I’m pleased to have a special guest
today. She’s a fellow author of 1 Night Stand stories and Beyond Fairytales from
Decadent Publishing. Thank you, Sara Daniel for joining us today. Make yourself
comfortable and enjoy the chocolates next to you.
You are a prolific writer with
several books available. You are one busy gal! Now, tell us about your latest
book. What was the inspiration?
I currently
have 11 books out with one more coming next month and then three re-releases
over the summer. My latest book is One Night with her Husband. The heroine is a
continuing character from earlier books in the One Night with the Bridal Party
series. I’ve written a few stories about high school lovers, but I’d never
written a book about college lovers before, and since my husband and I fell in
love and married in college (and will be celebrating our 20th
anniversary this year) I really wanted to explore that story.
20 years! Congrats. I bet he helps with research.
(Wink, wink) How naughty do you get with your writing? Are we talking just suggestion or downright
bondage?
Well, I
suppose that depends on your definition of naughty. ;) I write explicit love
scenes. Trust, control and vulnerability are all such big issues for many characters,
and those figure prominently in the love scenes as part of their story. I don’t
write BDSM, so no bondage. Most of my books fit into the erotic romance
category.
Give us a favorite line from one of
your books.
“We’re not discussing sex lives.” Marcia
stabbed at the lettuce on her plate.
“Good, because I have nothing to
share and don’t want to hear about yours.”
“Good, because my vibrator collection
is none of your business.”
WOW! I love it!!! Serious but funny.
If you could have any movie star
take on a role as one of your heroes, who would it be?
I think
Henry Cavill would make a great Adrian. They’re both ripped and have worked
hard for their physique. They both have a buttoned-up business side. And if you
ask Marcia, Adrian becomes Superman in the bedroom. ;)
Damn… he’s a total hottie. What is
the strangest thing you’ve Googgled while working on a story?
For about a
month, all my sidebar ads were for cowboy hats because I was searching for just
the right cowboy hat for my heroine to wear in One Night with his Wife.
I’ve
written a couple children’s books about squirrels under my alter-ego Sara
Shafer, and I Googled “how many toes do squirrels have?” (18 – 4 toes on the
front paws and 5 toes on each back paw in case you’re wondering!)
Oh, I heard you had an issue with a
couple of squirrels who took up residence with you. We’ll have to swap squirrel stories. LOL. Back to work stuff…Do you have any rituals or “must-haves”
while writing?
I have to
type when I write. I can’t keep up by writing long-hand. When things aren’t
going well, I pace and get up for snacks. My only real “must-have” is a window
or someplace where I can see outside. Sitting outside is even better. Nature
inspires my muse.
Me too!!! I live in the woods and my
muse enjoys all the nature…sometimes too much.
LOL Time to give us some trivial tid-bits…
Favorite
drink: coffee in the morning, red wine in the evening
Favorite
candy: really good dark chocolate or Fannie May Trinidads
Favorite
food: my mother’s homemade lasagna
Favorite
article of clothing or jewelry: jeans for clothes, my simple wristwatch for
jewelry
Favorite
place to read: Somewhere where no one will interrupt me
Place you
want to visit some day: Italy, Europe, Hawaii, Alaska
Thank for joining us today. Give us a teaser then let’s go get some more yummy
dark chocolate. It’s really good with red wine!
Thanks so
much for hosting me, Mary!
For
better or worse, he would not live the rest of his life in a suspended,
married-but-not-married state.
“I’m
sorry I shocked you with my presence.” He wasn’t sorry for surprising her, but
he regretted how unwelcome his surprise had been.
She
swiped at her eyes and began rummaging in the glove compartment. “You have my
phone number. You could have warned me you were coming.”
His
chest tightened. “Those stiff, formal calls don’t change anything, except suck
away my soul. I needed to shake things up.”
“So you
decided to burst in during the biggest business crisis I’ve ever faced?” She
extracted a pack of tissues from the compartment and mopped her beautiful face.
“I hope you have a better strategy to save my company, or we’re doomed.”
With the
pressure to convince her to believe in him more intense than during his meeting
with Mr. Gladstone, he crouched next to her seat. “While we work together to fix
Sunburst’s crisis, we have a chance to bridge the distance between us, too.”
Mouth
gaping, she met his gaze again. “Your idea of bridging the distance is to
ambush me in my own conference room and then introduce yourself like we’re
freaking strangers?”
Failure
tasted metallic and bitter in his mouth. In his plans, he’d skipped straight to
wowing her with his marketing prowess. He hadn’t considered he’d upset her so
much she wouldn’t stick around to listen to his spiel. “No, I played my ace
card. You put your trust in Gladstone PR. I made myself the face of Gladstone
so we’d have enough common business interests that you wouldn’t immediately
kick me out of your personal life.”
Marcia
squeezed the steering wheel until her knuckles turned white. “I don’t have time
to think about anything personal right now, and I certainly can’t let my
employees see me as an emotional wreck. They’re counting on me to lead them
with a solid plan.”
Business
and her career didn’t just come first in her heart. They owned her whole heart.
Adrian had been a fool to lose sight of that. Burying his own hurt and
frustration, he said, “I have a beautiful plan for the company. We’ll put it in
action together.” Afterward, he’d have to decide if he could handle coming in a
distant second place with her for the rest of his life. “Trust me.”
She
stared at the steering wheel for a long time before turning to him. “I have to.
You’re my only hope.”
She walked away from her marriage seven years
ago...
Marcia
Johnson always assumed her husband would follow her eventually. She’d achieve
success while she waited and prove her decision the right one. But when he
finally turns up, she’s not ready. Her career hangs in the balance, and her
weight has skyrocketed. How can she face the man she loves and show him she
made the right choice? Especially when he’s matured from a decent-looking
college student into the sexiest man she’s ever seen.
He’s waited seven years for his wife to
finally need him…
If
Adrian Torres can save her business, maybe he’ll have a shot at saving their
marriage. But the woman he finds is too competent and independent to ask him
for help. She even shrugs off his touch instead of reacting with the desire he
hoped to ignite. Have the embers of their marriage finally died? Is it time to
end their relationship and move forward?
He wants a divorce…
Her
world ripped apart, Marcia turns to 1Night Stand to give her one more night
before she lets Adrian go. She dares not hope for more. Even Madame Eve
couldn’t have the magic to save their neglected disaster of a
relationship…could she?
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