Newest release from Mickie Sherwood

Beyond excited about the newest release from Mickie Sherwood:

Templet's Tasty Tails

Price: $3.99

Loss…life…love. What a difference a year makes!

Blurb:

Web Designer Erika Washington's contract with her childhood best friend covers all possibilities about her pregnancy. But, one unpredictable event redirects her future. As a donor-surrogate, what does one do when fate changes the plan and claims the lives of the intended parents? If you're selfless, strong-willed Erika Washington, you mount a defense to keep your baby.

Entrepreneur Booker Templet, owner of Templet's Tasty Tails, secretly agrees to help his first cousin. However, unfortunate circumstances change the course of his life. After he learns the identity of the other donor, Booker plans to be a part of his child's life. No matter what.

Will Erika and Booker battle over custody of the baby? Will their horrible loss help them find consolation in each other's arms? Or will fate intervene yet again?

Scene: After Booker becomes her client, Erika accepts his invitation to have a firsthand look at his business operations.

Excerpt:

Erika allowed him to escort her up the stairs and across the porch. He held the screen for her to enter his house. Ceiling fans circulated the crosscurrent breeze coming through the open windows. The room's atmosphere lured her in further. Since he remained at her back, she swiveled to look at him.

"Is that surprise you're trying to hide?"

"Yes. I'll admit it. I'm surprised." She smiled at him. "I thought I was coming to your packing facility." Erika pivoted to look around.

"Down that hallway. You can't miss it."

"Thanks." Her steps were brisk but quiet because of her sneakers. "I won't be long."

"Take your time."

She made haste in taking care of her needs. When she emerged, he was nowhere in sight. Nosy, she peeked into each doorway on her trek to the front porch. Through the last one, she spotted a tall cabinet filled with horse and rider trophies. A cowboy. Opening the screen door, Erika said, "I'm ready."

Booker, sitting in a rocker, had his leg leisurely draped over the arm. He got up. "Did you handle your business okay?"

"Do you always come across as having no tact?" Erika left him on the porch. Turning, she continued, "Or is that reserved for my benefit?"

"Sorry. I know I can be blunt at times."

"You can say that again."

"I know I can be—"

"Oh. Now you've got jokes." Giving him an admonishing eye, she headed around the house.

"I don't know why"—his long steps had him beside her—"but you strike me as someone who's intuitive, artistic, creative, clever, and all with a sense of humor."

Erika stopped suddenly. "You've got to be kidding." She looked at the black rims with the silver, riveted studs.

"No. I mean every word."

"No," she contested. "Not that." Erika looked up at Booker, then at his truck. "That."

Laughing, Booker placed a hand on her shoulder. "See what I mean? A sense of humor on display."

"I can't climb up there." Although she adjusted the leg of her jeans, her protruding tummy hindered her knee lift.

"You don't have to." He uttered those words as he reached and cradled her in his arms.

"Put me down, Booker Templet."

"Erika." He looked her dead in her unbelieving eyes. "It's the only way to get you into the truck. Will you open the door for me, please?"

She did. "Now, put me down." Her tush met the leather seat.

Buy:

Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Templets-Tasty-Tails-Mickie-Sherwood-ebook/dp/B010TZCS5K/

Kobo: https://store.kobobooks.com/en-US/ebook/templet-s-tasty-tails

Coming soon to B&N.

Bio:

Mickie Sherwood is an author and novice photographer who takes nature pictures right in her own backyard. She loves to engage in her favorite pastime which also incites her creativity. Combine that aspect of her life with the enjoyment of spending time with her family, and cruising vacations, and the development of interesting characters who encounter intriguing circumstances is not very far behind.

Tags: Mainstream, Contemporary, Interracial, Surrogate, Sweetly Sensual Romance, Behind Closed Doors

Author Spotlight with Tara Fox Hall

Blurb:

Tara Fox Hall’s writing career began in the pages of a small print magazine, Catnip Blossoms!, that a friend, Harald Moore, put out to promote his catnip farm in Johnsonville, New York. One short non-fiction article followed another, detailing her adventures saving wildlife, her experiences living on an acreage, and more than a few humorous recountings detailing the antics of her wacky pets. Written to delight, fascinate, and move readers, her simple but enchanting stories of country life quickly found a following. Tara kept publishing stories for the next five years, even as the name of the magazine changed to Meanwhile, and then to On The River, when the catnip farm went out of business, and Harald moved with his family to a new home near a river. These previously published stories are collected here for the first time with new added content, in the hopes of bringing a little more hope and inspiration into everyday life.

Excerpt:

SET ME FREE

My tiger cat, Kesteral, used to be an indoor cat when we lived in the busy city of Binghamton not that long ago. Since we moved to the country, my once shy and nervous cat has become an avid hunter. It was not very long until he began demanding to go out at night.

At first I tried to enforce a 10pm curfew, which I staunchly believed that all good little cats should be able to follow. After a few nights, “Kester” decided that 6am was too late in the morning to be out looking for “early” mice. 3am was much better. I tried yelling at the yowling monster outside my bedroom door, but as soon as I would begin to drift off to sleep, Kester would take up right where he left off. I next tried threats of punishment. He retaliated by clawing through the carpet at the basement stairs in an effort to get into the basement (a certified mouse haven).

I stuck to my guns, believing when there was no further carpet shredding that the problem was solved. I had cured him of his insanity! Then lo and behold, Kester greeted me one morning when I opened my front door. He had chewed through the plastic expandable partitions at the side of the air conditioner and slipped out! I taped up the ragged hole. Not to be thwarted, my sweet little monster chewed through the tape.

 I thought Hey, who is smarter here?and blocked off the sides of the air conditioner with pillows held in place by a table. Kester proved he was smarter by squeezing his way through. In a master ploy, I removed the air conditioner all together (it was late August—fall was practically here. A few days of sweating profusely was worth teaching dear Kester who was master). Ha! I thought triumphantly. He’s not getting out now!

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Bio:

Tara Fox Hall is an OSHA-certified safety and health inspector at a metal fabrication shop in upstate New York. She received her bachelor's degree in mathematics with a double minor in chemistry and biology from Binghamton University. Her writing credits include over twenty short stories published in the nature magazines Catnip Blossoms, Meanwhile, and On The River. Her short horror stories have appeared in Deadman's Tome, Flashes in the Dark, Halloween Alliance, and Ghastly Door. She also coauthored the essay "The Allure of the Serial Killer," published in Serial Killers - Philosophy for Everyone: Being and Killing (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010). She divides her free time unequally between writing novels and short stories, chainsawing firewood, caring for stray animals of all species, sewing cat and dog beds for donation to animal shelters, and target practice.

Tara’s Other Links:

www.tarafoxhall.com

tarafoxhallATgmailDOTcom

Tara's Blog: http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5286654.Tara_Fox_Hall/blog

Tara's Facebook Page:

  

www.facebook.com/pages/Tara-Fox-Hall/151813374904903

Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/TerrorFoxHall

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