 | Glad to see you back for another installment of What I Wrote Wednesday. Please help me welcome Katie Kenyhercz, my guest today. She's sharing a peek at her work, Fair Trade, which is due for release in December. This is book five in a hockey romance series set in Las Vegas. And after reading the selection Katie is sharing, it sounds like it's getting hot in Vegas. Take a look... |
A man stepped inside, one hand held up against his chest. Everything about him said hockey player, but he didn’t match any of the pictures in her files. He filled the frame, his shaved head nearly touching the top of it. His skin was soft, smooth caramel. His dark eyes crinkled at the corners when he smiled. A little boy smile on a grown man’s face. Sweet and contagious. She couldn’t help returning it. He lifted his other hand, revealing a folder like those on her desk. “Hi Dr. Parker. I’m supposed to give you this.”
“Oh. Thanks.” She stepped around the desk and took it from him, glancing at the label on the front. “Welcome to the team, Grayson.”
“You, too, right? The guys said you were new.”
“I am, thank you.”
He made no move to leave, and the one hand was still cradled against his chest.
“Can I do anything else for you?”
His gaze lingered on her lips but he blinked, seeming to have caught himself staring. “Um.” He glanced at his hand and hesitated. This close to playoffs, it took a lot for a player to admit to an injury, but he already had whether he realized it or not.
“Can I see it?”
Another second’s delay, and then he extended his arm.
She offered her best reassuring smile and took his big hand gently in both of hers. With a soft touch and most of her attention on his expression, she manipulated his fingers first. Not a wince. Then again, with the way he was looking at her, she might be able to drop an anvil on his foot and he wouldn’t notice. It’d been so long since a man looked at her that way. That wasn’t true. They’d looked. She hadn’t been interested. Wasn’t interested now, but there was no denying the spark of attraction. Admitting it to herself was okay. Acting on it was not.
“Oh. Thanks.” She stepped around the desk and took it from him, glancing at the label on the front. “Welcome to the team, Grayson.”
“You, too, right? The guys said you were new.”
“I am, thank you.”
He made no move to leave, and the one hand was still cradled against his chest.
“Can I do anything else for you?”
His gaze lingered on her lips but he blinked, seeming to have caught himself staring. “Um.” He glanced at his hand and hesitated. This close to playoffs, it took a lot for a player to admit to an injury, but he already had whether he realized it or not.
“Can I see it?”
Another second’s delay, and then he extended his arm.
She offered her best reassuring smile and took his big hand gently in both of hers. With a soft touch and most of her attention on his expression, she manipulated his fingers first. Not a wince. Then again, with the way he was looking at her, she might be able to drop an anvil on his foot and he wouldn’t notice. It’d been so long since a man looked at her that way. That wasn’t true. They’d looked. She hadn’t been interested. Wasn’t interested now, but there was no denying the spark of attraction. Admitting it to herself was okay. Acting on it was not.
See what I mean? I'm already intrigued. And although this is part of series, it reads as a stand alone. I love that. Now, let's have a look at her recent release, Home Ice.
Lorelai Kelly was mere inches from her Olympic goal, but a broken ankle landing a triple axel in the spotlight forced her to delay the gold medal hunt another four years. Now she's starring in the Sin City on Ice show to make ends meet and focused on a comeback that keeps eluding her grasp.
Dylan gained national attention in his early teens and went on to become the NHL's youngest captain and leading scorer in his second season. He breathed new life into a sport that had been dying in the States, but it's lonely at the top. Now the captain of the Vegas Sinners team is feeling the pressure and looking for something more.
America's ice princess might be the only one who can help his current slump-and Dylan's way of expressing thanks could undermine everything Lori has worked for. Can two people who spend their lives on the ice thaw just enough to let each other in?
Dylan gained national attention in his early teens and went on to become the NHL's youngest captain and leading scorer in his second season. He breathed new life into a sport that had been dying in the States, but it's lonely at the top. Now the captain of the Vegas Sinners team is feeling the pressure and looking for something more.
America's ice princess might be the only one who can help his current slump-and Dylan's way of expressing thanks could undermine everything Lori has worked for. Can two people who spend their lives on the ice thaw just enough to let each other in?
Get to Know Katie Kenyhercz
I've been writing since I was twelve! It started with X-Files fan fiction, branched into contemporary romance, and finally blossomed into hockey romance. A weird progression, I know. Everyone always said, "Write what you love." I'm a hopeless romantic who loves hockey, so there you go.
I have a BA in Professional Writing and Editing, a MA in English, and MFA in the Writing of Popular Fiction. On the Fly, the first book in the Las Vegas Sinners Series was my thesis novel. It's being published through Crimson Romance.
While hockey is my true love and the focus of my writing life at present, I'm also into urban fantasy and may experiment with that in the future.
Author info:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katiekenyherczauthor
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Twitter: @katiekenyhercz
Official Website: http://www.katiekenyhercz.com
Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6924349.Katie_Kenyhercz
Newsletter sign-up: https://tinyletter.com/KatieKenyhercz
Previous books:
On the Fly:
Full Strength
Winning Streak:
Home Ice:
I've been writing since I was twelve! It started with X-Files fan fiction, branched into contemporary romance, and finally blossomed into hockey romance. A weird progression, I know. Everyone always said, "Write what you love." I'm a hopeless romantic who loves hockey, so there you go.
I have a BA in Professional Writing and Editing, a MA in English, and MFA in the Writing of Popular Fiction. On the Fly, the first book in the Las Vegas Sinners Series was my thesis novel. It's being published through Crimson Romance.
While hockey is my true love and the focus of my writing life at present, I'm also into urban fantasy and may experiment with that in the future.
Author info:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/katiekenyherczauthor
Insider group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/652117618203453/
Twitter: @katiekenyhercz
Official Website: http://www.katiekenyhercz.com
Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6924349.Katie_Kenyhercz
Newsletter sign-up: https://tinyletter.com/KatieKenyhercz
Previous books:
On the Fly:
Full Strength
Winning Streak:
Home Ice:
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