Today we have erotic romance author N.C Winters in the hot seat, discussing her latest novella, Ride for a Cure. She has a fierce love of bacon and has some swag for a lucky guest! So read on!
~Mia
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Interview
questions for N.C Winters…
Quick
round:
Coffee,
tea or…what’s your vice? Soda! I’d die
without it, and Coffee as well J
Favorite
Movie: Oh that’s hard I love movies!
Ummmm I’ll go with Dirty Dancing.
Favorite
Color: Pink
Favorite
book/author: Jasinda Wilder & Kelly
Elliott I have read all their books and loved every one of them.
How
do you feel about bacon? Bacon is the
SHIT isn’t it? I mean it goes with everything! YUM now I’m hungry and I blame
you lol
The
REAL questions…
Tell
us a little about yourself. I am a
country girl through and through. I was raised most of my life in West Virginia
and I love it here. It’s quiet and peaceful, I have a serious addiction to
peanut butter cups, and I am a sucker for flowers. I have four children Payten
8, Hannah 6, and Landen & Izabella are almost 4. I married my best friend
on 11/11/11 after knowing him 11 years ( and we so did not plan that realized
that after the fact lol) I am a fairly busy mama so this is basically my day to
day life J
Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/N.C.WintersAuthor
What’s
under your bed?
Ummm I think a couple extra pillows, and possibly a kitten or
two ( Yeah mama decided to get knocked up and well they have taken over my room
ugh)
What
comes first, plot or characters? Plot
for me
Pantser,
plotter, or hybrid? Tell us about your writing process.
I’m going to say
plotter, I always have the storyline from beginning to end made up in my head,
but I do have a bad habit of not writing it down.
Oddest
thing on your desk?
Bacon?? HA Just kidding umm There really isn’t anything too
odd on it just the usual lol
What’s
your favorite thing about the genre you write in?
The steam! Who doesn’t love a
book full of sexy men and hot sex right?
What
is the hardest thing about being an author?
Becoming known, it is so hard to get your name
out.
What’s
the easiest thing about being an author?
Getting to write what you love, setting your
own hours.
What
do you wish someone had asked you for an interview question?
What inspires you? I think that there is something different to
everyone’s writing process. I have to write about something that affects me. I
don’t know why, but I do. Like with The Escape its Anna trying to create a life
after loss, Ride for a Cure touches on Autism, and my WIP Love, Honor and
Sacrifice is about a Marine. These are all real life issues that I have faced.
Sure I have changed them up a bit, but one way or another everything I have
written has had my real life experiences in it.
Tell
us about your latest release!
Since I have signed with Beau Coup Ride for a
Cure is my latest release, but The Escape will be out soon it’s in editing.
That is actually the first book that I Self-Published.
Blurb
for Ride for a Cure…
Grayson
James has dedicated almost his entire life to running the ranch his Granddad
built for his Grandma in Odessa Texas, but when his niece Macee opens his eyes
to a whole new opportunity, he begins to change the lives of kids all over
Texas. When Macee gets diagnosed with autism at the young age of three, Grayson
immediately notices the bond she seems to have with his horses. She tries to
talk and interact with them more than she does people. That's when Grayson
starts the Ride for a Cure Foundation, allowing children diagnosed with autism
to come to his ranch daily for two weeks out of the summer to ride and interact
with his horses. He also raises money to donate to finding a cure. Love was the
last thing on his mind until he met Tanley West.
Tanley
West grew up in a middle class neighborhood never really doing without, but
never having the things money can buy which most kids take for granted, like
vacations or a simple shopping trip with her mother.. Her only goal was to go
to school and open her own bakery. When she and her best friend Presley Evans
finally make that dream a reality, she seems to be on top of the world but
Presley knows things have been hard for Tanley since she lost her dad. When
Grayson James walks in to their little shop, Sweet Treats, to place an order
for his local charity auction, Tanley is blown away and left breathless by his
sexy cowboy looks and sweet southern charm. Tanley has a choice, she can let
Grayson walk away or she can risk it all for love. Either way, Grayson is not
giving up. He sees what he wants - and he wants Tanley.
Buy at Amazon
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Excerpt
for Ride for a Cure...
Oh my God, when that man walked in I swear I
thought my knees were going to collapse under me. He was easily six foot, with
dark brown hair and chocolate brown eyes, wearing a tight-ass pair of wrangler
jeans and a white t-shirt which hugged his body enough for me to know he was
seriously ripped. I could see a tattoo peeking out of the edge of his sleeve,
but couldn’t fully make out what it was. The hottie wore a cowboy hat which he
immediately removed when he started talking to me.
The
second he was out the door, I immediately ran to the back to find Presley.
Presley and I have been friends our entire lives, neither one of us came from a
family who had much of anything and it was always our dream to own a bakery
together. So, as soon as we graduated high school we enrolled in The
International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Dallas, working two jobs
each so we could have enough money for everything we needed to start our
business. The building was given to me by my dad’s friend Jamie. He had owned
it as long as I could remember, but had never used it for anything. We’d been
open about a year now and business was thriving for us.
“Pres!
Where the hell are you!” I was hollering as I walked all through the back
looking for her. As I headed toward our office I heard her hang up the phone.
“Hey,
Tan, I'm in here” I went in and plopped down at my desk which sat next to hers.
“Okay, ummm, Tan…what the hell? You look love struck,” she said laughing.
I
couldn't help but smile at her. “Love struck, no, but totally slobbering on
myself, yes,” I laughed as I tossed her the slip I’d made for the sweets
Grayson had ordered.
“What
the hell, Tan?? Almost three thousand people and you’re not charging him?”
I
sat up in my chair a little straighter. “Pres, he runs the Ride for a Cure
organization. He does amazing things for children. The least we can do to give
back is make some damn sweets.”
She
leaned back in her chair giving me her uh-huh look. “Are you doing this for
that reason, Tanley West, or are you doing it because he’s sexy?” She let out a
giggle.
“How
dare you insinuate I would do that? I mean, yea, he’s beyond sexy. He is a
serious sexy all on his own.” I laughed, but continued to convince my partner
that what I’d done was the right thing to do. “I’ve heard of his organization
before and it really is amazing what he does for people. So, I want to give
back in a way, ya know?” I leaned forward, looking at my friend, giving her my
most serious stare. “Plus I love horses, you know that, and I’ll do whatever I
can to help a child, especially a special needs child have the opportunity to
get to experience such an amazing animal.”
Presley
just smiled over at me indulgently. “Well, I'm glad we can help in some way,
but I'm so leaving it up to you to tell the employees what they have to look
forward to next week.”
I
laughed as I stood up to head out to the bakery. “Yea, you’re so right. They’re
going to hate my ass.”
Presley
nodded her head and grinned as she walked out of the office. “Yep, they sure
are.”
Copyright-
N.C Winters
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More
about N.C Winters
N.C
Winters has called West Virginia home for a over 20 years, she resides there
with her husband Shawn and there four kids. She is 100% country and loves
mudding and traveling the back roads with her family. The quickest way to her
heart is with flowers and a reese cup. She loves country boys, reading and a
happy ending.
Connect
with N.C on the Web!
Twitter:@authorn.cwinters
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3 comments:
I really can't wait to read Ride For A Cure...it looks awesome!!!
Dirty Dancing and pink..plus you write yummy books! Sounds like a great one that I really need to read!
Nice interview
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