Sarina Bowen has the first book, Bittersweet, in a new series releasing June 14th! We were lucky enough to get the chance to ask her a few questions!
INTERVIEW WITH SARINA
1. How was writing Bittersweet different than other series for you?
Well, I was really conscious of all the things I’ve learned about starting a series! So I took my time to build a rich world where readers would want to linger. And now I want to linger there, too. 🙂
2. Who has been your favorite male character to write so far and why?
My favorite hero is always the one I’m currently working on. Unless we’re having a tiff, and then it’s more like love/hate that day.
3. What is your favorite part of the writing process?
Finishing. Kidding! The best part is when you realize which scene will be the emotional crux of the story. That moment is pure goal.
4. What is your least favorite part of the writing process?
The final final final revision. The book and I usually need a break from each other by then.
5. Have you always wanted to be a writer?
Yes. Well, since the 3rd grade.
6. What made you decide to publish your first book?
In ye olden days you didn’t just decide. You prostrated yourself to all the gatekeepers until one said yes. Years on that treadmill were good for me, though. I’m much more confident than if I could have simply hit “publish” the first time I ever wrote a novel.
7. What book are you most excited to read in 2016?
Elle Kennedy’s The Goal. I haven’t even bugged her about it yet. I’ve been very patient.
8. What are 3 fun facts about you?
1. I make good cocktails. 2. Apple picking season really is my favorite time of year. I didn’t have to fake that for BITTERSWEET. 3. I started taking yoga only because I needed to understand yoga for Brooklyn Bruisers #2. But I’m still going! What do I win?
9. What is something you love most about being in the author/reader community?
When someone tells me my book made them cry, it’s the best thing ever!
Bittersweet
releasing June 14, 2016
Farmers make the earth move.
The last person Griffin Shipley expects to find stuck in a ditch on his Vermont country road is his ex-hookup. Five years ago they’d shared a couple of steamy nights together. But that was a lifetime ago.
At twenty-seven, Griff is now the accidental patriarch of his family farm. Even his enormous shoulders feel the strain of supporting his mother, three siblings and a dotty grandfather. He doesn’t have time for the sorority girl who’s shown up expecting to buy his harvest at half price.
Vermont was never in Audrey Kidder’s travel plans. Neither was Griff Shipley. But she needs a second chance with the restaurant conglomerate employing her. Okay—a fifth chance. And no self-righteous lumbersexual farmer will stand in her way.
They’re adversaries. They want entirely different things from life. Too bad their sexual chemistry is as hot as Audrey’s top secret enchilada sauce, and then some.
Warning: Contains sexual situations, gourmet yumminess, a steamy outdoor shower and proof that farmers don’t mind getting dirty.
About The Author
She is the author of The Ivy Years, an award-winning series set amid the hockey team at an elite Connecticut college. Also, the The Gravity series.
With Elle Kennedy, Sarina is the author of HIM and US.
COMING IN 2016: Two New Series!
Stay tuned for a new Vermont contemporary romance series, True North, and hockey novels from Penguin Berkley including Rookie Move.
Sarina enjoys skiing, espresso drinks and the occasional margarita. She lives with her family, eight chickens and more ski gear and hockey equipment than seems necessary.
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