Let's meet Cat...and Michael. Michael? I'm sure you'll be wanting to add a little as we go, but I'm going to direct the questions to Cat, if you don't mind.
Okay Cat. Describe yourself using only 6 words.
Cat: Hmm…Quiet, shy, bookworm…
Thank you ... both... for the combination of 6 words. Why was I fairly sure you'd be jumping in, Michael? Just kidding!
Where are you from Cat?
I was born in Crest Point. It’s a small town in Oregon.
I loved Oregon! I drove from California to Vancouver (CA) via Oregon, a few years ago, and there were some truly fantastic places to visit- especially as it was between Christmas and New Year. Is that where you're
currently living?
Same place. Still in Crest Point. I moved out after
high school, but I came back a couple of years ago, when my stepmother, Judy,
got sick.
What’s your main
occupation just now, Cat?
I work in my
father’s bookshop.
What kind of things make you happy?
Oh gosh, lots of things. Sitting on the back deck with
Michael and watching the waves roll in. Making breakfast together in the
mornings. Sitting somewhere with a glass of wine and a good book. Hanging
around my father’s bookshop.
*Leans over and gives
Michael a kiss on the cheek* And Michael. It’s cliché and sappy, I know,
but Michael makes me happy.
You've been granted
a whole week where you can choose every single thing you want to do. What would
that be? (Ahem. Answers within reason for the average blog visitor
please!)
*sighs happily*
Bury me in books and feed me chocolate. I’m not sure it gets better than that.
Really? I’m not in there at all?
*blushes* She
said G-rated, babe….
Surrounded by books all day in a bookstore must make this a really difficult question, but what’s your favourite
reading material?
The classics. I’m a big Jane Austin fan.
You've decided to begin
a new hobby. What would it be?
Motorcycle riding. Michael says he’s going to teach me
to ride.
Who, or what, is the
love of your life?
Michael Brant. The most humble millionaire I’ve ever
met. He owns a very successful custom bike shop down in L.A.
What is your biggest
goal for 2013?
And a family. We’re also planning on starting a
family.
Sounds like you've both got your future sealed. Thanks for answering my questions.
Thanks very much for having us today.
My pleasure, Cat. Now let's find out more about 'Her Knight In Black Leather'.
Cat Edwards has spent her life playing the wallflower in an
effort to escape the repressive weight of her mother’s tarnished name. Dragged
to a bar by her best friend in an effort to forget a broken heart, the shy
bookworm is determined to be someone else for the night, but quickly gets in
over her head. She discovers chivalry isn’t dead after all when a mysterious
stranger comes to her rescue. He’s wearing black leather and a mischievous
smile that promises to be exactly what she needs.
When his terminally ill father suffers a setback, Michael
Brant returns to the town he swore ten years ago he’d never return to. He’s
come back this time determined to make peace with the past, but being home
brings up memories he doesn’t want to remember anymore. His first night in
town, he’s captured by a damsel in distress. Cat’s beauty is made all the more
alluring when he realizes she has no idea who he is. He can’t resist spending a
single night in her arms. With her, he’s only a man, disconnected from his
family’s name and the past that haunts him here.
As the town erupts with the news of his return, Michael’s
dark past comes back to haunt him, putting Cat in danger. Someone is
threatening her life and the life of her family. Desperate to keep history from
repeating itself, Michael offers her his family’s name in order to keep her
safe. When the lie spirals beyond their control, can they stop their hearts
from becoming entangled as well?
Excerpt:
He
touched her arm, hoping to ease the fear all but screaming at him from her
eyes. “What happened this morning?”
Cat’s
head turned as she darted a glance around her, before her gaze finally settled
on him again. “I was threatened. A very angry digitized voice called me names
and told me I’d pay for my indiscretions.”
Anger
surged in his chest, settling in his gut like hot coals that set fire to his
blood. That goddamn article. Someone dragged her into his mess. “Have you
called the sheriff?”
She
nodded. “Yeah, but it didn’t do me any good. He said he’d log the complaint and
to let him know if I get any more, but unless I’m being threatened in person,
there isn’t much he can do. The calls are coming from one of those prepaid cell
phones, but the phone was registered to someone who doesn’t exist.”
“A
fake name.”
She
nodded and turned to stare at the ground, her whole demeanor taking on a soft
vulnerability that twisted at his insides. The calls clearly frightened her,
and an overpowering need to protect her surged in his gut.
The
rebel in him flared to life like an old, familiar friend. Whenever someone
pushed unfairly, something within him always pushed back. The way she looked
now reminded him too much of the pain he heard in her voice as they stood in
the gazebo during the fireworks. She was being threatened, and the intimidation
worked. Anger surged in his blood. Damned if he’d sit by and allow someone to
take that fire from her.
Before
he could stop himself, he cupped her face in his palms and seized her mouth. He
allowed himself a moment to revel in the sweetness of her lips, the way they
melted beneath his own as her body leaned ever so subtly into his, then
released her.
“Let
’em object to that indiscretion.” He furrowed his brow, not bothering to
hide the scorn in his tone. “Whoever’s got you in their sights now has me to
contend with. Come on, I’ll take you home.”
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Crimson Romance
J.M. Stewart writes sweet and heartwarming contemporary
romance with a touch of passion. She’s a wife, a mother, a spiritualist, and
lover of puppies, and happily addicted to coffee and chocolate. She lives in
the Great Rainy Northwest with her husband of sixteen years and their two sons.
She’s a hopeless romantic who believe everybody should have their
happily-ever-after and has been devouring romance novels for as long as she can
remember. Writing them has become her passion.
Where you can find Joanne on the web:
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It's been lovely getting to know Cat and Michael. Thank you, Joanne, for sending them to Familiarise Friday, and best wishes with sales for your new books.
Slainthe!
This was such a fun interview, Nancy! Thanks so much for having me (er, us)!
ReplyDeleteDelighted to welcome you anytime, Joanne. You always being such lovely people with you!
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