Dare to Touch
Carly Phillips
Release Date: January 13, 2015
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Blurb:
Olivia Dare, executive director of the Miami Thunder, and team travel director
Dylan Rhodes share more than just a passion for football. Their chemistry is
explosive -- their feelings for each other intense. Yet Olivia has ended things
for reasons he still can’t fathom and she won’t explain.
Unwilling to let something special go so easily, Dylan has
been pursuing Olivia ever since. When the Pro-Bowl takes them to the tropical
paradise of Hawaii, Dylan is determined to make sure their time together isn’t
all business. What happens in paradise is life altering but once Olivia admits
her deepest secret and fear, will Dylan still want the forever he’s been
pushing for?
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About Carly Phillips:
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carly
Phillips N.Y. Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carly Phillips has written
over 40 sexy contemporary romance novels that today's readers identify with and
enjoy. After a successful 15 year career with various New York publishing
houses, Carly is making the leap to Indie author, with the goal of giving her
readers more books at a faster pace at a better price. Her Serendipity books
will still finish up in January/February 2014 via Berkley as planned. Carly
lives in Purchase, NY with her family, two nearly adult daughters and two crazy
dogs who star on her Facebook Fan Page and website. She's a writer, a knitter
of sorts, a wife, and a mom. In addition, she's a Twitter and Internet junkie
and is always around to interact with her readers. You can find all information
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Excerpts:
#1
Olivia woke up in the big bed in the suite she shared with
Dylan. She recalled their evening and how he’d carried her back to the room,
ignoring the catcalls and whistles of people as they’d walked. Honestly, she’d
been so exhausted she hadn’t cared.
She rolled onto her back to find his dark eyes watching her.
“Everything good?” he asked.
She didn’t blame him. She had a tendency to pull away, but
she had no intention of doing so this morning. “I’m good.” She crawled closer.
“Very, very good.”
She was sore in the best possible ways, a gorgeous man had
gone out of his way to make her night special, and to make sure she’d come
quite a few times… Yeah, she was more than good!
He smiled in obvious relief.
“So what’s on today’s agenda?” she asked.
“We have the day free. Breakfast?”
She nodded. They ended up sharing a shower, which delayed
getting to breakfast, because Dylan’s definition of getting clean involved a
whole lot of getting dirty first. With the hot water streaming over them and
her arms braced against the wall, he still managed to snag a condom and to take
her from behind, filling her up and giving her another experience she’d never
forget.
#2
“Happy birthday, Olivia,” a familiar masculine voice drawled
in her ear. She shivered at the sound, all her senses prickling with awareness
as Dylan Rhodes’s warm breath heated her skin.
She turned to find him close. Too close, and her pulse
picked up speed. Sexy chocolate-brown eyes gazed at her. And his close-cut
goatee teased her with its nearness. In her dreams, that sexy goatee felt
delicious against her bared flesh.
Jesus, Olivia, get a grip.
“Thanks for coming to the party.” Her voice came out too
husky for her liking, but Dylan always had this kind of effect on her. He was
the travel director with the Miami Thunder, her co-worker, and the man she’d
lusted after from the day they’d met.
“I’m glad your sister invited me.”
She wished Avery hadn’t insisted on throwing her a party,
but now that it was nearly over, Olivia had had a wonderful time and was
grateful her mom and her siblings, half and full, cared enough to attend the
event. Friends and co-workers too.
Especially Dylan.
He studied her beneath his hooded gaze. “I wouldn’t miss
your celebration.” He tucked a wayward strand of hair behind her ear, his fingers
trailing a path over her cheek in what was a deliberate, lingering touch.
She shivered; her traitorous nipples puckered at his light
caress. This was more than the flirting dance they normally did. There was
intent in his coffee-colored stare.
#3
Olivia’s office had been a revolving door with people coming
in and out all day. She was busier than ever, and for that, she was grateful.
Because whenever she had down time, her thoughts turned to Dylan. So now, she
sat at her desk, fingers playing with the sun pendant around her neck, a
constant memory of the great guy she had in her life. She’d told Dylan the
truth about her past and her fears about the future, and he hadn’t left.
No, he was still here with her, and she didn’t know what to
make of that. How could he not care that she wasn’t certain she wanted
children? How could he think she was enough? Sure, he might believe that now,
but wouldn’t he come to resent her later?
A full workweek had passed, and nothing between them had
changed except he’d stepped up his pursuit, as if trying to prove a point. He’d
sent flowers to work, taken her out for dinner or cooked for her at his
apartment, and she’d ended up sleeping there every night. If his goal was to
convince her that he wasn’t going anywhere, he was doing a damned good job.
In fact, they’d fallen into a routine that she could easily
get used to. If only she could relax and let herself believe everything would
be okay, but instead, she tossed and turned each night. She was exhausted in
the mornings, and not even a double dose of caffeine helped.
She wasn’t surprised when a knock sounded on her office
door. It had been that kind of day.
Q/A
We have read about Olivia from other Dare stories, and have loved her
character. What was the best part for you in bringing readers Olivia's story?
