Hey, lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Sara
Ohlin and her new book, “Seducing the Dragonfly”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish
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Seducing the Dragonfly
by Sara Ohlin
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Can an independent, successful designer learn to trust her heart
with the one man who crushed it twelve years ago?
Returning
home to the Oregon town of Graciella after twelve years away, international
real-estate guru Turner Brockman intends to make amends for having disappeared,
then vanish again. He didn’t plan on meeting a figure from the past he tried to
escape—beautiful Lily Moreno, now all grown up and the independent creative
owner of Dragonfly Design & Construction.
Lily
never expected to see Turner again and she’s determined to hide the love she’s
felt for him since she was a girl, when he crushed her heart and killed her
trust in men. Creating and owning the top construction company on the West
Coast and being there for her friends and family are Lily’s only desires now.
Except…there’s an intense chemistry between her and Turner, one she gives in
to, only to harden her heart after every encounter.
Welcomed
back into the beauty of Graciella and the family farm with loving open arms,
Turner falls quickly for Lily, but faces his greatest challenge yet—seducing
Lily into trusting him completely. Will his intense love, patience and good
old-fashioned wooing be enough to capture his dragonfly’s heart?
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EXCERPT TWO:
“Lily?”
His breathing was heavy. Sunlight bounced off the car, lit their faces. The
glare shocked him back to earth. He traced the soft skin of her cheek. Even
their shadows caressed. The raw vulnerability of the moment struck him like a
healing over of some ancient scar. “Look at me, Liliana.” But when she did, he
wished he hadn’t asked.
It
wasn’t fear or confusion he saw. She was downright pissed. The full force of
her grenade powered toward him. He might have started it with that kiss but if
she hadn’t grabbed onto him and kissed him back like he was her next breath, if
he hadn’t been absolutely certain she wanted him, in that moment he would have
pulled away. “Don’t glare at me. You wanted that to happen too.” He rolled away
and sat up.
“Oh,
now you know me so well, Turner Brockman. You think I make out with random men
on my front lawn every day.” She struggled to button her shirt.
He
stared at her. She’d tried to hide it, but he heard the tremble in her voice
that matched her shaking fingers. She was afraid, of him, of herself? He
couldn’t tell, but he was determined to find out why.
“No,
Lily. I don’t think that, not even close. Don’t put words in my mouth. It
doesn’t suit you. We kissed each other.” He gestured between them. “It’s called
getting carried away. The sparks have been there since I came back. Intense
sparks, I might add.”
He
offered a hand to help her up, which she smacked away before standing on her
own and starting toward the house.
“Be
pissed at me if it makes you feel better. You’ve perfected that. Add whatever
wound I’ve inflicted on you this time to my list of transgressions. But that
was the most explosive, amazing kiss I’ve ever had.”
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AUTHOR BIO:
Puget
Sound based writer, Sara Ohlin is
a mom, wannabe photographer, obsessive reader, ridiculous foodie, and the
author of the contemporary romance novels, Handling the Rancher, Salvaging
Love and the upcoming contemporary romance Seducing the Dragonfly.
She
has over fifteen years of creative non-fiction and memoir writing experience,
and you can find her essays at Anderbo.com, Feminine Collective, Mothers Always Write, Her View from Home, Under the Gum Tree, and in anthologies such as Are
We Feeling Better Yet? Women Speak about Healthcare in America, Take Care:
Tales, Tips, & Love from Women Caregivers, and Chicken Soup for the
Soul.
Although
she’s the author of many essays about life, grief, motherhood and the connections
we make through delicious food and shared meals, Sara loves creating imaginary
worlds with tight-knit communities in her romance novels. She credits her
mother, Mary, Nora Roberts and Rosamunde Pilcher for her love of romance.
If
she’s not reading or writing, you will most likely find her in the kitchen
creating scrumptious meals with her two kids and amazing husband, or perhaps
cooking up her next love story. She once met a person who both “didn’t read
books” and wasn’t “that into food” and it nearly broke her heart.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Sara will be awarding a $20 Amazon or B/N GC to
a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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Sara ~ Good morning! Welcome back! It is so great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeleteP.S. ~ Totally love the book cover! Very sexy and captivating! :)
Hi Ally!! I love, love, love being back here! Thank you so much for hosting me!! So glad you like the cover. Totally Bound does a great job!!
DeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteWhich character was your favorite to write?
ReplyDeleteIn this book, Lily was my favorite!!
DeleteGreat cover & excerpt, I enjoyed checking them out!
ReplyDeleteTHanks, Victoria!
DeleteSounds like a great read.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Rita!!
DeleteI appreciate getting to hear about a book new to me. Thanks for sharing and thanks for the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteThanks, James! Hope you're having fun following along!
DeleteIf you could spend one day with one of your characters, who would it be and what would you guys do?
ReplyDeleteHow many books do you plan on having in this series?
ReplyDeleteThe cover looks so cheerful and romantic!
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