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Interview & giveaway with Delilah Marvelle & Maire Claremont

Books-n-Kisses is very excited to have the wonderful Delilah Marvelle and Maire Claremont on the blog today to chat about their new christmas anthology.  

Ladies, can you please share with us a little about yourself

DM:  I’ve been writing books ever since I could remember and love to really research the nuances of history.  Especially naughty history J  I created a blog, A Bit O’Muslin (www.DelilahMarvelle.blogspot.com ) after discovering some readers didn’t know dildos existed in the era I wrote in (1830).  Imagine how shocked they were to discover the oldest dildo is actually over 28,000 years old.  I’ve been trying to educate the world ever since, lol.

MC:  I  am a total gypsy. I’ve lived in multiple states, Ireland, England, and Scotland. I hope to keep moving. At present, I am touring the Pacific NW where I am orignally from, and will be staying near FORKS. I will keep my eye out for sparkling men. I have an M.A. in Theater and ADORE outdoor Shakespeare, having gone to Oregon Shakespeare Festival almost every summer of my young life!

Have you always wanted to be an author?

DM:  Always.  I got sucked into story telling as a kid when my dad would read books to me and found that I either didn’t like the way the story ended or I never wanted the story to end.  So I started writing my own endings and stories.  I haven’t looked back since.

MC: Oh. . . This is a tricky question because when I was five I probably didn’t know I could be an author! But I was writing stories. I didn’t “officially decide” to be an author until I was about 17. And at that time, I had decided would be the next Johanna Lindsay. (cough)

Who are some of your favorite writers? Who do you feel has influenced your writing?

DM:  My favorite authors are for the most part dead, lol.  Those authors include the Bronte sisters, Henryk Sienkiewicz, Edith Wharton, Charles Dickens and Jane Austen.  Edith Wharton influenced my writing the most.  There was a wry tone to her stories that were just beautiful. 

MC: Oy. Well in Romance, some of my FAVORITE WRITERS ARE; Delilah Marvelle, Meredith Duran, Sherry Thomas, Joanna Bourne, JR Ward and Karen Marie Moning! As to influence? Delilah Marvelle is huge because she Cris all my work, taking out the nonsense. But what really sent me down the path of writing more richly tormented dark historicals was Meredith Duran’s first book The Duke of Shadows. If you haven’t read this, you MUST!!!!

How did you get into writing in this specific genre?  Have you ever thought about writing in a different genre?

DM:  In high school, I wrote horror (seriously).  I was convinced I was going to be the next Stephen King.  The problem was, my writing wasn’t scary at all and always had a romance in it.  I finally discovered what I was really writing and drawn to when I read my first historical romance by Judith McNaught’s, WHITNEY MY LOVE.  It changed everything, lol.

MC: I fell in love with the sweep of historical romance straighaway. I loved the larger than life characers, the houses, the horses, the costumes, and of course the heroes!!! I have thought about writing in other genres, but for now my focus is all HISTORICAL!

Can you please tell us about your latest book?

DM:  It’s my first Christmas story I’ve done, and I’m excited to be able to share in this anthology, ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS WIIS A DUKE, with Màire Claremont.  The whole concept is wondering what happened to the person you first fell in love with many, many years ago.  Ever wonder what would happen if you had a chance to meet them again when you were older and wiser?  Merry Christmas, Mrs. Robinson is about a very special re-union between two souls who weren’t ready to love when they first met but how Christmas is about to change that all for them.

MC:   Well, at present, I am releasing All I Want For Christmass is a Duke with Delilah Marvelle! My story is The Twelve Days of Seduction which features an author in the disguise of a governess who refuses to slink of when her employer, the Duke of Beresford discovers her masquerade! My first full length novel, The Dark Lady, comes out Feb 5 2013. The heroine has been wrongfully placed in an insane asylum and her childhood love comes back to rescue her! But of course the course of true love never did run smooth and they have a lot of conflict to face before love can triumph!

How did you come up with the idea for this story?

