Two Truths and a Lie, a Romantic Suspense from Daryl Devoré

I am so excited to welcome Daryl Devoré here today. Her latest release Two Truths and a Lie that is part of the Lawbreakers Box Set. Let’s start with a short little Q&A.

I’m Daryl Devoré and I am happy to be here today talking about my latest – Two Truths and a Lie from the Lawbreakers box set.

Where is your favorite place to write?

I, usually, write in my chair, laptop on my lap, next to the window overlooking the fields. But I have written almost anywhere. Once I wrote the first three chapters while driving down to North Carolina. I wrote several chapters waiting at an airport gate, then in the line as we boarded and then after I had seat belted myself in. Luckily, I was writing in my journal so I didn’t have to close it down.

What inspires you as an author?

Anything. I have written a book based on a scene that popped into my head. Once, I wrote a whole book to get to a last line that I thought was good. I’ve been inspired by a song or another book (S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders). For Two Truths and a Lie, the inspiration was the theme of the box set.

Why do you write romance and why your genre of romance?

Romance is everywhere. In a romance book, the focus is on the romance. It is a major part of the story. In a different genre, like a sci-fi, there is often romance, but it is secondary to the story. How many crime dramas do we watch hoping the two main characters fall in love in the midst of the gore of their police lives? (Kenzie and Deeks from NCIS: LA spring to mind.) So, why do I write it? Romance is what makes the world go round.

Why my genre of romance?

I don’t have A genre. Whatever my muse decides is what I write – sweet, heat, medieval, fantasy, contemporary, rock star and billionaire are some examples of my range of genre.

What are you working on next and when can we expect to see it?

Now, this one I can’t answer. I have at least 10 partial books waiting on my hard drive. One, in particular, has been there for several years and it nags at me. But I can’t decide how to proceed. So I don’t know if I’ll take up that challenge or if I’ll take a writing break. Best I can say to the question – Stay tuned.

Blurb for Two Truths and a Lie:

If you love hot, billionaire romances, then this is a must read.

From the author of the Two Hearts One Love Trilogy, multi-published, hot romance author Daryl Devoré’s latest book revolves around deceit, betrayal, passion and the theft of a multi-million-dollar, rare, red diamond.

As if multiple planes crashes, a car accident, and a concussion isn’t enough, carefree Byn and straight-lace billionaire, Mark struggle through Byn’s need for independence and Mark’s struggle with guilt pushing him in the opposite direction of love. When an art forger, an art thief and a ninety-year-old woman get involved the chance for true love for Byn and Mark fades.

All is lost until a children’s game is their only hope.

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Excerpt from Two Truths and a Lie from the Lawbreakers Box Set:

All I had to do was steal a rare, red diamond. How hard could that be?

I followed the others into the Whittle Bus, took a seat and turned to look out the window. I didn’t want a seat buddy. I didn’t want a BFF – someone to giggle and bond with. I had a job to do. I had to keep my focus.

Especially if I wanted to live.

I stared blankly out the window, not seeing the city shift to country. Music blared from the bus’s sound system. The driver turned the radio on an All 80s channel. Trying to block the music, I reviewed my evening. First, act like a meek female, not too competent or intelligent who doesn’t speak English fluently. Second, pretend to be an acceptable server and deliver drinks to thirsty, rich people. Third, steal the red diamond.

Simple enough.

I didn’t want the gem. Hmph, who was I kidding? I’d love to own it. But, a job’s a job. I’d been commissioned to steal and deliver it to a secure box. And that’s exactly what I intended to do. I’d planned this job for several weeks, if not months. Finally, the right opportunity presented itself and here I am sitting on a bus listening to You Spin Me Round and dressed like a French maid. So unbelievably annoying. The skirt barely covers the bend in my butt. Every time I tugged at the skirt, my boobs start to pop out of the top. Not that there is a lot of boob to pop out. I seemed to be missing the greatly endowed gene. I stifled the fantasy of putting my fingers around the neck of the old pervert that demanded we wear these ridiculous outfits. And gloves. We all had to wear white gloves.

I’m guessing he didn’t want us mere peasants touching anything and leaving our filthy germs which he might pick up and then die of some horrible flesh-eating disease. Hey, a person can dream.

But on the bright side, the gloves played right into my hand, so to speak. I didn’t have to figure out how to conceal a pair of gloves. I’d wear these white monstrosities, steal the red diamond and not leave a fingerprint in the whole house.

The bus slowed, passed through the open gates then drove around to the back of a large manor house. I’ll admit the house wasn’t as big as the one in Downton Abbey, but it was still impressive. A stone house with several floors, lots of windows and partially covered in ivy. The land around it extended for acres in every direction. I’d already done my research on the place. I knew every inch of the outside and inside of the house. I had escape routes planned. I had no intention of needing them. I was confident I was leaving the same way as I had arrived – on this bus.

I knew where I could hide in the house if needed. And I had a back-up plan to my back-up plan. Several people had been paid hefty fees to watch my back. This gem was a good as stolen.

 

 

About the Author: 

Two writers in one. Daryl Devoré writes hot romances with sexy heroes and strong heroines. Victoria Adams is Daryl Devoré’s alter ego when she’s inspired to write sweet romances with little to no heat.

Daryl (@daryldevore) lives in an old farmhouse in Ontario, Canada, with her husband, a large salt water aquarium full of fish, a black cat named Licorice and some house ghosts. Her daughter is grown and has flown the nest. Daryl loves to take long walks on her quiet country road or snowshoe across the back acres, and in the summer, kayak along the St. Lawrence River. She has touched a moon rock, a mammoth, and a meteorite. She’s been deep in the ocean in a submarine, flown high over Niagara Falls in a helicopter, and used the ladies room in a royal palace. Life’s an adventure and Daryl’s having fun living it.

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