Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Writing Wednesday: New Release from CLAIRE MARTI !


One of my favorite authors has a new release out TODAY and I'm excited to tell the world all about it! (Or, at least tell all of you who're reading my blog today!) Claire Marti is a talented author whom I met when we both wrote for The Wild Rose Press. She starts a new writing adventure today with a new series and I'm really excited for her!

CONGRATS TO CLAIRE ON ANOTHER AMAZING BOOK!

Claire writes contemporary romance set in her home state of California, but without your typical Hollywood or Wine Country settings. Her first series was set in Laguna Beach, and gave us three stories of second chance romances that were both heart warming and sizzling hot at the same time. This new series is set in Southern California on a horse-breeding ranch that's just five miles from the Pacific Ocean but worlds away.

Claire will tell you she started writing stories as soon as she was old enough to pick up pencil and paper. After graduating from the University of Virginia with a BA in English Literature, she was sidetracked by other careers, including practicing law, selling software for legal publishers, and managing a non-profit animal rescue for a Hollywood actress.

Finally, Claire followed her heart and now focuses on two of her true passions: writing romance and teaching yoga.

When Claire's not writing, she's teaching yoga. You can find her teaching at studios in sunny San Diego or enjoy fifty online classes on the international website www.yogadownload.com. A breast cancer survivor, Claire is a sought-after speaker on the power of yoga and meditation. She's been published in numerous magazines with articles on wellness and is the author of a memoir, Come Ride with Me Along the Big C, on her experience beating breast cancer.

Claire is a member of the Romance Writers of America, Contemporary Romance Writers, and the San Diego Romance Writers.

 
I was lucky enough to receive an ARC of this new story, the first book in her Pacific Vista Ranch series and it was a perfect beach read! (See my review HERE) Here's the blurb for the story:


A smoking hot stuntman. A fiery horse breeder. And a 220-acre ranch too small for both of them.

She’s avoided Hollywood for years…

When an arrogant Hollywood stuntman struts into Samantha McNeill’s breeding barn, sparks fly. She doesn’t care how mouthwateringly gorgeous he is, not when he assumes Pacific Vista Ranch’s resident horse breeding manager must be a man. Not to mention his job threatens to pull her family back into the paparazzi filled world they escaped from over a decade ago.

Now it’s at her door––wearing faded jeans and a wicked grin.

Holt Ericsson can tell the beautiful redhead hates him on sight and the feeling is becoming mutual. But he will call in a favor and convince Sam’s legendary director father that Pacific Vista Ranch is the only suitable place left in California to film an epic Western. Holt’s invested all his savings in the movie and his entire career is riding on it. No way will he allow one irritating, sexy woman to stand in his way.

Sam intends to fight him at every turn…if only her heart didn’t race when they’re together. Holt does his best to steer clear of her…except all he wants to do is hold her close. The sizzling attraction between them is either going to burn up the sheets or burn down the ranch…

And an EXCERPT:


Swallowing a flutter of nerves in her throat, she rapped on the door. She was simply going for business. Ranch business. Bringing him dinner was simply being polite, like her father had raised her to be. So why was her heart hammering against her ribcage?

“It’s unlocked.” A muffled voice called. So much for manners. Holt apparently didn’t seem to bother with them.

She hesitated a moment. She smoothed back an errant strand into the ballet bun she hadn’t bothered to unravel. Although she’d changed out of her dance gear into her favorite old pair of jeans and a super-soft t-shirt, she hadn’t been in the mood to mess with her hair. Briefly, she regretted not being more like her twin sister, talented with makeup and hair. But, nope, Dylan had received the lion’s share of feminine genes.

Whatever. She opened the door, and then froze. He was rubbing his hair dry with a white towel slung over one shoulder. The pristine white material emphasized his bronzed skin. Tiny beads of moisture clung to chiseled pecs and the light sprinkling of golden hair on his chest was the only thing preventing him from looking like a marble statue. Barely. Shredded eight-pack abs and sharp V-cuts of muscle converged at the waistband of a pair of jeans as faded as her own. Her mouth suddenly parched, she swallowed. Hard.

“Sorry, I got stuck on the phone.” He grinned and tossed the towel onto a nearby chair. 

She jerked her gaze up to his face, which had to be safer, right? Her pulse thrummed in her temple and heat descended to her belly. Damn. His face was definitely not safer than his gorgeous body.

“How’d you get that scar?” She blurted out the words, desperate to distract herself from his pure physical presence. He really needed to put on a shirt. Pronto.

“Scar? Which one?” He laughed, seemingly oblivious to her reaction, thank goodness.

“Forehead. The one across your forehead.” A flaw. Weren’t scars flaws? Why did it make him look just a little dangerous? And it did save him from utter perfection. Didn’t it?
 



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7 comments:

  1. Sound like a great story. Best of luck.

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  2. Congratulations Claire! Sounds like a good time.

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  3. Good luck with your book and congratulations! Can't wait to read it.

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  4. Thanks so much Katie! I'm so glad you loved it. Sam and Holt were so much fun to write!!

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  5. Congratulations, Claire, "Nobody Else But You" sounds like a great read!

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  6. Congratulations Claire!! Sounds like a fun read!!

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  7. Best of luck on your new series! Great excerpt!

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