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The first Minnesota Romance book!
You can read the first 20% free on the Smashwords page. Download any format you prefer.
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Universal buy link: books2read.com/u/4XX9aN
For the Love of His Life
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Can a sexy Hispanic action movie star find himself in the BWCA of upper Minnesota? Will the local woman he grows to love believe someone who lies for a living?
When the famous action movie star Raul Roderick needs to clean-up for a major role that even he doubts he can deliver, the director sends him up to a resort owned by his grandmother in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of upper Minnesota, to learn to commune with nature. His guide is Veronica, the director's cousin, a tall, athletic woman who has the relaxed, sensible nature of someone who knows herself well.
Raul hasn't been this far from his reliable drug-dealers for a very long time, and dealing with real-life is something he's never been very good at. His initial clumsy attempt to seduce her makes her laugh...so he calls her fat. Is there any hope that their relationship will progress beyond its rocky start? And can Raul overcome his partying nature to discover what is really important in life?
Note: There are two "Rauls" in this book. The first one engages in mindless sex with any woman who will have him...usually more than one at a time! He is a chameleon who makes small changes to fit in anywhere, a skill he perfected as a child, which makes him able to act like he is anyone he is told to be. The second one has never been in control, since Raul doesn't even know he exists.
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The very first review in 2013 for this book is from Harlie's Books:
Holy Crap! I think I just read the best book of the year. Yep, I did. This book had it all. From the opening page to the last page, I was put on an emotional journey of a man that people thought wouldn’t amount to much and the one woman that changed his outlook on life and found a permanent place in his heart.
Again, there is so much going on in the book but at the same time there isn’t. Ms. McGier doesn’t crowd the book with unnecessary characters but every character in the book has a role to play with Raul and Ronnie’s love story. Yes, this book is a love story, pure and simple.
Read more at:
http://www.harliesbooks.com/posts/for-the-love-of-his-life-by-fiona-mcgier-reviewexcerptgiveaway/
And Harlie chose this book as her TOP PICK IN CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE IN 2013!!
http://www.harliesbooks.com/posts/new-years-reading-resolutions-blog-hop/
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Excerpt: The set-up. Jared Miller, the famous yet reclusive director, is on the phone asking for a favor from his Grandmother who owns a resort in northeastern Minnesota.
"What is it this time?"
Jared cleared his throat audibly.
"I'm afraid it's bigger this time. I need you to let me send you a guest who will be there until I can get the crew up to start filming my next movie."
"And how long with that be?" Veronica grinned at Gram-Marie while the older woman rolled her eyes and shrugged.
"I don't know...it depends on a lot of things. Maybe a month? Six weeks tops. I've got to get a whole lot of folks packed and up there, so it's gonna take some time."
"And who is it you are expecting us to tolerate for an unspecified amount of time?"
"Ronnie! Would I send you someone you'd only tolerate?"
"Hell yeah! You'd send us Satan to baby-sit, if your next movie depended on it."
"Funny you should say that, cuz. He's only the biggest, baddest star in the business right now."
"Who is it?"
"You've heard of Raul Roderick, right?"
Marie snorted. "Who?"
Jared chuckled. "The Gamer King? Avenge Tastes Sweet? MOFO-Town?"
"No," Marie said, while Veronica smiled at her, all the while filling the pie crusts with the flavors of the day.
"Well then, how about his romantic movies? Make Mine Latino? Or Three's a Crowd, But I Like Crowds?"
Veronica giggled. "Jared, you should see Gram-Marie's face! She looks like she just sucked a lemon!"
"What on earth are you people thinking of with these titles? Or these so-called plots? Why doesn't anyone make the kinds of movies I like to watch anymore?"
"Because you're too old for them to consider you a target market?" Veronica whooped as she ducked away from the spoon tossed at her by her grandmother.
"Old, my ass! I just expect plots and they're too damn busy putting big, fake titties and young men without shirts into everything!"
