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It’s such a pleasure to have Kelly Cain on my blog today. We’ll be drinking Malbec, her favourite wine and talking about her latest Tule Publishing release, An acquired taste. But before we do that, let’s find out more about Kelly!

Questions:

A. Quickies

Tea or wine? (what brand/type/cultivar)

Wine. Fav is cab sauv but I discovered an allergy so now I usually go with malbec.

Read or jog?

Read over most anything.

Cats or dogs?

Dogs

Heels or flats?

Flats

Boxers or briefs? 

Boxer briefs 

Milk, dark or white chocolate

Dark

Sweet or savoury

Savory

Sea or mountains

Mountains

B. Five likes and five dislikes

Likes

Spending time with family

Researching ancestors (genealogy)

Tarot and crystals (I’m a total amateur though)

Writing outside

Traveling

Dislikes

Being cold AND wet

Packed days with no down time

Upgrading to a new phone/computer

Social media (because it’s a time suck and I have no self-control)

Unplanned phone calls

C. Three things on your bucket list

Seeing my books turned into movies/TV shows.

Right before the pandemic, I visited Amsterdam and the Amalfi coast. In Amsterdam, I stayed a few miles from where my great-grandmother grew up. Less than 50 miles from my great-grandfather’s birthplace. It was pretty neat and I’d love to take my adult daughters.

Retire from my day job and write full time.

D. What triggered this specific story?

Well, it was actually an idea from one of my book besties, Amanda Linsmeier. We have a group chat and one day she posted: “I said it before lol. I want you to do a cooking reality tv competition enemies to lovers, competitors who fall in love. Lots of food… and sex. And snark.”

I gave the couple a backstory of attending culinary school together where they first fostered their disdain for each other, but Amanda’s message pretty much sums up An Acquired Taste.  

Blurb: May the best chef win…

After four years at the country’s top culinary school and several years as head chef in her mother’s restaurant, Rowan Townsend has built a notable reputation. Her farm-to-table collard greens have long been bringing everyone to the yard, but limits on the restaurant’s size have led to long waits. Looking to expand the restaurant, she enters a televised chef competition. The problem? Her infuriatingly-talented nemesis from culinary school also enters.

To the culinary world, Knox Everheart is restaurant royalty. As much as Rowan wants to deny it, he’s a gifted chef. Rowan knows her arrogant arch-nemesis is confident he’ll win—he’s certainly given her a run for her money more times than she’d like to admit. But this time, she’s ready to show him who’s boss.

Their rivalry soon sparks fireworks in the kitchen and, as the competition heats up, so does Rowan’s attraction to Knox. And somewhere between pasta and gumbo, they both need to decide what’s worth fighting for.

Social media links: linktr.ee/KellyCainAuthor

Buy links: Books2Read.com/AnAcquiredTaste

Thanks for having tea with me, Kelly – I hope this one flies!

And it’s release day for A captivaitng touch, the prequel to the other Cavallo brothers’ series, An impossible attraction, An irresistible temptation and The ultimate surrender – all three stories are already out there.

When it comes to men, if physiotherapist Caitlin Sutherland didn’t have bad luck, she’d have no luck at all. To help cope, Caitlin blogs about the men she meets and the bad dates she’d gone on.

While on duty during the annual Wines to Whales bicycle race, a gorgeous, sweaty cyclist walks in and sets her hormones dancing. But he is Don Cavallo; one of the four Cavallo brothers — hotel tycoons, famous as much for their business skills as for the number of beauties seen on their arms.

Billionaire Don Cavallo has his own issues with the other sex. He has yet to find one who is interested in him, not his money or hotels. But when this sexy physio puts her hands on his back, she not only touches his body, but also his heart.

They’ve both been burned before, but neither of them can stop themselves from playing with fire.

Short excerpt:

But it was Don who stood there, hands in his pockets. The streetlights were bright enough for her to see him clearly.

She dropped her hands from their halfway-up position. Oh hell, what had he heard? He came closer. She swallowed.

“Where’s your girlfriend?” was the first thing that popped out of her mouth. Caitlin nearly groaned out load. She looked away and unlocked her car. “Sorry, none of my business,” she mumbled and opened the door.

“She’s just a friend.”

“Did you enjoy your date?” she asked.

