Trying something new this week–Sneak Peek Sunday!

This is my chance to share with you six paragraphs of a book that’s already published, or maybe even one that’s still in progress, along with a whole list of other authors doing the same. Talk about a great Sunday morning brunch! (And no calories!)

So this is a peek at BY ANY OTHER NAME,  just out from Desert Breeze Publishing:

Up-and-coming mommyblogger and single mom Marisol Herrera Slade returns to her old hometown in western Pennsylvania for her 20th high school reunion, reluctant and yet compelled to see her high school sweetheart, Russell Asher, who dumped her for the homecoming queen.

Russell’s marriage to the golden girl, however, ended in a nasty divorce, and he has been systematically excluded from his sons’ lives. In his Internet wanderings, he’s found feminist blogger named Jerrika Jones, who glorifies single motherhood, essentially putting a stamp of approval on what’s happened to him. He’s vowed to take this woman down if they ever should meet.

What he doesn’t know, when he thinks to rekindle what he had with Marisol, is that Marisol and Jerrika are one and the same. When he discovers the truth, will his drive for revenge derail any chance they have to reunite? Or will they find they have more in common than they ever expected?

Excerpt:

Marisol started for the Sweet Spot coffee shop across the street, but hesitated when a silver Lexus squealed a U-turn in the center of Main, screeching to a stop and blocking her little rental there in its parking place. The door flew open, practically ejecting a tall, well-built man in jeans and a blue cotton shirt. His full attention focused on the vehicle in front of Marisol’s.

She couldn’t move as she belatedly recognized his large dark eyes and something in the piqued set of his jaw.

Russell Asher.

His hair wasn’t as solidly black as she’d remembered from the summer she left town. The jeans, no longer slim cut, though he wasn’t overweight. But it was him.

Nausea tumbled like panicked butterflies in her stomach. One hand slipped to her middle, almost trying to reassure her insides not to make her throw up right here. She never expected a sudden confrontation. She hadn’t prepared.

But as she watched him, she saw she didn’t need to worry. He wasn’t interested in her in the least. He marched over to Tiffany’s SUV and parked himself against its shiny fender. After several tries, she forced her feet to move, at least far enough to retreat inside the gazebo. She sat on the edge of the fence, half hidden behind a painted support beam, the shade from the maples overhead helping to conceal her. She couldn’t help it. She could have walked away, just left her vehicle and come back for it later, but the situation was a car wreck waiting to happen. She could tell by the tension in his shoulders and his hands, clenched into fists. No way she would miss whatever occurred next.

****

Uh-oh. Definitely sounds like trouble, right?

BY ANY OTHER NAME is available in ebook only at the DBP site, at Amazon.com and other ebook sellers of your choice.

Now, head on out to Sneak Peek Sunday’s smorgasbord and see what else there is to read!