"So you have heard of Raul then?" Jared chuckled.
Veronica explained. "Gram-Marie, he's the kind of actor who is very good at looking good in his movies, and he's always shirtless at some point. But he's kind of limited to playing the same kinds of men over and over again...not much range, and even less talent."
Jared burst in excitedly.
"Ah, but that's where you're so wrong, Ronnie! I only agreed to let him read for the part as a favor to his agent. But he blew me away! He's so right that he's the only actor I seriously considered for starring in my big epic film about the Boundary Waters area! You know, the one I always promised Grampa I'd make about his great grandfather, Hank Maynard?"
"If he's that good, why do you need to send him up here early?"
Marie nodded at Veronica's question, asked as she was busy putting the pies into the oven.
Jared cleared his throat again.
"Well, you see, there's the little problem of his drinking--and his drugs--and his whoring. He's a real party-animal and right now the only reason he's not in jail is that I went to court with him and basically told the judge I'd answer for his behavior until his probation is over."
"Probation for what?"
Marie's voice was steely. Everyone knew that her father had been a Canadian Mountie, and she was gung-ho on supporting law enforcement officials.
"He--uh--can't be allowed to drive for six months. They took his license away after he ran into a parked squad car because he thought he hit the brake pedal, but it was the gas pedal. Then when they got him out of the car, he was so blasted he didn't remember his real name. All he told them was that he was the famous actor Raul Roderick and that he'd get them supporting roles in his next picture if they would give him a ride to the meeting with me that he was already two hours late for."
"Obviously the officers weren't impressed, eh?" Marie sounded smug.
"No. They took him down to the station and booked him. I was the person he called for his one call--not his lawyer. So I got him released to my custody, but I've been having a hell of a time keeping him out from behind the wheel of a car, or out of bars and nightclubs. I'm afraid he's going to kill himself before I can get the performance of a lifetime out of him, that I'm convinced he has in him. So I really need your help."
There was silence while Marie and Veronica communicated with each other non-verbally.
"Well?" Jared sounded anxious.
Marie nodded at Veronica, who spoke.
"We can't give you an answer now. We have to talk this over with the rest of the family. All of us have to agree to this, since we are all going to have to deal with this spoiled brat you want us to baby-sit for you."
Copyright, 2020, Fiona McGier.
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To read an interview with Raul Roderick in which he makes himself vulnerable by answering questions:
http://dawnsreadingnook.blogspot.com/2013/05/get-under-covers-with-fiona-mcgier.html
Here's another interview with Raul--You know actors--he just can't stop talking about himself! <snicker>
www.rlfblog.com/fiona-mcgier-022221/
When the famous action movie star Raul Roderick needs to clean-up for a major role that even he doubts he can deliver, the director sends him up to a resort owned by his grandmother in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of upper Minnesota, to learn to commune with nature. His guide is Veronica, the director's cousin, a tall, athletic woman who has the relaxed, sensible nature of someone who knows herself well.
Raul hasn't been this far from his reliable drug-dealers for a very long time, and dealing with real-life is something he's never been very good at. His initial clumsy attempt to seduce her makes her laugh...so he calls her fat. Is there any hope that their relationship will progress beyond its rocky start? And can Raul overcome his partying nature to discover what is really important in life?
Note: There are two "Rauls" in this book. The first one engages in mindless sex with any woman who will have him...usually more than one at a time! He is a chameleon who makes small changes to fit in anywhere, a skill he perfected as a child, which makes him able to act like he is anyone he is told to be. The second one has never been in control, since Raul doesn't even know he exists.
******************
The very first review in 2013 for this book is from Harlie's Books:
Holy Crap! I think I just read the best book of the year. Yep, I did. This book had it all. From the opening page to the last page, I was put on an emotional journey of a man that people thought wouldn’t amount to much and the one woman that changed his outlook on life and found a permanent place in his heart.
