Today I introduce Arlene Webb's new book Falling For Water.
With an interesting Interview to learn more about her.
Interview Questions:
Where did the idea come from for the book,
Falling for Water?
A submission call from Decadent Publishing for
romance geared toward preppers, or people who focus on preparedness.
What genre does your book fall under? Contemporary
M/F romance.
Which actors would you choose to play your
characters in a movie rendition?
Will Smith is always a legend (snicker) who plays
a good survivalist. But really, I hope the reader could put any faces on my
hero and heroine.
What is the one-sentence synopsis of your book?
Obsessive compulsive Cassi
falls for the easy-going Ray, a cop who’s driven to keep her alive so she can
show the world she isn’t a terrorist, and prove to him he can love again.
Will your book be self-published or
represented by an agency?
Here’s the buy link at Decadent Publishing:
How long did it take you to write the first
draft of your manuscript?
A month or so, then two more to polish. I write
painstakingly slow, and then rewrite a few zillion times.
What other books would you compare this story
to within your genre?
Finding Mercy, by DL Jackson
The Princess and the Prepper by Barbara Elsborg
Who or What inspired you to write this book?
Heather Bennett, the awesome co-owner, author,
editor, reader at Decadent Publishing.
What else about your book might pique the
reader’s interest?
Falling for Water is a fun, sexy read with flawed
characters that find happiness. Please comment and leave an email address. I’ll
pick someone at random to win a free e-copy with hopes they’ll enjoy the read
and tell me what made them fall for Cassi and Ray.
Thank you so much for having me on your lovely
blog, Lynelle.
Sincerely, Arlene
Excerpt:
He stared at her,
his expression wary. “And I’m thrilled you’re so into evolution, variation, and
moving toward different things. I…er…just wondered, do you have a problem with
saliva?”
“Saliva? What the
hell are you talking about?”
He smiled. Not
slow and lazy, not sweet and gentle, but the wolf smile she’d seen at the bar.
“You admitted a thing with water right away. So what I’m hearing is no, I love
saliva. Go ahead and slap me, and…maybe I’ll stop.” He grabbed her, yanked her
up, and took her lips with his.
Ray tried for
gentle and slow, but the moment his lips locked onto hers it felt like he had
to make this the kiss of a lifetime or she’d slip through his fingers and
disappear. She’d either run screaming from yet another bully who took advantage
of a vulnerable state, or she’d fall through the cracks of the justice system and
out of his reach.
From his mouth to
hers, he yearned to dive in fast and hard, plundering with his tongue until she
opened more than her heart to him by confiding an intense trauma. He wanted the
supple and beautiful body rolled over him as well.
He deepened the
kiss, and his heartbeat pounded faster and faster as the tension left her
shoulders. She melted into him, soft and sweetly yielding to his aggressive
hardness, and she began kissing him back.
His careful
exploration, the tip of tongue easing along the seams of her mouth, forced his
lust into an easy, steady climb as lips meshed, escalating on the roller
coaster scale to maybe a five, a first-time kiss like when a boy walks a girl
to her door.
Forget that. It
was no-hold-back time. He was too into the taste and feel of this woman to
strive for less, and he had to bring her over the edge with him. Plunge down
and down into the world-is-about-to-end type kiss. A kiss that’d stay with her,
marking her as his own.
Water.
What Cassi thought was a simple obsession with clean water has taken over her life. When she orders a distiller online to replace the one smashed by her abusive boyfriend, she gets more than she bargained for.
Enter a man with a badge, hunting a terrorist, and Cassi is his number one suspect. Not only is she struggling with her fixation on pure H2O, she has to prove she’s not the one he’s looking for—only she kind of wishes she was. Before she knows it, Cassi is in over her head.
Justice.
Ray had everything, until a random crime ends badly and he’s left to hold to his grief or make changes in his life. Charming his way into people’s personal business—slapping on the cuffs as needed—gives him reason to get up in the morning. When he falls headfirst into another chance at love, he must take the plunge without hesitation or risk losing more than his heart.
What Cassi thought was a simple obsession with clean water has taken over her life. When she orders a distiller online to replace the one smashed by her abusive boyfriend, she gets more than she bargained for.
Enter a man with a badge, hunting a terrorist, and Cassi is his number one suspect. Not only is she struggling with her fixation on pure H2O, she has to prove she’s not the one he’s looking for—only she kind of wishes she was. Before she knows it, Cassi is in over her head.
Justice.
Ray had everything, until a random crime ends badly and he’s left to hold to his grief or make changes in his life. Charming his way into people’s personal business—slapping on the cuffs as needed—gives him reason to get up in the morning. When he falls headfirst into another chance at love, he must take the plunge without hesitation or risk losing more than his heart.
As the pair join hands, sparks fly as well as bullets, leaving Cassi and Ray to wonder if the universe could right itself. Will the past reach out and drown their chance for happiness?
For more information about Decadent
Publishing authors, books, and their submissions guidelines, visit www.decadentpublishing.com.
Decadent Publishing is current accepting submissions in all sub-genres of
romance, including their ongoing series'.
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