Kelly Danali of Beyond the Face-Off by Linda O'Connor LindaOConnor98 #ContemporaryRomance #IntheGameHockeySeries #SportsRomance

I’d like to welcome Kelly Danali of Beyond the Face-Off by Linda O’Connor.

RW:    What’s your story/back story? Why would someone come up with a story about you?

KD:     I’m one of those sassy, outgoing people who loves to meet people and make things happen. I run a pharmacy during the day—with over-the-top whimsical displays to help customers who are illiterate—and I’m involved in local theatre at night. I love being out there, getting involved and trying new things.

RW:    Can you tell us about your hero?

KD:     Jake Ross plays for the Clarington Quakes, the local professional hockey team. He’s just been traded to the Quakes, and the whole town couldn’t be happier to have him back home. He’s got a sexy quietness to him that you can’t help but love.

RW:    What problems do you have to face and overcome in your life?

KD:     I’ve been cast as the lead in a play, and my mom is playing the older version of the same character. It’s the first time we’re acting together in the same play, and I love working with her. The problem is my ex. He’s been cast opposite me as my love interest. I have no interest in loving him, and unfortunately the chemistry between us is suffering. To top that off, the owners just sold the building where I’m renting my pharmacy, and the new owners are jacking up the rent. I’m just finding my feet in the business world and it’s going to be tight to make ends meet. While I’m dealing with that, I’ve noticed an alarming trend in inhaler use in the local teens. I’m worried there might be a new drug abuse problem in the community. I can’t help but get involved.

RW:    Do you expect your hero to help or is he the problem?

KD:    I’d like Jake to help. He’d be a respected spokesperson if I could get him to talk to the teens about staying fit and staying away from drugs, but I’d have to nudge him to embrace public speaking. Yeah…probably not going to happen.

RW:    Where do you live?

KD:     Clarington, Ontario

RW:    During what time-period does your story take place?

KD:     2018

RW:    How are you coping with the conflict in your life?

KD:     I can’t imagine quitting the play, but I have to say, it’s crossed my mind. It’d be a shame to give it up. We’ll see—I have a few tricks up my sleeve yet. I’ll figure out a way to increase revenue for my pharmacy. I’ve worked too hard to walk away—and I have good friends in Clarington who I wouldn’t want to leave behind.

RW:  Bubble baths or steamy showers? Ocean or mountains? Puppies or kittens? Chocolate or caramel?

KD:     Bubble baths, oceans, puppies. I have to choose between chocolate and caramel? That’s just mean.

RW:    If money were not an object, where would you most like to live?

KD:     Wherever Jake is playing. :D

RW:    What is your secret guilty pleasure?

KD:     Any dessert from Bibbington’s Cafe.

RW:    City life or country life? E-Book or paperback? Zebras or elephants?

KD:     City, Paperback, Elephants.

RW:    Cherries or Bananas? Leather or lace? Black or red? Mud Bath or Oily Massage?

KD:     Cherries, Lace, Red, Oily Massage.

RW:    If you came with a warning label, what would it say?

KD:     Won’t fade in the limelight.

RW:    Party life or quiet dinner for two?

KD:     Party life, although Jake is into quiet dinners for two, so I may have to adjust.

RW:    Those are all the questions I have for you. Thank you for speaking to me.

KD:     Thanks so much for shining the spotlight on me!

Linda O’Connor

Bio

Award-winning author Linda O’Connor started writing romantic comedies when she needed a creative outlet other than subtly rearranging the displays at a local home décor store. Her books have enjoyed bestseller status. When not writing, she’s a physician at an Urgent Care Clinic. She shares her medical knowledge in fast-paced, well-written, sexy romances—with an unexpected twist. Her favourite prescription to write? Laugh every day. Love every minute.

Beyond the Face-Off

The Plot

Kelly Danali has a big personality. She runs a pharmacy by day and lights up the local theatre scene by night. There’s nothing she craves more than a spot in the limelight. Jake Ross is a homegrown hockey star. He’s been traded back to the Clarington Quakes and spends most of his time avoiding the press and hockey-crazed fans.

