Hello! Thank you so
much for visiting Written Butterfly with me today!
Q) How did you dream up the dynamics of your characters?
Lia Risso started talking to me one day, and while I made
googley eyes and growled under my breath that I don’t DO contemporary, I
relented. Her story exploded on paper, and her brothers started yapping for
attention as well.
For other works, I’ll sit and write up a full, in depth
interview with each character before writing to ensure I know them inside and
out. It’s always fun, though, to have them surprise me while actually writing.
Q) Do you have any habits that get you in the writing frame
of mind?
Not really. If inspiration slaps my muse upside the head, I
start scribbling like a mad woman with whatever writing utensil I find. Most
times, I have to sit and force myself to put onto paper the hazy scenes fogged
by children and life. ;)
Q) Is this part of a series?
If so, tell us about it!
Susceptible to Him is the first in a planned series of 4
novellas. The stories follow the four Risso siblings in their quest for a love
like their parents have.
Blurb:
Lia
Risso walked in on her fiancé and three other women on Valentine’s Day. Two
celibate years later, her roommate creates a profile for Lia on a dating
website—without her knowledge—and sets up a date. On Valentine’s Day.
Ryan
Walsh, a self-made millionaire and libertine, refuses to commit to any one
woman. Tossed from foster home to foster home as a child, Ryan is on guard
against becoming vulnerable ever again.
One
dinner…one night of dancing and flirting with the attraction between them, puts
both Lia and Ryan in danger of heart break.
They
have a choice—open themselves to the possibility of hurt or walk away, never
knowing what might have been.
Excerpt:
My nerve endings stirred as the subtle scent of sandalwood
wafted across the table time and again. What man used sandalwood-scented soap
anymore? By the cut of his suit and the Rolex on his wrist, Ryan Walsh had
money. And plenty of it. Why no expensive cologne? The chick-lure nectar of the
gods his type bathed in?
He grinned again, and heat filled the empty place only Mr. Pink had seen or stroked in two years. Ryan’s attention drifted to my lips and lingered as our waiter took his time pouring our wine.
I forced myself to breathe as my treasonous nipples
pebbled, begging for attention.
Damnation. I do not want this.
He was too friggin’ sexy for his own good. And by his suggestive grin and the twinkle in his eyes, he knew it too.
“Are you ready to order, Lia?” Ryan asked, his focus staying on my face instead of dipping downward like most men’s did.
Praying my voice didn’t betray my arousal, I turned my attention the waiter. “I’ll have the shrimp Fra Diavlo.”
“And for you, sir?”
Ryan spouted off a few words in Italian, never once breaking eye contact with me.
My lips twitched. Papa would be impressed.
When the waiter ambled away, a smile—a real smile, not the cocky, you-know-you-want-me ones he had offered until then—revealed straight, white teeth. “So.”
His low voice caressed my ears, and I pressed my thighs together. Thank God I hadn’t shaved. No doubt he had little trouble getting women into his bed. Or their bed. Or against a wall.
Holy shit.
Buy Links:
Bookstrand: http://www.
About
Lynn Burke:
Lynn
Burke is a full time mother, voracious gardener, and scribbler of spicy romance
stories. A country bumpkin turned Bay Stater, she enjoys her chowdah and Dunkin
Donuts when not trying to escape the reality of city life.
Her
current work, the Risso Family Novellas, revolves around four siblings from
Boston’s North End.
Website: http://www.authorlynnburke.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AuthorLynnBurke
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