Help me welcome my guest blogger, Kathleen Rowland, author of the romantic suspense, Deadly Alliance. Below you'll find a blurb, interview questions for the hero
and heroine, buy link, a bio with links, and a short excerpt. Enjoy!
Blurb:
Finbar Donahue, former Army
Ranger, walked on the wild side in Iraq, but now he lives in the shadows. After
his evasive partner, Les, was shot in a random drive-by, Finn discovers cash is
siphoned monthly. He fights to keep his investment company afloat. When the
late partner’s girlfriend, Amy Kintyre, applies for his bookkeeping job, Finn
suspects she knows about his company drain and hires her.
Amy needs a nine-to-five with
free evenings and weekends to get her fashion design business back on track.
She unearths Les’ s secret bank account and alerts Finn. Freezing of the money
laundering account sets off havoc within an Irish gang. Amy witnesses a gang
fight between a brutal ISIS fundraising organization and the Irish. Desperate
to escape a stalker’s crosshairs, she seeks refuge with Finn. As danger heats
up, sparks fly hotter.
Let’s interview
the hero of Deadly Alliance, Finbar
Donahue.
1.
Nickname: Finn. My full name is Finbar Michael
Donahue.
2.
Job: I own my own investment company, but who’s the chickenshit stealing money
from me? My goal is to find the thief.
3.
Level of schooling: B.A. in finance,
former Army Ranger. That was when I targeted a known enemy. Believe me, it’s harder now.
I’ve got a
few questions for the heroine, Amy Kintyre.
1. What’s your
dream job? I want to get my sportswear design business back on track. A buyer phoned me, and I have an opportunity
to present my line. I need a
nine-to-five with evenings and weekends off to sew.
2. Is that why
you applied for Finbar Donahue’s bookkeeping job? Yes.
Probably is that I found a mysterious bank account belonging to my late
boyfriend, Les. He and Finn were
partners.
3. Would you
enjoy working for Finn? No, but there
aren’t many job openings in Lake Arrowhead.
Bye Link: http://www.amazon.com/Deadly-Alliance-Kathleen-Rowland-ebook/dp/B019EE5OP8/
Bio and
Author Links—Kathleen Rowland
Book
Buyers Best finalist Kathleen Rowland is devoted to giving her readers
fast-paced, high-stakes suspense with a sizzling love story sure to melt their
hearts. Kathleen used to write computer
programs but now writes novels. She
grew up in Iowa where she caught lightning bugs, ran barefoot, and raced her
sailboat on Lake Okoboji. Now she wears
flip-flops and sails with her husband, Gerry, on Newport Harbor but wishes
there were lightning bugs in California.
Kathleen
exists happily with her witty CPA husband, Gerry, in their 70’s poolside
retreat in Southern California where she adores time spent with visiting
grandchildren, dogs, one bunny, and noisy neighbors. While proud of their five children who’ve
flown the coop, she appreciates the luxury of time to write while listening to
demanding character voices in her head.
https://www.facebook.com/kathleen.rowland.50
Excerpt— Amy’s first day working
for Finn
Hours
later, Finn straightened his spine as he listened to his new bookkeeper order
Rosenberg around with the authority of an Army lieutenant. She spoke with
confidence from her chair and waited for answers with intensity. Somehow she
came across larger than her delicate self.
“Brad,”
his pretty war buddy said, “I’ll need your password to access
activity-to-date.” Her attitude wasn’t for show. Her curiosity propelled her to
the depths of the drain. Heaven help those who lurked there.
“Sure
thing.” Brad blew out a breath and scribbled his password on a sticky note.
Handing it to her, he bent to her level.
She
said, “I apologize for causing chaos.”
“No
apology necessary.” Brad asked, “What are you working on?”
Jumping
in, Finn said, “Comparisons, Rosenberg, that’s what she’s working on.” Unholy
as she’d undoubtedly turn out to be, at the moment they were forged in combat.
“Give her your full support.”
“Absolutely.
Consider me your scaffold,” Rosenberg said, accepting his fate. “Excuse me,
won’t you? I’m running payroll.”
Finn
liked his head accountant. He was solid. Dependable. Not creative, but his
easy-going manner was soothing. “Payroll. You’re a masochist.”
Amy
smiled, and her crystal-green gaze sought his. She found his comment amusing.
Her professional attire included a gray satin blouse tucked into a herringbone
skirt. When she moved, her layered, dark-blonde hair settled into a sleek flip
over her shoulders.
Amy’s
bending and reaching, as she took control of her four-by-four cubicle, was damn
compelling. She found a rhythm with a handy notepad beside her computer. Using
Brad’s password, she turned sideways to open files. Attractive summed up her
symmetrical profile and creamy complexion.
For
a long while, getting hot and heavy had not been on his mind. Her envelope gave
him concrete evidence to bring to the sheriff and eased his tension. As she
brushed tresses off her face, he wanted to nibble on her ear.
Amy
packed her lithe frame with succulent curves. He enjoyed observing her ample
bust which required high-performance support. He’d like to see those globes
running free. He’d never considered her as dating material. Timing was off.
When she started dating Les, he was hooking up with Miss California. Now it was
too late. She worked for him. Hands off. Finn liked women—lots of women, all
women, in all shapes and sizes and ethnicities as long as they met the
enthusiasm requirement. He hadn’t tested this, but she was off-limits for
another reason. He didn’t intend to put her through another relationship
leading to nowhere.
Finn
kept things loose. A woman in his bed but not in his life was what he often
said. There hadn’t been that either. Why
was he picturing her naked in his bed?
