Today
I’m thrilled to welcome back talented author, Brenda Whiteside who will be
chatting more about her latest release, The Art of Love and Murder.
Brenda,
the floor’s all yours…
Thanks
so much for having me today, Sky. I’m excited to have your readers learn about
my latest release, The Art of Love and
Murder, the first book in my Love and Murder series. I hope everyone enters
the Rafflecopter drawing for a tote bag of items that relate to the book. The
more you enter, the more chances you have to win. This link will direct you to
all the blogs on my tour.
Authors
usually interject a little of themselves into every book they write. Since I’m
a bit of a coffee-aholic, most of my books have a coffee drinker. In The Art of Love and Murder I went a
step further. My heroine, Lacy Dahl owns
a coffee café called The Lacy Latte. Although only the last scene of the book
takes place in the café, I had fun creating Lacy’s business. All the windows
are topped with lace, there’s a huge fireplace to curl up by with comfy couches
and the balcony upstairs is a warm nook. The twist is Lacy doesn’t drink
coffee. She prefers chai which she serves in her coffee café.
Side
note – no one in my family will drink the coffee I make because my blend is
strrroong, has a dash of cinnamon and a dollop of cream.
Blurb
Lacy Dahl never questioned her past
until the deaths of her adoptive parents and her husband. A husband who wasn't
what he seemed. Her research uncovers secrets about the mother she never knew;
secrets that dispute the identity of her father and threaten her life.
Sheriff Chance Meadowlark is still
haunted by the murder of his wife and the revenge he unleashed in the name of
justice. When he meets Lacy he is determined not to become involved, but their
pasts may make that impossible. As they move closer to the truth, saving Lacy
may be his only salvation.
Lacy begins to think the present is
more important than her past...until Chance's connection to her mother and a
murder spin her deeper into danger and further from love. Will the truth
destroy Lacy and Chance or will it be the answer that frees them?
Excerpt
Momentarily
struck dumb by his eye color, she stared back. Why hadn’t she noticed until
now? Although not as light as hers or her father’s, the professor’s eyes were a
startling green shade.
His
hand nudged her arm. “Lacy?”
She
jumped. “Oh, yes.” She slipped the tissue from the half-carved wolf. Another glance at his eyes and goose bumps riddled
her arms.
He
lifted the wood close to his face, using both hands as if handling a delicate
hummingbird. His thumb traced the neck of the creature to the juncture of where
it emerged from the wood. When he brought the piece to his nose, closing his
eyes and breathing deeply, Lacy wanted to turn away from the oddly erotic
gesture.
He
swallowed, opened his eyes and set the wolf back on the tissue. His attention
shifted to the photograph of the chest. He touched the photo, a smile on his
lips. “Where is the chest?”
The
chest. Like he knew it, had seen it before. “I’m having it sent. You’ve seen it
before?”
He
didn’t move, stared out the window as if deep in thought. “I’d like to show you
something, Lacy.”
“All
right.” She waited, watching his profile.
He
turned and stared into her face a moment. “You’re so very lovely. A creation
full of life and passion, surpassing any art form.”
His
hypnotic voice floated on the classical strains drifting from the living room.
She couldn’t speak. Didn’t know what to say. She’d been lifted upon a pedestal
of admiration. With any other man, she might consider his words a means to a
sexual end. The professor’s intentions, however, were crystal. He admired her
like a work of art.
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Brenda spends most of her time
writing stories of discovery and love. The rest of her time is spent tending
vegetables on the small family farm she shares with her husband, son, daughter-in-law
and granddaughter. Together, they’ve embraced an age-old lifestyle that has
been mostly lost in the United States - multiple generations living under one
roof, who share the workload, follow their individual dreams and reap the
benefits of combined talents.
Visit
Brenda at www.brendawhiteside.com.
Or
on FaceBook: www.facebook.com/BrendaWhitesideAuthor
She
blogs on the 9th and 24th of every month at http://rosesofprose.blogspot.com
She
blogs about writing and prairie life at http://brendawhiteside.blogspot.com/
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