Welcome Spencer Dryden today

Please give a warm welcome to author Spencer Dryden who is sitting down to chat withme about their new book, The Substitute.

So tell us about your latest or upcoming release. What is this gem about?

"The Substitute" is another in my series of tradesmen tales. In this story, a union journeyman plumber risks his career by assuming a false identity to substitute for an injured buddy who owns a non-union plumbing business. "Gary's" day turns surreal when he arrives at the first appointment and discovers the client is expecting sex and not plumbing services.

How often does your muse distract you from day to day minutiae?

I live in the Frozen tundra of Minnesota. My muse resides at my adopted home of Summer Haven, Florida (USA). She doesn't come around much when I am here in the cold but fills my mind with stories when I'm walking the beach in Summer Haven.

If you could be any paranormal creature what would you be

I don't know if The Terminator is a paranormal creature but I'd like to be a killer cyborg, charged with hunting down and brutally dispatching bad guys in serious need of killing.

What do you do when you’re not writing?

I shovel snow. Actually all our snow fell out east this year. In real life I am a handyman for hire. My stories usually have confrontations with real life problems suitable for HGTV. I think by grounding my stories in the  reality of leaky faucets, it helps make the fantasy elements more believable.

Are any of your characters like you?

Yes, my main male characters tend to be like me, self effacing, witty, but sometimes clueless about the wiles of women. As a writer I think it's important to have characters who can reveal emotional truths. I'm not a good enough writer yet to create characters out of thin air and imbue them with traits I don't understand.

Do you have a favourite quote from any of your book(s)?

 I have used a line in several of my stories that comes from real life. Back in college (eons ago) a group of us guys played basketball on Friday nights, then went out for copious quantities of beer. Over beers, one of the guys had ants in his pants telling us about a girl he had just met who invited him for dinner on Saturday night. The last thing she said to him was "Rest up." Wow.

If a movie or TV production company chose to produce your books into a series of shows or movies, who would your ideal cast be?

For "The Substitute" my male character "Gary" could be Ben Affleck or Matt Damon. "Gary" meets two very different women in the story. The first is the curvaceous, lusty Katherine "Cat" Reynolds who I see as Eva Mendez. The second woman is very much the opposite, she is tall, blond, thin, reserved and very chilly at first, ideally played by Nicole Kidman.

If "The Substitute" is ever is made into a movie I want to be on the set. I love the characters all these fine actors have played, but I also have a thing for Eva Mendez.

The Substitute

Breathless Press

Contemporary Romance

A substitute plumber's world turns upside down when he discovers his buddy's business is providing more than plumbing services to an exclusive female clientele.

A journeyman plumber breaks union rules, risking the loss of his career, and assumes a false identity to substitute for an injured friend who owns a non-union plumbing shop. When "Gary" arrives on the job, he is stunned to discover that the client is expecting sex and not plumbing services. It's the beginning of a day of surprises.

Motivated by his obligation to a friend and seduced by the allure of the client, "Gary" has some of the best sex of his life. He is at peace until he overhears the client making an immediate referral to a friend. Torn between conscience and friendship, he accepts the referral.

His day turns again as Britta initially spurns his services, much to "Gary's" relief, then asks him to do some plumbing work. While he is working, Britta slowly drops her hostile manner, sharing more of her personal story. "Gary" finds himself longing for a deeper connection, but has to dispel Britta's feelings of inadequacy and deal with his hidden identity.

Teaser:

One minute I was getting ready to install a new faucet for this really hot divorcee. The next thing I knew, she was naked, splayed out on the massive onyx granite kitchen island of her fabulous McMansion. Her legs over my shoulders, my work pants on the floor, I'm banging her furiously. She was screaming and panting, heavy breasts flopping like luscious melons, her pussy pouring out love juice over my cock while she clutched the backs of her thighs. Her head thrashed in the pile of her frosted, layered mane of silver and black hair. She was so strong I thought she was going to lift my two-hundred-pound frame from the floor as her back arched in the agony of a hard orgasm.

