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Conversation between Tony Olano (BEDROOM EYES) and Alistair Gotho (PERFECT MATCH) By Hailey North (www.haileynorth.com)
I’m sitting on the porch at Abita Roasting Company, a charming waterfront coffee house across the lake from New Orleans. It’s February and warm and sunny. What’s not to like? I’m sipping a fine cup of coffee and eavesdropping on two of the most gorgeous hunks I’ve seen in a long, long time. I can’t help but take a few notes, and I wouldn’t mind a closer look.“Swear it,” says the dark-haired, dark-eyed dreamboat. “My sister set us up—only reason I went out the second time. Uh-huh, yeah, not bad. Ran smash into her at Walgreen’s. Caught her clutching a Bride magazine to her chest. Seriously. Two dates. What was she thinking? “The other guy shook his head. I watched out of the corner of my eye. He had this most striking silvery hair and eyes that smiled yet looked wise, too. How did he manage that?“At least she wasn’t playing hot and cold,” he said. “I like a woman who says what she means and if she wants me, she let’s me know. ”Dark-eyed hunk laughed. “Know what I like? A woman who can move from hot sex to a pick-up basketball game.”Silver-haired laughed. “Naked? Now that’s a reason to build an indoor court”They both laughed.Silver-haired said, “I’d give up all my powers in exchange for a woman who can cast a spell and make me never want to escape.”“Sentimental, Alistair.”So his name was Alistair. Old-fashioned, yet dreamy. Suits him. Alistair shrugged. “Tony, being alone isn’t good for the soul.”Ooh, not only gorgeous, but a philosopher. And a man who wants to commit. Priceless.“Too serious, dude!” Tony scraped his chair back. He stretched his arms over head and his polo shirt rode out of his jeans.Abs to die for. I licked my lips. He wasn’t as evolved emotionally as his buddy Alistair, but boy was he good to gaze at.Tony drained his coffee mug. “Let me know if you meet your perfect match.”Alistair smiled. “You never know what the day will bring.”
Bedroom Eyes
By Hailey North
Publisher:
Avon Books (HarperCollins Publishers)
Release
Date: January 27, 2015 (2nd Edition)
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Length: 384 Pages
ASIN: B00OP1K7TY
About Bedroom
Eyes:
Boudoir Lies...
Overworked
tax attorney Penelope Sue fields never had time for romance—so she invented a
phantom lover named Raoul to fill the gaping hole in her love life. But all it
takes is one chance encounter with hunky undercover cop Tony Olano in a New
Orleans elevator, and Penelope is ready to give her fantasy man the boot in
favor of the flesh and blood, rippling muscled real thing. Now if only he would
notice her.
Bedroom Eyes...
Badboy-turned-cop
Tony Olano can’t help but notice the dreamy-eyed lawyer—she’s not only
desirable, she’s a suspect in his ongoing criminal investigation! And that’s
where grandmotherly Mrs. Maebelle Merlin comes in. A well-meaning meddler, Mrs.
Merlin’s prepared to use mystical arts to unite the “all-work-no-play” lady
lawyer and the sexy, sensitive lawman. Trouble is that her spell goes seriously
awry, leaving Tony and Penelope to forge their own tumultuous path to good
old-fashioned passion.
EXCERPT
“Oh, Tony,” Penelope cried out, “Raoul was never like this.”“Raoul?” Tony stilled his kisses, lifted his head, and gazed toward her face, a face intensely passionate, intensely concentrated on the pleasure he’d been giving her. Dragging the name out into three syllables, he said, “Raoul? Who’s he?”“Oh, nobody,” she said, opening her eyes and looking rather sheepishly at him.Tony stroked the side of her thigh. “Your mama never told you not to talk about other guys?” He was too excited to be annoyed…yet.“Raoul’s not just another guy.”“Oh, no?” Tony edged up on his elbows. “Then who the hell is he?”“Oh!” Penelope seemed to snap back to the reality around her. She blinked, then said, “Raoul’s not another man. He’s um, he’s…well, he’s a figment of my imagination.”“Uh-huh.” Tony didn’t feel too impressed by that explanation. She might have started off the reference to this mystery man with a less than favorable comparison, but Tony wasn’t into any compare-and-contrast point systems.He wanted Penelope to think only of him.Penelope pushed up on the pillows. “It’s true. Raoul’s an invention of my imagination. He’s like a …” She waved one hand in a slow circle, as if trying to whisk an explanation out of thin air. “…an imaginary lover to keep me from missing all the things I’ve not had a chance to experience while I’ve been concentrating on my career.”“Such as?” Tony wanted to stop talking and get back to business. The way he’d been pleasuring and kissing Penelope had him so excited he couldn’t stand this interruption. But neither could he stand her thinking of another guy.She giggled, a bit nervously.Tony stroked her beautifully flat stomach, then edged his hand higher, past her ribs, until he captured first one breast, then the other.She sighed and said, “This.”He followed his hands with his lips, leaning over her, claiming her, tasting her. When he could force himself to pause, he lifted his mouth and said, “You mean this, for instance?”She nodded.He returned his lips to hers, to the warmth and excitement of her mouth, her tongue responding to the dancing inquiry of his own.Then his tongue slowed as the messages she’d been sending him filtered through the haze of desire ruling his mind. An imaginary lover. To make up for what she’d never experienced. He added up her words, plus what she hadn’t said, to what her almost-surprised reactions to his lovemaking signaled.Lifting off her, he said very slowly and very clearly, “Penelope, are you a virgin?”
