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When
Dani Smiled
by
Athina Paris
Genre:
Romantic Suspense
Stranded
on the side of a highway, Dani, a young fashion designer and IT
expert, calls to reschedule an important interview, only to discover
that her future boss is in the hospital. Nicholas, playboy and heir
to Galfrey’s, can't help but be intrigued by the young woman's
voice on the phone and races to her rescue.
Attraction
is immediate and mutual, but whereas Nicholas has never waited for
anything in his life, Dani quickly dampens his enthusiasm by refusing
to be rushed into a casual liaison.
Sams
is handsome, ambitious, and rich, but also self-centred, with huge
self-entitlement issues, manipulative, and believes Dani belongs to
him. A master programmer, he is also no fool and realises that he is
about to lose what he has never had; Dani, and so begins a dangerous
stalking game. It is up to Dani not only to outsmart Sams, but also
save Galfrey’s and herself, as Sams is the keeper of a secret,
which he hopes will coerce her into submitting to his twisted
desires.
Love
& Madness
by
Athina Paris
Genre:
Romantic Suspense
Benjamin
Powell
believes
he has begun an empire. He has three sons and owns the most
successful construction company. But it all begins to crumble when he
chooses to manipulate their lives. Twenty-seven years later, the
consequences of his decisions are still being felt.
Three
women enter this world and fall in love with the Powell men –
Sofia,
Christie,and
Gloria –
they will suffer, fight, win, and lose. Can one or all find their way
back to happiness; whether with the man she loves, or with someone
else?
Knight
Kisses
by
Athina Paris
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
After
losing her mother to cancer, Gabrielle swears off love. Because
loving hurts too much when things go wrong. Then, she travels to
Africa to meet her father - a man whose existence she was oblivious
to. Before long, there is also a baby sister to look after, and
intuitively she knows that she needs to protect her. Promptly, there
is another tragedy, and more than ever, Gabrielle realises how wise
she is to lock away her heart. But that was before she met Jonathan
Knight, a man who amuses and confuses her, and Paul, his best friend,
who is just as smart and funny. Through an unfortunate sequence of
events, she finds herself in a troublesome situation, but being who
she is, she tries to handle it alone, unwittingly sinking into a
morass of danger. A solution comes in the form of Paul, who makes a
harebrained suggestion, which Jonathan - for reasons of his own -
grabs and presents her with the providential arrangement.
Instinctively, she declines the proposal, but Jonathan is persuasive
and paints a wonderful picture of security. She accepts out of need,
but soon, Jonathan’s ulterior motives unravel, and nothing is as it
should be. But she can’t disclose the truth, for her secret could
undo the safe future she is trying to create for her little sister.
All
I Ever Wanted: Jessie
by
Athina Paris
Genre:
Contemporary Romance
When
Jessie meets John at college, they begin a friendship that should
have never happened, for the Stevens and Barrymores parted ways 60
years ago, under acrimonious circumstances.
Then,
John complicates things further by taking her to the family home and
hiding her identity from his family. She meets his three brothers,
and soon finds herself embroiled in four very different
relationships.
Which
one will be the love of her life? James, the heir to the Barrymore
fortune. Mathew, the heartbreaker. Mark, the one who gives her
sleepless night, or John, her best friend?
But
can anything meaningful come out of these fateful encounters, when it
has all been started on the shaky ground of subterfuge?
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Athina
Paris lives in South Africa but spent her formative years in
Mozambique, where she was born and went to school. Years in convents
and boarding schools prompted a deep curiosity and the need to
liberate her mind, which quickly developed into an avid interest in
reading and storytelling and led to a lifelong obsession with the
written word and books. By fifteen she had read most of the classics,
discovered ancient civilizations and became fascinated with various
mythologies; a love she has kept to this day.
Raised
in a culture where meddling is seen as 'caring', she became a
spectator of human nature. Quiet and shy, she preferred recording
conduct rather than participating in what she calls familial mass
hysteria, and so built a treasure-trove of relationship observations
from which she eventually drew backgrounds for the characters in her
romantic novels.
She
studied Interior Design, but soon felt the pull of her dormant talent
and turned to Creative Writing, as she realised the significance of
those notebooks packed with ideas. She soon followed it with
Scriptwriting.
Set
in faraway and exotic places, Athina's epic romantic work takes her
characters on voyages of self-discovery while dealing with
catastrophic love lives and an imperfect world.
A
stint as a high school English teacher polished her skills. However,
she has recently vacated the position to concentrate on her
professional goals of writing, editing and proofreading.
GUEST POST
If you had to do it all over again, would you change anything in
your latest book?
That is a trick question for me,
because I am never satisfied. I can always think of another
conversation, another dilemma, another twist. But then I would never
be done, so I must draw a line somewhere and let the work go.
Did you learn anything during the
writing of your recent book?
I am always learning. And because I am
also an editor, I keep in mind everything I tell other writers to do
and not do.
If your book was made into a film,
who would you like to play the lead?
I will stick to the three characters
that dominate most of the story. I might pick Jennifer Lawrence or
Margot Robbie, as they remind me of Christie, Jensen Ackles as
Michael, and Alexander Skarsgård as Edward.
Anything specific you want to tell
your readers?
Despite all the drama, it is a Happy
Ever After story.
How did you come up with name of
this book?
I called it Love & Madness because
that is what comes through from these people in their excesses.
What is your favorite part of this
book and why?
When Christie decides she has had
enough bullying and takes matters into her own hands.
If you could spend time with a
character from your book whom would it be? And what would you do
during that day?
I would spend the day with Benjamin
Powell, to get into his brain and see what outcome he was expecting
when he decided to dictate his sons’ lives.
Are your characters based off real
people or did they all come entirely from your imagination?
All my characters are pure fiction but
some of the situations and circumstances were things I saw in a
diverse group of people.
Do your characters seem to hijack
the story or do you feel like you have the reigns of the story?
Now and then something unexpected
happens in my stories, but mostly, I have endless discussions with
myself and the characters to work out all eventualities.
Convince us why you feel your book
is a must read.
This may sound a bit silly but as a
teenager I devoured Barbara Cartland and Mills & Boon romances.
Not so much for the characters falling in love but how the writers
created the plot twists; that was always my favourite part. So I hope
that I have been able to create my own spirals of crazy.
Have you written any other books
that are not published?
Oh yes, I have a bunch of ideas in my
notebooks.
If your book had a candle, what
scent would it be?
Mocha. The enveloping security of
chocolate and the wild adrenalin of coffee.
What did you edit out of
this book?
A lot, as I needed to make it fit into
today’s market. I had more twists than a nautical rope, but took
many out and streamlined the story so it would not come across as too
melodramatic.
Is there a
writer whose brain you would love to pick for advice? Who would that
be and why?
Yes. I would like
to ask Stephen King where he gets those chilling premises. What vault
does he dig into, is he afraid of his own tales, and does he have
sleepless nights while he’s writing them?
Fun Facts/Behind the Scenes/Did You
Know? -type tidbits about the author, the book or the writing process
of the book.
Writing is a long and lonely process.
So, be sure you like your own company and are okay with people
thinking you’re crazy when you go over characters’ conversations
alone and they wonder why you’re talking to yourself; including the
correct tone of voice for multiple individuals and hand gestures
associated with the discussion.
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