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Katie Harris loved growing up on a ranch. She had her horse, the
beautiful Texas prairie, and Cole Logan, the cowboy next door. But there are a
lot of secrets hidden under a Texas sky…
Katie always knew she’d marry Cole one day—until he broke her dreams
and her heart. But now that Katie’s father is sick, she’s back home, older,
wiser and nowhere near the love-sick fool she once was.
Cole knows Katie doesn't want anything to do with him. But after so
many years, he can’t pretend she’s no more than a neighbor. Not when thinking
about her cherry lip gloss and hell-for-leather passion is keeping him up all
night. Holding his ground was hard enough when she was seventeen. Now that
she’s her own woman, Cole’s heart doesn't stand a chance…
THE
OPEN BOOK
Katie
watched as Cole slowly turned, and at the sight of his bare chest, smooth and
ripped with muscle, she locked her knees to keep upright. Instead of his
inviting smile, there was a hardness she rarely saw that contrasted with the
desire in his eyes.
Cole
stood and stared. The silence between them crackled as if a whole conversation
could be said without words.
Her
breathing quickened ... She refused to hide her body’s reaction
even as a flush of heat rushed to her cheeks. She’d been waiting all of her
life for this moment. She was tired of hiding. She was ready. Unashamed, she
gazed in his eyes and let the wealth of her feelings pour into her face.
Cole
was no coward—he returned stare for stare—but she could see his jaw flex and
knew he was pissed. She’d pushed him hard, but this was where the women
separated themselves from the girls.
“I’m
not a child any longer.” She took a step closer.
“And
I told you, if you wear that shirt again, I’ll burn it,” he growled.
But
Cole would have to do more than display a little anger to scare her. Before she
lost courage, Katie crossed her arms and pulled.
She
threw her shirt in his face, along with her challenge. “Go ahead and do it.”
KC
KLEIN has lived most of
her life with her head in the clouds and her nose buried in a book. She did
stop reading long enough to make a home with a real life hero, her husband, for
over sixteen years. A mother of two children, she spends her time slaying
dragons, saving princesses, and championing the belief in the
happily-ever-after. Her debut novel, Dark
Future, is a finalist in the 2012
Prism contest and has been honored with a reviewer’s choice award. Her other
titles include a science fiction romance anthology, Hotter on the Edge, and a new contemporary romance, Texas Wide Open. KC loves to hear from
readers and can be found desperately pounding away on her laptop in yoga pants
and leopard slippers or more conveniently through her website.
HEARTS
WIDE OPEN
ANGI: THANKS FOR
JOINING US KC !!
KC: First of all, I want to say thank you to Angi and Get Lost in a Story
for allowing me to be here. I love doing guest posts and author interviews. To
me it’s a total riot!
ANGI: How often to
you get lost in a story?
KC: Ahh, sad. I used to get lost in a story 2-3 times
a week, now it rarely happens, since I don’t have much time to read for
pleasure. But a good thing about being a writer is that there’s always a current
story in my head and I can get lost in a story any time I want. (And sometimes
even when I don’t want to like… when I’m driving.)
ANGI: What’s the
first book you remember reading?
KC: Great question! I love telling this story. I was
in second grade, bored out of my mind when I found a copy of Super Fudge by
Judy Blume. After the first chapter I was hooked and realized I’d never be
bored again as long as I had a book in my hand.
ANGI: What do you
like about the hero of your book?
KC: Oh, what’s not to like. J Seriously, I've always loved the tortured hero, and Cole Logan is no different. He has
some deep secrets that have scarred him, but he also longs for love and trust in
his life. He is the total alpha-hero and a cowboy so that’s just yum in my
book.
ANGI: Is there a
playlist you’d recommend for reading your latest release?
KC: Music is a huge part of how I write. To me music
blocks out all the noise and helps me to find that emotion I need to make each scene
pop. So that’s why I LOVE Pandora. I can match the music station to where I am
in the story. So, just for fun, here is the list of all my stations on Pandora.