DM:  I was re-watching ‘The Graduate’ with my husband when my characters both whizzed into focus.  I simply *had* to a write a story about an older woman and a younger man set in Dickens’s era during Christmas.  In honor of her being the older woman (and the fact that the idea came to me as I watching ‘The Graduate’) I was totally going to call her Mrs. Robinson even if I had to marry her off to someone other than the hero (which I did).  The similarities between ‘The Graduate’ and my story, however, end there, lol.

MC:  Well, in regard to Delilah and my Christmas novella, we both knew we wanted dukes.  Because seriously, what could be a better present! And I adore Jane Eyre, so I saw this as a chance to give my nod to one of my very, very favorite novels!  In regards to The Dark Lady, quite truthfully, that story came to me in the middle of the night, and my heroine Eva, was SO demanding, I had to sit down and write the first chapter in the dark in my living room. She was quite a force, and I will never forget how intense it was to awake with such a story in mind.

 Open your book to a random page and tell us what’s happening.

 

DM:  The heroine is getting nailed.  (Not in a dirty way, people!).  It was a Twelfth Night tradition in the 1800’s that boys would go around with a hammer and nail and randomly nail the skirts of women and the coat tails of men to shop windows whenever anyone stopped.  It was their idea of a good time.  When I read about the tradition, I knew the heroine had to get ‘nailed’ to a confectionary shop.

MC: The hero and heroine are in a oak grove in the snowfall. He totally expects to seduce her. Instead, she gives him a lesson in etiqeuette, governess that she is!

What is your favorite Christmas/Holiday memory?

DM:  Going to downtown Chicago on State Street as a kid, going ice-skating and then getting hot cocoa and pop corn and walking from display window to display window of Marshal Fields (which no longer exists…sigh).  Everything just felt so magical then.   

MC: My best Christmas memory must be from when I was VERY little! I was sitting staring at the tree with the lights waiting for my parents to wake up. My dad stumbled out to make the coffee and found me with the tree, rapt by all the beribboned presents!

What is in your To Read Pile that you are dying to start or upcoming release you can’t wait for?

DM:  The book that I’m *dying* to read but no one knows when the heck is coming out is Judith McNaught’s next historical romance.  There’s been talk of her coming out with another historical except it hasn’t happened.  Poo.

MC:     JR Ward’s latest!!! I can’t wait for Quinn and Blay’s story and Delilah Marvelle’s Forever A Lord!!! Lord Atwood is my favorite historical hero. ;D

 

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Merry Christmas, Mrs. Robinson by Delilah Marvelle

Lady Jane left her father, the Earl of Chadwick, and the ton behind to experience life on the stage. After a disastrous marriage, the widow is living on the edge of poverty, determined to guard her heart, when a secret admirer from her past demands a second chance.

Shy and retiring Martin Nicholas Pierce, the Sixth Duke of Somerset, has carried a torch for Lady Jane since her youth, but he is five years her junior. When she married another man, he left for Europe, determined to put her out of his mind. After returning to find Lady Jane free, he vows to replace the memories of her cursed Twelfth Night with a new beginning.

The Twelve Days of Seduction By Máire Claremont

Alexander Hunt, Eighth Duke of Berresford, is aware his ward’s governess isn’t quite what she seems. Although Miss Flint is beautiful and intelligent, she misrepresented herself to gain employment, and he threatens to give her the sack mere days before Christmas.

Desperate to convince the sexy duke not to tear her from the little girl she’s grown to adore, Adriana challenges him to seduce her before the Twelve Days of Christmas have come to an end, although she fears it may cost her heart. Alexander accepts the challenge, unconcerned that he has as much to lose, if not more, than the delectable Miss Flint.

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Guest blogger: Lorraine Heath & giveaway

DECK THE HALLS WITH KISSES

It’s such a treat to be here today and to have the chance to chat with you about my latest release, DECK THE HALLS WITH LOVE, a Lost Lords of Pembrook novella. Since this blog site is Books-n-Kisses, it seemed appropriate that I should talk about kisses.

