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My Greek SEAL
by Sabrina
Devonshire
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GENRE: Military romance
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BLURB:
After a sudden job lay off, Maya holes up in her
apartment, drinking wine and eating ice cream until the day she’s slated to
leave for Greece. Even though she’s lost enthusiasm for this Greek island
swimming vacation, she’s paid for the trip so she boards the plane.
She figures
her life can’t possibly get any worse. She’s unemployed and spent most of her
savings hiring a lawyer to collect commissions her corrupt boss refused to pay.
She stumbles down to the Lefkada Island dock the first morning jetlagged and
grumpy. When she spots a Greek man with a drool-worthy body, her plan is to
look casual. Instead, she trips and plunges straight into the water. It wouldn’t
be so bad if she never had to see him again. But Eros, a former Hellenic Navy
SEAL, is one of her swimming tour companions. He boards the boat, pokes fun at
her American mannerisms and asks way too many irritating questions. And he’s so
damn hot, he makes her feel confused and distracted all the time. To make
matters worse, he’s assigned to be one of her swimming partners.
Maybe Maya
could have ignored the simmering attraction between them if it weren’t for the
earthquake, the tidal wave and being stranded alone with him on Kalamos Island.
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EXCERPT THREE:
Where are
all these crazy random thoughts coming from? My mind isn’t usually this
disordered. Right now it feels more turbulent than the open sea we’re about to
venture into. My stomach lurches at the thought. I wonder if maybe I should
have taken an extra motion sickness pill just in case the prescribed amount
isn’t enough for me. Stop. Get your head together. This too handsome man is
wreaking havoc on my equilibrium. I nearly laugh out loud at the stupidity of
that ridiculous thought. What equilibrium? I’ve already demonstrated my shit
sense of balance to everyone on this boat and soon they’ll know I’m mentally
unbalanced as well.
“I
believe we’re all here now,” says Libby. She disappears into the cabin to start
taking a head count and ends the counting by touching me on the head.
“Thirteen’s the lot. Very good.”
Thirteen
swimmers on the boat and I’ve just been dubbed the unlucky thirteenth. I try to
discard thoughts of bad luck colored by images of sinking boats and muscle
cramps. Normally, I’m slightly superstitious. But now I’m feeling downright
neurotic. I’m completely annoyed with my predicament. I was as stable as any other
person until the shit with my job hit the fan and I flew to Greece. Now, I’ve
seen one hot guy, been given a random unlucky number and suddenly have the
thought processes of a crazy lunatic.
Forget
unlucky thirteen. Now he’s walking toward me. I clear my throat and cough.
Damn. My mouth feels dry, but my water bottle is in the bottom of my bag. I
won’t allow my mouth to fall open as I watch his large, tanned feet take
several athletic steps until he’s standing right in front of me. Okay, so here
we are. I’ll utter one or two stupid things right away so I can get the worst
of the embarrassment over with right off the bat.
What I
really need right now is a shot of tequila.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Sabrina Devonshire, an avid swimmer most of her
life, can usually be found near or immersed in a body of water. If she's not
seeking an endorphin rush in a pool, lake or ocean, she's often encouraging
people to work out or writing a romantic suspense or magazine article.
She received a John Woods Scholarship and an
Arizona Commission of the Arts Professional Development Grant toward her
participation in a 2007 Prague Summer Program writing workshop. She has a B.S.
from Clemson University and an M.S. from the University of Arizona.
Sabrina loves traveling to off-the-beaten-path
places where phones and electronic devices tend not to work well. Peru,
Nicaragua and Belize are some of her favorites. Sabrina lives in southern
Arizona with her husband, two children, and fluffy dog, Sugar.
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CONNECT WITH SABRINA:
Website: www.sabrinadevonshireromances.com
Twitter: @SabrinaDevonsh1
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Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteHi Sabrina! It is great to have you here! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour!
ReplyDeleteReally great excerpt - thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteThank you for the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteWhat advice would you give to your younger self?
ReplyDeleteBecky, I would have to say don't waste time with men who criticize and don't allow you be yourself. It took me many years to learn this lesson. 15 years ago, I married a wonderful man who supports me every step of the way and is my best friend and my true love.
DeleteThank you, Ally, for hosting me. Thank you Victoria and Rita for your comments - I'm glad you enjoyed the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the blurb, sounds like a great read!
ReplyDeleteCongrats on the tour and thanks for the chance :)
ReplyDeleteThank you all for reading the excerpt and entering the contest. I really appreciate it!
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