Flawless Danger
by Rachel
Woods
GENRE:
Romance Suspense
BLURB:
Trying
to rectify the mistake that unleashed his dark past, Sione runs to the rescue
of a beautiful woman staying at his resort, saving her from a brutal attack …
The sly beauty who doesn’t want a hero is no damsel in distress, considering
the suspicious circumstances she seems involved in. He should stay away from
the beautiful liar, but something about her makes him want to forget his doubts
and do anything—even if it means relying on his violent instincts—for a chance
to be with her.
Excerpt:
“Ms. Edwards.”
Spencer froze, still bent at the waist,
staring at the floor, trying to ignore the prickly heat rising up her neck and
the sound of Sione’s voice, which gave her a warm shiver.
Standing, struggling to cover herself
with the sarong, Spencer took a step back as Sione walked into the dressing
room, filling it with his size and strength, crowding her, and a sudden attack
of claustrophobia battled with a warm sensation starting deep below her navel
and snaking southward toward the center of her thighs.
“Where is the sales lady?”
“I think she’s helping another
customer,” he said.
“Another customer,” Spencer mumbled,
still trying to cover herself with the swatch of pink fabric. “That figures.”
“You need a different size or
something?”
“I don’t know how to tie this thing.”
Spencer shook her head. “I’ve tried and tried.”
“Let me help you,” Sione said.
“No, no,” She said. “You don’t have to
do that, just … I think you should leave.”
Smiling, Sione grabbed the sarong from
her.
A strange sound erupted from her,
something between a squeal and a shriek, as she stood there in her lace bra and
matching panties.
“It’s actually very easy.” He moved
behind her.
Flabbergasted by his blatant audacity,
she shook her head.
Sione maneuvered Spencer’s arms and
then wrapped the sarong around her. Shell-shocked, she stood stiff as a board
as he worked with the sarong, twisting the ends, bringing them up and behind
her neck, and tying them together.
“Okay, there you go.” He turned her
toward the mirror.
“Hmm,” Spencer mumbled, turning to the
side, admiring his handiwork, vaguely wondering how he did it and how he knew
how to do it.
“You really know how to put one of
these things on.”
“I know how to take one off, too.”
Author Interview:
What inspired you to write Flawless Danger?
The concept of a
woman who drugs men to steal from them is based on real-life stories of women
who have done just that. The idea was sparked by an article I read about a
young, beautiful woman in Washington, D.C. who met a man in a bar and took him
to her hotel for a nightcap, which she drugged. When the man woke up the next
morning, his $50,000 Rolex watch was gone. I was intrigued by the life that
woman may have led, what caused her to do those crimes and what would happen if
she made a mistake when trying to commit the crime. This was the catalyst for
the creation of Spencer Edwards and the telling of her story in Flawless
Danger.
When or at what age did you know you
wanted to be a writer?
When I was a
little girl, I spent a lot of time with my paternal grandmother. Often, she
would make me breakfast, and as I sat at the table, I would chatter on, telling
her all these elaborate stories about our family members and neighbors, some
true, and others embellished and/or exaggerated. And my grandmother would
listen patiently and then she’d usually smile and tell me, “You tell so many
stories, you could fill a book!” I was five years old at the time and I hadn’t
written anything, but I really believe that’s when I became a writer.
What is the earliest age you remember
reading your first book?
I remember
reading in kindergarten, at age five.
What genre of books do you enjoy
reading?
Mystery,
romantic suspense, literary classics, chick-lit, contemporary fiction,
thrillers … I guess you could say just about any genre appeals to me when I’m
considering my next read.
What is your favorite book?
My all time
favorite book is “Gypsy From Nowhere”. It has a simple plot, but very deep and
important themes about recovering from loss and never giving up in the face of
adversity and overcoming challenges than seem insurmountable. Whenever I feel
depressed or sorry for myself, I can open that book and the first chapter
always lifts my mood!
You know I think we all have a favorite
author. Who is your favorite author and why?
This will sound
odd, but I’d have to say, Noah Webster. Why? Because I really love reading the
dictionary. I’m crazy about discovering new words!
If you could travel back in time here on
earth to any place or time. Where would you go and why?
Actually, I’d
like to go back to this one moment in the early 2000’s where I believe I had
the winning numbers to the Texas lottery, but I didn’t play them!
When writing a book do you find that
writing comes easy for you or is it a difficult task?
The writing part
comes fairly easily. Once I start with one sentence, which is my small goal
whenever I sit down to my computer to write, that usually starts the flow and
the next thing I know, I’ve written 12 pages. The difficult thing is finding
the time to write since I still have a day job. I try to keep to a schedule of
writing on weeknights after work and taking the weekend off.
Do you have any little fuzzy friends?
Like a dog or a cat? Or any pets?
No pets, but I
have been known to temporarily adopt stray cats in the past.
What is your "to die for",
favorite food/foods to eat?
I must have
cake. As Julia Stiles told Freddie Prinze, Jr. in the movie Down to You, “Cake
is my world.”
Do you have any advice for anyone that
would like to be an author?
I would tell an
aspiring write to be grateful and thankful for the gift of being able to write
and, most importantly, to never stop writing and never give up dreams of being
published.
AUTHOR BIO:
As a pre-teen, a young Rachel quickly tired of the Sweet Valley High Series
and moved on to work by Sidney Sheldon, Jackie Collins and Dominick Dunne,
which was just the spark necessary to fuel her love of writing. Her first
stories were written on a Brother typewriter during long summer days in Texas,
where she always had an extra typewriter ribbon and correction tape handy.
Rachel later studied journalism and
graduated from the University of Houston where she published articles in the
Daily Cougar. She is a freelance writer and blogger with a penchant for melodrama
and a frequent traveler to beach locales. Many of her stories take place on the
islands, which she has visited around the world.
Rachel writes complex, multicultural
stories centered on strong women in jeopardy, fighting for love and their own
lives. When not writing, this read-a-holic can be found listening to
audiobooks, reading the Book of Jeremiah, or scouring soap opera blogs. Rachel
resides in Houston with her three sock monkeys.
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3 comments:
Thank you for hosting me!!
Sounds interesting. Thanks for the giveaway.
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