キャミー・タング著「戌年」連載小説 プロのドッグトレーナーであるマリ・ムトウは、厄年を迎えている。 犬小屋と訓練所の改築をしながら、いつも不服そうにしている家族と同居することになった。母と姉に言わせれば、犬の毛とよだれかけにまみれる仕事は、家族にとって恥ずべきものだという。彼女は元カレを説得し、数ヶ月間犬を預かってもらうことにした。しかし、彼の兄は、数週間前に彼女が誤って車に追突した、怒り狂ったセキュリティ専門家であることが判明する。 アシュウィン・ケイトウは十分な問題を抱えている。叔母が玄関先に現れ、同居を希望している。彼は彼女にすべてを借りているので、断ることができません。母親が家を出て行った後、ネルおばさんはアシュウィンと弟を引き取り、愛のあるキリスト教の家庭で育てた。しかも、弟のダスティもアパートを追い出され、居場所を求めている。しかし、彼は犬を飼っている。そして、その犬の飼い主は誰だと思いますか? しかし、旧友でオアフ島のノースショアでデイスパを経営する私立探偵のエディサ・ゲレロから依頼を受ける。マリの施設で奇妙な破壊行為があり、3年前に失踪したエディサの妹の財布を発見する。エディサはマリが危険な目に遭っているのではと心配する。警備の専門家であるアシュウィンがすでにマリを知っていることを知ったエディサは、忙しい若い女性を密かに監視することを彼に依頼する。 アシュウィンは、活発でのんびりとしたドッグトレーナーに不本意ながら惹かれていく。彼女は、幸せそうな母親を思い出させる。その母親の裏切りによって、彼は人と距離を置くようになったのだ。マリは、アシュウィンの冷たい外見を見抜き、彼が家族に忠実な男であることを認める。彼は、彼女のキャリア選択を批判するだけの母親や姉とは違う。 マリのバラバラな家庭とアシュウィンのバラバラな家庭の中で、過去を隠そうとする人たちから、彼らの周りに危険が迫ってくるようになる。彼らは、影で動く秘密に光を当てることができるのか? 過去に発表されたパートへのリンクはこちら。 *** 第8章 - 恐ろしくも真っ白な不動産書類 『みんな仲良くできないのかな?』 マリは無用に力を込めて箱に本を投げ入れた。最近、なぜ彼女は人生の中で全員と言い争いをしているのだろう?もしかすると、これは本当に悪いアイデア
Today is part of my interview with Contemporary Romance author Chautona Havig! (Part one is here.)
Chautona’s bio:
Chautona Havig lives in an oxymoron, escapes into imaginary worlds that look startlingly similar to ours and writes the stories that emerge. An irrepressible optimist, Chautona sees everything through a kaleidoscope of It’s a Wonderful Life sprinkled with fairy tales. Find her at chautona.com and say howdy—if you can remember how to spell her name.
Camy here: Chautona is one of the twelve authors participating with me in the Christian Contemporary Romance anthology, Save the Date, which releases September 15.
Chautona will be on my blog three times! Twice for a two-part interview, and an excerpt of her book, Blessing Bentley.
Tomorrow I’ll also post a special knitting pattern for the Newsboy Cap that Chautona’s heroine April uses in her novella, Adoring April, in the Save the Date anthology!
And here, he’s me and Chautona!
Camy: What was the funnest part of writing Adoring April?
Chautona: In Adoring April, a minister finds himself needing to get married to be able to land his “dream job.” A childhood “grandmother” has it all figured out. He’ll marry one of the young women in the church and it solves two problems—her desire to be a mother, his desire to serve that church. So, to make it remotely believable that a girl would do this thing, I had that same grandmotherly person talk him up to her so much that she’s half-in-love with him before she ever meets him. I had so much fun writing the awkwardness of discovering that he really is all the grandma said he’d be… and that she really did love him, not just the idea of him.
Camy: That’s SO cute!!! So, related to that, what's your favorite scene from Adoring April?
Chautona: Without a doubt the scene where she tries on all the wedding dresses. With only seven weeks to go from strangers to married, April doesn’t have time to find the perfect dress, so the ladies of the church converge on her with THEIR dresses. Let the hilarity commence. I’ll just say there’s one dress that is unbelievable, but I know it exists because I saw it on a gal!
Camy: OH MY GOSH that sounds absolutely hysterical! That’s so cute! (I wish I’d thought of a scene like that!!!)
If your heroine were in an ice cream shop, what flavor would she get and why?
Chautona: I’ve answered this three times and still don’t know if I’m right! However, I think my final answer is cherry almond. It tastes like summer, isn’t too heavy, but is full of flavor. It’s also not everyone else’s favorite, so more for her!