I love kisses and I enjoy writing about them, especially the first kiss that occurs between the hero and heroine. Sometimes they happen sooner in the story than I anticipated. Often when I start writing them they’re not exactly as I originally imagined. I’m a write-by-the-seat-of-my-pants author. I generally know where my story is headed; I’m just not always sure about everything that will happen along the journey to getting there. I will be engrossed in the midst of writing a scene and suddenly I’ll find myself writing a kiss. Sometimes the first kiss is passionate and leads to other things. Sometimes it’s a jolt. Sometimes it merely serves to awaken one of the characters so he or she truly notices the other one.

I am always amazed how the characters determine the nature of the kiss. It seems that writing a kiss would not vary overmuch, and yet when I go back and read the first kiss in any of my previous books, I realize that they only work within the context of that story. They can’t be dropped into another story. They are each unique to the characters who are engaged in the kissing.

Lady Meredith had often thought of what it might be like to be kissed by Lord Chetwyn, but he never took liberties when he was initially courting her. She had fully expected him to ask for her hand—until he proposed to someone else. Time has passed. He is no longer bound by his first proposal, but now Lady Meredith is on her way to the altar. He has very little time to convince her that he is the man for her. So when an opportunity arrived to steal a kiss, he could hardly resist.

Here is a peek at the stolen kiss in DECK THE HALLS WITH LOVE:


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Suddenly one of his hands was cupping her cheek while his fingers plowed through her hair. He somehow managed to twist and bend her slightly so she was cradled in his other arm. He lowered his head and his mouth plundered. No soft taking this. But an urgency. He ravished with his tongue as though he would die if he didn’t taste her, as though he would cease to exist if he left anything unexplored.

His guttural groans reverberated through his chest, vibrated into her. She ran her free hand through his golden locks, felt them wrapping around her fingers as though they intended to hold her captive as easily as his mouth did.

As a reader, I like to be teased a bit before that first kiss comes along. I want to desire it as much as the hero and heroine. Which authors or characters have left you with memorable kisses?

Thank you so much for joining me today and may you find yourself  beneath the mistletoe creating your own memorable kisses over the holidays.

Lorraine

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Kimberly’s review of Babycakes by Donna Kauffman

TITLE: Babycakes
AUTHOR: Donna Kauffman
PUBLICATION DATE: 10/30/12
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BOOK SYNOPSIS:
Molten Chocolate…Cinnamon Spice…Gingerbread…Old-Fashioned Vanilla…You can’t stop at just one.

And the women of the Cupcake Club love to indulge…

Kit Bellamy was raised on pie. Mamie Sue’s Peanut Pies, to be exact, the family company her scheming brother-in-law sold out from under her. Now Kit needs a new recipe for her life—and sleepy Sugarberry Island is the first ingredient. Running mail-order cupcake business Babycakes is a chance to get her baking on again—until she meets tall, dark, and adorable lawyer Morgan Westlake. New to the island to raise his goddaughter, he’s as mouthwatering as any of Kit’s creations. It’s just her luck that he’s the spawn of the very law firm that helped crush her dreams…

Fortunately, Kit’s new friends can assure her that Morgan is no typical Westlake—and that even lawyers, not to mention single dads, need romance. If Kit can just be persuaded to follow her appetite—and set another place at her holiday table—her sweetest dreams just might come true…

REVIEW:
What an adorable book. The characters of Kit and Morgan are wonderful but it is Lilly that I could not help but fall for. After a bumpy start the couple and Lilly make a delightful family.

You can tell when you start this book that it is part of a series and having not read the other two books before it I was a bit confused on who was who but after a while you are able to put the others in the background and what a bunch of characters they are as well.

What I enjoyed most for the romance of not just Kit and Morgan but of Morgan and Lilly (uncle & niece), the romance of the friends Kit makes at the bakery and even the romance with the island they come to adore. Maybe that is not romance in the typical word but the loving friendship/family these characters bring out has more romance than some novels I have read.

If you are a fan of romance then this is not to be missed. Fair warning: This book will send you to your internet browser to see pictures of baby sea turtle and having you fall in love with them.

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The following review is my opinion and not a paid review. I received this book free from the author.

