Hello. My name is Ruth E. Wolfe. I write as R.E. Laurel. I have lived my whole life in Western
Pennsylvania among the foothills of the Appalachians in Armstrong County. I live in a ranch style home with my husband Tim;
Jack Russell Terrier and three rescue cats. Other interests of mine
include photography, dried floral arranging, loud muscle cars, Paranormal
Investigator, yes you read that correct so a few novels with paranormal
tendencies are in the making.
I write sweet sensual hot sexy romance. Recently, I self-published
my work through Createspace where they are available and also can be found on
Amazon and Kindle. I found my love for writing in school and began in the
80's writing off and on when time permitted.
My main genre is Women's Contemporary fiction, sexy romance, steamy
romance I should add. Humor can be found
in my stories. My readers told me they love how I pull them into the
stories. By the time this blog is
released I will have a paranormal romance, nothing gory, also released. THE
TIME REMEMBERED.
I have five published my recent a holiday story titled, WHAT A NEW YEAR’S EVE.
Lexi: What
made you chose your title?
Ruth:
I
chose that title because I mainly see
holiday stories set around the Christmas season. I thought, why not do one for
New Year’s Eve.
Lexi:
What has been the best piece of advice you ever received for your writing
career?
Ruth:
Write from your heart.
Write about something you know and if you don’t know about the subject,
research, research and more research. Do
a storyboard where you paste pictures
depicting your story in the process will
help keep your story in order.
Lexi:
What was your first writer’s conference?
Ruth:
Sadly, I’ve never made it to a writer’s
conference. I was involved for a few
years with a fantastic bunch of published authors where we met monthly and I
received a lot of my advice. We talked
about our current WIP and often would read portions of the story and get
critiqued. We also had online group via e-mails which were great if we
couldn’t make meetings. Actually, the e-mail group is still in process
and that has been for over ten years.
Lexi:
Why did you choose this sub-genre of romance?
Ruth: Romance is something I
know about (wink) I love romance, humor, and wondering how
people meet the right one. Accidental
meetings are wonderful to plan and write about.
A few others are lost loves returning home after a bad life experience.
My motto is ‘Let me take you to chance
meetings, romance and falling in love.’
Lexi:
What has been the most memorable fan comment you ever had?
Ruth: My husband and I took a bus trip to
Mackinac Island last year. Word got out
about an author with them. An elderly
lady downloaded my first release Still Loving You. Each time she would see me out in the group
she made a point to come to me with a
naughty smile on her lips and would just say, “That Matt.” I answered, “I know, right?” She would put her hand on my arm and reply,
“Don’t tell me another thing. That Matt.”
People
who read them tell me they can’t put them down and also approach me and talk
about my stories as if they know the characters. I take that as a great compliment.
WHAT A NEW YEAR’S EVE - blurb
Victor Montgomery Neal the VI is heir to Neal's
Emporium. Born into a family of extreme
wealth and a family who fails to show affection it has made him cold-hearted
and non-caring. Always being the roaming love them and leave them type until he
meets employee Maren Wilson. Her beauty and authenticity hits him hard and not
like other women who knew him and always agreed with whatever he would say, her
bluntness leaves him captivated. She doesn't know his true identity as he
chooses to keep it a secret. Due to cutbacks, she is one of many he is forced
to let go but still, she feels sorry for the ‘new guy’ and asks him to join her
family for Thanksgiving. Surprising himself he agrees to go with her instead of
flying off with friends to warmer places.
Maren has a heart of gold, always thinking of others over
herself. She gives herself 100% with
whatever she finds herself involved doing. Quickly he learns what the meaning
of the holidays is really about. He
can’t understand how but he quickly loses his heart to her and wonders how he
can capture hers. When a snowstorm hits,
stranding him at her home, it promotes the opportunity and brings many
surprises to both.
EXCERPT OF WHAT A NEW YEAR’S EVE.
“Sex is nothing to take
lightly. I want to have the romance, the
feelings of respect, love. Of being the one. Not just being hit and then left alone. I love the thought of monogamy, of having the
commitment.”
“That’s asking a lot if
the relationship is new, don’t you think?”
She shrugged. “If you meet the right one and just know it
then, giving yourself to them early in the relationship could happen,” she
muttered.
“How early,” he teased,
gaining a smile from her.
Maren squealed when she
suddenly felt his arm shifting on her shoulder and found herself being turned
and pulled onto his lap. In one smooth move, his arms wrapped around her waist,
holding her against him. Her legs
stretched out on the couch, her hands resting on top of his shoulders. With wide eyes, she looked at his handsome, serious
face.
“It’s hard for me to
believe we’ve only known each other two weeks.”
His voice was sincere as he looked directly into her eyes.
“I’ve thought the
same. It’s already hard for me to
imagine my life before you walked in.”
She confessed.
“And spending practically
every hour with you for the past few days have really meant a lot to me.”
“I’ve enjoyed you with me
too.”
“You’re so damn
adorable,” he muttered before easing her face towards his to cover her lips
with a slow kiss.
Maren returned his kiss
with such fervor that she knew she surprised him as he eased slightly
away. His hand slid through her hair,
splaying his fingers at the back of her head to hold her closer. His mouth covered hers again with a heated response. Slanting over her delicious mouth forcing her
mouth opened, his tongue slid entry refusing to release the contact, needing
more of her, getting drunk on her kiss on her presence. The touch of her gentle fingers at his chin
set his heart racing, aching for more.
Risking the temptation,
he slid his hand to her breast, pausing for her to ease away but her groan of
desire filled his ears. Her tempting
sinuous moves against him were a silent plea to be touched deeper than just a
caress. Daring to pursue further, he
trailed kisses down her neck towards the mounds beneath her shirt. He felt her torso lean back, arching towards
his touch. His mouth eagerly covered
where his hand just vacated, feeling the hardened peak beneath the
material. His teeth gently tugged on her shirt.
Her gasp of pleasure filled the room gaining a fiery response through
his veins.
Oh Gawd, she was more than just a woman. She was someone he wanted to stay with. That revelation brought an instant stop to
the preliminary love making.
“What the?” She gasped.
He sat back to gaze into
chocolate brown eyes filled with passion and desire and confusion.
“I need to go. Yea, I just remembered some business matters
that I really need to attend to. And, I
have a few errands I need to run before any stores close,” he explained.
“But…”
“Let me put it to you
like this. If I don’t leave now, this
could very well end with us making love and you don’t deserve that to happen
like this.”
Her brows furrowed. “But…” she repeated. He held her by the upper arms and stood so
fast then released her that her body bounced back onto the cushions. She raised herself upon her elbows, watching
as he hurried around the couch making a hasty exit towards the doorway. “For the record, I’m beginning to think that you never had sex yet,” Maren brazenly
stated at his retreating back.
Victor’s eyes
widened. Turning around he cautiously
returned to the parlor where he saw her still laying on the couch. He quipped, “I’m beginning to think I’ve
never had sex with anyone like you.”
Maren grasped the back of
the couch to pull herself up to gaze over the back at him. “I’m beginning to think you’re never going
to. Not with the way you take off
whenever things begin to heat up.”
“Not yet.”
Available on https://www.createspace.com/6604464 Amazon.com and Kindle
You
can find more excerpts from my other work
at my website;
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Twitter - @relaurel1
Hi Lexi,
ReplyDeleteThank you for all of the hard work you do and to have this opportunity to meet new people.
Ruthi
My pleasure. So glad you could visit :-)
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