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Saturday, January 14, 2017

#SaturdaySpotlight is on Patricia Preston and Everything His Heart Desires

Good Morning!

It's warm, wet and muggy here...been that way the last couple of days. Cameron Fir and Wildlife Festival is going on this weeks as well as a Martina McBride concert so you may not see me online much. But please welcome Patricia Preston back with her new release, Everything His Heart Desires....

Everything His Heart Desires

Thank you, Pam, for spotlighting EVERYTHING HIS HEART DESIRES. It’s a mainstream romantic novel that reunites former high school adversaries. Brett was from the wrong side of town and determined to make a success of his life no matter what. A wealthy senator’s daughter, Natalie was considered the Cutest Girl in class and a total slacker, which annoyed Brett to no end, especially when he got stuck with her for a lab partner. Fifteen years later, Brett is a cardiologist and still driven to succeed. Natalie is a photographer grappling with her future, which will not include Brett, who is still totally Type A.

Blurb:
The man most likely to drive her crazy…
Growing up in Lafayette Falls, senator’s daughter Natalie Layton hid her sorrows behind a bright smile that charmed everyone in high school—except Brett Harris. Hardworking and highly motivated, Brett dismissed Natalie as a slacker. Instead, she’s become an acclaimed photographer. And when Brett, now a successful cardiologist, needs her family’s help to secure a coveted position, Natalie’s more than happy to prescribe a little payback…
Hailing from the wrong side of the tracks, Brett believed he could never win the school’s popular princess. Now he’s intrigued by the complex and compassionate woman Natalie’s become. Gaining her grandmother’s goodwill is the key to becoming chief cardiologist—and Natalie has no intention of making it easy. But as mutual mistrust gives way to pure chemistry, there’s more at stake than either ever expected—and much more to learn about matters of the heart…

Here’s an excerpt from Chapter 1

Talk about the opportunity of a lifetime. If he could become Anna Layton’s physician, he would literally have it made. He would have Harry and Sheldon’s support and gratitude, which meant he could create a superior cardiology program at LFMC. Perhaps, someday, there would be a heart center named after him and he would be remembered for all posterity. Yes, he was definitely Type A.
“Do you want to speak with your mother and then give me call?” he asked Harry.
“Well, we have a little something different in mind.” Both Harry and Sheldon looked at Natalie as if it were her turn to speak up.
She tapped her fingers on the table. “I’m home for a few weeks, and I’m staying with my grandmother.” She managed to choke out the rest, “You can come over as my dinner guest tomorrow night.”
It took him a moment to process that. “Okay. So I’m not coming over as a doctor. I’m coming over as your date?”
“A date is kinda stretching it,” she said as if to say that was never gonna happen. “An old friend from high school.”
“Friend,” he repeated, meeting her gaze. “Seriously?”
“It was Uncle Harry and Aunt Lorraine’s idea.” She was quick to clarify, and she frowned at her uncle, who had a mouthful of cheese Danish. “And it’s not a good idea. It’s not going to work. Not with Nana.”
“Natalie, you promised us you’d help out.” Harry took a swig of coffee. “We’re counting on you.”
She shook her head, and Brett realized she was totally against the idea, which might cost him the chief of cardiology position.
He sat up straight. “Natalie, you do understand what’s at stake here?”
“Besides your ego?” She didn’t blink as she looked him straight in the eye. It appeared that, since high school, she had developed a Terminator stare.
He didn’t flinch. “Do you want me to help your grandmother or not?”
Her phone lit up, and she checked a text message. She stuck her phone back in her purse and withdrew a small notepad. She scribbled on it, then tore off the paper and folded it. “I’ve got to meet someone,” she announced.
She hitched her purse strap on her shoulder, and she leaned across the table to hand Brett the folded paper. “Here’s my cell number. If something comes up and you can’t make it tomorrow night, call me. Otherwise, dinner is at seven. Sports jacket. No tie. Be at Nana’s house, which is the Castle House on Rosewood, by six forty-five.”
“I’ll be there.” He tucked the paper into the pocket of his jacket.
In a low, vindictive voice, she said, “Isn’t it amazing to think that I’m the key to your success?” She glanced at Sheldon and Harry before she delivered a parting blow. “Nana is a piranha, Brett. She’ll eat you alive and not even burp.”

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Visit the author at www.patricia-preston.blogspot.com

Congrats on your new release, Patricia! 

Hope you enjoyed the spotlight Friends and hope to see you each week for Tuesday Treasures, Thursday Thoughts and Saturday Spotlight.

Until next time, take care and God bless
PamT

7 comments:

Patricia Preston said...

Hi Pam! Thanks for hosting me today. I hope you have a fun Saturday. I am about to go to my weekend office job but I will check back later today and respond to any comments.

Darcy Flynn said...

Sounds like my kind of romance! Love the excerpt and the concept! Best to you!

Elizabeth Alsobrooks said...

What an interesting concept! Great excerpt!

Patricia Preston said...

Thank you! They were a fun couple but had plenty of angst as well.

Patricia Preston said...

Thank you. So glad to meet you.

Patricia Preston said...

Elizabeth: Thanks for stopping by. Glad you enjoyed the excerpt!

Diane Burton said...

Enjoyed the excerpt. Best wishes!