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MY WORST PICK-UP
LINE EXPERIENCE
by Sarah Castille
Once
upon a time, there was a Canadian girl who lived in London. One fine
summer day, she put on her riding leathers and hopped on the back of
her boyfriend’s motorcycle and they took a drive through the city
to a quaint pub in the East End of London. While her boyfriend tended
to the motorcycle, she went into the pub to buy a couple of pints.
The
pub was unlike anything the Canadian girl had ever seen. Dark and
dank, with a low ceiling, crooked floors, dark wooden beams, a
roaring fire in a massive stone fireplace and a worn, polished bar at
least fifteen feet long. A lazy hound with gastric problems lay on a
braided rug in the middle of the pub, adding a distinctive aroma to
the already pungent scent of yeast and stale beer.
Several
grizzled old men played cards at a table in one corner. An elderly
couple dozed in front of the fire. And a group of guys sat at the bar
chatting up the female bartender who sported multiple facial
piercings and two full sleeves of tattoos.
The
Canadian girl slid onto the last seat at the bar and asked the
bartender for a pint. Almost immediately, one of the guys broke away
from the group. Tall and broad, with a chiselled jaw, shaved head and
a pillowy abdomen, he approached her with slow, measured steps. His
piercing blue eyes slid over her leather-clad body like a soft
caress, lingering over the swell of her breasts crushed beneath her
tight leather jacket. He leaned into her, his voice low and husky.
“Ya're
so Peas in a Pot I could Tu'penny Post me meat on ya, Basin Of
Gravy.”
Very
eloquently, and in her best Canadian, she said, “Eh?’
With
a sympathetic smile, he drew closer, his fetid breath a whisper in
her ear. “You don’t have any Cockney in ya, luv?”
“No.”
“Do
you want some?”
“Sorry,”
she said, inwardly cringing at the worst pick-up line ever. “I only
ride Canadian.”
My
latest release is Beyond the Cut, the second standalone book in the
Sinner’s Tribe Motorcycle Club series. It was inspired by my
motorcycle adventures across Europe, and it’s got all the hard
riding, fierce loving, outlaw bikers you could want, plus a feisty
heroine, a villainous villain and two little kids who can melt an
outlaw hero’s heart.
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New York Times
and USA Today Bestselling author, Sarah Castille, worked and
traveled abroad before trading her briefcase and stilettos for a
handful of magic beans and a home near the Canadian Rockies. She
writes erotic contemporary romance and romantic suspense featuring
blazingly hot alpha heroes and the women who tame them.
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BLURB
for BEYOND THE CUT (SINNER’S TRIBE MC #2)
SHE'S
HOLDING ON TIGHT.
As
a teen, Dawn ran from a life on the streets straight into the arms of
Jimmy "Mad Dog" Sanchez, a biker who promised to be her
knight in shining armor. But his love was just another cage. Years
later, Dawn's former life still has its hooks in her and she'll do
whatever it takes to break free. When Cade "Raider" Tyson,
a member of a rival club, makes her an offer, Dawn finds herself in a
different, hotter kind of trouble with one irresistible Sinner...
WILL
HE GIVE HER THE RIDE OF HER LIFE?
Cade
is an outlaw biker with allegiance to one thing and one thing only:
The Sinner's Tribe Motorcycle Club. But when it comes to the
stunningly sexy, fiercely independent Dawn Delgado, Cade finds
himself...hungrier for more. Trouble is on Dawn's heels and he wants
to be the answer to her prayers, whether she wants him to be or not.
What can't be denied is the red-hot attraction between them. However,
as they fall deeper, the danger rises and Cade may have to sacrifice
it all...
BUY LINKS FOR BEYOND
THE CUT
Amazon:
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iBooks:
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Google
Play: http://bit.ly/1dipsfz
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Depository: http://bit.ly/1IP1HHg
Hello! I’m Patty Blount, author of
young adult and contemporary romance novels. But I also have a
fulltime job in IT in addition to my writing career. IT stands for
Information Technology. It used to be the computer department, but as
technology advanced, so did the term. My job is to write the
instruction guides people need in order to correctly use their
computer systems. I’ve been doing this work for about twenty years
now, so in a very real sense, I’ve watched the industry grow up.
