Harlequin has reissued 16 of my backlist titles in
ebook. Today I'm talking with Chance
Fowler and Marcie Roper about THE MILLIONAIRE'S CHRISTMAS WISH, a Silhouette
Desire originally released in print and currently available as a Harlequin
Desire 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 picked on me.
Chance: Wait a minute…in my defense that wasn't quite
the way it happened.
Marcie: (grins) My way sounds more mysterious.
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 sailboat racing and being seen in all the trendy clubs, 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. 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. In other words, a spoiled rich guy living off the family
wealth.
Chance: Definitely not a very flattering assessment
of someone she didn't even know. I was
determined to set her straight and change that opinion.
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 suppose you could call them charitable endeavors, I finance and am
actively hands-on involved with, things I don't want the media to know
about. I don't want the other people
involved to be embarrassed by finding 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 in ebook format.
Available at http://ebooks.eharlequin.com
(do search for author name). Also
available from Amazon for Kindle and Barnes & Noble for Nook as well as
other online vendors. Additional
information and excerpts available on my website along with information about
my other Harlequin reissues. 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.
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