{"id":2538,"date":"2015-09-05T08:42:02","date_gmt":"2015-09-05T15:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/?p=2538"},"modified":"2015-09-05T12:31:51","modified_gmt":"2015-09-05T19:31:51","slug":"tiki-time-author-spotlight-bailey-bradford-win-a-free-kindle-ebook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ajllewellyn.com\/site\/2015\/09\/05\/2538\/","title":{"rendered":"TIKI TIME! AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT: BAILEY BRADFORD \u2013 WIN A FREE KINDLE EBOOK!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Aloha Gang!<\/p>\n

\u00a0Today we\u2019re going to meet the truly awesome BAILEY BRADFORD<\/b>, best-selling author of some TRULY DELECTABLE M\/M novels!<\/b><\/p>\n

You can check out her latest book HAY and HEARTBREAK: Mossy Glenn Ranch Book 7<\/strong> by clicking this\u00a0link:<\/strong><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.pride-publishing.com\/book\/hay-and-heartbreak<\/a><\/p>\n

OR<\/strong><\/p>\n

Comment here to enter the draw to win a FREE copy of her book when it becomes available September 29. Or any one of the 7 in the series. Winner\u2019s Choice!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Keep reading to see just how fabulous BAILEY BRADFORD<\/strong>\u00a0really\u00a0<\/b>\u00a0is! I mean, she answered\u00a0ALL<\/strong>\u00a0my\u00a0STUPID QUESTIONS!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yeah, baby! It\u2019s Tiki Time!<\/p>\n

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  1. Hi Bailey, what’s your favorite cocktail? I’ll have the cabana boys whip one up for you while I ask some really stupid…er, I mean informative questions.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    First, thank you for having me here today, AJ. I appreciate it.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    As to the cocktails\u2026Well, I\u2019m good with most booze, but lately I\u2019ve been on a quest to find the best margarita. This has required a lot of case studies, comparisons, and so on. However, I also love a good amaretto anything, and Peach Bellinis are kind of amazing. If it\u2019s cold, sweet, and yummy, I\u2019ll drink it. But, if the cabana boys can whip me up a few margaritas, that\u2019d be great, thanks!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    1. Mmm…peach bellinis! What was your favorite TV show as a kid? Do you still love it?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      I\u2019ve never been a huge TV viewer. When I was a kid, we were sent outside to play, and that\u2019s what we did pretty much from the time we\u2019d finished breakfast until we came in for dinner. I can\u2019t tell you the number of times my mom would hand us lunch and we\u2019d eat it outside while we played. Our imaginations were always running as wild as we did, and it was fantastic. That being said, I loved Bonanza when I got to watch it, and Bugs Bunny. I don\u2019t know if I\u2019d still like Bonanza, but I do still love Bugs!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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      1. I love Bugs, too! What was your relationship with fantasy as a child?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Fantasy and I were like this *crosses fingers* We had a lot more imagination than toys, which worked out well. I loved reading\u2014Louis L\u2019Amour was my dad\u2019s favorite, so he was mine, too. I read everything I could by Anne McCaffery and Piers Anthony, Douglas Adams, and several other sci-fantasy, and horror authors. Stephen King fascinated me, and when I discovered Tanith Lee I was thrilled.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

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        1. Do you write naked?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          I write any way I can \ud83d\ude42<\/strong><\/p>\n

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          1. I suspected that about you, Bailey! This leads me to my next question. You’re stuck on a deserted island after a three hour tour that goes awry. Name six people alive or dead that you’d like to be marooned with…and your fantasy castaway meal.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

            I\u2019m not super-adventurous here, and now I\u2019m going to have to rethink taking a cruise with the Hubs for our anniversary, because getting marooned wouldn\u2019t be my idea of fun, unless I happened to have WiFi and my laptop\u2026Then I wouldn\u2019t really be marooned, would I? But yes, fantasy marooning\u2014I\u2019d want my family with me more than anyone else. I am very family oriented. My mom, my oldest daughter, her husband, their two children, my teen daughter, my Hubs, we all live in the same house. I\u2019d have to take them all! And my pup, PNut. That\u2019s more than six, but the grandkids are pretty little, so we can count them as one, right?<\/strong><\/p>\n

            If it was people other than family, I\u2019d want some of my favorite storytellers with me: Stephen King, Piers Anthony, Anne McCaffrey, Les Stroud\u2014someone needs to teach us survival skills!\u2014Bruce Springsteen, because yeesh, I\u2019ve had a crush on him forever<\/em>and he could sing for us all, so why not? And one of your cabana boys. I\u2019m not picky about which, they\u2019re all sweet and sexy\u2014and they make fantastic margaritas.<\/strong><\/p>\n

