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FALLING
FOR A STRANGER
Callaways,
#3
Fog City
Publishing, LLC
From #1 NY
Times Bestselling Author Barbara Freethy comes the third book in the popular
Callaway Series, an emotional and suspenseful novel of love, family and dangerous
secrets.
Ria is as
sexy and sultry as a warm tropical night and as beautifully dangerous as the
island drinks she serves at the beachside bar on Isla de los Suenos — The
Island of Dreams. But Ria is not as carefree as she appears, and the pretense
is wearing her down. One night she risks everything to escape from reality.
Drew
Callaway is a former Navy pilot and rescue operative looking for his own escape
from a life that has seen too much tragedy. Meeting Ria is like embracing the
sun, and their single night together is life-changing. But the dream quickly
fades when Ria is killed in a tragic accident at sea.
Months
later, thousands of miles away from where they first met, Drew sees a woman who
looks just like Ria. She claims her name is Tory, and that they’ve never met
before, but he can see that she’s in trouble, and he can’t walk away. He’s
going to save her whether she wants it or not.
Drew isn’t
afraid of a little danger, but can he risk losing his heart to a beautiful
stranger?
BARBARA FREETHY is a #1 NY Times Bestselling Author of 35 novels ranging from single
title contemporary to romantic suspense and women's fiction. Barbara was
traditionally published for many years but began self-publishing in January of
2011 and since then has sold over 3 million ebooks! She has also put nine of
those books on the New York Times and USA Today Bestseller Lists. Barbara is
known for her emotional stories about love and family, something with a little
mystery and/or a little magic.
ANGI: How often to you get lost in a story?
BARBARA: I've been a
voracious reader since I was a child, so I get lost in a story on a regular
basis!
ANGI: What’s the first book you remember reading?
BARBARA: Because my
mother was also a big reader, I remember graduating from the Nancy Drew series
to Georgette Heyer and Barbara Cartland, then on to Harlequin/Silhouette
romances. I also love mysteries and thrillers as well.
ANGI: What do you like about the hero of your book?
BARBARA: Drew Callaway
is the third oldest son in a family of firefighters, but he chose a different
path. He wanted to fly. So he joined the Navy and then the Coast Guard. Drew is
very much a family man, but also his own man. He's very alpha. He flies
helicopters for a living, and he puts his life on the line every day. But Drew
is usually observing people from a distance. IN FALLING FOR A STRANGER, he gets
caught up in the heroine's tangled web of secrets. And for the first time, he's
not sending down a rescue swimmer while he hovers above the scene. He's in it
-- all the way in, and his guard walls have to come down. I think Drew and Ria
are a great couple, and so far readers are loving them, too!
ANGI: Is there a playlist you’d recommend for reading your latest release?
BARBARA: I don't
listen to music when I write, however, there were a couple of songs that I
listened to during the time I was writing the book that really resonated with
me. One was the song titled Lovesong by Adele (I think several other artists
have covered it as well). But the lyrics go something like this: "When I'm
with you, I feel like I'm young again, fun again, home again…" And that
really resonated with my story.
Also the
title came to me during an episode of Glee! There was a dance number and the
lyrics were something like "boys like a little danger … falling for a
stranger". And it seemed like the perfect title for my new book about a
man who is used to danger, but finds more than he expected with a beautiful stranger.
| Accepting the Award for Best Contemporary Single Title Atlanta, June 2013 |
ANGI: Where do you read and how often?
BARBARA: I read
probably a book a week these days. If I'm not on deadline, I read more titles
in a shorter period of time. I read wherever I am. I love reading on an
e-reader now, so I can take it with me wherever I go. But I most often read
curled up on the couch or on my bed.
ANGI: What sound or noise do you love?
BARBARA: I love the
sound of water, ocean waves crashing on a beach, a stream trickling through the
rocks, the cascade of a waterfall, the lake current as it hits the beach.
There's something about water that I find musical and soothing.
ANGI: What was the first story you remember writing?
BARBARA: The first
story I wrote was called PROMISE OF MARRIAGE and it was about an optimistic
wedding planner who ends up sharing office space with a cynical divorce
attorney who tells her, "You get the clients on the way up, I get them on
the way down." Of course, she changes his mind about love!
ANGI: What is your biggest vice?
BARBARA: Freshly baked
chocolate chip cookies. I can't resist them!
ANGI: How is it working with hot guys and sexy women all day?
BARBARA: It's the best
job in the world! I love creating characters. I really like finding their
flaws, their emotional wounds, their secrets. I think that's what really brings
my characters to life. I often think that I write about ordinary people caught
up in extraordinary adventures!
ANGI’S GOTTA ASK: There are some very interesting FAQs
on your website. You mention that your favorite book is the most recent you've
finished. So how about telling us which book you had the most fun writing and
why?
BARBARA'S GOTTA ANSWER: I really loved writing SILENT
RUN because it was very challenging. The heroine is in a car crash and wakes up
in the hospital without any memory of who she is. An angry man appears at her
bedside. He claims he's her husband and that she took their baby and left him
eight months earlier. He demands to know where their baby is, and she has
absolutely no idea. Giving a heroine amnesia was cool and fun and incredibly
challenging. Because she knows nothing about herself, she has no introspective
thoughts about who she is. I had to have her find out about herself solely from
outside clues, the clothes she had on, the things in her bag, what people tell
her about herself. But mostly people tell her terrible things, and she can't
believe she would do some of the things she's being told she did. It was a
really fun, complex story, but the readers seem to enjoy reading it as much as
I enjoyed writing it!
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NEXT for BARBARA:
Book #4 in
the Callaway Series will be released in October of 2014. Cover and title will
be revealed in upcoming weeks.
For a complete backlist of Barbara's books check
out her website.
The
Callaways, Book 1
December
2012
SO THIS IS
LOVE
The
Callaways, Book 2
March 2013
BARBARA
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BARBARA
WANTS TO KNOW: In Falling For A Stranger, Drew and Ria meet on a tropical island in a
beautiful beachside bar … Where did you meet your significant other? Do you
have a good story to share?