This wasn’t supposed to happen. I asked for a loan and ended up with a husband! Sure, he’s drool-worthy—smart, funny, and sexy. But he’s also my boss, a grieving widower, hunted by a criminal, and our marriage is a sham.
Callie Wallis is militantly self-reliant, but when her sister’s mountain of medical bills threatens to avalanche, she does the unthinkable: She asks her boss, Adam, for a loan. A member of the famous Hughes clan, Adam is fed up with the scheming fortune hunters and paparazzi that dog his every step, so when his assistant, Callie, asks for money, he ups the ante to a marriage of convenience instead. Each plan to get what they want from the arrangement and leave, but when a black-market treasure hunter decides Adam has something he wants, can the pair escape both danger and love?
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Q & A with One Man’s Treasure author Eva Fox Mate
How did you get started writing? I’ve been a writer since roughly the first grade, beginning with the books I created for my younger sister (complete with crayon illustrations) about the life and times of a ladybug named Mandy. While those books had a short life span, stories and characters kept on intruding into my thoughts, and I began to keep a “someday” list of tales I wanted to write when time permitted. Of course, life got wonderfully in the way, in the forms of marriage, family, and a bevy of jobs. However, with the onslaught of Covid in 2020, I had a chance to pursue writing full-time, so I took it!
One Man’s Treasure is the first in a trilogy. Did you set out to write three books or did it just happen that way? I am very much what the writing world calls a “pantser,” meaning I don’t write with much of an outline. (I don’t necessarily suggest this, by the way—it can be a bit like walking a tight rope without a net!) Consequently, I didn’t know Adam had this wonderful, slightly crazy family until I wrote the sections involving the Hughes clan. I had so much fun creating those characters (and felt that both Mason and Jeep had their own stories to tell) that I didn’t want to stop writing about them yet.
What advice do you have for new writers? I think the two things that helped me—and continue to help me—were as follows. 1. Just write. Turn off that inner editor and just write to the “the end.” There’s a reason they call it a first draft. That presupposes that more will follow, and those subsequent drafts are where you iron out the kinks and apply the polish. 2. Find your people. In today’s techy world, building a community of knowledgeable, supportive people is relatively easy to do. I benefitted greatly by coaching, writing sprints, critique groups, professional editing, workshops, and simply connecting with other writers. Writing is hard work, and only those who do it know the doubts and insecurities that I believe all writers face at one time or another.
Meet the Author
I have been writing ever since I could hold a pencil! An avid reader, crafter, and lover of history, if I’m not volunteering at a house museum, I’m wielding a crochet hook or glue gun and looking for something to DIY. A transplanted Ohioan, I now live in the Mile High City of Denver, Colorado, with my husband of over 30 wonderful years. Empty nesters, we enjoy golfing, traveling, and spending time with our two amazing adult children and our two zany and much-spoiled dogs.
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