We're exchanging starship escape pods for broomsticks today on the Flightdeck as I welcome fellow Wild Rose Press author Nancy Fraser and her new release just in time for Halloween - '
Bewitched'
Genre:
Vintage Historical
Release
Date: October 7, 2016
Book Blurb:
Chicago, Fall 1964
Allison Stiles is the epitome of responsibility. Guardian to her two rambunctious younger brothers, she also runs a home daycare. While she doesn't have time for a vacation, she really needs a diversion. Enter Eric Thomas, her new neighbor. Tall, dark and handsome and just what she needs to get her mind off her responsibilities, even if only for a short time.
Moving into the house he inherited from his uncle was not part of Eric Thomas' plan. Yet, starting a new business ties up a good portion of his capital, so he forgoes the fancy downtown apartment for the quaint Rogers Park neighborhood.
Now if he could just get his mind off his sexy neighbor and back on the business at hand.
Excerpt
Eric shifted from one foot to the other,
balancing the box of office supplies he’d purchased on his hip while lifting
the grocery bag from the trunk with his opposite hand.
He’d spent the morning touring office space
in midtown Chicago and still not found anything within their price range. It
looked as if the Thomas-Watson Agency would have to flourish a bit longer in
its makeshift digs.
Thank heaven courting clients could be done
in a restaurant, or the client’s office, rather than in the cramped confines of
his back room.
A noise drew his attention from his
office-hunting dilemma and toward the daycare across the street. The petite
blonde was leading a line of small children through a maze of toys.
Her long hair blew across her cheeks with
each gust of wind, and she reached up to brush the errant strands off her face.
His body tightened when he imagined her fingertips stroking his cheek in the
same way.
He shook his head, dislodging the thought.
The last thing he needed was the complication of a woman. Especially one who
came saddled with a bunch of noisy kids.
Yeah,
but they do eventually go home, you know.
Rather than acknowledge his inner voice of
reason, he shifted his gaze and scanned the rest of the daycare’s large yard.
Another woman, taller, thinner, with jet black hair was organizing a game of
tag among a few of the older children.
And despite the noisy diversion of their
laughter, his attention was drawn back to the blonde. All around her, activity
had stopped. Three little girls sat in silence at her feet.
She’d taken a seat on the front steps and
lifted one of the smallest of the bunch onto her lap. Even surrounded by a
handful of children, her tapered slacks and t-shirt covered in bright splashes
of primary colors, she exuded an allure that set his nerves on edge.
She bent to listen to something the child
was saying, and he found himself straining to hear as well. The faint sound of
the child’s cries drew her obvious compassion, and she gathered the little boy
to her chest.
Lucky
kid.
He stomped up the porch stairs, cursing the
fact he could be so easily distracted. Mental note number three: stop ogling
your sexy neighbor.
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Fun Fact:
The friendly neighborhood traditions of
Halloween were gleaned from my own childhood when it wasn’t unusual to trek for
miles for pillowcases full of candy. Nobody worried about tainted treats. We
trick or treated in stores, restaurants, and even in bars. We ran gleefully
through the streets from the first streetlight until we could barely see our
hands in front of our faces. It was the one time our parents looked the other
way about curfew and more than one classmate missed school the next day due to
a tummy ache.
Author Bio:
Like most authors, Nancy Fraser began
writing at an early age, usually on the walls and with crayons or, heaven
forbid, permanent markers. Her love of writing often made her the English
teacher’s pet, which, of course, resulted in a whole lot of teasing. Still, it
was worth it.
Published in multiple genres, Nancy
currently writes for four publishers. She has published twenty-two books in
both full-length and novella format. Nancy will release her 25th book in early
2017. She is currently working on her next Rock and Roll novella and two other
equally exciting projects.
When not writing (which is almost never),
Nancy dotes on her five wonderful grandchildren and looks forward to traveling
and reading when time permits. Nancy lives in Atlantic Canada where she enjoys
the relaxed pace and colorful people.
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