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Series: Arlington Aces #1
Author: Elley Arden
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Release Date: May 16, 2016
Publisher: Crimson Romance
Length: 66k words
Format: Digital
Digital ISBN: 978-1-4405-9151-8
Synopsis:
Commercial real estate mogul Rachel Reed is the one person her father can depend on, so when he walks into her Philadelphia office two weeks shy of her fortieth birthday to drop a personal and professional bomb, she rises to the occasion. She will help get his independent professional baseball team up and running before the inaugural season, and then … she will sell the team to recoup his substantial investment. It’s a tall order, but Rachel knows one thing for sure: a sexy nuisance from her past and a few acres of trees won’t stand in her way.
Former minor-leaguer-turned-landscaper Sam Sutter is surprised to find his brother’s ex in the woods behind the house he bought when he cashed out his signing bonus and said so long to baseball. He’s even more surprised to learn “his” trees are on her chopping block. There’s no way he’ll desecrate his nature-loving mother’s memory by letting that happen. But butting heads with the beautiful business woman is a tricky task that leads Sam to accept a position as head groundskeeper at her father’s stadium. Working under Rachel’s watchful, smoldering eyes might be Sam’s undoing.
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Excerpt One:
He didn’t trust her, and that was even before she tilted her head and regarded him through narrowed eyes. “You of all people must be excited about my father bringing professional baseball to Arlington.”
Here we go. Sam shrugged. “I don’t really follow baseball these days.”
“That’s a shame. Sam used to play for the …” she looked from Wes back to Sam, “The Cubs, right?”
Sam nodded once and added, “Never made it out of the minors.” Why sugarcoat it? Chasing “the bigs” in a rusty bus, believing he was the next big thing, caused him to miss out on a lot of things. He was still trying to make up for some of that.
Again he thought of his mother, and this time the guilt was almost too much to swallow.
“What are you doing now?” Rachel asked, surprising him, not because he expected her to keep tabs on his career, but because she’d never been the kind to care much about other people—at least that had been his experience when she’d labeled him “whiny little Sammy” who was always trying to come between her and Luke.
“I’m working for my dad,” he said with little genuine interest in keeping this conversation going.
“Just like me.”
Except he wasn’t like her, and he couldn’t leave that assumption hanging between them. “We’re nothing alike, Rachel. For starters, I would never even think about cutting down these trees. That would be a really shitty thing to do.”
She shrugged. “What can I say, Sammy? Progress can be painful, but in the end, it’s the best thing for everyone.”
“Because the best thing for you is the best thing for everyone?” He scoffed. She hadn’t changed one bit in twenty years. “Try telling that to the birds.” Sam looked at the wide-eyed man taking this all in beside her, and nodded curtly. “Nice to meet you.”
But that was a lie. It would only be nice if the guy drove back to Pittsburgh without touching a single tree. If one trunk fell … Sam hated to even think about it. Thank God his nature-loving mother wasn’t alive to see this.
He wandered off with Babe beside him and the warbler overhead, craving the usual Sunday peace and quiet, but he kept hearing phantom chainsaws and wood chippers. How much parking did the Reeds need? Surely they wouldn’t cut down all of this. He reached out and let almond-shaped leaves tickle his palm. But what if they did? What if he had to say goodbye to Sunday walks and evening fireside chats with his dad? And what if he had to look out his kitchen window and see a baseball stadium every damn day. He stopped. Babe stopped, too.
That was not going to happen.
AUTHOR INTERVIEW
Name your top 3 favorite things (other than writing) to do and why:
I love a night at the ballpark! I love the atmosphere and an oversized beer in an ice-cold can. For that matter, I love going to college football games and NHL games, too. (If the weather is decent, I don’t mind NFL games, either, but I’m a fair-weather fan for sure. I’d rather watch on TV from the comfort of my own home.)
I love sitting on my front porch and having a glass of wine with my husband, or if he’s not around, I love sitting out there and reading.
I love going out with friends, trying new restaurants and wines, laughing and sharing stories. I’m blessed to have some tremendously entertaining people in my life.
Using just 5 words, how would you describe Sam & Rachel's love affair?
Unexpected, unpredictable, intense, inconvenient, and everlasting.
I'd like to ask the author how do they choose their locations? Is it a location that is special to you?
I choose places where I’ve spent significant amounts of time. For instance, I live in Pittsburgh, so I write about it often. In this case, Arlington is a fictional town, but it is based on several Pennsylvania towns I’ve had the privilege of visiting. Even though you can’t actually visit Arlington, Pa., the towns and small cities that crop up out of their rural Pennsylvania surroundings are very special to me, because they are the places of my youth.
What was your favorite part about writing the book and is there a character you had the most fun with?
Writing the dialogue between Sam and Rachel was a blast. I couldn’t wait to sit down every morning and see what they would come up with. Some of Sam’s comebacks were priceless. He was definitely the character I had the most fun with.
How long did it take to write the book and tell us a little about your writing process?
This book took a little longer than most, because I added some extra time to my writing schedule and purposefully slowed my pace. From outline to finished copy it probably took four months. My process changes constantly. Right now, I am heavy into outlining. It’s nothing for me to spend a couple months tinkering with my outline and daydreaming about my characters. Then, I spend extra time revising after the first draft is written, so I actually spend the least amount of time getting the meat of the story down on paper.
What do you hope readers will take away from reading this book?
I want readers to realize that it’s never too late. It’s never too late to follow your dreams. It’s never too late to repair strained or broken family relationships. And it’s most definitely never too late to fall in love.
Author Bio:
Elley Arden is a born and bred Pennsylvanian who has lived as far west as Utah and as far north as Wisconsin. She drinks wine like it’s water (a slight exaggeration), prefers a night at the ballpark to a night on the town, and believes almond English toffee is the key to happiness.
Elley has been reading romance novels since she was a sixteen-year-old babysitter, sneaking Judith McNaught and Danielle Steele novels off the bookshelves of the women who employed her. To say she’d been sheltered up to that point is an understatement. No one had ever told her women could live bold, love freely, and have sex lives that were exciting and fulfilling. (They don’t teach these things in Catholic school!) Now that she knows, she’s happy to spread the word. The women she writes about may be fictional, but the success, respect, and love they find on the page is a universal right for women everywhere.
Elley writes books with charming characters, emotional stories, and sexy romance. Visit The Bookshelf for a detailed listing.
You can also visit her online at the following places: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads | Amazon
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