It's been a while since I shared any information about my baby girl on my blog. I couldn't seem to shut up about her when I was pregnant, but now that's she's born I've been too busy chasing after the crawling maniac to spend much time gushing. I still don't have a whole lot of time to brag, so I'll just show you a video. That way you can see for yourself how much she's grown in the past few months and how mobile she's become.
So, here's what my little blondie's been up to lately!
Belatedly coming to her senses, Lily dropped her gaze and curtsied. “My lord.”
Lord Westrop coughed and cleared his throat. She watched him place his drink on a small side-table from beneath lowered lashes.
“You must be the new housemaid.” He turned and came towards her. “Lily, isn’t it?”
“Yes, sir.” Lifting her head, she met eyes as blue as a crisp winter sky.
He continued to study her. His eyes brushed over her hair, her neck, her breasts. Lily flicked a glance left and right as her body traitorously heated beneath his gaze. The other gentlemen watched, amusement twitching their lips.
“Are you ready to be seated in the dining room, my lord?” Lily said, standing a little straighter.
“I’m sorry?”
“Your meal, sir?”
Lord Westrop blinked and the tension broke. Lily held his gaze. She noticed the curiosity when he looked at her not a moment before had vanished, only to be replaced with mischief—or was it guilt?
His smile turned wolverine. “Oh, I’m more than ready to eat, Lily. I’m positively salivating.”
Lily smarted as his friends burst into a flurry of mocking laughter, but kept her eyes locked on his. The tone of Lord Westrop’s voice disguised neither the implication nor his obvious enjoyment at her expense. A flame of indignation ignited inside of her.
Her smile was slow and intentionally provocative. “I am so pleased, sir. For I would hate for you to have to endure cold soup.” Her gaze lingered down to his crotch. “After all, you are quite obviously still chilled from an afternoon of riding.”
******************** You just read an excerpt from: The Arrival of Lily Curtis by Rachel Brimble The Wild Rose Press ********************
Today, we’re here with published author, Rachel Brimble.
Linda Kage: Hi, Rachel! Tell us a little about you and what you write please.
Rachel: I live in the UK with my husband, two young daughters, a Labrador, two hamsters and a goldfish. We are happy…most of the time. When I’m not working part-time, or taking my girls here, there and everywhere or doing the housework, I find time to write romance. I am published in contemporary romance, historical romance, romantic comedy and romantic suspense. And soon, erotic romance under the pen name Rachel Leigh.
Kage: That's quite a repertoire of sub genres. What happened to the first book you ever wrote?
Rachel: I am fortunate enough to be able to say, it was published! Searching For Sophie was my very first novel and The Wild Rose Press accepted it in 2007. Up until ‘Sophie’ I had only written short stories for ezines and women’s weekly magazines as well as every contest going!
Kage: Wow, I'm jealous. So, along with Searching For Sophie, What’s your backlist and coming soon bookshelf look like?
Rachel: My published books are: -Searching For Sophie (suspense) – The Wild Rose Press -Reluctant Witness (suspense) – The Wild Rose Press -The Sharp Points of a Triangle (comedy) – Eternal Press -The Arrival of Lily Curtis (historical) – The Wild Rose Press Coming Soon -Transatlantic Loving (contemporary novella) coming September 29th 2010 – The Wild Rose Press - Getting It Right This Time (contemporary) coming January 2011 – Lyrical Press
Kage: So, what story are we going to talk about today?
Rachel: My latest release is my first historical, The Arrival of Lily Curtis which was published in July by The Wild Rose Press. Here’s the blurb:
********************BLURB******************** The Arrival of Lily Curtis by Rachel Brimble At the mention of an arranged marriage, Elizabeth Caughley feels her life is over at the age of three and twenty….so she hatches an escape plan. She will reinvent herself as a housemaid. Overnight, Elizabeth becomes Lily…
Viscount Westrop wants nothing more than his legacy to be passed to his own son one day. Even though he feels insurmountable pity for the unborn child already, he knows how much pain a broken promise can cause and will do what is right. But with the arrival of his new housemaid, his plans are thrown into disarray. Lily is funny, feisty and the most beautiful creature on earth – Andrew is thunderstruck. But if anyone suspects how much he wants to ravish her and endlessly love her, Andrew’s lineage will be in peril. And he cannot let that happen… *********************************************
Kage: What would the story be rated if it were a movie?
Rachel: PG-13 (I think - I hail from the UK, our ratings are different – it would be a 15 here!).
Kage: Okay, now that we have a general idea which class to fit Lily Curtis under, what makes this story so unique from every other book out there?
Rachel: For me, what makes this story different than other Victorian historicals because I wanted to put a huge dose of fun and laughter as well as everything else in there. I think this quote from one of its reviews sums things up!
Ms Brimble has crafted a tale about a woman who wants independence and is willing to live a sham life to get it. I laughed, I had tummy tugs and flutters, I gasped and almost cried. Together this work was wrapped into a very pleasant package that I will be reading many times over the next several years :) Seriously Reviewed – August 2010
Kage:Great review! What was the easiest part to write?
Rachel: Definitely the dialogue – both Lily (heroine) and Andrew (hero) spoke to me constantly. The connection is so palpable between them, their conversations ran from my fingers with very little trouble. I was sorry to say goodbye to them if I’m honest! This book ended up being at least 10,000 words longer than I planned.
Kage:What do you like most about the main character(s) and what do you like least? Did you learn anything from them?
Rachel: With Lily, the best thing is her gumption, her resolve that anything is possible – the worst? Her inability to give up her idea of independence and realize Andrew is perfect for her!