WTF?

I was breaking all the rules that day, but the last one I ever expected to break was fucking a client on the clock. But technically, she wasn't my client.

My strange odyssey began when my plumbing trade school buddy, Steve, called me in desperation from the ER where he was being treated for a severely turned ankle.

"Dude, you gotta take this job for me today." His voice was full of mirth, making me suspect he was loaded with painkillers.

"Steve, you know I can't do that. I'm a union journeyman, and you're a non-union shop."

I couldn't work for one of my best friends, not within the rules the union had set for us. Rules that protected us from exploitation, but limited our choices.

"It's just one job, goddamnit. I don't have anyone else I can trust."

"Yeah, but that one job could cost me my career."

Buy Link

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Author bio and links

Spencer Dryden is a new to writing fiction, but an old guy on the threshold of draining any reserves left in Medicare and Social Security. In real life he is a handyman, an at-home dad, inventor, and web videographer, living a quiet life in the frozen tundra of Minnesota, USA.

He earned an MBA from a prestigious Midwestern university but is so far behind on the career earnings scale of his peers that the university has offered to refund his tuition if he will return his diploma and disavow his affiliation, lest he continue to denigrate the school's impeccable brand.

He has a beautiful trophy wife ready to spend his royalties. Like all good romance writers, he has a cat but prefers to pet his wife.

This is his fourth work published by Breathless Press.

He can be reached at multiple locations:

Check out his website: http://www.fictionbyspencer.com/

He's on Google+ : https://plus.google.com/+SpencerDryden

Tweet Him at: @SpencerDryden

He is a regular contributor to the multiauthor blog, Oh Get A Grip: http://ohgetagrip.blogspot.com

And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100008150288001

If you liked this book, please leave a review at Breathless Press or at Goodreads:

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Release Day for The Tempting of Thomas Carrick

It's release day for Stephanie Laurens latest addition to the Cynster Family Series.....Check out the interview with the author below and make sure to check this addition to this acclaimed series out. It's a great read!

THE TEMPTING OF THOMAS CARRICK INTERVIEW:

Thomas and Lucilla are both especially strong and stubborn characters, as so many of your heroes and heroines are. Is there a particular reason for this a) in general, and b) in this particular case?

In the general sense, I’ve always used strong characters because the scale and intensity of emotional clashes between such characters is more powerful, has the potential to be more wide-ranging, and is also likely to strike brighter sparks. A strong character doesn’t give way when someone opposes them or gets in the way of their will and drive—they immediately push back, and that refusal to back away is one of the key elements that leads such a pair of characters deeper and deeper into Cupid’s snare as they are forced to adjust and adapt to each other--a critical element of establishing an emotional partnership.

There’s a general assumption that strong and confident characters will have an easier time dealing with love, however, in reality I think it’s the opposite, and such characters find the existence of an emotion strong enough to make them change difficult to accept.

Which brings me rather neatly to Thomas and Lucilla. He is the ultimate strong character with a very powerful, emotional, and deeply personal reason to shut himself off from love. Against that, Lucilla, an equally strong character, is unswervingly convinced that they are fated to love and marry—but she, too, has a few lessons to learn in what love—even a fated love—will demand.

In short, my motivation for using strong characters can be summed up as: the stronger they are, the more they resist and, ultimately, the harder they fall.

Readers first met Thomas Carrick in the Cynster holiday special By Winter’s Light. Did his earlier meeting with Lucilla described in that book affect the pair’s actions in this book?

            That earlier meeting in By Winter’s Light sets the stage for Thomas and Lucilla’s romance. Both of them leave that first encounter with the knowledge that the other could be their future spouse. Lucilla is ready to accept that Thomas is her fated future husband, lover, and consort, but Thomas, having experienced a complementary visceral connection to Lucilla, concludes that, as he wishes to avoid love, then she is someone he would be wise to avoid.

