Do you have any tattoos? Where? When did you get it/them? Where are
they on your body? I have intense fear of needles and can’t see myself ever
getting a tattoo. I can’t even watch someone getting a tattoo, I just want to
run in the opposite direction.
Is your life anything like it was two years
ago?
I’ve moved - house and country! - in the
past two years and coming from a small compound community on the east coast of
Madagascar, to a bit city…life has changed a lot!
How long have you been writing?
I’ve started my first attempt when I was
13, but only really started digging into writing five years ago. I did my first
writing course in 2009 but only had time to really dedicate time to my hobby in
2013. My advice to other wanna-be’s are to stick to it, if you really want to
do it, you will find the time and it will happen.
What advice would you give a new writer
just starting out?
There is a lot of information and help out
there, soak everything up, but know not everything would work for you at the
stage of writing you’re at. Some things have to stew for a while before they
make sense. Anything worthwhile doing and learning takes time, writing is no
different and you’ll have to stick it out to reap the rewards.
Tell us something about your newest release
that is NOT in the blurb.
The hero, Carlo, has an extremely sexy
brother, Angelo. Angelo pursues the heroine, Simone, from day one in the book,
not knowing that Carlo and Simone has some history…and a four-year-old daughter
together, which Carlo has no idea of either. Angelo has his own book in the
making, and will be the 3rd book in the series. Julia, Carlo’s
sister, fills the middle slot. I hope her story will be released this year
still.
Perfect Mistake
by Sophia Karlson
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GENRE: Contemporary
Romantic Suspense
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BLURB:
Simone
Levin had a dream job as a safari pilot until an unexpected pregnancy clipped
her wings. Tired of juggling motherhood with her demanding flight schedule,
Simone applies for an office job, unaware that her new boss is Carlo Carlevaro,
the man who’d ditched her before finding out he’d knocked her up. Carlo returns
to East Africa only to kill another fire—Ivory trafficking from his lodges threatens
to destroy his company. Finding Simone back on the payroll comes as a pleasant
surprise. As his employee, Simone is off-limits, but she is the only one he
trusts to help with his undercover investigation. With time running out, Simone
and Carlo strive to expose the trafficking ring, but working together rekindles
their mutual desire. When Simone is implicated as a trafficker, revealing her
daughter’s existence to Carlo seems inevitable. Acting on her instincts might
come too late as the syndicate retaliate and hone in their threat. Will they
survive to give their love a chance?
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EXCERPT:
She glanced at him but had to look
away from the intensity of his eyes, which held her with such dearness that she
knew he’d spoken of her. Inwardly she trembled, her murmur of need escalating
to an oscillating quake.
“Simone, there’s something you’re
not telling me. If you are in trouble, please–”
She extracted her fingers from his,
but he cupped her elbow in his hand. She felt like crying, but the only sound
that slipped out was a strangled choke as she jerked away from him. “I’m in no
trouble, thank you.” Four years too late for that one.
She wanted to laugh but it hurt too
much. She had to phone her mom, but it would only be to confirm her suspicions.
Her mother had never passed on the message that Carlo had phoned. Her eyes
misted over and she had to blink, looking away. “I just wish someone could show
me where I’m to sleep tonight.”
With me. He didn’t say the words,
but they hung between them, heavy and drenched.
She curled her fingers into her
palms, her nails cutting into her skin. Any physical pain that would stop her
from showing him where it truly ached. “It’s such a fine bloody line, Carlo.
Please understand.” She swallowed the last words, biting hard on her lip to
transfer the pain that had settled underneath her heart.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Sophia
Karlson has lived in France, Germany, East Africa, Madagascar (not the movie,
the country) and now finds herself back on home ground in South Africa. As a
teenager, she devoured romances with far flung settings, loving to travel
through books. After school her itchy feet took her around the world, but now
she doesn’t get much further than the school run and the daily walk with her
very demanding beagle. She writes contemporary and erotic romance, wanting to
take readers on a journey of their own. She loves hearing from readers, follow
her on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/sophia.karlson.5, Twitter:
@SophiaKarlson, on the web at www.sophiakarlson.com.
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Thanks for sharing the excerpt, I enjoyed reading it :)
ReplyDeleteDo you have any ideas for your next book? Congrats on the release. Bernie Wallace BWallace1980(at)hotmail(d0t)com
ReplyDeleteLots of big readers in my family and most with different genres. I appreciate the tour and getting to read about some awesome books.
ReplyDeleteI like the excerpt. Thanks for sharing.
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