And please, if you think of an artists or genre that I might’ve missed and
would like, leave me a comment. I’m always on the lookout for some great music:
Dance Cardio Radio, Club / Dance Radio, Shania
Twain Radio, Piece Of Me Radio, Last Of The Mohicans Radio, Carolina Liar Radio,
Nickelback Radio, Evanescence Radio, Coldplay
Radio, Muse Radio, Pink Radio
ANGI: Where do you
read and how often?
KC: When I do read it’s usually in the bathtub with my
kindle safely encased in a ziplock bag. Oh, and there’s usually a solo cup of
red wine somewhere in the area.
ANGI: What sound
or noise do you love?
KC: Rain on the roof
ANGI: Fairy Tale
or Action Adventure?
KC: Totally Action Adventure
ANGI: What was the
first story you remember writing?
KC: Another great question. This is a hard one. Like many
authors I started and stopped so many stories I've lost count. I do remember starting
an epic historical romance that swept across the continents of Europe,
Australia, and Asia. I never did quite figure out the logistics of how my
characters would travel to each of these places in the scope of their lifetime.
That might’ve been one of the reasons the story never got finished. J
ANGI: What’s your
favorite movie of all time?
KC: Last of the Mohicans. Also, Terminator one and two
run a close second.
ANGI:
Terminator 1 & 2 are a couple of my all-time favorites !
ANGI: Who’s your
favorite villain?
KC: Syon, the villain in Dark Future. He was so
diabolical, but so freeing to write.
ANGI: What is your
biggest vice?
KC: As a writer it is procrastination. I have such
good intentions, and then I look up and my writing day is almost done, and I've made no progress on my story. In order to crack the whip better I've got timers
all over my house. I really try to take a strict approach to social media and
networking.
ANGI: How is it
working with hot guys and sexy women all day?
KC: Awesome, but draining. They can be so demanding
sometimes. It’s like they think the whole book revolves around them. They’re
not interested in my problems at all—like what’s for dinner, if I should
shower, did I remember to pick up the kiddos from school…
ANGI’S
GOTTA ASK: KC, I totally understand driving around listening to the voices in your
head (although, mine don’t get me lost >>grin<<). Where did you get
your inspiration for DARK FUTURE?
KC’S GOTTA ANSWER: I still get lost, and I've been living in the same city for more than
half my life!!! Needless to say, GPS is my friend.
Dark Future was the first novel I completed and was a labor of love for
years. I hand wrote the entire book over lunch breaks, my kids 15 min nap times,
and long car trips. I started writing Dark Future because at that time in my
life I wanted real, raw, and intense. I wanted to be swept away in a world that
was harsh and unforgiving, something totally different than the mundane day-in
and day-out rhythm that sometimes takes over your life.
Critics and fans alike have called Dark Future gritty, intense, and
fast-paced. I think that comes across because I wrote this book through
postpartum depression, lay-offs, job changes, financial worries, marital
stresses, and health concerns. I wrote almost every day. I carried my notebook
everywhere I went, and by the time I was done I had to use masking tape to hold
the binding together. No matter what was going on in my life if I could write
one scene, one page, than I had won a small victory that day. And if I wrote
that day I was one step closer to realizing my dream of being a published
author.
FIND
KC
UP
NEXT: What’s coming up for me is a second novella in the Dark Future world
that will be in the next Hotter On The Edge anthology. Also, I have the second
book in the Texas series, tentatively named HUSTLIN’
TEXAS. It’s the story of Nikki and Jett who you meet in TEXAS WIDE OPEN. I hope these characters
find their way into readers’ hearts like they did mine.
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HOTTER ON
THE
EDGE
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Excerpt
Texas Wide
Open is being released November 15th and in honor of that I want to
give away an e-book copy of Texas Wide Open to a random commenter who tells me
what format they prefer reading in—e-book or print and why.
KC
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