JAYNE brings you CATHIE LINZ

I'm delighted to bring you my friend, CATHIE LINZ today. Her new book, MAD, BAD AND BLONDE is in stores now. I just finished reading it and I adored it! I mean, how can you go wrong with a romance between a children's librarian and a Force Recon Marine???? And the fact that the librarian knows how to use a gun just adds to the fun. Ahem, the fact that I am mentioned in the dedication has nothing to do with my opinion. For the record, Cathie and I go way back. We started our careers at about the same time and we've been reading each other's books ever since.

No one does romantic-comedy like Cathie.

By the way, Cathie's slogan for this blog is: Have bridal bouquet, will travel. Please welcome Cathie Linz.

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Thanks, Jayne!

I got the idea for my new book MAD, BAD AND BLONDE (in bookstores now!) from the opening lines – “It was the perfect day for a wedding. Too bad the groom didn’t show up.”

I heard those lines very clearly in my head. That doesn’t happen all the time, especially for the opening of a book. But right away I knew that my heroine Faith West was a children’s librarian and a jilted bride.

As Jayne Ann Krentz knows, I’m a former librarian (as is she).

And as a former librarian, I love writing about librarians. My heroine Faith works at the Chicago Public Library and the book opens with Faith being jilted at the altar. Faith has a choice – does she take her honeymoon to the Italian Amalfi Coast alone? The tickets are non-refundable. During the opening of the book you discover that Faith has a special place in her heart for Jane Austen. So she asks herself “What would Jane Austen do?”

The result is that Faith ends up going on her trip. Here’s a peek:

MAD, BAD AND BLONDE

by Cathie Linz

JILTED AT THE ALTAR!

Librarian Faith West is going on her Italian honeymoon solo, but she’s not staying that way for long. Does her sexy rebound man have ulterior motives? When they both return to Chicago, Faith has her hands full keeping former Force Recon Marine Caine Hunter in his place…and out of her bed!

Faith and I just couldn’t give up her Italian trip. Do you like to travel? What are some of your fave locations? Mine include Moraine Lake in the Canadian Rockies (I took the photo there). How about you?

You can read the first chapter of MAD, BAD AND BLONDE at my website cathielinz.com. Be sure to check out the book trailer as well on youtube.com.

Thanks again to Jayne for inviting me to blog today. I hope you bloggers will friend me on my Facebook page or you can follow me on Twitter.