Blurb:
Everyone has a past…good or bad, they are always there. They lurk and linger in the shadows, sometimes reappearing at the most inconvenient times.
Gabby and Bradley thought that their pasts would remain dormant, that happiness was theirs for the taking. Still the strongest of relationships can be rocked by the ugliness from a previous life, even if it seems to be a world away. The fact remains an ugly past is never distant. It taints everything it touches, drives permanent rifts between loved ones, and sometimes can ruin everything. Gabby and Bradley must find the only way to battle the past. Forgiveness becomes a light through the darkness, a guide for the lost, and hope for the hopeless. With forgiveness comes bright, new beginnings.
Excerpt:
I have read the same line multiple times. I can’t concentrate, and I feel bad for
blowing him off. I’m startled when I
feel a finger tapping on my shoulder. I
grab my chest with my hand and yank the ear buds from my ears. “You scared the living daylights out of me.”
I take a deep breath.
Bradley erupts out into laughter. I glance back and scowl at him, but it
doesn’t last long. He’s only in his
boxer briefs, and when he laughs all of his muscles clench. I can’t help but smile. “Seriously.
You scared the crap out of me.”
He puts his bottom lip out like a puppy dog face. “Awe, I’m sorry.” He holds his hand out to me. “Come to bed, and I’ll make it up to you.”
It’s not like I was going to be getting any studying done
anyway. I certainly won’t now that I’ve
seen him in his underwear laughing at me.
I put my hand in his and push my stuff to the side on the sofa. He pulls me into his arms, our bodies
crushing into one another. “I’m not sure
I’ll make it back to the bedroom with you,” he huskily breathes.
“Oh?” I ask as he starts to nibble on my ear.
He wraps his arms around my waist and starts to back us up
closer to the bedroom. His kisses move
down to my neck. I move my head to the
side to allow him easier access. I feel
like all of the tension I’ve been feeling the last couple of hours is melting
away, and I’m turning into pile of mush.
I have no idea how he can make me forget I care about anything else in
the world with just a touch, just a kiss.
When we are in the bedroom, I notice the flicker of light
coming from the bathroom. He keeps
moving until he’s backed us in there.
There are candles lit all along the wall where the bathtub is. The tub is already filled. There’s soft, soulful music playing. “Told you I didn’t think I’d be able to make
it to the bedroom with you.”
He starts to undress me, pulling my sweater over my
head. Then he covers my exposed skin
with kisses where the clothing had been.
I thread my fingers through his thick, dark hair as he makes his way
down, unbuttoning my jeans and sliding them down to the floor. “Ha, you’re sneaky. When did you do this?” I ask.
“While I was waiting on you to come home.” His tongue
teasingly swirls around my belly button.
I suck in a sharp breath.
“Ah, this is why you wanted me to come to bed?”
“Mmm hmm,” he mumbles.
When he’s gotten me fully undressed, I watch as he
straightens his body, pushing his boxer briefs to the ground. I reach out to
grab his erection. He smiles as I
do. “I wish I didn’t have to wait. I mean, it’s not like anyone would know that
I didn’t keep the promise. It’s not like
I’m in high school and if I got pregnant it would be the end of the world.”
He pushes my hand away and shakes his head. “Stop it.
Stop.”
I feel like a child.
I hate it when he scolds me like that.
He kisses my forehead. “You know
you’d regret it. You’d know. That would be enough.”
“I hate that she knows what it’s like to be with you and I
don’t,” I whisper.
He pulls me into his arms.
“She may have been with me, but I wasn’t with her. I was, but I wasn’t. Does that make sense?”
I shrug. “I guess.”
He pushes me back and tilts my chin. “When we’re fully together, Gabby, it will be
a first for me.”
“How?”
“It will be the first time I’ve ever truly made love to a
woman. The first time that I loved the
woman more than anything in this world.
There is nothing I wouldn’t do for you.”
He softly kisses me. “You have a
part of me that no one, and I mean no one, has ever had before.”
What sparked your
interest in becoming a romance writer?
I am a hopeless romantic.
I love watching chick flicks and once my passion in reading had been
reignited, I couldn’t wait to create my own love stories.
What was the first
romance novel you read that made an impression on you?
The Notebook
Tell us 5 surprising
things about yourself.
1.
I really don’t like being outside unless I’m at the beach. I love watching a beautiful day from the
comforts of my home. I hate bugs. Maybe that’s why. Which is really ironic since my second job
was as a receptionist for a pest control business.
2.
My senior year of high school I attended night school and completed the
course to sell real estate. But I never
took the state test to get my license.
3.
I took 10 years of tap, 4 years of ballet, and 1 year of jazz. I’ve been involved in some form of arts and
performing in some way since I was 5 years old.
4.
I hate scary movies…and snakes. I
can’t bear to watch either of them. They
give me nightmares. Every. Single.
Time. My husband does like to watch both
and finds my phobia cute and amusing.
