DEADLY INTENT - Camy Tang - Free Book

Welcome, Camy, I'm thrilled to have you on my blog. Why do you write the kind of books you do?

I love reading romantic suspense, especially Love Inspired Suspense novels, which is why I’m thrilled to be releasing Deadly Intent with Steeple Hill. I don’t know what it says about me that I enjoy killing people in fiction. :)

Besides when you came to know the Lord, what is the happiest day in your life?

Probably the day my husband proposed to me. He took me to a lovely seafood restaurant with floor to ceiling windows overlooking the ocean, and he proposed after dinner. I was completely surprised because I hadn’t expected him to propose for another couple years.

Sounds wonderfully romantic. How has being published changed your life?

I absolutely love my job. While I enjoyed being a biologist researcher, it was not as fulfilling as it is to write stories for a living. I am wonderfully satisfied and joyful each day about the work I do.
What are you reading right now?

Snow Melts in Spring by Deborah Vogts

What is your current work in progress?

I’m actually working on two things: the fourth book in my Sushi series, which I’ll be making available as a free ebook to my newsletter YahooGroup members in the fall, and my next book for Zondervan, which will be a humorous contemporary romance about a woman who does the Couch to 5K running program. The C25K is a training program where you go from a couch potato to running 3 miles in about 9 weeks. I just finished the C25K myself! Yay!

Wish I could try that, but I can't. What would be your dream vacation?

Touring England! I want to go to Ireland and Scotland and London and Bath.

How do you choose your settings for each book?

Usually, ideas for settings come to me at weird times, like when I’m showering or in the middle of the night. Almost always when I don’t have a paper and pencil handy.

I've left the shower many a time and gone straight for a piece of paper and pen to write something down the Lord showed me. If you could spend an evening with one person who is currently alive, who would it be and why?

I want Emeril to cook dinner for me. Bam! Good food and an entertaining guest all at once.

That sounds like a fun evening. What are your hobbies, besides writing and reading?

Knitting! I love it! It helps me to de-stress and it also helps me think so that I can write.

What is your most difficult writing obstacle, and how do you overcome it?

Distraction. I think of all the things I need to do in the house rather than writing, like cleaning the toilet. Guilt is a terrible thing when your house is messy.

What advice would you give to a beginning author?

Read up on as many writing articles as you can before you finish that first book. I learned SO much from just reading about the writing craft online, and it gave me a leg up because I found out which writing books to get and the basics of crafting a genre novel.

Tell us about the featured book?

Deadly Intent is my first romantic suspense. Here’s the back cover blurb:

SCENE OF THE CRIME
The Grant family’s exclusive Sonoma spa is a place for rest and relaxation—not murder! Then Naomi Grant finds her client Jessica Ortiz bleeding to death in her massage room, and everything falls apart. The salon’s reputation is at stake...and so is Naomi’s freedom when she discovers that she is one of the main suspects! Her only solace is found with the other suspect—Dr. Devon Knightley, the victim’s ex-husband. But Devon is hiding secrets of his own. When they come to light, where can Naomi turn...and whom can she trust?
　

Please give us the first page of the book.

Chapter One
The man who walked into Naomi's father's day spa was striking enough to start a female riot.
Dark eyes swept the room, which happened to be filled with the Sonoma spa's staff at that moment. She felt his gaze glance over her like a tingling breeze. Naomi recognized him instantly. Dr. Devon Knightley.

For a wild moment, she thought, He's come to see me. And her heart twirled in a riotous dance.
But only for a moment. Sure, they'd talked amiably— actually, more than amiably—at the last Zoe International fund-raising dinner, but after an entire evening sitting next to her, he hadn't asked for her phone number, hadn't asked for any contact information at all. Wasn't that a clear sign he wasn't interested?

She quashed the memory and stepped forward in her official capacity as the spa owner's daughter and acting manager. "Dr. Knightley. Welcome."

He clasped her hand with one tanned so brown that it seemed to bring the heat of the July sun into the airy, air-conditioned entranceway. "Miss Naomi Grant." His voice had more than a shot of surprise, as did his looks as he took in her pale blue linen top and capris, the same uniform as the gaggle of spa staff members gathered behind her. "It's been a few months since I've seen you."

He still held her hand. She loved the feel of his palm— cool and warm at the same time, strong the way a surgeon's should be.

No, she had to stop this. Devon and his family were hard-core atheists, and nothing good would come out of giving in to her attraction. "What brings you here?"

"I need to speak to Jessica Ortiz."

An involuntary spasm seized her throat. Of course. Glamorous client Jessica Ortiz or plain massage therapist Naomi Grant—no comparison, really.

But something in his tone didn't quite have the velvety sheen of a lover. He sounded almost… dangerous. And danger didn't belong in the spa.
　
I'm hooked. How can readers find you on the Internet?

My website is http://www.camytang.com/ and I blog daily at http://camys-loft.blogspot.com/. I give away Christian fiction on my blog every week, and I also have a fantastic newsletter contest going on now for members of my newsletter YahooGroup. Join today: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Camys_Loft/join
Thanks for having me here, Lena!
Camy

It is totally my great blessing and pleasure.

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