Publisher:
Indie Writes
Date Published:
9/30 in the Sweet Christmas Kisses anthology, independently on 10/15 (retitled
The Wedding Promise for individual distribution)
Genre:
romantic comedy
Word
Count: 21,262
When a chocolate heiress bumps into a wounded warrior during Christmas,
chaos ensues thanks in part to three fairy godmothers…er, a trio of meddlesome
nuns.
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Tiff stumbled to her knees, and water rushed
into her boots–cute, pink-flowered plastic ones which quickly filled with water
and felt as heavy as cement shoes. If
not for her grip on the wheelbarrow, she might have been swept downhill. Just last week, she’d heard about a woman
who’d been carried away by the cresting river and smashed into a tree. Smashed as in: to pieces. Dead.
That would be worse than being broke and the
laughing-stock of the civilized world.
This was karma, plain and simple. She shouldn’t have jilted Chad at their
engagement party or left Malcolm at the altar.
Get a
grip, Tiff.
Her father’s angry voice crested above the
approaching thunder. “You have an idea to save this company? You’ve had five fiancés in four years,
Tiffany – and no marriages! No one takes
you seriously, including me. Get a
grip.”
She’d like to get a handle on things. A do-over for starters. She would’ve avoided New York’s social circus
and gossip columns, would’ve been more careful about how she qualified love,
and been less trusting that her father could successfully run their family’s
chocolate business. If Daddy had made a
few more sound management decisions and squandered less money, she wouldn’t
have had to come to Ecuador at all.
A primal sound escaped Tiff’s throat. Had she been in New York, she’d have been
mortified. But here? In the remote Ecuadorian wilderness? No one was around to see the Bon-Bon Heiress
have a meltdown.
Tiff levered herself to her feet, feeling
more like Frankenstein plodding along in her water-filled boots than
Christopher Robin skipping on a blustery day.
She inched her wheelbarrow through the
sludgefest only to slip into a rut. Her
foot came out of her water-logged boot, and the flood water carried it
away. The wind whipped off her
hood. Rain plastered her hair to her
head, and ran down her back. The right
handle of the wheelbarrow broke.
Helpless. Bootless.
Prince Charming-less.
This is
part of the first scene in the book where we first meet Tiffany Bonander. She’s
a socialite, fish-out-of-water, trying to step up and save her family’s
chocolate business from the ground up (literally). Unfortunately for Tiff,
she’s made some mistakes. I wanted to establish the contradictions and internal
conflict of Tiff injected with some humor.
Casting
Call:
For Tiff, I envisioned someone who could play a bit ditzy, but was also
strong and someone you’d root for – Amy Adams (only blond). Wounded warrior
hero, Jax, is trying to prove he’s still the strong athlete he once was. Aiden
Turner (Kili in The Hobbit) would do if he had bright blue eyes. Love his intensity.
Bio/Release Info:
Melinda Curtis is an award winning, USA Today
recommended, Amazon best selling author.
She writes the Harmony Valley series of sweet and emotional romances for
the Harlequin Heartwarming line (book 4 coming 3/2015). Brenda Novak says: “Season of Change has found a place on my
keeper shelf”. Melinda also writes
independently published, steamy and fun romances as Mel Curtis (a new novella
out 10/22). Jayne Ann Krentz says of Blue Rules: “Sharp, sassy, modern version of a screwball comedy from Hollywood's
Golden Age except a lot hotter.”
The Christmas Promise is available in the
Sweet Christmas Kisses anthology (14 sweet holiday stories for 99¢ available
now!).
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Hi Melinda!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the Snarkology! Your Christmas anthology looks fabulous. I'm such a huge sucker for Xmas stories. Thank you so much for visiting with me today. Best of luck with your promotion. :-)
Thanks for having me (and featuring our anthology). I've read all the books and novellas in the collection - we've got something for everyone here, from romantic comedy to a more serious, heartbreaking holiday story, from Ecuador to England to the U.S.A.! Laughter, tears, triumphs, and Christmas. A whole lotta Christmas! What's not to love? Especially at 99 cents!
ReplyDeleteThank you for doing a Scene Spotlight on our boxed set. Melinda's book is a fun and unusual read, as you can see from the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteThank you for spotlighting Sweet Christmas Kisses. Love Melinda's story. Got to love a romance with chocolate!
ReplyDeleteI bought this today. It looks like a wonderful way to get ready for Christmas!
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