For a long time, I was content to explore this enticing world through books. Then, wow – I found out it can happen in real life. I met my husband, who showed me that all those wonderful, magical feelings described in the books are real. Hey, what d’ya know, fiction really IS based in reality.
Once that particular dream came true, it was like Pandora’s Box opened… if I could have that dream – why not the one I’d hidden away in that quiet corner of my mind… the one about putting those stories dancing around in my head onto paper (or computer screen) and writing my own romances?
It took awhile. Workshops and classes, voraciously devouring every how-to book I could buy, studying the market and finding my niche – to say nothing of my voice. Throw in those little distractions like life, children and such… but the dream started taking life.
Once I joined RWA I found another form of magic. Camaraderie, support and friendships that have touched my heart. The dream is blooming. In the last few years, I have served two terms as Secretary for my online chapter, as well as Publicity Chair, Mentorship Chair, Critique Chair and moderated a few other programs. I was the 2008 President of the Black Diamonds Romance Writers and VP of Administration of the SFA-RWA — and loved the challenge. All of this gives strength to that dream, and keeps it grounded.
2010 will see my seventh, eight and ninth Harlequin Blaze novels in the shelves, with three more scheduled for 2011.
I do have other dreams that I’m happily tending: my own real-life hero husband and our two children. Our Northern California home, an ode to ideas and obsessive redecorating/remodeling. Good thing my hero is handy with a saw. Gardening, scrapbooking, crafting and an incredibly supportive family round things out. Along with homeschooling our children and writing, I work from home with my Intuitive Consulting business.
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Undercover DEA agent Caleb Black is home for the holidays—possibly to bust his own father. But maybe Caleb’s con-man dad isn’t the one running drugs through the small town of Black Oak. Maybe it’s the green-eyed goddess who runs the New Age shop and has Caleb under her sultry spell.
Pandora Easton saved the family store with two words: sex sells. And her delectable aphrodisiacs really work, as she’s proven with notorious bad boy Caleb again and again and again. Little does she guess that, in the end, her most potent potion will be the truth…
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**Excerpt**
“I heard people saying you serve up something besides food back here,” Caleb said.
This time the color wasn’t subtle. Nope, Pandora blushed a hot, brilliant red. Her eyes flew to the store, then to the cake before meeting his gaze. A stubborn line furrowed between her brows.
“I have no idea what you’re talking about,” she dismissed.
“You’re a horrible liar.”
“A gentleman would take the hint and change the subject.”
“Sweetie, I’ve never worried about being a gentleman.”
“Obviously.”
Grinning, Caleb decided it was time to change gears. He stood, and with a glance at the still milling crowd in the store, decided to take his cue from his father and head out the back way.
“Walk me out?” he said, making the demand sound like a request.
“The back? The door’s right there,” she pointed out. But she got to her feet anyway.
Caleb didn’t know why he was pushing it. He’d already declared her off limits, and while he was a guy who was all about pushing boundaries and ignoring rules, he never crossed lines he, himself, drew.
But right now, he didn’t care.
“So is it true?” he asked, heading toward the door and counting on her being trapped by good manners and following.
“Is what true?”
“Do you really serve aphrodisiacs?”
She ground to a halt so fast, she teetered in her flat-heeled boots. “Don’t believe everything you hear,” she dismissed.
“So it’s a lie?”
“It’s more of an… Exaggeration,” she decided. “After all, who’s to say whether aphrodisiacs are real or whether they’re a figment of the imagination?”
“I have a really good imagination.” He reached out and took her hand, lifting it to his mouth.
“What are you doing?” she asked with a gasp, tugging. But he didn’t let go.
“You have chocolate,” he told her. “Just… Here.”
He swiped his tongue over her knuckle. Her eyes went heated, her breath shuddered and she leaned against the glass wall with the cutest little mewling noise.
In an instant, Caleb went from amused to rock hard. An intense, overwhelming urge to touch her, to taste her, washed over him.
Never a man to ignore his gut, he went with the feeling. Stepping forward, the rich taste of chocolate still on his lips, Caleb pressed her body between his and the chilly glass. One hand on either side of her head, he leaned closer.
“This is crazy,” she breathed, twisting her hands together at her waist. But she didn’t pull away. Instead, she lifted her chin.
That’s all the encouragement he needed.
Holding her gaze captive, he brushed his lips over her soft, sweetly moist mouth. He slid his tongue along her lower lip, then gently nibbled at the cushioned flesh.
Passion throbbed, urging him to take it deeper, to go faster. But he resisted.
For the first time in forever, Caleb felt like he’d come home. Even as the sexual heat zinged through his body like lightening, he relaxed. Need pounded through him, making him achingly hard. But he was at peace.
It was that confusion more than any desire to stop that had him pulling back. He stared, waiting for Pandora to open her eyes. In them he saw confusion, desire and a hint of fear.
The same things he was feeling.
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Lets see I would cast Chris Hemsworth and Megan Fox in Tawny's books:) Great excerpt!
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For Caleb, I would cast Manu Bennett or Dustin Clare and for Pandora, how about Katrina Law.
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Henry Cavill from the movie Immortals would make an amazing hero and Jennifer Connelly! I think that these two would make an amazing romance ;)
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Thanks for a great post and giveaway! I've never read any of Tawny's books, but I'd love the chance :)
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Okay, now the only person I can think of is Henry Cavill. He is pretty yummy.
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