Welcome to the 129th week of My Sexy Saturday.
This week’s theme: Our Sexy Mystery
Readers, please visit us at our new Author Central where we’ll be sharing even more from our authors besides Saturday’s snippets. We’d love to have each and every one of you there as we’re starting new things this month with fun and prizes along the way.
This week’s theme is Our Sexy Mystery and this is our nod to the mystery and romantic suspense authors. Nothing like a good mystery to get a great romance started. And today I'm subletting my blog to my fellow author, Kathy Bosman. She celebrating a new release of her book:
Love Finds a Way
The Album Book 2 - Pauline’s Story
Contemporary, Fantasy Romance
By
Kathy Bosman
Blurb:
When Ella hands over The Album to Pauline, the young
food blogger is about to embark on an adventure of a lifetime—she’s been chosen
as a contestant in The Culinary Dream, a TV cooking competition. Pauline takes
The Album with her to Italy where the filming is to take place and meets food
photographer, Xaden, the brother of the man who ripped out her heart and put
her off relationships for a long time.
To her dismay, she gets eliminated from the
competition on the first round. Humiliated and determined not to be pitied by
her friends and family, she decides to stay behind in Italy for a holiday as
well as blog about her restaurant experiences in the exotic European country.
Xaden won't leave her alone and proves to be a
friend in a time of need but when he kisses her, she pushes him away, afraid
he’ll hurt her like his brother did. The TV series offers her a job as the
editor of the food magazine and she is to work alongside the very man she
wishes to avoid. Forced to be with the man she can't resist but whom her
instincts tell her she can't trust, Pauline is in for an emotional
roller-coaster ride with The Album as her companion and guide.
Excerpt
Five taxis awaited them outside. She bit her lip, certain the crew would
take their own taxi, but Caren ferried them to disperse and “get to know one
another.”
Much to her distress, Xaden followed her and plonked himself right next
to her in the taxi. Once the vehicle chugged out the airport, he placed his
camera down at his side, took her hand, shook it roughly, and grinned. “Xaden
Zander. And you?”
Zander.
Her mind frantically tried to place the very familiar surname while he
stared at her, his face only a foot from hers, so smooth, so confident, and so
easy-going. Tingles ran up her arm and she didn’t hold her suitcase with The
Album. No magic this time. Pure, breath-robbing attraction.
“Zander. Um…Zander. Are you? You can’t be…?” Icy showers cascaded over
her in one heart-rending second. Roan’s brother did have an unusual name. He’d
mentioned him at times.
Xaden is Roan’s brother?
“I’m…?” Once again, he seemed amused at her expense.
“You’re Roan’s brother, aren’t you?”
He narrowed his eyes at her, the first sign of any emotion except for
upbeat and exuberant. “I prefer not to be judged through the eyes of any woman
who’s come into contact with Roan.”
Oh, so he was aware of his brother’s sins?
“It’s hard not to…” His dark eyes became black holes. “…well, you do
resemble him, come to think of it.”
Could explain the immediate attraction. Why couldn’t she get away from
Roan and the memories he’d branded on her brain? Other women had many partners
and got over them all. She’d slept with one guy who messed her around and she
still drowned in the raging waters of his indiscretions.
Xaden gave off such a big presence. It filled the taxi, making the
driver and the other contestant seated in front seem like an insipid spice that
didn’t change anything about the taste of the meal. Xaden, instead, was the
garlic, the onions, the bacon, or the rosemary.
But no, he measured up to ghost pepper in danger and heat level. Anyone
only vaguely related to Roan should never touch her, even her knee or her back,
but never, ever, her heart. She remained way too vulnerable for the likes of
them.
Author Bio:
Kathy lives in South Africa, where the summers are hot, the
winters cool and bugs thrive. She writes romance in many forms, most of the
time with women who feel deeply, men who care strongly and characters who learn
lessons along the way. Every so often, she sprinkles a little magic in her
stories. When she’s not writing, she makes sure her kids work hard as they do
school at home, tries not to get too distracted by dust bunnies and cooks up a
storm to keep the tummies full. When she’s not hectically busy, she loves
reading romance and fantasy novels, watching movies, and dabbling in different
crafty things, depending on her mood.
Buy Links:
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/614697
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-finds-a-way-kathy-bosman/1123406511?ean=2940152623901
Goodreads:
Online Links for Kathy:
Website and blog: http://www.kathybosman.com/
Facebook author page: http://www.facebook.com/KathleenBosman
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KathleenLBosman
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/gracewalk17
Newsletter
Subscription: http://eepurl.com/NokET
Authorgraph: https://www.authorgraph.com/authors/KathleenLBosman
Tweets for the Book:
Pauline takes the magic album to Italy and meets the brother of the
guy who broke her heart. The Album Book 2. http://www.amzn.com/B01BNMW1B4
What if you believe the guy you want
can’t be trusted? The Album 2. #sweetromance
#fantasyromance http://www.amzn.com/B01BNMW1B4
A reality TV cooking show in Italy. A handsome brother of her rogue
ex. A magic album in her bag. http://www.amzn.com/B01BNMW1B4
Book 2 in The Album series - Pauline’s Italian adventure in cooking
and love. #sweetromance http://www.amzn.com/B01BNMW1B4
Thank you, Kathy, for being my guest on this Sexy Saturday. Keep it sexy and visit all of the below participating blogs.
Great snippet, would love to read more
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DeleteGreat Blurb and snippet. Sounds like you may be a gourmet cook with a fascinating but hectic life
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm just a foodie housewife. :)
DeleteThank you for hosting me!
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