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Kimberly’s review of A Gift For All Seasons by Karen Templeton

TITLE: A Gift For All Seasons
AUTHOR: Karen Templeton
PUBLICATION DATE: 11/01/12
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BOOK SYNOPSIS:
Hiring Patrick Shaughnessy to landscape her new inn was strictly a business arrangement. Until April Ross got to know the war-scarred single father…and his irrepressible little girl. Patrick made it clear he wasn’t looking for romance. Neither was April. But could she make him see that some risks were worth taking? The lively, widowed blonde might be the most tempting woman Patrick had ever known, but the returning vet knew a happy ending wasn’t in the cards. Still, that was before April started working her magic on his daughter…and on him. Maybe this Christmas was a time for new beginnings—if Patrick had the courage to go with the powerful feelings April had awakened in him….

REVIEW:
3.5 Stars This is very cute holiday read. It is pretty typical of the holiday story (even movie) that we see so much of. Man thinks his life has to wrap around his kid, he can’t love both, he’s been hurt before… Woman has a heart as big as all outdoors and proves to him he can love and be loved. That being said it is written very well. Patrick is a wounded vet with scars inside and out who the reader will fall in love with. April is a little too goody goody for me but I enjoyed her anyway. Lili is adorable but anyone with a four year old will be thinking to themselves she acts younger but talks older which was a big contradiction.

I am not sure it was much of a holiday story either. Yes, there is a Christmas decorating scene but not much else. This book could be read at anytime and be enjoyed. If you enjoy a good old fashion romance then you will love this book.

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I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

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Kissin’ the Week of Dec 10-15 Goodbye

12.10.12

Cover Reveal:  Winter’s Magic by Cynthia Gail

Interview & Giveaway with Toni Anderson

Kelly’s review of Heart of a Solider by Tamara Hoffa

Kimberly’s review of Acts of Honor by Vicki Hinze

12.11.12

Release Day Tuesday 

Interview & Giveaway with Heather Killough-Waldern

Guest Blogger:  Karen Erickson

Jennifer’s review of More Than A Stranger by Erin Knightley

Kimberly’s review of A Cold Creek Noel by RaeAnne Thayne

12.12.12

O’Come All Ye Kinky Blog Tour

Guest Blogger: Bianca Sommerland

Kelly’s review of Rescue My Heart by Jill Shalvis

Ursula’s review of Haunted Sanctuary by Moira Rogers

12.13.12

Interview with Rebecca Clark

Cover Reveal of Possession by Alicia Wright Brewster

Jennifer’s review of Sealed with a Curse by Cecy Robson 

Kimberly’s review of Baby Under the Christmas Tree by Teresa Carpenter

12.14.12

Spotlight Feature of Buried Truths by Viola Russell 

Kelly’s review of Deliver Me From Temptation by Tes Hilarie

Kimberly’s revie of No Mistletoe Required by Jeanette Murray 

12.15.12

SINsational Saturday Series

Lynn Viehl’s Kyndered Series 

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Kyndred Series by Lynn Viehl

Shadowlight 

Kyndred #1

With just one touch, Jessa Bellamy can see anyone’s darkest secrets, thanks to whoever tampered with her genes. What she doesn’t know is that a biotech company has discovered her talent and intends to kill her and harvest her priceless DNA…

Gaven Matthias is forced to abduct Jessa himself so he can protect her, but Jessa has a hard time believing the one man whose secrets she can’t read. As a monstrous assassin closes in and forces them to run, Jessa will have to find another way to discover if Matthias is her greatest ally—or her deadliest enemy.

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Rain Lashed 

Kyndred #1.1

This paranormal romance centers on the growth of a relationship between two people who are brought together by Jessa Bellamy of Shadowlight.

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Dreamveil 

Kyndred #2

Rowan Dietrich grew up on the streets. Now she’s out to start anew, find a job-and keep her identity as a Kyndred secret, as well as her ability to “dreamveil” herself into the object of others’ desires.

But Rowan isn’t using her gift when world-class chef Jean-Marc Dansant is stricken by her beauty and strength. And when dark secrets from her past threaten her new life and love, Rowan realizes she can’t run forever.

