THE BABY WHO SAVED DR. CYNICAL
Mills & Boon
Medical Romance
ISBN-10: 0263891550
Damn. He
hated these cases.
The little dark-haired girl wasn’t quite four
yet. She had big brown eyes that looked
up to him to make her feel better.
He flipped through her chart, noting all the tests
she’d gone through. The kid had been
poked by more needles than a porcupine had.
She couldn’t understand..
Stay objective. Sympathy doesn’t
fix anyone.
First the baby boy, Isaac, and now this little
girl was really getting to him. He was
going soft. It didn’t help that this was
the anniversary of his brother’s death—which should be the perfect reminder to
keep his emotions out of the equation.
He needed a stress-reliever.
One good night in Stephanie’s bed would fix him
right up. Her, too.
Medicine wasn’t the only think he took pride
in.
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WHAT’S THE BOOK ABOUT?
To the outside world, Dr. Jason Drake is a brilliant diagnostician, but completely lacking in emotion and bedside manner. He is the genius everyone turns to when they have been unable to find the answer to a child’s medical problem, and his methods are unorthodox, his manner brash. Yet his boss, Dr. Stephanie Montclair, understands his burning passion for medicine – and over the last months has also been the recipient of his incredible passion in bed! But what was meant to be a no-strings fling has just turned complicated…
This book explores the foster care system and Phelan-McDermid Syndrome also known as 22q13 Deletion Syndrome
WHO’S THE AUTHOR?
I’m a Southern gal, born and raised. Y’all and Bless Your Heart are part
of my everyday vocabulary. In the Southern tradition, I married young to a
great man (thirty years so far), and have a brilliant daughter who graced me
with a fantastic son-in-law.
Like most writers, I’m a voracious reader. I’ve loved reading romance
ever since reading about Trixie Belden’s crush on Jim. I also read science
fiction and fantasy. And I write whatever comes to mind. My debut novel Taking
Flight is near and dear to my heart. It’s set in West Monroe where I lived for
eight years and it’s won awards!
I am currently writing for Harlequin/Mills & Boon and loving
it! My agent will soon be sending a ‘big book’ out into the world to find
a home, too! I belong to the writing organization, Romance Writers of America®,
a fabulous local writing chapter and some very inspiring online chapters.
For all of you who have stories in you that want to
come out–just do it. Sit down and write.
WHAT ARE THE ANSWERS?
ANGI: How often to you get lost in a story?
CONNIE: At least once a day. Although, I’m finding myself going for
shorter reads and leaning toward magazines ( I love magazines) as I’m learning
how to manage deadlines.
ANGI: What’s the first book you remember reading?
CONNIE: Clyde, the Clumsiest Cowboy. As a 1st
grader, I was invited to read it to the kindergarten class to inspire
them. Before my ‘performance’ the
kindergarten teacher thought I’d just memorized the book and kept pointing to
random words getting me to read them to prove that I was really reading.
ANGI: Can you tell us about a real-life hero you’ve met?
CONNIE: At a fundraiser, I met Dr Phelan, the researcher of Phelan-McDermid Syndrome which is featured in my book, The Baby Who Saved Dr Cynical. I got to sign a book to her—To Katie!
ANGI: What’s your favorite fairy tale?
CONNIE: I like the Drew Barrymore version of Cinderalla. My favorite part is when she throws the
prince over her shoulder and carries him away.
Epic!
ANGI: Connie, this is EVER AFTER. Dugray Scott is very good protraying the Prince. I just mentioned to Tim the other night that my all time favorite movies are EVER AFTER & UNDERCOVER BLUES (set in New Orleans).
ANGI: What’s your favorite “love” word?
CONNIE: Us
ANGI: What’s your favorite cartoon character?
CONNIE: Hmm.
Thinking way back, it was Speed Racer.
Go, Speed Racer, Go! Wasn’t his
name Devlin?
ANGI: I loved this show too! You know, I had to look it up. The only name he
has is Speed, and his brother is Rex Racer. Tim and I had to watch the first ever episode (available on hulu).
