Welcome Karen Erickson!! - Virtual Book Tour Stop

I'd like to Welcome romance author Karen Erickson to Gather and to my blog Jax's Spot. This is only one stop on her Virtural Book tour (and this is the first time I've ever hosted for a virtual book tour). Her new book Worth the Challenge is now out at stores and on line. It's book 3 in the Worth It series.


Karen is giving away a $50 giftcard (Amazon or B&N) to one lucky reader who follows her book tour. Open internationally. Keep up with Karen’s book tour here for other fun giveaways:

http://karenwritesromance.com/virtual-book-tour/


http://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/share-code/Mzk3ZDkxMDA5NzE5YjBmYTdlZjE5YmFjOTg0OTQxOjE3OQ==/


She is also giving away a copy of Worth The Risk, book 2 in the series from this post. Keep reading and you'll see what question she wants you to answer to win. And feel free to leave questions and comments to Karen in the comment section also.




















Summary of Worth the Challenge: Together, they’re magic. Now to capture it in a bottle…
For once in his errant life, Rhett Worth is ready to prove to his older brothers he’s more than good looks and a woman-melting smile. Except he’s screwed up. And it’s about to hit the fan as he prepares to tell them he’s failed to deliver the master perfumer, Michel Durand, to create Worth Luxury’s signature scent.


Then salvation walks through the boardroom door, all wrapped up in a petite, seductive package.
Gabriella Durand is prepared to beg the Worths to give her capricious father another chance. Instead, she finds the devastatingly handsome Rhett Worth offering it to her as if he’d planned it all along. And Gabriella, hungry to emerge from her father’s shadow, jumps at it.


Soon they’re in Maui to hunt for the perfect scent…and find it in the tropical breeze that washes across their entwined bodies. Now the pressure is on to capture that passion in a bottle—before they let love complicate the delicate mix. Before a whiff of betrayal threatens to destroy everything.

From Karen:

Hey everyone!

When I write, the things that inspire me aren’t necessarily consistent. Most of the time photos inspire me. Other times, I have such a visual in my head I don’t want it to be tainted by outside sources.

Us writers are an odd lot sometimes, aren’t we?

As I was writing each book of the Worth It series (Worth the Scandal, Worth the Risk and Worth the Challenge which just came out on the 16^th) I had an image of Rhett but it wasn’t necessarily concrete. He appears in the first two books, has that bad boy reputation that’s so delicious to play with.

Yet his face, it didn’t come to me.

Until I was scrolling Pinterest one afternoon and was struck by this photo:

Source: Pinterest

Hello, Rhett, was the first thought that rang through my head. Then, I had to immediately figure out who he was. I posted this photo on my blog and on my Facebook page, asking for help. And let me tell you, it was fun to watch everyone take guesses, go out on the search, all in the name of finding this handsome devil who’d become my Rhett.

I finally Google searched the image (did you know you can do that? I didn’t until I searched this dude. So cool!) and discovered his name is Stephen Walker, he’s six-foot-one and he’s a model from South Africa.

They make ‘em real sexy in South Africa, don’t they? *winks*

(Here’s a link to his modeling portfolio – it’s worth a look, trust me)

So tell me…what do you think of my Rhett? (and for more of the visuals that inspired the Worth It series, please check out my Worth It Inspiration page at Pinterest!) Let me know if he’s your type in the comments and I’ll choose one lucky winner to win a copy of Worth the Risk, the second book in the series!

Plus, don’t forget to enter the blog tour contest for your chance to win a $50 gift card to Amazon or B&N!

Where you can find Worth the Challenge: Amazon | B&N | Samhain | iBookstore

Where you can find Karen: Website | Facebook | Twitter | Goodreads | Pinterest

Karen’s Bio:

Romance author Karen Erickson writes what she loves to read — sexy contemporary romance and sensual historical romance. Digitally published since 2006, she currently writes for Samhain Publishing, Entangled Publishing’s Bliss Imprint, Avon Impulse and Carina Press. A native Californian, she lives in the foothills below Yosemite with her husband and three children.


In case I messed up the links above, here are the websites....


Website: http://karenerickson.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/karenerickson
Facebook: http://facebook.com/karenericksonwritesromance
Goodreads: http://goodreads.com/karenerickson
Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/karenerickson/


Take a look at Karen's other books....I just finished reading her book Stolen Hearts.