            Thank you again, AJ!<\/strong><\/p>\n

            No, thank YOU Bailey! x<\/p>\n

            HAY and HEARTBREAK:<\/strong><\/p>\n

            There\u2019s more than one way to imprison a man.<\/em><\/p>\n

            Daniel Edmonds spent almost a decade in prison for a crime he didn\u2019t commit. After finally having his name cleared, he\u2019d hoped things would get easier, but people still look at him like he\u2019s a murderer, and talk about him in hushed voices as he walks past. When he discovers that he really can\u2019t go home again, he has to decide what to do to survive.<\/p>\n

            Adapting to the outside world isn\u2019t easy, especially for a man alone.<\/p>\n

            Fear of temptation to fall back into his old ways scares Daniel into near-seclusion. When given the chance to help his brother Duke and brother-in-law, Frankie, Daniel agrees. His pride takes a hit when he has to let them buy his plane ticket to Montana, but Daniel\u2019s learning that family is more important than anything else.<\/p>\n

            That\u2019s what he tells himself, although maybe he\u2019s running, just a little, and not just trying to help Duke and Frankie. One thing is for certain\u2014he doesn\u2019t mind spending a little time on the Mossy Glenn Ranch.<\/p>\n

            Hector Gallegos works hard and keeps his head down. He hasn\u2019t been interested in more than the occasional hook-up here and there. He\u2019s growing tired of that lifestyle, though, after seeing so many happy couples\u2014and one treble\u2014at the Mossy Glenn.<\/p>\n

            When Dan Edmonds shows up to visit his brother, Duke, Hector can\u2019t help but notice the man. Dan\u2019s scarred face doesn\u2019t dim the attraction that immediately flares between him and Hector.<\/p>\n

            Lust comes easy, but building something that will last is a challenge.<\/p>\n

            General Release Date: 29th September 2015<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

            Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n

            Daniel Edmonds sat with his hands dangling between his knees as he stared at Edward Atkins, his lawyer. Dan\u2019s palms were sweaty and his pulse was racing so fast he felt dizzy, and had difficulty drawing a decent breath.<\/p>\n

            \u201cDo you understand what I\u2019m saying, Dan?\u201d Edward asked. He held up a thin stack of papers. \u201cDetective Warren has been found guilty of falsifying your records as well as your charges. Not just yours, but those of four other men and women from Hightower. You\u2019ve been exonerated, just as I expected you would be.\u201d<\/p>\n

            He should say something. Dan knew it, but there was a great, hot lump in his throat that was shutting off his air supply. The gagging sound he made when he opened his mouth was followed by gray dots that quickly covered his field of vision.<\/p>\n

            \u201cShit!\u201d he heard Edward yelp, then there was a weight pushing down on the back of his neck.<\/p>\n

            \u201cPut your head between your knees and breathe,\u201d Edward said, loud enough to be heard past the roaring in Dan\u2019s ears. \u201cThat\u2019s it. Breathe in slow, hold it for a few seconds, then out slow. You can do this, Dan. I know it\u2019s a huge thing, to be free from the criminal past you\u2019ve been unjustly saddled with, but Rick and everyone at his exoneration foundation believed in you, and we knew this would be the outcome once Detective\u2014well, he\u2019s not a detective now\u2014once Oliver Warren was exposed as the crooked cop he was. Between Internal Affairs, and Warren\u2019s ex-wife and his former partner coming clean, this was going to happen. Don\u2019t panic about it now.\u201d<\/p>\n

            Edward didn\u2019t understand. Dan had spent almost a decade in prison, charged with murdering a drug supplier over thirty bucks. Then there\u2019d been the halfway house, and\u2026and Dan was scared to be free. He didn\u2019t know what to do or how to take care of himself.<\/p>\n

            \u201cIt\u2019s going to be okay,\u201d Edward said. \u201cWe\u2019ll go after the police department and the state. This wasn\u2019t a case of negligence. Warren deliberately framed people he didn\u2019t like or those he was paid to get rid of by sending them to prison. Other people in the department were in on it. You\u2019ll have a great settlement, enough to live on the rest of your life. It might take a few years, but with the Internet and the way social media can draw attention to a just cause, you\u2019ll be fine. I\u2019ve already got Martha setting up a GoFundMe for you. Sometimes those work great, so you might have some money soon, though I wouldn\u2019t expect to get rich from it.\u201d<\/p>\n

            Dan\u2019s head was spinning as he tried to process everything Edward had said. He needed a minute or two of silence, but Edward kept talking.<\/p>\n

            \u201cAnd Rick wants to meet you personally, set up some interviews and such. It\u2019ll be great publicity for the foundation. Think of all the donations you can help bring in so more wrongly convicted men and women can be freed.\u201d Edward\u2019s earnest tone was unmistakable, just as his enthusiasm was. Those qualities made him a formidable attorney. At the moment, however, his words seemed to be weighing Dan down by the second.<\/p>\n

            \u201cI can\u2019t do interviews,\u201d Dan mumbled, nausea making his stomach roll. His mouth watered and he clamped his teeth in a bid to keep from retching.<\/p>\n

