Harlequin has reissued 16 of my backlist titles in ebook.
Today Vicki Bingham and Wyatt Edwards are my guests for a conversation about
THE TYCOON'S SON, a Silhouette Desire originally released in print and
currently available as a Harlequin Desire in ebook.
Hello Vicki and
Wyatt. Thank you for making time in your
schedule to be here today.
Vicki: Our pleasure, Shawna. Thank you for inviting us.
As I understand it,
the two of you dated back when you originally lived in Sea Cliff then you both
ended up leaving town and going your separate ways. Wyatt, I'd like to address my first question
to you. What prompted your decision to
move back to Sea Cliff after having been away for fifteen years?
Wyatt: That's a good question, but I'm not sure I
have a good answer…at least not one that made a lot of sense at the time. Ten years before I returned, my father died
and left me control of his business empire headquartered in San Francisco. Prior to that I'd been working primarily with
the corporation's international holdings.
For the ten years I was at the corporate offices I had a restlessness
pulling at me. I wanted to recapture the
past, a time when things seemed much simpler.
In retrospect, I now realize that I was looking for the contentment I
had when Vicki and I were dating. So I
had the old family home renovated and decided to make that my primary residence. With computers and teleconferencing, I felt I
could easily work from there and go into the corporate offices in San Francisco
only a few days a month.
What about you,
Vicki? Why did you return to Sea Cliff
after having been away for fifteen years?
Vicki: My father owned the local country
store…groceries in front and the post office in back. When he died a couple of months earlier, I
returned to Sea Cliff to run the store. I was a bit at loose ends since my
husband had also recently died so that my entire family consisted of just my
son and me. When I learned that Wyatt
was returning, I didn't know what to think or do. I wanted to stay as far removed from him as I
could. My memory was of the Edwards' family who lived in the big house on top
of the hill like royalty in their castle looking down on their realm. The last
thing I wanted was to bring up the past, to dredge up what might have been before
he walked on me.
He walked out on you?
Wyatt: And for fifteen years I had believed she was
the one who walked out on me…left town as a means of leaving me.
That sounds like
nothing more than a misunderstanding.
Couldn't the two of you have straightened it out with a simple conversation?
Vicki: Unfortunately simple is something it
wasn't. My priority wasn't in
straightening out the past, it was in protecting my son from the present and
future because of the past. The past was
the last thing I wanted to dredge up.
Protect your son from
what?
Vicki: He was 14, a difficult age at best,
especially to be pulled away from his friends and relocated to a small town. I
wanted to protect him from what I believed would be an emotionally devastating situation
for him.
Wyatt: I kept pushing Vicki. (he reached over and took her hand) I wanted answers, I had to know why she
walked out on me. The truth finally came
out and we were both shocked, but finally able to talk about it.
What truth did you discover?
Vicki: I didn't walk out on him. I thought it was
the other way around. Bottom line, it
was more than one truth that finally found the light of day. (flashes a teasing grin) But I can't tell you about what they were.
Wyatt: You'll have to read—
LOL I know…you don't need to tell me. I have to read the book. Thank you Vicki and Wyatt for stopping by.
THE TYCOON'S SON, a Silhouette Desire by Shawna Delacorte
reissued in ebook format. Available at http://ebooks.eharlequin.com (do search
for author name Shawna Delacorte). Also
available from Amazon for Kindle and Barnes & Noble for Nook as well as
other online vendors. Additional
excerpts from THE TYCOON'S SON and information on my other Harlequin ebook
reissues available on my website http://shawnadelacorte.com
Blurb:
HER FIFTEEN-YEAR-OLD SECRET
Years melted away the moment Vicki Bingham gazed into
piercing blue eyes and took in the very gorgeous—very grown-up—version of the
boy she'd once loved. The rich boy who had deserted her after a magical night
of exploring caresses and explosive kisses. The millionaire who was father to
her teenage son…and hadn't a clue.
Or did he?
Because Wyatt Edwards had taken an uncanny interest in young
Richie, and an even more unsettling interest in Vicki herself, the moment he
returned to town. He seemed to want answers—and it was clear he wanted Vicki.
But all that would surely change once this tycoon discovered the truth….
Inside front cover
excerpt:
"Here's to what has been and what is yet to be."
His words settled over her like a soft caress. He wrapped
her in his embrace and snuggled back into the corner of the couch, pulling her
with him.
"It's been a long time, Vicki. I've often wondered what
happened to you, what you were doing…whether or not you were happy."
It was not what she had been expecting and she was not sure
how to respond. "I was wondering the same thing about you."
Any further thoughts were put on hold when he claimed her
mouth with all the passion he had been carrying inside him for the past fifteen
years.
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