ALL BAGS GO TO CLEVELAND by CS Hale
Please welcome CS Hale author of ALL BAGS GO TO CLEVELAND
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ALL BAGS GO TO CLEVELAND
by CS Hale
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GENRE:
paranormal romantic comedy
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INTERVIEW:
Do you ever wish you were someone else? Who? I don’t wish I was someone else, but I often wish time travel was a real thing or that the TARDIS would show up at my door. There are lots of different time periods I would love to visit.
What did you do on your last birthday? I hate my birthday. Everytime I try to do something special it turns into a big cr@pfest. However, my last birthday my students figured out when it was (I’m also an elementary teacher) and planned things for me all day. *waves hands in front of face* It was the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me.
What part of the writing process do you dread? Putting my butt in the chair. I do a Save the Cat outline and know where the story is going but pants it from point to point. I always learn the most amazing things from my characters that way. However, I dread when they go silent.
Do you ever suffer from writer’s block? If so, what do you do about it? As per the above question, yes I do have times when my characters go silent. I still find it scary, but I do better with a block breaker I learned in CJ Redwine’s boot camp. You write down the 25 worst ways the story could continue and, after about 6, good ideas start popping up. It works wonders though sometimes you just need time to let the story ferment.
Tell us about your latest release. I love Cleveland. I wrote it a number of years ago and had Penguin sit on it for a year before finally passing. My intent had been to finish book 3 in my sci-fi fantasy series but, with the pandemic, I just couldn’t bring myself to dive into the trauma I had created for my main character so dusted off Clevelandinstead. Angela is a blond bombshell gremlin who works the ticketing counter at her uncle’s upscale airline. She hates her magic and it bottles up until it explodes out causing magical accidents. She’s a total klutz and addicted to chocolate. All Bags Go to Clevelandis a paranormal mash-up of My Big, Fat Greek Weddingand When Harry Met Sally. My proofreader Jessica called it “a belgian waffle of a project…fluffy but rich and thoroughly delightful” which I thought was high praise since she read it in reverse. We could all use a little fluffy right now. And now I’m hungry for waffles.
BLURB:
Angela Grimalke appears more blonde bombshell than the gremlin she is. But there is no denying her supernatural truth after her clumsiness gets her fired from her modeling career. Forced to work for her family’s upscale airline, she spends her days slinging luggage and wishing her parents would get off her back about finding a nice gremlin guy to settle down with.
Relationships were the last thing on her mind, not that her family would accept that.
For Dave Ford his frequent business travel made it next to impossible for him to find a woman who could tolerate his chaotic schedule. Which is why he appreciates Angela. Neither of them are looking for love, but Dave feeds Angela’s addiction for chocolate while she provides him with the chaos to keep him on his toes.
However, as Angela’s parents bombard her with a parade of “eligible” gremlin men at their weekly family dinners, she finds herself torn between who she longs to be and her family’s expectations. Will she give in and live the life of magic they want for her? Or risk it all by to confessing to Dave that she isn’t human?
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EXCERPT:
Focusing on the sparks of energy skittering along her fingers, she sent her magic into the printer. Angela might look like the cover model she’d once been but no one would guess that Windsor’s check-in counter was currently staffed by a pair of gremlins. Dave’s day—or rather night and morning—were about to become a little more exciting than he’d imagined. Dave would have a nice, relaxing flight to London while his garment bag went to Cleveland.
She tamped down the tendrils of guilt rising in her gut. It needed to be done. It was this bag or some mishap not of her choosing. Besides, who in their right mind would check a Louis Vuitton garment bag? First class contained specially built closets in which to hang them. She searched Dave’s thoughts again.
Where have I seen her before?
Angela snapped right back out and jerked her head down. She attached the claim sticker to his boarding pass and handed it to Dave, keeping her focus on the counter. Hopefully, her smile hid the panic now whirring in her chest like the engines that would take Dave across the Atlantic. “Enjoy your flight, Mr. Ford.”
“Always do.” With a small salute, Dave headed toward the security queue. What were the chances he’d be so cheerful in the morning?
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Catherine “C.S.” Hale has been writing fantasy since she could hold a pencil. When not holed up in a comfortable corner writing all her books out by longhand, she can be found somewhere by the sea, enjoying tea and pastries.
Website: cshalebooks.com
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/CatSHale
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/authorcshale
Buy Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08FVDJL54
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