Lace Bettingfield, the heroine of ALL
OUT OF LOVE, is a botanist. Writing her story was a bit of a
challenge since I’ve got a thumb that’s black as midnight when it
comes to gardening. Plants hyperventilated when I get near them, I
swear it.
Because of my incompetence in the flora
department, I had to do quite a bit of research to get into the mind
(and heart) of a botanist. I visited several arboretums and spoke to
botanists, although I heard much whizzing of information as it zoomed
over my head. I perused flower websites and bought Botany for
Dummies.
I learned a great deal about century
plants—both a Devil’s Tongue and Corpse Plant figure into the
plot of ALL OUT OF LOVE—including the fact that “century” is a
misnomer. While century plants do take decades to bloom and then die
right after, it’s more like thirty or forty years than one hundred.
What I took away from the experience
is:
- Botanists are bright people who make the world look a whole lot prettier.
- Botany is sexy! Those plants are busy making love almost constantly.
- I am not cut out to be a gardener. The bugs, the sweat, the dirt underneath my fingers, the backaches. I much more of a girly-girl than I thought!
What I hope is that my dedication to
detail paid off and the reader will understand what motivates Lace
and how her love for plants drives her relationship with Pierce
Hollister.
However, I suspect the audio book
narrator, CJ Critt, probably wished I had not been so thorough with
my use of Latin names. She kept asking me how to pronounce them.
Heck, I don’t know. I just have to write the names, not say them.
Do you like gardening? If so, are you a
vegetable gardener, a flower gardener or both? What’s your favorite
plant to grow? Me, its ivy. The one plant that gives me the finger
and refuses to die no matter how much I neglect it.
All
Out of Love
A
Cupid Texas Novel
By:
Lori Wilde
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The
second book in a dazzling new Cupid, Texas series by Lori Wilde.
Welcome to Cupid, where every wish for love comes true…
For years, a small group of women in Cupid, TX, led by Millie Greenway, have taken it upon themselves to keep the Cupid legend alive. Now Millie has roped her four disbelieving granddaughters into joining the cause.
Lace Bettingfield knows for a fact that the Cupid legend is bogus. As a shy sixteen-year-old, she left a letter at the statue and got nothing in return but heaps of embarassment when her letter ended up printed in the school newspaper. But now the boy she longed for is back in town and Lace can't help wondering...what if?
For years, a small group of women in Cupid, TX, led by Millie Greenway, have taken it upon themselves to keep the Cupid legend alive. Now Millie has roped her four disbelieving granddaughters into joining the cause.
Lace Bettingfield knows for a fact that the Cupid legend is bogus. As a shy sixteen-year-old, she left a letter at the statue and got nothing in return but heaps of embarassment when her letter ended up printed in the school newspaper. But now the boy she longed for is back in town and Lace can't help wondering...what if?
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LORI
WILDE is the New York Times bestselling author of more than sixty
books. A former RITA finalist, Lori has received the Romantic Times
Reviewers’ Choice Award, the Holt Medallion, the Booksellers Best,
the National Readers’ Choice, and numerous other honors. She lives
in Texas, with her husband and a wide assortment of pets. Lori
teaches Romance Writing Secrets via the internet through colleges and
universities worldwide at www.ed2g.com.
Visit her at www.loriwilde.comor
@LoriWilde on Twitter.
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Cupid
Texas Series
Love
at First Sight Release Date May 28th,
2013
All
Out of Love Release Date June 25th,
2013
Goodreads
link:
http://www.goodreads.com/series/99988-cupid-texas
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