Betty Bolté agreed to stop by to share interesting details about her book, and her future plans. Please welcome her!
Thanks
to Nancy for having me on her blog today! I’ve been writing all my life, making
it my profession back in the 1990s with nonfiction writing and technical
editing while I learned to tell fictional stories. I write both historical
fiction/romance and paranormal romance.
Book Blurb for Undying Love (Secrets of
Roseville, #1)
When
architect Meredith Reed inherits her family’s plantation after the devastating
loss of her own family, she must choose how to move on with her life. Keep the
plantation? Not a good idea. Sell it? Better. Turn it into a memorial park?
Better yet. But can she go against her family traditions and the hunky but
irate lawyer?
Max
Chandler needs two things to complete his life plan: become a senior partner
and find his soul mate. He’s due a promotion once his legislation to protect
the county’s historic properties is approved. The wife part he finds more
challenging, having never met the right woman. If only the talented,
attractive, aloof Meredith didn’t want to destroy the very property he
cherishes.
While
Meredith struggles to reconcile her past and future, will she learn a lesson
from the spectral Lady in Blue in time to save both her family and home from
destruction?
Excerpt
“What
is it you do again?” Max aimed mirrored sunglasses in her direction.
“I’m an
architect.” Meredith slid her purse strap more securely onto her shoulder. She
snatched the manila folder off the hood of the vehicle, a file Max had handed
to her at his office. Inside were copies of the legal papers he’d reviewed with
her across his massive mahogany desk. “Why?”
“Your
grandmother said you were the perfect heir for this property.” He let his gaze
drift away from her to scan the hundreds of acres of fields and trees, across
the lake, and on to the various outbuildings surrounding the plantation house.
A circle
of trees nearly hid the old gazebo from view, but they couldn’t stop the surge
of memories of afternoons spent with her sister playing under its roof.
Glimpses of white painted boards and black wrought-iron trim appeared through
the dense branches and limbs sprouting with new growth.
Meredith
dropped her attention to the folder, severing the thread of the past, and
turned a page without reading it. Why did Max care what she did? She slanted a
questioning glance his way. “I enjoy designing beautiful yet useful buildings.”
“Listen,
I hate to rush this,” Max said, his words clipped, “but I have a client to meet
in an hour. Let me show you around.” He indicated for her to lead up the steps.
Bristling
at his tone, Meredith pinned him with a stare. “Look, you don’t need to. It’s
been a while, true, but I have been here before. I know the layout. We can go.”
Then she wouldn’t have to go inside and relive the happy, carefree days of her
childhood through the weary eyes of an adult while Max watched.
He shook
his head, his dark chocolate hair touched with gray sweeping his collar,
watching her. “Things have changed. You may be surprised by what you find
inside.” He tapped a hand against one thigh and cocked his head to gaze at her
for a long moment. “Either way, you should take stock of what you’ve
inherited.”
He didn’t
appear much like a lawyer, truth be told. Didn’t lawyers wear prescription
glasses and look nerdy? Not that she believed in stereotypes, but all that
studying must make their eyes weak. Max was the other end of the spectrum.
Perhaps her grandmother had a need for eye candy when she chose him as her
estate planner.
He was
delicious to contemplate, that’s for sure. Probably a couple inches taller than
a cornstalk with a soccer player’s physique, Max could double for a cover
model. She appreciated his classic good looks, straight nose, and strong jaw.
Dressed in khakis and a deep red polo shirt, he seemed more ready for a round
of golf than a client meeting. He represented the unattainable type of man for
her. The kind embodying something too smart, too handsome, too much for her taste. Even if she were in
the market for a man, which she was not. None of that mattered since she would
be staying in the area for a short while. Despite her hard shell of
indifference to the opposite sex, she couldn’t help a moment of succumbing to
the temptation of drinking her fill of his appearance. But only for an instant.
If she let her guard down, her personal destruction would soon follow.
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About the Author
Betty
Bolté writes both historical and contemporary
stories featuring strong, loving women and brave, compassionate men. No matter
whether the stories are set in the past or the present, she loves to include a
touch of the paranormal. In addition to her romantic fiction, she’s the author
of several nonfiction books and earned a Master’s in English in 2008. She is a member of Romance Writers of America, the
Historical Novel Society, the Women’s Fiction Writers Association, and the
Authors Guild. Connect
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What
is next for you?
Undying Love is a re-release of
my first sold novel, and after changing the storyline a bit and refreshing the
title and cover is the first book in a new supernatural series I’m publishing
featuring ghosts and witches. I envision at least 5 other books in the series.
The next book, Haunted Melody, will
release in March, with the third book planned to release in early June. I love
to share my stories with readers and to hear from them, so please feel free to contact
me at betty@bettybolte.com. Happy
reading!
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