Nicole,
Thank you for having me here today.
Giveaway
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stop and will give a bag full of goodies to the person who follows me to the
most blogs and a gift to the host who gets the most commenters. You can find
the blog tour hosts at my blog: http://www.patyjager.blogspot.com
or my website: http://www.patyjager.net
Attraction
is a funny thing. It can be physical, spiritual, or a bonding of mutual
experiences and likes.
The
physical attraction can start out with the other person catching your eye. His
strong chin, blue eyes, nice hair, full lips, toned body. Maybe it’s the
clothes he’s wearing. Cowboy hat and boots, Armani suit, Levis and work shirt,
football uniform. There is something
about the person that catches your eye. For my characters in Secrets of a Mayan
Moon, Tino is drawn to the Isabella by
her lithe body that is unrestrained by undergarments. Callous, yes. A man
thing, definitely. Isabella is drawn to Tino’s voice. His soft, deep, accented
voice.
Bonding
over mutual experiences and likes can deepen the initial physical attraction.
Learning that you have similar likes or have been through similar experiences
brings two people together mentally.
They can over look other imperfections if they feel the other person
knows them. Isabella and Tino had different lives. Isabella being a genius raced
through her schooling at prestigious schools while Tino and his family had to
escape from their roots in Venezuela and start over at the poverty level in the
United States. But they both have a deep appreciation for their family and
their roots. They also have a deep sense of justice.
A
spiritual attraction takes the connection to a higher level. This attraction
draws on the heart and binds the two. Once the heart is actively drawn into the
attraction it is inevitable that their futures will be entwined. In some
instances it is a like Romeo and Juliet where there are outside forces that
prevent them from having a future, but in most cases it is lasting marriages
and fulfilled lives. For Isabella and Tino, the spiritual attraction grows even
under unusual and sometimes dangerous situations. It is through those dangerous
situations that they learn more about one another and the attraction grows.
Which
did you feel first for your significant other- physical, spiritual or the
bonding of mutual experiences?
Secrets of a Mayan Moon
Child prodigy and now Doctor of Anthropology,
Isabella Mumphrey, is about to lose her job at the university. In the world of
publish or perish, her mentor’s request for her assistance on a dig is just the
opportunity she’s been seeking. If she can decipher an ancient stone table—and
she can—she’ll keep her department. She heads to Guatemala, but drug
trafficking bad guys, artifact thieves, and her infatuation for her handsome
guide wreak havoc on her scholarly intentions.
DEA agent Tino Kosta, is out to avenge the
deaths of his family. He’s deep undercover as a jaguar tracker and sometimes
jungle guide, but the appearance of a beautiful, brainy anthropologist heats
his Latin blood taking him on a dangerous detour that could leave them both
casualties of the jungle.
Excerpt
She deposited
her backpack on the floor at her feet. The horn handle of a twelve inch
Guatemalan blade protruded from the side pocket. Tino’s curiosity spiked
another notch.
“I have a
reservation. Dr. Isabella Mumphrey.”
Tino snapped the
paper down and stared even harder at the woman. This was the frumpy, old
anthropologist he was to guide? His gaze scanned the length of her one more
time while tuning in the conversation.
“Ahh, Dr.
Mumphrey, Dr. Martin said you were to get the finest room, no?” The clerk acted
like a simpering fool giving the doctor her key and expounding on all the
wonders of the hotel.
“Gracias. May I borrow a paper and
pencil? I need to make a list for the taxi driver.”
The clerk handed
her the items. She stepped to the side of the counter and began writing.
Why would she make a list for a taxi driver? Curious, Tino
folded the paper and strolled to a spot beside her. So intent on her list, she
didn’t even acknowledge his presence as he leaned, reading the items. Army
knife, candle, braided fishing line, hooks, swivels, 24 gauge snare wire…
“You are
planning a trip into the jungle, no?”
She started at
his voice. Deep green eyes rimmed in gold stared at him from behind wire-rimmed
lenses. She blinked, focused on him, and narrowed her eyes.
“Didn’t your
mother teach you manners? You don’t look over people’s shoulders to see what
they’re doing.” She picked up her list and held it to her damp shirt.
“Mi mamá did teach me manners, no? I am
Tino Kosta, your guide to the dig at Ch’ujuña.”
He held out his hand waiting for her to shake.
Her gaze
traveled from his extended hand up his arm to his face. She squinted her eyes
and glared at him.
“You’re not of
Mesoamerican descent, so you can’t possibly be my guide. Are you in cahoots
with the disgusting little man who stole my property?” She bent toward her
backpack, giving him a good view down the front of her blouse.
Si, she didn’t wear a bra. The nipples
peaking through her clingy shirt sat atop a palm-sized mound. Now, being a man
who liked his hands filled to overflowing when it came to handling a woman—
“¡Carajo!” The pointed end of the large
knife that had been tucked in the doctor’s backpack waved inches from his nose.
“What is this about?” A woman who ran around without undergarments shouldn’t be
offended by a man viewing her body.
Paty's Bio:
Wife, mother, grandmother, and
the one who cleans pens and delivers the hay; award winning author Paty Jager
and her husband currently ranch 350 acres when not dashing around visiting
their children and grandchildren. She not only writes the western lifestyle,
she lives it.
Her contemporary Western, Perfectly Good Nanny won the 2008 Eppie
for Best Contemporary Romance, Spirit of
the Mountain, a historical paranormal set among the Nez Perce, garnered 1st
place in the paranormal category of the Lories Best Published Book Contest, and Spirit
of the Lake, the second book of the spirit trilogy, was a finalist in the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence.
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