Welcome back,
Barbara. Please get comfortable and tell us about your latest adventure.
Thank you Jean
for having me back here at Adventures in Authorland! I’m looking forward to chatting.
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| Barbara White Daille |
What
books have influenced your life most?
I’d
have to say I was most influenced by the children’s books I read as a child,
because they’re what got me hooked on reading and writing, which are the two
most important passions in my life. I
started with mysteries, from The Bobbsey Twins and Encyclopedia Brown books up through
the middle-grade to young-adult level Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, and Trixie
Belden. And of course, with those young
adult books, there was a touch of romance thrown in, which led to my loving
that genre.
In which genre
do you prefer to write and why?
Romance, always,
because I love a happy ending and I love writing about relationships. Because romance is so character-driven, I
can delve deeply into what drives my story folks—even if much of the info about
their backgrounds never makes it between the covers of a book.
I also love
romance because in the type of books I write, I can incorporate quirky
secondary characters and towns that almost become characters in their own
right.
Have you ever
cried during a movie? If yes, which one and why?
Oh, my gosh! We don’t have enough space here for me to
give you the list. I’ll cry if the
movie’s sad, if it’s happy, if it’s poignant…. I cry every time Dorothy taps her ruby slippers together and
says, “There’s no place like home.” And
I choke up over made-for-TV movies, long-distance telephone company
commercials, and Hallmark greeting cards.
If you could time travel back, or
forward, for one day, where would it be and why?
This is such a
tough question, as I have so many dates I’d like to investigate!
But I’ll go with
December 14, 1926, the day mystery great Agatha Christie (one of my idols) was
discovered at a hotel in Harrogate after an eleven-day disappearance following
an automobile accident.
Her husband was
having an affair, and Christie was found to have checked into the hotel using
the name of her husband’s mistress.
It’s said that she suffered a type of trauma-induced amnesia due to the
accident, and that from the time she was found until her death in 1976, she
never spoke a word about her disappearance.
Because she’s my idol, I’ve always wondered what happened in those days
she would never discuss.
If you could
have any super hero power, what would it be?
This isn’t a
super-hero power but a paranormal one.
Because I’m so interested in people and what makes them tick, I’m
fascinated by psychometry. This is a
psychic ability that allows a person to hold an object and, through that touch,
be able to tell its history, as well as being able to pick up on the thoughts
and emotions of other people who have held the same object.
Can you give
us some details about your upcoming release/s?
Yes, thank you
for asking!
THE TEXAN’S
LITTLE SECRET debuts next month. It’s
the story of Carly Baron, the wild child of an influential Texas family, and
Luke Nobel, a single dad and the manager of the Baron family’s ranch. After years away from home, Carly returns
and becomes involved in a search for her birth mother, who abandoned their
family when Carly was a child.
While Carly and
Luke have a shared past, she has a secret she can never share with him. It’s a secret with a twist that has haunted
her since she left home—and Luke—years ago.
I’m also happy to
share I’ll have more books out with Harlequin American Romance. The Hitching Post Hotel is a
three-book series that begins in 2015.
The series revolves around a small family-owned hotel and a matchmaking
grandpa who plans to find mates for his granddaughters—whether they want them
or not!
Blurb: THE TEXAN’S LITTLE
SECRET:
Coming home might
be the worst decision Carly Baron has ever made. Each minute on her family's
busy ranch is one minute closer to seeing him—her first love—the man who broke
her heart seven years ago. While coming face-to-face with Luke Nobel again
brings back painful memories, Carly quickly realizes there are other strong
feelings just under the surface….
Luke would be a
lot better off if Carly had stayed away. Being a single dad to an adorable
two-year-old girl and managing the Roughneck is tough enough, but resisting the
sparks that fly whenever he and Carly are together is near impossible. But
first she must tell him her secret. The truth could heal their past…or forever
destroy their chances of becoming a family.
Excerpt:
The cowboy standing in the
barn doorway started toward the truck, his long legs in worn jeans eating up
the space more rapidly than she'd come up the drive. He wore a battered Stetson, the wide brim shading most of his
face, but no matter how much she tried to convince herself this was just any
old cowhand striding toward her, she couldn't believe the lie.
There was no mistaking those mile-wide shoulders or that sandy-blond
hair. No mistaking the way her heart
pounded.
The last time
she'd seen Luke Nobel, he had turned and stalked away from her in anger,
leaving her teenaged heart crushed in the dust beneath his boots. To this day, she hadn't healed right, and
probably never would.
She wasn't ready
for this meeting.
He wasn't giving
her a choice.
Seconds later, he
halted within arm's reach of her driver's door, his eyes seeming to hold the
power to pin her into her seat.
All these weeks of
worrying, and here was the one
situation she had wanted to avoid. All
the years of running, and here stood the one man she'd tried so hard to leave
behind.
"Carly
Baron," he said. "At
last...."
About Barbara:
Originally from the East Coast, award-winning author
Barbara White Daille now lives with her husband in the warm, sunny Southwest,
where they love the lizards in the front yard but could do without the
scorpions in the bathroom. Barbara
writes romances—usually with cowboys, kids, and a touch of humor. Her current title is Rancher at Risk,
and she’s excited that her upcoming book, THE TEXAN’S LITTLE SECRET, releases
in less than a month!
THE TEXAN’S LITTLE SECRET can be found at:
Amazon UK
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Hi, Jean and readers!
ReplyDeleteI'm happy to be here again. Feel free to leave comments, and I'll pop in from time to time to chat.
I like your novel's premise, Barbara. I'm putting it my "TBR" list now! Best wishes with your book.
ReplyDeleteHi, Angela - thanks so much for stopping by and commenting, and for your interest in the book. I hope you enjoy it!
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