Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Jennifer Faye to HJ!
Hi Jennifer and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Heiress’s Royal Baby Bombshell!
Hi. Thanks so much for hosting me and letting me share a bit about my Christmas release.
Please summarize the book for the readers here:
Heiress’s Royal Baby Bombshell is the second book in the trilogy The Cattaneo’s Christmas Miracles. It can be read as a standalone and has its own HEA. But there’s an overarching family saga that’s fun to read from beginning to end.
The Cattaneos’ Christmas Miracles
A family reunited for a Christmas to remember!
A life-changing letter
Millionaire Leo Baxter is shocked to receive a letter from his biological parents, but tragedy strikes before they get the chance to meet. Now he has two siblings who want to see him…
A long-lost brother
Sebastian and Noemi Cattaneo are in the Swiss Alps for their parents’ will reading. With a multimillion-euro business at stake and a surprise in store, it looks set to be…
A Christmas to remember!
Can the most magical time of the year—and finding love along the way—give this family the miracles they’ve each been waiting for?
Find out in
Cinderella’s New York Christmas by Scarlet Wilson
Heiress’s Royal Baby Bombshell by Jennifer Faye
CEO’s Marriage Miracle by Sophie Pembroke.
Please share your favorite line(s) or quote from this book:
“We should probably get back inside before people start to wonder where we’ve gone.”
He leaned in close. “Let them wonder. I like it much better out here, especially now that you are here.”
Please share a few Fun facts about this book…
- there’s a dashing prince…who’s a bit down on his luck
- a spunky heroine…who isn’t easily won over
- a snowy castle
- and lots of romance in the snow
What first attracts your Hero to the Heroine and vice versa?
The prince is attracted to Noemi because it’s love at first sight, but he isn’t willing to admit it to anyone–not even himself.
Noemi is attracted to the mysterious stranger at first because of his dreamy eyes, but then he wants to talk. He actually wants to hear what she has to say…unlike her family.
If your book was optioned for a movie, what scene would you use for the audition of the main characters and why?
I would use their first meet. There is an instant attraction between them and it would need to show between the actors…
Needing some fresh air, she stepped out onto the terrace. There was just enough of the evening sun for her to admire the distant mountain range as a gentle breeze caressed her skin.
“Beautiful.”
The deep rich voice had her turning her head. And there stood the intriguing stranger with the mesmerizing eyes. His voice held a slight accent. She couldn’t place it, but it was extremely sexy—just like the rest of him.
“I’m sorry. Am I disturbing you?” She glanced around for his harem of women, but he appeared to at last be alone—with her.
“Not at all. Please join me.” He motioned for her to join him at the edge of the terrace.
She stepped closer but not quite the whole way. “You were admiring the mountains, too?”
He sent her a puzzled look.
“When I stepped out here, you said beautiful. I assumed you were referring to the view.”
He smiled and shook his head. “No. I was talking about you. You are beautiful.”
She’d been complimented many times over the years. Being the face of Cattaneo Jewels, compliments came with the job. But the man looked at her as though he wanted to take her in his very capable arms and devour her with hungry kisses. The heat of a blush engulfed her cheeks.
“Thank you.”
The warm August evening was no help in cooling her down. She knew it was polite to make small conversation, but for once, her mind was a blank. This man didn’t seem to know who she was, and for the moment, she found that to be a welcome relief. She didn’t want him to treat her differently. For tonight, she wanted to be just a face in the crowd.
But when she turned her head and gazed into this man’s eyes, her heart began to race. For a moment, she glanced at his mouth. If she were someone else tonight, would it be wrong to give in to her desires—to live in the moment?
Readers should read this book….
If they love Christmas romances set in a luxury ski resort and an old world castle. If you love a dashing prince that has lost his way. And a heroine who wishes Santa would bring her splintered family together for Christmas.
What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have in the works?
I’m currently working on a number of projects. One of them happens to be a Greek wedding island trilogy that will release in 2019. It’s called Greek Island Brides. Book #1 Carrying The Greek Tycoon’s Baby releases March 2019. Book #2 Claiming the Drakos Heir releases June 2019. Book #3 title to be determined releases September 2019.
Thanks for blogging at HJ!
Giveaway: Print copy of HEIRESS’S ROYAL BABY BOMBSHELL (The Cattaneo’s Christmas Miracles #2) by Jennifer Faye. International Giveaway!
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Excerpt from Heiress’s Royal Baby Bombshell:
What was she going to do?
Noemi paced back and forth in her luxurious bedroom in her family’s palatial chalet. A gentle fire flickered in the fireplace, keeping her suite cozy. She couldn’t sit still.
So much had happened in the last few months that it made her head spin. First, the pregnancy test had turned up positive. As she’d struggled to come to terms with what this meant to her future, she’d stumbled across the fact that she had a long-lost brother. The realization had jarred her entire world. How could her parents have kept Leo a secret all her life?
