Contemporary Romance
Date Published: June 11, 2014
Gigi Dumont never forgot how she walked away from the only man she ever loved.
She’s a teacher who has led her students to the finals of an international French competition to be help in Paris. The night before the trip, the Principal tries to cancel the trip before he, in turn, loses his job to her high school boyfriend, Sean Collins.
Sean Collins has survived cancer, a divorce , and Gigi having aborted their child back in high school. He assumed he’d hate her, if they ever crossed paths again. But he discovers she’s exactly what he wants.
When Gigi and Sean are stuck together for a week in Paris, Gigi feels she has lost all her control. How can she survive her attraction to Sean? The man’s sexier now than he was back in the day, and once upon a time, he’d had her heart. She finds herself falling for him, even knowing forever is impossible.
Contemporary Romance
Date Published: June 11, 2014
Gigi Dumont never forgot how she walked away from the only man she ever loved.
She’s a teacher who has led her students to the finals of an international French competition to be help in Paris. The night before the trip, the Principal tries to cancel the trip before he, in turn, loses his job to her high school boyfriend, Sean Collins.
Sean Collins has survived cancer, a divorce , and Gigi having aborted their child back in high school. He assumed he’d hate her, if they ever crossed paths again. But he discovers she’s exactly what he wants.
When Gigi and Sean are stuck together for a week in Paris, Gigi feels she has lost all her control. How can she survive her attraction to Sean? The man’s sexier now than he was back in the day, and once upon a time, he’d had her heart. She finds herself falling for him, even knowing forever is impossible.
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Victoria Pinder
Victoria Pinder grew up in Irish Catholic Boston before moving to the Miami sun. She’s worked in engineering, after passing many tests proving how easy Math came to her. Then hating her life at the age of twenty four, she decided to go to law school. Four years later, after passing the bar and practicing very little, she realized that she hates the practice of law. She refused to one day turn 50 and realize she had nothing but her career and hours at a desk. After realizing she needed change, she became a high school teacher. Teaching is rewarding, but writing is a passion.
During all this time, she always wrote stories to entertain herself or calm down. Her parents are practical minded people demanding a job, and Victoria spent too many years living other people’s dreams, but when she sat down to see what skill she had that matched what she enjoyed doing, writing became so obvious. The middle school year book when someone wrote in it that one day she’d be a writer made sense when she turned thirty.
Besides her full time job of teaching, in 2013 and 2014, she sold on her own sold books to three different publishers. The Zoastra Affair, Chaperoning Paris, Borrowing the Doctor, and Electing Love will be published from Soul mate Publishing. Mything the Throne will be published with Double Dragon Ebooks. Favorite Coffee, Favorite Crush will be published with Jupiter Press.
Now she is represented by Dawn Dowdle of Blue Ridge Literary Agency and she hopes to continue selling her novels that she writes. Moving up to the next level from hard work and determination is rewarding, and partnerships bring new opportunities.
Also she’s the Vice President of Programs for the Florida Romance Writers. She’s gone to multiple conferences and intends to continue. She learns and meets so many people at conferences. Her website is www.victoriapinder.com, and she’ll continue to grow my web presence. She is working hard on other projects and found the time to plan her wedding this year.
Before writing, her father had taken her to many star trek conventions and on her own she grew up as the only girl in the 90s at the comic book store. Science Fiction was her first love, but contemporary romance was her second. She’s sticking with contemporaries for the near future.
Member of Florida Romance Writers, Contemporary Romance, Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal chapter of RWA, Celtic Hearts and Savvy Authors.
Interview:
What inspired you to write your first book?
Do you have a specific writing style?
How did you come up with the title?Chaperoning Paris. I hate coming up with Titles. I write the whole
novel them sit down with a list of words to describe the book. Then I talk
titles over with friends. The trip is to Paris, and Gigi and Sean are
chaperoning a bunch of high school students.
Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
That you choose your own happiness. No one can do anything to you if you don’t
let them. And that you have the power to change your life.
How much of the book is realistic?
Billionaire ex boyfriends are of course entirely realistic, no? However the
trip that the students and teachers go on are based on my own travel log in
Paris. However post the schedule, no one put me in the 5 star anything or took
the private jet out for my personal use. It’s sad, now that I think of it.
Are experiences based on someone you know, or events in your own
life?
What books have most influenced your life most?
I think books and genres come into our lives when we need them. Reading habits
change. When I was sad and depressed, I loved Self Help books. When I was so
busy with getting stuff done, I loved to read a historical romance of Julia
Quinn. When I was slightly bored, I loved reading The DaVinci Code. To say one
book changed me is wrong. I find the right book for just what I need when I
need it. It’s why I like having options.
If you had to choose, which writer would you consider a mentor?
Heather Graham, but she wouldn’t know it. She’s one of the founders of Florida
Romance Writers and a nice person. She has never read my stuff, but she’s
always giving, always kind and will do anything anyone asks of her. I want to
have her giving spirit.
What book are you reading now?
What would you like my readers to know?