He shook his head. “I was watching you the whole night.”

Stunned, she swallowed.

“And you? Did you have a nice time?” he asked.

“I…” At a complete loss, she frantically tried to think of a word, any word. Nothing came to mind. She shook her head. He’s been watching me all night?

He stepped around so the car door was between them. Her hands were resting lightly on the door, her fingers tingling. She vividly remembered how it had felt to touch him.

“Thought so.” His smile was devastating. “I’d like to take you out, Caitlin.”

“As in a date?” she asked, still stunned.

“Yes, Caitlin, as in a date.” He touched her cheek. “There is something here,” he said, and then motioned with his hand between them.

She didn’t move, just stared at him. Was he really asking her out on a date?

“I don’t know what it is, but it’s keeping me awake at night. Let’s try a date and see how we like it. Friday around seven?” he asked. “I’ll pick you up and we’ll have dinner.”

Caitlin stared at him for another minute before she was sure she could string a few words together. “Don, you…me…” She shook her head and grimaced. “We live in two completely different worlds; we have nothing in common. You are…you, the papers are full of your businesses. I’m a physiotherapist from Hermanus. I don’t think—”

“Then don’t. Think, that is.” He smiled. “You do know that you can’t believe everything you read in the papers. And I happen to like this physiotherapist from Hermanus.”

She looked at him a moment longer. This was so not what she should be doing. Hannah’s warning and her own misgivings about him swirled around in her head.

His gaze never left hers.

She was a big girl. And if she prepared herself for the worst, then surely she’d be fine.

“Where? I’ll meet you—”

“I’ll pick you up,” he said and lowered his head.

“You don’t know where I live and I always drive myself,” she managed just before his lips touched hers lightly.

Buy Links:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08RRWGYM6

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/a-captivating-touch

BN: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/noresults/2940162853664

Itunes: https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1547008845

A copy of Love, in writing to be won:

Xpresso tours is doing a bliz tomorrow and there’s a prize to be won!

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I don’t know about you, but I feel a little bit battered and bruised on this last day of 2020. We were all still praying for the devastating fires in Australia and wondering what Harry and Meghan are going to do now when Covid struck and boom! Everything changed.

We stopped rushing and driving and flying and moving around, giving nature a short break from the devastation we humans tend to wreck on a daily basis. Carbon emissions fell by the largest ever recorded and we’re told Earth now looks greener from space and the oceans are cleaner.

And we had time. Time to just sit, time to think, time to pay attention to those we live with, time to take a breath.

Many people lost their jobs, their livelihood – mostly because most governments seemed to have no idea how to manage this strange and scary pandemic.

Our government was even less equipped to deal with a crisis of this magnitude and the ministers who weren’t looting the Covid fund, kept themselves busy with long speeches about what kind of shoes we can an cannot buy, what and where we should eat and had many, many discussions over several months about whether or not people should buy cigarettes legally. Wasting time when they should’ve made sure we’d received vaccinations in time.

But amidst the chaos, we saw many beautiful things as well – someone singing on a balcony in Italy, a guy inviting someone to dine on her roof while he sat on his (am still wondering what happened next), people reaching out to one another.

Technology made it possible to stay in touch, we ‘Zoomed’ and ‘Microsoft Teams-ed’ and Whatsapp-ed, trying desperately to keep connected with those we can’t visit.

The highlight of the year for us has been the little girl with dark curls, beautiful blue eyes and a winning smile who entered our lives in January – a promise of better things to come.

May 2021 treat us all gentler and kinder. I wish you joy, I wish you peace and above all I wish you love.

Love

Elsa

[The original post went up on the Australian Romance Readers Blog https://australianromancereaders.word...]

‘Opposites attract’ is a trope often used in romances and I love writing about it, probably because many moons ago I fell for a guy so very different from me. He comes from a very quiet, well-behaved family. Nobody yells, nobody talks loudly, nobody cries of laugh out loud and certain topics, like pregnancy for instance, simply weren’t discussed.

My people, on the other hand, are very loud, not always well-behaved, there are no sensitive topics, we holler, we cry over everything and we laugh without filters. Hubby was and still is a huge Beatles fan, I prefer Elvis and I love country music. The gorier a movie the better for him, my threshold is Murder she wrote.

