FUN, FAST CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE (150 pages. Heat level: mild)
When Anna Williams lands a spot on the Vacation Bride internet show, she's hoping to give her sick father a break from the Milwaukee winter, not win a rich husband. Which is good, because the hunky maintenance man whose broad shoulders and clear blue eyes have caught her attention is neither rich nor part of the contest...is he?
Chris Andersen was a disinherited resort brat until his uncle's family crashed their private helicopter during an argument over money. Now Chris is a secret billionaire, determined to make the Paradise Resort a success on its own. To pay for improvements, he's hosting his cousin's internet reality series, Vacation Bride, a show where women compete to marry a billionaire. The women are irritating but the publicity seems worth it. At least until Chris finds himself pushed into the contest...as first prize.
Vacation Bride (4.8 on 17 reviews) varies in rank on amazon.com between 6,000-40,000, depending on how much I'm spending on promotion.
The second book in the series, Sweetheart Bride, is due out in English in September 2016.
Anna Williams flipped open a drawing pad on the arm of a visitor’s chair and stared out the window at the gathering dusk. “It’s snowing,” she told her friend in the hospital bed. “Again.”
Diane barely glanced up. “Of course it’s snowing.” She tapped a button rhythmically on the screen of her phone. “It’s February. It’s Milwaukee. It’s the law.”
“I don’t think there’s a law about snow.” Anna drew the stark square shape of the window. “Not riding your motorcycle on Downer Avenue during a blizzard…there’s probably a law about that.” Her friend had been lucky to escape with a broken leg. “You could have wound up in jail.”
“The cops were very understanding. I told them I ran out of beer.”
“Drunk driving. Good thinking.” A street light sizzled in a halo of steam. Anna sketched it with faint strokes of her pencil. “If you said you’d robbed a bank, there might have been trouble.”
“Ha-ha.”
Stark wires gleamed above the half-empty hospital lot. Anna swept a line over the page.
“Anyway,” Diane continued, “I didn’t tell the cops I’d been drinking. I said I had to celebrate winning a spot on Vacation Bride.”
“I see.” Anna shaded wings of frost inside the windowpane. “You lied.”
“It wasn’t a lie. It was a premature truth. There’s still half an hour to get into the contest. Which reminds me, we’re entering on your phone, too.” Diane held out her palm. “Gimme.”
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Author review: Natalia is professional, detail oriented, and finishes her work on schedule. She was always available to answer my questions and made translating my book into Spanish a real pleasure. Highly recommended. |
