Elodie Parkes
Erotic Romance
Thank you for inviting me to the blog
today with my new release, ‘Jake Snow’. (September 20, release to Kindle)
The book is the story of Bethany
Snow’s brother. Bethany is the leading female character in my erotic romance, ‘The Last Time’
and people who read the book early in its release always wanted to know more
about Jake. I had his story in my head and so here it is.
‘The Last Time’ takes place on a
movie location and that’s where Jake and Bethany, who are private investigators
are sent by their agency to deal with hate mail being sent to a movie star
there. It’s two years since his sister got married and Jake has been working
cases alone. He’s tired and hoping to find love too when we meet him in this
book. This time the story takes place in the fashion world and Jake gets caught
up in the strange happenings in an atelier.
The idea for the movie location book
came to me when I was invited to watch a shoot by an indie film maker. The idea
for the high fashion setting for this book was seeded about the same time when
I went to watch a fashion show with friends. I was on holiday overseas, with
them. We had attended a dance theatre, and then later in the week a fashion show.
I knew immediately that I would write a story about the world of fashion. The
idea of placing Jake Snow in this world came after I had written, The Last
Time.
A new romantic mystery from Amazon
best-selling author, Elodie Parkes
Jake Snow
Private detective, Jake Snow, has
grown tired of working alone since his sister Bethany married, and stopped
working on field cases with him. He's chosen less high-powered cases as he
decides against teaming with another partner from the Black Agency. Gradually
Jake realizes he wants the kind of love his sister found, and a different
job...
When he's sent on what he thinks is a
simple surveillance assignment, just before he's due to take his requested
extended leave, he finds a tangled web of lies, and a fashion designer in
trouble...
The question is will he also find
love?
With steamy love scenes and a twist
of fun, this book is 18+
Excerpt, G13+ Rated:
It
was seven o’clock as he lay on the bed. He closed his eyes, and pictured
Pixie’s lovely face and her mouth. He let himself think about kissing her. He fell
asleep promising himself that he would ask her out.
Jake’s
cell phone woke him up. He clawed at it only managing to toss it to the floor
instead of pick it up to answer. Fuck it.
He
scrambled to the side of the bed and hung over there to reach the phone. It was
his sister Bethany calling. She greeted him and he perked up, shuffling to sit
up in the bed.
“Hi
Bethany, it’s good to hear from you. What’s happening?”
“Jake,
I miss you, and every time I hear your voice I think about coming back to work.
How is work? Brandt tells me you’ve applied for holidays. That’s not like you
Jake, you never take holidays.” Jake could hear a hint of concern in her voice
and smiled. He missed her too.
“Work
is a bit of a drag to be honest. Partly my own fault though because when Brandt
asked me to team up with another detective for some high profile cases, I
didn’t want to, so the jobs I’ve been doing lately have been, ‘less
interesting,’ I guess you could say.”
“I’d
like to see you. Seth would too. Come over here, have some time with us. It’s a
beautiful place.”
Jake
smiled again. “I’d like to Bethany, I just have a job to finish…it’s a weird
one. There’s a young woman involved too…I like her Bethany…she’s lovely.”
“Have
you asked her out or let her know you like her? I bet you haven’t. I’d like you
to have someone. I can’t tell you how great it is to be loved.”
Jake
ran his hand through his hair. “I haven’t said anything to her because it’s
early days I only just met her and it’s a bit complicated. We don’t all fall on
the client and seduce them the night we meet.” He laughed then because that was
close enough to what had happened between his sister and her husband. “Then
again it worked out well for you…”
COPYRIGHT ELODIE PARKES 2013
Bio:
Elodie
Parkes is a British author writing romance, erotic, contemporary, and often
with a twist of mystery, paranormal or suspense. Her books are always steamy,
cool stories and hot love scenes.
Elodie lives in Canterbury with her two dogs. She works in an antique shop by day and writes at night, loving the cloak of silent, darkness that descends on the rural countryside around her home.
Elodie lives in Canterbury with her two dogs. She works in an antique shop by day and writes at night, loving the cloak of silent, darkness that descends on the rural countryside around her home.
Elodie
writes for, Hot Ink
Press, Moon
Rose Publishing, Eternal
Press, and Evernight
She
has also released titles as an individual indie author.
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Jake Snow, a sweetie, sexy, strong...looking for love and
the person responsible for the theft he's currently investigating.
the person responsible for the theft he's currently investigating.
Hi Deanna,
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting me on you fab blog :-)
Nice cover
ReplyDeleteAnother new-to-me author. Enjoyed reading the excerpt and I love that cover!
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