Stories are funny things. Some start with a character. Some with a plot. In the
case of ANIMAL
ATTRACTION, one of my Hot in Hollywood novellas,
the book was inspired by a pin I saw on Pinterest. It depicted a Found flier
with a picture of a cat and a guy wearing a ski mask. The caption read, "Have
you seen your cat? He's mine now. I love him." It cracked me up so much, I got
to thinking about what kind of man would not only steal a cat, but mock the
original cat owner with a flier?
And Levi was born.
Every author has heroes who are close to their heart, and Levi Turnbull is one
of those for me. He's so unapologetic about what he likes and comfortable in his
own skin. There's no angst. No deep-seated issues. He's a man who's worked hard
to get where he is, and he might be a little arrogant, but no one holds it
against him too much since he's so damn lovable.
But every person has their hot button issues, and Levi's love for animals means
seeing one mistreated brings out the worst in him. So after his neighbor's
Tibetan Mastiff wanders onto Levi's property for the third straight time,
showing signs of neglect, he decides to take matters into his own hands. And
maybe the neighbor is kind of a jerk, and that spurs Levi to post
fliers taunting him…
From there, it was just a matter of pairing him up with a heroine and throwing
them together. Enter Brooklyn, a private investigator who's a bit down on her
luck. That's the only explanation she can come up with for how she ends up
taking a case to track down a dog thief.
ANIMAL ATTRACTION has
become one of those fun stories to tell when I'm asked where I get my
inspiration from. Every author is different—and every book they write is a bit
different. You never know when inspiration can strike!
What about you? When's the last time you read a quirky hero?
Hot in
Hollywood
A private investigator might not be as glamorous as Brooklyn James had
expected, but it pays the bills. Or at least it used to. In dire financial
straits, she no longer has the luxury of saying no to jobs if she wants to pay
her bills—which is how she ends up in a tree, spying on a billionaire who’s
accused of dognapping. Not her finest moment.
Levi Turnbull made his fortune by creating tech that melds exercise with
video games. It sounded great at the time, but now he’s got more money than he
knows what to do with and he’s bored out of his mind waiting for the next game
to launch. When he realizes a neighbor has been neglecting his dog, he takes
matters into his own hands—by taking the dog. If he’s been trolling the neighbor
ever since with hilarious fliers around the area… Well, he’s only human. When he
finds a pretty redhead trespassing on his property in search of the missing dog,
he sees the ultimate distraction until the launch.
Brooklyn initially agrees to a date in order to get close enough to Levi to
find evidence of his dognapping—but that motivation gets complicated when they
end up in bed together. She’s unable to resist his charm, and as they grow
closer, Brooklyn can’t avoid the truth—not only did Levi steal a million dollar
dog…he’s in danger of stealing her heart, too.
Romance Contemporary
[On Sale: September 19, 2017, e-Book, ISBN:
2940154893517 / eISBN: 9780998840239]
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Hot In
Hollywood
Once upon a time, Cora Landers was America’s Sweetheart and destined to be
the Next Big Thing in Hollywood—but that was before her sex tape ruined her
image and eliminated her contracts. These days, instead of being an A-lister,
she’s divorce attorney to the A-listers. So when her ex—and fellow sex tape
star—Jack shows up, needing her expertise, she wants nothing to do with it.
Jack McArthur might have costarred in that sex tape, but he didn’t share
Cora’s fate—instead of tanking his career, the tape skyrocketed it. Now, as one
of Hollywood’s most buzzed about new directors, Jack has everything to
lose—especially when he wakes up after a friend’s bachelor party gone wrong to
find that he’s apparently married a woman he’s never met before…and now can’t
find. Desperate, he goes to the only person who he knows can help—Cora.
Cora reluctantly agrees to help Jack—both because he’s offering an absurd
amount of money and because she loves seeing him at a disadvantage for once.
Neither of them anticipate the very real problem of their being unable to keep
their hands off each other—or that Jack’s accidental marriage might be anything
but accidental. With both her heart and career on the line—again—Cora has to
decide if she’s going to take the high road or leave Jack hanging in the wind
the same way he left her twelve years ago.
Romance Contemporary
[On Sale: September 19, 2017, e-Book, ISBN:
2940154864456 / eISBN: 9780998840222]
Katee Robert learned to tell stories at her Grandpa’s knee. Her favorites
then were the rather
epic adventures of The Three Bears, but at age twelve she discovered romance
novels and
never looked back. Now living in Eastern Washington, she spends her time--in
between ogling
men and planning for the inevitable zombie apocalypse--writing speculative
romance novels.
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