Spotlight & Giveaway: Hooked On You by Cathryn Fox

Posted May 1st, 2020 by in Blog, Spotlight / 50 comments

Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Cathryn Fox to HJ!
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Hi Cathryn and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Hooked On You!

 
Thanks for stoping by to hear about my new release, Hooked on You!!
 

Please summarize the book a la Twitter style for the readers here:

What could possibly go wrong when and academia mistakes a millionaire CEO for a hot lobster fisherman?
 

Please share the opening lines of this book:

You know in an action movie, when the hero just saved the day and everything goes into slow-mo as he walks toward the heroine, to emphasize the guy’s sexiness? Cue the big finale kiss, right? When they ride off into the sunset, have you ever sighed happily and thought, one day, that’s going to happen to me?
Yeah, me neither.

 

Please share a few Fun facts about this book…

  • This book is set in Lunenburg NS, about 30 minutes from my home and one of my favourite places to visits.
  • My best friend’s husband grew up with a blind cow named Bridgette, and her calf Ellen I wrote them into this story.
  • The restaurant my Hero and Heroine go to is a real restaurant, and one of my favourites.
  • The carriage ride is real!! I changed the name of the horse, lol
  • The kids have fun changing the words on the sign at the Fish Factory. Kids in my neighbour did this once and the things they came up with were hilarious.

 

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

She sees him coming in his fishing clothes, carrying a crate of lobster and she’s physically attracted to him. My hero loves her quirky sense of humor.
 

Using just 5 words, how would you describe Hero and Heroine’s love affair?

Burns brighter than the sun!
 

The First Kiss…

Body quaking, earth shaking passion!
 

Without revealing too much, what is your favorite scene in the book?

A fun scene where they have pumpkin races. We have a pumpkin regatta here in Nova Scotia. Check it out here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_753VbwWpA

“Ready,” he asks, and I quickly pull myself together, fearing I’m already in deeper than I ever meant to be. We’re different people from different worlds who are just enjoying each other. Neither of us wants a relationship, he made that clear, and this hookup comes with an expiration date. After that quick lecture, I nod, and we start paddling. Ice cold water splashes up, and I yelp as it chills my body.
“That is freezing,” I cry.
“I’ll warm you later,” Nate says with a grin. “Right now, we need to get Sam.”
We get moving again, and all around us, people are laughing and having fun, and I’m glad I pushed through my fears. Nate was right. I’m having a blast.
We paddle harder and faster, our movements now in synch, and we’re making headway across the lake. They are numerous pumpkins in front of us, but we’re gunning for Sam. Sam glances over his shoulder, and when he sees us closing the gap, he flicks more water at me.
“Cheater,” I say and flick water at him. “Let’s bump him,” I say.
“You are competitive,” Nate says. “And for a tiny thing, you’re pretty feisty, too.”
I laugh at that and catch up to Sam. We bang him with our pumpkin, and we both go into a spin. Nate gets us right again, and Sam is hollering.
“We have cheaters,” he yells out, but no one pays him any attention. From Sam’s other side, Jason hits him, and Sam’s pumpkin nearly flips.
“Motherfucker,” he yells, and we’re all in hysterics when he sets his paddle on his lap, grips the sides of the pumpkin, and tries not to capsize.
“Now I feel bad,” I say to Nate. “Let’s help him.”
“Yeah, help me,” Sam says, pouting at us.
I look at Nate. “Bring us close again.”
We get close, and maneuver around him, once we’re in front, I give his pumpkin a push and send him in the opposite direction. Jason comes over and gives me a high five.
“Well done, sister!”
“You are dead to me,” Sam says, but he’s laughing and having a good time, and that’s the whole point of this, right?
“You’ve got a mean streak in you. I’ll have to remember that,” Nate says, making a face that feigns fear.
“Don’t get on my bad side,” I warn. The truth is, I don’t really have a mean streak, and I’ve been on the wrong end of bullying and would never purposely hurt someone. Up ahead, Albert and Faith reach the finish line, followed by a few more people.
When we finally arrive, Sam is closing in tight behind us, followed by Jason, but we weren’t even in the top ten, which is fine by me. I just sailed a pumpkin across the lake and survived. That’s all the bragging rights I need. When I get back to Victoria, I’ll be able to brag to…no one. That thought hits like a punch. But I push it to the back of my brain when my crazy ‘brother’ Sam jumps from his pumpkin and comes running up to me. I shriek when he scoops me up and swings me like he’s going to toss me into the frigid water.
“Sam,” I scream. “Put me down.”
“Not until you tell everyone you cheated, and I have no match.”
“Never,” I say.
“Okay then,” he says and starts to swing me again. The only problem is the ground is wet, and his legs go out from underneath him. He hits the hard embankment, flat out on his back. But my landing, on top of him, is much softer.
“Damn, you okay?” he asks and searches my face.
“Yeah, you?”
Strong arms wrap around my waist and lift me clear off Sam. “You okay?” Nate asks. I nod and he holds a hand out for Sam to pull him up. “You hurt, buddy?”
“Two things hurt. My ass and my dignity.”

 

If your book was optioned for a movie, what scene would be absolutely crucial to include?

The very emotional scene toward the end, where they are having a celebration of life for the heroine’s late grandmother.

 

Readers should read this book …

It’s emotional AND laugh out loud funny, with an amazing cast of lobster fisherman you’re sure to fall for. It will leave you with all the feels.

 

What are you currently working on? What other releases do you have planned?

I’m currently working on The Burbs and the Bees, for Entangled.

Things get a little sticky when a rich, city girl with something to prove, inherits an apple orchard in suburbia Nova Scotia, and finds the hot, honey farmer next door—a man with a bad attitude and a whole lot of sexy—hell bent on sending her home.

