In honor of
the season, I'd like to introduce you to Chance Fowler and Marcie Roper and
tell you a bit about their Christmas story.
Harlequin has
reissued 16 of my backlist titles in ebook.
THE MILLIONAIRE'S CHRISTMAS WISH is a Silhouette Desire originally
released in print December 1998 and currently available in ebook.
Good morning Chance and Marcie. I appreciate you taking the time to talk with
me today.
Chance:
Thank you, Shawna. It was nice of
you to invite us. So…what would you like
to know?
My first question is for whichever of
you wants to answer it. How did the two
of you meet?
Chance:
(Winks at Marcie) Do you want to take that one?
Marcie:
My pleasure. I was minding my own
business, doing a little window shopping on my way back to my car from the book
store, when he came along and accosted me in broad daylight. He grabbed me against my will then proceeded
to kiss me. I was truly shocked and also
a little frightened. I had no idea who
he was or why he had forced himself on me.
Chance:
Wait a minute…in my defense that wasn't quite the way it happened.
Marcie:
(grins) My way sounds more mysterious…and more interesting.
Did he literally grab you on the
street, a total stranger, and kiss you for no reason?
Marcie:
Oh, yes…that's exactly what he did.
Chance:
Well…not really…not like that.
Ah, ha! What's the true story?
Chance:
I was being followed by another one of those tabloid photographers who
were always trying to get candid pictures of me that they could exploit.
As sole heir to the Fowler Industries
fortune, an eligible bachelor leading a very high profile life including yacht
racing and making the rounds of the club scene always with a beautiful woman on
your arm, I can see where there would be an interest in your activities.
Chance:
Since I was on my way to one of my special projects, I had to lose the
guy following me. I was looking for a
place to duck away from him…hide in plain sight, so to speak. As soon as I rounded a corner and was out of
his sight for a few seconds, I turned my reversible jacket inside out to a
different color, but there wasn't any place for me to hide. My intention was to put my arm around her
shoulder so it would look like we were a couple window shopping together, but
for some strange reason she objected. So
I did what I had to do. The photographer
ran on down the street without paying any attention to a couple kissing in
front of a store window. I tried to
explain to Marcie, but she ran off without listening.
Marcie:
It was later that I discovered who he was…Take-A-Chance Fowler, as the
media referred to him. Major playboy,
always being photographed with different women, yacht racing, seen at all the
trendy clubs. In other words, a spoiled
rich guy living off the family wealth who had never done an honest day's work
in his life.
Chance:
Definitely not a very flattering assessment of someone she didn't even
know. I was determined to set her
straight and change that erroneous assumption.
Take-A-Chance? Where did that come from?
Chance:
One of those stupid tags the press pinned on me. "Always willing to take a chance on some
wild stunt."
Marcie:
I can't begin to tell you how embarrassed I was when he told me Chance
was his legal first name, not some cute little nickname. It was his mother's maiden name. And the more I found out about the real person
behind all those tabloid headlines, the more impressed I was and the more I
liked him.
You mentioned your special
projects. What did you mean by that?
Chance:
I have several projects I finance and am actively involved with, things
I don't want the media to know about. I
don't want the other people involved to find their pictures and names on the
front page of a tabloid newspaper.
What type of projects?
Chance:
(flashes a sly grin) You can find out all about them in the book.
Marcie, did you encounter any unusual
problems when you began dating someone of Chance's…uh…notoriety?
Marcie:
(furrows her brow in a moment of concentration) Well, there were some
uncomfortable moments with his family, such as the Christmas dinner at his
father's house—
Chance:
(laughs) Merely uncomfortable?
That's an understatement!
Is there more to the family story than
you're saying?
Marcie:
You mean other than his father being responsible for driving a wedge
between us that nearly destroyed our relationship?
Chance:
My family is synonymous with the word dysfunctional. They're the personification of that old
joke…look up the word dysfunctional in the dictionary and you find their
picture. You'll find out all about them
when you read the book.
I'd ask you to explain, but I already
know what you're going to say.
Marcie:
(laughs) You have to read the book!
Thank you, Marcie and Chance.
***
THE
MILLIONAIRE'S CHRISTMAS WISH, a Silhouette Desire by Shawna Delacorte reissued by
Harlequin in ebook and available at http://ebooks.eharlequin.com
(do search for author name Shawna Delacorte).
Also available from Amazon for Kindle and Barnes & Noble for Nook
and other online retailers. Additional
information and excerpts available on my website www.shawnadelacorte.com
Blurb:
ALL I WANT
FOR CHRISTMAS…
When
millionaire Chance Fowler first kissed the pretty stranger in his arms, he'd only
meant to dodge the photographers who'd tailed him. Then she ran off—but he
couldn't forget her tempting taste on his lips. So he sought out the
tantalizing woman who'd ignited his long-dormant desire….
Lovely Marcie
Roper was the first woman to close her eyes to Chance's fortune. And though
she'd captivated the jaded tycoon, Marcie yearned for what his wealth couldn't
buy—a man who would say "I do" and mean it forever. Could Marcie
convince Chance that love—for the right woman—would last a lifetime?
Inside Front Cover Excerpt:
She was
certainly different from the type of women he usually encountered. Her eyes
sparked with the fire of emotion and her stance declared a very appealing
independence. Yes, indeed. Marcie Roper was quite different—a breath of fresh
air. He recalled the way she felt in his arms, the taste of her delicious
mouth. He fought the almost overwhelming desire to pull her into his arms and
kiss her again.
He watched
her walk away from him—for the second time since he first encountered her. She
had turned out to be a very intriguing woman. He already knew about the golden
flecks in her hazel eyes, her soft pliable lips, her addictive taste and how
good she felt in his arms. And now he knew she was certainly a challenge—and
Chance had never been one to back down from a challenge.
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