Character Interview: Beauregard Faire of Rouge by Leigh Talbert Moore

 

Welcome to my stop on the Rouge Blog Tour hosted by YA Bound.  Click HERE to check out the full blog tour schedule! Enjoy the Character Interview with Beau! I found it hilarious!

Rouge (Cheveux Roux, #1)

by Leigh Talbert Moore

Release Date: November 11, 2012

Paperback/e-book

300 pages

Mature YA/light historical/theater romance

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 Trapped in the underground theater world of 1890s New Orleans, Hale Ferrer has only one goal: escape. But not without Teeny, the orphan-girl she rescued from the streets and promised to protect.

Freddie Lovel, Hale's wealthy Parisian suitor, seems to be the easy solution. If only his touch could arouse her interest like Beau's, the penniless stagehand who captures her heart.

Denying her fears, Hale is poised to choose love until an evil lurking in their cabaret-home launches a chain of events that could cost her everything.

Character Interview: Beauregard Faire

By Leigh Talbert Moore

I managed to get Beau to sit down and talk to us today. He’s in my new book Rouge (link), and he’s working constantly now that he’s got a promise to keep. For the first time in his life, he’s become very focused. (Of course, he’s from pre-Internet times, so we might have to explain things.)

LTM: Hi, Beau! Thanks for answering some questions for us today!

Beau: Who’s us?

LTM: The blog readers. They read about you in Rouge and want to know you better.

Beau: What’s a blog?

LTM: Nevermind. Forget all that. So! That’s some name you got there, Beauregard Faire. Is that after a relative?

Beau: Don’t know. My dad died before I could ask him. But you can just call me Beau. “Beauregard” sounds like a cotton baron or something, which I’m not.

LTM: But you have picked cotton back when you lived on the farm. You told Hale that.

Beau: Yeah, but only when absolutely necessary. I did more of the heavy lifting.

LTM: So I see… (*eyes hot bod*) Anyhoo! Tell us about Hale!

Beau: It’s hard for me to talk about her right now.

LTM: But you’re in love with her, right?

Beau: I asked her to marry me.

LTM: She didn’t say no…

Beau: Things are complicated.

LTM: What do you like most about her?

Beau: Well, she’s beautiful, of course. The first time I saw her, I could hardly form a decent sentence.

LTM: I know. What else?
Beau: She’s an amazing singer, and she’s not a bad dancer even though she thinks she is. She’s really sweet to Christina…

LTM: You mean Teeny?

Beau: She doesn’t like that nickname. But yeah. Hale would do anything for her, but she’s just so stubborn. I hate it when she keeps me out. I know there’s a lot she’s not telling me, and I don’t know how to make her open up.

LTM: I think it was very cool how you saved her life. Were you scared to reach out and grab the rope when she fell?

Beau: No. I didn’t even think about it. I just saw her falling, and it was the only way I could stop it. It did shred my hands, though.

LTM: Your hands take a beating in this story. So what’s it like working in a theater? Do you like being part of a musical production?

Beau: Oh, yeah. It’s something I never thought I’d do, but it’s exactly the type of life I was looking for when I left Ascension.

LTM: You were looking for adventure—wine, women, and song—and I’d say you found it!

Beau: I wasn’t looking for something like this. I mean, I wanted to have fun and, yeah, meet women and be carefree, but Hale changed all that.

LTM: So how many dancers did you, umm, “meet” before you and Hale got together?

Beau: It was just one! I told Hale that…

LTM: OK, I’m sorry. Bad subject. So what are you most looking forward to in the sequel?

Beau: What?

LTM: Nevermind, Let’s play “This or That.” Like I’ll say two things and you tell me which you prefer. For example, Pencil or Pen.

Beau: I can’t afford a pen. Unless you count the cloisonné pen Hale gave me. It was her father’s.

LTM: Right. Sorry. Umm… Chicken or tacos?

Beau: What’s a taco?

LTM: Ebooks or paper?

Beau: What’s an ebook?

LTM: *sigh* Forget it. Thanks for stopping to chat with us today! I think a lot of ladies have a crush on you right now. Possibly even this one. *bats lashes*

Beau: Oh, well, you have… interesting hair.

LTM: *blushes* You think so? *smoothes frizz* You’re just being sweet. Like always. It’s OK. I know you’ve only got eyes for Hale. But you do look great in a suit.

Beau: It’s part of my job.

LTM: Yes it is…

That’s it! I hope you guys enjoyed getting to know Beau a little better! If you have any questions for him, leave them in the comments section, and I’ll see if I can get the answer for you.

Thanks for having us here today!

About the Author

Leigh Talbert Moore is a wife and mom by day, a writer by day, a reader by day, a freelance editor when time permits, a chocoholic, a caffeine addict, a lover of YA and new adult romance (really any great love story), a beach bum, and occasionally she sleeps.

