Debra Kayn is visiting CABR today to tell us about her tale of love and tennis – “WILDLY“, published by Crimson Romance.
To celebrate the book’s January 21 release date, Debra is giving away an eBook copy to one lucky commentator. Be sure to enter the RAFFLECOPTER below the interview to win.
DK:Â Hi Sasha! Thanks so much for having me here today!
CABR: Hey Debra 😀 Great to have a Twitter friend stop by. 😀
How’d you come up with the idea for “Wildly“?
DK:Â Being a girl (haha!) I wanted to write a story about how we’ve all had crushes on an older boy or older man growing up. It’s almost a female ritual to at least have one case of the crush on a friend’s older brother, a teacher, a coach, the hot sexy bag boy at the local grocery store.
What can seem so innocent and harmless can quickly turn into an obsession where we quickly make fools of ourselves. We can’t talk, can’t breathe, and there might be some drooling going on…that’s how we girls work at the tender age of 12-13 years old when our hormones take over our bodies. I wanted to capture those fluttering sensations, those oh-my-God-I’m-going-to-die-if-he-looks-at-me moments and take it farther for my characters.
CABR: Did you have to spend time former Wimbledon champs to research the hero’s life in the tennis limelight? 😉
DK:Â I didn’t! I’m actually a tennis player. I started taking summer lessons when I was six years old and the same man who taught me how to play also was the high school tennis coach who continued coaching me until I was 18 years old.
Now, there was no crushing going on with him…he was happily married with kids around my age, but a player/coach relationship is pretty close. There’s mutual respect and a friendship that develops during all the practices and matches.
Also, when I hit junior high through high school I took lessons at a private club from tennis professionals, played tournaments, went on to district and state. So, it was natural that I would have a Wimbledon champ as my hero, because at one time Tennis was a very important part of my life.
CABR: That’s so cool Debra 🙂 Tell me, what’s your favourite moment in the book?
DK: The moment that Grayson first sets eyes on Shauna after she returned to Cottage Grove and was all grown up. Sigh…Poor Grayson. Good thing he’s in top shape, or he might’ve had a heart attack!
CABR: Are you a  panster or planner when writing?
DK:Â Both! All my stories come out as a panster, but while I’m writing I keep a document open to make sure I have a goal, motivation, and conflict in every scene. After I’m done with the story, it makes it much easier to see if I have any plot holes or I rushed the story.
CABR:Â Paperback or eBook?
DK: EBook! I love my Kindle and I read from it almost exclusively. Paperbacks are for my keeper shelf, though I rarely read a book twice, just for the simple fact I LOVE the feelings that are invoked in the first reading and don’t want to overthink the story. I do have to say that I’m extremely excited that Wildly will also come out in paperback too. I’m going to clear off a shelf for my book.
CABR:Â What’s next for you?
DK:Â I have so much going on. In March I have a category romance coming out called “Suite Cowboy” with Turquoise Morning Press. It’s probably the funniest book I’ve written, and I can’t wait for readers to let me know if I’m hilarious or lame when I do try and write with humor. Then in July, I have “Homemade Hijinks” releasing. Hopefully I’ll have more news to share soon, because I’ve got more manuscripts out in submission land.
CABR: Fingers crossed that all of your submissions get approved and published quickly 😀
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Synopsis of “Wildly”:Â
Shauna Marino left Cottage Grove, California an innocent teenager, gangly, wild and with no fashion sense, always diving headfirst into whatever feelings ruled the moment.
Now, she’s back to fix her mistakes. She’s gained a respectable job, set a plan in motion to benefit the town, and all that’s left is to prove to Grayson Schyler she’s changed. Maybe this time, he won’t tell her no when she shows up naked and asks him to make her a woman.
Grayson Schyler, former Wimbledon champion, would’ve recognized Shauna anywhere. She’s made his life sweeter one moment, and hell the next. As someone in the public eye, he’d gone to great strains not to allow the media to misread their relationship, which wasn’t always easy when Shauna was around. Now she’s back, asking for his help, and all he can think about is if she came back to make him pay for what he’d done.
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BUY Links:
Amazon –Â http://www.amazon.com/Wildly-Crimson-Romance-ebook/dp/B00AWWONCC/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1358825933&sr=1-1&keywords=wildly+by+debra+kayn
Barnes & Noble –Â http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/wildly-debra-kayn/1114140322?ean=9781440564086&itm=1&usri=wildly+by+debra+kayn
All Romance –Â https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-wildly-1039392-237.html
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Author Bio: Top Selling Romance Author, Debra Kayn, lives with her family in the beautiful coastal mountains of Oregon on a hobby farm. She enjoys riding motorcycles, gardening, playing tennis, and fishing. A huge animal lover, she always has a dog under her desk when she writes and chickens standing at the front door looking for a treat. She’s famous in her family for teaching a 270 lb hog named Harley to jog with her every morning.
Her love of family ties and laughter makes her a natural to write heartwarming contemporary stories to the delight of her readers. Oh, let’s cut to the chase. She loves to write about REAL MEN and the WOMEN who love them.
When Debra was nineteen years old, a man kissed her without introducing himself. When they finally came up for air, the first words out of his mouth were…will you have my babies? Considering Debra’s weakness for a sexy, badass man, who is strong enough to survive her attitude, she said yes. A quick wedding at the House of Amour and four babies later, she’s living her own romance book.
You can check out Debra’s website – www.debrakayn.com
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