I'm happy to have Carlene Love Flores here today talking about her new release, Sin's Flower. She is holding a week long contest on my blog. Yep, that's right, you have until next Wednesday 7-24. You can win an e-copy of her latest book. All you need to do is answer the following question and Carlene will randomly pick the winner.
Question: If you met the person who you thought might be The One, and they asked you to move out of state to be with them, would you do it? How long would it take you to decide? A heartbeat? A couple of weeks?
Please leave your email address with your comment so she can contact you if you win. Now, I'm happy to bring on Carlene to my humble blog.
Hello
Shannan, it’s wonderful to be here at your place today with my new release, Sin’s Flower. This is the second book in
the Sin Pointe Novel series and when I started thinking about the inspiration,
honestly and truly, it was the first book that inspired this second one. When I
finished Sidewalk Flower, I realized
that although I’d helped Trista and Lucky to overcome their demons and find
their happy ending, I’d left the boys of Sin Pointe in the dark. They needed
redemption and a way to happiness just as badly as their dearly departed
assistant. It was a complete surprise to me who Jaxon chose as his heroine. When
he hinted it was Lily, Trista’s younger sister, I went from shocked to anxious
to having to write their story. I hope you and your readers enjoy this sneak
peek. Love stories rock!
Xoxo,
Carlene
Love
Sin’s Flower Blurb:
When
Jaxon James, a sexy rock star and struggling single-father, is invited to ditch
California and spend Christmas in Tennessee with his estranged family, he
hesitantly accepts for his young daughter’s sake. But his attraction to his best friend’s baby
sister, Lily Elstone, threatens to unravel the bonds he’s made for his
daughter. The honorable thing to do
would be to give up Lily. But his
instincts are telling him she’s exactly the one who could bring light to his
life and the missing fire to his bed.
Unfortunately, Lily's too sweet for his world. He fears his rock and roll life style will
taint her. How far are Jaxon and Lily
willing to go to find what’s missing at home?
Sin’s Flower Excerpt:
Jaxon watched Lily’s hands sinking down into the sand from
behind as hesitancy chopped up his steps.
Years of ending up in dire situations had made him a decisive man when
he needed to be. He was making one of
those executive decisions right now. It
didn’t matter why she’d come. And he was
close to dismissing his reluctance over whose baby sister she was. Not when she wore that swishing angelic
lavender top that covered her from neck to shoulder to fingertip, driving him
insane with curiosity. God, and that
flaming hair which had gone from neon just yesterday to a flattering shade of
cinnamon temptation tonight. His grip
tightened around the folding chairs he’d gone to fetch. Purposefully, he slowed down.
Then stopped.
Wanting her was one thing, but hurting this young woman was
not okay.
Standing back, he took another couple minutes to contemplate
what could happen tonight. What he could
control and make happen.
He knew they should talk.
He just hoped she didn’t mind how close he intended on being to her
while that happened. His grip loosened
and one of the folding lounge chairs fell to the sand. There would be plenty of room for the both of
them on the one. He walked until he made
it back to her side and unfolded the chair to its full length.
“Uh, hi,” she said shyly, her brow furrowing in
concentration.
“Hey.” He sat down
and held his arms out to assist her.
“Sit with me?” He hadn’t given
her much of a choice and caught her eye scanning the sandy trail where he’d
come from. “Yeah, I figured we didn’t
need that one.”
“Oh, okay. Wait, just
so we’re clear here. You want me to sit,
where exactly?”
God, she would kill him tonight. That amount of cute couldn’t be faked. “Here, with me.” Her eyes widened in disbelief so he scooted
until he was flush with the back of the nylon chair and then opened his legs,
letting one straddle each side. “There’s
room.”
“You’re crazy,” she said shaking her head.
He let out a faked huff.
His quick decision had been too fast for her and she wouldn’t believe
this was his way of comforting her.
“I’ll go fetch the other chair.”
She gouged her hand into her hip. “Wait.
It’s just…I really don’t think I’m gonna fit.”
A hurricane couldn’t have swayed her decision to stay
put. But she eventually bent her knees,
bracing herself with strong hands, and lowered herself until her squeezable
bottom met the chair. Because he wanted
her closer, he took the liberty of placing his hands at each side of her waist
and scooted her back until she was flush with his chest and his lap.
On second thought, that was way too close.
Someone would kill him for the throbbing going on so close
to their little sister. He wiggled an
inch of space between Lily and his now obvious and straining erection. The last thing he wanted to do was leave her
thinking he was incapable of a conversation without sex ending up front and
center. He had amazing amounts of
control in that department. It came
along with all the years he’d practiced on the road. Tonight, plainly put, he just wanted to be
close to someone, to Lily. And this was
the way he knew how to do that.
“So what did you want to talk about?” he asked.
“I, I don’t know.” It
sounded like nerves had her.
They didn’t have to start with words. Fuck him for his appetite but he could say
more by doing this anyway.
Hey you, horny fucker. This is the part where you pat her on the
head, say you’re sorry, and send her back to her big sister. This is not the time for indulging. Pack it up, Jaxon.
Yeah, no questions about it.
That’s what he should do.
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A bit about Carlene:
Carlene
Love Flores is a big fan of the stars (especially Orion), honest music
(especially Depeche Mode), and her travelling family (no favorites there-she
loves them all). These things have always inspired her to think up edgy,
intimate love stories and continue to do so. If she could touch someone’s heart
with her writing the way others have done for her, she’d say truly there never
lived a luckier girl.
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