Angie Derek

Enter Below to Win $10.00 Amazon eGift Card Sometimes the best gifts are the ones you least expect. When LA Times journalist Zola Mitchell decides to head home to San Francisco in December, it's to write a piece on the legendary Alcatraz prison. It has nothing to do with her high school crush Oliver Tworek, who's recently moved back to start up a tour boat business to The Rock. At least, that's what she keeps telling herself. But when Oliver asks her to dinner, Zola can't refuse. And when he kisses her under a display of Christmas fireworks from aboard his boat, she can barely remember her own name. After twenty years, nothing seems to have changed. Oliver's still popular and gorgeous, and Zola's still…well, Zola. Behind the successful job, and underneath her shiny, new grown-up exterior, Zola still feels like the skinny girl from junior year English class. Will she ever be able to conquer those insecurities? And more importa...

I'm so happy to have Kaylie (one of my writing pals) here and talking about her latest release, Taming Johnny . What was the spark or initial idea that started your book? I worked as a police records clerk for close to ten years.   Some of the officers could be a little grumpy.   (Okay.   A lot grumpy.)   It’s a really stressful job and that stress tends to show itself when you least expect it.   But underneath their harsh exterior, was usually a big old teddy bear.   Johnny is a culmination of a lot of the men I worked with.   When you got to the bottom of all that alpha male-ness, they were kind, funny, protective and sweet.   Perfect romance heroes ;) What was your favorite part of writing this book?  Finishing it! This was a doozy as far as difficult books go.   I told my editor it was exactly like Johnny himself- fighting me every step of the way.   But I’m so glad I didn’t give up.   What a ride! ...