But the chemistry was strong, our core values were the same and in the end love won. But I can tell you – the first few years of our lives together were interesting. 

While the first thing we consciously notice when we meet someone is their physical appearance, what determines the degree to which we find them attractive is something that lies much deeper. There is an invisible feeling, a subconscious awareness that identifies and respond to a specific person.

Interesting studies have also been done about the role our senses play when we meet someone (e.g. Wedekind’s ‘sweaty t-shirt study https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claus_Wedekind and Athur Aron’s study about couples staring into one another’s eyes https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/0146167297234003) showing how intricate the process of falling in love actually is. 

I’ve used this trope of ‘opposites attract’ in Love, in writing, one of the first stories I’ve written. It will be re-released in January 2021 by Inkspell Publishing. The heroine is a romance writer, the hero writes science fiction, she loves her family, believes in happy-ever-afters and is looking for the fairytale. He, on the other hand, is cynical about love and life in general, doesn’t believe happy-ever-afters exist and is definitely not looking for something so ridiculous as a fairytale.

But when they meet, stars align, hearts sigh and something happens they can’t seem to stop no matter how hard they try.

I hope you enjoy reading their story as much as I’ve enjoyed writing it.

Wishing you all a wonderful 2021!

Buy links:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08PCD16HZ

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/love-in-writing-3

BN: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-in-writing-winckler-elsa/1138396881

Itunes: https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1542709299

Love

Elsa

 

 

 

Today I’m chatting with the lovely author Susan Sands over a glass of water! Her new Christmas romance (Tule Publishing), Noel Alabama is out!

 

 

 

 

 

Questions:

A. Quickies

Tea or wine? (what brand/type/cultivar) 

Neither, sadly. I have migraines and wine is a killer. Tea has never been my “cup of tea” unless I have a cold.  I drink a lot of water and lemonade and such. No fun at all, I’m afraid.

Read or jog?

Read and tennis

Cats or dogs?

Dogs, unless I get rid of my allergic husband of thirty-plus years :-/

Heels or flats?

Flats all the way

Boxers or briefs? 

Boxer-briefs

Milk, dark or white chocolate

Dark chocolate, please

Sweet or savoury

Savoury then sweet

Sea or mountains

Sea

B. Five likes and five dislikes 

Likes: 1) Kindness 2) Music of almost every genre 3) Good food 4) Dogs/animals 

5) Books

Dislikes: 1) Nastiness 2) Politics 3) Loud noise 4) Bad smells 5) Rude people

C. Three things on your bucket list

1) Travel abroad 

2) Publishing goals

3) Grandchildren

D. What triggered this specific story?

Bailey and Seth’s story is a combination of her coming home but on her own terms. I grew up in a small town that I never really seemed part of, though I loved all the people and the place. Bailey’s square-peg-in-a-round-hole feeling only worked itself out when she took matters in her own hands. It’s hard to feel different in your hometown. I relate.

Blurb:

Bailey Boone wasn’t like the other girls in Ministry, Alabama. Her creative soul drove her from home—and Seth McKay—at eighteen. Now she’s home with a film crew to save her current Christmas project—and maybe get that promotion. But will Seth, her ghost of Christmas past, give her a reason to stay?

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Thanks for having tea with me, Susan – wishing you many grandbabies!

Today I have the honor of featuring something very exciting – a new anthology from Inkspell Publishing where romance and magic meet.

Magic & Mischief 

Inspell Publishing

ISBN: (ebook) 978-1-949931-87-7

(print) 978-1-949931-88-4

 

Releases: July 13

 

 

Buy Links:

Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BKD7B5H

Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/magic-mischief

BN: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/magic-mischief-inkspell-publishing/1137205386

Itunes: https://books.apple.com/us/book/id1519692667

Whether Gods or Demons, when romance and magic mix, anything is possible. Join Inkspell authors as they enchant you with these NINE stories filled with supernatural twists and turns!

The stories:

Everwood Academy by Clara Winter

With the casting of a single spell, Grace’s world falls apart. Enrolled in Everwood Academy, the teen discovers that darkness is everywhere, leading her into a dangerous trap where even her new friends won’t be able to save her.

Don’t Mess with the Gods by Mark Love and Elle Nina Castle

Solana doubts her sanity when four Greek gods visit. Enter psychiatrist Dr. Michael Granger. Two people existing. Leave it to the Greek gods to help them live a little.

