Lori Sizemore Author of Infamous
Give a warm welcome to Lori Sizemore, author of Infamous! Sassy humor for the heart, captivating contemporary romance for the soul.
Pull up a chair, grab a drink of your choice from the cooler, a Chocolate Chip or Peanut Butter cookie from the plate, and let’s find out a little about Lori and Infamous.
Tell us about writing Infamous!
Infamous released into the world last month, on December 14. So far, reviewers have been very generous and gracious to me and it’s been a wonderful time. Infamous is my first published novel. It’s also the first in a planned trilogy. While I was editing Infamous with my editor and getting it ready for publication, I wrote book two.
There are several secrets revealed in Infamous. In fact, the latter part of the book is all about secrets that Justine and her family are keeping from one another. In book two, there’s another revelation at the very beginning for my hero (he’s mentioned briefly in Infamous). The heroine is Sawyer’s trusty and snarky assistant, Veronica.
Secrets in fiction are delicious little delicacies, as opposed to their real-life counterpart. In real-life, secrets are destructive and dangerous. Of course, for characters, secrets feel exactly the same. Secrets can ruin family relationships, crush hearts, and humiliate everyone involved.
In Infamous, Justine is compelled to keep her blossoming relationship with Sawyer a secret from her father because he’s ruined past relationships for her. What Justine really needs is someone her father can’t bully or buy off. Someone who loves her more than the anything-he-could-want offer Justine’s father inevitably makes to everyone who enters her life.
When the secret relationship is finally revealed, it sets off a chain reaction of secrets that nearly destroy her and her family. They say a secret isn’t a secret if more than one person knows. Justine finds this out first-hand.
as a secret, yours or someone else’s, ever blown up in front of you? It’s sort of like one of those train-wreck moments you can’t look away from. Any secrets to share?
A little about Infamous?
Justine Montgomery, daughter of a divorced beauty queen and TV magnate, is a tabloid disaster after her infamous sex tape. She’s so desperate to help save her family’s home she turns to her deal-making dad. Can she prove to him she’s cut out for a career in television or will she lose it all?
Sawyer has his own past and a successful career is his only goal. Seeing Justine fail would mean the promotion of a lifetime, but things get complicated when he develops feelings for her. Suddenly, the lines between work, life, sex, and love are blurry.
They will have to overcome the bitterness of a rejected ex, the controlling actions of her father, and the half-truths they’re telling one another to forge a lasting partnership both on the job and off the clock.
Excerpt
He considered her for a moment, searching her face. “I want to get you out of those expensive clothes.”
She froze and took a jagged breath.
Sawyer slid a hand behind her to pull her ponytail over her shoulder and run the curls through his fingers. “I want to mess up your hair, fist it in my hands while I kiss you until you can’t think.”
As he toyed with her curls, Justine blanked. At that second, she’d have said yes to anything he asked of her. She stood to open her door then turned back, unsure what would come out. “I can’t think right now.”
With a tilt of the head, he leaned in. “I’m going to kiss you anyway.”
A voice in the back of her mind told her she was going to have to practice telling this man no. He pressed her to the wall, sucked at her bottom lip, ran his tongue across it. Heat blasted through her.
Sawyer tugged her through the open doorway. He kicked the door shut and backed her against it slowly. Pale streetlight from outside the window cast them in shadows. The weight of how much she wanted him almost crushed her. They kissed and, despite them both being fully clothed, she felt vulnerable. Naked.
His hands pressed flat against the wall beside her, his breathing as uneven as her own. “Say it.”
“Say what?”
“Tell me you want me. That you think about me touching you, that it keeps you up at night. Tell me it’s not just me.”
“I do.” Her voice came out fluttery.
He ran a hand through her hair, toying with the ends. “I wonder things, like how you sound when you’re excited and…”
She put a finger to his lips, still moist from their kisses. “Stop saying things like that. I don’t want to know because then I won’t be able to stop thinking about you thinking those things.” She tilted her head back against the wall and steadied a hand on his chest. His muscles bunched beneath her fingers. She needed to think. She needed to process all of this and…
He lifted her hand, nuzzling the sensitive skin on her wrist, which sent a quiver down her spine. When she couldn’t take any more, she withdrew it from his grasp. And Sawyer was there, picking up where he left off, with a leisurely, complete, thorough kiss. And, oh, she kissed him back. How could she not? His kiss, it was everything. Like something in her, that had been off her whole life, snapped into place.
Her heart jittered in her chest and propelled her past the desire, past the panic gnawing inside because she wanted more of him. She wanted to touch him and taste him and be filled by him, but even more beyond that.
Buy Links
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Author Bio
Lori Sizemore grew up in the mountains of West Virginia and never quite managed to escape them. Lori lives at home with her husband of twenty-plus years and two of her three daughters. She also lives with two dogs, a cat, and five hermit crabs. Yes, five of them. This menagerie and her family keep her busy. She worked in mental health as a social worker for ten years before making the choice to write full-time.
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It was wonderful having you with us today. Please feel free to stop by anytime. Good Luck with Infamous.
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Posted in Authors' Secrets Blog by Tena Stetler with 14 comments.
Hi Lori. Your book sounds wonderful and I’m sure copies are flying. Good luck with all your dreams for 2017. Anni xx
Thanks for stopping by Anni! Hoping your 2071 is bright and shiny!
Fictional secrets are the best!
But omg the real life secrets I know….
Oh you tease Charlotte!!! LOL Thanks for popping by!
Sounds intriguing, Lori! Wishing you all the best!
Thanks for stopping by Mary. Always a pleasure.
Secrets. They’ll bring a woman down faster than a sheet of ice on the driveway. [sorry for the digression. Western New York is battling another ice storm today].
This is a great sounding story, Lori. And so timely considering what’s going on in today’s world. Much luck with your first ever!
Kat Henry Doran
Kat,
Glad you could make it. Totally agree on the secrets! Stay warm.
Sounds like a terrific story, Lori. Best of luck with it. And you’re right about secrets!
Hey Barbara,
Nice for you to stop by. Boy isn’t that the truth of secrets!
Sounds like a great series. Will have to check it out.
Hi Ilona, Thanks so much for stopping by! I really appreciate it. Have a great weekend!
Love the story concept. I’ll definitely be checking it out. Good luck with book sales.
Thanks for stopping by Christine! Have a wonderful weekend.