Spotlight Stop with Carly Phillips...
Why Florida, why Football and what's your favorite Football Team?
Florida because I wanted to move out of the North East. Most of my small town books were in the NE. And I know Florida so I’m comfortable with the setting. I think that’s important.
Why football? Because the heroes gravitate to alpha sexy in my mind.
Which team? New England Patriots.
Why? My husband is from New England, Tom Brady (need I say more?) … and my dog Brady is named after him. And I’d have to find a new home if I said anything else.
Five favorite movies, TV shows, and books...?
I’m going to just name my absolute favs in each category. I can’t come up with five of each off the top of my head. I’m not that good LOL.
Movies:
Saving Sullivan
Overboard
The Saint
TV Shows
Alias (I still miss it!)
General Hospital
Books
I read so much, so fast, I couldn’t possibly name them all. If I start, I’ll leave someone out … but … here are SOME and apologies to the ones I don’t mention but do love – Kit Rocha, Shayla Black, Lexi Blake/Sophie Oak, Kelly Jamieson, Nalini Singh’s Psy series, Juliana Stone, Claudia Connor’s newest … clearly I’m a mostly erotic romance reader!
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So a brief glimpse at Carly Phillips. I have to say, I too LOVE Alias. Have them on DVD and have watched the entire series at least four times. Sidney and Vaughn are spectacular, not to mention all the peripheral characters.
Now here is some more information about her latest book...
About The Book:
Series: Dare To Love #5
Author: Carly Phillips
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance
Expected Publication: January 13, 2015
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Olivia Dare, executive director of the Miami Thunder, and team travel director Dylan Rhodes share more than just a passion for football. Their chemistry is explosive -- their feelings for each other intense. Yet Olivia has ended things for reasons he still can’t fathom and she won’t explain.Unwilling to let something special go so easily, Dylan has been pursuing Olivia ever since. When the Pro-Bowl takes them to the tropical paradise of Hawaii, Dylan is determined to make sure their time together isn’t all business. What happens in paradise is life altering but once Olivia admits her deepest secret and fear, will Dylan still want the forever he’s been pushing for?
Excerpt:
“Happy birthday, Olivia,” a familiar masculine voice drawled in her ear. She shivered at the sound, all her senses prickling with awareness as Dylan Rhodes’s warm breath heated her skin.
She turned to find him close. Too close, and her pulse picked up speed. Sexy chocolate-brown eyes gazed at her. And his close-cut goatee teased her with its nearness. In her dreams, that sexy goatee felt delicious against her bared flesh.
Jesus, Olivia, get a grip.
“Thanks for coming to the party.” Her voice came out too husky for her liking, but Dylan always had this kind of effect on her. He was the travel director with the Miami Thunder, her co-worker, and the man she’d lusted after from the day they’d met.
“I’m glad your sister invited me.”
She wished Avery hadn’t insisted on throwing her a party, but now that it was nearly over, Olivia had had a wonderful time and was grateful her mom and her siblings, half and full, cared enough to attend the event. Friends and co-workers too.
Especially Dylan.
He studied her beneath his hooded gaze. “I wouldn’t miss your celebration.” He tucked a wayward strand of hair behind her ear, his fingers trailing a path over her cheek in what was a deliberate, lingering touch.
She shivered; her traitorous nipples puckered at his light caress. This was more than the flirting dance they normally did. There was intent in his coffee-colored stare.
She turned to find him close. Too close, and her pulse picked up speed. Sexy chocolate-brown eyes gazed at her. And his close-cut goatee teased her with its nearness. In her dreams, that sexy goatee felt delicious against her bared flesh.
Jesus, Olivia, get a grip.
“Thanks for coming to the party.” Her voice came out too husky for her liking, but Dylan always had this kind of effect on her. He was the travel director with the Miami Thunder, her co-worker, and the man she’d lusted after from the day they’d met.
“I’m glad your sister invited me.”
She wished Avery hadn’t insisted on throwing her a party, but now that it was nearly over, Olivia had had a wonderful time and was grateful her mom and her siblings, half and full, cared enough to attend the event. Friends and co-workers too.
Especially Dylan.
He studied her beneath his hooded gaze. “I wouldn’t miss your celebration.” He tucked a wayward strand of hair behind her ear, his fingers trailing a path over her cheek in what was a deliberate, lingering touch.
She shivered; her traitorous nipples puckered at his light caress. This was more than the flirting dance they normally did. There was intent in his coffee-colored stare.
My Review:
Dare to Touch by Carly PhillipsMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Dare to Touch by Carly Phillips is the fifth book in her Dare To Love series. An absolutely phenomenal romance series about the Dare family and their uber-interesting lives.
Anyone familiar with the series will have seen, and hoped for, this story coming since the inception of the series. Both Olivia and Dylan have painful pasts and demons. Olivia is perfectly fine keeping her demons under wraps and her past deeply buried. Dylan is determined to change that. He wants Olivia and he's in it for the long haul. Now he just has to convince her he's not going anywhere.
Throw in some scorchingly hot, panty-melting love scenes, add some intrigue and suspense, top with a dose of awesome writing skill and you have yet another great book. Carly Phillips has bceome an auto-buy author for me.
About The Series:
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About The Author:
New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carly Phillips N.Y. Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Carly Phillips has written over 40 sexy contemporary romance novels that today's readers identify with and enjoy. After a successful 15 year career with various New York publishing houses, Carly is making the leap to Indie author, with the goal of giving her readers more books at a faster pace at a better price. Her Serendipity books will still finish up in January/February 2014 via Berkley as planned. Carly lives in Purchase, NY with her family, two nearly adult daughters and two crazy dogs who star on her Facebook Fan Page and website. She's a writer, a knitter of sorts, a wife, and a mom. In addition, she's a Twitter and Internet junkie and is always around to interact with her readers.
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