If I Want You
by Rachel Brimble
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GENRE: Romantic Suspense
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BLURB:
When local journalist, Tori Peterson, fails to prevent a
child abduction outside her niece’s school, her horror and guilt sparks a vow
to do whatever it takes to get little Abby Brady home to her parents.
While Tori battles the vile memories of her own kidnapping as a child, she accepts the help of widowed father, Mark Bolton. As he and Tori join forces with the local police, their attraction and intimacy grows…along with their fears for Abby.
Links are uncovered between Abby’s disappearance and Tori’s kidnapping, and Tori is forced to accept the monster who held her captive is back. But this time, Tori is all grown up, and there is no way she will let him hurt another little girl.
While Tori battles the vile memories of her own kidnapping as a child, she accepts the help of widowed father, Mark Bolton. As he and Tori join forces with the local police, their attraction and intimacy grows…along with their fears for Abby.
Links are uncovered between Abby’s disappearance and Tori’s kidnapping, and Tori is forced to accept the monster who held her captive is back. But this time, Tori is all grown up, and there is no way she will let him hurt another little girl.
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EXCERPT:
It wasn’t the just the smell
of fresh air and sandalwood that alerted Tori to the fact Mark had joined them.
It was the way his shadow fell over her as though covering her body with his
wide, deep and potentially dangerous protectiveness.
She didn’t bother to look at
him...even though her Cally was seriously looking. Tori lifted her hand in a
half-hearted wave. “Take a seat, superhero.”
“I will.” He sat beside her.
“Thank you.”
Every now and then, when she
was alone at home, she’d picked up a book. And every now and then, Tori would
toss the book across the room whenever she read the words, “the air crackled
between them.” Well, whatever instantly plagued the atmosphere between her and
Mark as she forced her gaze to his, she was loath to call it crackling. Maybe
humming… screaming… burning… but definitely not crackling.
She swallowed. “What are you
doing here?”
“Olivia’s staying at a
friend’s. I was at a loose end.”
Despite her best efforts to
fight her smile, it was ruthless and broke through her barriers like they were
made of sugar paper. “Loose end, my ass. You were no doubt pacing around the
house and doing everything you could not to get in the car and go get her.”
He smiled and put a glass on
the table. “Merlot, right?”
A Word From the Author:
1.Did you always want to be an author?
Not that I realised it at the time, but I’ve wanted to be an author
since I was eight or nine. I fell in love with Enid Blyton’s Secret Seven
series and started writing stories of my own, bound together with ribbon. As I
got older, I thought the only ‘real’ writing job was journalism so decided, at
age 11, I’d be a journalist. Life soon took a different turn and I worked in a
bank for 10 years before having a ‘now or never’ moment when my youngest
daughter started school. The rest is history!
2.Tell us about the publication of your first book.
My first book was accepted by the Wild Rose Press and published in 2007
– Searching For Sophie is a romantic suspense story, inspired by my husband
being adopted. I had been reading romantic suspense for years before I put pen
to paper so knew the genre of story I wanted to write and this story literally
wrote itself. I tried several UK publishers with no luck and then a friend
suggested the Wild Rose Press. I loved working with them so much that I now
have three novels and two novellas with them, including my latest release IF I
WANT YOU.
3.Besides yourself, who is your favorite author in the genre in which you write?
As well as romantic suspense, I also write mainstream romance and
historical romance so have favorite authors across the sub-genres. My favorite
author of mainstream romance is Jill Shalvis, my favorite of romantic suspense
is Nora Roberts and my favorite of historical romance is Elizabeth Hoyt.
They pen truly wonderful stories and if your visitors haven’t read them
yet…DO IT TODAY!!
4.What's the best part of being an author? The worse?
The best part is receiving lovely emails from readers and, of course,
those fabulous 5 star reviews from reviewers and bloggers! Also, NOTHING beats
receiving a box of your brand new books in the mail – I am currently writing my
twenty-third novel and that never, ever, gets old.
The worse thing, apart from the incessant self-doubt, is (for me, at
least) the plotting. I am an avid plotter and do all that I can before I start
the actual writing in the hope I stay on track. My books usually come in around
the 80,000 word mark and, inevitably, I reach around 40,000 words and things
start to go wrong.
Problems usually arise when a character decides to do something I hadn’t
planned for – my husband thinks I’m crazy when I moan to him about this
particular problem. However, my writer friends completely understand!
5.What projects are you working on now?
I am currently polishing the final draft of a new romantic suspense that I hope will be the start of a new series, as well as starting to write a new Edwardian romance. I am super excited about this one right now and truly believe (so far!), it’s my best work to date. Fingers crossed, an editor will think the same when I come to submit, lol!
Next release is A Stranger In The Cove (Harlequin) and I am
so excited! This is the final instalment in my Templeton Cove series (all books
can be read stand-alone) and I really hope I’ve delivered a satisfying ending
for the many devoted fans of this small UK seaside town.
A Stranger In The Cove releases Jan 1st 2018 and is available
for pre-order right now – here’s the link:
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AUTHOR Bio and
Links:
Rachel lives with her
husband and two teenage daughters in a small town near Bath in the UK. After
having several novels published by small US presses, she secured agent
representation in 2011. Since 2013, she has had seven books published by
Harlequin Superromance (Templeton Cove Stories) and an eighth coming in Feb
2018. She also has four Victorian romances with eKensington/Lyrical
Press.
Rachel is a member
of the Romantic Novelists Association and Romance Writers of America, and was
selected to mentor the Superromance finalist of So You Think You Can Write 2014
contest. When she isn’t writing, you’ll find Rachel with her head in a book or
walking the beautiful English countryside with her family. Her dream place to
live is Bourton-on-the-Water in South West England.
She likes nothing
more than connecting and chatting with her readers and fellow romance writers.
Rachel would love to hear from you!
Links:
Amazon
Author Page:
Goodreads:
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and
RAFFLECOPTER CODE:
Rachel Brimble will be awarding a $20 Amazon or Barnes and
Noble GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
Thanks for hosting!
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