In honor of the season, I'd like to introduce you to Chance
Fowler and Marcie Roper from The Millionaire's
Christmas Wish (available from Harlequin in ebook) and tell you a bit about
their Christmas story.
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 can exploit, things taken out of context and blown up into something they
aren't.
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. I spotted her standing in front of
the store window. 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 apologize, explain to her, but she
ran off without giving me an opportunity.
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, hands-on involved with, things I don't want the media to know
about. Among other things, one of the
projects is a job training program for disadvantaged youth. I don't want the
other people involved to find their pictures and names splashed all over the
front page of some 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.
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?
Publisher 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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Harlequin has reissued 17 of my backlist titles. THE MILLIONAIRE'S CHRISTMAS WISH was
originally released by Harlequin in print and is currently available in ebook.
THE MILLIONAIRE'S CHRISTMAS WISH, a Silhouette Desire by
Shawna Delacorte reissued by Harlequin in ebook and available at http://ebooks.eharlequin.com. Also available from Amazon for Kindle, Barnes
& Noble for Nook, and other online vendors.
Additional information and excerpts available on my website www.shawnadelacorte.com Information and excerpts from my other books
also available on my website.
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