            So from the instant they part after that first encounter, they are set on opposing tracks—Lucilla expecting and waiting for Thomas to return to her side and claim her hand, and Thomas doing his level best to stay far away.

            It’s a standoff, until the actions at the start of The Tempting of Thomas Carrick force—literally force—them together again.

Deerhounds feature in By Winter’s Light and also in The Tempting of Thomas Carrick. Why deerhounds?

            I needed a large dog to accompany Thomas through the snowstorm in By Winter’s Light, a dog big enough to physically assist, and also the sort of dog that might have been in such a community—a gentry family in the Scottish uplands of the period. So I went searching for breeds of dogs, and stumbled upon Scottish deerhounds. The more I read about them, the more perfect they seemed, and so Hesta padded onto my stage, and from there, the addition of Artemis and Apollo was an obvious extrapolation.

            The dogs are fascinating—a shaggy, curly-coated, quite large breed built for speed and with superb eyesight. They are sight-hounds, and also track on the ground by scent, and as their name suggests, were specifically bred to hunt deer in the rugged terrain.

            However, the real impact of the deerhounds, story-wise, doesn’t occur until the next book, A Match for Marcus Cynster, in which the packs we learn about through The Tempting of Thomas Carrick, come into their own and play an active role in Marcus and his lady’s adventures.

Both By Winter’s Light and The Tempting of Thomas Carrick are set in Scotland, in the south western uplands. Were there any particular challenges in using such a setting?

            By Winter’s Light and The Tempting of Thomas Carrick are both centered on the Vale of Casphairn, which was a setting first introduced in Scandal’s Bride, the story of Richard and Catriona, Lucilla and Marcus’s parents (more on that below). Thus the settings for the recent books were not a matter of choice, but rather mandated, a necessary return to a previous place.

Such a wild country setting is very useful on the one hand, and a drawback on the other. The rugged beauty and landscape is a plus, while the isolation and the distance from any larger town or place of social congregation severely limits the opportunities for social events, even country house dinners. Consequently, the action in the story remains at all times strongly focused on the interaction between the two principal characters, with little to no distraction from external events. That puts a heavier burden on the romance plot than would be the case in a more urban setting, but that does mean the romance dominates and is always front and center. So there’s positives and negatives in using such a setting, but, overall, such settings definitely have their place when writing romances.

In this book, you also take readers to Glasgow—you paint quite a cosmopolitan picture of the town. How true to life is that depiction?

            I admit that my first mental vision of Glasgow was as a heavily industrialized town, centered on shipping on the Clyde. While the importance of shipping on the Clyde was correct, in the mid-1800s, Glasgow was a thriving merchant center with distinct aspirations toward the sophistication, polish, and civilized amenity we might associate with a seaport like Boston. In this period, Glasgow was a major merchant hub, and it was therefore highly prosperous, and the resulting wealth found expression in the houses and squares, the well-appointed offices and genteel clubs and in the evolving social scene.

Readers are familiar with Casphairn Manor, and the Vale of Casphairn, but the nearby village is Carsphairn. Was there a reason for the difference?

            This is one of those tales of things that “would not happen now.” I wrote the first novel featuring the Vale of Casphairn and Casphairn Manor back in the days before Google Maps. Or any sort of satellite imagery, or even ready access to detailed maps via the internet. At the time, I had several detailed maps of England, but as the village of Carsphairn is a very small settlement, it was shown in small—not to say tiny and non-expandable—font. So I read the name as Casphairn, not the correct Carsphairn.

            Years later, when I was writing Viscount Breckenridge to the Rescue, where the characters spend time in the Vale and at the manor, I was using Google Maps to study the areas to the east of where I had positioned the Vale, and when I zoomed in…I saw that the village name was really Carsphairn! Horrors! Luckily, I don’t think I’ve ever actually said the village itself was called Casphairn, only the Vale and the manor, but it was too late to change those—they’d already been written into history. So the Vale and the manor, both of which are fictitious, remain as Casphairn, while the village is correctly named Carsphairn.

