Monday, October 6, 2014

Author Spotlight--Lea Barrymire

Welcome to Author Spotlights on Mondays! Lea Barrymire is here to give us a peek at her new Coyote Bluff book, Accidentally Yours! Check out Cammie and Ian's first kiss, read the first chapter for free, and find out what's up next on her to-write list!

Take it away, Lea!

Coyote Bluff is a small, quaint town in the mountains of Virginia. With its diner run by Mama, the police force of one and a single stop light it's much like every other small town in America. Well, until you take a closer look.

Feel free to come visit Coyote Bluff... but keep an eye on the wildlife.

Blurb:
Cammie has had one hell of a night. Her long-time abusive boyfriend pushed her to the limits and then a freaking wolf hit her car. While clutching a bag of frozen peas to her swollen eye she manages to rescue the animal and make it home. But what’s she do with it after that?

Ian can’t believe his luck. After a stupid decision he’s been run out of every shifter territory he’s entered. Hoping Coyote Bluff would be different seems to have been his downfall. After a bunch of coyotes chase him through the night he finds himself being coddled by a tempting woman. His canine half is already in love with her.

Cammie’s ex comes calling, Ian’s found out by the local Alpha and the town seems bent on keeping them apart. Can they fight against everyone at once to find happiness together? Better question would be will Cammie accept Ian once he admits to being the wolf she so readily confided in and nursed back to health?

First kiss:
“Do you want me to kiss you? Is that why you’re staring at me, Cammie?” He shifted slightly on the seat and a zing of lightning shot up her leg when his brushed hers. He breathed his next words across the small distance between them. “I want to kiss you. I want to taste you on my tongue. Will you let me do that?”

Did she want to kiss him? Yes. Should she? That was a completely different question. She knew this was a dream, accepted it as truth. If she woke with a lingering affection for her dream man she’d be a depressed pile of goo for days. Keeping her distance was probably the right thing to do, but she really, really, didn’t want to do the right thing. She wanted to climb into his lap, and dig her fingers into his hair while sucking on his lower lip. She wet her lips in anticipation and almost groaned as the tingling intensified. Screw it, live in the now.

A moment after her tiny nod she was wrapped in strong, warm arms. She hadn’t seen him move, hadn’t felt his body shift, but both must have happened for her to be on his lap, straddling his thighs. Her eyes closed and she tilted her head back in acceptance. She’d force her mind to not dwell on the kiss she was going to get. She could do that, it was her dream, right?

Chapter one--free read: http://www.leabarrymire.com/accidentally-yours-ch-1.html

Buy Links:
E-book:
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Accidentally-Yours-Coyote-Bluff-Book-ebook/dp/B00MZ78U9O
Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/469679
B&N: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/accidentally-yours-lea-barrymire/1120206371?ean=2940046123685
iBooks: https://itunes.apple.com/lv/book/accidentally-yours/id912426253?mt=11
ARe: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-accidentallyyours-1612783-142.html
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23109644-accidentally-yours

Print:
CreateSpace: https://www.createspace.com/4964721

Interview:
Me: Do you see writing as a career?
Lea: I do. One that I will someday be doing full time. I love writing for the outlet of emotions and creativity, but I don’t get to spend as much time as I’d like doing it. My five year plan, which I made three years ago, has me writing full time by year five. I’m still looking at that as the goal. Until then I spend my dayjob hours digging through Excel sheets and being a database queen. :)

Me: Is there a message in your novel you hope to convey to your readers?
Lea: A message? Good question. I guess I always try to show that all of my characters, flawed or not, are redeemable and that love can truly conquer all. Oh, and that love and sex should be fun. Really, really fun.

Me: How did you come up with the title?
Lea: LOL If I tell you that it tends to be a brainstorming session between myself and readers will you laugh? I usually need a title by the time I’m half way through writing. Sometimes it’ll just pop into my head, but other times I have no idea and I ask my author-sister Danica Avet for help.

Me: What’s your favorite sub-genre (contemporary, sci-fi, etc.) to write? To read?
Lea: I LOVE paranormal and sci-fi. Both to read and to write. I would say paranormal tends to be my favorite to write, but only because alpha shifters are yummy.

Me: What new stories are you working on?
Lea: I’m actually working on book 2, “Tempering Steel”, of this series. Connor and Margie are two firecrackers who can’t seem to keep their hands off each other. It should be releasing mid-November. Hopefully. :)

Author Bio:
Lea lives in Western New York with her hubby, three children, and miscellaneous critters. Before the rug rats, she lived a life of adventure, following her husband all over Europe with the US military. She's slept in a car outside Paris, drove six hours just to see tulips in the Netherlands, and knocked ash from her shoes at Pompeii. Now she spends her time in life's adventures at soccer games, PTA meetings and school plays.

Lea has loved reading from a very young age, spending many sleepless nights devouring books. Science fiction and paranormal were her favorite genres to read as a teenager, and that love bled into her adult life. She started writing during a bout of insomnia, to fill time, and found it filled a creative void. Now she communes regularly with the characters in her head and tries not to laugh out loud when they say something funny.

When Lea isn't reading, writing or corralling kids, she enjoys watching movies and sciencey shows, or just kicking back and listening to some music.

Links:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=573665449341875
Twitter: @leabarrymire
Blog: http://leabarrymire.blogspot.com/
Website: www.LeaBarrymire.com
Newsletter Sign-up: http://eepurl.com/qajLn

Thanks for visiting with me, Lea! And thank you, readers, for stopping by! Be sure to scroll down to the Mix Up Some Romance Blog Hop post below for some great giveaways!

Mellanie Szereto
Romance...With A Kick!

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