My next release, available Monday April 20, is FATED
ENCOUNTER, an adult romance novella that's the latest addition to my Encounter
books published by The Wild Rose Press. The book is set in Seattle, Washington,
and on Bainbridge Island across the bay from Seattle. It tells the story of
Shaina Thomas, a graphic artist/illustrator from Phoenix, Arizona, and Brody
Danvers, an entrepreneur who owns a radio station and an upscale restaurant in
Seattle.
A chance encounter
a year ago set fate on a course for the future
G-Excerpt #1:
“You don’t need to cover for me, Jeannie. Totally my fault.”
A spontaneous laugh accompanied the man’s words. “Time got away from me. I came
sneaking in the back door hoping for an unobtrusive arrival.”
The smooth masculine voice sent a rush of excitement darting
through Shaina’s body. Something familiar about it, something stuck in the back
of her mind…something from the past. She turned to see who possessed the
mesmerizing sound.
First surprise, then confusion hit Shaina’s senses. Just
like the sound of his voice, he looked very familiar, but from where? How could
she not remember the identity of Mr.
Incredibly Sexy and Desirable, all six feet one inch of him with his thick
light brown hair and piercing blue eyes? A dynamic man who appeared to be maybe
four or five years older than her thirty-two years? She had just moved to
Seattle and didn’t know anyone. Where would she have encountered this very
handsome and enticing man?
As soon as he looked in her direction, his face lit up.
“Shaina Thomas? Is that you?”
“Yes…” She searched her mind for any hint to his identity.
He obviously remembered her, which confirmed they had met, but it only
increased her bewilderment. Where and when?
He flashed a devastatingly sexy smile as he held out his
hand toward her. “What an unexpected pleasure running into you. It’s
been…what—” He wrinkled his brow in a moment of concentration—“a little over a
year ago that we met? The party at Kent and Patti Blanchard’s house.” He gave
her a teasing grin. “You were with a date and left before I had a chance to get
you alone and ask you to have dinner with me, followed by a totally indecent
proposition.”
“Yes…” The memory suddenly popped into her mind. “I remember
now.” She accepted his offered handshake and extended a friendly smile. His
touch sent an instant arc of desire coursing through her veins. No man had ever
sparked such an immediate and intense response in her. Not until now.
A sparkle darted through his eyes. Had he experienced the
same jolt of excitement as a result of the physical contact? “You’re Brody…”
She visualized the party scene where they had met but couldn’t recall his last
name.
“Danvers…Brody Danvers.” He continued to clasp her hand, his
touch playing havoc with her senses as he steered her away from the front door
and out of the main flow of customers coming and going. “Would it be
presumptuous of me to hope that your presence here means you moved to Seattle?”
As he released her hand, he took a blatantly obvious close look at her ring
finger. “And you’re unattached?”
A bit of a smile tugged at the corners of her mouth. Very straight forward, not even a pretense
at trying to be subtle. I’m not sure if he’s arrogant or a breath of fresh air.
“Guilty. I just moved to Seattle a week ago and will be starting my new job in
another week. I’m still unpacking and getting settled into my new apartment. I
saw the information for the radio station's game weekend and immediately signed
up. I love games. I thought this might be a good way to meet people. I
understand the pre-game social get together always takes place at this
restaurant.”
“Yes, upstairs in the banquet room. I coordinate the activities—decide
what the game will be, see that newcomers are made welcome and introduced to
the other participants, keep everything on track, organized, and under
control…things like that.”
She won't be owned
by any man. He's determined to make her his.
Blurb:
Seattle restaurant owner and entrepreneur Brody Danvers met
the woman of his dreams a year ago at a party in Phoenix…her and her fiancé.
When a chance encounter brings her—minus a ring on her finger—back into his
life, he’ll do whatever it takes to keep her there.
Graphic artist Shaina Thomas has moved from Phoenix to
Seattle to get away from a controlling ex-fiancé who refuses to accept the end
of their relationship. Seeing the man she’d nicknamed Mr. Incredibly Sexy
and Desirable and not forgotten is an unexpected but complicated surprise.
She’s seriously attracted to him, but he seems to possess the same controlling
traits as her ex. And then there’s the beautiful restaurant hostess who has her
sights set on him…
FATED ENCOUNTER, an adult romance novella by Samantha
Gentry from The Wild Rose Press. www.thewildrosepress.com
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2 comments:
The book sounds good! Best of luck on it.
Ilona: Thanks for the good wishes.
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