"You're the best dancer of all," she said, gazing up into his
eyes, a beguiling smile on her lips.
Moist, pink lips, full and sweet. Lips he yearned to kiss. "Matilda
Rose, be careful or you'll bewitch me," Cooper warned.
She laughed, a light lilting laugh, as if he'd said something terribly
amusing.
As they danced slowly, silently, the tantalizing movements of her body
pressed to his, propelled Coop's heart into an irregular rhythm. The smoky
simmer of desire curled through his core, shot to his fingertips. Like some
demented soul, he continued to torture himself with a woman he could not have.
When the music ended, his lips grazed the top of her head, stealing a
taste of her sweet, silky hair.
Matilda Rose stepped back, her lips parted in a dazzling smile, her eyes
sparkling as they met his. She had no idea how he felt, how much he wanted her.
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BLURB:
Matilda Rose Applebee isn't looking for love when she captures Cooper T.
Davis at gunpoint. Her younger sister is in the family way and claims Cooper is
responsible. Matilda aims to haul the snake-belly back to her sister's waiting
arms. But Cooper insists Matty's sister is mistaken as they begin a long and
dangerous journey.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
This mostly truthful biography is
longer than most of my books. But the older you become, it seems the more there
is to say. Whether it’s important
or not. Whether anyone is
listening.
I was born in New York City but
raised in Winthrop, Massachusetts, a small isthmus that juts into the Atlantic
Ocean five miles north of Boston. During the long cold winters – read REALLY
COLD! – I read and I wrote. My favorite authors were Bronte and Austin before
they became required reading. I wrote stories to amuse myself which led to
writing the 6th grade school play. When I discovered drama classes in the ninth
grade, I gave up writing for a few years. And, yes, I was the perky cheerleader
who played Emily in Our Town. Not
a dry eye in the house!
Following high school graduation
my family moved to the warmer climate of South Florida - just when I was
getting acclimated to the constant cold.
At the University of Miami, I
majored in Radio/TV/Film. (As the program was called in those days - and one of
the first departments of its kind in the nation.) I minored in drama. For three
of my four years in college I acted in thirty- minute radio dramas almost on a
weekly basis. Inevitably these live broadcasts of Theater X were love stories
in which I played the heroine. Usually, the tragic heroine. I credit this
experience as having set me on a course of no return. Romance and fantasy
became my fate.
But first I experienced a
short-lived career as a broadcast journalist. I was too far ahead of my time to
fight the slings and arrows of the newsmens’ contempt, so I switched. I became
a broadcast copy/promotional writer and worked in the Miami and Los Angeles
markets. But my most rewarding work was as a writer/producer/host for a Miami
PBS station. (Due to the public broadcasting budget each person is This mostly
truthful biography is longer than most of my books. But the older you become,
it seems the more there is to say.
Whether it’s important or not.
Whether anyone is listening.
I was born in New York City but
raised in Winthrop, Massachusetts, a small isthmus that juts into the Atlantic
Ocean five miles north of Boston. During the long cold winters – read REALLY
COLD! – I read and I wrote. My favorite authors were Bronte and Austin before
they became required reading. I wrote stories to amuse myself which led to
writing the 6th grade school play. When I discovered drama classes in the ninth
grade, I gave up writing for a few years. And, yes, I was the perky cheerleader
who played Emily in Our Town. Not
a dry eye in the house!
Following high school graduation
my family moved to the warmer climate of South Florida - just when I was
getting acclimated to the constant cold.
At the University of Miami, I
majored in Radio/TV/Film. (As the program was called in those days - and one of
the first departments of its kind in the nation.) I minored in drama. For three
of my four years in college I acted in thirty- minute radio dramas almost on a
weekly basis. Inevitably these live broadcasts of Theater X were love stories
in which I played the heroine. Usually, the tragic heroine. I credit this
experience as having set me on a course of no return. Romance and fantasy
became my fate.
But first I experienced a
short-lived career as a broadcast journalist. I was too far ahead of my time to
fight the slings and arrows of the newsmens’ contempt, so I switched. I became
a broadcast copy/promotional writer and worked in the Miami and Los Angeles
markets. But my most rewarding work was as a writer/producer/host for a Miami
PBS station. (Due to the public broadcasting budget each person is expected to
fill a variety of roles for one salary. One small salary.) I focused on How-To
series, public affairs – of the political kind - and women’s issues. During
this time I met many inspiring women who shared their stories with me, women
whose remarkable achievements, great spirits and strength influenced my work as
I started to write. First, I became a published poet. It didn’t take much time
for me to write short verses.
As with most writers, I wrote my
first historical novels in the evenings after my day job. A second wind is
required to do this and it magically appears with the passion for writing.
Passion for the writing and
persistence in submitting are the keys to becoming a published author. The secrets of the sisterhood gleaned
from lessons learned along the way.
Not long after being published I
discovered that a writer’s life is not all about the voices in your head
demanding release to a page – frequently at an inopportune time. And it’s not
all about three figure contracts, champagne tours and as much chocolate as you
can consume. Oh. No. A writer’s life includes thundering deadlines, dry spells,
assorted blocks, carpel tunnel syndrome and frozen shoulders. Occasionally, the
green-eyed monster rears her head and wraps grown women in knots. But most of
all, writing romance is a wonderful love story in itself. There is nothing else
a romance writer would rather be doing. She is totally in love with romance and
with the ability to share her stories with gracious readers. Thank you, dear
reader.
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