Tender Temptation
Kaylene Winter
(Charming Irish, #1)
Publication date: October 3rd 2024
Genres: Adult, Contemporary, Romance
Tender Temptation is a scorching tale of age-gap, insta-forbidden-love, hidden identities, coming of age, and second chances.
I’m a master at rebuilding structures, yet my own life is a constant work in progress. As the middle brother in a family of superstars, I’ve battled alcohol addiction and shoulder the hefty challenge of taking over the family business.
My world makes a seismic shift when I fall hard for Ivy Bright, a vibrant, enigmatic firecracker whose captivating energy makes me feel invincible.
Ivy is more than just a spark in my shadowed world—she’s a blaze. Her luminous presence ignites a clandestine desire in me that I can’t resist. But Ivy harbors deep secrets and a tragic past that keeps her trapped in a life she never chose. Despite our undeniable chemistry, her decision to conceal her age and identity backfires spectacularly, threatening to unravel both our hearts.
Years later, will our rekindled passion withstand buried secrets that come to light, or will the truths of our past push us apart forever?
Author Bio:
When she was only 15, Kaylene Winter wrote her first rocker romance novel starring a fictionalized version of herself, her friends and their gorgeous rocker boyfriends. After living her own rockstar life as a band manager, music promoter and mover and shaker in Seattle during the early 1990’s, Kaylene became a digital media legal strategist helping bring movies, television and music online. Throughout her busy career, Kaylene lost herself in romance novels across all genres inspiring her to realize her life-long dream to be a published author. She lives in Seattle with her amazing husband and dog. She loves to travel, throw lavish dinner parties and support charitable causes supporting arts and animals.
Interview
1. What literary pilgrimages have you gone on?
Well,
I’ve been on a lot of pilgrimages all over the world, but I’ve never
specifically set out on a literary pilgrimage. My husband is from Northern
Ireland, and the McGloughlin clan are inspired by my in-laws, a big, boisterous
family full of huge personalities.
2. What is the first book that made you cry?
Where
the Red Fern Grows. Old Yeller. Lad, A Dog. Animals getting hurt always makes
me cry.
3. Does writing energize or exhaust you?
Both.
When I’m under deadline, I’m usually exhausted – but there is nothing like
getting immersed in a story you are writing where you feel like you’re in the
middle of the narrative.
4. What is your writing Kryptonite?
Real life, lol. No, seriously, I have such a busy life it sometimes knocks me off my wordcount.
5. Did you ever consider writing under a pseudonym?
Why yes, and I do!
6. What other authors are you friends with, and how do they help you become a better writer?
Writer friends are one of the best parts of this business. I’ve met nearly every single one of my writing heroes. I tend to love Indy writers because they’re not subject to “formulas” that big publishers require traditional writers to follow. It allows for so much more creativity. You know, I’m friends with so many writers now it feels impossible to list them. I am very excited that a lot of my friends are contributing to an anthology coming out in Jan 2025 called Hope & Harmony.
7. Do you want each book to stand on its own, or are you trying to build a body of work with connections between each book?
Definitely
a body of work. All of my books (with the exception of the Less Than Zero
encores) are interconnected standalones. Characters pop up in other books all
the time. It’s how I like to read and how I like to write.
8. What authors did you dislike at first but grew into?
You know, I am a big fan of diversity and the only thing that bugs me is if it’s really apparent that a writer hasn’t used an editor or proofreader. Or, they haven’t researched their subject matter and have glaring errors.
9. What’s your favorite under-appreciated novel?
This will sound weird because I’m a romance author, but I love Stephen King. The book “It” nearly killed me (before it was a movie and TV series) – clowns and giant spiders. ARGH?
Romance novel wise, I love anything by Carian Cole. Really edgy. Super smart. Very tortured heroes. Beautiful writing.
One
of my favorite thick novels is Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett. Compelling
story about building a cathedral that spans generations. Sounds boring, right?
It’s not.
10. As a writer, what would you choose as your mascot/avatar/spirit animal?
Easy. A wolf.
11. How many unpublished and half-finished books do you have?
I just turned in the next book in the Charming Irish series to my editor. I have to write a novella by end of year and get a huge jump on Book 3 of the Charming Irish.
12. What did you edit out of this book?
I edit a lot out. I write and rewrite the prologue about a million times as the book unfolds.
If anything, I probably edit out anything that doesn’t push the story forward.
13. If you didn’t write, what would you do for work?
Well, I’m not a FT writer. I own my own business and work on that full time as well.
14. Do you hide any secrets in your books that only a few people will find?
All the time.
15. What is your favorite childhood book?
See
above, Lad, a Dog. Old Yeller. Where the Red Fern Grows. Oh, and all of the
Little House on the Prairie books.
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