            Out of curiosity, I did go back to the original map. To the naked eye, it still looks like Casphairn—only with the help of a strong magnifying glass can you see that extra r.

Lucilla’s position as healer to the Vale community, and, indeed, all people under The Lady’s protection, features strongly in this book. How common were such healers?

            Despite the rise of more formal medicine and the doctors who practiced it, traditional folk healers—those we might now term homeopathic healers or herbalists—were not uncommon into the late 1800s in England. In country areas, they would almost always be the first consulted, even by those living in the larger, wealthier houses. The history of herbal remedies is very deep and broad throughout the British Isles, and the more isolated the community, the greater the distance from a major town, the more likely that the people would turn first to the local “healer.” Midwifery and the treatment of common ailments remained largely the province of such healers even into the 1900s.

            That said, as mentioned in this book and the next, in this period, when it came to interacting with the apparatus of law and order, for instance in formally reporting a death, the “doctor”—meaning a man formally trained in the western medical tradition—would be the one sent for.

This book is the first of the Cynster Next Generation Novels, and will be followed by Lucilla’s twin brother, Marcus’s story in June. Are there more Cynster Next Generation Novels to come?

            Yes, indeed! As By Winter’s Light was in essence a pivotal volume, shifting focus from the original Bar Cynster generation to the lives of their near-adult children, and within the tale of By Winter’s Light were the seeds of Lucilla’s romance, then her book had to come first, in The Tempting of Thomas Carrick. And within Lucilla’s story lie the seeds of Marcus’s story, and as he is her twin, his book, A Match for Marcus Cynster, had to come next. It will be released on May 26, 2015.

            But at the end of The Tempting of Thomas Carrick, and even more definitely at the end of A Match for Marcus Cynster, we catch up with the other Cynsters now facing up to the challenge of marriage and finding a suitable spouse. We see and appreciate that all is not going to be smooth sailing for such very robust individuals, neither the males nor the females. There are at least 6 more Cynster Next Generation novels to come—the romances of Devil’s three children, Sebastian, Michael, and Louisa, and those of the remaining “older group”—Prudence, Christopher, and Antonia Rawlings. After that…well, I’m sure that by the time I finish Louisa’s tale, we’ll know a lot more about Annabelle, Juliet, and Therese. And I already know what Calvin and Carter get up to, which should prove a lot of fun. Lots more to enjoy!

The Tempting of Thomas Carrick (A Cynster Novel)

Release Date: February 24^th, 2015

Blurb:

Thomas Carrick is determined to make his own life in the bustling port city of Glasgow, far from the demands of the Carrick clan, eventually with an appropriate wife on his arm. But disturbing events on his family's estate force Thomas to return to the Scottish countryside—where he is forced to ask for help from the last woman he wants to face. Thomas has never forgotten Lucilla Cynster and the connection that seethes between them, but to marry Lucilla would mean embracing a life he's adamant is not for him.

Strong-willed and passionate, Lucilla knows Thomas is hers—her fated lover, husband, protector, mate. He is the only man for her, just as she is his one true love. How can he ignore a bond stronger than reason and choose a different path? She's determined to fight for their future, and while she cannot command him, she has enticements of her own to wield when it comes to tempting Thomas Carrick.

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 About the Cynster Series

Devil’s Bride (Cynster #1)

When Devil, the most infamous member of the Cynster family, is caught in a compromising position with plucky governess Honoria Wetherby, he astonishes the entire town by offering his hand in marriage. No one dreamed this scandalous rake would ever take a bride. And as society mamas swooned at the loss of England′s most eligible bachelor, Devil′s infamous Cynster cousins began to place wagers on the wedding date.

But Honoria wasn′t about to bend society′s demands and marry a man "just" because they′d been found together virtually unchaperoned. No, she craved adventure, and while solving the murder of a young Cynster cousin fit the bill for a while, she decided that once the crime was solved she′d go off to see the world. But the scalding heat of her unsated desire for Devil soon had Honoria craving a very different sort of excitement. Could her passion for Devil cause her to embrace the enchanting peril of a lifelong adventure of the heart?

Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/363499.Devil_s_Bride

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About Author

#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephanie Laurens began writing romances as an escape from the dry world of professional science. Her hobby quickly became a career when her first novel was accepted for publication, and with entirely becoming alacrity, she gave up writing about facts in favor of writing fiction.

Laurens's novels are set in the time period of the British Regency, and her settings range from Scotland to India. Laurens has published fifty works of historical romance, including 29 New York Times bestsellers. All her works are continuously available in print and digital formats in English worldwide, and have been translated into many other languages. An international bestseller, among other Stephanie's email contactsaccolades Laurens has received the Romance Writers of America prestigious RITA Award for Best Romance Novella 2008, for The Fall of Rogue Gerrard.

Her continuing novels featuring the Cynster family are widely regarded as classics of the genre. Other series include the Bastion Club Novels and the Black Cobra Quartet. For information on upcoming releases and updates on novels yet to come, visit Stephanie's website.

Website: http://www.stephanielaurens.com/

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Talking with author Vivian Winslow

Please welcome author Vivian Winslow today tot eh Reading Nook blog.

What started your interest in writing?

I started reading when I was four and haven’t stopped devouring as many books as I can since then. About eight years ago, I realized I had enough life experiences and lived in enough places (having lived in six cities outside the U.S. and four in the U.S.) that I wanted to share those experiences through fictionalized stories that take place there.  Several years ago, a story began to buzz around my brain and finally had to be written. That was a few books ago.

What are you currently working on?

            I’m working on finishing the Dahlia series, which is the second trilogy in The Gilded Flower series. Dahlia is Lily’s twin sister, who is both fun-loving and impulsive. She has a past that she has to deal with in order to move forward in her relationship with her current boyfriend. Her fun-loving and impulsive nature is going to take a back seat, however, when she is forced to confront her painful past.  Blue Dahlia, the first book in the trilogy will be released October 16^th.

What do you do when you’re not writing?

            I’m a stay-at-home mom, which is a never-ending job. Besides that, I enjoy baking (and unfortunately eating what I bake), and going to the movies. The latter being a good way to escape the chaos of New York City. Oh, and I stare at photos of gorgeous men on the Internet for “inspiration” of course.

What genres do you write in?

            I’ve written books in YA and women’s contemporary fiction. The Gilded Flower series is my first effort in romance and is definitely a fun change. There is an incredible freedom in writing erotic romance. It allows me to take my characters to their limits and not gloss over what is a natural and very feminine experience.

Is there anything you would tell aspiring writers?

            Read a lot and write even more. Reading a variety of genres and styles helps you better hone your writing skills. There are many ways to tell a story so don’t limit yourself to copying others. Take criticism graciously. It makes you a better writer and a more humble person. Most importantly, don’t give up. Every setback should be motivation for your further efforts.

What was the hardest part of writing your book(s)?

            Writer’s block. Sometimes it happens at the most inopportune times when you want to get through a particular scene or have a deadline to finish a manuscript. The beauty of being self-published, however, is that a deadline can always be changed!

If you write a series, do you reread your previous books before you begin the new one?

            If a lot of time has passed between two books in a series, I will reread the prior book. If not, I’ll skim it. Inconsistencies are one of the potential hazards of writing a series.

Is there anything you wish to say to your readers?

            Thank you, thank you, thank you!! I am eternally grateful and humbled that you enjoy my stories and appreciate their themes. It means so much to me to have such gracious readers. The honor is truly mine.

For readers who haven't tried your books yet, how do you think your editor or loyal readers would describe your books?

            Hot, steamy, fun beach reads. Through The Gilded Flower series you get to see these young women come into their own power and discover a lot about themselves as they explore relationships with men and undergo personal and professional challenges.

