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About the Author:
Ju
Ephraime began writing professionally at age 19; at that time, she wrote short
stories for the local radio station in her home town. She gave up writing to
pursue her education and has since earned several degrees, including two
Masters and a Doctorate in Higher Education Administration from Northeastern
University in Boston. During the course
of her schooling, she wrote and published a working curriculum for a career
school, a business manual and its answer key, as well as other literary work. In 2010 she revisited her first love, writing
for fun and enjoyment. She writes high
heat, steamy, romance novels. The first was, State of Ecstasy in the LaCasse
series, which was soon followed by, Temptation to Sin, Loving Therèse, #2 in
the LaCasse series. Ju has gone on to write several more books, including, The
Odor of Violet, on tour this month,
Complete Surrender, #3 in the LaCasse series; as well as, a Christmas Novella,
Footsteps in the Sand and her award winning paranormal, White Magic Woman,
Quarterfinalist in Amazon Breakthrough Novel Contest, 2013, out of over 10,000
entrants.
Ju
lives in Connecticut, where she is very active in her community. She is the
administrator of a business school and the president of a non-profit
organization that dresses individuals for job interviews. Find and Follow:
Website ♦ Facebook ♦ Twitter ♦ Goodreads ♦ Amazon
Author’s Page ♦ Google+
READ A BRIEF EXCERPT
Ms.
Andrews walked into the room, and Damien felt the air leave his lungs. He could
not see her, but he felt Jake’s reaction also. He was not certain if he was
mirroring Jake’s reaction to the candidate or his own overactive imagination.
Whatever the reason, he had a physical reaction to whomever it was that walked
into his library. She was polite and calm, and he sensed she had a smile on her
face because Jake had an answering smile in his voice when he greeted her. Poor
Damien, he couldn’t see a thing, but boy, was he aware of her. He could smell
the fragrance she was wearing, and it was doing strange things to his body.
There was a hint of jasmine, mixed with a bit of musk, but the overwhelming scent was of violet. He recognized the scent because of the perfusion of violet plants that grew in the garden surrounding his house.
It was his favorite flower. He was never tired of sitting on the porch just inhaling its heady fragrance. On Ms. Andrews, the fragrance was positively intoxicating. The mixture of violet with her unique scent was overpowering. Damien was almost in pain from the strength of his physical reaction to her. He was uncomfortable in his seat and kept fidgeting and moving to get a more comfortable position. He did not want either Jake or the young woman to notice his discomfort. He desperately wanted to see the woman who was in his library, but he had to be content with just listening to her responses to Jake’s questions.
She sounded a bit flustered because she would begin each response with a slight nervous laugh, and Jake would respond in kind. This exchange between the two infuriated Damien, who wanted to participate in the conversation. He interrupted one of Jake’s questions to her with one of his own.
“Tell me, Ms. Andrews, how long have you been out of school?”
There was a hint of jasmine, mixed with a bit of musk, but the overwhelming scent was of violet. He recognized the scent because of the perfusion of violet plants that grew in the garden surrounding his house.
It was his favorite flower. He was never tired of sitting on the porch just inhaling its heady fragrance. On Ms. Andrews, the fragrance was positively intoxicating. The mixture of violet with her unique scent was overpowering. Damien was almost in pain from the strength of his physical reaction to her. He was uncomfortable in his seat and kept fidgeting and moving to get a more comfortable position. He did not want either Jake or the young woman to notice his discomfort. He desperately wanted to see the woman who was in his library, but he had to be content with just listening to her responses to Jake’s questions.
She sounded a bit flustered because she would begin each response with a slight nervous laugh, and Jake would respond in kind. This exchange between the two infuriated Damien, who wanted to participate in the conversation. He interrupted one of Jake’s questions to her with one of his own.
“Tell me, Ms. Andrews, how long have you been out of school?”
Enjoy the book blast carnival, Ju!
ReplyDeleteNice to meet you all. What a hop! Enjoy.
ReplyDeleteThanks, you guys!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Ju! Hope you're having a great time at the Book Blast Carnival. Thanks so much for hosting, too!
ReplyDeleteHi Ju,
ReplyDeleteI just wanted to drop by and say hello. I loved the book you chose for the hop!
Thanks for stopping by, gpangel. I thought it would be a good match.
ReplyDeleteA woman whose body aches for love. A woman who's had some heartbreak, has been hurt, has maybe even done some hurting. A woman who knows she ...love soulmate
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