Character Bios: The Arcadia Series (Jesi Lea Ryan)

Arcadia Day

Name:  Arcadia Marie Day - but only pretentious adults, teachers on the first day of school and pissed off parents ever call me by my full name.

Nickname:  Cady - pronounced “K.D.”  Not like the people who cart golf clubs around.

Hobbies & Talents:  I like to run. It keeps me in shape without resorting to team sports. Oh, and I guess I have this “talent” now for reading people’s emotions psychically. There is also this weird thing I can do when I channel emotional energy...but I better not get into that. It’s all rather complicated.

Biggest Fear:  Losing the people I love. Unfortunately, I’ve had a lot of that this year.

Favorite Food:  I’m an herbivore mostly. Not a full vegetarian, but close. I guess pasta with marinara would be my favorite food.

Where do you see yourself in five years?  If you would have asked me a few months ago, I would have had no clue. Lately, I’ve been considering going to med school.

Quote:  “For the love of Ian Sommerhalder!” Because really, he’s as close to god as an agnostic like me gets.

 Bryan Sullivan:

Name:  Bryan Thomas Sullivan

Nickname:  Just Bryan...NOT Byron! I am not some dead, Victorian poet.

Hobbies & Talents:  I love music, all kinds. I play piano and guitar.

Biggest Fear:  As a hemophiliac, the fear of bleeding has been drilled into me since birth. It was especially bad after my brother died from the same disease. Fortunately for me, my girlfriend, Cady, has discovered a way to protect me. It’s not a cure, but I don’t have to be afraid anymore. I feel, well, sort of invincible.

Favorite Food:  I’m a seventeen year old guy. If it’s edible, I’ll eat it.  

Where do you see yourself in five years?  I’ll probably be doing something with music. Maybe working as a music teacher during the day and gigging in a local band on the weekends. Heck, even if I’m playing guitar in bus stations for tips, I’ll be happy. My parents, probably not so much.

Quote:  “Kissing you was the most fun I’ve had all year.” <--- Total understatement by the way. Kissing Cady rocks my world.

Author Bio: 

Jesi Lea Ryan grew up in the Mississippi River town of Dubuque, Iowa. She holds bachelor degrees in creative writing and literature and a masters degree in business. She considers herself a well-rounded nerd who can spend hours on the internet researching things like British history, anthropology of ancient people, geography of random parts of the world, bad tattoos and the paranormal. She currently lives in Madison, Wisconsin with her husband and two exceptionally naughty kitties.

Contact & Social Media Links:

Email:  jesilea@charter.net

Twitter:  @Jesilea  https://twitter.com/Jesilea

Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/pages/Jesi-Lea-Ryan/152086598147945

Website:  http://www.jesilea.com

Published Works:

Four Thousand Miles (2010)

Arcadia’s Gift (2012)

Arcadia’s Curse (2013)

  

About Arcadia’s Gift:

Most people who experience death don't live to tell about it.

When sixteen year old Arcadia "Cady" Day wakes in a hospital after experiencing what can only be called a psychic episode, she finds her family in tatters. With her twin sister gone, her dad moved out, her mom's spiraling depression and her sister's boyfriend, Cane, barely able to look at her, the only bright spot in her life is Bryan Sullivan, the new guy in school. When Bryan's around, Cady can almost pretend she's a regular girl, living a regular life; when he's not, she's wracked with wild, inexplicable mood swings. As her home life crumbles and her emotional control slips away, Cady begins to suspect that her first psychic episode was just the beginning...

Purchase Links:

Amazon Paperback:  http://www.amazon.com/Arcadias-Gift-Jesi-Lea-Ryan/dp/061571885X/ref=tmm_pap_title_0

Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Arcadias-Gift-ebook/dp/B008S6K3OG/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&sr=&qid=

Audible:  Coming soon!