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Thank you for having me on your
blog today! My book, Fatal Snag, is the
second in a standalone series I call my Slopeside Series. The first, Burn on the Western
Slope, is available in ebook and print
version. I recently submitted my third and hope for a contract soon.
I had such fun writing this
series! I fell in love with the characters and had a hard time letting them go.
Fatal Snag features Chayton Chambers,
brother to Garret who is the hero in Burn on the Western Slope. Chayton is a dynamic character who tried to butt in
on Garret’s story and I knew he deserved his own. It also features Naomi,
another character in Burn who
became friends with Chayton but left without saying goodbye. Things don’t start
out well for them when she comes back to help her cousin plan her wedding.
Chayton feels animosity toward her because he has abandonment issues he doesn’t
admit to, and Naomi is an obsessive-compulsive fashion consultant who needs her
roots to have stable ground.
My series is set in the fictional
town of Tanyon, Montana. Why did I create a fictional town when truth is so
much better? Well, many authors create fictional towns for different reasons.
Sometimes an author has a certain place in mind that either doesn’t exist, or
doesn’t exist in the way the author needs it to exist. And it is fiction, after
all. Sometimes an author knows of a town they really like, but they might not
want to use it for libel purposes. And sometimes, an author just wants to use
her imagination. And that’s exactly what I did with Tanyon, Montana. I had this
idea of a town in my mind, and Tanyon fit perfectly.
Burn on the Western Slope is set in the winter and Fatal Snag is set during the early autumn months. I love
reading books where the setting is almost a character, and I had a blast making
the setting just as much part of the story as the actual characters are!
This three-book series took me
five years to write, mostly because I let my career as a criminal litigation
paralegal get in the way and partly because I never knew when it was ready to
end and never thought it was perfect enough. Although I still work fulltime in
the same field and there are days that writing is the last thing I feel like
doing, I honestly know now I will never let anything get in the way of my
writing again.
As a writer, it’s hard to know
when something is ready and even when a story is printed, a writer can always
see ways it could have been made better. I never see perfection in my story but
sometimes you just have to realize it’s time to hit The End on your manuscript, and mean it that time!
Thanks again for inviting me to
talk about me and my books! I’ll leave with you a blurb and excerpt for my
newest release, Fatal Snag.
Blurb:
Hollywood
fashion consultant Naomi Fisher is happy to use her obsessive-compulsive
planning to assist with her cousin's wedding, but her history with the sexy and
sullen Chayton Chambers, the groom’s brother, terrifies her. When the groom is
kidnapped at his own wedding, Chayton and Naomi rush to find an important relic
to satisfy the ransom before her cousin becomes a widow before a bride. Naomi
trades garters for guns as survival, and love becomes a deadly game impossible
to resist.
Information
about the book:
Title: Fatal Snag
Author: Angela Smith
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Publisher: Crimson Romance
Release Date: 17 March 2014
Buy Links:
Crimson Romance: http://goo.gl/84nFbt
Barnes
and Noble: http://www.bn.com/s/9781440580628
Excerpt:
Surprise flashed through his
brain, but he narrowed his eyes before it had a chance to erupt on his face. He
edged closer. In her heels, her nose usually touched his chin, but now the top
of her head came under his chin. Her breath curled around his cheek, exerting
an agitated pull on his hormones that left him shaky and hesitant. He
camouflaged that hesitation with cockiness and confidence.
She inched her nose higher. He
leaned down to look at her, his face a fingerbreadth from hers. “Maybe that’s
your problem,” he grumbled. “Maybe you can’t get over the fact that I never
tried to kiss you.”
He closed in on her, pinning her
against the wall as he settled his hands on the wall near her head. She
couldn’t move with him so near and he made a point to trap her.
He remained that way for several
seconds, staring into blue eyes of defiance as they breathed in each other’s
breath. His pulse hinged precariously close to plunging overboard and
disrupting his steady poise, but for now he held on.
Then he kissed her. Hard.
Briefly. Fervidly. Heat traversed from his toes, agitating his shaky thighs and
roosting in his loins only to explode behind his eyes.
She deepened the kiss, a slight
brush of her tongue against his. He held on another brief moment then dropped
his hands and backed away before his point became futile. Swiping a hand across
his mouth, he pinned her with a hard gaze. “Is that better?”
“I’m not here to ask your
forgiveness.”
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About the Author:
During her senior year in high school, Angela Smith was
dubbed most likely to write a novel, and that has been her dream ever since her
mother read Brer Rabbit to her and her sister so often that they were
able to recite it back to each other before actually learning to read. She’s
always enjoyed stories about the adventure of love, and getting involved in the
legal field developed her love of suspense. A certified paralegal, work gives
her perfect fodder for her romantic suspense stories. When not caring for her
small farm or spending time with her husband of two decades, she enjoys
crafting, reading, and dreaming of the places she’ll visit one day.
Angela Smith LOVES
talking to readers. You can contact her in the following ways:
Email
– angela@loveisamystery.com
