Rediscover Your Joy

      
         Hi, I'm Cathryn Cade.

        Yesterday evening I had the amusing, nostalgic, heart-warming experience of going through the filing cabinet that sits beside my computer desk. The top drawer was half-full of old (and I do mean old, girlfriend) manuscripts.
        We just moved last month, and I had pulled my early writings from a dusty box and filed them, so as I have time I can either keep or toss them. Some were 20 years old. Surprised a bat or two didn't flutter out when I opened those!
       As I read my earliest romance tales, typed on my Brothers Word Processor, I chuckled, I rolled my eyes, I winced ... and I even wiped away a few tears. The glory and pathos of those imaginings came right back to me, as if I'd written them only yesterday.
      The writing--let's be honest--was pretty bad. Rambling sentence structure. Scenes with little more point than a buildup to the heroine gasping as the hero pulled her masterfully into his muscled arms and kissed the sugar out of her. Very few actual endings. Only three stories were finished, and they probably shouldn't have been.
      But ... as I finally stacked the re-read pages into piles and tucked them back into their file folders, I realized something. When I wrote those stories, I was having FUN. That was their only purpose for existence.
      And while most of those first stories lacked such things as character arcs, secondary plot lines and many other story elements I've learned to employ in my published manuscripts, they were full of passion. The characters exploded off the page with larger than life emotions and reactions, with love scenes that still make me squirm and sigh.
     
      I'm a selling writer now.
      I've completed my popular Orion Series of erotic space opera, am in the midst of writing and publishing my contemporary paranormal Hawaiian Heroes series.
      I plan to write many more books and novellas. I read voraciously, studying my favorite writers' work. I take classes and read books, blogs and articles on writing. I am a small business owner, and a full-time writer.
      But I hope I never lose the sheer fun of putting a heroine and hero on the page, and letting them battle their way through obstacles and their own fears and foibles, on the way to their own scorchingly sexy version of happy ever after.

      What gives you joy?
      Do you have a beloved hobby, perhaps one you've turned into a business? If so, or even if you just dabble in many things, I hope you find your joy. I hope you seek it actively.

      But if it hasn't been there for you lately, come on along with me.
      Escape for a little while into a great romance. It's cheaper than a plane ticket, and you can be back in time for work, or to get the kids up for school.  

      Aloha,
     Cathryn

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A Sweet N Sexy Aloha

A Sweet N Sexy Aloha to everyone!

I'm thrilled to be the newest Diva. Thank you, Tina for inviting me.

I'm in pretty fabulous company. My only worry is that my Kindle TBR pile is out of control, because I've already bought books from other authors here!

This is a special week for me also because
Hawaiian Heroes II; Rolling in the Deep debuts July 31st.

Is there anything as exciting for a writer, and readers who have been waiting, as a book release? This is my 7th, and while the first acceptance letter may have been the only one that actually made me scream out loud, each time I know readers will get to meet my newest characters, I'm a happy wahine.

Of course that's because I'm such a serial monogamist (some people would call it slutty). I fall madly in love with every single one of my heroes!

And the Ho'omalu brothers are no exception. First I fell like a ripe papaya for David when he strode into my consciousness, down the slopes of his Big Island volcano. One flashing smile from his sweet, handsome Hawaiian mug, a flex of those big muscles and I fell right at his feet, like all the other female tourists he's charmed. It wasn't easy to turn him over to Melia, but I did, because she's his heroine after all.

Then I met his older brother. And David ... um, David who? Melia can have him. Of course he'll always have a corner of my heart, but Daniel--holy aloha!

These two may be brothers, but they're as different as night and day. David never met a stranger, while Daniel holds everyone but his family at arms length. And those are some pretty impressive arms.

Here's a bit about him. I hope you'll want to meet him as well.

If you do, leave a comment and I'll enter your name in a random drawing. Five commenters will win a FREE copy of the ebook.

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 Desire as deep and dark as the sea…danger as close as a heartbeat.

Hawaiian Heroes, Book 2

Daniel Ho'omalu’s intimidating physique, tribal tattoos and mane of black braids frighten most women before they get close enough to discover he likes to play rough. Pile on his perilous vocation as one of a secret society of island guardians, and he’s painfully aware he may never find a mate.

One look at Daniel, and Claire Hunter knows she’s found the man of her sensual dreams. Without hesitation she sinks her teeth into the challenge of landing the big Hawaiian in her bed. But while he clearly wants her, he won’t bite back.

Daniel is certain the beautiful haole is too young and innocent to handle his dark sexual needs. Despite their determination to ignore each other, the island casts its spell, and in one explosive night, Daniel learns that Claire is more than a match for him in every way.

When Daniel must leave her side and dive to the depths of the sea to foil a gang of drug smugglers, Claire trusts that their powerful bond will bring her lover back safely to her arms. But his vow of honor to protect his people could be the one thing that breaks her heart.

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Product Warnings

Big, hot, tattooed Hawaiian hero who likes it rough—in bed and on the beach. Going deep takes on a whole new meaning in this tropical heat wave.

 

Stop by Samhain Publishing for an excerpt!     http://bit.ly/QGmN0N

 

And stop by my website http://www.cathryncade.com for more about Hawaiian Heroes I; Walking in Fire including some fabulous reviews. Readers compare this series to a red hot tropical mini-vacation.

 

I say it's cheaper than a plane ticket!

 

I la maika'i nou, Have a nice day,

Cathryn