Gypsy heath and alyssa

I got my first taste of romance novels tucked away in the back of Papyrus a little bookstore near Columbia University in Manhattan when I was eleven years old They had a children s section but it was downstairs in the basement accessed by a separate street entrance and they always closed it before we got there My father liked to take me and my brothers to bookstores late at night after spending at least an hour lingering over black coffee and poppy seed cookies at The Hungarian Pastry Shop on Amsterdam Avenue and we never made it over to Papyrus before ten p. Gypsy healthcare m Out of boredom trapped in the dusty aisles of Papyrus late at night I started browsing through all the old used books I wasn t too interested in the textbook sections th I got my first taste of romance novels tucked away in the back of Papyrus a little bookstore near Columbia University in Manhattan when I was eleven years old They had a children s section but it was downstairs in the basement accessed by a separate street entrance and they always closed it before we got there My father liked to take me and my brothers to bookstores late at night after spending at least an hour lingering over black coffee and poppy seed cookies at The Hungarian Pastry Shop on Amsterdam Avenue and we never made it over to Papyrus before ten p. Gypsy heart to blame m Out of boredom trapped in the dusty aisles of Papyrus late at night I started browsing through all the old used books I wasn t too interested in the textbook sections that catered to the Columbia students but I did fall in love with the paperback romance novels The first one that I read was an epic 500 page historical love story set during the War of 1812 I was drawn in instantly and I fell in love with romance novels after that My oldest and dearest friend s older sister Audrey lent me my second romance novel a tattered paperback that reminded me of a steamier version of the movie Romancing the Stone with Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner After that I could always be found in the romance section of B Dalton Books devouring steamy historical romance novels by Catherine Coulter and Dorothy Garlock I then proceeded to write my own romance series which I thought was fabulous but since I was only twelve and had an almost non existent love life to base it on it probably wasn t actually that exciting Over the years I detoured away from the standard romance novels as I delved into classic literature as an English major in college at Drew University and I fell in love with the classics Jane Austin George Elliot The Bronte Sisters Hardy and Hawthorne In my personal reading I delved into Gail Tsukiyama Dorothy Allison Kathryn Harrison Julia Alvarez Anita Shreve and many others I devoured memoirs by Alexandra Fuller Adeline Yen Mah and Helen Fremont I went through a Patricia Cornwell phase and even considered becoming a mortician earning the nickname Morticia from my husband s high school buddy Jeremy But through it all the constant theme that attracted me to everything that I read was romance and in the end I found myself circling back and falling in love with the good old romance novel again Upon my return to my old love the romance novel I fell in love with Julie Garwood and read every historical romance that she wrote at least five times Then I discovered Diana Gabaldon s Outlander books and tore through them sulking and grumbling as I waited for each new book in the series to come out During this process of abandoning the romance novel and finally returning to it I graduated college married a wonderful man and spent the next twelve years having five children which kept me a little busy and distracted me from the one thing that I love than reading romance novels writing them So armed with a little history in the love department than I had at twelve I decided to dive back in and write The Sweet Spot I had no idea initially that it was going to be the first book in my Boston Harbor Romance series but as I was writing it I realized that I didn t want the story to end and that so many of the characters in the book had stories that needed to be told Whenever I finish reading a great romance it is always bittersweet because I miss the characters that I have fallen in love with The wonderful thing about a series is that you never have to say good bye site_link You came back ngel s quiet voice broke the silence in the apartment and Bella turned around slowly to face him He was standing in the shadows of her living room shirtless in deference to the hot July night His hard tattooed chest and arms on full display as he leaned against the wall Yes Bella whispered mesmerized by the sight of ngel s rippling biceps covered in Mayan tribal tattoos and his hard muscled chest branded with the breathtaking tattoo of a fallen angel The first time Bella had seen the tattoo she had instantly known that Bast had designed it It was incredible the amount of emotion that the angel was able to convey without showing his face The defeat and acceptance of his fate was in the set of his shoulders and the way that his head hung down between his knees But it was how his glorious wings closed in around him sheltering him and protecting him in his humble state that truly took your breath away And staring at the tattoo now stretched across ngel s dark sweaty chest illuminated only by the dim glow of her apartment Bella was once again stunned by the raw emotion that it evoked Neta Bella demanded lifting up her shirt and baring the tattoo of the word that ngel had scrawled under her navel the first night he d slipped into her apartment and held her while she slept I missed you ngel replied quietly closing the distance between them in two long strides That is the only truth that matters mamita Bella closed her eyes and inhaled ngel s musky scent as he drew her against his chest and wrapped his arms around her You were gone a long time ngel pressed his face into Bella s hair as her tears trickled down his chest I didn t think you were coming back I had to leave Bella whispered burrowing deeper into ngel s chest as she wrapped her arms around his waist Isabella Giovanni and ngel are back with all of your favorite characters from the Boston Harbor Romance series and it s their turn now Bella ran away from ngel in book three when she couldn t face her feelings for him and he can t stay away from her when he finds out she s back Get ready for an emotion filled intense steamy love story filled with laughter tears and plenty of sizzle Catch up with Ani and Bast Jordan and Ginger Raffi Andy Remmi and Maria and of course Sawyer and Bobby Gypsy Heat Bella and ngel s Story Boston Harbor Romance 4 This is my personal favorite in my series so far but I will warn all you readers you will miss out on the nuances of this story if you haven t read the other books in the series While the essence of Bella and ngel s love story is a stand alone story it is so deeply entwined in the stories of all of the other characters in the series The best part of writing a series for me is that the characters from the beginning get to grow and develop throughout the books and you never have to say good bye to them They re all here in book IV Ani and Bast Sawyer and Bobby Jordan and Ginger Raffi Andy and Bella is Bobby Giovanni s little sister remember him from Mixing It Up and ngel is Bast s old friend from his prison days It is a rich sensual complex story filled with plenty of steam and sizzle angst and a little heartache but of course a happy ending English .