Welcome historical romance author, Holly Bush...



 Hi Holly! Welcome to my blog - it's great to have you here and be a part of your tour. Wishing you lots of success and sales - let's start with the questions!

1. Any weird things you do when you’re alone?

Write? I’m not sure that writing qualifies as weird, although if you ask my family they’d say I’m weird when I write.

2. What is your favorite quote and why?

I have a few but I’m a bit of a history nut so my all-time favorite is a John Adams: ‘Power always thinks... that it is doing God's service when it is violating all his laws.’ Why my favorite? Because it so accurately describes what goes on in many of our institutions.

3. What is your favorite ice cream flavor?

This is easy! Chocolate! And I happen to work in the QA department of a very large farming company that has a 1600 head herd of dairy cattle. The milk travels a half a mile to our Dairy where some is bottled and some goes to make the MOST delicious ice cream you’ll ever eat and chocolate is our best flavor, although the Carmel Chocolate Truffle is a close second.

4. Which mythological creature are you most like?

Not a mythology fan. Sorry. And I took six years of Latin in junior and senior high because my mother thought I was going to be a doctor. We read all kinds of mythology as we learned to translate Latin. Didn’t find a one that interested me or that I can even remember in much detail. How sad is that?

5. What are four things you can’t live without?

My kids. My grandkids. My husband. My computer.


CROSS THE OCEAN
By
Holly Bush

BLURB:  

1871 . . . Worlds collide when American Suffragette, Gertrude Finch, and titled Brit Blake Sanders meet in an explosive encounter that may forever bind them together. Gertrude Finch escorts a young relative to London and encounters the stuffy Duke of Wexford at his worst. Cross the Ocean is the story of an undesired, yet undeniable attraction that takes Blake and Gertrude across an ocean and into each other’s arms.
EXCERPT:

Blake found his guests in the music room listening to Melinda play the pianoforte. “Miss Finch, may I beg a moment of your time?” he asked as he touched her elbow.

The two of them retreated out of hearing distance from the rest.

“Yes?” Miss Finch clipped off and folded her hands at her waist.

“I find I do owe you an apology,” Blake began.

“And every other woman in the room as well,” she replied.

“I am not concerned with every other female in the room.” Blake stood tall. “I have many faults, but hurting a guest’s feelings cannot be one of them.”

“I agree with you there,” Miss Finch said and clapped politely.

“Agree with what?” he asked.

“You have many faults. The least of which are poor manners.”

“Yes, well, in any case, I apologize for what I said.” Blake looked away ashamed. “I was wrong. You are really quite attractive.”

Gertrude Finch put her hands on her hips, and her voice rose with each word. “I could care less what you think of me.”

“Now, now, no need to call attention our way,” Blake said and glanced at the assembly listening to Melinda. “No need to be defensive, either. I am aware of the tender sensibilities women associate with how attractive they are. My own mother made us all kiss and coo over Aunt Constance, and she had whiskers longer than . . .”

“Listen to me, Sanders. I meant what I said. I couldn’t care less whether you think I’m attractive or not. You dismiss ideas and brains for the lack of a pretty face. I think you’re a pompous idiot. What do you think of them apples, Your Highness?” she said.

Blake held his hands behind his back, and a muscle twitched below his eye. “Miss Finch, the title ‘Your Highness’ is reserved for the royal family. You Americans bandy about titles as if a one of you could trace a history further back than the last mule you shoed.”
  AUTHOR INFORMATION:

Holly Bush was born in western Pennsylvania to two avid readers. There was not a room in her home that did not hold a full bookcase. She worked in the hospitality industry, owning a restaurant for twenty years and recently worked as the sales and marketing director in the hospitality/tourism industry and is credited with building traffic to capacity for a local farm tour, bringing guests from twenty-two states, booked two years out.  Holly has been a marketing consultant to start-up businesses and has done public speaking on the subject.

Holly has been writing all of her life and is a voracious reader of a wide variety of fiction and non-fiction, particularly political and historical works. She has written four romance novels, all set in the U.S. West in the mid 1800’s. She frequently attends writing conferences, and has always been a member of a writer’s group.

Holly is a gardener, a news junkie, has been an active member of her local library board and loves to spend time near the ocean. She is the proud mother of two daughters and the wife of a man more than a few years her junior.


@hollybushbooks
www.hollybushbooks.com
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Holly-Bush/247399131941435

Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Cross-the-Ocean-ebook/dp/B00D381HR6/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1369907100&sr=1-1&keywords=Cross+the+ocean

Itunes:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/cross-the-ocean/id655238415?mt=11
  
One randomly chosen commenter will win a $50 Amazon/BN.com gift card.

Follow the tour and comment; the more you comment, the better your chances of winning. The tour dates can be found here:  
Comments?? 










4 comments

  1. Good morning Rachel and thanks for having me!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Sounds like a really fun read.

    ReplyDelete
  3. Chocolate ice-cream is the best I agree.

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

    ReplyDelete
  4. I enjoyed the excerpt! Also, that is a great quote from John Adams. It does aptly describe certain institutions!
    Thank you!

    ReplyDelete