Today I'm lucky enough to have the fabulous Karin Baine with me, and
One Night with her Italian Doc
One Night with her Italian Doc
A wee introduction about me before I share news of my latest release with you. My name is Karin Baine and I write medical romance for Harlequin Mills & Boon. Words I thought I’d never be able to say but which fill me with pride every time I do. I’ve wanted to write for Mills & Boon for as long as I can remember.
My dream finally came true six years ago when they launched their ‘So You Think You Can Write?’, competition. I was shortlisted in the top ten and though I didn’t win, I got to work with a wonderful editor to polish my manuscript until it was ready for publication.
Since then I’ve written seventeen medical romances. I’m perhaps not your typical medical author in that most of my stories take place outside of the traditional hospital setting. I’ve written about ice hockey players, princesses and burlesque dancers and taken my stories all around the world.
I’m constantly asked about what makes Mills & Boon romances so popular and I think it’s because they offer such escapism and of course, that all-important happy ending. Something we need now more than ever.
My latest release, ‘One Night with Her Italian Doc’, takes place on a cruise around the Mediterranean. I was concerned about how it would be received in the current climate but readers have told me how much they’ve loved travelling with my characters to sunnier climes. It’s definitely an escape from real life at the minute!
Blurb
One hot summer night together…
… that just isn’t enough!
A Mediterranean cruise is exactly what nurse Sophie Blythe needs. It’s the perfect opportunity to re-discover the free-spirited woman she once was, before she met her cheating ex. And ship doctor Luciano Montavano could be the perfect fling…Gorgeous yet guarded, the irresistible Italian isn’t interested in settling down any more than she is. Until one night of passionate abandon forces them to acknowledge that they might both want more…
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Excerpt
Hand in hand, Luciano and Sophie stood by the shore as the crystal-clear waves lapped gently nearby.
‘I’ve had a lovely day, Luciano.’ Sophie’s tender voice drew his gaze from their intertwined fingers to her soft lips.
‘Me too.’ Standing here with her, nothing else existed. It was a memory no one else would ever share. There was only one more thing that would make it perfect. Something he’d thought he’d never want to do again. Yet the adoration he saw in her eyes, and the slight tilt of her chin, was everything he needed to be sure what he was feeling was right and real.
With a dip of his head he was able to meet her lips with his. He closed his eyes, sighing into the blissful sensation of the kiss—soft and tender, yet filled with so much potential for more. Kissing Sophie was a release from the tension he’d been holding inside for days, trying not to act on his natural instinct to do this. He’d found the peace for which his soul had been searching for so long.
With that, his whole body opened up to the possibility of loving again. She’d awakened the passion inside him he’d thought had died long ago.
He wanted her closer and placed his free hand at her waist, drawing her deeper into the kiss.
Sophie wrapped her arms around his neck, pulling their bodies close enough that her body heat was burning him up. Her mouth was scorching against his. That desire they’d mistaken for battling egos was burning fiercely. The need to immerse himself in her and block out the pain that had tormented him for so long was stronger than the need to breathe.
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