This week on the blog tour we are sharing excerpts from our books; whether we are published, finished writing, still writing, or editing. My guest this week is romance author Linda Bolton and she shares an excerpt from her first book Perfect. Leave a comment for Linda and let her know how you liked her excerpt, make suggestions, or just leave one word that you would use to describe Linda's excerpt.
Thanks for stopping by and thanks to my guest Linda for her excerpt and blurb.
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My first book, Perfect, is still searching for a publisher. I
hope you like the excerpt.
Perfect
Alexandra Daniels is a forty-something, hard-working mom, wife
and employee. Her life has been plodding along at a snails pace and she’s
longing for excitement. She wins a trip to her favorite talk show in New York,
the Veronica Becker Show, and it just so happens the actor of her dreams is a
guest, Derek Dunbar! Is Alex’s life about to change?
Derek Dunbar is Scottish, an actor and a hunk! Every woman in America
drools after him. He has his pick of women but stinks at relationships. At
forty, is he longing for a more meaningful relationship? Does he even know how
to have one? Is he willing to make the effort or will it just be too
complicated?
Chapter 1
Alex sat in her chair, her eyes wide, staring at the
screen. She loved the Veronica Becker
Show and was a faithful viewer. During
her lunch hour at work she would rush to the break room to turn it on. Veronica had viewer contests every week. Alex had never won anything but that didn’t
prevent her from signing up each week in hopes, knowing full well the
likelihood of winning was minimal at best.
“Today one lucky viewer will win a trip for two to visit New
York and my show. An all expense paid
weekend!” announced Veronica Becker, touted as the ‘Every Woman’s Woman’ by
national magazines.
Veronica Becker had become a household name, a chef for the
everyday woman; quick, inexpensive meals that were tasty too. Veronica had taken her love of cooking to television
and added a bit of fashion, some down to earth chat with the audience and interviews with the latest stars. She was
health conscious and wanted the women in her audience to look their best
at any age. She also loved to give things away. Coming from a modest family she
believed in giving back. Generous to a fault, if there was an earthquake
somewhere, a typhoon, or tornado, Veronica was there to help out.
“Our winner is Alexandra Daniels of Plano, Texas!
Congratulations! We’ll be giving Alexandra a call today!”
Her co-workers were staring at her. Had she really won?
“Alex! That’s you! You won!”, they all shouted.
“Oh...my...God! I can’t believe it! I won!”
Alex had the hardest time concentrating the rest of the
afternoon. As a customer service rep for
a marketing company, she was usually swamped with work but couldn’t
concentrate. Two o’clock rolled around and Alex’s cell rang, a number she
didn’t recognize.
“Hello?”
“Is this Alexandra Daniels?”
“Yes it is”
“Alexandra, this is the Veronica Becker show. I am pleased to
tell you that you are the winner of a
trip for two to New York City and tickets for the show.”
“I can’t believe it! Are you sure?” Alex was still in shock. She wanted to make sure there was no
mistake. Josh would never believe her.
"Yes, you’ve won! We will send your tickets out next week. Your
trip is for April 15-17. Can you make it
those dates?”
“Oh yes! I’ll make it
work! Thank you so much!”
“We’ll get back to you Monday to finalize the details. Have a great weekend!”
“Oh, I will now!” Alex was amazed! It was true, she actually
won! She was already mentally packing when reality hit. Josh would never take off work to go. Maybe Mattie could go with her....no, she had
school. She could ask Kathleen, her best
friend and co-worker, but they couldn’t take off at the same time. Kathleen was her back up so one of them had
to be there. No, she’d have to go alone. Well, it was about time she did
something adventurous. This was probably
the most exciting thing that had happened to Alex in a very long time.
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Linda Bolton is an aspiring contemporary romance writer. She is looking for a publisher for her first
book, Perfect. While working on a future
projects Linda can be found:
On Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/linda.bowersbolton
and http://www.facebook.com/lindaboltonauthor
