Interview with Diego Moran from Best in Show !!
How did you
first meet your writer? Funny you should ask, I was
working as a cook at a night club/restaurant. Of course I was undercover as I’m
not much of a cook, then again Bosom Bodies wasn’t much of a restaurant. But
don’t take my word for it, check it out yourself. The name of the so-called
restaurant is also the title of the book.
Do you
infiltrate your writer’s dreams? Let me quote the
writer. This is what she wrote the other day and then posted it on a blog.
“Diego gets more fan mail than I do. In fact he gets so much fan mail I’m
beginning to believe he’s real.”
If you could
rewrite anything in your book, what would it be? Probably
my height. For reasons I don’t understand my writer claims I’m not very tall.
And yet I do all the heavy lifting if you know what I mean.
Do you like
the way the book ended? Yes, who knew I could fly a
plane? Or maybe I didn’t fly it, but I let my friends believe I did. Same
thing. Still the hero even after 5 books. Wait, four for me. The tall blond Californian
was in book one.
What do you do for a
living? AHAH!!! That’s what everyone asks. Sorry
babe, if I tell you I’ll have to kill you.
What do you
think your greatest weakness is? “You know it, why
are you bringing that up? Mina, of course. I’ve tried staying away and I
decided I rather take chances than not being with her.”
What
embarrasses you? Displaying my emotions.
What sound
or noise do you love? The sound of rain late at
night. I have fond memories of rainy nights in Southern California. Did I say
fond? Make that smoldering hot. And the growling of my Harley-Davison. Ah, what
a combination, you should try it sometime.
What’s your favorite animal? Women.
Diego, that was a great
question to end with and we thank you again for visiting with us today !!!!
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BEST IN SHOW
Mina’s Adventures Series, Book 6
Maria
Grazia Swan
Mina Calvi, Italian
transplant to Southern California, thinks her love life might finally come
together, just as her professional life has. Her Furry Friends Foundation, a
no-kill shelter for rescued cats and dogs, is a success, and Mina hopes she may
find a loving forever home for herself, in the arms of Diego Moran, her
elusive, frustratingly mysterious, on again-off again, lover.
When a seemingly innocent night out with friends lands Mina
in a hospital bed and Diego undercover, and not the covers Mina wants him to be
under, Mina has to draw on all her new-found maturity, and all her supportive
friends for strength.
Meanwhile, a Best in Show cat takes up residence at the
Ritzy Cats B&B, Mina’s other venture, setting Mina on the trail of a
suspicious character who might not have the cat's best interests at
heart.
Add a Matchmaker to the Stars, a temperamental Italian chef
and the usual menagerie of people and pets, stir it all up and you have an
entertaining, hard to put down romantic tale of suspense.
Excerpt:
Did he love her?
In the heat of the night, love was a given. But as daylight
unfolded, her insecurities found their path to her heart. Mina didn’t move,
afraid the slightest shifting might wake him. His chest rose and fell against
her back as he breathed peacefully. Their bodies touched, connected in a
perfect fit. A match made in heaven she repeated to herself, in heaven but not
on earth?
The longing she felt for him transcended sex and lust. Eyes
closed, she revisited their good-bye two years ago in the cemetery in Italy,
and that sense of unconditional love he’d brought into her life. It was the
kind of love Mina assumed girls customarily expected from a father, a brother,
a kin. But that was only a guess, a yearning, since she’d grown up without
parents or siblings, so she had never experienced such love, until then, during
that magical Italian summer.
Diego stirred and brushed his lips up and down the nap of
her neck. “Missed you,” he whispered.
Now wide-awake, Mina quipped, “You missed me? How?”
“How?” In one fluid motion he spun her around, her body
pressed against his. “How did I miss you?’ He paused, his eyes burning from a
surge of passion she hadn’t seen coming. “For the last two years I carried with
me the image of you in your red dress. The way you looked the last time I was
near you. It’s branded in my soul. I couldn’t rid myself of it. Even now a
glimpse of a red dress would arouse me. I’d be aroused not by the woman wearing
it, but by the memory of you in that red dress.”
Books 1 thru 5 Available at Amazon
About the Author
Best selling author Maria Grazia Swan was born in Italy, but
this rolling stone has definitely gathered no moss. She lived in Belgium,
France, Germany, in beautiful Orange County, California where she raised her
family, and is currently at home in Phoenix, Arizona--but stay tuned for weekly
updates of Where in the World is Maria Grazia Swan?
As a young girl, her vivid imagination predestined her to be a writer. She won her first literary award at the age of fourteen while living in Belgium. As a young woman Maria returned to Italy to design for--ooh-la-la--haute couture. Once in the U.S. and after years of concentrating on family, she tackled real estate. These days her time is devoted to her deepest passions: writing and helping people and pets find the perfect home.
Maria loves travel, opera, good books, hiking, and intelligent movies (if she can find one, that is). When asked about her idea of a perfect evening, she favors stimulating conversation, Northern Italian food and perfectly chilled Prosecco--but then, who doesn't?
As a young girl, her vivid imagination predestined her to be a writer. She won her first literary award at the age of fourteen while living in Belgium. As a young woman Maria returned to Italy to design for--ooh-la-la--haute couture. Once in the U.S. and after years of concentrating on family, she tackled real estate. These days her time is devoted to her deepest passions: writing and helping people and pets find the perfect home.
Maria loves travel, opera, good books, hiking, and intelligent movies (if she can find one, that is). When asked about her idea of a perfect evening, she favors stimulating conversation, Northern Italian food and perfectly chilled Prosecco--but then, who doesn't?
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