ANGI: What turns you off like nothing else?
CONNIE: People who dis me when they think I don’t know
what I’m talking about.
CONNIE: What clever question! I wrote The Baby Who Saved DR Cynical to a mix of
Adele and Grey’s Anatomy playlist on Pandora.
ANGI: Where do you read and how often?
CONNIE: I read at breakfast, before I go to bed and while
I’m waiting for my husband. Anytime we go anywhere together, I take a book
because he’s such a dawdler. Reading while waiting keeps me from getting
snippy.
ANGI: What sound or noise do you love?
CONNIE: Wind. I
love to hear wind in the trees. (Also love to feel it on my face. Of all the elements, I’m definitely a wind
girl.)
ANGI: Fairy Tale or Action Adventure?
CONNIE: I have to choose? Let’s go w/ action adventure. In the original fairy
tales, the protagonist is too often a victim of fate or evil godmothers. I
prefer to make my own destiny.
ANGI: What was the first story you remember writing?
CONNIE: Clyde the Clumsiest Cowboy. As a 1st
grader, I got to read it to the kindergarten class to inspire them to
read. Greate honor! Except afterward,
the kindergarten teacher kept pointing at random words for me to read to try to
prove to the 1st grade teacher that I had really memorized it. I hadn’t.
I could read the words. (Hmmm.
Maybe relates to the question about my turns me off.)
ANGI: What’s your favorite movie of all time?
CONNIE: Star Wars: A
New Hope, the first one released, which makes it the fourth one, right?
ANGI: Who’s your favorite villain?
CONNIE: The wicked witch, sister to the one that the house
fell on in Wizard of Oz. So
misunderstood. She was only trying to
rid Oz of that house-dropping scourge, Dorothy.
ANGI: Be honest, when reading...do you put yourself in
the heroine’s role?
CONNIE: I switch back and forth to whoever’s point of view I’m reading at the
moment. That’s one of the reasons I like
more than one point of view. I get to ‘live’ a bigger picture than just in one
person’s head.
ANGI: Is writing or story-telling easier for you?
CONNIE: Writing, although I enjoy story telling more. But I tend to get too caught up when telling
a story and I think I probably bore my audience. With writing, I can edit out all the boring
parts.
ANGI: What’s something you’d like to tell your fans?
CONNIE: Thanks! I
am so honored you used some of your precious time and resources to pick up my
book. Know that I respect you and try to give you my best in each and every
sentence.
ANGI’S GOTTA ASK: I love the forward from you in
DR. CYNICAL. Wanna share a little?
CONNIE’S GOTTA ANSWER: The people in my
stories (they get insulted if I reduce them to characters) come to me fully
formed in the opening scene when I write a story. The best thing for me to do is to sit down,
take dictation and stay out of their way.
Seeing what my subconscious brings up without my conscious leading the
way is the most magical part of being a writer.
ONE MORE THING: I know that Mills & Boon
Medicals aren’t in stores here in the U.S. I wanted to make sure you told
everyone how they can get a copy!
CONNIE SHARES: For a paperback copy, go to Harlequin
and look under the Medical Romance section (release date March 2012) .Pre-order
now for your Kindle or your
Nook for an
April release date.
WHERE’S CONNIE?
Contact Connie through her website or on any social media
where she plays.
UP NEXT: My next release is
The Return of the Rebel Surgeon and is an August release. It’s set in New
Orleans and tackles the tough subject of autism in puberty.
WHAT’S THE GIVE-AWAY?
I’d love to have a drawing. How about I give away 3 books to anyone
anywhere.
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Join us next week for the debut of AN AFFAIR WITH MR.KENNEDY by our own JILLIAN
STONE. ~Angi
WHAT’S THE QUESTION FOR TODAY?
Would you prefer a moderately competent doctor
with a good bedside manner or a brilliant doctor with a gruff bedside manner? Ever
wonder what makes some doctors seem so distant?
