• Character Sketch,  Gay or MM

    Character Sketch: Dev Avira from Cold War @keiraandrews #RLFblog #Olympics #LGBT

    Cold War 
    Book Title: Cold War
    Genre: Contemporary m/m romance
    Author Name: Keira Andrews
    Book heat level (based on movie ratings): R
    After an explosive locker room confrontation with his Russian
    rival ends in the most surprising and intense sex of his life, American pairs skater
    Dev Avira needs to refocus. He’s worked for years to win Olympic gold, and he can’t
    let himself–or his partner–down. Distraction in the form of steely and smoldering
    Mikhail Reznikov is the last thing he needs as he prepares for the biggest competition
    of his life.
    But with the Games only days away, they can’t keep their hands
    off each other. Dev soon learns that beneath Mikhail’s arrogant and aloof exterior
    is Misha, a passionate man who warms Dev’s heart and scorches his bed. They’re both
    determined to win, but for Misha his freedom could be on the line. Can Dev put his
    deepening feelings on ice as he goes for gold?

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    About the Character

    Name: Dev Avira
    Age: 29
    Gender: Male
    Birthplace: Boston
    Profession: Pairs figure skater
    Ethnicity/Species (if not human): South Asian
    Describe his/her body build, skin tone, height and weight. Include
    any unique features such as dimples, freckles, or scars: Around 5’10, 190 lbs. Lean
    and muscular. Dark skin and curly black hair. (He looks quite a bit like actor Sendhil
    Ramamurthy.)
    Who is the significant
    other in your character’s life?
    When the story begins, it’s Dev’s platonic figure skating partner
    Bailey. But then he falls hard for his Russian rival.
    How does your hero dress?
    Dev spends most of his time in spandex and body-hugging figure
    skating costumes. Off the ice he’s usually in jeans and T-shirts.
    How educated is this character?
    Is he book smart, self-taught, widely-experienced?
    Much to his parents’ initial disappointment, Dev did not go to
    university. Instead he chose to focus on his figure skating career. He is intelligent,
    but athletics are where his passion lies.
    Does he scrape by, live
    comfortably, live extravagantly?
    Dev does okay with prize money and the odd endorsement. Figure
    skating is an expensive sport, so he doesn’t live extravagantly.
    What special skills does
    your character rely on?
    Definitely his figure skating skills! He’s worked his entire
    life to become the best pairs skater he can be, and finally has the chance to win
    gold at the Olympic Games.
    What is your character’s
    family like?
    Dev is an only child. His parents are originally from Kerala
    in the south of India,
    and he has a big extended family of aunties and uncles. His mother, who he calls
    Ma with frequent exasperation, is brash and opinionated — but very loving and supportive.
    Dev’s father, a doctor, is the yang to his wife’s yin. Dev is close with his family,
    but spends most of his time away from them due to training and traveling for competitions.
    Does he have children?
    Not yet. As an elite athlete working toward the Olympics, children
    haven’t really crossed his mind yet. But perhaps in the future!
    Can your hero keep a secret?
    If not, why not? If yes, why?
    Dev can definitely keep a secret, and he keeps a very big one
    from the people around him after he hooks up with his chief skating rival in the
    locker room!
    What is your character’s
    biggest need at the beginning of the story?
    To win gold at the Olympics. But he realizes along the way that
    winning may not be the most important thing.

    About Your Writer: Questions for your character to answer about you.

    Why do you think your
    writer chose to write about you?
    Because she is obsessed with figure skating! Keira lives and
    breathes the sport every season, not just every four years.
    What do you wish your
    writer had not told others about you?
    The details of my sex life with Misha get pretty explicit! She
    made me blush a few times.
    What do you wish your
    writer would write next?
    I want her to write about what happens to me and Misha after
    the Olympics when we try to settle into real life together.
    What other character from
    your book do you think your writer should write a book about? Care to tell us why?
    I think my skating partner Bailey deserves to find her Mr. Right,
    although Keira only writes m/m at the moment. But Bailey is my best friend in the
    world and I want her to find true love.

    Author Bio

    After writing for years yet never really finding the right inspiration,
    Keira discovered her voice in gay romance, which has become a passion. She writes
    contemporary, historical, fantasy and paranormal fiction, and–although she loves
    delicious angst along the way–Keira firmly believes in happy endings. For as Oscar
    Wilde once said, “The good ended happily, and the bad unhappily. That is what
    Fiction means.”

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