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Blurb:

A widower, a divorcee, co-workers, lovers…a future together…marriage?  Consoling each other for years over each other’s misfortune, Karen and Daniel turn a friendship into a weekend of unbridled red-hot passion. The heat between them leads to thoughts of a future together. That is…  Until children, an ex-husband, an unexpected heart-attack, a conniving trophy-wife, guilt, and personal choices come between them. Will the heat of their passion let them break from the past and move into the future?  Hot read for mature adults – a second chance at love.

Excerpt:

 “Daniel, if you’re in the bathroom come out this minute.”

The entrance opened, and he stood in the doorway.

Problem, he wore only a towel.

Awe, shit…she didn’t need to see his bare chest covered in crisp dark hair, the sculptured muscles of his arms and shoulders, developed pecs, and thick thighs.

Damn, how was she supposed to resist such temptation?

Desire added with the anxiety she’d already experienced on her drive here, lit her anger. “Why the hell didn’t you answer your phone? I’ve been calling and texting you for the last two hours.”

A confused frown passed over his handsome face. Instead of responding, he stepped to the bedside table. He lifted his cell phone and clicked a few buttons.

Unable to contain her impatience, Karen stalked forward.

He glanced up when she grew closer and showed her the phone. “I don’t understand it. I don’t show receiving any messages or calls. The signals must have gotten lost because of the storm.”

She’d suspected as much. Still, she refused to let him off the hook because he could’ve contacted her before he left town. “You should’ve called me. But no…”

Having endured his inability to communicate for months now, she stabbed her finger through the air at him. “You never call. You always expect me to phone you. Well, I’ve had it.”

The distance closed between them and she stood inches from him. Her fingertip tapped his chest. Static electricity sparked between them and her fist unfolded. She stumbled backward.

“Whoa.” Daniel caught her around the waist with one hand and held her close. His phone landed on the bed before he circled his other arm around her. His strong grip held her steady and didn’t allow her to step away. “You’re right. I guess I’m just use to…”

“Don’t say it. I’ve heard it too many times. Sharon might have resented the interruptions but I’m not her. I’m never in any type of meeting that you could possibly disrupt.” Karen spread her hands over his chest and worked to maintain a smidgen of distance. Nevertheless with him so near, his warmth surrounding her in a seductive cocoon, she had to fight the urge to melt against him.

“Yes, but if I called you whenever I wanted we’d never get off the phone.” The husky tone of his voice pulled her gaze upward.

Author Bio

 Tina Gayle grew up a dreamer and loves escaping into a good romantic book. She is currently working on two different series the Executive Wives’ Club and the Family Tree series both combine elements of women fiction with the passion of romance. Read the 1st chapter of any of her books on her website.

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 Today, I’m happy to have Mr. Roy Dimond answering his selected five questions. Roy and I met via cyber-space when we published with the same small press, Grey Gate Media, LLC. I recently left GG and ventured out on my own, but I still keep in touch with many authors I met through them.

Please take time to read the answers to Roy’s chosen five questions. He’s lived an interesting life, and his description of where he lives will make you want to pack up and head there ASAP!

Also take a moment to leave a comment. This month, one lucky commenter will win a $10 Amazon gift card!

I’ve had the privilege of reading The Rubicon Effect and recommend it to anyone who enjoys a thriller with lots of twists and turns!

If you could live anywhere in the world, where would it be?  

 I have had the good fortune to travel and have seen many fascinating places. Walked the Inca trail to Machu Picchu, visited an Onsen in a small village in the Japanese Alps, strolled slack-jawed through a pristine valley with uncountable waterfalls in Switzerland, lived in cave homes on Santorini in Greece, and high rises in Tokyo. I have seen unimaginable poverty as well as wealth that was equally depressing.

 But the place that I would live is without a doubt exactly where I am now. In a log home with my wife on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada. In a small place called Garden Bay. Why? Because of the quiet, the peace, the tranquility, the wildlife, my friends and neighbors and the security. The larger area is called Pender Harbour and it is nicknamed, Venice of the North, but locals just call it, “Penderdise.”

What is your favorite thing to do during your spare time…besides writing?

 Wait! There is spare time after writing? What is this concept of which you speak? This, “spare time?” If you are alluding to the time when I am not typing, then I am thinking about my novels. That is when I spend time walking around the four lakes that are scattered near my home. I access one lake from a secret trail built by the community so we can go swimming without being contaminated by, “tourists.” I access the other lakes by enjoying long hikes in the forest where I pass massive old growth trees and can look in almost any direction knowing that beyond my little community there are many hundreds of miles before civilization again intrudes. So if “free time,” means contemplating novels and not actually writing novels, then hiking is how I spend that time.

What is one of your favorite quotes?

 We used it for the cover of our book, Saving Our Pennys…

“What a wonderful life I’ve had! I only wish I’d realized it sooner.                ‘ Collette.

 Why?  Because I think so many people miss what a great life is happening around them all the time.

Do you write in silence or listen to music?

 Silence. Absolute silence. Why destroy perfection? Not my writing, the unspoiled silence. That non-sound, that I believe a person has to mature and grow into, to fully appreciate, that emptiness where thoughts can be heard, analyzed, and understood, is perfection. The nothingness where characters are formed and they can be heard telling you their story. Ah blessed silence.

If you could be a character from one of your books, who would it be and why?

 Without a doubt the protagonist in, The Singing Bowl. He is a monk who belongs to a monastery that has just been destroyed. He and the other monks are each given a quest to fulfill and then they are scattered to the winds. If they complete their quests they will meet again. For so many reasons, I think that this is the journey we are all taking. We are born and grow and then scatter, but if we live a good life, I think there is a chance we will meet again.

 This character is gifted with the quest to find a book lost to the world and I again believe that is what all those people wondering into brick and mortar stores, or the ether world of e books, they are all looking for that one book that will give them days and weeks of experiencing another life.

 The fact that he travels from a small village in Tibet called Sakya, to Katmandu, Istanbul, Alexandria, and on around the world, is also something that obviously fits in well with my own wanderlust.

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 Thank you Ann for providing such a wonderful, diverse, and interesting questions. I enjoyed deciding on what questions to answer and look forward to seeing what your other authors have to say.