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Frostfire 

Kyndred #3

As one of the genetically enhanced Kyndred, Lilah’s mind-reading powers make her vulnerable to a mysterious biotech company willing to murder to acquire her superhuman DNA. But her true fear may come from her own Kyndred brethren…

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Nightshine 

Kyndred #4

As a psychic, Samuel Taske can see the future, but he never predicted that he’d fall for San Francisco paramedic Charlotte Marena, the woman he’s been charged with protecting. GenHance-the biotech company willing to do anything to acquire superhuman DNA-is after them. And when Samuel discovers that his Takyn powers have abandoned him, Charlie and her secret nighttime telepathic ability are their only hope for survival.

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Spotlight feature: Buried Truths by Viola Russell

 

Buried Truths

 Viola Russell

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While shopping in a local bookstore in post-Katrina New Orleans, Heather Flanagan Kerry is startled when Sarah, a young clerk, asks her if she ever had a son and gave him up for adoption. Now a successful professional woman, Heather denies ever having a child, however, Sarah’s revelation that her husband is part-Asian tells Heather her past has caught up with her.

Wesley Chou, now a prominent oncologist hasn’t heard from his first love, Heather, since both their parents forced them apart in their teens right after they gave up their infant newborn son for adoption. He’s surprised when Heather contacts him to tell him their past has come calling. Fate draws them together again when their long lost son, Ezra, and his wife bring their infant daughter to Wesley. The child has leukemia, and Wesley contacts Heather as a possible marrow donor to save the child’s life. Together, Heather and Wesley must evaluate if they are strong enough to rekindle their love, face society’s condemnation of their past, and their own son’s anger.

Can their love survive the passage of time and the secrets that could destroy them?

 

Excerpt:

Drawing a deep breath, Dr. Wesley Chou pulled open the door of the coffee shop, searching for the face that had bewitched him twenty-four years ago. When he saw her sitting in the corner sipping coffee, his heart raced.

She rose when he entered and moved toward him.

The silky hair, the tight jeans, the fisherman’s cross earrings, the smooth skin. Her beauty still made him gasp. He’d seen pictures of her in the newspapers and on television representing the Archdiocese, but those images hadn’t represented her stunning beauty. She’d been a lovely girl, but she’d developed into an elegant and poised woman.

He’d tried to forget his love for her. That woman who he saw speaking to the press wasn’t the woman he’d loved. When he’d made love to his ex-wife, Wesley had to refrain from calling out Heather’s name. The memory of her had carried him through every trial he’d ever faced.

With an effort, he controlled his breathing as he approached her, taking her hand in his. Her touch sent his skin tingling. As her gaze met his own, he concentrated on sucking air into his lungs. Much of that shared past was tragic, but no woman had ever sent his blood racing through his veins like that adolescent girl with auburn hair and gray eyes. His pulse pounded inside his ears.

Heather’s call had reminded him of what they’d lost. Seemingly, they had both moved on, but he hadn’t forgotten her. Had she forgotten their passion? He’d always loved her. Even when he’d agreed to give her up, he’d loved her. Had too much happened for them ever to rekindle that youthful passion? Probably, but his heart ached knowing she was once his and was now lost to him. Because of his cowardice. Because of his lack of will. He stared at her for a long time before leading her back to the table.

Heather’s eyes filled with tears. She dropped a tissue into the almost-full cup of coffee. Those tears cut him like a knife. What had happened to make her cry?

 

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Kelly’s review of Deliver Me From Temptation by Tes Hilaire

TITLE: Deliver Me From Temptation – Paladin Warriors #2

AUTHOR: Tes Hilaire
PUBLICATION DATE:12/4/12

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BOOK SYNOPSIS:
Logan Calhoun is the last full-blooded Paladin, the future leader of a race of immortal warrior angels. The heavy responsibility of continuing the Paladin line falls to him, and the last thing he should do is get involved with a human. Then fate throws Jessica Waters, a homicide detective who doesn’t believe in fate or divine intervention, into his path. Her devotion lies in her Glock and a good set of handcuffs. Like Logan, she’s a warrior for her people, and she awakens within him something he’d never thought he’d feel. But she’s also as human as they come

REVIEW:
Deliver Me From Temptation (DMFT) is Tes Hilaire’s second book in her Paladin Series. I liked this book, but didn’t love it. Really for me it was not until the very end that I really felt anything for Jessica (our heroine). Logan, I really liked him in book one (Deliver Me From Darkness) and thought that he lived up to who I thought he should be.

