I'm pleased to have fellow Beachwalk Press author Ashlynn Monroe with me today. I, for one, love the name of her latest WIP ;)
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Author Name: Ashlynn Monroe
Title of book: Reality Hero
Release date: 6-17-13
Sub-genre promoting (Contemporary, Paranormal, SciFi, etc): Fantasy/Superhero Romance
Buy Links: http://beachwalkpress.com/reality-hero/
Website Link: http://www.ashlynnmonroe.com/
Thank you so much for hosting me! I loved writing this book and I hope that
readers will enjoy reading it as much as I adored the process of writing
it. I am working on a novella sequel to
this novel, Ella’s story. Enjoy Reality
Hero, I can’t wait to hear what you think.
I love reader email at authorashlynnmonroe@gmail.com!
Blurb: Can reality TV handle a reluctant superhero bachelor, ten
attention-seeking women, and one evil villain?
Dina Dell's career as a television producer has hit bottom. Desperate to
save her job, she comes up with the idea for a reality show called I Want
to Date a Superhero. But the only superhero bachelor she knows is the only
man she's ever loved—Zane Blair.
Zane was once a normal human, but a traumatic childhood incident mutated
him, along with Dina's sister and their friends. Dina was the only one who
escaped without any superhero abilities. And while she might be the
"normal" one, that only left her feeling like more of an outcast.
Her lack of powers put Zane in danger. Knowing that it was only a matter of
time before someone used her to get to him, she left, breaking both their
hearts in the process. After all the pain she caused him, will he be willing to
help her now?
Then an old enemy emerges, putting Dina's plans on hold. When her superhero
friends are the ones who need help, Dina just might learn that sometimes little
Miss Average can be a hero too.
Content Warning: graphic sexual content
Cover (link to cover on site or attach cover to email):I’ll
do both. http://beachwalkpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/RealityHero_Medium-200x300.jpg
Here’s an excerpt:
Zane looked at Dina in disbelief.
Before he could stop himself, he was crushing her to him in a desperate kiss.
His mouth ravished her with primitive savagery. Dina melted against him. Her
lips parted and he slid his tongue into her mouth. She tasted so damn good.
Feeling her body against his was an incredibly heady sensation. He never wanted
to let her go. Her tongue slipped inside his mouth and explored. Zane growled
and held her close for a second longer.
He pulled back, searching her
expression for any sign that she was ready to admit they belonged together. Her
wide eyes gazed up at him, and her lips parted slightly. She flushed, looking
incredibly sexy. Just looking at her made his cock stiffen.
She put her forehead against his
chin and closed her eyes. “You’d better go before someone comes to investigate
how I am.”
He pushed back from her. She was a
damn stubborn woman. He must like to suffer, because that was part of her
appeal. He’d always loved a challenge. “Someday, I won’t obey your every command,
Di.”
He had no idea just how much those
old feelings still lived inside of her. She opened the door, this time he
didn’t get it for her, and she ran up the stairs and into her building like the
chicken she was. Her inner voice made clucking sounds the whole time she fled.
Nothing terrified her quite like her longing for him. She wondered if he knew
it and hoped he didn’t.
She’d never get any rest and she
had a mountain of work so she sat down and started going over everything. There
was a lot more to putting on good TV than just turning on a camera. The phone
rang and she jumped. Her hand slapped around on top of all the papers on the
desk until she found her cellphone buried under them. Her eyes were so blurry that she didn’t even
bother to look at the caller ID.
“Hello,” Dina said.
“I’ve never been ashamed of you
until today. Dina, how could you? You know Zane would never let you down. You
used his feelings to abuse his good heart. I’m so angry with you that I don’t
even know the right words to express it. If you needed something, why didn’t
you talk to me first? I could’ve helped you. We could’ve come up with something
different.”
There was a pause. Dina didn’t know what to
say. It was a small relief when Ella continued.
“He hates the media, and now he’ll
not only just be on your show, but the tabloids will eat him alive too. They’ll
do all they can to find out his secret identity. You know the lies those rags
print. This will start a feeding frenzy.”
Dina knew she deserved the tongue
lashing, so she said nothing. She had no defense, because her twin was right.
“Call this off. Please, as my
sister, do this for me and save the best man in the city from this horrible
mistake. I know how you feel about him, and you know how I feel about him. We
both know how he feels about you.”
There was another pause. Dina’s
throat closed. She knew, and it tore at her heart.
“Are you still there?” Ella sounded
annoyed.
“Yes,” Dina whispered brokenly.
“When you left, you ripped out his
guts. Don’t destroy his life. He still loves you.”
“I know.” That was what made asking
him to be on the show so damn hard.
“I don’t know why you turned your
back on us, but you owe him. We all do. He’s the best of us. We’ve lost Aaron.
Don’t take Zane away too. If he’s exposed, God only knows what will happen to
him—us. Don’t do this, Dina.”
She bit her lip. She wanted to tell
her sister she’d come to her senses, but it was too late.
“Ella, I’m so sorry. I hate myself,
but it’s too late. They’re already airing the promos on the network, and the
casting call went out. In the morning, I’m going to have dozens of women
begging me to be on this show. Zane and I have been over for a very long time.
We both know which one of us is in his life. You should be with him, not me.
I’m his Achilles heel.”
“Being in his life isn’t the same
as being in his heart, sis. He’s always loved you, and while we look alike,
I’ll never be you. He wants you.”
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