Alpha Male Diner: Carolyn Crane cooks up Mr. Real (giveaway)

Thanks so much for letting me come to your fabulous diner, home of many delicious dishes. And, welcome, diners! I’m Carolyn and I’ll be your server and your cook. My goodness, what is that gleam in your eye? You look hungry…excellent! Because I have someone very dishy back in the kitchen, just waiting to satisfy your every craving. He’s Paul Reinhardt, the hero from Mr. Real. What’s that? You want to know the recipe? It’s very simple. 

Paul “Puma” Reinhardt (MMA fighter) 

Recipe by: Carolyn Crane

Mr. Real (Code of Shadows: book #1)

1 dark secret 
1 dash of sexy angst 
One fabulous set of blazing blue eyes 
Sexy dark hair 
One fighter’s physique, pounded and molded over many angst-filled years in a gym 
Overpowering need to protect the people he cares about 
1 sense of humor in spite of it all 

Find the worst possible circumstances you can think of, created by the heroine, and shake and stir as much as possible.

Taste Test 

in this scene, the heroine is helping him put salve on his fight wounds: 

“Don’t go to him tonight,” he bit out.

“Paul.”

“I mean it.” He squeezed his eyes shut. “I know I don’t have a right to ask that.”

“You don’t.”

“I’m trying to respect that.”

“Yet not doing a very good job of it.” She grabbed a washcloth, rinsed it in cool water, and handed it to him. “Blot.”

He took it and looked up at her. Waiting.

“Don’t worry. I wasn’t going to go to him. That part of us is over.” She was surprised he couldn’t tell.

Paul’s face softened. He blotted.

“But I’m still helping him. He’s still my responsibility. No matter how this ointment experiment comes out.”

“You’re over? Why?” He slung the washcloth over his shoulder, watching her face, trying to look serious, it seemed, but soon a wolfish grin took over his face. He knew. She wanted him all night, and here he was. Everything was between them now. Everything.

Go for it! Yay! Fuck him! A little voice inside her yelled. But that voice was old Alix, all about thrill fucks, comfort fucks, using men like pints of ice cream. Ordering them like take-out.

“Alix.” He settled his hands on her hips, looking up at her. Even the way he said her name, it was like a call for truth, for her to admit how she wanted him. “Come here.” 

The woman of his dreams…with the secret agent of his nightmares

Alix Gordon is a woman who doesn’t take life too seriously. What’s the fun in that? So when she stumbles across occult software that can bring any computer image to life, she conjures up lots of awesome outfits and accessories. And then, on one drunken, horny night, she conjures up Sir Kendall, the sexy TV ad spy . . . who looks exactly like Paul Reinhardt, the hot martial arts teacher who kicked her out of class a few years ago.

Fighter Paul Reinhardt has good reason to hate Sir Kendall, the character he brought to life to land a part in a TV ad; he’d do anything to forget him. A cross country road trip seems just the thing . . . until Paul finds himself inexplicably drawn to Minnesota and is shocked to discover Sir Kendall – in the flesh – with the girl he’d once loved from afar. He barges into Alix and Sir Kendall’s love nest, determined to stop the madness – somehow.

But is super spy Sir Kendall transforming into something more dangerous anyone can imagine? And what will Sir Kendall do when Paul and Alix finally give into their mad lust for each other?

Available October 30th. More here. 
*because this is self-published pre-orders are not available

About the Author:
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Carolyn Crane is the author of the Disillusionists trilogy, assorted novellas, and the upcoming Mr. Real. She lives in Minneapolis (U.S.) with her husband and two cats.

GIVE AWAY

Carolyn is giving away an ecopy of Mr. Real! too bad she can't actually give Mr. Real away, cause that would be awesome!

contest ends Nov. 5, 2012