Can she trust the charm of an ambitious man? Charming You by Kris Jayne #soontobereleased

Kris JayneTitle: Charming YouISBN: 978-1-944460-00-6 (Ebook)978-1-944460-06-8 (print)Publisher: Write Shout (self-published)Release Date: February 14, 2016
TAGLINE:Can she trust the charm of an ambitious man?
BLURB: Micky Llewellyn has trusted men before—with disastrous results. Now, she’s focused on her career, her friends, and making sure she doesn’t let another charming man lie to her and break her heart.   Nick Halden’s life has unfolded according to plan. He’s on track to a partnership at one of Dallas’ premier law firms, and he’s marrying a woman who has the beauty, smarts, and connections to be the perfect wife. Or he thought he was.   Fate and a dead car battery throw Micky and Nick together, forcing them to question what they want. Nick’s charm makes Micky’s heart pound with desire and her gut twist with mistrust. Micky’s fire awakens a passion in Nick that flips his world upside down. With his personal and professional lives colliding in chaos, Nick has one way to make sure he gets what he wants, but it means betraying the woman he craves.   In their struggle to balance love and ambition, Micky and Nick will have to decide what they want and at what cost before they lose the one thing that matters.
MEET THE HEROINE:Micky Llewellyn Age: 33 Occupation: High-tech marketing Drink of choice: Slightly dirty vodka martinis Favorite thing: The smell of a man in bed Pet peeve: Liars and cheaters Biggest weakness: Tall, dark, and handsome men with green eyes and a secret
MEET THE HERO:Nick HaldenAge: 38 Occupation: Corporate lawyer Drink of choice: Scotch whisky Favorite thing: A woman in knee-high boots — and nothing else Pet peeve: Manipulative in-laws Biggest weakness: Sexy brunettes who don’t let him get away with anything

