Our Faves: MGMT, Lupe Fiasco & Matthew Santos(Superstar), anything by Usher or Alicia Keyes, The Airborne Toxic Event, Alice is also big on classical music and R & B, especially B.B. King. For working out Roy goes for Lady Gaga, Madonna and Techno.
Movies
The Brave One, Cloverfield, The Kite Runner, Finding Forrester, In Bruges, Bullets Over Broadway, Mighty Aphrodite, Brokeback Mountain, On The Waterfront, Pride And Glory, anything with either Colin Farrell or Marlon Brando.
Television
True Blood, Seinfeld reruns, Hung, The Wire, Law & Order CI, SVU, Real Time with Bill Maher, Turner Classic movies, ESPN Friday Night Fights, Boxing on HBO
Books
So hard to choose, but here’s a partial -- Jhumpa Lahiri, Holly Black, Karen Robards, Neil Gaiman, James Patterson, F.X. Toole, Janet Evanovich, T.C. Boyle, Terry Brooks, Peter Carey, Charles DeLint, Stephen King, Nora Roberts, Patricia Briggs, Allison Brennan, Jennifer Crusie, Sandra Brown, Libba Bray, Diana Gabaldon, as well as Charles Dickens, Jane Austin, Mary Renault, Virginia Woolf, Emily Bronte . . . better stop here. This list could go on for pages!
About me: If you like to read mystery and suspense that is urban, funny and sexy, you’ll love the madcap noir crime adventures of Saylor Oz.
“BABYDOLL is a fast, fun read with great characters and action that never stops. Allyson Roy is a future star.” ---New York Times best selling author Karen Robards
"A gripping, fun read that is hard to put down . . . sexy, exciting race against time . . . comparable to Janet Evanovich (with) a bit more substance and more going for it . . . a sure-to-be-successful series" --Bookreporter.com
"Saylor Oz is one character not to be missed . . . excellent murder mystery . . . (Roy) has a hit" --Romance Reviews Today
"Fast-paced with plenty of laugh-out-loud escapades."--Follow The Clue
"A ride that will have the reader on the edge of their seat . . . delightfully sarcastic" --Romance Junkies
"An enthralling book I simply could not put down. Each page flew by . . ." --Manic Readers
"Stephanie Plum, meet Saylor Oz . . . sexy, suspenseful and laugh-out-loud funny." --New York Times bestselling author Susan Elizabeth Phillips
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Action-packed romantic suspense with a strong and complicated mystery. . . fast-moving read." --Darque Reviews
"Full of action and mystery with a touch of local and ancient history." --Fresh Fiction
"Roy's sense of humor and inventiveness definitely make this an author to watch." --Romantic Times Book Reviews
Set in the spooky, artsy, hip waterfront neighborhood of DUMBO, the suspense series features Brooklyn sex therapist Dr. Saylor Oz, her best pal, female boxer Benita "Binnie the Bitch" Morales and smoking hot boxer/hi-rise window washer Eldridge Mace.
BABYDOLL . . .
In the last three months, three models have been found dead around New York City, each with a lock of hair missing. It would be just another tabloid headline to Saylor Oz -- except that her best friend Benita’s brother stands accused. Saylor is convinced someone is reenacting the events of an old movie called Bad, Bad Babydoll. But no one else thinks so -- not even the sexy P.I. on the case. Undeterred, Saylor and Benita must infiltrate the modeling world -- and put themselves at risk of becoming the killer’s next victim.
In APHRODISIAC, the first book in the series, Saylor discovers a friend was murdered for an ancient secret perfume that could topple the balance of power between men and women -- and that the secret which eluded the murderer is now supposedly in Saylor’s keeping. She is swept into a deadly seven-day race to find it . . . and to stay one step ahead of a ruthless killer.
Allyson Roy is actually . . . Alice and Roy, a husband-wife writing team. We spent many gypsy years in the performing arts, living in the different neighborhoods of Philadelphia and New York City.
Just stopping by to keep you up to date on what's going on. (click the pictures below)
My article "Urban Lit is DEAD!" got a lot of people mad.
.. .. Also, here is my latest author interview for the "5 Minutes, 5 Questions With..." series. (There is an open invitation to be a part of this series. )
Check out my interview with Tremayne "GS" Johnson, author of A Drug Dealer's Dream.
.. .. Don't be a stranger, let me know what's going on in your neck of the woods.
"For each new morning with its light, For rest and shelter of the night, For health and food, For love and friends, For everything Thy goodness sends."
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson ~
Dear One, Blessings to you and your loved ones for a happy holiday filled with laughter and love. Please know that I count you among my most precious blessings. Thank you for your friendship and Happy Thanksgiving! Love, Marilyn
Thanks for the add, Alice & ROy. It's great to meet another couple of writers.
BTW, have you seen my website discussion board? It's a fun forum with people from all over the world talking about the Rain Fall movie (recently wrapped shooting in Tokyo and NYC and starring Gary Oldman); the next book, called Fault Line; and writing, politics, single malt whisky, and anything else that strikes people's fancy, with a monthly chat on writing, too. So if you have a chance, stop by and say hello -- it would be good to see you there...
Thank you for the invite. I look forward to checking out your books. Always looking for a new book to read, lol. Seems you and I share the same name, also?
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