Guest Post with Author Rebecca Lee Smith and Giveaway

Today I would like to welcome to the blog author Rebecca Lee Smith. Rebecca is currently on tour celebrating the release of her book A Dance To Die For and has stopped by to chat. Before I give the floor to Rebecca let us get to know her a bit better.

Rebecca lives with her husband in the beautiful, misty mountains of East Tennessee, where the people are charming, soulful, and just a little bit crazy. She’s been everything from a tax collector to a stay-at-home-mom to a house painter to a professional actress and director. Her two grown sons live nearby, still have the power to make her laugh until she cries, and will always be the best things she’s given back to the world. It took her a lot of years to realize that writing was her true passion. When she’s not churning out sensual romantic mysteries with snappy dialogue and happy endings, she loves to travel the world, go to the Outer Banks for her ocean fix, watch old movies, hang out at the local pub, and make her day complete by correctly answering the Final Jeopardy! Question.

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What qualities make the perfect hero?

Sometimes, I think the imperfect qualities are the ones that make a hero perfect. For me, the guy who never misses the mark, who is every possible thing the heroine has always longed for, who is so sure of himself, he never falters, is the guy I’m suspicious of. Even Indiana Jones was terrified of snakes, and that made him so much more real and dear to me. (Looking like Harrison Ford didn’t hurt either, but that’s another blog.) When the stakes are raised, and the heroine needs someone to come through for her, I want a hero who may not admit having the foibles that make him real, but he forces himself to overcome them for the heroine’s sake. It doesn’t matter if he’s successful; what matters is he tries. He risks body and soul for her, even when failure is inevitable. He makes the leap of faith that shows us she is worth everything to him, whether he knows it yet or not.

When a hero is perfect for a heroine, he “gets” her in a way no one else ever has. She doesn’t have to explain her jokes, or the look in her eyes, or the obscure references she tosses over her shoulder as she leaves a room. I love that first moment when he actually sees her for the person she is, and realizes she is not only his intellectual equal, but a woman he will think about every day for the rest of his life. The perfect hero is forever changed by the heroine, by knowing her, by loving her. And somewhere along the way, he recognizes the passion he feels and realizes she is the woman he wants and needs more than anything in the world.

Which makes him the perfect hero.

Because in real life—and I think most women will agree—there is nothing sexier or more captivating than to have someone want you. More than anything in the world.

Annabel Maitland believes in destiny and following her heart—Trent Sheffield realizes his destiny is to believe in her.

Annabel destroyed her Broadway dancing career trying to save her friend Quinn's life. Convinced Quinn’s death was no accident, Annabel follows a clue to a North Carolina mountain inn and discovers that everyone who knew Quinn—the real Quinn—wanted her out of their lives, including the sexy innkeeper whose laid-back charm and megawatt grin take Annabel's breath away. The physical attraction between them is undeniable, the cerebral attraction irresistible. But trusting her heart means ignoring evidence that plants him firmly on the list of suspects.

Determined to keep his family’s financially strapped inn afloat, the last person Trent needs working for him is a stubborn, impossibly long-legged dancer whose sharp wit and silver eyes keep him scrambling to stay on his toes. He's falling hard, and he wants to trust her, but Annabel's connection to his ex-fiancée makes him question her motives at every turn. When a string of mysterious accidents threaten Annabel’s life, they must unearth Quinn's killer before it's too late. But what if Annabel was the target all along?

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The rain that had held off all afternoon began to fall in torrential sheets. Wind slammed against the side of the building, pounded the shutters Gil had promised to secure, rattled the loose glass in the windowpanes until it shook.

Forks of lightning streaked across the sky, followed by a deafening crash of thunder. Trent jumped to his feet the same moment Annabel catapulted off the windowsill. And by some miraculous glitch in the universe, he caught her in his arms.

She landed against him with a soft thud, and as the seconds ticked by, her head instinctively nestled into the crook of his neck. He could feel her shoulders tremble, which for some reason, filled him with an astonishing urge to protect her. Her hands clutched the muscles in his upper arms, and her head rested beneath his chin. Her short, loose curls tickled his nose. Her hair smelled like Charleston in the spring—jasmine and honeysuckle and sunshine.

He stood, holding her like an idiot, stone still, afraid that if he moved a centimeter in either direction, she would take it as a cue to extricate herself. And he didn't want her to leave.
“Sorry about that,” she said. “Not so brave in a storm, I guess.”

“No problem,” he said, suddenly unable to control the sound of his own voice. “I'm just as jumpy as you are.” His baritone had dropped to a growl. Like an old dog with a bone.

His biceps contracted, heating up beneath her touch, and he wondered if the imprint of her delicate hands would stay branded, long after she had released them.

Want to win some goodies from Rebecca? Check out what's up for grabs for one lucky commenter.

Up for grabs:

• 1 lucky commenter from the ENTIRE tour will win a swag package along with a $20 Amazon gift card.

To Enter:

• Please leave a meaningful comment for Rebecca. 
• Please leave your email address along with your comment to be entered. 
• Giveaway ends June 8th.

Good Luck =)