Forgotten Paradise by Shira Anthony Blog Tour, Guest Post, Excerpt & Giveaway!

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Hi guys! We have the ever lovely Shira Anthony stopping by today with the first stop of the tour for her upcoming release Forgotten Paradise, we have a brilliant guest post from Shira, a great excerpt and a fantastic giveaway! So check out the post, leave a comment and then click the rafflecopter link to enter the giveaway! <3 ~Pixie~ 

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Forgotten Paradise

(Dreamspun Desires 32)
by

Shira Anthony

It’s dangerous diving for secrets.

When a megacompany threatens to take over his family-owned business, programming prodigy Adam Preston escapes the stress with a much-needed vacation in the Dominican Republic. There he meets attractive, intelligent, insightful Jonah James, a scuba dive instructor, and what starts as a holiday fling soon blossoms into much more.

But Jonah has a secret: ten years ago he woke up on an island beach with no idea how he got there… or even who he is. Their paradise may not be as perfect as it seems. When Jonah’s memories come crashing back like waves on the sand, will it be Adam clinging to the proverbial life raft, or will the two men find a safe harbor to ride out the storm?

Release date: 15th April 2017

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Classic Romance Always Rocks!

by Shira Anthony

Thank you Pixie and company, for hosting this stop on the Forgotten Paradise book tour! I’m offering up a fabulous December Diamonds Cupid merman ornament to one lucky winner in the US who comments on one of the blog tour posts, or a $10 Dreamspinner Press Gift Card for winners worldwide, so be sure to comment below by answering this question: what makes a man sexy?

For those readers who may not already know, Forgotten Paradise is my second entry in the Dreamspun Desires line of gay category romances from Dreamspinner Press. Be sure to read to the post for an excerpt from the book, as well as the Rafflecopter giveaway for the book tour.

Forgotten Paradise is an honest to goodness “category romance,” reworked for a 21st Century audience, and of course with two male main characters. The term “category romance” comes from the old tradition of publishing a certain number of books on a monthly basis in a certain category. I bet you remember these. When I was a kid, they were the Harlequin and Silhouette romances that were shipped, 4 books a month, on subscription. I’m sure you also remember the tropes: Cinderellas (rich/poor), arranged marriages, mistaken identity, enemies to lovers, and so many more I couldn’t possibly list them all.

Forgotten Paradise is one of my favorite tropes: amnesia. Handsome hero charms the…er…socks off the other main character. They begin to fall in love. But wait! Something lurks in our hero’s past. Only our hero doesn’t remember it, because he has no memory of his past. Way too fun! And truly, that’s what Dreamspun Desires are all about. Fun. Not much angst, not a ton of sex (although there definitely are a few hot scenes!), but lots of sweetness and sweaty-palm warm fuzzies that make your heart go pitter-patter. And, of course, a perfect HEA that leaves you with a big smile.

I hope you’ll enjoy Forgotten Paradise and the rest of the Dreamspun line. I sure enjoy writing these stories! In fact, I’m working on another Dreamspun right now with an ugly-duckling trope.

I’ll leave you with the blurb and a short excerpt from the book and, of course, the Rafflecopter. Be sure to leave your comment before entering! And good luck!

–Shira

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Excerpt!

WHILE HENRI washed down the patio, Jonah hung the last two wetsuits and sprayed down the rinsing bins. Small rivulets of sand and water streaked the painted concrete.

“I can finish,” Henri told him.

“Thanks.” Jonah walked over to the benches and retrieved his BC and regulator from a hook. “I owe you a drink.”

Henri laughed. “Good thing they’re free or you’d have to take out a loan.”

“Meet you at Giuseppe’s in an hour?” Jonah hung his gear inside the staff room.

“Not tonight. Got a date with Viola.” Henri stopped spraying for a moment and gestured toward the office. “It’s our six-month anniversary.”

“Six months? Impressive. So what’s for dinner?”

“Sushi,” Henri said. “At Yumi.”

“You’re taking her all the way to Punta Cana?” Jonah chuckled and slapped Henri on the back. “Must be love.”

“A man does as he does.” He winked and added, “I borrowed Torey’s car.”

“A man’s gotta do what he’s gotta do,” Jonah corrected. Henri’s English was damn good, so Jonah enjoyed teasing him the few times he made mistakes.

“So how about you?” Henri asked with a crooked grin.

“Me?” Jonah knew where Henri was going, but he wasn’t going to bite on that particular topic.

