Readers, please help me welcome Angelina Ross to the blog. Angelina, thanks so much for coming.
1. Please tell us about your
latest release.
Sometimes, returning to your hometown isn’t about
confronting your past; it’s about discovering your future… this sums up “The
Eyes of Love”
Sally had been bullied at High School and in spite of this,
she stayed on course. She wanted to become an Attorney. When she left High
School she went to college and followed her dream: she became an Attorney. She
learned how to clear up her skin, wear makeup, control her frizzy hair and
dress to suit her body shape. She turned into the “beautiful swan.” She met and
married Richard, who was also an Attorney. After a couple of years of happiness
and knowing true love, her husband was killed in a boating accident leaving her
with a young son to bring up alone.
After five years she realized just how lonely she had
become. Then came the invitation to the 15 Year High School Reunion… she
thought “Do I want to go back and see those horrible girls?” She also thought
about the school hunk who she had had a crush on. Will he be there? Sally
checked out on Facebook just what had happened to Colin …
Guess what? Sally went to the Reunion thinking she would do
it for the young girl in her who had been bullied. But it wasn’t about
confronting her past, it was about discovering her future!
2. Sounds intriguing! What have you got coming soon for us to look out for?
I am planning to release
soon the first book in my new Romantic Suspense Series. There’s a lot happening
in and around the lives of the main characters, Derek and Gabrielle. Derek is a
Detective Lieutenant and Gabrielle a newly graduated Pharmacist who inherits
her father’s Pharmaceutical Company. So, there are interesting twists and
romantic turns in this series, combined with betrayal and counterfeit drugs.
3. What song would you choose for Karaoke?
I’d pretend I was Agnetha from Abba and sing “Waterloo”
4. Good choice. Which Star Trek or Star Wars character are you most like?
Deanna Troi who served as the ship’s counselor on USS
Enterprise-D. Later in the series Deanna takes an examination and is promoted
to Commander, but continues on as the chip’s counselor. She marries William
Riker, hence her name change to Deanna Troi-Riker.
I can see a lot of myself in her and I’m also a counselor.
5. Who would you most like to be stranded with on a desert
island with? Least? Why?
Wayne Dyer … he is a self-help author and motivational
speaker. I could learn a lot from him about being an author and his
motivational words would help keep me positive .
Harrison Ford … hopefully he
learned survival skills from starring in Indiana Jones
Jude Blereau who is a natural food chef. He
would know which plants are edible and how to cook them so they taste great!
And so I don’t need to cook.
I would least like to be with anyone who
couldn’t stop talking about themselves and how unhappy they are about the
situation.
I hear you. Readers, it's time for a blurb and excerpt.
BLURB:
After a
tragic loss five years ago, Sally Overby becomes an Attorney in Atlanta. She
convinces herself that all she'll ever need again is her young son, David, and
her life as an attorney. Until one day, Colin Dean barges back into her life
and promptly blows her safe world apart, driving her crazy as only a guy she'd
had a "school girl crush" on can.
Sally is
wary to love deeply. Only, with every loving look Colin gives her plus every
sweet kiss, as the attraction between them sparks, she can’t help but wonder if
she’s met the one she should be with. And although Colin didn’t realize his
life was going to change so quickly, amazingly, he isn’t the least bit
interested in fighting that change. Instead, he’s gearing up for a different
fight altogether. The one for Sally’s heart.
Will
Colin be able to convince her that's it safe to love him... and that forever
isn't really out of reach?
The Eyes
of Love is a novella… so you can enjoy it in just one day!
A
hush fell over the room for a moment as Stephanie appeared with Jazz trailing
behind her. She was wearing a skin tight black dress with stiletto heels which
was typical Stephanie fashion. She wanted nothing more than to be the center of
attention like she always had been.
Without
missing a beat, Stephanie walked straight over to Colin. Sally was shocked.
"Hello,
Colin..." she purred as she ignored Sally completely. "You look sexy
tonight, as always." She smiled seductively as Colin looked away.
"Who's your friend?"
"None
of your business, Steph. Leave me alone."
"Oohhh....
Did I touch a nerve, sweetie?" she asked as she reached out to touch his
chest.
"Don't
touch me, Stephanie. I'm warning you. Why don't you go back to Jazz?"
"Oh.
Jazz. Boring..." she sang. "We're not together anymore, just so you
know..." she whispered in a husky voice. Colin held onto Sally's hand for
dear life. She had to do something.
"Stephanie,
don't you remember me?" she asked grinning from ear to ear as she slid
into Colin's side. He put his arm around her and stared down in shock at what
she was about to say.
