This week our Spotlight on Author is on Juanita Kees. She has a new book out this month, Fast Lane (Calhoun Customs Garage Book 2)
Trinity Calhoun is a name everyone knows on the race circuit, but her days in the hot seat are numbered. She’s tired of the limelight, meaningless relationships and long hours behind the wheel. When her father calls her and her sister home, she’s ready. She slips right back into the family business, finishing off the custom car projects her father has lined up. But racing is in her blood and she’s lured back to risking her life on the hot rod drag strips outside of town. It’s there she meets paramedic and volunteer firefighter, Reece Balmain, who has her re-thinking the road her life is taking.
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Juanita escapes the real world by reading and writing Australian Rural Romance novels with elements of suspense, Australian Fantasy Paranormal and Small-Town USA stories. Her romance novels star spirited heroines who give the hero a run for his money before giving in. She creates emotionally engaging worlds steeped in romance, suspense, mystery and intrigue, set in dusty, rural outback Australia and on the NASCAR racetracks of America. When she’s not writing, Juanita is mother to three boys and has a passion for fast cars and country living.
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1. When did you first decide you wanted to be a writer?
I was 16 when I wrote my first book, Fly Away Peta, in the back of my math book during class. Yes, I failed math with an historic score 😊. That book got published almost twenty-eight years later and re-released as Under Shadow of Doubt as part of my Under the Law romantic suspense series.
2. How long does it take you to write a book?
About 6-8 months. Like most authors, I juggle a day job, family and life in general, so I grab every spare moment I can to write in between being office manager, mum, wife, cook, laundry maid, cleaner and chief dishwasher.
3. What is your work schedule like when you are in the middle of a book?
A hectic, annoying, invigorating, exhausting, rewarding, head-banging, celebratory mess of juggling (and sometimes, dropping) balls. Writing often involves late nights and early mornings before or after a long day at work and lots of chocolate.
Fast Lane (Calhoun Customs Garage Book 2)
Trinity Calhoun is a name everyone knows on the race circuit, but her days in the hot seat are numbered. She’s tired of the limelight, meaningless relationships and long hours behind the wheel. When her father calls her and her sister home, she’s ready. She slips right back into the family business, finishing off the custom car projects her father has lined up. But racing is in her blood and she’s lured back to risking her life on the hot rod drag strips outside of town. It’s there she meets paramedic and volunteer firefighter, Reece Balmain, who has her re-thinking the road her life is taking.
Reece Balmain
arrives in Big Fork a broken man. He’s lived and breathed through horror accidents,
haunted by the faces of the people he’s cut from vehicles. He knows one
thing–speed kills. He’s hoping not to see too much of it in small town Montana,
until he hears about the drag races taking place outside of town. He knows
Trinity Calhoun. He’s watched her race, seen her win, held his breath when her
car somersaulted into barriers in Daytona Beach. He doesn’t like what she does,
but he can’t stay away from the woman who’s claiming his heart.
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OVERDRIVE (Calhoun Customs Garage Book 1)
Chase Calhoun has worked hard at making Calhoun
Customs a world-wide sensation and keeping his father’s dream alive. He hasn’t
had time to think about settling down, so he’s not expecting to find love or
new life hiding in the attic of their garage among the ghosts of his family’s
past.
Charlotte Jackson is on the run from a rebellious
past, determined to prove she can be a good mom to three-month-old baby, Zoe.
Tired of being delegated to the back office of the racing team her famous
NASCAR family owns, she sets out to establish herself as a custom design
artist. But she’s out of money, luck and time, and she can’t hide in the attic
at Calhoun Customs forever.
While Chase slowly loses his heart to his
refrigerator thief and the baby bundle asleep in his laundry basket, Charlotte
learns that sometimes family is more than just blood and DNA.
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I never thought to write during math class; I was too busy reading. Math- who needs it? LOL
ReplyDeleteHi Elizabeth, my thoughts exactly :)
DeleteCongratulations on the new book! I like the sound of this story.
ReplyDeleteHi Summer! Thank you very much. I hope you enjoy it :)
DeleteCongratulations, Juanita, on your latest book. Sounds exciting and the cover is great. Ha, ha! So my students were writing stories when I was trying to teach them science, (not math.) Now I know.
DeleteThanks, Beverly :) LOL, funny I loved biology but science was too close to maths. Although I didn't mind the experiments. They were fun.
DeleteCongrats on getting this published. I love the cover for it.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mary! It's a beautiful cover, isn't it? The cover fairies have been very kind.
DeleteI love that not only are you combining your love of fast cars with romance, but your heroine is the one in the driver's seat. Way cool!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Susan :) She's an energetic character and I loved writing her.
DeleteFast cars and hot men. What could go wrong.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day. ♥
Thanks, Sandee :) Love it!
DeleteWoohoo happy release day Juanita I loved this book
ReplyDeleteHave Fun
Helen
Thanks, Helen! <3
Deletecool book....romance book.
ReplyDeleteCongratulation
Thank you, Tanza :)
DeleteBravo, Juanita!
ReplyDeleteThank you, William :)
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