My ladies kick ass. Lily starts out a bit naïve in Gilded Lily, having been sheltered in her New York bubble, but by the end of her series in Tiger Lily, she’s strong and confident. Her experiences, both professional and personal, are opportunities for growth, and she seizes each one. The same will go for Dahlia and Vi. This is a series about girl power. I want the personal struggles of my characters to exemplify how we, as women, have the ability to take charge of our lives and not be afraid of that power. We can make our own rules and live by them with confidence. Yet still want men and have hot sex. The latter being very important. : )       

The men in the series are extremely cool, even when they’re bad. You have your alphas, your nice guys and some who fall in between. Besides their obvious skills in the bedroom and boardroom, what I find most appealing about their characters is that they help draw out the strengths of the female characters, which is their purpose. No one needs to be healed or fixed by anyone else. My intention was to create strong male and female characters that bring out the best in each other, and any insecurities that may come up in their interaction only serve to make them stronger.

When writing, how do you keep track of timelines, ideas, inspiration and such? By notes on the computer, a notebook perhaps?

            That would be a good idea. Instead, I torture myself with trying to cram ideas in my head and hope that I don’t forget by the time I get home to write them down. Usually, I just play scenes through in my mind like a movie so I can replay them when I sit down to write. Of course by then it doesn’t play out so neatly or easily. 

Synopsis of Tiger Lily (Book 3)—Release Date 7/20/14: Weary from battling a hostile takeover attempt of her family’s company, Lily seeks a distraction in Todd, an erstwhile bartender with a large trust fund and magical tongue. Meanwhile, a connection seems to be developing between Lily and Alejandro, a wealthy and gorgeous Cuban-American, whose brother, Rodrigo, is dating Lily’s twin sister, Dahlia. When Alejandro unexpectedly rebuffs Lily one night, she is deeply dismayed. But, after seeing Alejandro’s picture with a gorgeous Latina model in the gossip pages, Lily thinks it wasn’t just a misunderstanding. When the sisters and brothers reunite in Aspen for a ski weekend, will Lily’s heart remain frozen or will the fire between her and Alejandro rekindle and melt away the ice?

 

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 Adult Teaser for Tiger Lily:

Lily tosses and turns in her bed uncomfortably. Everyone decided to stay in, so she couldn’t get a minute alone with Alejandro. She was dying to know what he would choose but will have to wait until tomorrow, at the earliest. She groans. Perhaps he’ll torture her further and make her wait two days, which is when she has to leave.

Lily covers her face with her pillow, trying to will sleep to take her, so she can stop having to think about any of it.

A creaking sound startles her. She sits up quickly and turns on the light. Alejandro tip-toes in and quietly shuts the door behind him, locking it.

He sits next to Lily on the bed and turns off the light. Pulling back the covers, he lays down next to her and kisses her gently on the neck. She feels his desire pressing up against her. Her hands reach down around his firm ass to pull him to her.

Alejandro moves his lips from Lily’s neck to her ear, sucking and tugging on her earlobe, sending a shockwave all the way to her core. His hands lift her silk chemise over her head before making their way over her breasts. He fondles one, pulling and tugging on her hard nipple while sucking the other.

She’s desperate to pull him inside her, but he doesn’t seem to be in a hurry. He takes his time with her breasts, kissing and kneading each one until Lily’s swollen with desire. His tongue continues to tease her as she pushes her hips against him, wanting more.

He chuckles. “Patience, Lily.” He brings his mouth to hers again and begins the dance, this one more intense. His tongue finds hers. She sucks and bites his until his hand brushes over her clit, making her moan with need.

Alejandro spreads her right leg open with his. He kisses a wet trail down to her navel where he flicks his tongue before plunging his tongue into it. Lily arches her back in response as she plays and tugs on her hard nipples.

She allows him to keep teasing her until he makes his way down to her wet box. Lily pulls his head up and whispers, “I don’t want to come this way. I want you inside me.”

