Today’s
Back List Blast feature is another volume in my Asian Adventures
series. I’ve written quite a few multicultural stories. Singapore
Fling is a bit unusual for me in that both main characters
are non-Caucasian.
If
you’re looking for an upbeat, funny, romantic tale, I recommend
this book. Only $1.99!
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In
the cleanest city in
Asia, things can still
get messy.
Thai
entrepreneur Ploy Kaewkornwattanasakul has come to Singapore to close
a deal. Ploy needs to convince tech whiz Jason Chow to license his
ground-breaking innovation to her company on favorable terms. The
future of her startup depends on her negotiating skill. When she
meets Jason, though, she realizes she wants not just the invention,
but the inventor, too.
Jason
Chow is a brilliant engineer, a successful businessman and a bit of a
rebel. He’s attracted to Ploy from the moment he sets eyes on her.
However, he doesn’t dare respond to her advances, for fear she’ll
discover his secret vice.
Ploy
doesn’t understand why the sexy CEO has rejected her. She figures
she’ll have to content herself with the cold comfort of a signed
contract—unless the strength of Jason’s desire overwhelms his
shame.
Excerpt
No
sooner had Ploy pushed the dish away than a uniformed staff member
rolled up next to her with a plastic bin of dirty utensils. It took
no more than a few seconds for the employee to grab the bowl, balance
it on top of a pile, wipe the table clean, and disappear.
Ploy
glanced around the open space. Every table was full, most with
multiple people, eating with single-minded determination. Clearly at
the height of lunch hour, available tables were rare. Throughput was
critical.
Probably
she should vacate her table, but she didn’t like feeling pressured.
Anyway, she’d just paid the equivalent of two hundred baht for a
single bowl of not-very-exciting noodles. For that price, she could
buy a full dinner in Bangkok. She had the right to sit here for a
while.
She
glanced around at the other customers in the busy, noisy hawker
center, a mixture of shoppers and business people judging by their
clothing. Most alternated between animated conversation and shoveling
food into their mouths. Others sat glued to their phones, swiping
away with one hand while manipulating chopsticks in the other.
Everyone seemed to be in a hurry.
Three
tables away, though, she noticed an anomaly: a solitary young man,
reading a hard cover book. She couldn’t make out the title at that
distance—it could have been in Chinese, for all she could tell—but
whatever it was, it completely engrossed him. He was oblivious to the
bustle around him, including the frequent accusatory looks he
received from the cleaning staff.
A
real, printed book! Ploy was surprised to see anyone his age opting
for dead trees as opposed to a touch screen.
There
was nothing remarkable about the man himself. A bit taller than
average for a Singaporean, slender but not skinny, he had typical
Chinese features. He wore the dark pants and white shirt, sleeves
rolled up, that was the common business uniform in the steamy
climate. His slightly shaggy black hair fell into his eyes as he bent
over the book. A pair of dark-framed glasses and a phone rested on
the table next to him.
Something
about his utter stillness drew her, though. Attracted her, in fact.
She found his focused concentration exciting. This was a man with a
powerful will, a person who had no difficulty ignoring what did not
concern him. A bit of a rebel, too, given his willingness to flaunt
social convention in this aggressively polite city. Like her, he
wasn’t about to bow to the unreasonable demands of his inferiors.
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6 comments:
cool part
bn100candg at hotmail dot com
Upbeat and funny, sounds like a great read.
skpetal at hotmail dot com
I loe the cover. I am betting it is as great as the story.
debby236@gmail dot com
A good read. Good job:)
I want to find out what book had him so engrossed. Nice hook.
pansyparsons at hotmail dot com
Nice excerpt. Thank you!
humhumbum AT yahoo DOT com
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