Spinning a story of a joyous marriage to make
a dying woman happy is forgivable, isn’t it?
A CHARMED LITTLE LIE
Charmed in Texas #1
Sharla Lovelace
Releasing April 18th, 2017
Lyrical Shine
Lanie
Barrett didn’t mean to lie. Spinning a story of a joyous marriage to make a
dying woman happy is forgivable, isn’t it? Lanie thinks so, especially since
her beloved Aunt Ruby would have been heartbroken to know the truth of her
niece’s sadly loveless, short-of-sparkling existence. Trouble is, according to
the will, Ruby didn’t quite buy Lanie’s tale. And to inherit the only house
Lanie ever really considered a home, she’ll have to bring her “husband” back to
Charmed, Texas for three whole months—or watch Aunt Ruby’s cozy nest go to her
weasel cousin, who will sell it to a condo developer.
Nick McKane
is out of work, out of luck, and the spitting image of the man Lanie described.
He needs money for his daughter’s art school tuition, and Lanie needs a
convenient spouse. It’s a match made . . . well, not quite in heaven, but for a
temporary arrangement, it couldn’t be better. Except the longer Lanie and Nick
spend as husband and wife, the more the connection between them begins to seem
real. Maybe this modern fairy tale really could come true . . .
Describe
yourself in five words or less.
1.
Snarky (Might be kind
of scary that this was the first one that came to mind.)
2.
Introverted
3.
Sneaky
4.
People-watcher
(notice how I hyphenated to get an extra word? Yeah, see #3)
5.
Dog-lover (it worked
last time)
Can you
tell us a little about your book?
It’s about
lying! LOL. Truly, it’s about when all your little white lies catch up to you,
and what the hell do you do then? You make up a gargantuan sized one to cover
them, and then hope it doesn’t swallow you whole. Unless it’s in the form of a
hot sexy get-under-your-skin man….then by all means swallow! (I did not just say that.)
Lanie and
Nick’s story was honestly one of my favorite books to write—EVER. It was so
much fun, and such a runaway train ride with no hands! I loved literally watching them fall for each
other, I loved Lanie’s spunk! I loved every second of it, and it birthed the
town of Charmed, so I hope you will love it as much as I do.
If you
had a theme song, what would it be?
I Hope You Dance
Name one
thing you won’t leave home without.
My phone
and a hair tie on my wrist. (That’s 2. Damn I have trouble following rules.)
I adore writing intense scenes with either sexy-smexy
chemistry burning up the page or fast snappy dialogue. Sex scenes before the
sex…with the tease and the tension and the snarky back and forth talking…I love
that. Also fights are a blast with all
that emotion churning around. Dialogue
is always the most fun. I groan to write description…
Everyone
says this, but seriously, never give up. I met Sandra Brown at a writer’s
conference, and she was behind a table signing for a line of hundreds, and when
I got up there I said “Everyone in this line wants to be you one day.” She
looked at me and said, “You’re here. You’re already halfway there. Don’t ever
stop learning and don’t ever stop writing. You’ll get here. One day, maybe I’ll
be in your line.” I never forgot that. It hasn’t always been smooth sailing by
any means, but my first book was published almost exactly 5 years ago, and now
A CHARMED LITTLE LIE is my 10th published book, and I’ve just
finished writing my 12th.
Don’t give up on your dream. Also, remember that you write about life,
and to do that you have to live. There are times (deadline evil times) that you
have to stay in a cave and pound out words, but outside of that, find a balance
and enjoy your life. It will show in your writing when you do…and when you
don’t. If you write romance, kiss your husband every day. And if you are
writing about hot sex and he is one of your readers, you’d better be prepared
to give up the goods. Saying you aren’t in the mood after penning being banged against
a wall—doesn’t cut it honey. ;)
Is there
anything that you would like to say to your readers and fans?
I wouldn’t
be here without you, and I love and adore you so much for taking the time to
buy my books and give my stories a try. And when you email or message me to
tell me about it…oh my God you just don’t know the rainbows and unicorns that
fill me up. Nothing is more important in this job than readers. When I make you
happy…when I make you laugh or cry or feel something that you are moved enough to
tell me about…my God, ice cream isn’t even as good as that. It’s close. But not
quite. ;)
Sharla Lovelace is the bestselling, award-winning author of sexy small-town love stories. Being a Texas girl through and through, she’s proud to say she lives in Southeast Texas with her retired husband, a tricked-out golf cart, and two crazy dogs. She is the author of five stand-alone novels including the bestselling Don’t Let Go, the exciting Heart Of The Storm series, and the fun and sexy new Charmed in Texas series.
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