Greetings! Today I’m interviewing Patty, from Madison Michael’s time travel romance Our Love is Here to Stay. This post is part of Madison’s blog tour for the book.
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LS:
How did you get started swing dancing? Why do you enjoy it?
I
grew up in the 1950’s when everyone danced. We danced to records in
the house after dinner, at every party and backyard barbeque. By the
time I was sixteen and went on dates, going dancing or to the movies,
was just what we did.
But
I do love dancing, especially with a special guy. First, I love the
energy of the movements, and the music. Second, I love an excuse to
be held in the arms of a boy I like, if he knows how to dance, of
course.
LS:
What was the first thing that entered your mind when you saw Matthew?
Oh
gosh, Matthew stood out like a sore thumb the first time I saw him at
The Green Mill. He was Cary Grant in a room full of Donald O’Connors.
Taller, better dressed, more muscular. He was so handsome he took my
breath away.
LS:
Have you ever been in love before? If so, how did it end? If not--how
do you know that what you feel for Matthew is love?
I
might have had a crush or two before Matthew, but nothing serious.
All my friends were getting married, and I was starting to feel like
an old-maid at age 21, but no one really caught my eye. Perhaps
because they were boys, while Matthew was a man. He had a confidence
like none I had seen before, and the way he looked at me made me all
fluttery and excited. I knew he was special.
LS:
What's the most aggravating thing about Matthew?
He
talks about things that I can’t understand, using words I don’t
know and strange slang. I think he must be really smart, but it
doesn’t make it less aggravating. And I thought he was a little
forward at first. I am not that kind of girl.
LS:
Do you can make your relationship with Matthew work? How?
Do
we make it last? You’ll have to read the story to find out, but are
we madly in love – oh yeah!
Can love transcend time?
Thirty-year
old Matthew Herrington is weary of solo nights in strange cities. He
is ready for a change. And that is exactly what he gets when he steps
into Swing Night at The Green Mill and is instantly immersed in the
sights and sounds of another era. Intrigued by the club’s
authenticity, Matthew is enchanted when he meets Patty, a mixture of
sexy and sweet who steals his heart.
Patty
Dennison has never met a man like Matthew in all her twenty-one
years. A sophisticated man, he stands out from the usual Swing Night
crowd. He is self-assured, smart, charming, and handsome as hell,
even if he is a lousy dancer. Once he takes her in his arms, Patty is
more than willing to give him a few dance lessons along with her
heart.
Repeated
missed dates and unanswered phone calls strain the relationship and
frustrate the pair. But unraveling their mystery exposes an
impossible scenario, one that will torment their sanity and test
their love.
How
can they make their fairytale last? Can love transcend time?
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Excerpt
A
waitress came to take it off his hands. “Another?” she queried
and he nodded agreement, placing a crumpled dollar on her tray. “Too
much,” she told him shaking her head no. Matthew was surprised by
her response but the tray was covered with loose change so he removed
his bill and left the equivalent in quarters. Everything was so
inexpensive but the server still needed to make a decent living.
She
gave him a grateful smile and turned to move to her next customer,
carefully balancing her tray above the heads of the young people
around her. In the process, she nudged Matthew slightly causing him
to lose his footing and fall gently against another body. Turning to
apologize he found himself staring into the clearest, lightest blue
eyes he had ever seen. He couldn’t look away.
“Sorry,”
he mumbled when he finally regained his composure.
“That’s
okay,” she replied with a quick, bright smile. She was lovely, in a
wholesome girl next door way. She had her blond hair pulled into a
ponytail that curled like a hair product ad, clear-skinned cheeks
that were pink with warmth and perhaps exertion, and a curvy body
displayed under a bright red sweater and a flared plaid skirt.
Matthew
felt his mouth go dry and his palms get sweaty. She did something to
him, this fresh faced woman that he found incredibly sexy. Her red
lipstick was a slash of bright color mimicking the red of the
sweater. Until this moment, bright red lipstick screamed “tough
broad, stay away” to Matthew but on this girl it whispered “come
hither.”
“Matthew,”
he squeaked out, extending his hand to shake hers. Thinking twice
about it, he retracted his arm, running his palm against his pants
swiftly, and hopefully surreptitiously, before he extended his hand
again.
“Patty,”
she responded, placing her soft fingers in his large palm. She shook
like a girl. After all the bone-breaking handshakes Matthew had
endured across the globe, this limp, fingers-only shake surprised
him. She looked athletic, not tough but toned, and not sickly pale
like most Chicagoans in winter. The handshake didn’t match the
image and normally would have bothered him. Nothing about Patty
bothered him. Everything about her bothered him.
About the Author
Madison
Michael traded 28 years in Fortune 500 tech and management positions
for a chance to spend her days with sassy heroines, sexy, rich heroes
and nothing but happy endings. Growing up the daughter of a
librarian, she learned to love books, especially classics and
romances, and spent winters cuddled under blankets losing herself in
books.
Madison
is the author of three novels in the Beguiling Bachelor series, as
well as several short stories. She is a member of Romance Writers of
America.
After
living in the northeast, southeast and the west, Maddy returned to
her Midwest roots. She lives in Evanston, IL with two feline
editorial assistants and great views of Chicago’s famous skyline.
Contact
her at:
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