“You’ve been here a few weeks now. Met anyone interesting?”

Jonah shook his head. “If I had, I wouldn’t be telling you about it,” he teased.

“Fine. To be that way.”

Be that way. Not ‘to be.’”

Henri laughed and headed over to the counter, where Viola was working on assignments for the next day’s dives. “The guests think I’m sexier when I get things wrong.”

“You wish.”

Jonah pulled the elastic from his hair and ran a hand through his still-damp curls. He waved at Viola. “Have fun tonight!” He slipped on his sandals and headed down the path to the staff dormitories. He’d only made it to the towel-return shack when he noticed a man standing in the middle of the intersection of two paths, rubbing the bridge of his nose.

“Perfect,” the man muttered.

“Lost?” Jonah forced his gaze up from the dusting of reddish hair on the man’s nicely defined pecs.

He looked at Jonah with warm brown eyes. “That obvious?”

“Happens a lot,” Jonah reassured him. “Where’re you headed?”

“Dive shop. Although by now, it’s probably closed.” American, judging by the accent. East Coast. A hint of New Jersey but polished so it was barely noticeable.

Jonah glanced at his watch. “You have another ten minutes.” He pointed the way he’d just come. “It’s about a hundred feet that way. You can’t miss it.”

“Thank you.”

“No problem.” Jonah offered the man a reassuring smile. “Took me a few days to get my bearings.”

“My mother used to tell me I’d lose my way in a shower stall.”

Jonah chuckled. “That bad?”

The man nodded.

“I could think of worse places to get lost with you,” Jonah quipped, immediately regretting it. The man’s lean body was far too interesting, especially given the no-fraternization policy Jonah had signed when he was hired. Not that the hotel had ever fired someone for taking a guest to bed, but Jonah felt more comfortable following the rule. It made things easier. Celibacy was safer. Flirting was downright dangerous.

The man flushed. Even more interesting.

The man quickly regained his composure. “Do I know you?” he asked.

Jonah also got that a lot. “I’m sure I’d have remembered you,” he said truthfully. It wasn’t every day he met a redhead, let alone one this attractive.

“My mistake.” The man offered his hand. “Adam Preston.”

“Good to meet you, Adam.” Jonah shook Adam’s hand. Strong grip. Confident, but not overly so. “I’m Jonah. Jonah James.”

“I’d better go,” Adam said. “Maybe I’ll see you around.”

“I hope so.” Jonah watched as Adam headed toward the dive shop. No fraternization, he reminded himself with a sigh. Maybe it was time to rethink the celibacy gig.

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About Shira

Shira Anthony author picShira Anthony is a complete sucker for a happily-ever-after, and rarely reads or writes a story without one. Never a fan of instalove, Shira likes to write stories about real men with real issues making real relationships work. 

In her last incarnation, Shira was a professional opera singer, performing roles in such operas as “Tosca,” “i Pagliacci,” and “La Traviata,” among others. She’s given up TV for evenings spent with her laptop, and she never goes anywhere without a pile of unread M/M romance on her Kindle.

Shira is married with two children and two insane dogs, and when she’s not writing she is usually in a courtroom trying to make the world safer for children. When she’s not working, she can be found aboard a 36’ catamaran at the Carolina coast with her favorite sexy captain at the wheel.

Interested in hearing Shira sing? Here’s a link to a live performance of Shira singing an aria from Puccini’s “Tosca”: http://www.shiraanthony.com/wp-conten…

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13 thoughts on “Forgotten Paradise by Shira Anthony Blog Tour, Guest Post, Excerpt & Giveaway!

  1. I think a man is sexiest if he’s confident in his own skin – even if he’s not wearing an expensive watch, even if he’s not wearing branded clothes, even if he doesn’t have a sports car, as long as he’s leaving his life the way he wants it, both genders would definitely find him SEXY.

  2. Congrats and thanks for the post. Sexy? It’s a lot of things that add up, Looks give you a first impression, but it’s how he behaves, treats you and many aspects of his personality and intelligence.

  3. Congrats on the new release! Sexy? I guess humor, the way the person carry’s himself, intelligent, sensitive and confident.

  4. Congrats on the new release! 🙂 For me, I’d say sense of humor is the sexiest – he’s got to be able to laugh have fun!

  5. Sense of humour – he’s got to make me laugh and laugh at himself. Also neck and shoulders lol

  6. His eyes!! and for character i love it when a man can be sensitive and strong.

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