Title: Exposing the Heiress
Author: Jennifer Apodaca
Publisher: Entangled Ignite
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Format: Kindle
This Marine will protect her at all costs...
When wealthy heiress Alyssa Brooks finds out her stepfather has been paying her fiancé to marry her, she's humiliated and betrayed. She quickly breaks the engagement, only to be blackmailed by her nowex-fiancé, who threatens both Alyssa and the son she gave up for adoption. With nowhere to go, she turns to the one man she can trust.
Former Marine sniper Hunter Reece's lethal skills could save Alyssa's life. But his little sister's best friend has turned into a woman, who is an irresistible mix of secrets and sexiness. And while Hunter can trust himself to protect her, he can't trust himself to keep his attraction hidden...or even pretend to be the man that Alyssa remembers.
Because the only way to keep the lovely heiress safe is to become the one thing he knows she could never love...a killer.
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What are you
most proud of accomplishing so far in your life?
My husband,
sons and being able to have a career I love.
I’m able to live my passion each day and never take that for granted.
How has your
upbringing influenced your writing?
I would have
to say that my life was pretty typical until my dad suddenly died when I was
fourteen. At that point, it seemed my entire family began unraveling, and I lost
the security and confidence of a strong family unit. In my books, I put the
characters through trials, but they create a new family and friends circle to
help them triumph and find happiness. But there are smaller influences too – my
father was a WWII pilot and named his plane Blue Eyes after my mom. My parents
had a very strong love that created in me the belief that real love is out
there.
When and why
did you begin writing?
I began
seriously writing after I was married and had three small children. My husband
was going to school to get him Masters’ degree, and I went back to college to
get my B.A. in Marketing. However, my true passion was writing, and with time
at a premium, I had to choose between getting my degree and writing. I chose
writing.
Do you recall
how your interest in writing originated?
Yep. Around
the time I was in high school, and reading voraciously. I began to dream of writing then, but it was
years and years before I wrote my first book.
When did you
first know you could be a writer?
That’s the thing – I didn’t know for sure. All I could do was try.
There were a LOT of setbacks and disappointments along the way, but the joys,
friendships and fans have made it so worth it.
What inspires
you to write and why?
The characters
in my head. It’s a drive I can’t really explain.
What genre are
you most comfortable writing?
Hmm, good
question. Right now, I’m happy writing contemporary and paranormal genres, and
I almost always have an element of mystery or suspense in my books.
What inspired
you to write your first book?
For my first
book that published, I simply wrote the book I wanted to read at the time.
Chick Lit was popular, I liked mystery and romance, so I wrote a mystery,
DATING CAN BE MURDER, featuring a young mom with two sons who found out her
dead husband had cheated on her. I was actually surprised when the book sold
and The Samantha Shaw Mystery Series was born. All because I stopped trying to
write what I thought would sell, and instead wrote the book I wanted to read.
Who or what
influenced your writing once you began?
My husband. He
believed in me every single day all the while understanding the realities of
publishing. At that time, getting published and building a viable career was
something of a longshot, but he supported me in my efforts.
What do you
consider the most challenging about writing a novel, or about writing in
general?
For me, it’s
that I don’t write as fast as I wish I did. And balancing my career with the
demands of my personal life.
Did writing
this book teach you anything and what was it?
Writing the
entire Once A Marine series has taught me so much about the PTSD that combat
veterans cope with. The sensationalized
stories in the media don’t capture the day-to-day struggles. Some get
professional help, and others forge their own path. Doing the research, then
living in the heads of the former Marine’s I create has given me a new empathy
– to the extent that someone who hasn’t lived it can really understand.
Do you intend
to make writing a career?
It’s been my
career for 13 years, and I’ll do it as long as I can!
Have you
developed a specific writing style?
I’m sure I
have, but my goal is to improve with every book. To write leaner and stronger,
showcasing the character and story to the absolute best of my ability.
What is your greatest strength as a
writer?
I’ll rewrite a
scene, chapter or even the entire book as many times as it takes to get it
right.
What is your
favorite quality about yourself?
Sense of
humor.
What is your
least favorite quality about yourself?
Impatience
What is your
favorite quote, by whom, and why?
“There
is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
Because it’s
true. There are no shortcuts, or tricks. It’s just sitting down and struggling
and bleeding until the story emerges.
Award winning author Jennifer Apodaca grew up in Southern California and met her very own hero at the dog pound. She worked there, he came in on business, and it was puppy love. They married and had three wonderful sons.
While her husband worked on his master’s degree, Jen did the mom thing by day and went to college at night with the intention of pursuing a marketing degree. But her true passion was writing. With time at a premium, she had to make a choice.
Choosing writing, and with the full support of her husband, she poured herself into her dream. A mere eight years later, she published her first book DATING CAN BE MURDER. In her career, Jen has written a fun and sexy mystery series and a variety of contemporary romances. Taking the pen name of Jennifer Lyon, she also created a dark, sizzling paranormal series, and most recently, The Plus One Chronicles, an emotional and sexy adult contemporary series.
Jen has achieved many of her dreams except for attaining a self-cleaning house, a latte delivery service, and finding the holy grail of nonfattening wine and chocolate. She can live with those disappointments as long as she can keep writing the stories she loves to share with readers.
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