The Romance Bookie

Hey Everyone! I would like to welcome back Ann Lee Miller, who not only has a special celebration taking place today (it's her Birthday!!), but also her new book called Avra's God just came out recently! Today I am featuring an excerpt from Avra's God ! :) Chapter 1 A hot blast of pepperoni-laden air rolled over Avra as Stavro’s Pizza kitchen door swung shut. She inched ahead in line for a table with her family. “Yep, me and the idiot sisters are eatin’ fine tonight.” She swiveled. That voice. The guy from Humanities 301 thumbed through change he pulled from the pocket of his cutoffs. Cisco. And she didn’t shower and change after soccer practice—why? Her brother’s elbow knocked into her. “It’s gotta be meat lovers,” Drew’s stuck-in-puberty voice rasped. Cisco glanced in her direction. Her gaze skittered back to her brother. Please, God, tell me Cisco didn’t just catch me staring at him! Her attention drifted to Cisco’s corkscrew curls that brushed the shoulders of ...

Hey everyone!! Today I've got another interview, this one with the wonderful Ann Lee Miller, the author of both Kicking Eternity and The Art of my Life ! The Romance Bookie: The Art of My Life is set on a sailboat. How did you get interested in sailing? Ann Lee Millier: My dad built a 40-foot yawl (sailboat) in our Miami, Florida, back yard that we ended up living aboard for a few years when I was an adolescent. TRB: What were some highlights from living aboard? ALM: [Laughing] I always say the Annie Lee (named after yours truly) was an aquaculture for mold and dysfunction. A psychologist would have a heyday with that, no doubt. My folks’ marriage had descended into its swan song during those years. But it’s pretty hard to knock shedding your Catholic school uniform every day, shimmying into a bathing suit, and jumping overboard. My kid brother rode his tricycle off the end of our pier twice before my dad left the trike at the bottom of the bay. We rescued an injured t...