One day Arkansas farm girl Keri Ford picked up a copy
of Cosmo and read an excerpt of
Christina’s Skye’s Code Name: Princess.
Her life would never be the same. She now writes romances as Kerri Ford and
romantic mysteries as Charley Colins. Visit Kerri/Charley at her website to
learn more about her and her books. -- AP
The Secret
Stash
Sara Livingston, heroine of Taken By Trouble, isn’t the craftiest girl out there. Not in the
sense of gluing and sewing. She’s crafty in her thoughts, but she has the
occasional moment.
She is a total and complete chocoholic. It’s one of
the first things that draws her to the hero—she smells chocolate on his shirt.
From fun sized to king size, it’s sweet, sweet comfort food. When things really
hit the fan, Sara lays on the floor with a bag of chocolates and eats the whole
bag. When the hero, Clark, returns, he finds her surrounded by wrappers.
Everybody needs this survival kit. While Sara’s kit
had been brought to her, many of us aren’t so lucky. And when we bring
chocolate in the house, husbands, kids, pets, visitors all seem to think it’s a
free-for all.
So, for you crafty readers, I suggest a secret stash.
Clark has a secret stash in the bottom drawer of a
dresser. And in his bag. Both are for when Sara’s hair is on end. (She
eventually finds both…he needs to hide better if he wants to ration them out!)
I secret stash, too. I’m the only one who eats
somewhat healthy in this house, so a handful of treats stuck behind the fruit
will go unnoticed. I have decorative boxes by my desk filled with office supplies.
(psst…paper and pens aren’t all that’s in there!). Here’s some secret stash
ideas:
-Old purses hanging in the closet.
-The bowl in the cabinet you keep because it belonged
to your great-great aunt, but you never use it.
-An empty tampon box (or half full…you never know).
-Behind your shoe rack.
-The pockets of your robe.
-Pull all your books forward and inch, fill the new
space behind them.
Where are you stashing the goods, and do you have any
other ideas?
Taken By
Trouble
It’s not every day a
girl takes out the trash and is nearly run over for it, but that’s exactly what
happens to Sara Livingston. Manager and waitress at a bar, Sara typically
spends her days serving drinks and turning up the TV volume on the latest
sports game, a job that is quite enough to make her mostly liked by all. When
she’s dropped into a game of cat and mouse with a stalker, she has no idea who
could be behind the wheel of the truck or why they want her flattened on the
pavement.
With
her private eye brother out of town, she’s relying on her brother’s coworker,
Clark Russells, to keep her from eating asphalt.
