THE UNPREDICTABLE COLORS OF LOVE By : J . Arlene Culiner
The Plot :
Callie Patterson , an unsuccessful artist , hopes that a relationship with the irresistible and magnetic Nicholas Trier will pave the way to success . She follows him to France where , in a magnificent château , he holds his artists ’ retreats . But famous men surround themselves with hangers-on and demand complete loyalty . Callie soon finds herself far more attracted to Michel Alexandre , the estate gardener , who loves and protects trees and every living creature . But if she wants to make a name for herself , she ’ ll have to choose Nicholas and his world . Except nothing is quite the way it seems , and perhaps success isn ’ t the most important thing , after all .
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An Excerpt
With gentle fingers , he spread the delicate roots of a tiny shrub , tucked it into place in the little hole , then tamped down the moist soil with his palm . Reached for another , and then another .
She watched silently as he planted , and strangely enough , it was almost a sensual sight . His hands were broad , strong , and deeply tanned from working outdoors ; his long fingers were beautifully shaped . And under that denim shirt of his , there was the alluring suggestion of tight sinew and warm , fragrant skin . Bear like ? No , not exactly . Something more , something …
“ A penny for your thoughts .” Michel was watching her with those disconcerting eyes of his , very dark , with heavy lids and thick lashes .
She felt the blush as it traveled upward , flooding her neck , her face . He hadn ’ t caught what she had been thinking , had he ? Perhaps he had . Surely , he ’ d seen how her gaze had traveled over his hands , his arms , his chest , and shoulders . How incredibly humiliating ! What vaguely plausible answer could she give ? “ Oh … just remembering something .”
“ Ah .” Eyebrows raised in overt amusement , he smirked — rather cockily — then went back to working on the next hole , the next shrub .
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Prices : Print : $ 14.99 E-Book : $ 6.99 Length : 422 Pages Heat Level : Spicy
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Biography :
Writer , social critical artist , and impenitent teller of tall tales , J . Arlene Culiner , was born in New York and raised in Toronto . She has crossed much of Europe on foot , has lived in a mud house on the Great Hungarian Plain , in a Bavarian castle , a Turkish cave dwelling , a haunted house on the English moors , and beside a Dutch canal . She now resides in a 400-year-old former inn in a French village of no interest where , much to local dismay , she protects spiders , snakes , and weeds . Observing people everywhere , she eavesdrops on all private conversations and delights in hearing any nasty , funny , ridiculous , sad , romantic , or boastful story . And when she can ’ t uncover any salacious gossip , she makes it up .
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