EXCERPT:Uh-oh. Nick's demeanor shifted in front of her. She'd wandered into forbidden territory. Micky tilted her head and examined the handsome, in-control man sitting across from her.His lips pressed together in dismay. Something about his past relationship had gotten away from him. She wondered what kind of woman it would take to make a man like Nick polish off an ounce of Scotch in less than nanosecond. She'd never had that power over a man. She should let it go, but she couldn't help herself."Christmas in Paris? Must be nice. Didn't your family mind your being away?" she asked and then waited. Nick shook his head almost imperceptibly."We left after Christmas and just spent the New Year there," he replied."We?" Micky inquired."My fiancée and I," he admitted.Micky took a deep breath to settle the anger that popped up inside her. She dug her heels into the floor and pressed against the padded back of the booth."Not 'ex-fiancée?'"Nick looked away from her and sighed."She broke things off. I tried talking to her, and she wouldn't even return my phone calls. That was months ago. Then, suddenly this week, she surfaces again. We're supposed to have dinner to sort things out. I don't know," he said and shrugged."Yet, you're here with me," Micky bit out, hoping she could keep her temper in check. These men and their prevarications got her hackles up."Having a drink." A smile tilted his full lips."Don't you think it's kind of shitty to be having drinks with one woman while you're still engaged to another?""You looked upset in the elevator, and I thought it would be nice to have a friendly drink. We're going Dutch, remember? I can have female friends. What have we done that's inappropriate? Nothing." Confronted with Nick's matter-of-fact assessment of their meet-up, Micky had to admit that, for her, it wasn't nothing. And she doubted that the pull of attraction went one way. She contemplated grabbing her purse and stalking out of the bar."We've flirted," she admitted, which only served to amuse him further."Really? You seemed pretty pissed off the other night even though I'm not entirely sure why.""That's funny because the thing that pissed me off then has turned out to be true. You casually talked about being into all manners of women. So many women, so little time, I guess. Now you tell me that your called-off engagement might not be called-off. It makes me wonder if that's all some elaborate tale to keep me thinking you're available when you're not," Micky snapped, the control she had over her ire dissipating."Believe me, I'm not one to date more than one woman at a time. Most guys may say they want lots of women in their life, but trust me, I don't need the drama.""Women bring drama?""Not necessarily, but I've found that the level of crazy in a man's life rises exponentially with the number of women." He sighed and started to speak again, but Micky cut him off."I see," she said, looking around the bar for the waiter. "No, wait. I just mean that juggling women is a bad idea and a habit that I broke myself of a long time ago.""Have you? Because I don't care what you say. I've seen the way you look at me, and it is most definitely inappropriate if you're promised to someone else. Is it so hard to wrap up one relationship entirely before looking for your next conquest?"The green in Nick's eyes deepened. He leaned over the table."You're right. I'm attracted to you. I'd love nothing more than to drag you upstairs to one of the rooms in this hotel and strip those uptight business clothes off of you so that I can finally know what color your nipples are. And what they taste like."Micky dropped her gaze to the drink in front of her, unable to look Nick in the eye. The hairs on her neck rose and vibrated. His words scalded her.As infuriated as she was, she couldn't deny the twist she felt in her belly as her insides turned liquid. The thought of his mouth on her breasts with his hands roaming over her naked flesh infused her with want. She squeezed her eyes shut, only opening them when she heard Nick continue after a heated pause."But I haven't even come close to doing it. I know my situation is complicated right now, and I wouldn't start something I couldn't finish."Micky looked up at him again. He clenched and released his fists, then pulled his splayed hands slowly toward him across the tabletop. His breathing hitched.The waiter came to the table, and Micky handed him her credit card without even seeing the bill. Nick did the same. They sat in silence and waited for the bow-tied server to return with their split bill. Micky's heart kept pounding. Signing the bill and slipping her card back into her purse, Micky knew…she couldn't see him again.
AUTHOR Q&A:Why did you call your series, Thirsty Hearts?All the heroines are looking for something, longing for something. They have lost love, troubled love, problems hanging on to love. Plus, I’m a fan of cocktails, and each one has a signature drink—except for Shannon in Cherishing You. She’s a recovering addict.
What’s the first book, Charming You, about?Charming You features Micky and Nick as my heroine and hero. They meet when Nick helps her jumpstart her car, and sparks fly between them. The problem is that Nick may or may not have a fiancée—even he’s not sure at the beginning—and Micky’s last boyfriend was a total pig, so she’s gun-shy. It doesn’t help that Nick has a double agenda. He’s under pressure from his law firm to dig up information about the company where Micky works, but he’s also starting to fall for her. Micky has to get over her trust issues, but that’s hard to do with a guy who’s not being totally honest. Plus, Nick has the complication of his ex-fiancée. The question is: how can Nick untangle his personal and professional life and get to a place where he deserves Micky’s trust?
Why do Micky and Nick make a compelling couple?They have instant chemistry which makes them exciting, and underneath all the issues they have, they want the same things. They are both goal-oriented. Once they know what they want, they go after it. They just have to wind their way around to wanting the right things — especially Nick. He’s been on one track in his personal and professional life, and it takes him a while to realize that his plan is nonsense and trying to hold onto that dream or any version of it is too problematic. For Micky, she just wants a nice guy. Like a lot of women, she’s wondering why that’s so much to ask. Nick looks like that guy, and I hope the reader sees how he could be — but he has to make different choices.
What was your favorite scene to write?That’s a hard one. I like when my characters first start to be aware of their attraction to each other. So some of the flirty scenes at the beginning of the book are fun. I like creating the repartee between Micky and Nick — especially the scene where Nick gets pretty blunt with Micky about how he feels. He says something to Micky that leaves her speechless. I liked shocking her.
What was the toughest scene to write?Any sex scene — seriously, when I started writing, I didn’t realize how hard it was to write love scenes and have them be different. No one wants to read the same scene over and over again. People get enough of that in real life, right? But besides that, the big reveal scene where Micky and Nick fight. I don’t want to get too specific. I had to work at choreographing that scene to get it right.
What’s next?After taking a short break since I finished Cherishing You, I wrote a prequel to book four, called Her London Fling. That’s a novella, and then I have the book itself, Chasing You, mapped out. We’ll see what ends up happening. Sometimes you think your characters are going to do one thing, but then once you start writing, they do something else. My heroine, Alexa, is going to have two heroes to wrangle, but first she has to decide if she wants to commit at all. She has relationship-phobia. Chasing You will be out before summer.
Buy Links:Charming You (Thirsty Hearts Book 1)Amazon - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1944460063/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=1944460063&linkCode=as2&tag=keitrefi-20&linkId=KQBNDY3F7TJMUWWBKobo - https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/charming-you Smashwords – https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/603950 iBooks -- https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/charming-you/id1071477037?mt=11
Choosing You (Thirsty Hearts Book 2)Amazon – http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019M6FAEI/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B019M6FAEI&linkCode=as2&tag=keitrefi-20&linkId=C3YHCLYXAC7A4H7 Kobo – https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/choosing-you-1 Smashwords – https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/606550 iBooks – https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/choosing-you/id1073756419?mt=11
Cherishing You (Thirsty Hearts Book 3)Amazon – http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B019M76P6O/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B019M76P6O&linkCode=as2&tag=keitrefi-20&linkId=D3RIG3WYSU7DOGPD Kobo – https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/cherishing-you-1 Smashwords – https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/606551 iBooks – https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/cherishing-you/id1073716371?mt=11
Her London Fling (A Prequel Novella to Book 4)Amazon – http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01AC7UWEE/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B01AC7UWEE&linkCode=as2&tag=keitrefi-20&linkId=ABY6QSBHWEOZL5LY Kobo – https://store.kobobooks.com/en-us/ebook/her-london-fling Smashwords – https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/606552 iBooks – https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/her-london-fling-a-novella/id1073717033?mt=11

Author contact informationWebsite: http://krisjayne.com http://thirstyheartsbooks.com Social Media Links: Facebook http://www.facebook.com/krisjayneauthorTwitter http://www.twitter.com/kris_jayneGoodreads https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/8392141.Kris_Jayne Pinterest https://www.pinterest.com/krisjayne/ Bublish (for additional excerpts and behind the scenes stories) https://www.bublish.com/author/view/6151
Author Bio: Kris Jayne is a devoted writer, reader, and traveler. She spends her days blissfully sweating out the writing process in the Dallas area with her dog, Otis the Shih Tzu (DNA verified after being told he was a Lhasa Apso).Her debut Thirsty Hearts series launches in 2016 with three books—Charming You, Choosing You, and Cherishing You—available on Valentine’s Day. She’s begun work on the fourth book in the series, Chasing You, which will be available in the spring. The novella Her London Fling, an extended prologue to Chasing You, is also available on February 14. Her passion for writing is only matched by her passion for the adventures of travel. In 2008, she let a friend talk her into sleeping outside for the first time in her life when she climbed Mount Kilimanjaro.P.S. If you're buying her a gift, she has a penchant for single-malt Scotch and scarves.

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