Temporary Intrigue by Judy Huston from Moonlit Romance.
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Friday, February 22, 2008
February's Moonlit Romance Release: *Temporary Intrigue* by Judy Huston
Temporary Intrigue by Judy Huston from Moonlit Romance.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
*Temporary Intrigue* by Judy Huston
Luckily for Dimity Forbes, it’s not really an issue that she has made a disastrous first impression on Josh Williams. Romance is currently running a poor third on her priority list - or is it?
Luckily for Josh, he can see that this wacky, accident-prone blonde is totally the wrong type for him. Even if it seems that some of those mishaps might not be quite so accidental after all, it’s nothing to do with him, and he’ll take good care to stay away from the temptation she represents. Or will he?
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He had laughed with her, then his smile faded. Moving forward, he frowned down at her.
“What on earth have you been up to now?”
Almost but not quite touching, the fingers of his right hand traced the bruising down the left side of her face.
“Another stupid accident. A car nearly ran me down on Thursday night.”
Dimity wasn’t quite sure how she found her voice. The electricity seemed to have transferred itself from the air to his fingertips and zapped across the millimetre between those fingers and her skin, setting off a series of pleasurable mini-shockwaves and almost taking away her breath in the process.
He winced, putting his hand on the wall close beside her head, studying her closely.
“Are you okay?”
The lift door slid open onto the short hallway that led to the third floor’s main work area. Waiting, tapping the toe of one shiny black shoe, was Gail. Her expression of impatience changed to indignation when she saw Dimity apparently enjoying an up close and personal with someone, then altered again to surprised recognition.
“Josh!” She held out her hand. “Good to see you. I was at meetings all day Friday, but I heard you looked in.”
“Very briefly.” Josh shook hands, also briefly, Dimity was pleased to see.
“Melissa’s on leave for the next three weeks,” Gail went on. “You can use her office.”
Josh nodded.
“Thanks, she showed me where everything is. I’ll need to borrow one of your support staff occasionally.”
“Unfortunately we’re in a state of flux with staff, but I’ll see if I can find someone - competent - to help you.” Gail shot a toxic look at Dimity who was trying to edge past unnoticed. “I noticed you called in sick on Friday. That must be a record, after only four days work.”
“For someone who was involved in a serious accident only three days ago,” said Josh, stretching the truth without a blush, “I think she’s doing pretty well to front up for work at all.” His tone was mild, but there was a hint of frost around the edges.
Yes! Dimity gave the air a gleeful mental punch. Gail bridled.
“Fortunately her absence didn’t seem to make much difference,” she snapped.
“Really?” Josh’s eyes were alert. “Then if you don’t have much for Dimity to do, I’m sure you won’t mind making her available to help me out for the three weeks.”
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Luckily for Josh, he can see that this wacky, accident-prone blonde is totally the wrong type for him. Even if it seems that some of those mishaps might not be quite so accidental after all, it’s nothing to do with him, and he’ll take good care to stay away from the temptation she represents. Or will he?
He had laughed with her, then his smile faded. Moving forward, he frowned down at her.
“What on earth have you been up to now?”
Almost but not quite touching, the fingers of his right hand traced the bruising down the left side of her face.
“Another stupid accident. A car nearly ran me down on Thursday night.”
Dimity wasn’t quite sure how she found her voice. The electricity seemed to have transferred itself from the air to his fingertips and zapped across the millimetre between those fingers and her skin, setting off a series of pleasurable mini-shockwaves and almost taking away her breath in the process.
He winced, putting his hand on the wall close beside her head, studying her closely.
“Are you okay?”
The lift door slid open onto the short hallway that led to the third floor’s main work area. Waiting, tapping the toe of one shiny black shoe, was Gail. Her expression of impatience changed to indignation when she saw Dimity apparently enjoying an up close and personal with someone, then altered again to surprised recognition.
“Josh!” She held out her hand. “Good to see you. I was at meetings all day Friday, but I heard you looked in.”
“Very briefly.” Josh shook hands, also briefly, Dimity was pleased to see.
“Melissa’s on leave for the next three weeks,” Gail went on. “You can use her office.”
Josh nodded.
“Thanks, she showed me where everything is. I’ll need to borrow one of your support staff occasionally.”
“Unfortunately we’re in a state of flux with staff, but I’ll see if I can find someone - competent - to help you.” Gail shot a toxic look at Dimity who was trying to edge past unnoticed. “I noticed you called in sick on Friday. That must be a record, after only four days work.”
“For someone who was involved in a serious accident only three days ago,” said Josh, stretching the truth without a blush, “I think she’s doing pretty well to front up for work at all.” His tone was mild, but there was a hint of frost around the edges.
Yes! Dimity gave the air a gleeful mental punch. Gail bridled.
“Fortunately her absence didn’t seem to make much difference,” she snapped.
“Really?” Josh’s eyes were alert. “Then if you don’t have much for Dimity to do, I’m sure you won’t mind making her available to help me out for the three weeks.”
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Intriguing Tidbits
Temporary Intrigue really grew out of two things: one was a wish I had, several years ago, to buy two paintings I saw in a small art gallery in a historic riverside town near the Australian city of Newcastle where Temporary Intrigue is set. I’m no art connoisseur but the paintings, depicting Australian native animals, struck a special chord with me. I went home agonising over the price that I couldn’t afford but very much wanting those paintings on my wall. When I finally decided I would buy them, and hang the expense, I went to the gallery only to find – of course – they had been sold to someone else. They haunted me until I wrote them into Temporary Intrigue.
The other trigger was my mother’s habit of visiting her great aunt once a week, taking me with her when I was a child. While they talked, I retreated to my great aunt’s sunroom where she kept piles of women’s magazines, filled with short, romance fiction stories. I read and read, weeping over the sad parts but always confident of the prospect of a happy ending, a prospect that rarely failed to materialise. I became addicted to romance fiction. One day, I decided, I would write a romance novel of my own . . .
Temporary Intrigue by Judy Huston releases this week at Moonlit Romance.
The other trigger was my mother’s habit of visiting her great aunt once a week, taking me with her when I was a child. While they talked, I retreated to my great aunt’s sunroom where she kept piles of women’s magazines, filled with short, romance fiction stories. I read and read, weeping over the sad parts but always confident of the prospect of a happy ending, a prospect that rarely failed to materialise. I became addicted to romance fiction. One day, I decided, I would write a romance novel of my own . . .
Monday, February 18, 2008
Moonlit Romance Release Week: *Temporary Intrigue* by Judy Huston
After following the path of newspaper journalism for most of her working life, Judy decided to hit the freelance trail a few years ago. Since then she has ghost-written private biographies for people who want to put their life stories into print for their families. She has also had some children’s stories published, as well as articles for literary magazines. Most importantly she has accumulated a library of romance novels, because she enjoys the relaxation of reading them and the challenge of trying to write them.
Judy has two grown up children and an ongoing procession of cats. She lives in the Hunter Region of New South Wales in Australia, not far from the coastal city of Newcastle, which provides the setting for her first romance novel, Temporary Intrigue, published by Moonlit Romance in February 2008.
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