            Edward squeezed his nape. \u201cDon\u2019t count on that. You\u2019ve got a lot to take in and you\u2019re feeling overwhelmed right now. I know you\u2019ll want to help out the foundation after what it\u2019s done for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

            Dan shot up out of the chair and bolted for the office door. He made it to the restroom before he dropped to his knees in front of the first toilet he reached. As humiliating as it was, he vomited, knowing Edward had chased after him and was witnessing Dan\u2019s moment of utter weakness. Thoughts racing, all Dan could do was let his body purge itself of breakfast.<\/p>\n

            Edward was there, patting his back, saying he was sorry for upsetting Dan, sorry for pushing. Those were all useless words that Dan knew meant nothing. Edward was a huge advocate for the Rick Jones Foundation for Freedom, which had been set up by a man\u2014Rick Jones\u2014who\u2019d spent twenty-six years in prison for a crime he didn\u2019t commit before being freed by a simple DNA test. Dan admired Rick, but he could never be him. Dan wasn\u2019t that altruistic or good\u2026or whatever the word was to describe a man who\u2019d dedicated his life to seeing as many wrongs righted as possible.<\/p>\n

            Dan just wanted to figure out how to live his own life.<\/p>\n

            \u201cI\u2019ll stop bothering you about it for now,\u201d Edward said. \u201cI understand that a lot has happened in a short time. Most cases take longer to clear. If Internal Affairs hadn\u2019t already been investigating Warren, and if his ex-wife along with his former partner hadn\u2019t testified against him, we\u2019d still be fighting for your exoneration. You might not think so now, but this is a very good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n

            Dan got that. He just couldn\u2019t freaking stop heaving and sweating, or slow his thoughts down enough to grasp one and focus on it.<\/p>\n

            \u201cI tell you what. Let\u2019s get you back to Clarence and tomorrow, we\u2019ll talk again. I\u2019ll come by there and give you a break from visiting me at the office. How\u2019s that?\u201d Edward asked.<\/p>\n

            Dan tried to nod. The floor tilted.<\/p>\n

            Edward grabbed him by the shoulders. \u201cHey, be careful. Maybe we should have a doctor check you over.\u201d<\/p>\n

            \u201cM\u2019fine,\u201d Dan forced out, clenching his hands on the toilet seat, unconcerned with germs or anything else then except for retaining a smidgen of pride.<\/p>\n

            \u201cYou don\u2019t look fine.\u201d Edward still held onto him. \u201cI\u2019m sorry I pushed. I tend to do that when there\u2019s something I\u2019m passionate about.\u201d<\/p>\n

            Dan grunted and hoped that sufficed for an answer. He closed his eyes and tried to get a hold of himself. After another minute, with Edward being blessedly silent, Dan felt that he could stand up. He did so slowly, his legs shaking as he reached his full height.<\/p>\n

            Then an icy calm sank into him and Dan knew he\u2019d be okay. He\u2019d reached that spot before, where he was cold to the bone and nothing could hurt him\u2014emotionally, at least. \u201cI\u2019m fine,\u201d he reiterated clearly. He tugged on his shirt sleeves, then turned around, taking a wider step out than necessary so that Edward would back away. \u201cDon\u2019t bother Clarence. I\u2019ll walk. I need to clear my head some anyways. Can\u2019t do that if I\u2019m having to talk to Clarence.\u201d<\/p>\n

            Edward gave him a thorough perusal and clicked his tongue, reminding Dan so much of his own mother, oddly enough, that he could almost picture her standing there instead of Edward. He hadn\u2019t thought of her in a long time, and he didn\u2019t want the painful memories now, when he\u2019d just gotten his act together.<\/p>\n

            Author Bio:<\/strong><\/p>\n

            A native Texan, I spend most of my days writing, wrangling pups, kittens, grandkids, and one teenage daughter whom I homeschool. Things are pretty hectic all the time, but hey, never a dull moment, right?<\/p>\n

            I have 17 tattoos, a silly streak a mile wide, a short fuse, a quick smile, and I love being outside when the heat won\u2019t kill me. Hiking in New Mexico is one of my favorite ways to relax.<\/p>\n

            I don\u2019t like leaving anything undone, but I don\u2019t let the little things make me cranky.<\/p>\n

            Usually.<\/p>\n

            If there\u2019s anything specific you\u2019d like to know, please email me at itsbaileybradford@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

            Contact Links:<\/strong><\/p>\n

            Email: itsbaileybradford@yahoo.com<\/a><\/p>\n

            Website: www.baileybradford.com<\/a><\/p>\n

            Blog: www.baileysplayroom.blogspot.com<\/a><\/p>\n

            Twitter: @BaileyBFun4Me<\/p>\n

            Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bailey.bradford.9<\/a><\/p>\n

            Pride-Publishing Page: https:\/\/www.pride-publishing.com\/index.php?route=product\/author\/info&author_id=114<\/a><\/p>\n

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