Tuesday Teaser: Arlene Hittle’s Just Right, Part of the And They Lived Happily Ever After Boxed Set
A good chunk of JUST RIGHT was written during a fairly dark period in my life. I’d just been informed the company I’d been working at for the last 15-plus years planned to let me go.
When I came up with the idea of making Goldilocks a Hollywood megastar in hiding who clashes with three hunky contractor brothers by the name of Behr, I was gainfully employed and brainstorming ideas with my friend Anne Marie at the local Starbucks. However, by the time the story was due, I was experiencing (f)unemployment for the first time in my adult life.
As I grappled with losing the job—and a part of my identity—I struggled to keep the story upbeat. But since my writer’s “voice” has always been light, bright and funny, I had to stay in character.
I write romantic comedy. Folks read my stories to be entertained, not dragged down.
So I pulled up my big girl panties, planted my too-ample butt in the chair and wrote the funny, sweet story that I’d originally imagined. It’s packed with the light banter that readers have praised in reviews for my Love & Baseball series—banter that my editor for JUST RIGHT absolutely loved.
Just Right
Home improvement shouldn’t look this good…
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America’s Sweetheart, Callista Gold, needs an escape from Hollywood—and the scandalous photos hackers leaked to the tabloids. She buys a cottage in northern Arizona, sight unseen, and heads for what she thinks will be a mountain retreat. But like her now-tainted reputation, Rosewood Cottage needs some major fixing-up. Contractor Tyler Behr—one-third of Behr Construction—is just the man for the job. Problem is Ty had other plans: buy Rosewood and flip it. He agrees to work for the frosty beauty, with thoughts of delaying the project long enough for her to get bored and go back to wherever she came from.
But Callie is no prissy miss. She jumps in to help with the renovations, perfectly at home with construction—and one particular construction worker. Sparks ignite between them with every swing of the hammer, until a photo of Ty and Callie in a compromising position creates another scandal for her and a dilemma for him. He’s never been big on sharing, not even something as simple as loaning power tools to his own brothers. How can he share the woman he loves with the movie-going public?
JUST RIGHT is part of Turquoise Morning Press’ new And They Lived Happily Ever After boxed set—six modern fairytales for one low price.
Included in the set:
Red: A Seduction Tale by Maddie James (Little Red Riding Hood)
Sins of the Father by Janet Eaves (Sleeping Beauty)
Dixie White and the Seven Dates by Cat Shaffer (Snow White)
Just Right by Arlene Hittle (The Three Bears)
Death Sat Beside Her by Jennifer Anderson (Little Miss Muffet)
Playing the Piper by May Williams (The Pied Piper)
Get And They Lived Happily Ever After at the following retailers: Turquoise Morning Press bookstore | Amazon | BN | iTunes | Kobo | All Romance eBooks | Smashwords
Arlene Hittle is an Indiana girl who now makes her home in northern Arizona. Just Right, her fifth book with Turquoise Morning Press, has absolutely nothing to do with her All Is Fair in Love & Baseball series—but it was a lot of fun to write. She enjoyed putting a sexy spin on one of the fairy tales she grew up reading. When she’s not writing, reading, spending time with her boyfriend or slurping down Starbucks drinks, she works as a page designer/reporter for the Daily Courier in Prescott. Find her at arlenehittle.com, on Twitter or on Facebook. If you’d like to get updates on Arlene’s latest releases, sign up for her newsletter.