Andrew – Best is his naughty sense of humor and broody sexiness. Worst – his self-loathing before Lily opens his eyes and makes him see that past mistakes need to be learned from and forgotten.
Kage: Rachel, Thank you so much for stopping by today and gracing us with your presence. Before we go, is there anything else you’d like to say to wrap things up?
Rachel: Yes! One more thing is I’d love more readers to drop by my blog on Tuesdays and Thursdays. On these days, I have a guest authors visiting with me and it’s a great way to discover new writers and find out more about them. Thank you so much for this opportunity, Linda – hope to meet again soon!
A door squeaked open, and booted footsteps clapping against the hard floor reached her ears. She turned her head to the left and saw a shadow of a man coming closer into the light.
“Well hello.” The stranger’s voice, thick and full of are-you-ready-to-play teasing, was music to her ears. “My name is Antwan.” He smiled and stepped forward. His long blond hair hid half of his face. This stranger was not the normal type of men they played games with. Hot damn, Aden chose a man as beautiful as he was—the difference being Aden had black short hair and less muscles, while this one looked like he just jumped out of a wrestling magazine. Still both were the same height six feet tall. She moaned her hello since she couldn't speak.
“Yeah…you can scream my name while I…do you.” Antwan winked at her as he advanced toward the bed.
******************** You just read an excerpt from: Adrenaline Rush – Rule Breaker by Suzannah Safi ********************
Today, we’re here with published author, Suzannah Safi.
Linda Kage: Tell us a little about you and what you write please.
Suzannah: I’m a romance author, a promoter, and a graphic designer. I have novels and short stories that are published with different publishers. I write a mix of sub-genres within the romance genre under one name Suzannah Safi. You can find contemporary, paranormal, a hint of historical, thriller, suspense and horror. I mix everything in my romances. One of my editors described my writing as a roller coaster ride; you don’t know when a surprise will pop up, or what you will find next :).
I am a promoter; the owner of ‘Romance Alley’ http://www.romancealley.suzannahsafi.com/ a place for authors and readers to benefit and have fun. On September 2010 in coordination with Writers Cecile we will have something new called ‘Treasure Maze Contest’. Hope to see you there as well. I’m also a graphic designer and the owner of ‘Book Trailer Design’ wwwdesign.suzannahsafi.com I create book trailers/movie trailers for authors/companies, book covers, and promo materials.
Kage: What happened to the first book you ever wrote?
Suzannah: I can’t get to it right now ‘cause I have it under the pile of ten stories that I’m working on LOL.
Kage: What’s your backlist and coming soon bookshelf look like?
Suzannah: The latest three short stories I published are under the name I call ‘Forbidden Fantasies’ the three are ‘My Sun…Your Shadow’-Vampire theme-thriller-dark fantasy, ‘Sway me With Lust’ erotic romance, ‘Beyond a Planned Fantasy’ erotic romance. My up-coming short story is actually a new line I invented called ‘Adrenaline Shots’ and the first short story under that line is called “Adrenaline Rush- Rule Breaker’ will be sold exclusively through my website http://www.suzannahsafi.com/ starting from October 2010.
Kage: So, what story are we going to talk about today?
Suzannah: Oh, 'Adrenaline Rush – Rule Breaker’ is a short story that I’m offering for free through Treasure Maze contest only for the month of September 2010, you can participate in the contest if you like at http://romancealley.suzannahsafi.com/TreasureMaze.html Starting from October 2010, ‘Adrenaline Rush – Rule Breaker’ will be available to buy only from my website for $1.00 in PDF format.
This story is published by me the author, I wanted to have this baby in house lol. You wanna know what the story is about watch the trailer I created (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnjVRnHwav0).
Kage: What would the story be rated if it were a movie?
Suzannah: LOL…nice question! I would say Forbidden Love, only because Celia the heroine in ‘Adrenaline Rush – Rule Breaker’ is going for the forbidden type of lifestyle. She thought that experimenting with other couples is the ultimate, yet she was introduced to something more than the vanilla style she is used too.
Kage: Okay, now that we have a general idea which class to fit this story under, what makes this book so unique from every other book out there?
Suzannah: Well, what I have not revealed to anyone about this story is that the hero Antwan has something else in mind for Celia, and Celia has something else in mind for Antwan and Aden. And ‘Adrenaline Rush – Rule Breaker’ is just the beginning. I would say this story is like a whisky shot, it will bring your body temperature to a boiling point, then the sizzling sensation will smoothly lick your nerves inside out.
Kage:What was the easiest part to write?
Suzannah: Dialog, I love the fact that my heroes talk to each other and my fingers can’t keep up with them LOL.
Sometimes I wish I can travel to the future and see if we have invented a devise to plug into our brain and the devise starts typing the story, and no, not talking through a devise, we already have that one, which I don’t like using LOL. To me stories flow in front of my eyes like a movie, I can see them talk, fight, make love, move, all the nine yards. But I can’t keep up with them, so I end up writing an outline for a story, and it stays there until my fingers ache and burn enough to write their stories.
Kage:What do you like most about the main character(s) and what do you like least? Did you learn anything from them?
Suzannah:What I like about my characters that each one of them is not perfect, even the delicate heroine, nice, and loving, has a flaw. I always learn from my characters, they are fun to be with especially when they get loose and I have to leash them lol. They are real to me and I love them when they argue a point LOL, crazy yes, but fun!
Kage:Suzannah, Thank you so much for stopping by today and gracing us with your presence. Before we go, is there anything else you’d like to say to wrap things up?
Suzannah: I would like to thank you, Linda for inviting me, and asking all those amazing questions, and I would like to thank all the readers here for coming by. If you would like to get to know my stories better, please visit my website and blog.
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