{"id":310,"date":"2014-09-10T05:27:20","date_gmt":"2014-09-10T05:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/?p=310"},"modified":"2014-09-10T05:27:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T05:27:46","slug":"vanilla-tea-with-vicky-ballante-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elsawinckler.com\/?p=310","title":{"rendered":"Vanilla tea with Vicky Ballante"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Tea<\/a><\/p>\n

\"Kathy<\/a><\/p>\n

Today I’m having vanilla tea with Vicky Ballante, another lovely Romance Author of South Africa. Her semi-erotic romance At second glance\u00a0<\/em>(Decadent Publishing) was released on 5\u00a0September 2014. There is a surprise at the end of this post, so make sure you read right to the end! Before we take a look at a blurb and excerpt of the story, I’ve asked her some questions: Questions: A. Quickies<\/p>\n

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  1. Tea or wine?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Um, I\u2019d love to drink wine more, but I get a severe reaction to it so I\u2019ll stick to tea. Ginger or vanilla tea is great!<\/p>\n

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    1. Read or jog?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Read, of course.<\/p>\n

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      1. Cats or dogs?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Cat person.<\/p>\n

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        1. Heels or flats?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Flats, for sure.<\/p>\n

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          1. Boxers or briefs?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            Um, I like briefs. They show more definition\u2026<\/p>\n

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            1. Milk, dark or white chocolate<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

              Dark and dangerous<\/p>\n

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              1. Sweet or savoury<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                That\u2019s a hard one. I have a sweet tooth but also like savoury.<\/p>\n

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                1. Sea or mountains<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

                  Another hard one. I like both but probably would choose sea if I had to. B. Five likes and five dislikes Five likes: Lazy Sundays Lying in the sun Reading a good book on my Kindle Knitting Friends and family Five dislikes: Rude and manipulative people Driving Committee or business meetings Religious bigotry or prejudice Roaches, ants and maggots C. Three things on your bucket list Visit Paris and go to the Louvre Write a best seller Learn Mandarin or French (yes, I keep on putting them off) D. What triggered this specific story? Um, I\u2019ve always secretly wanted to help people who struggle with their sexuality. Maybe because I had so many issues as a young adult, so I wrote this book about Merryn who had come out of her shell and wanted to experiment.<\/p>\n

                  Blurb:<\/strong> Four years after her divorce, Merryn decides she\u2019s ready to find someone. Joining an online singles site, she connects with the perfect guy. Funny, sexy, sensitive. When he suggests they meet, excitement compels her to say yes. Kirk pines for his ex-wife, but realizes he must move forward. After several stimulating online chats, he believes she might be the one for him. Smart, sexy, willing to experiment and learn. But when he happens across his ex, all his plans fly out the window. Will Merryn learn to relax and have fun without giving her heart? Can Kirk forget the past and become the man he longs to be?<\/p>\n

                  Excerpt 2 (Semi-erotic \u2013 Only for 18+):<\/strong> \u201cWhere did you meet this guy?\u201d \u201cOnline.\u201d \u201cThat\u2019s not safe.\u201d \u201cI trust him.\u201d Fire spurted from her gaze. She\u2019d never trusted him when they\u2019d been married. Never let him take the lead. How come time hadn\u2019t healed the wounds? Instead, they\u2019d festered inside him. Online relationship? He felt the blood drain from his head. \u201cWhat?\u201d Panic rose in her voice. \u201cAre you Panda?\u201d He considered pretending otherwise. He could make his escape now and forget about the crazy mistake of meeting a strange woman in a restaurant because of an internet connection. Then he wouldn\u2019t remember all those times he\u2019d tried to reach out to her and she\u2019d pushed him away and read her book or gone to sleep. The accusing words when she\u2019d found out he\u2019d been looking at porn. The hatred in her eyes when she\u2019d asked him for a divorce. \u201cAre you?\u201d She collapsed on the chair opposite him. \u201cI\u2026I can\u2019t do this.\u201d He rose. \u201cI\u2019m sorry. You shouldn\u2019t meet guys you don\u2019t know.\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s a public place.\u201d There was a catch in her voice. \u201cI don\u2019t remember you being so pale. Blonde doesn\u2019t suit you.\u201d She wrapped her face in her hands and became as stiff as a corpse. A crack of sympathy passed through him for a moment, but he pushed it away. Yet, she was Hedge. The woman who wanted to experiment. Who hurt from a previous relationship. He\u2019d called himself a loser. A laugh came out, sounding out of place, and then he laughed recklessly. She jerked her head towards him, anger evident in the harshness of her features. \u201cI called myself a loser.\u201d \u201cWhat?\u201d \u201cIt\u2019s ironic, isn\u2019t it? If we\u2019d both gotten over all our baggage from our messed up marriage, maybe we wouldn\u2019t be here, digging up all the past hurt.\u201d \u201cI didn\u2019t know who you were. I wouldn\u2019t have said those things to you. It\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve told anyone how I feel.\u201d She didn\u2019t look good with her face screwed up. He glanced at her body. Had that changed? Her breasts pressed tight against the black shirt she wore. He remembered the first moment she\u2019d shown herself to him on their wedding night. Merryn had insisted upon waiting for that special night. Her reserve had made her all the more desirable to him. In the beginning. What if he could have another chance to touch her body? She was still shaped to perfection. None of the other women he\u2019d had compared to the beauty of Merryn\u2019s body. The shape of her twins, those pink taut nipples, and the peaks contrasted against her narrow waist. The gentle dip from her slight stomach to her intimate area. He sighed. \u201cYou still want to experiment?\u201d He\u2019d always been impulsive, but seriously, had he said that?<\/p>\n

                  Buy Links<\/strong><\/p>\n

                  Decadent Publishing<\/strong>: http:\/\/www.decadentpublishing.com\/product_info.php?products_id=981&osCsid=k5sdhgvla5p4qm55h2ch9a4tg2<\/a><\/p>\n

                  Amazon:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/At-Second-Glance-Vicki-Ballante-ebook\/dp\/B00N5ES6I6<\/a><\/p>\n

                  Barnes and Noble<\/strong>: http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/at-second-glance-vicki-ballante\/1120271789?ean=2940150427235<\/a><\/p>\n

                  Smashwords<\/strong>: http:\/\/www.smashwords.com\/books\/view\/472159<\/a><\/p>\n

                  All Romance Ebooks<\/strong>: https:\/\/www.allromanceebooks.com\/product-atsecondglance-1615164-149.html<\/a><\/p>\n

                  And – a give away! <\/strong><\/p>\n

                  a Rafflecopter giveaway<\/a><\/p>\n