Kate Gray – Honeymoon Thriller

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Kate Gray wrote half a dozen uplifting feel-good novels and then her dark side took over. One night, she had a horrific nightmare and when she woke up shaking, she just knew she had to write it as her next story. Hi there. I'm your host, Jenny Wheeler. And today on Binge Reading, Kate talks about the book that came out of that nightmare about a honeymoon gone bad, a psychological thriller called - you guessed right? The Honeymoon. She considers questions like “What if you don't really know the person you've just married?” And tells us about her own experience of being left at the altar, which catapulted her into an adventure that changed her life. Giveaway This Week - Historical Romance Our Giveaway this week is a month of historical romance. If you're searching for your next favorite story, look no further. These best-selling authors have teamed up to offer a delightful selection of new books, including my own Hope Redeemed, A Spanish Novella, Book #6 in the Of Gold & Blood historic mystery series. All are just available for a limited time. DOWNLOAD FREE HISTORICAL ROMANCE And remember, if you enjoy the show, leave us a review, So others will find us too. Word of mouth is the best way for others to discover the show and great books they will love to read. Links to things mentioned in this episode: Katy Colins: Kate’s second author name for uplifting women’s fiction: https://katycolins.com/ Lisa Jewell: None of This Is True, https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/62334530 Hannah Richell: The Search Party https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Search-Party/Hannah-Richell/9781668036068#: The Lonely Hearts Backpacker’s series: https://katycolins.com/the-lonely-hearts-travel-club-destination-thailand-by-katy-colins/ Where To Find Kate Gray online Website: KateGrayauthor.com Facebook: @Kategrayauthor Instagram: @Kategrayauthor Katy Colins travel blog https://www.instagram.com/notwedordead/ Introducing thriller author Kate Gray Jenny Wheeler: But now here is Kate. Hello there, Kate, and welcome to the show. It's great to have you with us. Kate Gray - psychological thriller author and The Honeymoon Kate Gray: Hi, thanks so much for having me. Jenny Wheeler: Kate, you've done half a dozen feel good, uplifting women's fiction novels, and now this change to a dark psychological psychological thriller, The Honeymoon. Why the change of pace and genre? Kate Gray: I really enjoyed writing my novels as Katy Colins, uplifting, feel good reads. But I just didn't have another idea. And I guess it also happened to be the start of lockdown when I was out of contract. And it wasn't very good for that kind of creativity. The muse wasn't visiting. I have two very young children. And my husband was working quite a lot as a journalist. So, no ideas were coming forward and one night I went to bed and I had this really horrific nightmare and I just knew I had to write it and the nightmare was so scary that this then led me into writing more psychological thrillers and actually I quite like embracing my darker side. Jenny Wheeler: Interesting. This is the first psychological thriller that you've actually published, is it? But have you got others on the boil now? Kate Gray: Yes, I signed a two-book deal. The Honeymoon came out this summer and the second one will be out next summer, which is really exciting. I'm currently editing that second one, which is completely different, they're both standalone novels which is good in a way for my creativity, but difficult because I have a whole new cast of characters and problems to put them in. A story that came out of a bad dream Jenny Wheeler: That's right. When we get to the feel good fiction a bit further on, we’ll talk about your four book series with a similar character and similar settings. So you did do a series there, but getting back to that nightmare. How much of the story was formed in the dream?