Again, there is so much going on in the book but at the same time there isn’t. Ms. McGier doesn’t crowd the book with unnecessary characters but every character in the book has a role to play with Raul and Ronnie’s love story. Yes, this book is a love story, pure and simple.
Read more at:
http://www.harliesbooks.com/posts/for-the-love-of-his-life-by-fiona-mcgier-reviewexcerptgiveaway/
And Harlie chose this book as her TOP PICK IN CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE IN 2013!!
http://www.harliesbooks.com/posts/new-years-reading-resolutions-blog-hop/
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Excerpt: The set-up. Jared Miller, the famous yet reclusive director, is on the phone asking for a favor from his Grandmother who owns a resort in northeastern Minnesota.
"What is it this time?"
Jared cleared his throat audibly.
"I'm afraid it's bigger this time. I need you to let me send you a guest who will be there until I can get the crew up to start filming my next movie."
"And how long with that be?" Veronica grinned at Gram-Marie while the older woman rolled her eyes and shrugged.
"I don't know...it depends on a lot of things. Maybe a month? Six weeks tops. I've got to get a whole lot of folks packed and up there, so it's gonna take some time."
"And who is it you are expecting us to tolerate for an unspecified amount of time?"
"Ronnie! Would I send you someone you'd only tolerate?"
"Hell yeah! You'd send us Satan to baby-sit, if your next movie depended on it."
"Funny you should say that, cuz. He's only the biggest, baddest star in the business right now."
"Who is it?"
"You've heard of Raul Roderick, right?"
Marie snorted. "Who?"
Jared chuckled. "The Gamer King? Avenge Tastes Sweet? MOFO-Town?"
"No," Marie said, while Veronica smiled at her, all the while filling the pie crusts with the flavors of the day.
"Well then, how about his romantic movies? Make Mine Latino? Or Three's a Crowd, But I Like Crowds?"
Veronica giggled. "Jared, you should see Gram-Marie's face! She looks like she just sucked a lemon!"
"What on earth are you people thinking of with these titles? Or these so-called plots? Why doesn't anyone make the kinds of movies I like to watch anymore?"
"Because you're too old for them to consider you a target market?" Veronica whooped as she ducked away from the spoon tossed at her by her grandmother.
"Old, my ass! I just expect plots and they're too damn busy putting big, fake titties and young men without shirts into everything!"
"So you have heard of Raul then?" Jared chuckled.
Veronica explained. "Gram-Marie, he's the kind of actor who is very good at looking good in his movies, and he's always shirtless at some point. But he's kind of limited to playing the same kinds of men over and over again...not much range, and even less talent."
Jared burst in excitedly.
"Ah, but that's where you're so wrong, Ronnie! I only agreed to let him read for the part as a favor to his agent. But he blew me away! He's so right that he's the only actor I seriously considered for starring in my big epic film about the Boundary Waters area! You know, the one I always promised Grampa I'd make about his great grandfather, Hank Maynard?"
"If he's that good, why do you need to send him up here early?"
Marie nodded at Veronica's question, asked as she was busy putting the pies into the oven.
Jared cleared his throat again.
"Well, you see, there's the little problem of his drinking--and his drugs--and his whoring. He's a real party-animal and right now the only reason he's not in jail is that I went to court with him and basically told the judge I'd answer for his behavior until his probation is over."
"Probation for what?"
Marie's voice was steely. Everyone knew that her father had been a Canadian Mountie, and she was gung-ho on supporting law enforcement officials.
"He--uh--can't be allowed to drive for six months. They took his license away after he ran into a parked squad car because he thought he hit the brake pedal, but it was the gas pedal. Then when they got him out of the car, he was so blasted he didn't remember his real name. All he told them was that he was the famous actor Raul Roderick and that he'd get them supporting roles in his next picture if they would give him a ride to the meeting with me that he was already two hours late for."
"Obviously the officers weren't impressed, eh?" Marie sounded smug.
