By: Coleen Kwan
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I recently returned from a holiday to
China, my first overseas trip in more than five years. Between buying a house,
renovating it, and raising two children, there hasn’t been much time or money
for travelling, and after so many years in my familiar surrounds, this trip was
certainly an eye-opener. I loved the experience, and I definitely want to see
other parts of Asia soon, but I was also glad to return home. Travelling can be
exhausting, especially those eleven hour, overnight flights in cattle class.

The island where Jack has made his home is
a completely fictional one. I named it Filemu Island, part of an archipelago
called the Sullivan Islands (also made up). I imagined it to be a lush,
stunningly beautiful island with ancient volcanic peaks, verdant jungle, and
hidden away waterfalls. Sounds great, doesn’t it?
A while back my partner and I rented a tiny
yacht and sailed around the Whitsunday Islands (in the Great Barrier Reef) for
a week. It was a bareboat charter, meaning we were in charge of the boat
ourselves. I’m a complete novice at sailing, while my partner had done some
occasional weekend sailing. Our first night at sea I suffered terrible
seasickness, and so we moored in close to shore. At 1am in the morning we were
woken by the sound of the boat’s keel scrapping against something — we’d been
caught out by the big tidal changes in the Whitsundays and were stuck high and
dry! Several hours passed before the tide changed and our boat finally
refloated. Fortunately we’d moored in a mangrove swamp so our boat was stuck in
mud, not a coral reef, which would have caused a lot more damage!
That was the last time I went bareboating,
but I do remember the highlights of the trip — crystal clear waters, beautiful
sunsets, turtles swimming past our boat. Travelling can be hard work but the
good memories we return with are worth it.
In Baiting
the Boss, Grace returns to Sydney with more than just good memories, she
has persuaded Jack to visit his grandfather too. But returning to reality has
its complications as Jack becomes embroiled in his family’s dramas and Grace
realizes her crush on him has morphed into something much more.
I enjoyed creating my fictional Pacific island
paradise, and I hope readers will too. That’s the beauty of books — we might
not always be able to travel to exotic locations, but we can always visit them
through a book.
Giveaway

Happy reading!
Coleen Kwan
Baiting The Boss
For years Grace Owens harbored a secret
crush on her boss, Jack Macintyre, the heir to the Macintyre Corporation. But
Jack relocates to a remote tropical island after tragedy upends his life,
cutting off all contact. Now Grace’s new boss issues an ultimatum: return Jack
to the family fold or pack her briefcase and move on.
When she turns up at Jack's bungalow, he
can’t deny his attraction to the fiery woman determined to lure him out of his
tropical paradise. Little does she know that returning is the last thing he
wants—he’s nobody’s boss, and he likes it that way.
If he stays, she'll lose her job. If he
goes, she'll lose her heart.
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Author bio:
Coleen Kwan has been a bookworm all her
life. At school English was her favorite subject, but for some reason she
decided on a career in IT. After many years of programming, she wondered what
else there was in life — and discovered writing. She loves writing contemporary
romance and steampunk romance.
Coleen lives in Sydney, Australia with her
partner and two children. When she isn’t writing she enjoys avoiding housework,
eating chocolate, and watching Criminal
Minds.
Website: www.coleenkwan.com
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Sounds like a fantastic book, can't wait to see how Grace and Jack deal with each other :)
ReplyDeleteWow... the boat incident had to be nerve wracking! Glad it turned out ok! Loved the book excerpt and book concept. Its rough being out of your comfort zone. Thank you for the giveaway.
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Interesting setting
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