This post is part of a virtual book tour organized by Goddess Fish Promotions. Gladys Cross will be awarding a $10 Amazon or B/N GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour. Click on the tour banner to see the other stops on the tour.
We all have our favorite subgenres in romance, and I can’t get away from the paranormal. There’s something about that fantasy world that sucks me in every time. When I examine why, I always come back to the same conclusion. I live a normal boring existence on the daily. Do I really want to read it or write it?
Books are an excellent escape from the humdrum of daily life, and I gravitate toward that in my writing. Sure, Blinded by Love is a ROMCOM, but it also has a superhero slant. Declan deals with the loss of a basic sense, but for him it’s a bit more. He’s a bit more. Would the story be as interesting if he were a firefighter? Maybe? I prefer to think about him as one of us, on steroids. A little something extra.
Werewolves, vampires, the devil, superheroes, maybe a hero with tentacles? What’s your jam? I love it all, and if you’ve ever checked out my Goodreads page, you’ll see I’m a bit all over the place. I like to think it’s part of my charm. On the market for a new book boyfriend? Check out my books on Amazon or follow me on Goodreads for tons of suggestions for everyone and anyone. If it’s juicy, I’ll read it.
Her online dating profile said she was looking for a superhero, and Declan couldn’t help but believe it had to be fate. But fate was a fickle mistress who left him to wonder who he was behind the mask. He’d been hiding in plain sight for long enough that he wasn’t sure if he even knew the answer. And until he figured that out, he had nothing to offer the world, let alone Kassie.
Love had already ended in tragedy once for Kassie, and she feared that history was doomed to repeat itself unless Declan could learn to trust her with his secrets. This time around, would it be enough to harden her heart for good, or would his deception restore her faith in second chances?
“Declan went on a date and called me from in front of her apartment.” There was a hushed conversation that I only caught bits and pieces of, mainly hugged, and thought he was gay. Fuck my life, I thought as I drove down the long straight-away leading out of her apartment complex. “Are you still there?”
“Of course, I’m still here. Who else am I going to call Spencer?” I asked sarcastically. “I’m not even sure the boy’s balls have dropped yet.”
Sadly, there was no one else I could call for love advice outside the guys from the firehouse and it made me miss my mom that much more. Hell, she’d probably be calling Kassie herself, asking what colors she wanted for the baby blanket.
“He is eighteen,” Webster said pulling me from my melancholy. “It’s always the quiet ones you have to watch out for.”
I snorted. “Do you remember that call we went on where there was an eighty-year-old dude in leather that had lost the keys to his handcuffs?”
He chuckled. “Don’t remind me, and I mean that literally. I’m still not fully recovered, and that was two years ago.” There was silence on the other end of the line as I drove under the overpass. The nothingness went on for long enough that I wondered if we’d gotten disconnected when he snapped his fingers. “Call her back right now and ingeminate the date tomorrow.”
“Do what with the date?”
“Repeat the date.” He huffed an exasperated sigh. “You didn’t make it to the movies, right?”
“Webster you're a genius!”
“And Declan. This time kiss the girl, so she doesn’t have to ask if you're a homosexual.”
“She only asked me that because I admitted to watching every episode of Sex and The City.” I hit my head against the back of the seat. “Never mind, I just heard myself, I am an idiot.”
My writing blossomed in much the same way. The first story I wrote was the Vanderbilt Affair, which was inspired by a field trip. Back then, I was fortunate enough to have an English teacher willing to nurture my love of writing by becoming my editor after school.
The writing bug stayed with me, but over the years, life got in the way, and it wasn’t until my early forties that I published my first short story in a Christmas Anthology. From there, I began writing and publishing across many sub-genres, with each book carrying some element of the unexpected.
When I’m not up to devious pursuits, like shooting a character, you’ll find me curled up with a book next to my dog, watching TV with my better half, or engaging in random water gun fights with my daughter and the neighborhood kids.
Stalk Me!
Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/3w9JkKM
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/2102530.Gladys_Cross
Facebook Private Reader Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/3772742262760749
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gladys.cross.author
Tiktok: http://tiktok.com/@authorgladyscross
The book is on sale for $0.99 during the tour.
Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/Blinded-Love-Superhero-Disguise-Romcom-ebook/dp/B09LD4WSJN/ref=sr_1_1
a Rafflecopter giveaway
Thanks so much for hosting me! Readers, be sure to stalk me, I like it. As always I love to hear from you.
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteI liked the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much! Hope you enjoy this Valentine's Day Novella.
DeleteI love the cover, synopsis and excerpt,this is a must read for me. Thank you for posting about this book
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited to hear that! Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing it.
DeleteSounds like an interesting book.
ReplyDeleteAt least I'm not boring right? Lol. All of my stories have great fantasy and I'm a bit all over the place with my troupes.
DeleteThanks for joining my tour. I had a blast and loved all the supportive comments! Be sure to check me out on my private Facebook group, A Cross The Page for funny memes, cover reveals, news, snippets, and every Saturday is for other authors to show what they got. Find your next book boyfriend!
ReplyDelete