Welcome to Birthday Guest Meredith Russell!

Happy Birthday, Amber Kell. Thank you for having me over as part of your celebrations.

This year we were prompted to consider what fictional characters we would like to have as our guests if we were to hold a party. Picking was harder than I thought it might be, especially in terms of thinking about the reasons for inviting them beyond my personal lustings (not that that’s a bad thing lol).

So, who to invite to share my Victoria sponge…

First, a couple of my favourite characters from books series. I’d pick Kay Scarpetta from the Patricia Cornwell series of books. I’ve always enjoyed the series and it was one of the first series in general that I got into as a teen. The character of Scarpetta spoke to me I guess as a female protagonist and my love for solving a mystery, and inspired my ambition to one day write a series of crime books. So yeah, I think it would be interesting to talk to her.

And also Neville Longbottom from the Harry Potter series. The growth of his character across the series was kind of inspiring. His back story, his bravery, his heart – I enjoyed the character in both the books and the movies, and boy did he grow up well in the movies lol.

Then if I were to choose someone from one of my own books, I’d like to invite Kerry from the Dead Things series. She was a character that was supposed to be some simple side character, and likely cannon fodder, but the more I wrote of her the more I fell in love with her and just couldn’t bring myself to do it. She turned out to be a bit of a badass.

Now for someone from a favourite TV show or movie, I’m torn between Faith and Spike from the Buffy and Angel series. Partly for their phwoar factor but also the complexities of their characters. Are they good, bad, good, bad again? I think they’d be fun guests so I’ll have them both.

A guest to satisfy my love of super humans and in particular ice powers (think of the party tricks!) I’d invite Todoroki from My Hero Academia. He’s a cool (ha cool!) character and have enjoyed seeing his character grow, especially because of his background. Would like to give him slice of cake and a big hug.

And lastly, I was trying to think about a fun character to invite, someone that’ll bring some laughs. It was hard to remember the last time I watched or read something that had me proper laughing and smiling, but I think it was probably Brooklyn Nine-Nine, but not sure I can pick a favourite from the gang of dorks so all of them would be fun.

So there we have it. A weird mix that’s for sure, but weird kind of suits me I think. Happy Birthday to me!

Latest release

The first in a new series with RJ Scott.

Darcy’s newest assignment is to play the role of boyfriend to a wealthy socialite, but he never expected the intense attraction to his date’s brother. Falling for Adrian is dangerous and certainly not part of the plan.

Adrian has been as unlucky in love as his sister, but he doesn’t approve of hiring a boyfriend, whatever the reason. Until he meets Darcy. Then he comes to realize that love can happen in the most unexpected of ways.

One week. That is all the two men needed to fall in lust, but will they have a lifetime to fall in love?

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Competition

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Author Bio

Meredith Russell lives in the heart of England. An avid fan of many story genres, she enjoys nothing less than a happy ending. She believes in heroes and romance and strives to reflect this in her writing. Sharing her imagination and passion for stories and characters is a dream Meredith is excited to turn into reality.

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