I love
giving readers something unexpected in a story. In Olivia’s case, that was her
vulnerability and her past. I liked creating a hero who had to have patience
and understand that the men before him hurt her in ways he would have to work
to overcome.
Can you describe your writing process
in writing the Dare series?
Aaah, the
writing process. Over the years, I’ve developed a very ugly writing process.
Just ask my critique partner. For the most part it’s organic, which makes it
ugly. I like the characters to write their story but that means it’s not always
fluid or easy. That said I’m also a very linear writer. The story follows a
pattern of the character’s life … with twists thrown in. I end up writing,
rewriting, writing and so on. In the case of the Dare series I’ve been careful
not to tie myself to things about future siblings/hero/heroines that I might
have to change when I get to their story. That’s something I’ve learned from
painful experience!
Do you have a favorite Dare family
member you have written?
I always fall in love with the characters I’m writing now. So
the book I put to bed most recently has the characters I love. So currently
that’s Olivia and Dylan. But you never
forget your first … so there’s something special about Ian. (DARE TO LOVE)
Shhh! Don’t tell the others.
How disciplined are you when it comes to writing?
Nine to five? And was it always like that?
I’m disciplined once I know my
deadline. If I write every morning in the beginning of a story, I’m good. I
need a lot of breaks an thinking in the early days. Once I hit middle it’s a
struggle, so I force it more … and once I’m at the end, it’s always a rush
through the end – and that can be all day! It’s always been that way actually!
*Now that you have self-published a few books, how does it compare to working
with a publisher? Do you enjoy having 'the ultimate control', or does it cause
sleepless nights?
Although I’ve had amazing
publishers who’ve been very good to me, I’ve never been happier than I am self
publishing. I love the control, the ability to work with a book after it’s been
published, to tweak pricing, covers, offer readers fun different things. It’s
been the absolute best experience.
*How often do you actually still get to read for pleasure, and can you lose yourself
in a story? Or does the professional in you continually whisper in your ear as
you work through a book?
When I was just published, I
found it difficult to read for pleasure. Now I can’t stop. I find the time
because it fuels the creative well. I used to think that was BS but it’s true.
When something doesn’t work in a story, my professional whispers in my ear …
but when a story works, there is nothing better than getting lost in a good
book!
Where did the idea for
the Dare brothers come from? (ex, Do you know a family this happened to (1 dad
two families?), out of the blue, etc?)
I knew I wanted a series with a lot of characters … and when
I said that to my plotting partners, one of my brilliant friends came up with
the father with another family, giving me siblings, half-siblings, betrayal,
jealousy, bonding … everything I could want. Add in some sports (which I
love writing about) and family dynamics
along with making the series edgier than anything I’ve written before
(sexually) and I couldn’t wait to dive in.
Tell us a little about yourself.
I have to
say I’m a pretty open book. My readers know a lot about me from social media.
I’m always sharing information and knowledge with other writers. So there are
just the basics – I’m a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister and a crazy dog lover
and voracious reader! I love carbs, hate the gym but am going twice a week now
since September and finally seeing results. And if you want to know all these
crazy things about me, follow me on social media or on my blog.
Tell us a little about DARE TO TOUCH
and why readers should check it out.
First, DARE
TO TOUCH, as with all the DARE books, stands alone if you are coming to the
series for the first time. You can read Olivia and Dylan easily and then go
back and check out the other stories in the series. Because I am moving around
from sibling to sibling, you can definitely find a loose connection, a revisit
with siblings and favorites, along with its own story.
That said,
DARE TO TOUCH, like all the books, examines how a father’s betrayal (in this
case a second family no one knew about) impacts each child’s life … Olivia
comes to romance reluctantly and with a lot of trepidation. Dylan knows what he
wants – and he’s determined to wait her out … it’s a seductive dance set in the
background of the Pro Bowl in Arizona along with life in Miami. It’s hot, it’s
sexy and it’s emotional.
What inspired you to write the DARE
TO LOVE series?
I knew I
wanted a series with a lot of characters … and when I said that to my plotting
partners, one of my brilliant friends came up with the father with another
family, giving me siblings, half-siblings, betrayal, jealousy, bonding …
everything I could want. Add in some sports (which I love writing about) and family dynamics along with
making the series edgier than anything I’ve written before (sexually) and I
couldn’t wait to dive in.
Do you have a favorite book or author
you like to recommend?
I read so
much, so fast, I couldn’t possibly name them all. If I start, I’ll leave
someone out … but … here are SOME and
apologies to the ones I don’t mention but do love – Kit Rocha, Shayla Black,
Lexi Blake/Sophie Oak, Kelly Jamieson, Nalini Singh’s Psy series, Juliana
Stone, Claudia Connor’s newest … clearly I’m a mostly erotic romance reader!
What is your guilty pleasure?
Besides
reading? Chocolate!
Favorite meal?
Pizza
If you weren’t a writer, what would
you be?
There’s
something else besides writing? J
If you could travel through time,
what time period would you visit?
I’d go to …
ack. I wouldn’t. Because much as I love historical romance, I need showers and
air conditioning. I was going to say Middle Ages because I loved reading those
romances when I first started writing … but yeah. I think I’d have a real issue
with the bathing thing.
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