"No. They took him down to the station and booked him. I was the person he called for his one call--not his lawyer. So I got him released to my custody, but I've been having a hell of a time keeping him out from behind the wheel of a car, or out of bars and nightclubs. I'm afraid he's going to kill himself before I can get the performance of a lifetime out of him, that I'm convinced he has in him. So I really need your help."
There was silence while Marie and Veronica communicated with each other non-verbally.
"Well?" Jared sounded anxious.
Marie nodded at Veronica, who spoke.
"We can't give you an answer now. We have to talk this over with the rest of the family. All of us have to agree to this, since we are all going to have to deal with this spoiled brat you want us to baby-sit for you."
Copyright, 2020, Fiona McGier.
*************************************************************************************
To read an interview with Raul Roderick in which he makes himself vulnerable by answering questions:
http://dawnsreadingnook.blogspot.com/2013/05/get-under-covers-with-fiona-mcgier.html
Here's another interview with Raul--You know actors--he just can't stop talking about himself! <snicker>
www.rlfblog.com/fiona-mcgier-022221/
Diana from SSLY (Smile Somebody Loves You), really liked For The Love Of His Life!
Wow, I absolutely loved this book. It is set in the Back Water Canoe Area in and around the town of Grand Marais in northern Minnesota. It is so beautiful up there!! But more so was the story line. Raul, an actor, stereotypical and stoned all the time when not on set, and maybe even then, finds himself hiding away in some hick town. Away from his drug dealer buddies, the paparazzi, and he still is drunk from the time he wakes until he passes out again.
Veronica, is part of a big family who lives and works in and around the Boundary Water Canoe Area. She spends her mornings baking pies for her grandmother who runs a local inn and restaurant, doing accounting jobs on the side, toying with ideas for writing a book. . .her life content until Raul is sent there to dry out and prepare for her cousin Jared's hopefully big movie about their great-something grandfather.
I love the way Ms. McGier built the romance of the area and of Veronica and Raul's growing attraction and their struggles to make Raul ready to play Veronica's ancestor, Hank Maynard, authentically. Raul becomes more himself as he sobers up and gets back into shape. He finds himself wanting to do this for Veronica and her family as much as for his movie role and finds himself in the process. His struggle with his reputation for womanizing and drug and alcohol addiction, to me seem open and honest. I think Veronica's struggle to accept her love for him and all the problems with loving an addict, is honest. As I read, I can see they struggle on both sides of the growing relationship, and how misconceptions can taint your perception of the people you meet.
In addition to the main story, there are many other people in this book that I would love to read more about. Especially that Red-haired biker bitch and the Slovac who is not named or described in the ending of the book. The phantom that Ivan sends to talk to a few people. But also, Jake who is Veronica's cousin, and Kelly who is Raul's leading lady in the move. All in all, I totally loved this book and recommend it to the 18 and over crowd.
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Wow, I absolutely loved this book. It is set in the Back Water Canoe Area in and around the town of Grand Marais in northern Minnesota. It is so beautiful up there!! But more so was the story line. Raul, an actor, stereotypical and stoned all the time when not on set, and maybe even then, finds himself hiding away in some hick town. Away from his drug dealer buddies, the paparazzi, and he still is drunk from the time he wakes until he passes out again.
Veronica, is part of a big family who lives and works in and around the Boundary Water Canoe Area. She spends her mornings baking pies for her grandmother who runs a local inn and restaurant, doing accounting jobs on the side, toying with ideas for writing a book. . .her life content until Raul is sent there to dry out and prepare for her cousin Jared's hopefully big movie about their great-something grandfather.
I love the way Ms. McGier built the romance of the area and of Veronica and Raul's growing attraction and their struggles to make Raul ready to play Veronica's ancestor, Hank Maynard, authentically. Raul becomes more himself as he sobers up and gets back into shape. He finds himself wanting to do this for Veronica and her family as much as for his movie role and finds himself in the process. His struggle with his reputation for womanizing and drug and alcohol addiction, to me seem open and honest. I think Veronica's struggle to accept her love for him and all the problems with loving an addict, is honest. As I read, I can see they struggle on both sides of the growing relationship, and how misconceptions can taint your perception of the people you meet.
