He gave
her his heart, but can he give her the truth?
Schoolteacher Dana
Roux doesn’t need sexy hotel tycoon David Cavallo to add to her troubles. They
have absolutely nothing in common—she’s a simple schoolteacher in a small
coastal town, and he has more money than he knows what to do with. Besides, as
a former journalist, he’d remember the news stories about her dad’s alleged
involvement in a dirty, Ponzi-like scheme, and his subsequent suicide. The last
thing she wants is for the dark shadow of that scandal—and tragedy—to fall upon
her once again. Especially since she knows her dad was innocent.
For
David, flirting with a beautiful woman comes as naturally as breathing. So when
he winds up kissing his sister-in-law’s best friend, he realizes Dana isn’t
just another pretty pair of lips. But things between them get complicated
quickly when he discovers who her father was, and that it was David’s own news
story that blew the case wide open and sent her father to jail—and to his
death. David’s not sure what to believe, but he knows he can’t let Dana blame
him forever. Especially since she insists her father was an innocent man. But
when Dana’s life is threatened, he realizes that he might not have uncovered
the whole story. And that now, older and wiser, he just might be the only one
who can uncover the truth.
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I have been reading love stories for as long as I can
remember and when I ‘met’ the classic authors like Jane Austen, Elizabeth
Gaskell, Henry James, The Brontë sisters, etc. during my Honours studies, I was
hooked for life.
I married my college boyfriend and soul mate and
after 40 years, 3 interesting and wonderful children and 3 beautiful grandsons,
he still makes me weak in the knees. We are fortunate to live in the
picturesque little seaside village of Betty's Bay, South Africa with the ocean
a block away and a beautiful mountain right behind us. And although life so far
has not always been an easy ride, it has always been an exiting and interesting
one!
I like the heroines in my stories to be beautiful,
feisty, independent and headstrong. And the heroes must be strong but
possess a generous amount of sensitivity. They are of course, also
gorgeous! My stories typically incorporate the family background of the
characters to better understand where they come from and who they are when we
meet them in the story.
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Top Ten
List – (There are two lists you may post both of just one,
your choice)
Favourite
things
Husband/kids/grandkids
Friends
Books
Movies
Food
Tea
Wine - dry Rosé
Shoes
Rainy days
The sea
10 things about myself
I’m a Gemini - hubby says there are
two of me
I’m very impatient
I knit
I love to cook
I count everything I see in twos
I’m not really a people person (took
me a long time to figure this out)
I only read books with happy endings
I only watch films with happy endings
I like new technology
I tend to exaggerate (my kids would
add - a lot)
Snippets – (There are 3 snippets please only
post one)
Snippet 1:
The
next minute the band started playing a slow dance and before she could move,
David was standing in front of her. He held out his hand, a challenge in his
eyes. “Dance?”
A
quiver slid along her spine. Damn it to hell – why did his voice always have
the same effect on her?
She
wanted to refuse, wanted to turn around and flee as far away as possible from
this party, but then she looked up and saw the knowing look in David’s eyes. He
knew, damn it. He knew exactly how uncomfortable he made her, he knew she
didn’t want him touching her.
Steeling
herself against the onslaught on her senses she knew was coming, she lifted her
chin and placed her hand in his. He smiled, closed his hand around hers and
bringing their clasped hands up, let her twirl before he pulled her close.
And
then, as she’d known would happen, sensation after sensation flooded her body –
delicious shivers glided down her back, blood rushed through her veins, her
heartbeat quickened, goose bumps covered her arms.
His
nearness was overwhelming and did something to her, as she had discovered not
so long ago when she’d danced with him during Caitlin and Don’s wedding.
David,
like his three brothers, was tall, dark, and breathtakingly handsome. And like
any other red-blooded female out there, she noticed and enjoyed looking at
them.
But ever since she’d laid eyes on
him for the first time, he’d managed to rub her the wrong way. Oh hell, not
rub, she had to think of another word. Rub had connotations of bodies close to
one another, of intimacy, and just thinking of her body close to David’s …
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