Kelly wants to curb an alarming trend of drug abuse in local teens, and Jake, with his athleticism and sex appeal, would be the perfect spokesperson. Except there’s one problem—there’s nothing Jake craves more than privacy and solitude.

Jake finds Kelly irresistible and skates around the possibility of falling in love, but is she more attracted to hockey, fame, or him?

There’s more to love…Beyond the Face-Off.

An Excerpt:

“Okay, all set.” Kelly walked over to the cash. Was it just her or was there a sizzle in the air? “Has your dad had this medicine before?” Please say yes.

Jake shook his head. “I don’t think so. He’s feeling a bit under the weather. He came back from the doctor with this and asked if I could pick it up for him.”

Kelly nodded and cleared her throat. “I’ve slipped some information about it in the bag, but it’s used to treat erectile dysfunction. It takes about thirty minutes for the full effect—” She stopped at his strangled sound.

He raised his hands in the air, and his eyes went wide. “What?”

Kelly blinked. “It’s used to keep an erection hard so intercourse is pos–”

“Yeah, I know what erectile dysfunction is. How is that going to help my father?”

“Well, if he’s having problems with–”

“No.” Jake shook his head and waved his hands in the air. A flush spread over his cheeks. “I don’t want to discuss my father’s…erectile,” he said with a wince, “problems.” He shook his head. “He told me he had the flu.”

Kelly looked at him. “This won’t help the flu.” She grinned. “But it may make him feel better.”

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Connor Walsh, Echoes of the Past, by Iris Blobel, @_iris_b, #Romance, #MustRead, #MFRWAuthor

I’d like to welcome Connor Walsh of Echoes of the Past by Iris Blobel.

RW:   What’s your story/back story? Why would someone come up with a story about you?

CW:   I grew up in a small town in Australia. I was only around five or six years old when one day my English-born mother packed our bags and moved us to London in the UK. We’ve never talked about that time in my life so there’s a complete blank when it comes to my early childhood. Then, out of the blue, my biological father contacts me and invites me to Fermosa Bay, Australia. Apparently, he has terminal cancer. I’m a lawyer, so it’s in my nature to be curious. A few weeks later, I’m on my way…

RW:    Can you tell us about your heroine

CW:    Emily, my little ray of sunshine. I’ve been told I already had a thing for her when I was a kid. Even gave her a kiss. *Shakes his head.* She’s beautiful. Inside as well as outside.

RW:    What problems do you have to face and overcome in your life?

CW:    See, the thing is, my life is in London. I suppose that’s the biggest obstacle when it comes to my relationship with my dad, but also with Emily. But I have to tell you, it’s overwhelming to dig into the past and find out all these little things I had no idea about. I mean, dad told me about my love for the water. Really? I never go near water nowadays. Or all these baby stories. Dad’s photos have been a great help… as well as fun. I have to admit, I sit quite often on the veranda thinking “what if”. What if I had lived all my life here? What would my life be like? I like it here, but I know, my life’s in London. It’s going to be hard to say goodbye.

RW:    Do you expect your heroine to help or is she the problem?

CW:   Well, Emily can’t really help unless she would come with me to the UK, but honestly, wow, moving from Fermosa Bay to London, I don’t think, no let me rephrase that, I know she wouldn’t like it.

RW:    How are you coping with the conflict in your life?

CW:    It’s hard to come to terms with the fact that I could’ve had a completely different life. I mean, I lived in a metropolitan city for most of my life. The lifestyle is completely opposite to the one in Fermosa Bay … where people know each other, which, by the way, can be a disadvantage as well, but most of the time … wow, you go into the bakery and they know you like doughnuts.

RW:    If money were not an object, where would you most like to live?

CW:    I’d give Fermosa Bay a go.

RW:    If you were stranded on a tropical island, who would it be with? You can choose any living, deceased or mythical figure.