I did like the twist that Tes put on the end of the book. That being said I did like the book, didn’t love. But I am looking forward to seeing where the Paladin series goes next.

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Kimberly’s review of No Mistletoe Required by Jeanette Murray

TITLE: No Mistletoe Required
AUTHOR: Jeanette Murray
PUBLICATION DATE: 11/05/12
ORDER LINKS: Amazon | B&N

BOOK SYNOPSIS:
Dan Beckins isn’t sure how he let his best friend con him into volunteering to build Santa’s Winter Wonderland at the local hospital. He’s got no problems with charity work, but anything Christmas-related is off-limits ever since he lost his parents on Christmas Day years ago. The only bright spot is working with smoking-hot Anna Smith.

Anna Smith loves Christmas and volunteering at the hospital is one of her yearly highlights. She had leukemia as a teen and then a breast cancer scare in her mid-twenties, and is now operating under a self-imposed rule that she can’t have a relationship until the doctors give her a clean bill of health.

A little fling might be permissible, though, and sexy lawyer-turned-carpenter Dan seems like the perfect candidate. But when chemistry flares and the two start forming a real connection, will Anna run away before like turns to love?

REVIEW:
This is a cute short holiday story. It is only about 70 reading pages so it is perfect for that quick read snuggled up on the couch by the Christmas tree with the fireplace lit.

Because it is such a short story everything happens really quick… the whole “love at first sight” thing which is hard for me… but that being said it is such a cute story it is worth the read. I enjoyed the characters and even though it is short you do feel the connection as well as the resistance between this couple. It could have even enjoyed a few more chapters of us seeing Dan and Anna with the hospital kids.

If you enjoy a good holiday romance this is a great one.

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I received a complimentary copy of the book in exchange for an honest review.

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Interview with Rebecca Clark

I am so excited to have one of my favorite people on the blog.  I have had the great pleasure of getting to know Rebecca and she is a total doll and super funny.  So please welcome the wonderful Rebecca Clark to that blog

Bec, can you please share with us a little about yourself – I live in the beautiful Pacific Northwest with my husband, two kids, a German shepherd beast, a rat that comes when he’s called, two cats that plot to kill the dog and eat the rat, and a dead gecko. When I’m not writing, I work as a personal fitness trainer and group exercise instructor—I teach Zumba, Pilates and yoga. With all this exercise, you’d think I’d be the perfect size 2 or something, wouldn’t you? Well, you’d be wrong. I like Cheetos. A lot. Enough said.

Have you always wanted to be an author? – Yes, since I was 11 years old and read my first Harlequin romance. (Before that, I wanted to be Nancy Drew.) I didn’t start writing for publication until I was about 30 though. All good things to those who wait, eh?

Can you share with us your typical writing day.  Is there anything you have to have while writing?  — I don’t have a typical writing day, because I don’t have a typical work day. Some days, I work a single shift, but on other days I might work a split, triple or quadruple shift, where all I’m doing is commuting back and forth to work. But on a “normal” day, which I’m trying to schedule more of, I try to write between 1-3 p.m. I’d love to be a morning person so I could get up early to write, but I’m not. I’d love to be a night person so I could stay up late to write, but I’m not. I’m a day person, so I write during the day.

 

Most challenging or rewarding part of writing? – Man, every part is challenging for me right now. Sheesh. Back when I started writing and didn’t know what I was doing (ah, to be young and dumb again), it was so easy and so much fun. The words just seemed to spew from my brain into a fairly clean first draft. Now, not so much. Every single word is like pulling teeth and my first drafts are so hideous I wouldn’t let my dog read them (assuming, of course, he could read).

Can you please tell us about your latest book(s)? – I just released my fourth book, SHAMELESS. It’s the “book of my heart” – the story that just had to be told. It’s a sexy contemporary romance about forgiveness and redemption. Here’s the blurb:

 

Haunted by a tragic accident 20 years ago, John Everest knows he doesn’t deserve a family of his own, so he spends his days building the most successful fitness franchise in Seattle…and his nights alone. But that all changes when Samantha Rossi storms back into his life.

