Title: Spooky Sojourn
Publisher: Totally Bound
Genre: Contemporary Erotic, Paranormal Romance
Book Length: 50,000 words
BLURB
Someone's trying to kill Deanna, but is it the ghosts she doesn't believe in, the rich socialite who might be a murderess, or someone else with a beef against The Gilroy Hotel and Resort that Deanna has just been hired to manage? The Gilroy's owners want the ghosts, or whoever is causing the trouble at the hotel eliminated, and they are pressuring Deanna to do the job as quickly as possible. Harry DeVeaux, paranormal investigator comes highly recommended to do the job and against Deanna's better judgement, she hires him.
Although Deanna thinks Harry's crazy for believing in ghosts and Harry thinks Deanna has a closed mind to the possibilities of ghosts and they highly annoy each other, sparks fly. Deanna can't help but fantasize about Harry and inspired by a romance convention visiting her hotel, writes her fantasies in a private blog that Harry finds, hacks, and reads. Ooh la la!
Excerpt:
“Do
you really have to go? Or do you just want to get away from me? Am I that
repellant?”
She
looked as though she’d rather have fire ants crawl up her legs than answer his
question.
Before
she could respond, he jumped in. “I have a confession.”
She
stopped trying to jar
the door, her attention riveted on him, her forehead
puckering. “Did you do something I need to know about?”
Drawing
in a long, shuddering breath, he look heavenward and crossed his fingers behind
his back, hoping she wouldn’t throw something at him, hoping she’d be okay with
his admission. “I found your blog and read it.”
Paling,
the blood fled from her flesh and her eyes looked like sooty coals against her
face. Her gaze clashed with his and held.
“How
did you find it? I used a pseudonym and I put it on privacy
settings.”
He
screwed up his lips and scrubbed his hand over his face, preparing to tell more
painful truths. “I’m a bit of a hacker and I like to research the people I’m
working with.” Not sure she’d be receptive to his theory, he left out the part
that he thought the ghosts had led him to her site. He thought they were closet
romantics. He wouldn’t be surprised if they’d locked them into the room now to
force them into some alone time together.
When
a tsunami of emotions flitted across her face, he tried to read them. Fury.
Embarrassment. Lust?
“You
investigated me? You read my private musings?”
“You
wrote about me? In some very intimate ways. At least, I presume it was me since
you used my name.” He fixed her with a piercing gaze. “Did you?”
Author
Bio:
Ashley Ladd lives in South Florida with her husband, five
children, and beloved pets. She loves the water, animals (especially cats), and
playing on the computer.
She's been told she has a wicked sense of humor and often
incorporates humor and adventure into her books. She also adores very spicy
romance, which she weaves into her stories.
Interview:
What is your writing process?
I'm a pantser. I brainstorm for a loose idea with a beginning, an ending, and a few highpoints in the middle. Then I keep researching different items that come up as I write. i.e. hotels and hotel workers for my recent hotel stories.
When did you know you wanted to be an Author?
When I was about 6 years old watching the original Superman TV show where George Reeves was Superman. I wanted to be a fearless, fearsome reporter like Lois Lane and have my very own Superman.
Do you have any WIP (or what have you thought about writing)?
I'm working on "Gaycation" which features a hotel, an erotic romance writer, her boss, and a gay convention. I'm about halfway through. I've been on hiatus while I promote my other books coming out between now and late October.
Is there anything that distracts you from writing?
My husband thinks I should pay attention to every commercial on the television and he asks me questions about them or tells me tidbits. DRIVES ME NUTS! I could care less about the commercials. He also has to have the TV on all the time. Thus I often plug into my earphones, turn on Pandora, and tune out his TV. Unfortunately, he gets annoyed that I don't know what he's talking about when he comments on the commercials.
Some of my adult children still live at home too. Sometimes they argue LOUDLY. Sometimes they want Mom to take a walk with them, or go to the movies, or just hang out.
And sometimes, my baby Bobby (my kitty cat) insists on sitting on my head or climbing onto my keyboard while I'm trying to work.
What is the one item you need while writing or creating?
Diet Pepsi or Diet Coke with TONS of ice to keep me sane. And often my music and ear phones as mentioned above.
How you can contact Ashley:
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