fiancé, Tim. She’ll continue working at Vegas’s famous Cosmopolitan bar while he runs his father’s accounting firm. Soon they’ll start a family and she’ll have the white picket life she’s always dreamed of.
Or not.

When her fairytale engagement implodes in a devastating display, Ava embarks on a quest to reclaim her identity and feminine prowess – by sleeping her way through Las Vegas. With her best friend, Jarrod, acting as wingman her plan is foolproof.
Or not.

Nothing goes as planned with hilariously disastrous results. Her sexual misadventures will keep you in stitches as Ava searches for herself in Sin City, finding herself and her happily ever after in the unlikeliest of places.

Read an excerpt:

The day passes quickly and before I know it, I’m getting out of an Uber in front of the Tropicana. I smooth the imaginary wrinkles out of my dress, hike my purse higher on my shoulder and walk through the main entrance. I try my best to ignore the butterflies in my stomach while I make my way to our designated meeting area.

I remind myself even though I am not normally a one-night stand kind of girl, I am committed to stepping out of my old way of living. I do not want to be that girl. You know, the one who never takes a risk, never steps off the safe, well-lit path she’s laid out for herself. The one who looks back over her life when she’s gray and old, only to realize she settled. She settled for the sure bet, the man who could never own her heart enough to truly break it, the safe career and the white picket fence. She settled for all the things she knew could never make her soul sing but could never make it cry either.

I no longer want to be that girl.

I want to be the girl who lives life, the girl who seizes every opportunity. I want to be the girl who embraces her wild side until she finds a man who can tame it, not suppress it. Tonight, I want to be the girl who doesn’t go home and molest her showerhead.

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Character Interview:

Jarrod Jeffries being interviewed by WS Carmichael

WS: Good morning, Jarrod. I’m sure you know me as the author of The Misadventures of a (Wannabe) Slutty Bartender. Our fans would like to know more about you. Are you ready for some questions?

Jarrod: I sure am, WS. WS? Those letters don’t flow together like JR or TJ or AB. Why WS?

WS: I thought I was asking the questions here. W and S are the initials of my first and middle names. Wendy Sue. Can we get back to you?

Jarrod: Of course! I love talking about me.

WS: Tell us about Jarrod Jeffries. What is your family like? Are you originally from Vegas?

Jarrod: I’d love to say I moved here from a small Mid-West town to escape the unending judgement of my homophobic family, finally able to be myself after a lifetime of oppression. What a riveting and harrowing tale I could weave. Sadly, my family was obnoxiously supportive and my coming out story disappointingly underwhelming. I sat my parents down after dinner one night. Picture it – my fifteen year old self was dressed in the most solemn outfit a flamboyant teenager would own. I took a deep breath and nervously delivered the speech I had rehearsed in my head. I put my foot down, demanding to be accepted as I was. Imagine my dismay when my parents looked at each other and rolled their eyes, apparently used to my dramatics. My mother said, and I quote, “Honey, we’ve known since you were five. Go do your homework.” It was heartbreaking, I tell you!

WS: You do have a flair for the dramatic. Have you ever thought of a career in show business?

Jarrod: Only every waking minute! Alas, as fabulous as I am, I don’t possess any showbiz worthy talents. I am doomed to live vicariously through Ava’s parents, Diane and Eric.

WS: Speaking of Ava, what is your favorite thing to do together?

Jarrod: You mean besides listening to her talk about the disaster that is her love life? We love our BFF movie nights. We gorge ourselves on junk food and drool over Channing Tatum movies.

WS: Tell the fans something about yourself we’d be surprised by.

Jarrod: As much as I joke about my family’s irritatingly supportive roll in my coming out story, I know how fortunate I am. Many kids aren’t as lucky as I was. They are met with derision, cruelty and even violence for being gay. I run a support group for LGBTQ teens at the local center. Our goal is to foster an environment where they can express themselves freely and work through the issues and difficulties facing them.

WS: You are every bit as wonderful as Ava says you are. I hear there is someone else special in your life who also thinks very highly of you. Care to give us some details?

Jarrod: Let’s just say if you wrote LGBTQ romances, you’d have a scorcher on your hands. Too bad Stewart and I were only allowed a minor subplot in The Misadventures of a (Wannabe) Slutty Bartender. I guess my fans will need to read the book to hear how we met and fell in love.

WS: I wanted you to find your HEA also. That’s why I created Stewart for you.

Jarrod: (laughing) It’s cute how you think you were in charge of creating us. You are not a creator. You are a vessel. We reveal ourselves to you as we wish and your job is to put us on paper. If you created us, you wouldn’t spend so much time rewriting your outlines. We’d be better at following your directions.

WS: Thank you for minimizing my role in all this. One last question. If The Misadventures of a (Wannabe) Slutty Bartender were made into a movie, who would play you?

Jarrod: That’s easy. Colton Haynes. Look him up. You won’t be sorry.

WS Carmichael is attempting to write the world into romantic bliss one novel at a time. Based in upstate NY, she travels as often as her hectic schedule will allow. When she isn’t busy writing, she’s a mother, nurse and avid sportswoman.

WS Carmichael fell in love with romance at an early age when she would sneak Harlequins from her mother. A voracious reader, she eventually made the jump to writing.

Writing is her passion and she’s always jotting down new storyline and character ideas. Often, her characters take on a life of their own and don’t always cooperate with her plan for them. Creating well developed, strong alpha male characters that don’t fit into the typical romance hero mold makes her novels exciting and relatable. A woman who believes whole heartedly in happily ever after, she gives her heroes the heroine they deserve.

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