Happily single, Samantha feels there are only two types of men in this world: those who are good for nothing and those who are good for one thing. Now she needs that one thing desperately, because she wants a baby. John, a man from her past, is the perfect donor. He doesn’t want children. He doesn’t want a wife. He just wants her body. She can deal with that.

John agrees to Samantha’s no-strings-attached proposal, never expecting to fall for the fiery beauty he’d wronged so many years ago. It’ll take more than a shameless proposal to overcome their tragic past, but with a little luck and forgiveness, anything is possible.

How did you come with the idea for this story? – I read a newspaper article about a man who’d been driving recklessly and killed a pedestrian, and the story talked about how that event changed his life. That little tidbit got me wondering how such a tragedy would affect a person’s life. Thus, John’s character was born.

Can you share with us your current work in progress? – I always have several works in progress, which is probably why it takes me so long to finish a project. But the main project I’m working on is a contemporary romance series about weddings and baseball. I’ll finish it…someday.

 

Who are some of your favorite authors? – I have to give a shout out to my sister, author Laurie London, and my first critique partner and good friend Candis Terry (Avon author). Both of them are such fabulous writers I almost hate to read their latest books because it depresses me. I’ll never be that good. But as their sometimes critique partner, I will take full credit for their brilliance and successes. Other authors I love are Kevin O’Brien (not romance, obviously), Cherry Adair and Gayle Roper. Yes, I have very eclectic taste.

Do you feel that any of your favorite authors have inspired your writing style?   — I’m sure they have, but I read such a wide variety of styles and voices, I could never point to one favorite author and say, “I write like her/him.”

 

Open your book to a random page and tell us what’s happening. – Well, what do you know? A sex scene. This is the first time John and Samantha made love. They’ve had sex before, but it hasn’t meant anything beyond trying to get her pregnant. Until now.

 

What is in your To Read Pile that you are dying to start or upcoming release you can’t wait for? Well, it’s not a romance. It’s not even fiction. It’s a nonfiction book called The Hunger Fix by Dr. Pamela Peeke. I have major emotional eating issues (yes, even personal trainers deal with this LOL), and one of these days I’ll figure out why. Maybe this book will help. In the meantime, where are my Cheetos?

 

Is there anything else you would like to add? – I once drove naked on Strange Road.

 

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Haunted by a tragic accident 20 years ago, John Everest knows he doesn’t deserve a family of his own, so he spends his days building the most successful fitness franchise in Seattle…and his nights alone. But all that changes when Samantha Rossi storms back into his life.

Happily single, Samantha feels there are only two types of men: the ones who are good for nothing and the ones who are good for one thing. Now she needs that one thing desperately because she wants a baby. And John, a man from her past, will make the perfect donor. He doesn’t want kids. He doesn’t want a wife. He just wants her body. She can live with that. 

John agrees to her crazy, no-strings-attached proposal, never expecting to fall for the fiery beauty he wronged so many years ago. It’ll take more than a shameless proposal to overcome their tragic past, but with a little luck and forgiveness, anything is possible.

 

 

 

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Possession

Book one of the Forsaken series
Alicia Wright Brewster

 Publication date: April 25, 2013

Publisher: Dragonfairy Press

It’s been less than a week since fallen angel Six escaped from Hell and cast aside her angelic duties. Six wants friends, a job, and a nice place to live. Maybe she’ll take a few night classes and forget about her past. She’ll especially forget about Luke—better known as Lucifer.

Luke has other plans. He’s determined to draw Six back into his life and back into his bed. To get what he wants, he won’t hesitate to call on demons or kill a few humans.

With demons running free all over the city, Six will have to set aside her personal plans. And when a demon makes an offer she can’t refuse, it could land Six right back in Hell.

 

Author Bio:

Alicia Wright Brewster is a mild-mannered lady of average height and above average paranormal obsession. By day, she works in an office. At night she’s an author, an electronics junkie, and a secret superhero.

In her virtually non-existent free time, she loves to read, watch movies, and eat food. She is particularly fond of the food-eating and makes a point to perform this task at least three times per day, usually more.

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