In addition to the main story, there are many other people in this book that I would love to read more about. Especially that Red-haired biker bitch and the Slovac who is not named or described in the ending of the book. The phantom that Ivan sends to talk to a few people. But also, Jake who is Veronica's cousin, and Kelly who is Raul's leading lady in the move. All in all, I totally loved this book and recommend it to the 18 and over crowd.
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What's that? Not enough sexy times in the first book? Then you want the second book in the Minnesota Romance series--
Only One Man Will Do!
At the end of For the Love of His Life, former KGB agent, now resort owner Ivan sends a cousin, also former KGB, to scare off the drug dealers who might threaten Raul's happiness with Veronica. That same man is also to make sure the red-haired biker queen never tries to make good on her promise to come back some day to claim Raul for her pleasure.
End of Epilogue from For the Love of His Life:
And when the marketing and advertising executive, Alexandra Blackstone was visited in her Minneapolis office by a man with a heavy Russian accent, who said he was surprised to find the fiery red-headed queen of a biker gang wearing a business suit, no parts of her body were dislocated, though some of her office furniture was ruined. When her secretary returned from lunch, she was alarmed by the noises she heard from the office, but wisely refrained from interrupting.
Soon after that, Ivan got a text from his cousin:
Will not be returning to BWCA.
Attempting to tame a wildcat.
Wish me luck. Dmitri
But that is a story for another time.
Now is that time! Download the first 20% of the book free!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1012961
Universal buy link: books2read.com/u/4N92aW
Read more about this book--www.rlfblog.com/fiona-mcgier-091320/
Only One Man Will Do!
At the end of For the Love of His Life, former KGB agent, now resort owner Ivan sends a cousin, also former KGB, to scare off the drug dealers who might threaten Raul's happiness with Veronica. That same man is also to make sure the red-haired biker queen never tries to make good on her promise to come back some day to claim Raul for her pleasure.
End of Epilogue from For the Love of His Life:
And when the marketing and advertising executive, Alexandra Blackstone was visited in her Minneapolis office by a man with a heavy Russian accent, who said he was surprised to find the fiery red-headed queen of a biker gang wearing a business suit, no parts of her body were dislocated, though some of her office furniture was ruined. When her secretary returned from lunch, she was alarmed by the noises she heard from the office, but wisely refrained from interrupting.
Soon after that, Ivan got a text from his cousin:
Will not be returning to BWCA.
Attempting to tame a wildcat.
Wish me luck. Dmitri
But that is a story for another time.
Now is that time! Download the first 20% of the book free!
https://www.smashwords.com/books/view/1012961
Universal buy link: books2read.com/u/4N92aW
Read more about this book--www.rlfblog.com/fiona-mcgier-091320/
A New Review From Long And Short Reviews:
3.5 Stars from reviewer Quince:
"Only One Man Will Do started as an erotic novel, with lot of hot sex between two complete strangers and then becomes a suspense novel."
It was an entertaining read and one I could recommend. It’s a fast paced story, especially the second half. If you like tough ladies and mysterious Russians, then this story is for you.
Read the review at:
http://www.longandshortreviews.com/book-reviews/only-one-man-will-do-by-fiona-mcgier/
3.5 Stars from reviewer Quince:
"Only One Man Will Do started as an erotic novel, with lot of hot sex between two complete strangers and then becomes a suspense novel."
It was an entertaining read and one I could recommend. It’s a fast paced story, especially the second half. If you like tough ladies and mysterious Russians, then this story is for you.
Read the review at:
http://www.longandshortreviews.com/book-reviews/only-one-man-will-do-by-fiona-mcgier/