Vital Impetus by VK Tritschler

Lost between worlds, Jess is hunted. Fighting back using newfound powers the teen has yet to understand, her only help is an old childhood friend with secrets of his own. Will their reunion be her salvation or the end of her life?

Breath of Life by Kristy Centeno

In a blink of an eye, Arie Garcia is thrust into a dangerous world–unsure if the man claiming to be her savior is in fact one…or…something much worse.

My Soul to Save by Nicole Sobon

Some birthdays are special. Mine proves to be life altering. I only hope I can survive it.

The Urn in the Attic by Liz Ashlee

Anna, Dani and Wilson only want to clean out their attic, but they find an urn. When weird things happen around the house, is it an unwanted entity…or just the cat?

The Curse of Cinder Ash by Mikaël Lemieux

Plagued by a curse and ruled by evil, a traveler must save the town of Cinder Ash to find a piece of his soul.

Through the Mirror by Majanka Verstraete

As a Gatekeeper, sixteen-year-old Aster protects innocent people from demons, and sends them back through mirrors—gates—to hell. When Collin Mortimer, a Dark Caster and one of the most popular guys in school, asks Aster for help and she accepts, it might be the deadliest mistake of her life.

Curses, Quests and Cuties by Celia Mulder

A love story no one asked for set in motion by a curse no one can break.

(Daar was nie plek vir die proloog van Omdat ons saam is nie, so ek plaas dit hier – lekker lees!) Elsa

Dertien jaar gelede

Wian sit met sy hande op die stuurwiel van sy ou Vollatjie. Hy het in die garage parkeer, maar hy kan nog nie uitklim nie. Hy staar na die tien SMS’e op sy foon, almal van sy broers. Daar is vyf van Alec, drie van Reinier en twee van Conrad. 

Binne sekondes gaan hulle drie vanaf die kombuis uitstorm en hulle gaan wil weet wat sê die prokureur en waar is tannie Barbara. En wat de hel sê hy vir hulle? Ons liewe tante het ’n dobbelprobleem en sy is landuit met al die geld wat Pa en Ma vir ons in die trustrekening agtergelaat het?

Alec is tweedejaar medies, Reinier is in matriek, hy maar begin ook volgende jaar medies swot en Conrad is maar vyftien. Vir ’n oomblik dam trane agter in Wian se oë op, maar hy vee dit vinnig weg.

Om te huil, help net mooi niks nie. Dit het hy twee jaar gelede besef toe albei hulle ouers in ’n motorongeluk dood is. Maar het die prokureur toe beduie, daar is genoeg geld vir almal se studies, genoeg om die huis in stand te hou en hulle ma se ongetroude suster, tannie Barbara was so vriendelik en gaaf om in te stem om na hulle te kom kyk.

Fronsend wag hy vir die garagedeur om agter hom toe te gaan. Pa het nooit baie van Ma se suster gehou nie en hy het ook nie ’n geheim daarvan gemaak nie. Hulle het haar nie baie gesien nie, maar ’n dag na die verskriklike nuus van hulle ouers se dood, het sy by die huis opgedaag met twee groot tasse klere en in Pa en Ma se kamer ingetrek. Sy was die ene smiles.

Nie hy of Alec of Reinier of Conrad was vreeslik opgewonde daaroor nie, maar hy kon ook nie aan ’n ander oplossing dink nie. Hy was in Potch besig om sy graad in Aptekerswese klaar te maak en ten minste was daar iemand wat ’n oog kon hou oor Reinier en Conrad terwyl hulle op skool is. Alec het naweke huis toe gekom van Tygerberg af en hy wat Wian is, kon universiteitsvakansies huis toe kom. 

Aanvanklik het tannie Barbara gehelp. Maar na ’n paar maande het hy begin agterkom sy is selde by die huis. Sy het ’n huishoudster aangestel om kos te maak en die huis te hou terwyl sy, hoor hy nou by die prokureur, die geld wat vir hulle bedoel was, gebruik het om haar dobbelgewoonte te finansier. Wat sy nie uitgemors het nie, het sy geleidelik na haar eie bankrekening oorgeskuif het en toe het sy verdwyn.

