Their story would make one heck of a country song.
THE NANNY ARRANGEMENT
Country Blues #2
Rachel Harris
Releasing May 22, 2017
Entangled Bliss
Soft-spoken
and shy Hannah Fisher is determined to make the man she’s loved her entire life
finally see her as a woman. With the help of a makeover, a new
mission—Operation Find My Happy—and the convenient forced proximity of a tour
bus, she vows to win her best friend Deacon’s heart.
Former bad
boy and current fiddle player Deacon Latrell has the world at his fingertips: a
new gig with a famous band, plus his best friend on tour as his son’s nanny.
Life couldn’t get much sweeter. Now if only he could stop imagining kissing the
daylights out of his childhood BFF…
Deacon released a heavy
breath. Sometimes the right thing felt a hell of a lot like nausea. Resolved
with what he had to do, he looked at the door…then slowly dropped his hand.
He’d give it another few
minutes.
Calling himself ten shades
of coward, he redirected his steps. A hot shower would clear his head. Maybe
he’d even pull a Hannah and rehearse what he’d tell her in advance. It always
worked for her, helping her control her stutter, and though Deacon didn’t have
that particular problem, he was nervous as hell. If her head was even half as
muddled as his was, this conversation wouldn’t be easy.
Frustrated, he shoved open
the bathroom door harder than necessary. Fog and heavily scented air rushed to
greet him, and it took a second for the reason to register. When it did, he
came to an abrupt stop with one hand on the doorknob and one foot still in the
hall.
Candy and flowers.
As the steam disappeared
through the crack in the door, a vision appeared, plucked straight from his
recent fantasies. Creamy skin, pink from the shower and wet with liquid drops,
topped anything his imagination could’ve conjured. Damp ginger curls clung to a
slender throat that was arched back, making a sexy silhouette as full lips
trembled in a silent speech to the ceiling. Dark, spiky lashes lay across a
flushed cheek, hiding a pair of expressive eyes he’d know anywhere.
Torture, thy name was
Hannah.
Gone was the girl he’d known
in high school. Erased was the rock he’d depended on in college. The goddess in
the shower was a woman, a beautiful woman, with tantalizing curves, shapely
legs, and the most incredible smile he’d ever seen.
The arousal flowing through
his veins mocked his previous so-called resolve.
“Cherry.”
Her name came on a choked
breath, but Hannah’s eyes snapped open. Smooth skin turned to stone as she
stared at the ceiling, wide-eyed, before slanting those green eyes toward him
in horror.
“Deacon!” Frantic, she tried
to cover her body, slinging one arm over her perfect breasts while reaching for
the folded towel on the counter with the other, only to quickly draw back her
hand and slap it over her lower half as well.
It was the hardest thing he
ever did, keeping his eyes above her waist. Taking one step forward, he grabbed
the terrycloth and handed it over, not trusting himself to get any closer. When
she took it from his hands, she could hardly look into his eyes. Deacon’s chest
gave a hard kick.
Hannah made quick work of
the towel, wrapping the terrycloth around her torso and clinging to the edges.
She bit her lip and stammered, “Wh-what are y-you doing?”
It wasn’t remotely funny.
The reappearance of her stutter meant she was either stressed or anxious, two
things he never wanted to be the cause of. But he couldn’t help the laugh that
broke free at the innocent question.
A full-bodied, unstoppable
laugh that threw his head back with the force of it.
“What am I doing?” he repeated in amusement, hearing
the gruffness of his own voice and dragging in a deep, floral-scented breath.
“Oh, Cherry… I’m losing my ever-loving mind.”
1. Describe
yourself in five words or less.
Silly, hopeful,
romantic, and loyal.
2. What do you
like to do when you aren't writing?
When I’m not writing, I’m a homeschool mom (my main job and passion in
life), so you can usually find me with a book in hand and cuddled with my
children. Or in my SUV driving the streets of Houston to one of their
extracurriculars and hoping like heck Google Maps knows where it’s going ;)
Family time is very important to me and our days are hectic and full. If I’m
not doing any of the above, I’ll be in drinking wine with my husband or in the
bathtub reading a good romance (a yummy candle is a must!).
3. A la Twitter style, please describe your book in 140 characters or
less.
Love hides in the most surprising places: right under your nose, and
sometimes, in the nanny's tour bus bunk #FallingForYourBestFriend #Oops
4. What types of scenes are your most favorite to write?
I’ve
recently discovered that I LOVE writing scenes where the heroine is slightly
tipsy lol. It’s so much fun to see how my characters act, what they think, and
definitely the things they say, where their guards are down and their
confidence is high. Hilarious settings and situations are a definite plus!
5. How long have you been writing,
and what (or who) inspired you to start?
In some ways, I’ve
always been a writer, but I never finished a story or ever considered it a
potential career until about seven years ago. My husband bought me the Twilight
books and I fell back in love with reading—and I read so much and talked my
husband’s ear off so much that he suggested I try writing a book, too. It was
summer break for our home school and my girls were very young, so I thought I’d
give it a shot. I threw myself into research, studied my favorite books and
read every blog post on writing from my favorite authors, and by August of
2010, I started what would later become The Fine Art of Pretending, one of my
YA contemporary romances. I finished that by Thanksgiving, started My Super
Sweet Sixteenth Century by January, and that book released the following year.
In 2012, my fabulous editor at Entangled suggested I try writing an adult
romance for a new imprint that she was launching, and I’ve been having a blast
writing both ever since.
6. Is anything in your
book based on real life experiences or purely all imagination?
Every book I write has
some borrowed real life experience, and every character I create has a piece of
me. Hannah’s love of silly made-up songs is totally me (I even put in one of my
children’s favorites about muffins in the book, ha!), and I used my own
memories with my kids for all things nanny. But the biggest experience that I
borrowed for the book is probably a particularly epic moment that happens after
Deacon and Hannah’s first kiss! I won’t spoil anything by giving it away, but
let’s just say what happens after
that is a hodge-podge of TWO epic/embarrassing moments that happened in my own
life. Hey, what good is it being an author if you can’t write-in your most
mortifying moments to share with the world, right?? LOL
An admitted bookaholic and homeschool mom, she gets through each day by laughing at herself, hugging her kids, and watching way too much Food Network with her husband. She writes young adult, new adult, and adult romances, and LOVES talking with readers!
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