Welcome to my Reading Nook, DD Symms. Please make yourself at home and let my cabana
boys/girls get you a drink.
Comfortable? Wonderful. Now let’s get started.
To get us
started can you tell us a little about what you are working on or have coming
out?
My novel
Boarding is scheduled for release July 19. The heroine, Jessie Carter, is in
her mid-20s and determined to make a splash as a fashion designer and dreams
about working with an internationally renowned model. She's shocked when she
actually gets the chance.
How would you
describe yourself using only five words?
An
extroverted introvert with humor.
If you could
write a warning label for yourself as a person or an author, what would it
say?
Caution: You
Don't Know What I'm Really Thinking Right Now
Do you have
any guilty pleasures? Sure do!
Name one
thing readers would be surprised to know about you.
My
granddaughter was born in my mid-forties.
If you could
live anywhere in the world, where would it be? Southern California – with several other places in close
second.
How do you
get yourself in the mood to write?
I start
writing and my mood catches up with me. Although playing music by Hall and
Oates or The Piano Guys helps.
Can you share
with us your typical writing day. Is there anything you have to have
while writing?
I often write
late morning to early afternoon and again at night. I also write non-fiction
and I try to knock that out first thing in the morning. Access to YouTube and a
glass of lemon water or coffee have become "must haves" when I write.
Who are some
of your favorite authors?
John Grisham,
Anita Shreve, and a limited amount of John Updike
What is in
your To Read Pile that you are dying to start or upcoming release you can’t
wait for?
Honestly,
fellow Breathless Press author Dianne Hartsock's Without Aiden is in my TBR.
Is there something special you do to celebrate when one of your books is
released?
Maybe when my second novel Arrival is released. Otherwise, I just shake
the hand of a friend of mine.
Do you have a favorite TV show you can't miss?
I don't anymore. I do like NCIS.
If you could date any character from any book, who would it be and
why-no it doesn't have to be from your books?
Louisa from the Janet Evanovich novel, Naughty Neighbor. She's sexy,
funny, and down to earth.
What is the strangest source of writing inspiration you’ve ever had?
Gosh, this ties in with a guilty pleasure.
If your muse were to talk behind your back, what secrets would he/she
tell?
My characters for several works-in-progress would all get revealed.
Boarding --Blurb
True Friends are Life's Greatest Pleasure
Jessie Carter is in New York City
when she's shocked with the chance to design a dress in one day for the model
she reveres, Veve Rouselette.
Jessie's entrepreneur boyfriend, Raymond, fears losing her
to a pursuit of fruitless dreams and wants her to settle for a position in his
high tech firm.
She finds herself attracted to the assistant to the model's
manager, Callan Delongpre, who encourages her talents. He's also the manager's
bisexual lover with sensual tastes and shows Jessie a world she only fantasized
about.
Racing against the clock, Jessie must conquer her
boyfriend's challenges and a gossip columnist's mission to destroy Veve's
reputation.
Visit ddsymms.wordpress.com
for Boarding contests and release info.
EXCERPT
Jessie couldn't deny herself. She
leaned and kissed Callan on his cheek and ran a hand on the inside of his
thigh, squeezing hard. She parted her lips with a light gasp and fought to
regain her concentration. The driver sped along the streets but stopped quickly
at a red light. Heat was simmering and she couldn't stand being this close to
Callan any longer and thinking about his naked body without a release.
Flying place to place, on edge, and
finding herself more defensive with Raymond instead of in love caused every
nerve to jangle like an alarm.
He wrapped an arm around her
shoulder. "It'll be okay."
"Yeah, thanks." She leaned
against him, spied his erection pushing through his slacks, and feeling as
comfortable as she did daring, whispered in his ear. "When we get there,
can I have you?"
The light turned green and the driver
pulled ahead.
"Have me, huh?" He looked
straight ahead.
"Yeah."
The driver changed lanes and the
vehicle lurched. Callan made no further response until the driver pulled to a
stop at the address. She could barely breathe from the anticipation of his
answer and wondered if she had overstepped a boundary.
"Sure. Let's do it."
The doors opened, Sal was waiting,
and Jessie was more than relieved and ready to get down to business. Sal padded
up the flight of wooden steps with Jessie and Callan's steps echoing off the
walls.
"Darla said you've got a
project."
"Yeah."
"Cool. So what is it?"
"Well, it's still in the works,
but we're having a young woman stop over soon and I'm making a dress for
her."
Sal smiled. "Like the one you
made for Darla?"
"Oh?" Callan turned to
Jessie. "You made one for—?"
"Wednesday, just for fun."
Sal opened the door. "Okay, go
ahead and get set up anywhere you'd like."
"Hey, is it possible to use one
of the bedrooms, just for setting up and a changing room so to speak?"
asked Jessie, trying to sound as professional as possible.
"Sure. Second door down, that's
mine. I don't mind."
"Okay, Callan, can you take a
look with me and see what you think?" Jessie took Callan's hand, moving
quickly.
"Sure."
Once inside, she gave him a hug and
rubbed her pussy against him. "A quickie? Would that be okay?"
"Yeah, fine with me."
She locked her lips on his, grinding
away and probing with her tongue in his. Time was burning, but so was she. In
seconds, his shirt was unbuttoned and completely loose. "Take it
off."
"Damn, you know how to take
control," he replied in a low voice, sweet with the anticipation of sex.
"I'm learning. Just found out
how last night."
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Dawn,
It's a pleasure to stop by and share. Thank you for having me.
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