Spotlight On: Once Her Man, Always Her Man by Heather Long

 

Today, please welcome romance author Heather Long. Heather lives in Texas with her family and their menagerie of animals. As a child, Heather skipped picture books and enjoyed the Harlequin romance novels by Penny Jordan and Nora Roberts that her grandmother read to her. Heather believes that laughter is as important to life as breathing and that the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus are very real. In the meanwhile, she is hard at work on her next novel.  

    

Book Blurb (from author):

Fulfilling a favor and executing a business plan, Luke Dexter arrived at Dallas’ Sybarite Club for a one-night stand. He never imagined that in the darkened club with bluesy strains of jazz playing he’d come face to face with the woman he left behind a decade earlier.

Rebecca Rainier fell in love with Luke Dexter in high school and was crushed when he dumped her to join the Marines after 9/11. Now, waiting for a date her best friend and business partner set up, she’s unprepared when Luke walks in.

Can Luke and Rebecca bridge the pain of a decade long abandonment in one cold Texas night?

ONCE HER MAN, ALWAYS HER MAN
By: Heather Long
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
ASIN: B007SFPGDG
Genre: FICTION, ROMANCE,
Format:  EBOOK
Length: 490 KB
Release Date: April 7, 2012
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EXCERPT 

Luke Dexter handed his keys over to the red corseted valet driver, gaze skimming the generous globes peeking up from the open buttons of her white shirt. The Sybarite Club offered the Dallas area generous access to every pleasure. He slipped a card out of his leather wallet and displayed it to the doorman. The doorman, a tall, lanky figure dressed in topcoat and tails exuded a sense of elegance that the club's exclusive clientele enjoyed.

The doorman examined the card, scanned it with a small device in his palm. Luke admired the cageyness of the action. The pen scanner would be out of place with the old world atmosphere encouraged by the man's uniform. “Good evening, Mr. Dexter. Welcome to the Sybarite Club.”

Accepting his card back, he passed through the opening doublewide doors. The gothic style doors were dark cherry, aged like a fine wine and a decorated with wood cut carvings of a man and woman engaged in cunnilingus and fellatio. The joining was subtle, the each left crying out in pleasure when the door opened, only to be joined again when the doors closed.

Amused by the door carving, he smiled as he plunged into the velvet darkness of the club's jazz infused atmosphere. Every night featured a different style of music, but Fridays were reserved for jazz. Old world, cool smooth jazz with smoky voices, haunting guitars and lonely horns played to the soul. The doors barely closed behind him when his phone buzzed inside his breast pocket.
How did the woman know these things?

Pulling it out, he thumbed it on, a new message from Madame Evangeline of the 1Night Stand exclusive online dating service populating the screen. She's dressed in green silk and sitting at the bar. Life doesn't always offer a second chance…

Clicking the screen off, Luke walked down the four red-carpeted steps into the lounge proper. He'd only agreed to the dating service only to support the men in his unit putting themselves out there. The last thing he'd expected was the invitation to the Sybarite Club. His gaze roamed the room the room, coming to a halt as they fastened on a pair of to die for tan legs at the bar. The sweet length of them, one crossed over the other ended in black heels with crystals glittering around dainty feet.

A green skirt skimmed her knees. While he appreciated the legs, he studied the line of her back, curious about the rest of her. His gaze slid higher to the pile of unruly auburn hair fighting to escape a pair of matching crystal hair combs.

As though sensing his appraisal, the green cloaked mystery woman turned on the bar stool and his heart tripped.

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Want to read more? "Once Her Man, Always Her Man" is available now. Go pick up your copy today!

The Sunday Post #2

The Sunday Post is a weekly meme hosted by Kimba the Caffeinated Book Reviewer. 
~this meme was inspired in part by - In My Mailbox~

It's a chance to share News. 

A post to recap the past week, showcase books and things we have received and share news about what is coming up for the week on our blog. 

Whew! The blog was hopping last week: I put up thirteen posts, of which six were reviews. Yikes! I need a nap, lol. 

It was Childrens Book Week last week, so I did a post about the 60th birthday of Charlotte's Web, and five of my reviews were kids books: Duncan the Punkin; A Full Moon Is Rising; Spotty, Stripy, Swirly; Watch Over Our Water; and Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site. 

The other review I did was for a romantic suspense novel, "Sandman"; there was also a three day giveaway of it. I participated in a multi-blog giveaway, now over, for some PNR books by Mimi Jean Pamfiloff, and put up a spotlight with giveaway, ongoing, of a romance book, Hot Summer.

Other posts this week included Faith Hunter's Top Ten Things Writers Shouldn't Do, my Dusty Reads, and a submission call by Astraea Press.  

I took advantage of some Kindle Freebies this week (click on image to see goodreads info) {I bought Westward, Home! I love the series and had been waiting anxiously for this, the final, installment}:

I received the following stack of books for review. 

All Spell Breaks Loose by Lisa Shearin
cursed by Benedict Jacka
Bleeding Out by Jes Battis
Blood Kin by M.J. Scott
The Book of Summers
The Last Four Things
Thriller 3: Love Is Murder (blog tour stop June 6th)
Live and Let Drood


This coming week should be calmer, we'll see. :P How was your week? Leave me a link to your recap or mailbox post so I can check it out.

Review of Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by Sherri Duskey Rinker & Tom Lichtenheld

Publisher: Chronicle Books
Release Date: May 4, 2011
Buying Links: Amazon     The Book Depository


Book Blurb (from goodreads):


As the sun sets behind the big construction site, all the hardworking trucks get ready to say goodnight. One by one, Crane Truck, Cement Mixer, Dump Truck, Bulldozer, and Excavator finish their work and lie down to rest—so they'll be ready for another day of rough and tough construction play! With irresistible artwork by best-selling illustrator Tom Lichtenheld and sweet, rhyming text, this book will have truck lovers of all ages begging for more.

Reviewed By: Bea


Bea's Thoughts:


It's not just truck lovers who'll enjoy this book, but pretty much any young child. This book is a favorite in my classroom of two and three year old; even the kids with little or no interest in trucks enjoy it and request it. I've read it so many times, I just about have it memorized.


The art is done in muted shades, which makes a nice change from the brights that often dominate kids books. The muted tones don't hide the detailing and Lichtenheld has some nice details on each page: a bird sitting on a pile of dirt, scattered rocks, a polka dot blanket on top of one of the sleeping trucks, etc. A favorite is the man with his head sticking out of a window, yelling "Pipe down!" at a snoring truck; the kids LOVE that page.


The text consists of simple rhymes, that directly relates to the accompanying illustrations, and is a sweet story. It flows nicely and makes trucks and construction sites, which can be as scary as well as exciting, relatable and friendly. What child doesn't understand about going to bed at night and the rituals we have; it's an activity that any child can recognize and relate to. "Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site" is a sweet, pleasant story that children ages one to four will enjoy.


This book is owned by my school.