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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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