Camy: I totally love cherry almond! I think I’d like your heroine a lot!
What's your next novel to be released?
Chautona: Um… I think Adoring April! I just released Flipping Hearts, my third book in the Independence Islands Series, and coming up is my book in the Christmas Lights Collection and The Nutcracker’s Suite in the Ever After Mysteries series. But I think April is next! Adoring April will be available as a paperback, but it will be MANY years before it’s available to purchase on Kindle. Folks will want to grab it in the Save the Date collection if they want the eBook version. :D
Camy: Wow you’re a busy writer!
Okay, personal question: If each of your family was a dessert (including you), what would they be and why?
Chautona: Considering I have nine kids, three sons-in-law, and five grandkids, not to mention my mom lives with us, I’m going with one, Havig family desert. Mud Pie. Because it’s rich, nutty, caffeinated, and you can only manage it in small pieces before it becomes too much!
Camy: LOLOL that’s fantastic! I didn’t know you have such a large family!
I’ll be back tomorrow with the Newsboy Hat knitting pattern worn by Chautona’s heroine April in her book, Adoring April, which is one of the books in our Christian Wedding Romance anthology, Save the Date.
Preorder Save the Date for only 99 cents! Releases September 15th!
Chautona’s bio:
Chautona Havig lives in an oxymoron, escapes into imaginary worlds that look startlingly similar to ours and writes the stories that emerge. An irrepressible optimist, Chautona sees everything through a kaleidoscope of It’s a Wonderful Life sprinkled with fairy tales. Find her at chautona.com and say howdy—if you can remember how to spell her name.
Camy here: Chautona is one of the twelve authors participating with me in the Christian Contemporary Romance anthology, Save the Date, which releases September 15.
Chautona will be on my blog three times! Twice for a two-part interview, and an excerpt of her book, Blessing Bentley.
Tomorrow I’ll also post a special knitting pattern for the Newsboy Cap that Chautona’s heroine April uses in her novella, Adoring April, in the Save the Date anthology!
And here, he’s me and Chautona!
Camy: What was the funnest part of writing Adoring April?
Chautona: In Adoring April, a minister finds himself needing to get married to be able to land his “dream job.” A childhood “grandmother” has it all figured out. He’ll marry one of the young women in the church and it solves two problems—her desire to be a mother, his desire to serve that church. So, to make it remotely believable that a girl would do this thing, I had that same grandmotherly person talk him up to her so much that she’s half-in-love with him before she ever meets him. I had so much fun writing the awkwardness of discovering that he really is all the grandma said he’d be… and that she really did love him, not just the idea of him.
Camy: That’s SO cute!!! So, related to that, what's your favorite scene from Adoring April?
Chautona: Without a doubt the scene where she tries on all the wedding dresses. With only seven weeks to go from strangers to married, April doesn’t have time to find the perfect dress, so the ladies of the church converge on her with THEIR dresses. Let the hilarity commence. I’ll just say there’s one dress that is unbelievable, but I know it exists because I saw it on a gal!
Camy: OH MY GOSH that sounds absolutely hysterical! That’s so cute! (I wish I’d thought of a scene like that!!!)
If your heroine were in an ice cream shop, what flavor would she get and why?
Chautona: I’ve answered this three times and still don’t know if I’m right! However, I think my final answer is cherry almond. It tastes like summer, isn’t too heavy, but is full of flavor. It’s also not everyone else’s favorite, so more for her!
Camy: I totally love cherry almond! I think I’d like your heroine a lot!
What's your next novel to be released?
Chautona: Um… I think Adoring April! I just released Flipping Hearts, my third book in the Independence Islands Series, and coming up is my book in the Christmas Lights Collection and The Nutcracker’s Suite in the Ever After Mysteries series. But I think April is next! Adoring April will be available as a paperback, but it will be MANY years before it’s available to purchase on Kindle. Folks will want to grab it in the Save the Date collection if they want the eBook version. :D
Camy: Wow you’re a busy writer!
Okay, personal question: If each of your family was a dessert (including you), what would they be and why?
Chautona: Considering I have nine kids, three sons-in-law, and five grandkids, not to mention my mom lives with us, I’m going with one, Havig family desert. Mud Pie. Because it’s rich, nutty, caffeinated, and you can only manage it in small pieces before it becomes too much!
Camy: LOLOL that’s fantastic! I didn’t know you have such a large family!
I’ll be back tomorrow with the Newsboy Hat knitting pattern worn by Chautona’s heroine April in her book, Adoring April, which is one of the books in our Christian Wedding Romance anthology, Save the Date.
Preorder Save the Date for only 99 cents! Releases September 15th!
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