Die kombuisdeur vlieg oop, sy broers kom stadig nader. Alec is voor, agter hom Reinier en in die deur bly Conrad staan.

“En?” vra Alec. “Wat sê die prokureur? Waar is tannie Barbara?”

“Ek sal nie spyt was as sy nie weer terugkom nie,” sê Reinier.

Conrad sê nie iets nie, sy oë raak net donkerder.

“Kom ons gaan in, ons het baie om oor te praat.” Wian stap voor hulle verby tot in die kombuis en gaan sit by die tafel. Alec en Reinier trek stoele uit, maar Conrad bly staan stroef in die deur.

“Conrad, kom sit,” sê Wian en trek vir hom ’n stoel uit.

“Gaan jy my wegstuur?” vra Conrad.

Wian wil hom vererg, maar toe hy vinnig opkyk, sien hy die effense bewing van Conrad se onderlip raak. Hy beduie weer na die stoel. “Kom sit,” sê hy heelwat sagter. “Ons moet planne maak, maar ek belowe jou, ons stuur niemand weg nie. Wie is ons nou weer?” vra hy met ’n sweem van ’n glimlag.

“Die vier muskateers,” prewel Conrad en gaan sit op die punt van die stoel.

Wian sit sy hand op Conrad se skouer. “Presies. Een vir almal en almal vir een. Ons gaan mekaar help.” Hy trek sy asem in voor hy vir sy broers so onemosioneel soos wat hy kan, vertel hoekom die krag afgesit is en die water afgesny is, hoekom rekeninge nie betaal is nie en waar tannie Barbara is. 

Sy broers staar hom minute lank verstom aan.

“Ek het nie geweet sy dobbel nie. Nou verstaan ek hoekom Pa so opgewerk geraak het as sy by Ma wou geld leen. Kan ons nie iets aan haar doen nie?” vra Alec. “’n Saak maak of iets?”

“Dit was die prokureur se voorstel ook, maar tant Barbara is landuit en ek voel ons moet aanbeweeg. Vir lang, uitgerekte hofsake het ons in elk geval nie geld nie.”

“Wat van ons studies?” vra Alec, nou taamlik bleek.

“Sy kon gelukkig nie aan die geld daarvoor raak nie, dis in ’n aparte rekening. Maar ons sal moet planne maak om aan die lewe te bly. Ek locum gelukkig nog vir res van die maand hier op Stellenbosch. Dit sal my genoeg kans gee om ’n permanente werk te kry. Dit gaan knor, maar ons kan dit maak werk.”

“Wat van die werk in London?” vra Aec.

Wian skud sy kop. Hy oorweeg ’n aanbod van ’n groot farmaseutiese maatskappy in London, maar dit sal nie op die oomblik kan werk nie. “Nee wat. Wanneer julle klaar geswot het, kan ek weer daarna kyk.”

“Ons sal almal help,” sê Alec. 

“Julle studies is prioriteit, maar ja, dit sal help as julle julle eie sakgeld kan verdien, ek sal sorg vir kos op die tafel. En …” Hy laat gly sy oë oor sy drie broers, “… laat hierdie vir ons almal ’n les wees. Ons vertrou mekaar, maar niemand anders daar buite nie.”

“Sy het al ma se goed ook ingepak,” sê Conrad.

“Wat se goed?” vra Alec.

“Alles. Ma se kas is leeg,” antwoord Conrad.

“Ma se juweliersware ook?” vra Reinier. “Sy het nog …” Hy sluk. “Haar ringe …?”

Wian sit ’n hand op sy skouer. Vir ’n oomblik is hulle almal stil. Hulle ma het kort voor hulle ouers se dood vir hulle gewys watter van haar ringe hulle elkeen eendag gaan kry om vir hulle aanstaande bruide te gee. “Ek sal gaan soek. Dalk het Ma dit op ’n ander plek gebêre.” Hy twyfel, haar juwele was maar altyd in die kissie op haar spieëlkas, maar dit hoef sy broers nie nou te weet nie.

“Wel, ek is in elk geval nie van plan om ooit te trou nie,” sê Wian na ’n rukkie. 

“Ja, hoe weet ’n mens jy is nie met nog ’n flippen Barbara deurmekaar nie?” vra Reinier.

