Perhaps the best part of doing this weekly blog is getting to meet so many new and great authors -- all with fascinating stories of their own to tell as well as the stories they write. Today's guest in My Writing Corner fits that description perfectly beginning with the tag line of her introduction:
Sheila Kell is my guest today. She writes about romantic men who, she describes as leaving women’s hearts pounding with a happily ever after built on "memorable, adrenaline-pumping stories." Her debut novel, His Desire, launched as an Amazon #1 romantic suspense bestseller and later won the Readers’ Favorite award for best romantic suspense novel.
Having left behind her days in the United States Air Force and as a University Vice President, Sheila can be found on the Mississippi Gulf Coast, where she lives with her cats. When she isn't writing, Sheila says you can find her with her nose in a good book or wishing she had a genie to do her bidding. Let's find out more about Sheila.
What do you enjoy about being an author?
My favorite part of being an author is connecting with the readers and hearing how my stories impact them.
Tell us about your road to publication.
Once I finally sat and finished my draft of His Desire, I initially sent my manuscript to agents and publishers. With the feedback from them, I edited my manuscript and decided to self-publish my first book.
What is your book that you will feature today and how did you come up with the idea to write it?
His Destiny is part of the HIS series where the stories are interconnected by the agency and family but are stand-alone books. This one was a surprise book that I hadn’t planned to write. But as the story unfolded in another book, this idea came to me to add it to the plan. Here's what the Book Fairy Review says about it:
“Wow, can it get any better? Well true to Sheila's style, Yes, yes it can get better.”
More about His Destiny...
Discover what unfolds when fate brings together a man who doubts his worth and a woman in Sheila's passionate novel about distrust and desire. In this compelling story, a damaged man and a broken woman are bound by heartbreak, danger, and the electric thrill of possibility.
How about an excerpt:
“And we now know why,” he bit out more harshly than she deserved. Good old fucking Senator Blake Hamilton kept him as his dirty little secret. Wondering how Blake actually kept it quiet all these years with opponents trying to unseat him in the senate, always digging up dirt, he almost missed her next words.
“Make peace, or not, with your father, but don’t cut out the only friends you’ve had.”
Knowing his brothers—there, he’d said it—weren’t responsible didn’t make it any easier to act like nothing had changed, except their title went from friend to family.
Water slipped toward them as the tide moved in and waves slid inland. Maybe he should’ve taken off his shoes instead of his shirt. Stupid thing to think about considering the conversation, but now that he had company, he’d certainly feel more comfortable that way. “I’ll think about it.”
“There’s something else. It’s the main reason I wanted to be the one to speak with you.”
Curious, he appraised her and raised a brow. “Go on.” His gut turned in warning that this could get interesting.
“It’s Kelly.”
Instantly his blood turned to ice with fear, and his entire focus became this conversation. “Kelly?” he questioned with a croak in his voice and his heart pounding.
Nodding solemnly, she continued, “Something’s going on with her. I don’t know what it is, and she won’t open up.”
Blood pressure rising rapidly, he took those damn soothing breaths Jamie told him to take as sweat broke out on his brow. “What kind of trouble? Is she safe?” he rushed out in one breath, wanting all the information yesterday so he could act.
“Honestly, I don’t know that it’s any trouble at all, Trent, but something has her spooked.”
“I’ll leave in the morning and drive straight through.” Kelly, baby, stay safe until I get to you.
Shocked, she sucked in a breath. “Trent, that’s sixteen and a half hours.”
Shrugging, he was already calculating everything he had to do before he left. That long drive was nothing for Kelly’s sake. Hell, if he didn’t need transportation when he returned to Baltimore, he’d just hop on a flight and store his bike. “I can make good time on the bike. Besides, it’s Kelly.”
A knowing smile spread across Megan’s face.
Let her think what she wanted. Kelly was special to him. Precious. And, not to be touched. He respected her too much. That didn’t mean his dick didn’t think differently whenever he was around her. But what was important now was making sure she was okay.
“Tell me more,” he insisted, as the need to be by Kelly’s side simmered in his veins.
Well, Jamie, you got your wish. I’m going to face them. At least my brothers.
What’s your next project or what are you working on now?
I’m working on the Agents of HIS series now and Casper is up in Chasing Shadows at Dusk. He’s former Delta operator and must return home to help his brother out of a jam. We all know that returning home is never as easy as it sounds.
What advice do you have for beginning writers?
Sit in the chair and write the story. Don’t just ponder it. Don’t just plot it. Write it, get an editor, and then pull the trigger and submit it to agents/publishers or publish it yourself. But it all starts with writing it.
Great advice! Thank you, Sheila, for being my guest today. Here is the information on where to find her books as well as contact information:
Buy links:
https://www.sheilakell.com/book/his-destiny
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Contact Sheila for information on her reader group, advance teams, and other ways to follow: sheila@sheilakell.com
Any comments or questions for Sheila?
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