Title:
Spooky Sojourn
Series
Name (If applicable) N/A
Publisher:
Totally Bound
Genre:
Contemporary Erotic male-female contemporary paranormal romance
Book
Length: 50,000 words
Official Blurb:
Someone’s
trying to kill Deanna, but is it the ghosts she doesn’t believe in, the rich
socialite who might be a murderess, or someone else with a beef against The
Gilroy Hotel and Resort that Deanna has just been hired to manage? The Gilroy’s owners want the ghosts, or whoever
is causing the trouble at the hotel eliminated, and they are pressuring Deanna
to do the job as quickly as possible. Harry DeVeaux, paranormal investigator
comes highly recommended to do the job and against Deanna’s better judgment,
she hires him.
Although
Deanna thinks Harry’s crazy for believing in ghosts and Harry thinks Deanna has
a closed mind to the possibilities of ghosts and they highly annoy each other,
sparks fly. Deanna can’t help but fantasize about Harry and inspired by a
romance convention visiting her hotel, writes her fantasies in a private blog
that Harry finds, hacks, and reads. Ooh la la!
Excerpt:
Drawing
in a long, shuddering breath, he look heavenwards and crossed his fingers
behind his back hoping she wouldn’t throw something at him, hoping she’d be
okay with his admission. “I found your blog and read it.”
Paling,
the blood fled from her flesh and her eyes looked like sooty coals against her
face. Her gaze clashed with his and held. “How did you find it? I used a
pseudonym and I put it on privacy settings.”
He
screwed up his lips, and scrubbed his hand over his face, preparing to tell
more painful truths. “I’m a bit of a hacker and I like to research the people
I’m working with.” Not sure she’d be receptive to his theory, he left out the
part that he thought the ghosts led him to her sight. He thought they were
closet romantics. He wouldn’t be surprised if they’d locked them into the room
now to force them into some alone time together.
When
a tsunami of emotions flitted across her face he tried to read them. Fury.
Embarrassment. Lust?
“You
investigated me? You read my private musings?”
“You
wrote about me? In some very intimate ways. At least I presume it was me since
you used my name.” He fixed her with a piercing gaze. “Did you?”
A
pregnant pause rent the air as she veiled her eyes from his view. Finally, she
smoothed her skirt against her legs and admitted, “Yes. I have very mixed
feelings about you. You make me crazy the way we argue, the way you believe in
ghosts, and yet I find myself thinking about you, fantasizing about you.”
Taking
heart in the last part even if he wasn’t sure he liked the first, he said with
a lopsided grin, “You fantasize about me much?”
As
if she suddenly got bold, she sidled up to him with a mischievous twinkle in
her eyes and ran the tip of her finger down his chest. “Aren’t my blogs proof?
The question is, do you fantasize about me?”
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Author Bio:
Ashley Ladd lives in South Florida with her husband, five
children, and beloved pets. She loves the water, animals (especially cats), and
playing on the computer.
She's been told she has a wicked sense of humor and often
incorporates humor and adventure into her books. She also adores very spicy
romance, which she weaves into her stories.
How you can contact Ashley:
http://www.shelfari.com/search/books?Keywords=Ashley%20Ladd