 

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Excerpt from Hooked On You:

The ringing of bells reaches my ears, followed by chains rattling and heavy, pounding footsteps. I angle my head to the left, toward the clattering noise, but it’s not human feet hammering down the pavement. No, it’s hooves. Hooves! My God, there’s a runaway horse and buggy barreling down the road, and I’m in its direct path. I’m about to move, jump clear out of my perfectly sensible driving shoes, when something knocks the air from my lungs and sends me spinning across the road like the Tasmanian devil.
“I’ve got you,” I hear as we hit the curb with an undignified thud, and I try to suck in air as we come to an abrupt halt. I gasp but can’t seem to fill my lungs, or even think properly. My inability to do the most basic involuntarily action—like breathing—has very little to do with my near-death experience and everything to do with the hottest fisherman on the planet pinning me to the hard ground with his even harder body.
I open my mouth and try to say something, anything, but only manage a high-pitched sound like a chipmunk jacked up on red bull.
Great, just great.
“Are you okay?” he asks. Worry lines bracket the most gorgeous green eyes I’ve ever seen as he assesses me. His hand goes to my hair, and with the rough pad of his thumb, he brushes a wayward lock from my cheek.
“I…I…can’t breathe,” I manage to get out.
“Shit.” He slides off my bruised body. Dressed in orange bib pants, held up by black suspenders, and a white, button-down dress shirt that conflicts with his fishing apparel, he kneels beside me and goes back on the heels of his rubber boots. That look shouldn’t be sexy. On any other man, it wouldn’t be, but on him, oh my ovaries.
I force myself to and tear my gaze away. Embarrassment floods me as I look around, blink the scene into focus, and take note of the gathering crowd. In the distance, the horse slows and glances back at me over his shoulder. He shakes his head and gives a little neigh as if to say “next time you’re fish bait.”
“What just happened?” I ask.
“That was Eddie. Eddie is an asshole.”
Vision wobbly, I look beyond asshole Eddie, out over the Atlantic waters. Under the guise of admiring the manicured golf course in the distance, I give my brain a moment to stop rattling around inside my head. “What does Eddie have against me?”
Mr. Hot Fisherman chuckles slightly. “It’s not just you. Eddie hates the world. Every now and then, he likes to show his owner Doug, that he’s the boss, and breaks free for a good hard run. God help anyone in his path.”
“Every now and then, his owner should walk him by a glue factory,” I say. “That ought to set him straight.” Okay, I’m kidding. Seriously, I am. I’m an animal lover. Still…
This time he laughs out loud, and holy hell, the sound goes right through me and hits every erogenous spot along the way. Alrighty, girly parts, keep it together.

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Book Info:

“Hooked on You is a sweet treat read that will give you all the good feels!” – USA Today and WSJ bestselling author Avery Flynn

I’m a bookworm, a mathematician, not the kind of girl a hot lobster fisherman would notice.

Until he did.

I’m not in small town Nova Scotia to hook up. I’m here to settle my grandmother’s estate and sell the B&B, which I soon discover has been overrun with seasonal fisherman and operated on the honor system. The hard-core fishing folks become an instant family––the one I never had. Then there’s the blind pet cow, who has a crush on my hot fisherman, Nate. Okay, technically he’s not mine. I have no desire to get reeled in.

Until I do.

Soon, the little town grows on me, and the fisherman? It’s not long until I take the bait and we’re playing house at the B&B. Things are looking up.

Until they aren’t.

Rumors about a new plant and jobs being in jeopardy start swirling around town like a nor’easter, and all the signs point to my guy being behind the scandal. Should I give him enough line to play it out and learn his true intentions, or cut and run before I’m hooked?
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Meet the Author:

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cathryn Fox is a wife, mom, sister, daughter, aunt and friend. She loves dogs, sunny weather, anything chocolate (she never says no to a brownie) pizza and red wine. Cathryn lives in beautiful Nova Scotia with her husband, who is convinced he can turn her into a mixed martial arts fan. When not writing, Cathryn can be found Skyping with her son living in Seattle (could he have moved any farther away?) shopping with her daughter in the city, watching a big action flick with her husband, or hanging out and laughing with friends.
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50 Responses to “Spotlight & Giveaway: Hooked On You by Cathryn Fox”

  15. Pammie R.

    Nope. Never even been out of the U.S. Unless you count being made in Korea. 🙂

  24. Audrey Stewart

    I have never been to Nova Scotia. I have never been out of the US.

  30. Patricia B.

    The most enjoyable vacation we ever took was to PEI and Nova Scotia. The only part of Nova Scotia we managed to see was Cape Breton Island and a beach where there are fossil filled red rocks. We loved Cape Breton Island. Sadly, our trip was September of 2001. We were on PEI on 9-11. We had planned to go to Halifax, but planes were diverted there from NYC and all hotel rooms were taken the convention center had been turned into a giant shelter. We would like to go back again some day and see the rest of the Province.

  32. Ellen C.

    Yes. My girl friend and I rented a cabin for a week about 30 years ago. My husband and I have made cruise excursions there as well. (Peggy’s Cove and Halifax)

  33. Karina Angeles

    No. We’ve been to Alaska and have taken several cruises to Mexico, but we’ve never been that far!

  36. Anita H.

    I haven’t been that far out east yet but it’s on my bucket list to visit every province and territory!

  40. Laurie Gommermann

    I’d love to visit Nova Scotia! I’ be heard the fishing villages are quaint, beautiful and the people are friendly. Loved visiting via author Juliane MacLean’s blog posts.

  45. joab4424

    Yes, I love Nova Scotia! I visited my daughter when she was in university in Halifax. Another time I visited relatives in Cape Breton. I liked it so much, I wanted to move there.

  46. Pamela Conway

    No but I don’t travel much. I’m sure it’s beautiful though!