Today it is my pleasure to Welcome author Sandra Kitt to HJ!
Hi Sandra and welcome to HJ! We’re so excited to chat with you about your new release, Winner Takes All!
Please summarize the book for the readers here:
I think of WINNER TAKES ALL as being a multilayered story about choices, luck, and love. The thing that ties all three together is a hero, Patrick Bennett, winning the New York Mega Lottery for an obscene amount of money and wondering what to do with so much money. Visions of endless spending do NOT dance in his head, but rather the unexpected ways in which people try to separate him from his wealth. When he reunites with Jean Travis, a former high school classmate, Jean helps Patrick to focus on the really important things in life; his family, good fortune..and Jean. Jean is biracial, raised by loving parents who’d never married. It becomes apparent that they have always cared for one another and are ready to grab their second chance at love. But, as the saying goes, the course of true love never did run smooth!
Please share your favorite quote from the book:
“I think I do much better when I behave like a grownup,” Patrick said ruelly.
Please share a few Fun facts about this book…
- I had to do a lot of research on hiring a private helicopter for a day.
- Despite tons of special dinners and receptions Patrick’s favorite meal is Jean taking him for authentic Brooklyn Pizza.
- Patrick and Jean racing each other to see who reaches and jumps into an outdoor pool. Patrick cheats.
If your book was optioned for a movie, what scene would you use for the audition of the main characters and why?
Jean works for the Mayor’s office and made the official televised announcements of the lottery in which Patrick is the Mega-A-Million winner. Friends host an After Party at a local cafe near City Hall. Patrick invites Jean, but she attends only because she’s still officially on the job. They are the last to leave at the end of the evening. Jean is concerned that Patrick has had too much to drink to drive himself home, and she offers to put him up for the night. Patrick poo poos that he’s fine but Jean demands and takes his car keys. There’s a little push back from Patrick…”no one drives my car…” before Jean officiously digs in her heels, and he gives up. (Really, he would not have given in if he wasn’t a little curious and wanted to extend his time with Jean.)
What do you want people to take away from reading this book?
Not to be distracted from the important things in life by the shiny things and money! Love is always going to be what matters most, and what will sustain you when ‘all that glitters’ is gone.
Thanks for blogging at HJ!
Giveaway: A paperback copy of Winner Takes All by Sandra Kitt
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Excerpt from Winner Takes All:
“The Porsche Cayenne is the first thing I’ve bought myself since the win. I can tell you it felt weird not having to finance.”
“And you hired a driver?”
“He’s not my driver. He works behind one of the cameras. When I asked how he felt about taking my car into the city to get you he jumped all over it. I warned him that if anything happened to you or my car he was roadkill.”
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Book Info:
Jean Travis has the job of announcing the latest lottery winner on TV and is stunned to find that Patrick Bennett, her teenage crush, is the top mega winner. They haven’t seen each other in years, and Patrick is thrilled to renew their acquaintance. Jean, not so much. After all, a lot has changed since they used to study together and Jean worked so hard to hide her feelings. Now that he’s won so much money, Patrick faces a whole new world of demands from family, friends, coworkers, strangers. The only person he knows for sure he can trust, is Jean…
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Meet the Author:
Sandra Kitt is the author of more than twenty novels, including the acclaimed and bestselling The Color of Love. Her work has been nominated for the NAACP Image Award and has appeared on the Essence and Blackboard bestseller lists. She is the recipient of the Romantic Times Lifetime Achievement Award and the Zora Neale Hurston Literary Award. She lives in New York.
Glenda M
Honestly, I’d hesitate to date a guy who was that rich. That much money complicates things. Besides, the most expensive gifts aren’t always the best ones
Kathleen O
I would like to think that I would ask for something small, like a book I want to read. I would most likely ask for something for a family member in need.
SusieQ
An experience, like a vacation, that can be enjoyed together.
rkcjmomma
Maybe a nice quiet trip for 2 to spend time together!!
Daniel M
a new car yeah
bn100
trip
Teresa Williams
Dinner at a nice restaurant.
Crystal
I would want my own Mansion with a good sized walk in closet for all my clothes and other stuff he’s going to buy me as a gift along with this mansion with the goodsized closet. That’s what I would want him to get me as my gifts.
Nina T
Something meaningful to me or us.
Janine
If he really wanted me, he better buy me an engagement ring.
Bonnie
A mansion in Hawaii with a beautiful view of the ocean
Pamela Conway
I’d say a chef & housekeeper! Also a bigger house so I could adopt more dogs from the shelter!!
Vicki Clevinger
I’d love a trip to Scotland
Kay Garrett
Since I’m not much on monetary gifts, I would hope for a great getaway where we could spend time together doing something fun. Your time is the best gift. It’s something you can only give once.
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Ellen C.
Something small that had special meaning to us.
Diana Hardt
a nice dinner at a restaurant
EC
Home/cooked meal by him.
Irma
Vacations 🙂
Texas Book Lover
I’m the least material person ever so I have no idea. When my husband and kinds ask this I always tell them to clean the house for me so I’ll go with that!
laurieg72
I’d like the gift of his time to spend with me taking walks, watching movies, getting to know each other better. I’m not into material gifts.
Teresa Warner
Trip to Hawaii!
Charlotte Litton
I love jewelry
Tina R
I wouldn’t expect anything. However, if he wanted to buy something, I would hope for something special that he put thought into buying.
Patricia B.
I would hope he would give me the gift of a true and sincere friendship that might develop to more.
Sandra Kitt
I am really impressed with all of the responses to the question, ‘what would you want as a gift…” I’m pretty much of the same mind set. I’m not impressed by huge monetary gifts, and it’s always the little things that mean the most. A nice trip for two…quiet and intimate (read WINNER TAKES ALL for how Patrick and Jean handle the question). Even thinking of giving to someone else is very spot on! Hench, Patrick’s establishing THE MILLIONAIRES CLUB. Winner Takes All is Book #1 Thanks, all!
Sandra