I am so happy to announce that Phoenix Rising is finally available from today as a Kindle and Print Edition through Amazon. I have loved creating this book. It has been my favourite so far. Here is the book Synopsis and a small excerpt just to whet your appetite.
Book Synopsis
How can Fairy Godmothers help their charges find love in the
modern world when nobody believes in magic anymore? Simple, they run a dating
agency!
Rhys Spencer is determined to prevent his rich father from
shutting down the charity he set up for kids in gangs, but he needs the money
from a trust fund to do it. However, his grandmother has withheld the funds
until he proves himself to be a mature, responsible person. To her mind, that
means Rhys being in a serious relationship. Rhys turns to the Fairy Tale Match
to find a woman he can use as a fake girlfriend. He will do all it takes to
claim the money that will thwart his father’s selfish plans. The feisty woman
the agency sets him up with, will not stand in his way.
Taylor Shore has more complications in her life than anyone
should have to deal with. Guardian to her two half-siblings since their parents’
deaths, she has her hands full with their constant troublemaking. The last
thing she needs is to win the prize in a dating agency competition she never entered.
Furious to find her friend entered for her, Taylor is determined to send her
prize packing. The guy that turns up to stay with her for three weeks, however,
has other plans in mind. Refusing to be ordered from her house, the arrogant
man offers her a deal she’d be a fool to refuse.
As Rhys inserts himself into Taylor’s problems, he begins to
turn her life around. The angry fireworks between them gives way to a passionate
love. Just as they find happiness, a vicious lie told by Taylor’s sister breaks
them apart. Flo and Lotta have their work cut out for them to bring Rhys and
Taylor back together. Time is against them and tragedy lurks on the horizon.
Can Flo and Lotta save the day, or will Rhys and Taylor lose the precious love
they have found forever….
Although the third book in the series, this can be read as a
stand alone novel.
Excerpt
Her jaw dropped open and she stared
at him disbelievingly. “You can’t be serious. You want me to be a fake
girlfriend and lie to your grandmother? Why?”
He folded his arms over his chest.
“You didn’t want to tell me why you were hanging from a window earlier, and I
don’t want to tell you why I need you to do this.” He gazed at her with one
eyebrow cocked. “I’ll stay out of your business if you stay out of mine.”
“It’s hardly the same thing!” she
protested. “You expect me to lie for you. I should at least know why. It’s a
despicable thing to pull the wool over your own grandmother’s eyes. I knew
there had to be some reason why you’d joined a dating agency! It’s because of
this, whatever this is, isn’t it?” She didn’t even wait for a reply. “Why am I
not surprised?”
Her tone told him she expected
nothing less from him. Rhys contemplated her reaction. She was unlikely to help
him just because he’d saved her from that fall. He needed to sweeten the deal.
“I tell you what, you do this for me
and I’ll not only call us even on the favour front, but I’ll pay you five grand
if you pull it off. What do you say?”
She gaped at him and shook her head.
“I have to have heard you wrong. Did you say you’d pay me five grand to be your
fake girlfriend?”
“I did,” he confirmed, “but only if
you are convincing enough that my grandmother believes it.”
Taylor stared into space. He could
almost see the wheels whirling round in her head. “I’m not sure how comfortable
I am with this. Do you guarantee me that this is nothing untoward? I don’t want
to find out that I’ve helped you do something illegal or immoral.”
“You wound me with your lack of
trust.” He clasped a hand to his chest.
She snorted. “Like I care. Well?”
“I can guarantee you that nobody will
be hurt by this, nor are my reasons immoral or illegal.” He held out a hand.
“Do we have an agreement?”
“How do I know that you’ll pay me? I
could do everything you ask and then you could simply renege on the deal.” She
ignored his hand and cast him a challenging glare.
Taylor obviously had severe trust
issues. Rhys could relate. “I will pay you half in good faith, now. You will
receive the other half when the task is complete. Sound fair?”
Taylor gazed at him for several
moments. Her lips twisted to one side and she chewed on the corner of her
mouth. Finally, she held out her hand. “Okay, you have a deal. God knows what
I’m getting myself into, but I’ll do it.”
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