An ensuing row between her and her parents had her shouting out hurtful words—words she didn’t mean. And yet now she couldn’t take them back. She couldn’t tell her parents she was sorry and that she loved them.
They were dead.
The reading of their will had succeeded in driving home the fact that her parents wouldn’t be here at the chalet as was their Christmas tradition. But the three siblings intended to spend the holiday together.
It had been strange to meet her brother Leo for the first time, even stranger to hear the contents of her parents’ will. She never would have imagined that the terms of the will would be the way they were. Clearly Sebastian hadn’t either, because when he’d discovered that his parents had given Leo controlling shares in Cattaneo Jewels for six months, he’d been furious. And although Leo had been clearly reluctant, the terms stated that should Leo refuse, Cattaneo Jewels would cease trading and be liquidated. And none of them had wanted that.
But tempers and emotions had risen, and it was all Noemi had been able to do to convince her brothers to think on it and to return here to the chalet in Mont Coeur just before Christmas for the final decision.
Even now, she could only guess at what her parents had been thinking when they’d written the will and its unusual terms. She missed them dearly—most especially her mother. She needed her now more than ever.
Noemi swiped at her eyes as she thought of her mother. And though their last conversation had been heated and hurtful, Noemi didn’t doubt her parents had loved her—even if she had made mistakes along the way. But all the wishing in the world wasn’t going to erase the last angry words that they’d exchanged, nor would it bring them back to her.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Book Info:
One-night miracle…
For the Crown Prince!
In this The Cattaneos’ Christmas Miracles story, rebel royal Max believes his infertility has cost him the throne — until heiress Noemi reveals she’s carrying his baby! And with his country’s future at stake, Max must claim his heir! Noemi is hesitant and fiercely protective of their unborn baby, but at his snow-covered palace can Max offer her the most precious Christmas gift ever — the chance to become a family…
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Meet the Author:
Award-winning author Jennifer Faye pens fun, heartwarming, contemporary romances with rugged cowboys, sexy billionaires and enchanting royalty. Internationally published with books translated into nine languages, she is a two-time winner of the RT Book Reviews Reviewers’ Choice Award. She has also won the CataRomance Reviewers’ Choice Award, been named a TOP PICK author, and been nominated for numerous other awards.
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Didi
There’s a traditional drink here called “wedang jahe” some sort of hot ginger drink that could warm you from inside out.
Diana Tidlund
Mint hot chocolate
Lynne Brigman
Coffee is my cold weather drink. Love my coffee❤
Mary Preston
I do love a hot chocolate when the weather is cold.
Tonya Lucas
Coffe, Black is my favorite. Jennifer this book is wonderful and really put me into the Christmas spirit.
sejoc1968
It’s still so surprising to me that you drink black coffee, so few women do!
sejoc1968
Coffee with hazlenut creamer is my favorite drink year-a-round. When it’s cold like an occasional good hot chocolate.
sejoc1968
I’m loving this book so far a just about half way!
Debra Guyette
I enjoy a nice hot cup of tea.
janinecatmom
I like hot tear or coffee all the time, but I especially like it when the weather turns cold. I love hot chocolate, but my tummy doesn’t allow me drink more than a few sips.
Glenda M
Hot chocolate or tea.
bn100
tea
Caro
Hot Chocolate!
Colleen C.
hot chocolate
Summer
Hot chocolate overflowing with marshmallows.
Sonia
Hot chocolate with whipped cream 🙂
Daniel M
just coffee
laurieg72
My favorite cold weather drink is hot chocolate with lots of melted marshmallow.
Joye I
Hot tea with honey
Teresa Williams
A big cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows
BookLady
Hot chocolate
Tammy Y
Hot chocolate
Rachael
I don’t have any in particular. I like the j20 glitterberry drinks they bring out at Xmas time
Mary C.
Chai tea
Debra Shutters
hot chocolate with marshmallows
Nicole (Nicky) Ortiz
Hot Chocolate
Thanks for the chance!
Cherie J.
hot chocolate
isisthe12th
I love Hot Apple Cider! Thank you
Kathleen O
Hot Chocolate or and Irish Coffee.
galehr
Hot coffee for me, all year long/all the time! And loved the book!
Irma
I love me some Nettle Tea.
Natalija
Peppermint tea.
Barbara Bates
Hot Chocolate with Mini-Marshmelows
Laurajj
Oh I have to go with hot chocolate and marshmallows!
dholcomb1
hot chocolate and chai tea
Vicki Clevinger
Spiced Cider
Olga
Hot chocolate.
Jen B
Tea.
Cassandra (@annabelsherl)
Strawberry Peach iced tea.
Patricia Barraclough
I have several, it depends on the time and the mood. Hot chocolate and spiced cider are favorites during the day. In the evening, I occasionally like to have an Irish Coffee.