Alec is die eerste een wat begin lag. Binne oomblikke skater hulle almal. Dis miskien eerder ’n half histeriese lag, maar ten minste sit en huil sy drie broers nie. Hierdeur sal hulle ook kom. 

Today I’m having tea with Betty Bolte, a fellow RWA author and writer of historical and contemporary romance. The mysterious aspects of the world fascinates her and she loves to include a touch of the inexplicable.

But before we talk about her contemporary romance, Charmed against all odds, let’s find out more about her!

Questions

A. Quickies

Tea or wine? (what brand/type/cultivar) I enjoy Bigelow’s Constant Comment (black tea with orange rind and sweet spice) when it’s chilly outside, perhaps with a dollop of honey. But in the evening, a crisp chardonnay will take the edges off my day.



Read or jog – Definitely read.Cats or dogs – Both!Heels or flats – Flats.Boxers or briefs – Briefs.Milk, dark or white chocolate – Milk, but really, all of the above!Sweet or savoury –  Savory.Sea or mountains – Tough one…I prefer the ocean and walking on the beach.

B. Five likes and five dislikes

Likes: long walks; traveling; a good story; meeting my readers; spending time with my family.

Dislikes: politics; dissension; sushi; flavored coffee; rap music.

C. Three things on your bucket list

Australia—I’ve wanted to go since reading The Thornbirds as a teen.

Driving the Florida Keys and visiting Hemingway’s house

Visiting Albuquerque, New Mexico

D. What triggered this specific story?

One thing I wanted to include in Charmed Against All Odds was a “reverse horcrux” concept from the Harry Potter series; instead of finding and destroy the objects, Roxie and Leo had to find and combine the missing charms onto the enchanted bracelet. I knew that Roxie Golden’s story had to be the most meaningful of the three witch sisters as it was the last one to tell. I also knew that her former fiancé Leo King was coming back to town. I was still trying to understand why they broke up in the first place when I heard Phil Collins’ “Against All Odds” on the radio and the story in that song really spoke to the reasons for why Roxie ended the engagement. Thus the title of the book came together.

Blurb:

Loving her brings out the magic in him…

Wedding bells are ringing, but not for Roxie Golden. If she can survive another round of wedding plans, then her life can return to normal. She’s perfectly happy running the bookstore and weaving helpful magical spells. Then one stormy day, her ex-fiancé strolls back into her life with a gift neither of them wants.

Leo King wants to flee the small town for the big city. Forget about the shame he brought upon himself when he abused his magical powers. First, to satisfy his warlock father’s final wish, he must deliver the mysterious box to Roxie’s bookstore.

But when Roxie opens the box, revealing an enchanted bracelet and a quest spell, their plans and their lives are changed forever. Trapped in a reluctant partnership with the woman he once loved, he risks everything—including his heart—for a second chance.

Social media links:

Website: www.bettybolte.com

Blog: www.bettybolte.net

Facebook: www.facebook.com/AuthorBettyBolte

Twitter: @BettyBolte 

Goodreads: www.goodreads.com/bettybolte

BookBub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/betty-bolte

Amazon: www.amazon.com/author/bettybolte

Buy links:

Books2Read     Amazon     Barnes & Noble     Kobo      Apple

Thanks for having tea with me, Betty – I hope you get to do every item on your bucket list, they all sound wonderful!

Ek het die voorreg gehad om ‘n hele aand lank saam met die gewilde skrywer, Didi Potgieter te kuier tydens die onlangse ROSA-konferensie in Johannesburg. Ons het gesels oor die volgende storie in haar reeks oor die Parker-familie, Liefde vir ‘n liefling (Lapa: November 2019). Maar voor ons oor haar boek gesels, kom ons leer ken haar eers ‘n bietjie beter.

Ons het heerlik gesels!




