Captivated by An Engaging Romance

What better way to start off the month of October--when we all get to dress up and pretend we're someone else--than with a book about a heroine who is also playing pretend with a very rich hero! That's the basis for the newest book by author Charlotte O'Shay who is the guest in My Writing Corner today.

Charlotte says she was born into a big family and married into a bigger one. She tells us she honed her negotiating skills at the dinner table and that led to a career in law. After having four children, she traded in her legal career to write romance and boy, are we happy about that! She has written some wonderful stories.

She says still lives on the far west side only 3 subway stops from where she grew up, and Charlotte goes on to say that when she isn't reading or writing steamy contemporary romances featuring heroines in crisis and swoony heroes with issues, she is usually on the hunt for that perfect pair of sunglasses.

Her newest book, A Model Engagement, sounds like a great story that can sweep us all away into a fascinating world, along with her heroine.

 Lacey Reed jumps at the chance for independence with a career in the big city. But her naivety and ambition blind her to the lure of a blackmailer.  

With her savings gone she has nowhere to turn when she literally runs into financier Connor Devlin. 

Though dazzled by Lacey, Connor sees the desperation she tries to hide. He hires her as his fake fiancée. Now Lacey has a job and he has a bandage for a family crisis.

When the blackmailer ups the ante, Lacey resolves to face him down— no matter what the consequences.

Does that mean Lacey will lose the only man who’s ever seen who she truly is? 

Want more?  Let's get a short excerpt:

      In that moment, she relived just why she needed a job so damn bad. In that moment, all she could remember were the targeted emails, the strategic telephone calls ad the persuasive texts she'd received from Barry as he set out to reel her in like the very gullible fish she was. 

       It all came back like a rush of filthy sewage.

      How he’d drawn her in. Discovered her desire to reap the most financial benefit

 from her career before retiring. Then, in a seemingly normal progression, he set up a meeting at his office. Designed for shoptalk so that they could discuss photographic details of her breakout exclusive ad campaign for Mon Secret.

His home office as it turned out, complete with multiple couches and a closet full of evening wear and fur, props for the shoot. Lacey had developed a veneer of sophistication during her four plus years in the business. Or so she’d thought. But Barry’s lavish living and working space wowed her.  
She cringed as she remembered telling him how eager she was to start.

Lacey relived it all in that split second and Connor, who’d done nothing more than offer her his jacket and then a ride home was suddenly a stand in for the monster who had taken her piece of mind along with practically every red cent she possessed. 

If you'd like to get in touch with Charlotte, please do. She says she LOVES to hear from readers.

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The City of Dreams series are standalone books linked by the wedding in The Marriage Ultimatum.
Book 1, The Marriage Ultimatum ~ Sabrina & Vlad
Book 2, A Model Engagement ~ Lacey & Connor
Book 3, An Illicit Affair ~ Honey & Jake
 

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Thank you, Charlotte, for being my guest today. Any questions or comments for Charlotte?