Guilty Pleasures
By
Deborah Fletcher Mello
Former NBA star Alexander Barrett has
slam dunked his career into second gear with the grand opening of his hot new
gym in Boulder, Colorado. But his excitement is tempered when his estranged
twin brother, MMA title holder Zachary "The Hammer" Barrett returns
home from Thailand. Alex has never forgiven Zach for marrying his college
sweetheart. And while they're now divorced, his bitterness lingers.
Zach hoped to re-connect with his
brother, but when his personal assistant and trainer, Sarai Montri, arrives,
their rivalry is soon reignited. Highly educated, not to mention gorgeous, the
former Miss Thailand captivates Alex for the first time since his heartbreak.
But Sarai's devotion to Zach only stirs up the past. Will the brothers'
competitive natures tear them apart once more--with Sarai caught in the middle?
…
"Mello dishes up rich emotions,
memorable characters, and family intrigue." --Publishers Weekly on Craving
Temptation, Starred Review
"An author who consistently
delivers a strong story, complex characters and scorching love scenes."
--RT Book Review
Excerpt
Alexander stood beneath the spray of
four, bronze-colored, shower heads, the hot water like little piercing needles
against his skin. His body hurt, and the heated shower massaging his muscles
was welcomed. His early morning workout had been a bear, but the exercise was
needed to alleviate the anxiety that had been with him since the grand opening
of Champs. As he thought about the hard work and effort that had gone into
creating and building his dream gym facility, he wanted to smile but didn’t
have the energy or the wherewithal to make the effort.
He was emotionally exhausted, and if
he were honest, he didn’t see that changing any time soon. Thoughts of his
brother and the woman who’d called the man her friend flooded his mind.
Alexander hadn’t been able to stop thinking of either, imagining the
unfathomable. How was it possible that his twin had gotten to another woman
who’d caught his eye, the two actually living together? For a brief moment he’d
been excited at the prospect of taking her to dinner to get to know more about
her. There was something about Sarai Montri that he couldn’t quite put a name
to that had him curious, and Zachary had once again beaten him to the punch. It
felt like high school, and college, all over again.
Learn a little about
Debra Mello
Describe your writing style.
I'm what's lovingly called a pantser.
Until I actually start writing the story I don't have a clue where it will go.
I generally know the characters but not much else. It's the characters that
lead my writing and I often say I'm just the conduit for what they want us all
to know about them. They whisper in my head and I put it down on paper.
For Deborah Fletcher Mello, writing
is as necessary as breathing and she firmly believes that if she could not
write she would cease to exist.
Her first novel, TAKE ME TO HEART,
earned her a 2004 Romance Slam Jam nomination for Best New Author. In 2005 she
received Book of the Year and Favorite Heroine nominations for her novel THE
RIGHT SIDE OF LOVE. In 2008, Deborah won the Romantic Times Reviewers Choice
award for Best Series Romance for her ninth novel, TAME A WILD STALLION. With
the release of her second literary work, GRAYE in 2012 and her fifteenth
romance novel, PASSIONATE PREMIERE in 2013, Deborah knows that there are no
limits to her writing career.
A true renaissance woman, Deborah's
many career paths have included working as a retail buyer and size model for a
national women's clothing chain, a finance manager for a well-known beverage
organization, a sales manager for an infamous candy company, a
telecommunications administrator and corporate trainer for a hotel-owning
company, an art gallery director for a world-renowned artist, and an
administrative consultant for multiple organizations throughout the United
States. Deborah is also a licensed real estate broker and general building
contractor.
Born and raised in Fairfield Country,
Connecticut, Deborah maintains base camp in North Carolina but considers home
to be wherever the moment moves her.
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