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Review: The Tree With No Branches by Johnny Knew

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Title: The Tree With No Branches
Author: Johnny Knew
Genre: Children's Book
Format: eBook for Review
Buy: Amazon /  Barnes & Noble

In the heart of the Full-Of-Pride forest lives a tree without any leaves, blossoms or even a single branch. Teased and bullied for being different, what is this simple tree to do? Get ready to watch some leaves get rustled as you embark on a trunk-warming tale of gargantuan proportions. The Tree With No Branches is a story about love, courage, and growing where it counts. Hold onto your petunias because the most funtastical story that's ever been told is about to unfold and is sure to take you and your imagination on the log ride of your life! The Tree With No Branches, by Johnny Knew, is the first of 6 books to be released by CutiePie Publishing. With the depth of Shel Silverstein and the rhythmic pulse of Dr. Seuss, Johnny Knew has created a world without boundaries that touches the heart, mesmerizes the mind and delivers a smile. . . leaving us all wanting more. For nature lovers ages 5-9 Please visit www.knewville.com to learn more about the author and www.cutiepiepublishing.com to follow the upcoming release of Phoebe The SwimLazy Fish

Usually, I don't review Children's Books but when I saw "The Tree With No Branches" cover and its translations. I simply couldn't help myself, it was too cute to resist.

When I first began the story the Tree with No Branches was shunned and insulted by all the pretty trees around him, and it's just because he was different from them. The best part about this book was that, even if the little tree with no branches was treated badly, he still treated others as nicely as he could.

I admired the little trees tenacity and sweetness, I don't think I'd be able to do what he did. I would probably be constantly in tears. But this little book has taught me not to shed a tear and to be brave!  This book has such a wonderful hidden moral within it's pages. It is definitely the kind of book I'd read to my kids.

5/5 stars for it's wonderful illustrations, creative storyline and moral.

Review: Rouge by Leigh Talbert Moore

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Title: Rouge 
Author: Leigh Talbert Moore
Genre: New Adult, Mature Young Adult, Historical Romance
Format: eBook ARC 

Trapped in the underground theater world of 1890s New Orleans, Hale Ferrer has only one goal: escape. But not without Teeny, the orphan-girl she rescued from the streets and promised to protect.

Freddie Lovel, Hale's wealthy Parisian suitor, seems to be the easy solution. If only his touch could arouse her interest like Beau's, the penniless stagehand who captures her heart.

Denying her fears, Hale is poised to choose love until an evil lurking in their cabaret-home launches a chain of events that could cost her everything.

If you've read Leigh's first book The Truth About Faking, you should probably be warned. This book is a lot more edgy, mature and serious than the YA contemporary romance. This is for the older YA readers.

Leigh took a risk, a risk that takes you on a swooning and raging ride up and down. A risk that every author should take to enhance their writing skills before they hit it big. And this risk is Rouge.

You know you've experienced something so different when you come out of it feeling confused and all together absent-minded. That's exactly how I felt when I finished this book. I was like : Woah. Did I really just read that? And I mean this all in a good way.

I loved how different Leigh's writing was in this one. It was a lot more deep and advanced and I absolutely loved it. I enjoyed all the characters, especially Roland, who is constantly there for our protagonist, Hale, when she gets in trouble. Hale is a troubled 18-year-old who only thinks about how to make her and her "Ward's" (Teeny) life better. She always thinks about ways to escape a life on stage and a life living in a secret Brothel where no one knows when she'll be the next body they'll sell. I loved Hale's determination and strength even though she made me react negatively a couple of times. But hey! All protagonists do that to a reader when they make bad choices. Likewise, I harbored dislike towards Teeny and Beau (Hale's Poor Lover), they were both so frustrating. They were the main reasons of Hale's drama in her life and I can't help but dislike them both.

Despite all the terrible things that happened to Hale. She manages to put on a straight face and continue on living to her best ability even if she doesn't want to anymore. Of course, she had a pillar to hold onto and that pillar was Roland. Her long time best friend and first real crush. Roland was my favorite character, who was the only one with real smarts throughout the story. That guy can get you out of anything with one of his trustworthy plans. I couldn't get enough of him.

The plot as mentioned in the synopsis, had so much depth and darkness that I couldn't believe Leigh wrote it. Makes a reader really stop and think that your favorite authors will always manage to surprise you when you least expect it. My hats (all of them) are off at Leigh's brilliance! (Yes, I'm that impressed).

Overall, Rouge is an unexpected experience of the drama and troubles of a teenage female singer in the 1890's, New Orleans and how she provides for herself and the little girl she took under her wing. The story is deep, dark with enough realism to make you so glad you weren't of that time. Leigh is one step closer to being a master story-teller!