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When
Kara's husband is shot and killed in front of her in what she's told is a
random act of violence, she becomes convinced the world is unsafe. Her life is
quiet and predictable, until she wins a Caribbean cruise for two and takes
along her best friend.
On
her trip she meets Nate, a scuba dive instructor and ex marine. He'll teach her
to face her fear of deep water and teach her to snorkel. Will Kara learn to
trust him with her heart, when she fears this shipboard romance will reach an
end and she'll never see him again, leaving her broken hearted?
When
Kara's boss shows up at their first port of call unexpectedly, Nate's
protective nature comes out.
Her
creepy boss becomes more aggressive after she returns to Ohio and when she
calls Nate he gets on the first plane. Can Nate rescue her?
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"Oh my
God, they've lost my luggage."
Kara, wide
eyed with worry, turned to look at her best friend Viv. The luggage carousel
had stopped moving and the other passengers from their flight were long gone.
"What am I going to do? I can't go on a seven day Caribbean cruise with
only this."
She lifted
her carry on, which contained a swimsuit, a pair of shorts and a tee shirt to
change into once she reached Florida, and the winter coat she'd stuffed inside
that she wouldn't need until she returned to Ohio.
The
only other people in the room were passengers from another flight who'd
gathered around a different luggage carousel to wait for their bags.
Kara's phone
rang.
Daryl.
"Hello."
"I
thought you were going to call me when you landed."
"I'm
kind of busy right now, Daryl. Gotta go. My luggage is missing."
"What?"
"Bye,
Daryl. I can't talk now." Kara hung up. The phone rang again. She glanced
at it and turned it off. He never seemed to take the hint when she said she was
busy. It was just easier to turn the phone off.
"Girl,
you need a break from your boss. Doesn't that man understand you're on
vacation?"
"He just
wanted to know I got here okay. Viv, what am I going to do? I can't sail
without my luggage."
"Hang
on." Viv approached the opening where the luggage emerged and leaned
across the stopped conveyer belt to shout into the dark hole. "Hey, anyone
back there?"
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MEET THE AUTHOR
Debra was
born in Columbus, Ohio and raised in Springfield, OH but has lived in the
Memphis, TN area since 1997. She attended Marywood University in Scranton, PA
and was the first student to win first place in two categories of the Delta
Epsilon Sigma Beta Epsilon Chapter writing competition, in creative prose and
in informal expository. Her poetry was published in literary journals while
attending college. She holds a BA in
English Literature.
Debra has
traveled extensively and worked as an independent travel consultant for several
years. She has visited thirteen countries. She has also worked in banking,
newspaper advertising, as city recycling co-coordinator, as an office manager,
and as a belly dance instructor.
Her first
short story, published in the anthology More Monsters From Memphis, was a
finalist in the Darrell Awards for best Mid-South short story.
Her first
novel, A Desperate Journey, a western historical romance, was a finalist in the
Bobbi Smith Creative Writing Challenge.
Not long afterward it was a finalist in the American Title II
contest. For those not familiar with the
contest, she describes it as similar to the American Idol contest, but for
authors. Readers voted online and the prize was a publishing contract. A
Desperate Journey was published a year later by Samhain Publishing. Debra's
second western historical romance, Dangerous Ties, was published Feb. 15, 2012
by Desert Breeze Publishing in eBook and will be released in print April, 2013.
Aboard The
Wishing Star, Debra's first contemporary romance, was released Oct. 11, 2012 by Desert Breeze Publishing in eBook.
Trapping the
Butterfly, a 1920's romance set in Hot Springs, AR will be released April 11,
2013, by Desert Breeze Publishing in eBook.
When not
writing, Debra enjoys dancing, primitive archery, medieval reenactment, yoga
and traveling.
For Debra,
writing is about joy. The joy of creation and the joy of connecting with her
readers. It is one of her greatest pleasures to hear from her readers.
debra@debraparmley.com
On her
website Debra hosts interviews with male cover models on Cover Model Corner
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Sounds like there's a lot going on in this one! Id be interested in learning a bit more :)
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Thank you to Straight From the Library for hosting me today as part of this blog tour. My day job is working for a subcontractor so we start pretty early and then I'm able to be online in the evenings. I'm looking forward to hearing from you and I will check back throughout the week to reply.
ReplyDeleteThank you Andra! And good luck on the contest. :-)
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