5.
When I was 18 months old, I broke my arm, but my parents didn’t realize
for a couple of weeks because I didn’t cry for very long when it happened and
it didn’t look broken. When they
realized, the doctors had to re-break my arm.
I went into cardiac arrest. I had
to be resuscitated.
There was a bit of a cover up. My parents were told the reason was that I
was allergic to Lidocaine. However, when
we got the records before I had my first child because we were concerned about
my being numbed for my epidural, I was told it was either an accidental
overdose, or the tourniquet had not been tightened enough and it got into my
bloodstream.
We still don’t know the reason. My mom has told me the story multiple
times. About how they were ushered out
of the room as the doctors called a “code blue” and she watched me lifeless as
she left the room. I can’t imagine.
What is your writing
environment.
I’ve had several writing environments. At the moment it’s a desk with a picture of
Ian Somerhalder staring at me in front of a big window in my sunroom.
One of your favorite
quotes.
She believed she could, so she did.
Do you have a website
recommendation for other writers?
Not really. I just
encourage them to read guest posts by other authors who give advice. I also recommend brushing up on your grammar
rules and how to write dialogue.
What type of book
have you always wanted to write?
I want so badly to write a book that has a lot of sex in it
because I know that people love that right now.
But it’s so hard for me to write just one sex scene. It’s hard and exhausting for me to think
about writing a bunch of them.
I can’t wait to write a mystery. Maybe it will be an erotic mystery. That would be the ultimate challenge.
Who are your dream
dinner party guests?
You may now hate me.
I am not going to lie. I love
politics so you might not like one of my choices. I would love to have dinner with Taylor Swift,
David Gandy, Ian Somerhalder, Julia Roberts, Oprah Winfrey, and Barack
Obama.
What’s the last movie
you watched and loved?
There are only a handful of movies that I will watch more
than once. Pretty Woman, The Notebook,
Dear John, The Last Song, and The Vow.
The Vow was the last movie I watched.
Most ?? in
high school. (popular, nerdy, sporty…) Why?
I don’t think that any one adjective could describe me. I was involved in so many different
things. I didn’t fit into any one
group. I had friends in many different
circles. I wasn’t really nerdy, but I am
kind of nerdy now. I was sporty, but not
the most sporty. I was in the band. It’s hard for me to say. I didn’t win any of the superlatives.
Top three things on
your bucket list.
1.
I’d like to hit NYT and USA Today Best Seller Lists
2.
I’d like to achieve financial freedom (no debt) and stability
3.
Take a second honeymoon to Venice (which is where we wanted to go when
we first got married, but couldn’t afford it)
How did you get the idea
for this particular novel?
I had a guy that I met once at a wedding and I thought his
sister was his girlfriend. I thought it
would be cute to do something with that.
Then I also experienced the hurt that comes along with your best friend
(or ex best friend) dating your ex-boyfriend…for years. It was really hard. We were all in the same group of
friends. It was really hard to get over
that. Every time I felt like I was in a
good place, somehow it always felt like salt was thrown into a barely healed
wound. Oddly enough, they broke up after
we went to college and she ended up being a bridesmaid in my wedding. So Broken is ever so slightly based on some
events in my life, but very much fiction.
My husband and I had a long distance relationship, so that
part of Mending came from my own experience.
Everything else is pretty much made up and came to me as I wrote.
My dad and I had a rocky relationship growing up. I am a child of divorce. I had actually debated not letting him give
me away at my wedding. Chad helped me
repair that relationship and I’m so glad that I was able to put my own past
behind me and move on to a much happier future.
My dad and I are now very close.
He has been so supportive of this venture and has read all of my books,
sold them to his friends, and attended my first signing with me. When I first started the series, I knew that
I wanted Forgiven to be about fresh new beginnings and mending relationships
that you never thought were possible.
What is your favorite
scene in your new release?
That’s hard. There
are so many I like. Can I do a top 3?
1.
Bradley and the drink the water scene.
2.
Bradley and Veronica scenes were gut wrenching to write. I loved them.
3.
The epilogue nearly killed me, but I loved the part where he’s
undressing her.
If you could be one
of your characters - Who would you be? And why?
I am not any one character.
There’s a lot of me in all the girls, even Veronica. It hurts sometimes when people say Gabby is
annoying because I would say out of all the girls, there is the most me in her.
Flirting Questions
Which actor or book
character do you have a crush on?
Everyone knows this is David Gandy.
What’s your favorite
body part of the opposite sex?
Depends on the person.
I am a sucker for beautiful blue eyes, dark features, and nice
arms.
What does love feel
like?
Love is a stomach filled with butterflies flipping in every
direction.
Love is feeling every part of your body turning red.
Love is your head feeling fuzzy and not being able to make
coherent thoughts.
Love is caring so deeply about another human being that
you’d give your own life to save theirs.
Love is not being able to imagine how you ever existed
without the person in your life.
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