Cheryl began
her professional career as a nutritionist, but her love of books started at an
early age. She studied writing for many years before she decided to pursue her
passion as a full-time career. After receiving constructive criticism from
several well-known authors, Cheryl finally had the confidence to write her
first romance novel
The first
book in the Nashville Nights series, Shameless, was a book that had been
dwelling in Cheryl’s subconscious for years. For her, the surprise came when
the manuscript began taking on a life of its own. Characters came to life,
secondary characters became more prominent, outlines were forgotten, and a
single title evolved into an eight book series, and another eight book spin-off
series entitled Nashville Nights, Next Generation.
One word
would aptly describe Cheryl: workaholic. She lives and breathes her writing,
when she’s sleeping, watching TV, driving, reading… it’s always in the
periphery of her mind. Her imagination rarely takes a holiday, even when she
escapes to a sandy beach with her husband and son, she’s planning, plotting,
outlining, and daydreaming.
Cheryl feels
blessed to be able to get up every day and do something she loves. The thousands
of fans who have embraced the Nashville Nights have made that possible. She
writes for the readers who ask for more, she writes to satisfy the muse
residing inside of her, but most of all, she writes because she couldn’t
imagine doing anything else with her life. It took her thirty-seven years to
decide what she wanted to be when she grew up, but now that she knows, she’s
convinced she’s found her purpose.
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Blurb:
Former party girl, Alisa Turner, made a deal with her daddy, Trey.
He’ll provide the seed money for her new business venture as long as she
promises to stay out of trouble. Too bad her good intentions tumble 30,000 feet
when she meets a sexy stranger on a flight to sin city.
Hotel mogul, Liam Bryson, has never believed in love at first sight,
but when a sexy little siren twenty years his junior tempts him into a night of
high stakes Blackjack, he’s suddenly playing for keeps.
Alisa wakes up in Liam’s bed the next morning, cursing Tequila and the
five carat diamond on her left hand. She demands an annulment before her
over-protective father finds out she reneged on their agreement, but her new
hubby isn’t prepared to let her go without a fight.
Excerpt:
“Good afternoon,” he said, beginning a lazy perusal that
started with her bare, bronzed legs and ended where it had started, fixed on
her eyes.
Alisa was too shocked by her physical reaction to his
scrutiny to respond to the casual greeting. She was used to male admiration,
but when a man was this obvious, she usually felt irritated, not warm and
tingly all over.
His eyes zeroed in on her bare left hand, and he smiled,
revealing a flash of white teeth and disarming grin so sexy it should have come
with a warning label. No man had a right to be this handsome. It simply wasn’t
fair to the poor unsuspecting girl seated next to him with no hope of defending
herself when endless hours filled with nothingness stretched out before them.
“Your boyfriend must be crazy to let you travel to Sin City
all by your lonesome.” His voice was low and raspy, filled with sexual innuendo
and promise.
“I, uh…” Spit it out, damn it. “Don’t have a boyfriend.”
He licked his full lips as his intense eyes outlined her
face. “Husband, fiancé… lover?” His voice deepened even more as he uttered the
last word, sending thrill bumps skittering across her bare skin.
“No, no, and…” She drew a shallow gulp of air into her
lungs, but the word still sounded breathless. “No.”
“Damn, I really need to fly commercial more often. I had no
idea what I was missing out on.” He smiled again as he extended his hand.
“Liam.”
She hadn’t expected his hands to be calloused or rough, and they weren’t. He was obviously accustomed to sitting behind a desk, and that suited her just fine. She loved elegant, refined men, and he more than filled the bill. “Alisa.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for having me today. It's a pleasure to be here!
ReplyDeleteHi again Cheryl! So do you ever miss your nutritionist roots or bring them into your stories??
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Hi Cheryl,
ReplyDeletedid you have much input as to the cover? I love all the blue & gold.
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Sounds like a really great story.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good read. I'm really liking Liam.
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Hello All,
ReplyDeleteI don't miss my previous life as a nutritionist at all, Andra Lyn. I loved my clients and I was proud of the program and business I built but I'm finally doing what I was born to do and I've never been happier.
I work very closely with the cover designer, Mary. There's lots of back and forth about cover and images and I'm always happy with the end result. She's wonderful at what she does.
Nice excerpt
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do love this excerpt eheh
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