Spotlight & Giveaway: Cinderella for the Miami Playboy by Dani Collins

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Dani Collins to HJ!

Hi Dani and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Cinderella for the Miami Playboy!

Hi Sara! Thanks for having me back 🙂
 

Please summarize the book for the readers here:

Bianca is a whistleblower hiding from the authorities (and the fiancé she has betrayed). She takes a job as a housekeeper only to learn her boss is her (unforgettable) one-night-stand from a few months ago.
Everett is also keeping secrets, including the fact he arranged for Bianca to work for him. When she finds out, things go sideways and she exposes both of them, forcing them to pretend to be married.
Bianca wants a family and Everett is busy punishing himself for his past. For now it’s a hot affair with no future, but maybe they’ll find one?
 

Please share your favorite line(s) or quote from this book:

I like this exchange for the emotion inside it:
“That’s why I left while you were asleep.”
“I wasn’t asleep.”

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

• It’s a follow-up to Confessions of an Italian Marriage. When I wrote it, I had many readers ask if Everett would get his own story. Yes! This is it 🙂
• I hadn’t planned to set it in Miami. That was my editor’s request, but I’m so glad she gave me a reason to research and cyber-visit the Florida keys. I’ve always wanted to see them in person.
• One of my first reviews said the love scenes were ‘hilarious.’ I was baffled until I reread the book. I forgot what I had done there and I won’t spoil it for you, but yes, they are hilarious. I hope you enjoy it!

What first attracts your Hero to the Heroine and vice versa?

Sex. 😉
Everett is bored and sees a chance for a one-night-stand. Bianca is leaving the life she knows and spending the night with Everett is a kind of rebirth into her new life.
But also, they’re both hot and horny so yeah.

Did any scene have you blushing, crying or laughing while writing it? And Why?

The first love scene was pretty hot! I was going for a serious alpha-male vibe:

“Stop.”
Slowly she released him and brought the back of her wrist to her mouth to dry the dampness from her lips. “Did I do something wrong?”
“You know what you were doing. You think I’ll let you control me, Bianca? You really are new to this, aren’t you?” He sat up and cradled the back of her head as he plundered her mouth with a burning kiss, tongue thrusting between her lips, letting her know exactly what he wanted to do to her.
She was on her knees before him, helpless. Not from any force on his part, but from the inferno inside her.

Readers should read this book….

If you love romance! Bianca is an avid reader so you’ll immediately relate to her.

What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have in the works?

I’m in the middle of writing a four-book series for Harlequin Presents called Four Weddings and a Baby. The first two release in October and November – Cinderella’s Secret Baby and Wedding Night with the Wrong Billionaire.
Before that, look for Innocent in her Enemy’s Bed in August.
 

Thanks for blogging at HJ!

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Excerpt from Cinderella for the Miami Playboy:

First Kiss:

The atmosphere shifted. Her searching gaze drifted to his mouth. She swallowed.
They each nudged their feet a fraction closer, bodies leaning more firmly into one another.
Careful, Everett. Not in a million years would he make a move on a woman who was only seeking comfort, but as he drew a breath and started to pull back, the light in her eyes dimmed. Her beautiful mouth, which was right there, trembled with rejection. She firmed it and her chin crinkled. Her weight shifted away from his.
His arm instinctually tightened, trying to keep her from dissolving like loose sand through his fingertips.
Her gaze flashed up to his and, damn it, he’d been thinking of kissing her again for so long.
As he slowly, slowly let his head lower, she stayed right where she was. In fact, her body inclined more into his, melting and receptive, warm and welcoming.
He touched his mouth to hers and a tingling dance slid across his lips. Smooth, plump flesh gave way as he settled deeper into their kiss. A soft noise throbbed in her throat, one that added to the moans and sobs and cries of ecstasy that echoed in his erotic dreams.
There was a worth-the-wait quality to this kiss, but he groaned thinking that he had known where she was all this time and could have had a thousand of these kisses by now. He shouldn’t have wasted any of that time. She opened her mouth further and he drew her closer, sliding his arm around her as he rocked his mouth to deepen their kiss.
He became so lost in her scent and taste, he didn’t immediately catch the flavor on her tongue or the faint aroma clinging to the hand she raised to touch his cheek, not until his lips began to burn.
His lips began to burn.
He grabbed hold of her upper arms and set her back a step.
“How did you know?” he growled.
True fear sent his heart slamming with the force of a wrecking ball, nearly cracking his ribs. The prickling sensation was already spreading into his mouth and down his throat.
A clock began ticking in his head. He would never make it to the boat. Was there a first aid kit in the house? Why hadn’t he grabbed his pen? He always had one in his pocket, but he’d been fiddling with the security system on his phone and too impatient to see her. Idiot.
“How did I know what?” she asked as he swiveled away and hopped with one crutch toward the door to the kitchen.
“That I’m allergic to peanuts.”
This time it might actually kill him.

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Book Info:

His housekeeper in the spotlight…

Or his irresistible Cinderella?

Bianca Palmer’s world hasn’t been the same since going into hiding for her own protection. After taking work as a housekeeper, she’s shocked to discover her boss is Everett Drake—the man she shared a mesmerizing encounter with six months ago!

Face-to-face, their attraction immediately flares back to life. And when their relationship is suddenly exposed, a pretend romance with playboy Everett will protect Bianca by distracting the press. But will it risk her wanting more from this billionaire with so many secrets?

Cinderella steps into the glamour of the spotlight in this fake relationship romance by USA TODAY bestselling author Dani Collins.

Fun fact: Everett first appeared in Confessions of an Italian Marriage. The books stand alone, but if you want more Everett, look there.
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Meet the Author:

Award-winning and USA Today Bestselling author Dani Collins thrives on giving readers emotional, compelling, heart-soaring romance with some laughter and heat thrown in, just like real life. Mostly she writes contemporary romance for Harlequin Presents and Tule’s Montana Born, but her backlist of sixty-plus books also includes self-published erotic romance, romantic comedy, and even an epic medieval fantasy. When she’s not writing—just kidding, she’s always writing.
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