Discover Kissing Kin by Karen Hulene Bartell

 

Discover Kissing Kin by Karen Hulene Bartell and make sure to enter the tour wide giveaway as the author is giving away a $25 Barnes and Noble or Amazon Gift Card to one lucky person. The tour is sponsored by Goddess Fish Promotions and you can find all the tour stops HERE.

Talking with Karen Hulene Bartell

What is your favorite ice cream flavor? 

Butter pecan--I love its creamy / crunchy texture and its nutty, rich flavor with just a kiss of vanilla.

 

Which mythological creature are you most like? 

I’m most like Pegasus. I love horses. For years, I rescued and rehomed mustangs. If I could, I’d gallop through the heavens, exploring one universe after another.

 

First book you remember making an indelible impression on you. 

Gone With the Wind. I was thirteen, and I wanted to be just like Scarlett O’Hara!

 

How do you develop your plot and characters? 

I’m a pantser, no question about it. I do make short outlines of what happens next, but I’m too spontaneous to follow any extended framework. Besides, when I “play dolls” with friends, that is, brainstorm my plot, I often prefer their ideas to mine, which makes for far more interesting plot twists than I’d devise.

 

Describe your writing space. 

One of the ginger twins is spread out on my Queen Anne desk, shedding cathair over the keyboard as I type. That’s okay. He’s my “mews,” one of four, actually, who inspires my imagination.

A quarter of a century ago, I sanded and stained my wooden Queen Anne desk--although, over the years, the cats have scratched its surface to shreds. On top of the desk is my reading list, a stone coaster from my husband, engraved with “I will always love you,” and a myriad of yellow notes to self.

A water bottle sits at my left, and a coffee cup sits at my right.

Armed with my “mews,” surrounded by reminders of love, and bolstered with caffeine, I’m ready to write!

 

KISSING KIN

by Karen Hulene Bartell

GENRE:  Paranormal Romance

 

Maeve Jackson is starting over after a broken engagement—and mustering out of the Army. No job and no prospects, she spins out on black ice and totals her car.

 

When struggling vintner Luke Kaylor stops to help, they discover they’re distantly related. On a shoestring budget to convert his vineyard into a winery, he makes her a deal: prune grapevines in exchange for room and board.

 

But forgotten diaries and a haunted cabin kickstart a five-generational mystery with ancestors that have bones to pick. As carnal urges propel them into each other’s arms, they wonder: Is their attraction physical…or metaphysical?

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Excerpt Three:

 

“Mind if I camp out ’til the roads clear?”

 

“Under the circumstances?” The clerk shook his head. “Not a problem.”

 

“Thanks.” He started toward the sitting room and nearly bumped into Maeve, leaning against the wall. “Sorry, didn’t mean to wake you.”

 

“You didn’t.” She tossed her chin. “I was cat-napping.”

 

“Right.” He compared her guarded veneer to her sleeping-beauty persona. Which is closer to her true self?

 

“Couldn’t help overhearing.” Gesturing toward the clerk with her chin, she grimaced. “I’m responsible for you being out tonight--”

 

“No.” He shook his head. “This is just a freak storm.”

 

“You don’t have to sleep in a chair.” She took a deep breath and gave a quick, tight-lipped smile. “My room has two queen beds, and you’re welcome to one of ’em.”

 

Unsure of the extent of her invitation, he did a double take.

 

“Just so we understand each other, this is a bunk, a place to sack out. Period. Amen.” She spoke in a low-pitched, no-nonsense voice. “Nothing more, so don’t get any--”

 

“Got it.” He covered his disappointment with a laugh. “Thanks, I appreciate the offer, but I’ll be fine dozing by the fire.”

 

“Hey, I’ve bivouacked with soldiers in Afghanistan. We do what’s necessary under extenuating circumstances.” Shrugging, she glanced at the door. “And this blizzard qualifies.” Her face relaxed into a smile.

 

Her offer tempting, he compared sitting up all night to stretching out in a bed. Then he glimpsed the clerk.

 

“If you’re worried about my reputation, don’t be.” She laughed, the sound like sleigh bells tinkling on a crisp, wintry night.

 

What is it about her that conjures thoughts of other times--other eras?

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Author of the Trans-Pecos and Sacred Emblem series, Karen is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, wife, and all-around pilgrim of life, who writes multicultural, offbeat love stories. Born to rolling-stone parents who moved often, Bartell found her earliest playmates as fictional friends in books. Paperbacks became her portable pals. Ghost stories kept her up at night—reading feverishly. The paranormal was her passion. Novels offered an imaginative escape. An only child, she began writing her first novel at the age of nine, learning the joy of creating her own happy endings. Professor emeritus of the University of Texas at Austin, Karen resides in the Texas Piney Woods with her husband Peter and her “mews”—three rescued cats and a rescued *Cat*ahoula Leopard dog.

 

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