Perfect Mistake
by Sophia
Karlson
GENRE: Contemporary
Romantic Suspense
BLURB:
Simone
Levin had a dream job as a safari pilot until an unexpected pregnancy clipped
her wings. Tired of juggling motherhood with her demanding flight schedule,
Simone applies for an office job, unaware that her new boss is Carlo Carlevaro,
the man who’d ditched her before finding out he’d knocked her up. Carlo returns
to East Africa only to kill another fire—Ivory trafficking from his lodges threatens
to destroy his company. Finding Simone back on the payroll comes as a pleasant
surprise. As his employee, Simone is off-limits, but she is the only one he
trusts to help with his undercover investigation. With time running out, Simone
and Carlo strive to expose the trafficking ring, but working together rekindles
their mutual desire. When Simone is implicated as a trafficker, revealing her
daughter’s existence to Carlo seems inevitable. Acting on her instincts might
come too late as the syndicate retaliate and hone in their threat. Will they
survive to give their love a chance?
Excerpt:
Simone went to stand next to him.
“Why am I here?”
He turned to her. The dark shadows
under his eyes were somehow more accentuated in the play of lamplight than in
the bright sunshine. “Let’s talk somewhere else.”
“Where do you suggest? The guests
are bound to arrive soon and you know we can’t walk around by ourselves after
dark.”
“Come to my room.”
She inhaled sharply, her hands
clenching into fists. “Is that why I’m here? Do you really think–”
With a soft groan, Carlo curled his
fingers around her arm and pulled her onto the deck, away from the other people
sitting in the lounge. “To your room then,” he whispered, “although I much
prefer mine. And no scenes, if you please.” His hand was a ring of fire around
her arm, propelling her to the wooden walkway.
He walked next to her but let go of
her arm.
A few steps from her tent she
stopped. “I don’t care who hears this. If you think we’re going to carry on
where we left off four years ago you are very much mistaken.”
He didn’t blink an eye. “You seem to
be singularly one-track-minded, Simone.”
Heat rose to her cheeks; it spread
down her chest to her treacherous heart, which pounded at the thought of him.
Why was he still able to do this to her? Being alone with him was the worst
possible idea.
“Well, if not for that, why march me
to my tent as if you would have your way–”
“You may still be devilishly
tempting, Simone, but now that I’m your boss you’re completely off limits.”
Interview
with Sophia Karlson
What
is your favorite ice cream flavor?
This is a tough question…I love all ice cream! I remember
eating Mojito sorbet once in Paris. That was by far the most indulgent ice
cream I’ve ever had. I still promised myself to try and reproduce that one at
home.
Which
mythological creature are you most like?
I’d like to think I’m a mermaid.
First
book you remember making an indelible impression on you.
As a child it was a book about a Portuguese girl getting
shipwrecked off the shores of South Africa and who then lives for a few years
with the Xhosas tribe, until her dad comes and finds her again.
As a student I’ll never forget reading Sophie’s Choice. I
don’t think I’ve ever cried that much reading a book.
Most recently I loved The Goldfinch. I listened to it on
Audible and was so drawn into the story it took me a couple of months to move
on to something new.
How
do you develop your plot and characters?
Most of my stories start with a visual or one sentence
that I imagine two characters say to each other. The characters follow in
unison with the plot, sometimes the one leads, sometimes the other. It takes
two to tango ;-)
Describe
your writing space.
It’s messy! Try as I might it always end up with papers,
notebooks, drawings from my kids, random stuff I’ve collected over time. Most
people wonder how I get anything done at my desk…sometimes I do to, but then,
when you’re just staring at words on a screen and getting into the story, the
surroundings should ideally fade away.
AUTHOR Bio
and Links:
Sophia
Karlson has lived in France, Germany, East Africa, Madagascar (not the movie,
the country) and now finds herself back on home ground in South Africa. As a
teenager, she devoured romances with far flung settings, loving to travel
through books. After school her itchy feet took her around the world, but now
she doesn’t get much further than the school run and the daily walk with her
very demanding beagle. She writes contemporary and erotic romance, wanting to
take readers on a journey of their own. She loves hearing from readers; follow
her on Facebook, Twitter, on the web.
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Giveaway:
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3 comments:
Thank you for hosting!! I love the look of your blog - it looks like the ideal reading place!
Congrats on the tour and thank you for the opportunity to read about another great book. With so many readers in my family, always great to hear about more choices I think they'd enjoy reading.
This book is "my cup of tea", looking forward to reading it!
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