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Sharon Kleve was born and raised in
Washington and currently lives on the Olympic Peninsula with her husband.
She loves romance. She loves reading romance,
living romance, and especially loves writing about romance. She gets no greater
feeling than watching her characters come alive in each other's arms. Most of
all, she loves giving her characters the happily ever after they deserve—with a few bumps and bruises along the way.
One of her favorite things to do is
picking up a new book and sinking into the story, immersing herself in the
emotions between the characters. She hopes to inspire her readers the same way
her favorite authors have inspired her.
When not writing, she can usually be
found either curled up in her recliner with her cat and a good book, or in the
kitchen baking sourdough bread or bagels.
Author
of "The Corny Myers Series"
Book
One, Flamingo Blues, Published December 2011
Book
Two, Be Mine, Published February 2012
Book
Three, Klutzy Love, Published August 2012
Author Comments: St. Patrick with
a Bite, the fourth book in The Corny Myers Series will be complete this year,
hopefully!
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I'll
be busy promoting the Passionate Cooks cookbook all month. Much like romance
novels themselves, the dishes range from spicy to sweet. There is something for
every taste and every level of culinary expertise.
Best of all, they are all FREE!
I
made my recipe for Lip Smacking Pork Roulade is delicious Saturday night and
paired it with fresh blackberry margaritas. Blackberry bushes are prickly, but
worth every sting. Yummy!
Klutzy Love Blurb:
Corny is a hot chick with a great job
that she loves. All that changed in the blink of an eye when her boss had an
accident involving an oversized rubber band. She’s still a hot chick, but her
boss is dead.
Steve Spears is a seasoned narcotics cop
who ends up wanting to strangle Corny on a regular basis. After finding out
Corny’s dream of opening a pet detective business, he decides he doesn't want a
girlfriend who routinely puts herself in danger. That’s his job!
Corny misses Steve, but she’s getting on
with her life. She decides to get a month’s worth of dating out of the way in a
single night, by combining her three favorite things—men, food, and alcohol.
Steve’s big gun and cop’s intuition
saves Corny’s life, but not from another trip to the emergency room. He makes
Corny promise never to get hurt again—she agreed, but has her fingers crossed
behind her back.
Klutzy Love Excerpt:
I raised my salty-rimmed margarita, "Let's make
a toast to Mr. Langfield; he was kind, kooky, and had poor taste in
women."
"Here, here. God bless the silly romantic
fool," Kitty cheered and twirled her hair around her finger.
"I second that," Brenda clinked her glass
to ours and munched on chips and salsa.
After a sip from my drink my sexy-guy radar started
to beep. I did a quick scan of the restaurant and spotted my target. I
discreetly waved my hand above my head and said, "Target acquired...
target acquired."
We laughed until we about peed our pants and then I
leaned forward and quietly asked, "Do you think he heard me?" then
giggled more. "I've seen my share of gorgeous men, but that guy is smok’n
hot."
"Oh boy, is he ever," Kitty and Brenda
said in unison and fanned their faces dramatically.
"He's been looking my way. I'm giving him my,
'you can buy me a drink' look."
All of a sudden Kitty rolled her eyes toward the bar
and whispered, "Holy moly, he's coming this way."
Sure enough he made his way through the crowd on the
dance floor towards our table. Before I hyperventilated from excitement, Kitty
kicked me in the shin. "Thanks, I needed that." Kitty could be pretty
levelheaded in stressful situations.
What reviews are saying about Klutzy Love.
Dr.
Doolittle in spikes… Klutzy Love is the
prequel to Ms. Kleve's earlier book, Flamingo Blues. In Klutzy Love, the reader
learns how Corny Myers, who possesses the unique ability to converse with
animals, met her boyfriend, Steve, a Seattle policeman. The story starts with
the knucklehead son of her late boss taking over the business. When things go
from bad to worse at work, Corny decides to pursue her dream of becoming a pet
detective so she can both utilize her talent with animals and be her own boss.
Corny is feisty and fun and before she can do anything too ditzy, Steve is there to keep her grounded and safe. Once again, Ms. Kleve has written a fast paced, light-hearted, and enjoyable story filled with very likeable characters both two-legged and four-legged. (A. Mosa)
Klutzy
Love is a winner!... Klutzy Love is a feel good, light-hearted romp with sprinkles on
top. Corny Myers has the quirky ability to talk to the animals, although what
her four-legged friends say is slightly different than what you might expect!
(Think Dr. Doolittle meets Ted :-) The romance with her boy toy, a Seattle
Narcotics officer, steams up the hilarious antics of the slightly klutzy,
slightly ditzy Corny. Klutzy Love is fun, fast paced and will definitely leave
you wanting more. (Washington Grrl)
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Links to Purchase:
Barnes and Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/s/Sharon-kleve?keyword=Sharon+kleve&store=allproducts&iehack=%E2%98%A0
Thank you Tears Of Crimsom for having me here today. 10 Knights looks like a great book. I can't wait to read it.
ReplyDeleteWow, a fourth book. Congratulations on your series. A fun read for all.
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'll be sending St. Patrick with a Bite to my publisher this week. Hopefully they like it.
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