Mallory Crowe
Trusting the Boss (Billionaires in the City #4)
6/19/2015
STAND ALONE CONTEMPORARY BILLIONAIRE ROMANCE Billionaire heiress Emma Devaroux has been living a safe-yet-mundane existence in Georgia for too long, but when she learns her sister, Joslyn, has been arrested, she heads to New York City to find out what really happened. Unfortunately, as an unemployed debutante, she’s not exactly qualified to be leading an investigation. But help is at hand in the form of the handsome, former military man Jace Lance who happens to be the one who got her sister arrested in the first place. Jace thinks Emma is crazy for even considering working with him since he’s the one who stopped Joslyn from killing his former client. However, he can’t deny that the sexy southerner is in over her head when her tycoon cousins try to hire him to make sure Emma doesn’t find out the truth about what really caused her sister’s murderous actions. As they begin to uncover the truth together –and get to know each other intimately – it becomes clear that the more answers they get, the more danger Emma is in. Jace is determined to protect her, but how can he keep her safe when her whole family is in on the conspiracy?
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EXCERPT****
. “Nothing fancy. Just a t-shirt and sweatpants, but at least they’re clean and dry.”
“It’s perfect.” She held out a hand.
“I’m sure they’ll be big, but the pants have a drawstring, so they should stay up.”
“Thanks.” She started to turn to the bathroom, but at the last minute, she twisted back around. “What did you intend to say?”
“When?” he asked, but his clenched jaw told her he knew exactly what she was asking about.
“I walked out of the bathroom and you said you didn’t mean to…something. I’d like you to finish your sentence.”
He cocked his head and considered her for a moment. “I don’t think you really want me to answer that.”
Emma squared her shoulders. “I think I’m a grown woman and I asked you a question.”
“Fine. I didn’t mean to ogle you like a fourteen-year-old virgin. I should’ve been more professional than that.”
The corner of her mouth hooked up. “I knew it! You were affected by that kiss last night.”
“The kiss you started. And yes, I’m a red-blooded male. You can’t expect me to be a robot when a woman like you makes a move.”
Her
heart beat faster in her chest as she replayed his words in her mind.
She’d gotten what she wanted. An admission that she wasn’t the only one
going insane. Now she should turn back and get dressed and pretend this
whole conversation never happened. “A woman like me?”
Jace reached up and ran a piece of her wet hair through his fingers. “What do you think you’re doing, Emma?”
She
opened her mouth but no words came out. Her second attempt was a bit
more successful. “I don’t really know. I kind of like not knowing,
though.”
About the Author
Mallory
Crowe has lived in Michigan her whole life and has been in love with
romance ever since she’d skip to the end of every novel, just to make
sure the hero and heroine survived and ended up together. She lives with
her husband and three dogs. When she’s not writing, she’s spending too
much time in front of the TV, hiking, or working with various animal
rescues.
INTERVIEW
How did you come up with the idea for this story?
Well this was a character built story. Jace
was a small side character in TEMPTING THE BOSS and I liked the idea of
giving this badass guy more to do and I needed a woman who could handle
him, but also was in need of his skills in some way. So in creating a
heroine for him, I ended up creating this entire family that the next
four books are going to be based around.
Is there anything you find particularly challenging in your writing?
I’d
say the most challenging part of writing is staying focused on the
story I’m trying to write. I get a lot of new ideas and only a small
fraction of those would be viable stories. So I need to push all these
new plot bunnies out of my mind and stay focused on the love story at hand.
What are your current projects?
Currently
I’m working on my next book in the Billionaires in the City series
which will be about Emma’s cousin Michael and a girl from the IT
department at his company who gets in over her head. On the side, I’m
slowly going through some paranormal romance manuscripts I wrote a few
years ago and hoping to get them cleaned up for a 2016 release.
Tell us about your first book. What would readers find different about the first one and your most recent published work?
My first published book is Book One in the Billionaires In The
City series. I’d say the biggest difference would be that with each
manuscript I write, I have (unintentionally) ramped up the suspense. I
love a very strong external conflict and nothing is sexier than a
protective guy, so the danger aspect
of the books have increased with each new one. I don’t think I’d call
TRUSTING full on romantic suspense, but there is an element of danger
added for sure.
Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
I
don’t write anything with a particular message in mind. I write because
I want to entertain my readers and give them an escape for the few
hours that they are invested in my characters. That being said, I do
tend to sneak a lot of rescue dogs (which are a passion of mine) into
the books and I also try to have strong independent women who fall into
love even if they don’t NEED a man.
Does music play any type of role in your writing?
I
LOVE music and some songs are hugely inspirational to me. Sometimes an
entire song will have me thinking up a new idea or it might just be one
lyric or even the tone I get from the beat. The first book in the
Billionaires in the City series was actually inspired by a slowed down
version of a rap song. The song is about the rapper offering to get his
girlfriend anything she wants, be it expensive champagne or extravagant
trips. For some reason, my mind turned that into a secretary running all
around New York getting her playboy boss anything and everything he
asked for and eventually she gets fed up and leaves. And that’s the set
up for book one.
Do you have anything specific that you want to say to your readers?
I
never really expected TEACHING THE BOSS to take off the way it did, and
I’m so grateful not only for readers giving me a chance, but for
following through all the books in
the series. It means so much to me that people are connecting enough
with the characters that they want to follow them through all the books [Symbol]
Do you have a special time to write? How is your day structured writing-wise?
I
have a great support group of other writers who I’m in contact with
every day. We’re all crazy ambitious and trying to get new books to our
readers as often as possible and together we make sure we stick to the
goals we set for ourselves. So we will set aside chunks of time during
the day to write and we encourage each other to keep to our schedules.
What is for you the perfect book hero?
I love heros that you hate at first and adore by the end of the book.
When did you first consider yourself a writer?
I’ve
had stories constantly playing in my head for as long as I can
remember, however I never thought I would be a good writer. I think that
crafting a good story and writing a good story are two separate talents
and it’s hard to get both to work together. So I never really
considered myself a writer until I started on my third book. That’s
about when I actually felt I was writing well.
List three books you have recently read and would recommend.
I
really loved Feels Like Home and Loving Bailey from Evelyn Adams.
Kathleen Brooks’ Women of Power series was also amazing! Book One is Built For Power. For a steamier read, I go to Cali MacKay’s Passion and Surrender.
Will you write more about these characters?
For sure! The heroine of TRUSTING THE BOSS, Emma Devaroux, is the sister of someone introduced in the 3rd book in the series and the next four books will all focus on the not so functional Devaroux
family. Emma and then her three cousins (who are all brothers) each get
their own book as they try to clean up a relative’s mistakes and end up
getting pulled into an FBI investigation.
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