Victoria Pinder grew up in Irish Catholic Boston before moving to the Miami sun. She’s worked in engineering, after passing many tests proving how easy Math came to her. Then hating her life at the age of twenty four, she decided to go to law school. Four years later, after passing the bar and practicing very little, she realized that she hates the practice of law. She refused to one day turn 50 and realize she had nothing but her career and hours at a desk. After realizing she needed change, she became a high school teacher. Teaching is rewarding, but writing is a passion.
During all this time, she always wrote stories to entertain herself or calm down. Her parents are practical minded people demanding a job, and Victoria spent too many years living other people’s dreams, but when she sat down to see what skill she had that matched what she enjoyed doing, writing became so obvious. The middle school year book when someone wrote in it that one day she’d be a writer made sense when she turned thirty.
Besides her full time job of teaching, in 2013 and 2014, she sold on her own sold books to three different publishers. The Zoastra Affair, Chaperoning Paris, Borrowing the Doctor, and Electing Love will be published from Soul mate Publishing. Mything the Throne will be published with Double Dragon Ebooks. Favorite Coffee, Favorite Crush will be published with Jupiter Press.
Now she is represented by Dawn Dowdle of Blue Ridge Literary Agency and she hopes to continue selling her novels that she writes. Moving up to the next level from hard work and determination is rewarding, and partnerships bring new opportunities.
Also she’s the Vice President of Programs for the Florida Romance Writers. She’s gone to multiple conferences and intends to continue. She learns and meets so many people at conferences. Her website is www.victoriapinder.com, and she’ll continue to grow my web presence. She is working hard on other projects and found the time to plan her wedding this year.
Before writing, her father had taken her to many star trek conventions and on her own she grew up as the only girl in the 90s at the comic book store. Science Fiction was her first love, but contemporary romance was her second. She’s sticking with contemporaries for the near future.
Member of Florida Romance Writers, Contemporary Romance, Fantasy, Futuristic and Paranormal chapter of RWA, Celtic Hearts and Savvy Authors.
What inspired you to write your first book?
It’s never been published. It’s horrible. I had no idea what I was
doing at the time. But I couldn’t find a book that hit the spot anymore. I
wanted to write something I wanted to read.
Do you have a specific writing style?
We all have our own unique voice. I could never be Nora Roberts or
Steven King. My voice is my own. I’m rebellious modern and very old fashioned
at the same time. The paradox of my personality affects my writing.
How did you come up with the title?Chaperoning Paris. I hate coming up with Titles. I write the whole novel them sit down with a list of words to describe the book. Then I talk titles over with friends. The trip is to Paris, and Gigi and Sean are chaperoning a bunch of high school students.
Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp?
That you choose your own happiness. No one can do anything to you if you don’t let them. And that you have the power to change your life.
That you choose your own happiness. No one can do anything to you if you don’t let them. And that you have the power to change your life.
How much of the book is realistic?
Billionaire ex boyfriends are of course entirely realistic, no? However the trip that the students and teachers go on are based on my own travel log in Paris. However post the schedule, no one put me in the 5 star anything or took the private jet out for my personal use. It’s sad, now that I think of it.
Billionaire ex boyfriends are of course entirely realistic, no? However the trip that the students and teachers go on are based on my own travel log in Paris. However post the schedule, no one put me in the 5 star anything or took the private jet out for my personal use. It’s sad, now that I think of it.
Are experiences based on someone you know, or events in your own
life?
Cancer is something that runs rampant in my family. My grandmother
had breast cancer in the 1980s and was one of 19 women that survived that year.
She’s still very much alive. And I wanted the hero to have something that can
be overcome. It can be a death sentence or it cannot. How you deal with it
plays a role, at least in my view of my family. And Gigi’s mother forcing an
abortion. I saw a few movies on the issue, and I had a college friend admit she
had one. I’m far too much a good girl, but I absolutely believe that we should
not be judging each other in this life.
What books have most influenced your life most?
I think books and genres come into our lives when we need them. Reading habits change. When I was sad and depressed, I loved Self Help books. When I was so busy with getting stuff done, I loved to read a historical romance of Julia Quinn. When I was slightly bored, I loved reading The DaVinci Code. To say one book changed me is wrong. I find the right book for just what I need when I need it. It’s why I like having options.
If you had to choose, which writer would you consider a mentor?
Heather Graham, but she wouldn’t know it. She’s one of the founders of Florida Romance Writers and a nice person. She has never read my stuff, but she’s always giving, always kind and will do anything anyone asks of her. I want to have her giving spirit.
Heather Graham, but she wouldn’t know it. She’s one of the founders of Florida Romance Writers and a nice person. She has never read my stuff, but she’s always giving, always kind and will do anything anyone asks of her. I want to have her giving spirit.
What book are you reading now?
I am currently reading a Sophia Knightly’s book series. She gave
me a book and I’ve read all her books since.
What would you like my readers to know?
Website: http://www.victoriapinder.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victoriapinder1
Twitter: https://twitter.com/victoriapinder
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