Handbag and Book w Kate Randle: Hard to Choose the Handbag to Share #VeryBradleyhandbag #accessory #contemporaryromance #cruising

Oh my goodness! It was so hard for me to choose just one handbag to share with you. But I’ve chosenmy Vera Bradley mini purse that I got on my very first cruise. And in turn, the cruise inspired my very first novel “In Pursuit of Paradise.” It’s a fun, versatile bag that I love and is perfect for vacationing. Which is starting to sound like a great idea now that winter almost here! And I wouldn’t be too surprised if it was something my character Lily might pick up before she embarks on her journey of a lifetime.  

Ship Captain Nicholas Becket knows he needs to change his playboy ways. And when he discovers beautiful divorcee Lily Kingston at a job fair for his cruise line, he thinks he has found someone who can reform him.
Lily is looking for a change of her own, but she isn’t prepared for Nick and all of his baggage. Not to mention her own scars from the recent past. Although she is fiercely attracted to the handsome and dashing millionaire, an unexpected event threatens to tear them apart forever.

Can this pair of lost souls overcome the stormy waters of life’s ups and downs in order tofind their true paradise?
He grasped her hand and brought it to his lips.  He kissed her so delicately that she thought she would faint on the spot.  His touch was warm, light and inviting and he was only kissing her hand.  She imagined how his kiss would feel on her lips and the rest of her body.  What was going on with her?  She felt like she was completely losing her mind. 
“No Lily,” he said.  “The pleasure was all mine.”  He paused for a moment. “Would you like to have dinner with me tonight?  That is,if you don’t have to head home right away to Orchard Park.”
Lily hesitated.  She had been on a few casual dates since her divorce six months earlier but she had never been asked out by a complete stranger.  Most of the one-date-only events she had attended had been set up by sympathetic friends, just trying to help her get on with her life.   But none of the nice yet ordinary men had made her feel the way she did right now.  
Electricity was crackling between them, she was certainof it.  She felt a strong, unexplained connection to himeven if her rational side was telling her it wasn’t a smart idea to get involved with this guy.
Find “In Pursuit of Paradise” at: Amazon
Find Kate Randle at: Website   I love the Vera Bradley fabrics and have one with a unique handle that I carry. There are huge fans of those bags!!