Monday Moments with... Zanna Mackenzie
As first of a new series of promotional days for Crooked Cat
novels, I'm welcoming Zanna to tell us about her novel - If You Only Knew.
Faith owns The Coffee Pot in the outdoor adventure sports
mecca of Derbyshire’s Peak District. She hasn’t had a man in her life for a
while, as she’s been too busy serving cakes to weary rock climbers and mountain
bikers to find time for the complications of a relationship with the male of
the species.
At least, that’s what she tells herself. The truth is that
since she got her heart broken she’s had problems trusting men.
When she meets Zane, one of the new owners at the Carrdale
Extreme Sports Centre, Faith finds herself enjoying his company even though
part of her can’t help wondering why he’s so reluctant to talk about himself.
Then the past comes back to haunt her in the shape of Zane’s
business partner Matt, who just happens to be the guy who broke Faith’s heart
all those years ago.
With Matt out to cause trouble and Zane keeping secrets
Faith’s life is about to get very complicated indeed…
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copy of If You Only Knew:
*Amazon UK
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Book extract:
“I guess that’s the man you’ve been waiting for.”
Sophie nudged Faith, almost knocking the fresh-from-the-oven
apple pie from her hands, and pointed towards the door.
Faith chose to ignore the double meaning behind her friend’s
words. She wasn’t waiting for any man, not in the romantic sense anyway, and
certainly not a guy who reminded her of Aaron. Her café, which she had created
from scratch six years ago, was hosting the meeting of the local Tourism
Association. And the guy currently making his way towards her was Zane
Ferguson, one half of the new ownership team of the Carrdale Outdoor Activity
& Extreme Sports Centre. She’d reluctantly phoned him a few days ago when
he’d arrived in the UK
and invited him to the meeting to give everyone an update on the Centre.
“Faith, right?” he said, extending his hand and hopping onto
one of the stools in front of the café’s counter. The hand was firm, slightly
rough to the touch and warm. It was strangely comforting. “I’m Zane. Good to
get to put a face to your name at last.”
Faith nodded, even though she was anything but pleased to
put a face to the name of Zane Ferguson. What kind of a name was Zane anyway?
It sounded all-American, as though he should be something like a baseball
player, a superhero, or a cowboy – certainly not an English extreme sports
instructor. Out of the corner of her eye she could see Sophie giving Zane the
once-over. Sophie knew all about Aaron, knew every detail of what had happened…
Author
bio:
Zanna Mackenzie lives in the UK on the Derbyshire/Leicestershire
border with her husband, 4 dogs, a vegetable patch that’s home to far too many
weeds and an ever expanding library of books waiting to be read.
Being a freelance writer and editor of business publications
is her ‘day job’ but, at every opportunity, she can be found scribbling down
notes on scenes for whatever novel she’s working on. She loves it when the
characters in her novels take on minds of their own and start deviating from
the original plot!
If You Only Knew is Zanna’s third novel; her previous books
The Love Programme, and How Do You Spell Love? were both published in 2013.
Find out more about Zanna on her blog
www.zannamackenzie.blogspot.co.uk, on Twitter via @ZannaMacKenzie or on
Facebook at www.facebook.com/zanna.mackenzie
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Links:
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/ZannaMacKenzie
Facebook: www.facebook.com/zanna.mackenzie
Amazon Author Page - http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zanna-Mackenzie/e/B00BKY1A18/ref=ntt_dp_epwbk_0
Thank you for visiting today, Zanna, and best wishes with your writing.
Slainthe!
Thanks Nancy!
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