Title: Tartan Deadlines
Author: Jamie Salisbury
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Publisher: Self Published
Release Date: April 2014
Edition/Formats Available In: eBook
& Print
Blurb/Synopsis:
Rae Spencer has found out all it takes is a
nasty, good old fashioned divorce for family secrets and deception to come
bubbling to the surface.
For Rory MacGregor, his life is an open
book. He's never had time for a serious relationship. His multi-media
corporation is his mistress.
Imagine his surprise when he finds himself falling for his recent hire from America . . . his mature, attractive magazine editor, Rae Spencer. Picture her confusion as she finds herself deeply attracted to her handsome, take-charge Scottish boss.
Sometimes, no matter how hard you try, you can't fight love.
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Excerpt:
"Aren't you going to take that?"
Rory inquired as he navigated his way back into Edinburgh, his dark brown eyes
fixed on the road ahead.
"You don't mind? It's Shawn.
It's…"
"Go ahead. I don't mind."
She pushed the button to take the call. Her
hands were sweating. Rae didn't know if it was from the heat in the car or the
idea of another verbal confrontation with her son.
"Hello Shawn. Is everything okay? It's
so unlike you to call at this time of day. I am at work you know. The time
difference and all…"
"Yes mother I know you're at work.
That's precisely why I'm calling you. So you can't scream and go off on one of
your tangents."
"Only with good cause Shawn. What is
it that couldn't wait until tonight?"
"I wanted to tell you myself before
you heard it through the grape vine."
Now I was really curious. What had Duncan
done now?
"I'm going to Singapore to spend the
holidays with dad…"
"Yes I already know that Shawn. You
were quite clear about your plans."
There was a sense of hesitation. Rae
thought she heard him suck in a deep breath.
"Cory is going with me mother."
"Is that it? You're taking a friend
along?"
"There's more mother. Cory and I are
lovers. We have been for five years. I'm gay mother. Have known I was for
years. So I guess you could say I'm using this phone call to come out of the
closet to you."
Rae shook her head as though trying to make
the jumbled words make sense. No they were real, too real in fact. She never
saw this coming. Not in a thousand years.
"Mother? Are you still there?"
"Yes I'm here Shawn."
"And?"
"And what Shawn? You had to tell me
this in a phone call? What, no in person reveal? So rather than give you the
satisfaction of an answer I'm hanging up. We'll talk about this if and when you
decide to visit me, which by the way would have been the manly thing to do
instead of taking the chicken’s way out and delivering such news over the
phone."
She hit the end button. She wouldn't answer
if he called back. She'd simply let it go to voice mail. Rae didn't want the
chance of Shawn calling back and trying to plead for understanding. No, he had
to know she didn't approve of him using the same tactics as his father had in
their own affairs.
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Author
Information:
In
the three short years since Jamie Salisbury began publishing her Romance
stories, she has seen her books soar to #1 on Amazon. Her novella Tudor Rubato
was a finalist in the 2012 RONE (Reward of Novel Excellence) award, and the
cover won for Best Contemporary Cover. Now in 2014, her novel Life and Lies has
been nominated for a RONE in the Erotica category. She has expanded her
audience to include several now published by Secret Cravings Publishing.
Her previous career in public relations has
afforded her with a treasure trove of endless story ideas.
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