CW:    My dad. We missed out on over twenty years. I’d definitely take him with me to catch up on lost time.

RW:    City life or country life?

CW:    I’ve lived in the city for most of my life. You can’t get much bigger than London. But I tell you, Fermosa Bay, the small place at the Australian coast is growing on me.

RW:    If you came with a warning label, what would it say?

CW:   The lawyer in me never goes to sleep. I like to mull over things and discuss things.

RW:   Satin, Egyptian cotton, jersey, flannel… What are your favorite sheets?

CW:    Hahaha … I wouldn’t have a clue. As long as it’s nice and comfy.

RW:    Those are all the questions I have for you. Thank you for speaking to me.

CW:    Thank you for having me. It’s been interesting. I hope your readers will give my story a go, Iris did great putting it onto paper.

IRIS BLOBEL

Bio

Iris Blobel was born and raised in Germany and only immigrated to Australia in the late 1990s. Having had the travel bug most of her life, Iris spent quite some time living in Scotland, London, as well as Canada where she met her husband. Her love for putting her stories onto paper only emerged a few years back, but now her laptop is a constant companion.

Iris resides west of Melbourne with her husband and her two beautiful daughters as well as their dog. Next to her job at a private school, she also presents a German program at the local community radio.

ECHOES OF THE PAST

The Plot

When Connor Walsh, a business lawyer in London, receives news that his estranged father is terminally ill, he returns to Fermosa Bay, a little coastal town in Australia. With the memories of his childhood years tucked away in the back of his mind, he finds his father and kindergarten friends rallying around to remind him of the past. But he’s unprepared for the growing attraction he feels for Emily, and it doesn’t take long for Connor to feel regret that his life could have been so much different.

Emily Bradshaw has waited for over twenty years to see Connor again. And although he can’t remember her, let alone their first kiss, her childhood crush is still in full swing. Eager to pick up where they left off as children, she’s determined to enjoy the short time he is in Fermosa Bay, accepting her heart will break when he returns to his life in London.

Will the echoes of the past lure him into staying in Fermosa Bay?

An Excerpt:

She looked at him, studied his eyes. “Was it hard to leave everything behind?”

He thought back to their early days in London. Living with his grandparents, trying to fit into one new school after the other, being the new one everywhere, being the one with the different accent. He didn’t like thinking of those days and preferred to lock them away with a cache of other memories.

“If you can’t remember what you had, you can’t miss it, right?”

“We missed you, and it was very hard for us to accept that you were gone.”

Her voice was quiet, and he stared at her for a long moment before gazing back towards the horizon. Everything inside him stilled when she took his hand into hers and entwined her fingers with his.

“I missed you,” she told him just above a whisper.

“You missed a boy you knew when you were seven, Emily.”

She shook her head. “I know that boy is still somewhere inside you. You just have to let go and trust.”

He removed his hands from hers and met her gaze. “Emily. Ethan told me that you still have a crush on me, but—”

“That little bugger.” She laughed and surprised him with her reaction. If anything, he’d expected anger or irritation. But not laughter.

“Okay, crush or no crush,” she replied. “Fact is, we missed you. You were part of our neighbourhood. We were friends. We all were. Then you were gone and nobody ever knew why. It’s got nothing to do with my crush, which, by the way, I resent that. My best friend was taken away from me, and I missed you. Don’t go all soppy on me.”

“No crush?”

Her attempt to look serious failed miserably. “Nah. Perhaps a little. Okay, yes, so sue me.”

“I’m a lawyer, sunshine. Don’t say what you don’t mean.”

Emily stared at him and then whispered, “See, it’s coming back to you. You always called me sunshine. Unless…” She paused. “Unless, you call every woman sunshine. Then I might get upset.”

Connor watched her. He hadn’t had such a delightful conversation in a very long time. Talking to Emily was so easy, and it seemed he couldn’t say a wrong word. The corner of her mouth was pulled into a slight smile.

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