Love is a Four Letter Word
By: Zara Stoneley
I am thrilled to welcome erotica author Zara Stoneley to my blog today!
Love Zara was sweet enough to answer some of my questions...so take it away Zara!
Hi, and thanks so much for
having me over.
- I'm a librarian so
I've gotta ask, what's your favorite library story?
I just love libraries,
though I must admit I don’t spend as much time in our local one as
I used to. When I was a teenager we were allowed to take four books
out at a time and I used to be in the library every week on a
Thursday picking out my next set of books. It was in our local
library, over thirty years ago, that I discovered JRR Tolkien and
‘Lord of the Rings’ – even I couldn’t finish reading the
trilogy in a week, but it was one of the first books that really left
a lasting impression on me. Years later I took my son to see the
films, and then he bought the books.
When I went to University
it was heaven – after being used to a small town library and
struggling to find a new book, the massive University library was
incredible – I could have moved in and lived there!
- Do you have a library
card?
I do, but it doesn’t
get used as often as it should.
- Can you tell me a little
about where you get your inspiration?
My inspiration comes
from lots of different places. I love people watching, which can
often trigger ideas. I also get inspiration from places, articles in
magazines, pictures, the internet… more or less anything you see or
hear can lead to a ‘what if?’, which can lead to a story. The
inspiration for ‘Love Is A Four Letter Word’ came from a picture
of a tousle haired ‘biker, with a cheeky bad boy grin. What if he
bumped into a rich girl from his past, who wasn’t quite the Miss
Perfect he always thought she was? And what if that rich girl came to
realise that money can’t always buy you want you want?
- Who are some of your
favorite authors/genres to read? What are you reading at the moment?
I love reading all
kinds of books! I read lots of romances, but I also like thrillers,
rom-coms and big beach read bonkbusters. At the moment I’ve just
finished a Tilly Bagshawe novel and have moved on to Mandy Baggot’s
‘Made in Nashville’.
EXCERPT
“Don’t
go. I mean, hang around for a bit, will you?” It could have been a
residue of adrenalin from being pinned against that wall, but
whatever it was her heart was hammering and her body had this strange
buzz resonating through it, and she was pretty damned sure it had
nothing to do with fear.
He
chuckled and the sound fingered its way down her spine. “I don’t
think he’ll be rushing back for seconds. So, are you?”
“Am
I what?”
“Psycho.”
“I’ll
let you decide that.” She took a step closer to him, which just
about took her to the spot where she could smell the mix of spice,
wood and musk. Earthy. Nice. “Not that it would bother you, I’m
sure.”
“Are
you now?” He let her close that gulf of ten inches between them,
let her reach out to rest a finger on the top of the zip of his
leather jacket. Cold metal against warm, the tang of leather and oil
layered over the tantalising scent of pure male.
“Very
sure. Can I see your ‘bike?”
He
looked faintly amused, but from the way his stance had widened and
those gorgeous eyes had darkened she knew she had him. Hers for the
taking. But he’d kept his hands jammed in his pockets, like he was
determined to make her do all the running.
“And
there I was thinking it was me you were interested in.”
“I
am. You and the bike, together.”
“You’ll
have to promise not to rake those heels down the tank.”
It was
then that she recognised him. It was the way he said it, that ever so
slight judgemental edge to his voice. Jake Harcourt. He’d been like
that when he was cocky sixteen. Daring, in control. Leader of the
pack. And she’d been the podgy teenage girl in her carefully ironed
blouse and spotless flat shoes. If she’d not had a drink or five
maybe she’d have clicked earlier, maybe not. It was a lifetime ago.
And he wasn’t a lanky tearaway teenager now. He was a man. Boy, had
he grown into a man.
Back
then was another time, of schoolgirl crushes, of secret Valentine’s
cards being pushed into lockers, of wanting the rough tough poster
boys and knowing it was a step too far. Then. Bad had been plain bad
back then, now it was good.
“I
won’t leave a scratch. I promise.”
He
raised an eyebrow and just like that he’d gone from a little bit
naughty to full on bad, and Georgie felt her throat dry as the
anticipation swirled into a knot of excitement in her stomach.
“No
scratches at all?”
The
smile twitched at her mouth. “Well, not from the heels. And not on
the tank.” She rested the very tips of her nails on his jawbone,
let them drag across the rough stubble until they rested under his
chin, then she leant in, let her breasts rub against the smooth hide
of his jacket, closed her teeth around the fullness of his lower lip
and pulled back just far enough so that she could glance up, see the
look in his eye.
BLURB -
LOVE IS A FOUR LETTER WORD an erotic
romance by Zara Stoneley. Published by HarperImpulse a division of
Harper Collins Publisher.
Sometimes being bad can be
too good to miss...
Take one rich girl who has a
thing for the bad boys.
Take one tough guy who wants fun and
freedom.
Mix generously with a land dispute and a whole lotta
lust…. And what have you got?
Sometimes being bad can be
just too good to miss...
AUTHOR BIO – ZARA STONELEY
Author
Zara Stoneley has been writing stories for just about as long as
she’s been reading them. She sold her first erotic novel to Xcite
Books in 2012, and since then has had her hot romances accepted by
several publishers, including HarperCollins. Her stories have
featured on romance and erotic bestseller lists in the US and UK.
Zara
divides her time between a country cottage in the UK and a Barcelona
apartment, and loves her family, sexy high heels, sunshine, good food
and wine, coffee, cats, horses, dogs, music, writing and reading -
but not necessarily in that order! She likes her heroes just how
she likes her coffee – hot, strong and moreish.
You can find more
about Zara at www.zarastoneley.com.
Please stop by – she loves to meet new people!
WHERE TO FIND ZARA -
Twitter - @zarastoneley
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