Because I’ve been remiss and haven’t updated my website for so long (mea culpa!), I haven’t posted an excerpt of Back in the Spaniard’s Bed, the novella that accompanies Lucy Monroe’s in the upcoming The Latin Lover October Presents release. It’s been doing really well on amazon.com this week – currently #1 Presents listing – and I really want to thank everyone who’s bought it so far and kept that rating high.
Here’s the excerpt…
Chapter One
Nobody walked out on Alejandro Rodriguez. Not business tycoons or CEO’s or poker-faced politicians. And definitely not women. Leah Mitchell was just going to have to get that through her head.
He watched her working through the window of her small dressmaking shop from his vantage point across the narrow street, her head down, totally focused on the task at hand, her fingers nimble and quick as they worked the fabric through the machine.
He remembered those fingers, long and slender like the woman herself, and he remembered how they’d once worked their skilful magic on him…
He missed them.
He growled, low in his throat, a familiar thumping demand building below. Soon, he knew, soon he would feel her hands weave their magic upon him once again.
All of a sudden those same fingers stilled and she looked up, her eyes alert, searching the streetscape outside, the passing pedestrians and traffic, almost as if she’d sensed his presence. He smiled as he flipped the collar of his coat up against the unseasonable November cold. So she wasn’t over him? He’d suspected as much.
And he’d enjoy proving it to her.
He’d make her wish she’d never left him, make her beg for more.
And then he’d unceremoniously dump her.
The peak hour Sydney traffic was bumper to bumper along the narrow one-way street but somehow Alejandro forged a path through, parting the sea of cars like he had a god-given right, the tails of his long black coat swirling in his wake like the wings of a manta ray.
He was oblivious to the sound of car horns, oblivious to the calls from irate drivers to get off the road. Because right now his focus was on one thing and on one thing only – Leah Mitchell, and how he was going to get her back into his bed.
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While I’m here, I’d love to share a picture of someone who could be Alejandro – here he is, none other than the entirely gorgeous Antonio Banderas, looking his ruthless best…
Enjoy:-))
I see my fellow Presents author, Lynn Raye Harris, has a copy of my recent US release, The Ruthless Greek’s Mistress of Revenge to give away, so why not rush over to her blog and leave a comment in answer to her question…
Tell me what you love about ruthless Greeks, virgin princesses, or Harlequin Presents in general!
I’m not sure how long the contest runs, but why not leave your answer and see if you can pick up a free book?
You can find Lynn Raye’s blog here!
Filed under: Just for fun, Uncategorized | Tags: Dark Hearted Desert Men, Desert Romance, The Sheik
…why I ADORE sheikh romances – an clip from the original THE SHEIK movie, made many, many desert moons ago
Ah, EM Hull, the world has a lot to thank you for. Including no doubt, the Dark Hearted Desert Men miniseries coming to Presents from April to July next year.
It’s Friday here, windy and cold with our return to wintry weather, but this brought a wee smile to my face this morning and it’s too good not to share. Enjoy!
Filed under: Translations, Uncategorized | Tags: Manga, The Greek's Virgin, The Spaniard's Blackmailed Bride
When I was away in conference land recently, my second Manga arrived! Now after my first one, a Manga version of The Spaniard’s Blackmailed Bride, I knew exactly what to expect – a doe eyed heroine, dashing pointy chinned hero and a puppy with floppy ears so cute you automatically went, awwwwwww.
Here’s the front and back covers…
Gorgeous, aren’t they! And so romantic. So I really was expecting the same kind of treatment when my second lobbed in, the Manga version of The Greek’s Virgin. Boy, was I in for a shock! I guess I should have had a clue merely by the cover treatment…
This one is flagged Passion in top left corner, rather than Romance on the first, and straight away this one is more intense, that hero is dripping with angst! And as the back cover treatment, where are the flowers, the smiles? And she’s almost, oh boy, naked! It’s from the opening scene, where Saskia, our heroine, is flung from Alexander’s bed when she makes the huge mistake of admitting she loves him. She is left devastated and totally humiliated and no wonder it’s such a dark dark scene.
Then I opened up the book and WOW. Now I understand why they also call Manga graphic novels, because this one is, um, graphic! I’d show a couple of the inside pages, but this is a family blog, and I’m sure you get the idea. Needless to say, my mother’s eyes bulged and my girls were shocked! (It’s always satisfying to shock your teenage children, don’t you think? Makes such a pleasant change:-))
So I learned something in all this. Whereas my stories have a similar level of sensuality, not all Mangas are the same. And don’t show your mother or your teenage children until you know which is which:-))
I’m blogging again over at Tote Bags’n'Blogs on Sept 17 when the blog gets loaded, and giving away a copy of my upcoming release, The Latin Lover, so come visit, answer the question and you could win a copy!
I haven’t been writing about koalas lately, or reporting koala sightings when I go out walking, simply because there are so many of them lately. I don’t know if they’re breeding up a storm up in those gum trees, but most days I’ll spot at least two, and if I kept saying that, it might get a tad repetitive. Here’s one I prepared earlier, just to refresh your memory…
It looks quite large from that angle, but it’s no more than a handful of fluff, its head no more than two inches across and the cutest, softest little pink nose! And here it is back in its pouch, where it feels safest…
Awwww, can you say, cute?
I just love that my mum is involved in native animal rescue. We really do have the best close encounters.
It’s a red letter day in the Morey household today, a massive twenty one years since the dh and I tied the knot back on that fateful day in September, 1988. It doesn’t seem that long, but I guess, if our eldest is pushing twenty, it must be right.
Here’s how we looked back way back when…
Gosh, no wonder I married him:-))
My mum made my gorgeous bouquet and my flowers and buttonhole, up till about 5 in the morning fiddling everything up, poor love, but they were just gorgeous.
Happy anniversary to us!
Filed under: New releases | Tags: Back in the Spaniard's Bed, Lucy Monroe, The Greek Tycoon's Inherited Bride, The Latin Lover
And he’s currenly #1 on eharlequin’s ebooks bestseller list! It’s also holding onto the #3 slot for print books.
It contains two great novellas -
The Greek Tycoon’s Inherited Bride by Lucy Monroe
Phoebe’s betrothal to Spiros Petronides’ brother meant she was forbidden, and honor was the code the Greek billionaire lived by. But with one kiss Spiros knew he had to claim her as his!
Back in the Spaniard’s Bed by Trish Morey
Leah left Alejandro Rodriguez because she’d overstepped the boundaries of a mistress and fallen in love! The Spaniard’s arrogance angered her, but his touch ignited her. So when Alejandro storms back into her life, how can Leah deny him?
Look for it on the shelves from late September in North America or you can buy it here.
Filed under: New releases
My revised manuscript has been accepted and Forbidden: The Sheikh’s Virgin will be a May 2010 UK release – NA and Downunder release dates to be advised.
Phew