When I was just starting out, Windows
hadn’t been born yet and the internet was still reserved for
government or scientific use. It was also a man’s world – still
is, to a large extent – but most of these guys were Big Bang Theory
characters and not exactly the stuff of romance novels.
Until now.
In A Match Made at Christmas, my first
contemporary romance, I thought it would be cool to make geekiness a
hot and heroic character trait, so I gave my heroine my day job and
made the hero an executive in the same field. Here is a passage from
the story based on actual pickup lines once used on me. In this
scene, hero Lucas is quite attracted to heroine Elena, but trying to
play it cool. Except his friends, Al and Debbie, won’t leave him
alone.
"Oh, you're
in IT, too?" Al's grin got wide and just a little bit wicked.
"Luke's head of development at Burke & Kirk. Lucas, you have
to try out some of those software developer pick-up lines on someone
who gets them."
"No."
Elena's lips
twitched and she groaned just for form. Inside, she was grateful for
the change of subject. "Okay. Gimme one. Let's see what you
got."
"No."
"Come on,
Luke! Don't be such a dick." Al elbowed him.
"No. And
don't call me a dick."
"Please? I
want to hear these, too." Debbie patted the table between them.
"Okay, okay.
You asked for it." Luke rubbed his hands together and gave Elena
a smoldering look, dropped his voice down an octave. "I hope
you're broadband, baby, because I really want high-speed access."
He wiggled his eyebrows.
Elena rolled her
eyes. "That's terrible."
"Yeah, man,
that was awful," Al agreed.
"I warned
you."
"Come on, do
another one," Debbie said.
Elena put out a
hand. "Please don't use the obvious puns on RAM or
motherboards."
Lucas looked at
her sideways. "Please. This isn't my first program."
She snorted and
let him continue. Luke took her hand and leaned in real close. "Baby,
you overclock my processor but trust me, there's no part of my body
that's micro or soft." He delivered the final words with his
eyes locked on hers.
Elena
stared into his dark eyes and felt herself melting, weakening, and
might have leaned over the table to fuse her mouth to his…
What do you think?
Is this a hot geek? I will admit these lines made me giggle but, no –
they did not work on me!
The sequel to A
Match Made at Christmas was released on June 30th. It’s
called His Touch and is about Elena’s sister, Kara, and her second
chance at love. I also have a new young adult novel coming out in
August called NOTHING LEFT TO BURN. It’s about a boy named Reece
who joins the fire department’s junior squad to win his father’s
respect. Pre-order
today.
Dear
Dad,
I promised Matt I'd do this-become a Junior Cadet. That I wouldn't let you break me down. I know you hate me. Blame me for everything you lost. But that day I lost my brother and my dad. You could never be proud of me, could you? I was too "different." So, just in case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm saying goodbye. Maybe someday, you'll miss me.
Reece
I promised Matt I'd do this-become a Junior Cadet. That I wouldn't let you break me down. I know you hate me. Blame me for everything you lost. But that day I lost my brother and my dad. You could never be proud of me, could you? I was too "different." So, just in case you haven't figured it out yet, I'm saying goodbye. Maybe someday, you'll miss me.
Reece
Reece's
words make her ache. Amanda understands wanting to belong. As a
foster kid, the firehouse where she volunteers is the only place that
feels like home. She wants to help Reece, but his dad is her boss.
And she won't risk her place as a Junior Cadet-it's all that she has.
But when a string of arsons suddenly point to Amanda, her whole world
is about to go up in flames. And the only way to save themselves is
to risk getting burned.
Patty Blount is
the award-winning author of Some Boys, TMI, and SEND, plus
contemporary romances from Tule Group. She lives on Long Island with
her family and lots of books. Tweet her @pattyblount or visit her
website pattyblount.com to read book excerpts.
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