Three Tiers For Win
by
Kathy Bosman
Blurb
Three Tiers for Win is a story of adventure,
romance, and family passion that unfolds with the backdrop of the 2012 London
Olympics. Elaine said she would never date an athlete as they’re too driven.
That’s until she meets kind, yet intensely focused and ambitious South African
Olympic swimmer, Winston Harper. He stands for everything she’d chosen not to
go for. Win also has a bad family history which keeps him from opening his
heart to her. When intense attraction and affection breaks through some of
their barriers, family secrets and conflicts pull them apart again. Only
Elaine’s support and Win’s brokenness can draw them back together, but will
that be strong enough to wipe away the past?
Excerpt:
Her hands shook as she spooned the mixture back into
the food processor and he came closer to peer into the bowl. Electricity seemed
to ooze out of his pores instead of sweat. She had a strong desire to rub the
raised hairs on her arms.
“What are you doing?” he asked.
“I’ll mix the baking powder into a paste and add it
in.” Wish he would go away so I can do this in peace.
“Good idea.”
“Aren’t the guys missing you?” she asked.
“Trying to get rid of me?”
Her cheeks throbbed, and she steadied the dish she
was holding with all the willpower left inside of her.
“I’ll only go if you let me make myself some coffee.
The other guys are drinking sports and fruit drinks. I feel like coffee.”
She laughed. “Are you eating right for your
training?”
“Not really.”
“Okay.” She couldn’t help smiling. This guy was
becoming more and more appealing with each minute.
“Ooh, there’s biltong.”
“It’s Mick’s. But I have some chocolate if you’re in
the mood for being naughty.” Why did she say that? Now her face must be as red
as a tomato because of the thoughts running through her head.
“Do you think he’ll mind if I grab some?”
She considered offering to buy Mick some more. The
poor guy was starved. “What exactly did my brother buy for you all tonight?”
“Chicken salad.” The face he pulled forced a strange
squeaky giggle out of her. She would have given her usual trill laugh if she
didn’t feel so embarrassed and overwhelmed with strange feelings for the guy.
“I wish I had something else to offer you.”
“Come out to dinner with me. Then I can order a
man-sized steak.”
Flustered was not a strong enough word for Elaine at
that moment. She could swear the temperature in the kitchen was as hot as the
oven and that the room was about to explode. “I have to bake a cake.”
“That can wait, can’t it? Tomorrow’s another day. If
you want, I’ll help you with it.”
The guy was probably aiming to get into the Olympics
team. They had two months left before the trials. He couldn’t be serious about
giving up a training day to help some silly girl bake a wedding cake? That idea
didn’t match the solid, oozing-with-masculinity man with piercing steel blue
eyes, standing a mere two feet from her. She must be dreaming. Maybe she’d
fallen asleep next to Peggy on the sofa, and she would wake up to find this all
a crazy dream.
“I think a cup of coffee will have to do then.” He
turned around and pushed the kettle button on. She hadn’t said ‘no,’ and now he
was giving up. Her heart plummeted to zero in two seconds. She’d just missed
the opportunity of her life to go on a date with the hunkiest piece of male on
the planet.
What was she thinking? Of course it wasn’t a good
idea. She wasn’t setting herself up for disappointment going with someone
smooth and driven like him who would hurt her as soon as the athletic or model
type woman came along.
Author
Bio
Kathy loves reading and writing even more. She
homeschools her three children, one a teenager, so in between unsuccessfully explaining
the difference between subject and predicate or how to divide fractions, she
enters an imaginary world of troubled and passionate characters whose stories
take over the page. Kathy lives in Kwazulu Natal, South Africa, where the
summers are hot, the winters cool, and bugs thrive. Her first published novel,
Wedding Gown Girl, came out in 2012 with Astraea Press. She belongs to the Romance
Writers of South Africa Group (ROSA) which has been her greatest support and
inspiration the last few years.
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http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/361613
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Facebook author page: http://www.facebook.com/KathleenBosman
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KathleenLBosman
Thank you so much, Iris!
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