Guest Post with Author Soraya Lane and Giveaway

Today I would like to welcome to RFTC author Soraya Lane. Soraya is celebrating the release of her book The Navy SEAL's Bride and has stopped by to chat. But before we get to that, lets get to know a bit about Soraya.

As a child, Soraya dreamed of becoming an author, recreating the types of stories she devoured day and night. Fast forward more than a few years, and Soraya is now living her dream. Working as a freelance writer and now a professional author too, she writes every day and loves her job. Soraya describes being a Harlequin Mills & Boon author as “the best career in the world”, and she hopes to be writing heart-warming, emotional romances for many years to come.

Soraya loves spending her days thinking up characters for romance stories, and her home is a constant source of inspiration. She lives with her own real life hero and son on a small farm in New Zealand, surrounded by animals and with an office overlooking a field where their horses graze.

Places to find Soraya:

| Site | Blog | Facebook | Twitter |

What could you not live without?

It’s pretty obvious from the title of my book that my hero is a Navy SEAL, and I have to say that even the words “Navy SEAL” excite me. I think we all probably imagine a gorgeous, muscular man who could save us no matter what the situation, and that’s exactly the kind of man I wanted to write about in this book.

Tom Cartwright is strong, tough and capable, but the one thing he was missing from his life was a woman. Of course, that made him a great challenge for me, and I loved every single word I wrote in his story.

In my previous book, Back in the Soldier’s Arms, Tom was the hero’s brother. I didn’t really think too much about him, until he started “talking” to me. In that book, he showed himself as a guy who didn’t like the fact that his brother had cheated on his wife, and wasn’t afraid to tell him what an idiot he’d been. I have to say, that really appealed to me!

But Tom goes from a pretty easy-going guy in the first book to a troubled ex-SEAL in his own story. He’s been part of an operation gone wrong, his life has been completely turned upside down, and he’s struggling with no longer being a SEAL. For this guy, the Navy has meant everything to him – he’s lived and breathed it for all of his adult life. Suddenly he doesn’t believe he’s capable of being the man he used to be, and it takes meeting a certain young woman to show him just how capable he truly is.

The idea of the thing you love in life (as in work/hobby etc, not a loved one) being taken away is something that really got me thinking. What if I couldn’t write anymore? What if something happened to me that meant I could no longer put pen to paper, or in my case fingers to the keyboard? I’d also be devastated if I couldn’t ride my horse anymore, because it’s a hobby that’s meant so much to me for so much of my life.

What in your life, be it your job, hobby or sport, would you struggle to live without, and why? I’d love to hear your thoughts! And one lucky person will win a copy of The Navy SEAL’s Bride.


Too much armor to let anyone close... Ex-navy SEAL Tom Cartwright is struggling to return to civilian life. His little niece is his only ray of sunshine and he agrees to be the "show" in her school show-and-tell.

Teacher Caitlin Rose knows all about past disappointments-once, she danced in the spotlight but now she shows others how to. She's learned the hard way to rely only on herself. Yet as soon as Tom looks at her with those big brown eyes, she's done for....

Needed: the perfect wedding date

Trying to move on from a disastrous engagement, Sophie Morgan needs a date for her best friend's wedding...and fast And what quicker way to find a man than speed dating? Only, it's bar manager, Dan Halliday, who catches Sophie's eye.

Dan can't resist helping a damsel in distress, so he offers her a deal-a few shifts in the bar in exchange for the date-no strings attached. But when pretence leads to passion, they both get more than they bargained for. And it's too late to have any secrets between them....

Places to Purchase:

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Want to win a copy of this book? 1 lucky commenter will win a copy. 

To Enter:

• Leave a comment answering Soraya's question:  What in your life, be it your job, hobby or sport, would you struggle to live without, and why?
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