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Vrae:

A. Vinnige vrae:

Tee of wyn? (watter tipe/soort?)  Wyn. Wit, rooi of pienk. Solank dit droog is.Lees of draf? Lees.Katte of honde? Honde. Hakke of plat skoene? Moeilike een. Ek is mal oor mooi hakke, maar dit is onprakties vir langs die sportveld…Boxers of briefs?  Boxers… (Mag ek hier noem die stywes?)Melk- donker of wit sjokolade? Donker.Soet of sout? Sout.See of berge? See met berge. Blouberg. Muizenberg…

B. 5 dinge waarvan jy hou en 5 waarvan jy nie hou nie

My gesinʼn GlimlagKuier saam met geliefdesMooi musiekKosmaak



GeweldMense vat wat hulle nie toekom nieSkottelgoed wasʼn Vuil karonregverdigheid

C. Drie dinge op jou emmerskoplysie

Alles behels reis…

IerlandNew-YorkSkedel kus

D. Wat was jou inspirasie vir hierdie storie?

Die vorige vyf boeke in die reeks, en ek het nou lank hieroor gedink. Ek wou die Parkers se liefling skep en in hierdie storie het ek

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Kort opsomming:
Tilla is die Parkers se liefling. Sy het haar moeilike verlede agter haar geplaas en probeer haar posisie in een van die bekendste families in die wêreld gebruik om goed te doen vir mense wat is waar sy eens op ʼn tyd was.
Dokter Sean Thomas sien egter net ʼn rykmansdogter wat so bietjie goeie publisiteit vir haarself wil kry. 
Natuurlik bly hy nie bestand teen die liefling nie en kort voor lank besef hy, sy is eintlik bestem om sy liefling te wees.

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Baie dankie vir die heerlike kuier en gesels, Didi! Ek weet sommer die Parkers se liefling gaan almal se liefling word.

Today I’m having Imperial breakfast tea from the Fairmont hotel group with author Kathy Skendrovich to talk about one of her romantic suspense novels, Undercover with the Nanny.

But as usual, before we talk about the book, let’s find out more about her!

Questions:

A. Quickies

Tea or wine? (what brand/type/cultivar): Imperial Breakfast tea from the Fairmont hotels chain



Read or jog? Read



Cats or dogs? Dogs



Heels or flats? Flats



Boxers or briefs? Boxers



Milk, dark or white chocolat? Milk



Sweet or savoury? Sweet



Sea or mountains? Sea

B. Five likes and five dislikes

1. I like lazy mornings

2. I like 65˚to 75˚weather

3. I like a fire in the fireplace (gas)

4. I like road trips to little towns in out-of-the-way places

5. I like to drive, not fly

1. I don’t like when people text while driving

2. I don’t like endless commercials on TV

3. I don’t like dogs in stores!

4. I don’t like traffic jams               

5. I don’t like noisy neighbors

C. Three things on your bucket list

1. Be a grandma!

2. See Niagra Falls

3. Go to a monster truck rally

D. What triggered this specific story?

Actually, my publisher wanted a nanny/cop story, and I volunteered to write it! I live in SoCal and was able to add reality to the drug trafficking book because of my proximity to the border. Plus, I wanted to write a beach book based on places I’ve been around here. Lastly, my hero is based off Chris Pratt. Talk about fun writing! **fans face**

Blurb:

DEA agent Sawyer Hayes came to California in search of a drug cartel leader who slipped through his fingers in El Paso. The link to finding him is Kate Munroe, a nanny for one of his henchmen. The problem? He didn’t expect to be so drawn to a possible suspect. How is he supposed to do his job when his growing feelings for her are clouding his judgment?

Interior designer Kate Munroe’s life is a train wreck. Her parents’ deaths left her with their mounds of debt, she can’t get a job designing even a cubicle, and she’s bunking in her best friend’s spare bedroom. To make ends meet, she’s a nanny to a lonely little boy whose rich father works all the time. Romance is not on her radar. But her hot new neighbor could change her mind, with his broad shoulders and Southern charm. Too bad his secrets could destroy her.DEA agent Sawyer Hayes came to California in search of a drug cartel leader who slipped through his fingers in El Paso. The link to finding him is Kate Munroe, a nanny for one of his henchmen. The problem? He didn’t expect to be so drawn to a possible suspect. How is he supposed to do his job when his growing feelings for her are clouding his judgment?

Social media links: 

Visit Cathy’s Website

Friend Cathy on Facebook

Like Cathy’s Author Page

Follow Cathy on Twitter

Follow Cathy on Instagram

Review Cathy’s Books on Goodreads

Amazon Author Page

Buy links:

Entangled website

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

Apple iBooks

Kobo

Thanks for having tea with me, Cathy – lazy mornings are one of my favourite things too!

Warmest wishes

Elsa