Hi, lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Patricia
Evans Cox and her new book, “Wild Wales”! For other stops on her Goddess Fish
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Wild Wales
by Patricia Evans Cox
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GENRE: Lesbian Romance
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BLURB:
Aisling
Moss is balanced on the crystal edge of success as one of the most sought-after
wedding planners in London…until one ill-advised move brings her career
crashing down around her feet like a toppled tower of champagne flutes. The
next day, a letter from a family solicitor arrives at her flat, and she has to
choose between picking up the pieces of her career in London or taking the next
flight to Wales to honor the wishes of someone she loves.
Finn
Morgan was forced to end her fighting career after an injury sidelined her
dreams of being a star in the cutthroat world of professional women’s boxing.
Her job as a short-order cook in a Brooklyn diner certainly doesn’t compare,
but it also doesn’t require her to think about what she wants to do with her
life. Sleeping with her boss’s wife and spending quality time with a punching
bag is all she needs, until the day she comes home to find a letter from across
the pond, surrounded by a pool of warm sunlight, on her entry table.
Once
in Wales, long-kept secrets and unexpected demands surface for both Finn and
Aisling, and they are forced to make hard decisions about their futures: Do
they return to rebuild the lives they had, or take a chance on love in wild,
windswept Wales?
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EXCERPT TWO:
Aisling
spoke slowly, more to herself than to Finn. Her voice trailed off, but she
snapped back to reality after a few seconds and looked back at Finn across the
kitchen.
“I
kissed the wrong person, I guess.”
Finn
waited for her to go on, but she didn’t.
“How
do you lose an entire career from one kiss?”
Aisling
smiled, letting the silence speak for her.
“Oh
shit,” Finn said slowly. “You didn’t kiss the groom, did you?”
She
laughed and pulled the pen out of her hair. “Um, no...not the groom.”
“Then
it can’t be that bad. What’s the big deal?”
Aisling
ran her fingers through her hair and loosened the waves until they fell over
her shoulders. “It was the bride.”
“Wow.”
Finn shook her head, smiling, and folded what was left of the charred cardboard
box into the trash. “I did not see that one coming.”
“I
thought not. Most people don’t.”
Finn
smiled and stepped into the living room, then leaned back in as soon as she
passed the doorframe.
“This
fire is beautiful. Did you do that while I was folding myself into the
bathtub?”
Aisling
didn’t answer, just walked slowly into the room, where a cheerful fire crackled
and warmed the air. When they’d walked into the house an hour ago, it had been
empty and dark, but now the entire room looked gilded, as if the firelight had
melted into gold over every surface. Once again, the hearth had been swept
clean and even the dented copper bucket next to the fireplace had been filled
with freshly cut wood. Aisling stared into the flames, then slowly raised her
eyes over Finn’s head and up to the ceiling.
“What
are you looking at?” Finn said, following her gaze to the cracked plaster
ceiling arched above her head, secured at the apex with an unfinished wooden
beam.
“Nothing,”
Aisling replied, her eyes scanning the room, half expecting to see the golden
orbs of light she’d seen in the castle. But there was nothing. “Just a memory,
I guess.”
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GUEST POST:
Falling in Love with the Main Characters:
First of all, thank you for
having me!
We
fall in love with our characters before they are…. well, the characters they
become. As writers, we fall in love in the inspiration stage, and that’s the
way it should be. Everyday experiences sift and distill into the characters
that touch all of us.
Because
they are us.
Like
the plain girl in the grocery checkout line who looks up only once, just long
enough to catch the blue hot creativity that sparks off her like wildfire.
Or
the physically challenged woman that won’t let me help her up the stairs, so I
wait around the corner, watching. When she gets to the top of the stairs, I
whisper silent words of apology that fall with tears of raw admiration.
I
don’t tell her because I should have known.
It’s
the single mom of three that left an abusive relationship and now silently
connects the worn silver dimes and nickels and crumpled dollars we leave on the
table, end to end, into a tangible future.
The
characters we love, that shape our books and our community, are all around us.
We see ourselves in them because in our community of women, there is more that
binds us than divides us, and well written, honest stories remind us of that
every day.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Patricia has been slinging ink and falling in
love with characters since her boarding school days, and continues to write in
her hometown of Eureka Springs, AR.
Her
handmade tiny home in the forest, strewn with leather journals and forgotten
cups of tea, serves as her writing studio. Her dogs Dublin and Snoo do their
best to help by snoring loudly at her feet.
Patricia
has lived in Ireland and England and returns there frequently to write, as well
as to a much loved tiny island off the coast of Glasgow, where the owner of the
local pub saves her the red velvet chair by the fire.
More
of her writing can be seen at her website, www.tomboyinkslinger.com
and at the links below.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
Patricia will be awarding a $20 Amazon or B/N GC
to a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
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Patricia ~ Good morning! Welcome to FAB! It is so great to have you here! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
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ReplyDeleteHappy Friday - Thanks for the wonderful tour, I've enjoyed following and can't wait to check this one out!
ReplyDeleteHello! Thanks so much for sharing your book with us. Always fun reading about another book to enjoy.
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