“This is my choice, isn’t it?” He smiles up at her, his eyes mirroring her intense lust.

She nods. “Tell me, what do you choose?”

Alejandro pulls himself up over her. “I choose you, Lily Baron,” he says, pushing himself inside of her.

Lily gasps as he continues to drive himself in and out of her. Every part of her body is overwhelmed with sensation. He draws up her left leg around his waist and plunges himself deeper into her.

“Lily, you feel so incredible,” he whispers. She dips her tongue into his ear, making him groan.

He sits up and begins to push himself in and out of her even faster. She raises her hips as she feels herself begin to come.

Lily can hardly hold it back as her muscle begins to contract over his hard shaft.

“Oh, my God,” he moans. “Lily, I’m going to come.”

“Yes,” she replies. “Come with me. Let go, baby.”

A few more hard thrusts send Lily over the edge. She cries out in pure ecstasy. She keeps her eyes open to watch him come, enjoying the look of absolute bliss on Alejandro’s face.

Lily kisses Alejandro awake the following morning. “Good morning,” she whispers.

He kisses her neck, once again sending tingles down her back. “It’s nice waking up like this. I could get used to it.”

Lily laughs quietly. She enjoys being in this moment with him. It makes everything else in her life seem so unimportant.

“How’s your ankle?” He asks, sitting up to check it.

“It’s fine,” she replies, wincing when he moves it.

“You’re such a tenacious woman,” he says, planting a gentle kiss on each of her breasts before standing up.

“Where are you going?”

“To make breakfast.”

“You’d rather cook, than make love to me?” She asks, hurt in her voice.

“I’d like to eat so I have the energy to make love to you all morning, Lily,” Alejandro replies, pulling on his pajama pants. “I’ll be back in a few minutes. I’ll bring something for you.”

Series Name: The Gilded Flower series

Genre:  Erotic romance/contemporary romance

Publisher:  Indie/self-published

Synopsis of Gilded Lily (Book 1)—Release Date 5/18/14: After catching her fiancé Jack in bed with her sister the day before her wedding, New York socialite Lily Baron escapes to Rio, her honeymoon destination—alone. There, Marcelo, the dark and sexy hotel masseur, releases a heated passion Lily had never experienced with Jack. When Lily meets handsome and powerful Brazillionaire Gustavo de Lima, she can hardly resist him. There’s just one problem. He’s married. In this uber-sensual city, will Lily’s reluctance to be with a married man, in light of her own fiancé’s betrayal, give way to her burning desire for Gustavo?

 

Purchase Links for Gilded Lily: 

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00KEXP80K

http://www.bn.com/w/gilded-lily-vivian-winslow/1119562818

http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/gilded-lily-1

 

Synopsis of Calla Lily (Book 2)—Release Date 6/22/14: Having experienced a profound personal and sexual awakening during her solo honeymoon to Brazil, New York socialite Lily Baron rushes back to New York upon hearing the news that her father has fallen ill. Now, Lily must take the helm of the Baron Media empire and fend off a high-stakes hostile takeover attempt. With the fate of the company hanging in the balance, will Lily be able to resist the advances of the luring, unwanted suitor in the boardroom as well as the bedroom?

 

Purchase Links for Calla Lily:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00L5XLH08

http://www.bn.com/w/calla-lily-vivian-winslow/1119849957

http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/calla-lily

About the Author

Vivian Winslow was born and raised in Southern California. Before becoming a writer, she made a career out of moving around the world every couple of years thanks to her husband’s job. She currently lives in New York City with her husband and two elementary school age children, and is grateful to finally have a place to call home for more than two years. New York is the perfect city to indulge her love of shopping, the arts and especially food. If she’s not at home writing or running around the city with her kids, you’ll most likely find her indulging in pizza on the Lower East Side or having a cocktail at her favorite bar in Alphabet City. That said, she’s still a California girl at heart and would gladly trade in her heels for a pair of flip-flops to catch a sunset on the beach.

 

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