Character Blog Hop

A warm thanks

to my pal Jasmine Haynes for tagging me in the Character Blog Hop! The

character blog hop consists of answering a few questions to let our readers

know about the new characters we’ve got coming in the near future.

Now let’s get

started by telling you about the fabulous Jasmine.

NY Times and USA

Today bestselling Jasmine Haynes/Jennifer Skully is the author of classy erotic

romance, hilarious romantic mysteries, and the Max Starr sensual suspense

series. Visit her at www.jasminehaynes.com.

Be sure and stop

by her blog to learn about her latest release Pleasing Mr. Sutton. http://www.jasminehaynes.blogspot.com/?zx=32abfb7fa802f895






Here’s my story,

Leave Me Breathless.

1) What is the

name of your character?

My parents named

me Cordelia Jane Pulaski, but my byline is C.J. Pulaski, and that’s what

everyone knows me as at the San Francisco Sun newspaper, where I worked until

just recently.

2) When and where is the story set?

 

I lived in San

Francisco until I lost my job, then I moved back to my hometown of Conspiracy.

Conspiracy is a picturesque northern California coastal town. Everywhere you

turn here their are breathtaking views from the rugged coastline, to the

pristine beaches, to the towering redwoods. So why did I leave here you wonder?

I have a father and two brothers who would rule my life if I lived here. My

dad, Charlie, runs Pulaski’s Bar and Grill with my brother Jed. The restaurant sits

right on the Pacific Ocean and the food that is out of this world. My other

brother, Michael, is a minister who is way too interested in guiding my private

life.



3) What should we know about her?

I’m a photojournalist

and I just lost my job at a the Sun for making a rookie mistake. So I tucked

tail and came home to Conspiracy to lick her wounds and work for the local

newspaper as an agriculture reporter until I can regain my credibility and get

back in the game. This job is a definite step down for me, but I love my new

editor. While I’m out covering the local fish cannery, I meet up with the chief

of police, Nate Cole. He’s trying to apprehend a criminal, slips on a fish and

sends us both into a bin of freshly caught dover sole.  When I look and into his baby blues, and I

have this sense that life is going to get interesting, and leaving Conspiracy

might not be as easy as now that Nate’s in the picture.

4) What is the main conflict? What messes up her

life?
I thought I’d

nailed Congressman Moline. I know he’s dirty and I thought I had him nailed.

The story went to print, and then I learned I’d been fed false information from

a trusted friend. It’s my fault. I should have checked it better, but I screwed

up and lost not only my job, but two other journalists were fired because of me.

I’ve got to redeem myself and I won’t stop until I nail Congressman Moline. In

the meantime, Dad has coerced me into joining The Trench Coat Brigade, his band

of  amateur sleuths, that include my

uncle, my best friend’s mom, my goddaughter, and Chief Cole. Everywhere I turn

that man pops up, chipping away at my determination to leave Conspiracy.

5) What is the personal goal of the character?

I have to get

back in the Big Leagues. I’ve worked too hard and too long to walk away from my

career. Who would have thought the Trench Coat Brigade would be my way back in.

When a missing person case turns into a 40-year-old murder that I help them

solve, bing, bang, boom my career is relaunched. But is it what I really want?

In my heart of hearts, I’ve always wanted a relationship like my parents had. A

love so strong you don’t need words to express what you’re feeling. And now I’m

torn between the career I love, and the man who can give me that kind of love.

As the song says, “Should I stay or should I go?” You’ll have to read it to

find out.

6) Is there a working title for this novel, and can

we read more about it?

Leave

Me Breathless is in progress. To learn about other books by Kate Curran check

out her webpage www.katecurran.net


7) When can we expect the book to be published?

Leave Me

Breathless will hopefully be out late this fall. To keep up with my latest

releases sign up for my newsletter at www.katecurran.net

or like me on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/katecurranauthor

Next up on the character blog hop is my friend Deb Julianne who writes hilarious slap-stick comedy.

Deb will be posting on September 1st, so don’t miss out on her blog!

While some say

truth is stranger than fiction, Deb Julienne’s experience runs more along the

lines of slap-stick comedy. She believes when life tosses you lemons it’s best

to turn it into Limoncello.

Baking,

gardening, and writing help fill the leftover space of the day job.

As a teen of

the 70’s, some of her most precious memories are enough to make her laugh out

loud. She considers herself lucky to have had many friends and partners in

crime, stretching the boundaries along the way. Life has been known to take

U-turn at a moment’s notice dropping her into a compost heap.

Born and

raised in San Jose, California, she now resides in the Tahoe National Forest

Basin, her own bit of heaven on earth, with her husband of 33 years, with three

sons and one daughter, and two very precious grandkids.

Deb’s

books are available on KindleUnlimited:
All Romance: https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-sexliesandbeautyaides-1445590-149.html
Amazonkindle: http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Lies-Beauty-Aides-Julienne-ebook/dp/B00IPQWZY0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395762216&sr=8-1&keywords=9781616505165
Google:
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/sex-lies-and-beauty-aids/id830804953?mt=11&uo=4
Kobo: http://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/sex-lies-and-beauty-aides
Nook: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/sex-lies-and-beauty-aids-deb-julienne/1118903124?ean=9781616505165

Find Deb

at:

www.debjulienne.com
Twitter: @debjulienne
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/deb.julienne
Facebook author: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Deb-Julienne/752399544824095
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/debjulienne/
Google +: https://plus.google.com/u/0/s/deb%20julienne
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/7874605.Deb_Julienne
Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Deb-Julienne/e/B00IRN9TKE/ref=ntt_athr_dp_pel_1

 

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