Ruby:
The Smokey Blues, Book 8
by Emily
Mims
GENRE: Contemporary
Romance
BLURB:
Forty
years ago Lexi Barstow and Collins Wentworth thought they had made the biggest
mistakes of their lives. Heartbreaking choices and bitter tears cemented a pact
that would shape who they were and what they would be. But now so much has
changed...except the passion they share and the differences between them. But
some things are fixable, and with forever staring them hard in the face, they
learn all their decisions brought them to this place...an ever after filled
with love.
Excerpt:
She pushed open the restroom door to
leave and stopped in her tracks. Collins was leaning against the wall with his
hands folded in front of him, a small smile playing around his lips. Lexi felt
her pulse ratchet up a notch and her breath catch. But she’d be damned if she
let him see that. “Fancy meeting you again this afternoon,” she teased. “Did
you and Sarabeth finish working the room?”
Collins laughed softly. “Was it that
obvious? I thought I was being friendly to my daughter’s friends and family.”
“You were that, sure.” Lexi felt a
smile curve her lips. “But yes, you were working the room, exactly as you did
at Kylie’s wedding. You’re good at it, Collins. But you need to find a
friendlier sidekick. Sarabeth is a little too…shall we say, selectively
friendly.”
Collins had the grace to wince. “Out
of the mouth of babes and Lexi Barstow. You couldn’t varnish the truth if you
had to.”
“No, I couldn’t. Never did, never
will. Sorry about that.”
“Honesty isn’t a bad thing.” He
paused and appeared to be taking a deep breath. “Go out with me tonight, Lexi,”
he asked suddenly. His smile widened. “I’d like to take you out on the town.”
Lexi stared at him in shock. That
was the last thing she expected to hear from him. “Just like that?”
“Just like that.”
She didn’t try to hide her surprise.
“Why?”
“Why does any man want to take out a
beautiful woman?” He stepped closer and took her hand. “Because he wants to be
in her company, that’s why. Because he’d like to sit across the table from her
and enjoy some good conversation and a medium-rare steak.” He looked her in the
eye. “I’ve been alone now for four years and divorced for two of them. I’ve
spent a lot of time by myself and it gets damned lonely. Let’s go out tonight,
Lexi. I’d love to spend an evening with you.”
Lexi’s heart thudded in her throat
at his touch. She felt herself shiver as memories flooded her mind of how his
hands had caressed her those long years ago. Common sense told her that going
out with him would be a bad idea. Common sense reminded her that Collins
Wentworth was nothing but trouble. It seemed that her body felt otherwise.
AUTHOR Bio
and Links:
The
author of over thirty romance novels, Emily Mims combined her writing career
with a career in public education until leaving the classroom to write full
time. The mother of two sons, she and her husband split their time between
central Texas, eastern Tennessee, and Georgia visiting their kids and
grandchildren. For relaxation Emily plays the piano, organ, dulcimer, and
ukulele for two different performing groups, and even sings a little. She says,
“I love to write romances because I believe in them. Romance happened to me and
it can happen to any woman—if she’ll just let it.”
Giveaway:
Digital copies of books one and two in the Smoky Blues series, Mist and Smoke
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1 comments:
Thank you so much for having me today. I am very proud of 'Ruby'. It's my first foray into love at a 'certain age'. Love can happen to a woman at any point in her life, if she'll just let it.
Best, Emily
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