Perfect Match
By Hailey North
Publisher: Avon Books (HarperCollins Publishers)
Release
Date: January 27, 2015 (2nd Edition)
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
Length: 388 Pages
ASIN: B00OP1K7QM
About Perfect
Match
While Not Looking
For Mr. Right...
Although
she vows that she's locked her heart and thrown away the key, ravishing
red-headed Lauren Stevens suddenly has several men vying to prove her wrong—and
to win the right to set free her passionate self. Button-down banker Oliver
Gotho seems like a good candidate, but it's Oliver's sexy brother Alistair who
has invited the beautiful, penniless free spirit to share his living
space—temporarily, of course. She thinks she should encourage the successful
businessman brother, yet is it Alistair with the oh-so-sensual magic touch who
holds the key to her happiness?
Has She Found
Her Perfect Match?
Sexy,
wise, and charismatic, Alistair has offered Lauren a place to stay out of the
goodness of his heart—and certainly not because of her gorgeous eyes, luscious
lips and enchanting body. Lauren may entrance him, but it's time for him to
find a sensible woman to take to wife. And Lauren, with her penchant for
peccadilloes, spells nothing but trouble. But spring is in the balmy New Orleans
air, and so is love, as both Lauren and Alistair discover that the
heart-pounding perfect match isn't always the one knocking at the door…
EXCERPT
Alistair Gotho could crook a finger and have any woman he wanted. She’d seen the evidence of his former lovers—why, she was wearing a dress she’d found in one of his closets!But who wanted her—a dyslexic, hyperactive, unemployed doctoral student?Wistfully, almost afraid to ask the question, but dying to know the answer, Lauren said, “If you were going to conjure your perfect match, what would she be like?”Alistair shifted closer. Waiting for his response, her feelings of vulnerability mounted. She grabbed the hem of her dress and started rolling the fabric between her fingers.Alistair paused. His silent scrutiny only fed her nervousness. Earlier, when he’d been kissing her, she hadn’t been at all anxious, but holding her breath for his answer, plus remembering what he’d said about taking up where they’d left off once they were alone, she was paralyzed. What if she disappointed him? What if the feelings he’d roused in her last night and again in the shop had been a fluke?What if she was a failure at being with a man?Yet, oddly enough, coupled with all her fears, came the crazed wish that he would describe her to a “T” and then sweep her into his arms and kiss her senseless.“My perfect match?” The words rolled slowly off his tongue even as he lifted one strand of her rich red hair. “Definitely a redhead,” he said.“Really?”“Oh, yes.” He glanced away, then shifted his gaze back. “Funny, but I’ve never dated a redhead before.”Tracing his finger lightly over her forehead, he said, “My perfect match is wise and witty.” His hand moved lower, hovering above her breast. “And warm and loving,” he said.“And kissable,” he added, lowering his lips to hers.
Author
Info
Hailey North is a USA Today bestselling author who began
writing while employed as a “game show lawyer” for NBC Studios. Tired of
hearing lawyers weren’t creative, she quit her job and typed “Chapter One” (not
the chapter, just the heading!). Since that day, North has penned eight
romantic comedies set in her adopted hometown of New Orleans, Louisiana, and in
her favorite imaginary town, Doolittle, Arkansas.
She has also created a three-book “afterlife” series that
celebrates creative, but accidentally dead, characters trying their darnedest
to win a second chance at life. North lives in Louisiana with her husband, her
food-centric Labrador Shelby and her two kindred-spirit felines, Ali Kat and
Rosa Pax.
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