This time out, Kai is not only set to rescue a group of refugees from the Badlands beneath San Diego, he also has to come to grips with his growing friendship with Ryder and how the humans in his life are getting older, something he won’t experience himself for quite a long time. They started off at very different points of view and are slowly working towards an understanding while also fending off any challenges that come at them. I’ve enjoyed writing the push and pull of their relationship but also the growth between them as characters. And of course, there is always Ryder, the Sidhe Lord who gets under his skin in the best of ways.

In his third outing, Jacked Cat Jive, Kai is faced with unique challenge of realizing he really is not as human as he thought and that the Court and its inhabitants mean something to him other than a thorn in his side.

The best part about writing Kai Gracen is creating not just the personalities but also the world they inhabit and it’s been great to blend in the fantastical with the mundane. Black Dog Blues was one of the first full-length novels I’d written inside of an urban fantasy genre I’ve always wanted to explore. It is hard to believe that we are at the third book in the Kai Gracen series. She also brought a amazing giveaway with her! Rhys tells us about the book and shares a fabulous exclusive story part that you can read throughout the tour. Dying while on a run is expected for a Stalker, but Kai wonders if embracing his elfin blood also means losing his heart, soul, and humanity along the way.Love Bytes is happy to welcome back to their blog author Rhys Ford, who is joining us today to talk about the release of Jacked Cat Jived, the third book in the Kai Gracen series. Burdened by his painful past, Kai must stand with Ryder against Kerrick while facing down the very court he fears and loathes. Things go from bad to downright treacherous when Kerrick, Ryder's cousin, insists on joining them, staking a claim on Southern Rise and Kai. When a friend begs Kai to rescue a small group of elfin refugees fleeing the Dusk Court, he's pulled into a dangerous mission with Ryder through San Diego's understreets and the wilderness beyond. With his loyalties divided between the humans who raised him and the sidhe lord he's befriended and sworn to protect, Kai finds himself standing at a crossroads. Between Ryder, a pain-in-his-neck sidhe lord coaxing him to join San Diego's Southern Rise Court, and picking up bounties for SoCalGov, he has more than enough to deal with.

The Kai Gracen Series: Book Three Stalker Kai Gracen knew his human upbringing would eventually clash with his elfin heritage, but not so soon.

Jacked Cat Jive by Rhys Ford