I’m excited to present my good friend and Decadent Publishing sister's second book in the Ubuntu
Line. If you weren't aware the Ubuntu line books are set in Africa. Something different and exciting.
Blurb:
Mix together a
beautiful ballerina and ballet teacher, a sexy single dad, and a
precocious-yet-sweet daughter, and emotions run high. Add racial and cultural
differences, work contracts coming to an end, and hurts and memories from the
past and sparks fly.
Rowena loves to
dance but has ended up teaching ballet instead. When she helps out Cameron’s
difficult daughter, a bond develops between the two dancers. Cameron makes
Rowena uncomfortable because he stirs up new, unwanted feelings which make no
sense when he intends to leave Zambia soon when his contract ends.
Cameron can’t
resist sanguine live-wire Rowena who makes his daughter smile for the first
time in years. But can he risk his heart again when memories of his late wife
come back to haunt him? And Rowena has a lot more at stake in giving her all.
Excerpt
She’d expected him to disappear. Instead, she
jumped as a shadow appeared in front of her. The man stood a foot from her.
Close up, his presence seemed to permeate her. For a brief moment, her gnawing
sorrow vanished, and attraction surged in like a current of potent goodness.
His features were clear-cut yet contrasting: bronzed skin against almost ginger
hair. It could pass for golden brown. Speckles of day-old matching beard. Light
brown eyes like the earth near Lake Kariba. Sturdy posture, straight and
purposeful. Broad shoulders. Strength she could rely on at this time.
She pushed the crazy thoughts away.
His expression had changed to almost lost.
Patience settled upon her, sweet and refreshing after days of pure irritation
at everything that moved.
“Maybe you could help Jamey.”
“I’m sorry?”
He raked his fingers through his hair. There
was anxiety there. Suffering. She took her leg down to give him her full
attention.
“What could I do?”
“You could give her extra lessons.”
“I’m full up already, Mr. Hosking. I don’t have
time….”
“Jamey loves to dance. Her late mother was a
ballet dancer. It’s her only connection with her.”
Late mother! Rowena’s lungs drained of air. Oh,
how she could identify with her pain. Although her mother’s death was recent,
only six days ago, and she wasn’t a child, she suddenly wanted to hug Jamey and
fill her heart with love to take away the lonely hopelessness. How could she
have been so impatient with the child? No wonder she was so restless. The
recital had become more important than the children. Creating a good image for
her studio to increase the size of her classes had taken precedence over putting
something into the ones she had.
He peered into her frozen face. “I’ll pay you
double the price of a normal lesson. Please.”
She nodded. “I will. Of course.”
He instinctively grabbed her hand. “You won’t
regret it. Jamey’s a very bright child, and she’s crazy about you.”
Her insides shuddered, and her toes curled at
the simple contact. His hand was warm, and he squeezed a little too hard, but
suddenly she wished he would keep it there. But he didn’t.
“Really?”
He laughed. “Yes. She says you’re so beautiful,
like her mommy. You do look a bit like her.” His eyes became dreamy and
distant, as though a lifetime of memories passed through his mind.
A pang shot through her. Imagine a man like him
loving her with the intensity he directed toward his late wife? What a selfish
thought. He was still grieving.
Author Bio:
Kathy loves reading
and writing even more. She homeschools her three kids, so in between
unsuccessfully explaining the difference between subject and predicate or how
to divide fractions, she enters an imaginary world of troubled and passionate
characters whose stories take over the page. Kathy lives in Kwazulu Natal,
South Africa, where the summers are hot, the winters cool, and bugs thrive. Her
first published novel, Wedding Gown Girl, came out in 2012 with Astraea Press.
She belongs to the Romance Writers of South Africa Group (ROSA) which has been
her greatest support and inspiration the last few years.
Buy Links:
Decadent Publishing: http://www.decadentpublishing.com/product_info.php?products_id=1057&osCsid=psvv2pol3d6nv2hll70o53uja2
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http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/518894
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Kathy_Bosman_The_Dance_of_the_Firefly?id=DN6EBgAAQBAJ
Book Trailer:
Online Links for Kathy:
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Thank you, Nana!
ReplyDeleteI could fall for Cameron too! Lovely excerpt!
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