Nina: MK Meredith and I connected with each other through social media as pub sisters at Entangled Publishing. Genuine and generous were the first words that popped into my mind when I finally met her two years ago. Dive into her new book this week. You’ll enjoy it.
Nina: If you were on a restricted diet of romance, what would be your main course (genre or trope) and why?
MK: I am a hardcore lover of historical romance, and one of my favorite tropes is the heroine fighting to keep her home, her birthright. Strong and fierce and not afraid to fight back against the dominance and mission of the sexy hero. But boy, when she decides to take a sampling, she’s happy she did! LOL!
Nina: What’s your favorite dessert—an alpha or a beta hero?
MK: I love a well-balanced hero who is a mix between an alpha and beta…I want my hero to take me up against a wall because he’s so overcome with the attraction between us, but believe a woman should be cherished, listened to, and supported. Is that too much to ask? Heehee! It’s not! I found one IRL!!
Nina: What’s your after dinner drink? Coffee, tea, wine champagne, brandy (or your choice:).
MK: My after dinner drink is a rich, full-bodied red wine when I’m being indulgent, and the bubbles of a great Cava or Prosecco when I’m having to be more careful with sugars. If I’m on a date with my honey, I love to sip on a delicious Scotch, and when hanging at a conference hand me a dirty martini with blue cheese stuffed olives! I’m never good at picking just one!
About MK’s Book
On the rocky, atmospheric coast of Cape Van Buren, Maine…
After a decade of making it on her own, Irish immigrant, Blayne MacCaffrey is determined to return to her homeland and make peace with her father, who hasn’t forgiven her for deserting the family—for what she believed was true love. Her ticket home is in the bag with the launch of the Archer Conservation Park of Cape Van Buren. Only she must partner with the devastatingly sexy heartbreaker who first awakened her desires and unequivocally destroyed her dreams years ago.
Believing that family duty comes before everything else, James Astor made the biggest mistake of his life and had abandoned the only woman he’d ever loved. But after a decade of lucrative business transactions and empty relationships, he returns to the Cape, determined to show Blayne how perfect they are together and why he’s worth falling in love with all over again.
A second chance at first love is a dream neither can bear to lose again. With a past marred by painful mistakes, can they find the courage to forgive and fight for love? Or are these two souls destined to repeat history?
Excerpt
If anyone asked, he’d say the devil made him do it. And he’d do it again, too.
Without a sound, he stepped behind her, so close his chest brushed her back.
She sucked in a breath, but couldn’t move because she had two porcelain dishes perched on the edge of the shelf.
“Careful now. I’m just trying to help.” His voice was even but his blood raced through his veins at her nearness. Her scent wafted around his head, her heat warmed his skin, and the silky slide of her hair tickled his biceps as he reached around her to assist with the bowls.
“Jamie.” She stiffened. And he’d have sworn on his position at the conservation center she quit breathing.
“You’re about to lose two bowls that were balanced against the ones in your hands. Take it easy and let me help you.”
“I don’t need your help.” She shoved back slightly with her ass to force him to move but all she accomplished was pushing those round globes tight against his dick. And his vision went white.
Now he was the one who couldn’t breathe. God damn, she felt so good.
As quickly as she pushed back, she pulled forward.
His hands wanted to grab her hips and pull her back so he could grind against her softness, and his heart wanted to pull her back to a time when she loved him. He blinked and swallowed hard, then adjusting the bowls by her hands, helped slide the other two back to safe ground.
As if his body hadn’t been on the verge of exploding, he stepped away and returned to his table.
Blayne didn’t move away from the shelf for a full minute. He’d counted, thankful for the time to get his body in check and his mind straight. Those kind of games were dangerous, but fuck him if it didn’t feel good to play.
Finally, she quietly cleared her throat and reached for her clipboard, busying herself with her list of incoming stock.
He opened another box, slipped the box cutter blade safely beneath the protective edge, then set it on the table.
With a quick, easy grace, she grabbed the box cutter and unsheathed the blade.
“What the hell?” He looked from the blade to her eyes which glittered in a telling, ominous manner.
He let out a soft chuckle. “Blayne, don’t be ridiculous.”
She raised the blade a little higher in its sheath.
“I was only trying to help.”
“Bullshit. You were trying to manipulate me. You were trying to muddy my head with your filled out muscles and smooth skin.”
His dick jumped.
“Come on. I was doing nothing of the sort.”
The hell he wasn’t.
And she knew it.
He raised his hands in front of him. “Seriously.”
“Get out.”
“Blayne, come on.”
She grabbed his shirt and threw it at his face. “Get. Out.”
There were times to advance, and there were times to retreat.
And there were times to run like hell from a mad woman with a blade.
About MK Meredith
Bestselling author MK Meredith promises an emotional ride on heated sheets. She’s had a lifelong love affair with peanut butter — the only two things coming close in the battle for her affections are gorgeous heels and maybe Gerard Butler…or was it David Gandy? Who is she kidding? Her true loves are her husband and two children who have survived her SEA’s (spontaneous explosions of affection) and live to tell the tale. Her newest series, CAPE VAN BUREN, is set off the atmospheric coast of Maine and made a splash with book one, LOVE ON THE CAPE. This sexy and emotional love story between Ryker Van Buren and Larkin Sinclair will make you laugh, will make you cry, and will leave you feeling happy ever after! Book two, HONOR ON THE CAPE, keeps the light burning with Blayne MacCaffrey’s story March 26th.
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