Hey Everyone!
I'd like to introduce you to Shelly Alexander who has just released her latest novel, It's In His Smile.
I'd like to introduce you to Shelly Alexander who has just released her latest novel, It's In His Smile.
A 2014 Golden Heart® finalist, Shelly
Alexander grew up traveling the world, earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing,
and worked in the business world for twenty-five years. With four older
brothers, she watched every Star Trek episode ever made, joined the softball
team instead of ballet class, and played with G.I. Joes while the Barbie
Corvette stayed tucked in the closet. When she had three sons of her own, she
decided to escape her male-dominated world by reading romance novels and has
been hooked ever since. Now, she spends her days writing steamy contemporary
romances while tending to a miniature schnauzer named Omer, a tiny toy poodle
named Mozart, and a pet boa named Zeus.
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It’s
In His Smile by Shelly Alexander
She’s
risking it all on a dream career… until his smile convinces her to risk her
heart on love.
Miranda Cruz isn’t just the best darned
waitress in town anymore; she’s Red River’s newest innkeeper. All she has to do
is renovate the inn, find the contractor that has disappeared with her life’s
savings, and prove that she is the respectable business owner she’s always
dreamed of being. Easy, right? Especially for the intelligent Miss Cruz who
never depends on anyone, including a man. Until a gorgeous old flame shows up
and reignites a fire that has been simmering for seven long years and could
send her dreams up in smoke.
Acclaimed environmental architect, Talmadge
Oaks, returns home to Red River to settle family business. He plans to get in
and get out as quickly as possible because a professional catastrophe is
waiting for him back in the Pacific Northwest. When an unforeseen snag keeps
him in Red River longer than expected, he finds himself entangled with the
floundering renovations of his late grandmother’s old Victorian inn. Handy with
a hammer, Talmadge offers to help the inn’s beautiful new owner, but his
motives aren’t completely selfless. Will his secret demolish everything they
are building? Or will their undeniable passion and love be enough to hold them
together?
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Excerpt
After
Talmadge's colossal gaffe yesterday at Joe's, the chances of Miranda letting
him take over the renovations at the inn were about as good as her contractor
giving back her money.
The
way he saw it, he had two options.
One:
play the I'm-your-creditor card and take charge of the renovations whether she
agreed or not. When it came to any kind of building project, everyone followed
his lead. Hell, he'd earned that leadership roll in world of architecture.
Miranda's
face glowed red with anger.
Right.
Option one wasn't working out so well.
He
shifted to option two: make her think she was still in charge.
"Don't
be foolish, Miranda. You need help with this place." Talmadge was trying
real hard to keep his mind and eyes off the taut nipples showing through her
thin shirt. The moment he'd turned and saw her standing in the dining room
staring at him with sleepy eyes and messy pillow hair...glaring at all of them
over the absurdity of superheroes while wearing silly cartoon pajamas... Well,
hell. His throat had closed up, and he'd wanted to toss her over his shoulder
and take her to back to bed. This time with him in it too.
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