Title: Fated to
be Mine (Fated
#2)
Author: Jodie
Larson
Release Date: Oct
6, 2015
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I've made a mistake.
Can we find our way back?
They say that distance makes the heart grow fonder, or that
time heals all wounds. What they don't tell you is that it
doesn't lessen the pain. I don't think those people have
experienced a loss like this.
I left my heart in London, and I'm not sure
I'll ever get it back.
But fate has a plan of her own. She keeps me guessing and
hoping that not everything is as it seems.
Hearts can be shattered but can also be put back together.
Especially when love doesn't give up on you, even if you think it
has.
We busy ourselves getting the
kitchen back in order. I show him where the knives and cutting boards are as he
rolls up his sleeves. My movements slow slightly as I stare at his newly
exposed forearms. There’s something about a man wearing a dress shirt
with the sleeves rolled up that is insanely sexy. It’s such a simple
thing really, not meant to be sexual at all, but the look of it is hotter than
just about anything else on the planet. Okay, that may be a stretch but
let’s face it, it’s
hot.
I pour two glasses of
chardonnay from a bottle of wine that Kara left at my place the other night and
slide one across the counter to Andrew, who pauses in his task. He raises his
glass to mine, tapping them together as I relax against the countertop next to
him. Thankfully he turned down my offer to help him cook. He probably remembers
that cooking is not my strong suit and if we wanted to eat something that
isn’t delivered or comes from a box, it’d be best if I just
observed.
“To surprises,”
Andrew says with a twinkle in his eye. He’s apparently thinking of
our little romp on my desk, and honestly, so am I. I flush slightly as I take a
sip of my wine and continue to watch him work his culinary
magic.
“Are you sure you
don’t need my help with anything? I feel bad just sitting here while
you’re doing all the work in my kitchen. I mean, after all,
you’re my guest this
time.”
Andrew pauses between chops,
looking up at me through his lashes with a sensual smile. “No. I just
want you to stand there being cute and adorable.” His smile begins to
smolder and there’s a new gleam in his eye. “Or you can get
naked. Either one work for
me.”
He wiggles his eyebrows and I
laugh. “That’s not going to happen. If I get naked, I could
possibly distract you, making you accidentally chop off a finger or something
like that.” He just laughs, bending over to steal a quick kiss before
resuming his task.
Fated to be Yours (Fated #1)
- Released Sept 1, 2015
Hearts are fragile, and mine's been shattered
before...
I have always thought of love in the abstract, never something
to come true. My past has shown me time after time that those who are supposed
to love you will only lead you to disappointment. Destiny, fate, chance...those
are things that I have never believed in.
Until him.
A chance encounter with a distinct pair of blue eyes and a
heart-melting smile challenges my knowledge of life and
love.
Because
there's something about this stranger that has me believing in the
possibility of more...
What
comes first…your plot or your characters?
I’d have to say my
plot comes first. I need to get the idea in my head before I can get a
character. As soon as I figure out where my story is headed and the major
points I want to hit along the way, that’s when I start thinking
about who I want in there.
Why did
you choose the genre you write
in?
I’m a hopeless
romantic. Always have been. So writing a contemporary romance story was a no-brainer
for me. I love happily ever afters and believe in love at first sight. I think
two people can meet with just a glance and develop a whole love story with that
one look. And like life not everything is easy and things get in the way, but
it’s the obstacles that help build the relationship and make it
stronger. I may not always stick to this genre. I’ve got several in
mind that will have me break out into something else, but this will probably be
where I stay more often than not.
Do you incorporate
any of your own experiences into your
books?
Some
of my personality quirks get incorporated into different characters. A lot of
my supporting best friend characters take after my friend personality because
you know you always have that one friend who is a huge goof and can make you laugh.
I’ve been told that’s me. Some scenes are true or based on
real-life experience and some are just completely fictional and fantasies that
I’ve had.
What do
you like to do when you’re not
writing?
Read. It’s probably
what I do the most when I’m not running my children all over the
state for their various sports. In the off-chance that I’m not
reading, you’ll probably find me wandering around stores doing some
window shopping or watching my favorite movies on the couch. The really good
ones, like FSOG or Black Swan, can’t be viewed until after the kids
go to sleep.
Favorite
movie and
why?
Another tough question. Again,
I can’t follow directions so I need to pick multiple ones. The
hopeless romantic in me will watch The Holiday, 27 Dresses, The Mirror Has Two
Faces and While You Were Sleeping over and over and over again. For comedies,
almost anything Adam Sandler or Vince Vaughn, but The Waterboy and Anchorman
are two that stick out as my favorites. Anchorman for sure because that cast is
fantastic!!
What’s
your favorite scene from your
books?
From
FTBY, it was the scene where she answered the door in her towel. I laughed a
little when I wrote that. Another one I loved was when Andrew cooked for her at
his apartment. In my mind, it gave Tessa a glimpse of his home life, how
he’s just a regular guy who loves to do the same things she
does.
From
FTBM, I loved the scene where he surprised her at Sharon’s party and
how he made it clear that he came there for her. The other scene I loved was
when Tessa surprised him at his hotel room. And, of course, all their sexy time
after that.
Do
you prefer the beach or the
mountains?
Why
isn’t my bed an option? I love both, but I’d have to say
beach. My pale skin doesn’t like the beach as much as I do, but every
once in a while I need to crawl out of the cave and get my vitamin D intake.
Plus beach implies warm and living in the land of perpetual winter makes me
miss the warm weather.
If you
could have one superpower, what would it
be?
Telekinesis. There are so many
times I’d think to myself, why can’t this object just move
because I’m looking at it? Or, why can’t my mouse just
click on the thing I’m looking at? I don’t want mind
reading powers because my own thoughts are scary enough that I have no ambition
to listen to others. But to pick or find something just by thinking about it,
I’ll sign up for
that!
Jodie Larson is a wife and
mother to four beautiful girls, making their home in northern Minnesota along
the shore of Lake Superior. When she isn’t running around to various
activities or working her regular job, you can find her sitting in her favorite
spot reading her new favorite book or camped out somewhere quiet trying to
write her next manuscript. She’s addicted to reading (just ask her
kids or husband) and loves talking books even more with her friends.
She’s also a lover of all things romance and happily ever afters,
whether in movies or in books, as shown in her extensive collection of
both.
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