"I
don't know you," Stephanie said looking her up and down.
"Wow.
Age is really doing a number on your brain," Sally said.
"Who
are you?" Stephanie snapped. Jazz stood a few feet back obviously trying
to hear the conversation.
"I'm your worst nightmare,"
Sally growled as she came almost nose to nose with Stephanie, her attorney
public speaking skills getting ready to display themselves. She pulled the name
tag from her purse without breaking eye contact and held it up. "You see,
I'm the nerd that you and your cronies bullied through high school."
AUTHOR
INFORMATION:
Angelina Rose
has wanted to write ever since she could hold a pencil. The first daughter of
immigrant parents, Angelina had her head buried in books, lost in a world of
heroes, heroines and exotic places.
It was a shocking experience that jump-started Angelina's author career.
"I awoke in the ICU... I had been unconscious for several days," Angelina says.
In 2010, Angelina had a long stint in hospital following her involvement in a motor vehicle accident: the longest time off work (as a Registered Nurse), she'd ever had in her life!
It was then she took up pen and paper and started to write again, just as she had done when she was a child. She wrote four short fiction stories for young adults, entered them in several competitions, and managed to win three first prizes!
After happily dipping her toes into writing those short fiction stories for young adults, Angelina has now authored four books in a new "Mill Creek Crossing Romance" series... contemporary romance intended for adults.
The "Starting Over Series" is another contemporary romance series she wrote about a subject she knows well... nurses and their love life. At a recent reunion of her graduating class, she could not help but notice how the same girls would group together and laugh, chat, and even shed some tears over their lives since graduating. Many of the girls had divorced... so Angelina thought "what if a group of the nurses came up with a plan to meet in two years and have a new love story to share?" Then the first story in the series was born.
There is always a story running around in her head. A man with thick dark hair, gray-blue eyes, with an engaging smile and a quick wit... or a girl crying over a broken relationship. She finds herself talking to these characters during her day: when she's doing dishes, or bathing babies at the hospital. These characters crop up on days at the beach or on walks through the neighborhood. This is how the stories start to grow.
Angelina's mother was an author, so Angelina grew up with a love of words and stories. If she wasn't writing a short story about something that took her fancy, her head was buried in books... reading, reading, reading, as her brother constantly told her...
When she's not spending time with her goodlooking man, or quality time with her laptop, she's working at the hospital, hanging out with her family and friends, or walking her two dogs around the neighborhood. Angelina spends as much time as she can traveling, then coming home and including some of those adventures in her stories.
Angelina really loves to hear from her readers and she invites you to connect with her on Facebook as she interacts daily with her readers there!
It was a shocking experience that jump-started Angelina's author career.
"I awoke in the ICU... I had been unconscious for several days," Angelina says.
In 2010, Angelina had a long stint in hospital following her involvement in a motor vehicle accident: the longest time off work (as a Registered Nurse), she'd ever had in her life!
It was then she took up pen and paper and started to write again, just as she had done when she was a child. She wrote four short fiction stories for young adults, entered them in several competitions, and managed to win three first prizes!
After happily dipping her toes into writing those short fiction stories for young adults, Angelina has now authored four books in a new "Mill Creek Crossing Romance" series... contemporary romance intended for adults.
The "Starting Over Series" is another contemporary romance series she wrote about a subject she knows well... nurses and their love life. At a recent reunion of her graduating class, she could not help but notice how the same girls would group together and laugh, chat, and even shed some tears over their lives since graduating. Many of the girls had divorced... so Angelina thought "what if a group of the nurses came up with a plan to meet in two years and have a new love story to share?" Then the first story in the series was born.
There is always a story running around in her head. A man with thick dark hair, gray-blue eyes, with an engaging smile and a quick wit... or a girl crying over a broken relationship. She finds herself talking to these characters during her day: when she's doing dishes, or bathing babies at the hospital. These characters crop up on days at the beach or on walks through the neighborhood. This is how the stories start to grow.
Angelina's mother was an author, so Angelina grew up with a love of words and stories. If she wasn't writing a short story about something that took her fancy, her head was buried in books... reading, reading, reading, as her brother constantly told her...
When she's not spending time with her goodlooking man, or quality time with her laptop, she's working at the hospital, hanging out with her family and friends, or walking her two dogs around the neighborhood. Angelina spends as much time as she can traveling, then coming home and including some of those adventures in her stories.
Angelina really loves to hear from her readers and she invites you to connect with her on Facebook as she interacts daily with her readers there!
Website: http://AngelinaRoseRomance.com
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