• Character Interviews,  Contemporary

    Character Interview: Nate O’Halloran from Public Affairs @Cassandra_Carr #RLFblog #contemporary

    Public Affairs 
    Cassandra Carr, welcome back to Romance Lives Forever. We’re excited
    to interview your character, Nate O’Halloran from the book, Public Affairs.
    Genre: Spicy contemporary romance
    Publisher: C-Squared Publishing (indie)
    Cover artist: Carey Abbott
    Length: 53,000 words
    Heat rating (based on movie ratings): R
    Two worlds collide, focusing on one objective – to save a hospital.
    Nate O’Halloran is a PR superstar, an expert in crisis management
    for his image-conscious celebrity clients. When his college roommate, now a hospital
    director in Buffalo, calls to beg for his help– a cancer researcher on staff has
    disappeared with millions of dollars’ worth of government research funds– Nate
    agrees to help right away, though this situation is pretty small potatoes for him.
    Val Chase, the hospital’s PR director, is none too thrilled when
    Nate shows up; does it mean her boss doesn’t trust her to handle this mess herself?
    Against her better judgment, Val decides she and Nate have to work together to save
    the hospital’s reputation, though the explosive attraction they feel is making any
    actual “work” difficult…
    What are your main characters’ names, ages, and occupations?
    Nate O’Halloran; late
    30’s; PR guru to the stars
    Val Chase; early 30’s,
    PR director for Cancer
    Care Center

    Interview with Nate O’Halloran

    Tell us about yourself.
    Going All In

    Well, prior to meeting
    Val, I was one of those guys who celebrities turned to when there was something
    they needed to spin or to go away. Stuff like sex tapes, allegations of cheating…*wry
    smile* Yeah, I know it wasn’t exactly high-brow stuff, but I was good at it.

    Tell us about Val.
    Val is absolutely amazing. When I first got to Buffalo to help my old college
    roommate and CEO of Cancer Care Center Doug out of a terrible situation when one
    of his docs made off with millions, I thought she might be a nice diversion while
    I was away from my “real life”. But through her I realized how empty that
    supposed “real life” was.
    What would Val say is your strongest point?
    *smiling* No doubt my good looks and charm. Kidding. Probably
    how hard I work. I’m like a dog with a bone when I’ve got a problem to solve.
    What would Val say is your biggest weakness?
    Her. Very definitely her. I can’t deny that woman anything. I
    even let her drive my ’63 Porsche. That’s love. *laughing*
    What do you wish was different about your life?
    I wish I hadn’t spent so much of my life doing something that
    ultimately was so frivolous, in comparison to the work Val and Doug do. I wish I
    had been there for more of the fight, instead of wasting my life and my talent helping
    self-centered celebrities escape from their stupid mistakes.
    If you were given your fondest wish, what would it be?
    A year ago I might’ve
    said something different, but now- to cure cancer. Val and Doug both work so hard,
    day after day, alongside thousands of other employees all focused on one goal, to
    eradicate the world of a truly terrible disease. With people like the ones who work
    at Cancer Care Center,
    cancer can’t win.
    As a child, who was your best friend? Tell us about him/her.
    Not as a child, but I’d
    love to tell you about Doug, who I met in college. I was going through a…rough time,
    and Doug was there for me when I needed a friend, even asking his parents to open
    their home to me. I’ll never forget that he was the one who never, ever turned his
    back on me. So when he called me for help, it was a no-brainer. Of course I would
    do everything I could.

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    Amazon http://amzn.com/B00HTBY05O/
    Barnes and Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/public-affairs-cassandra-carr/1117961200?ean=2940148180258
    ARe https://www.allromanceebooks.com/product-publicaffairs-1395188-149.html

    About the Author

    Cassandra Carr is a multi-award winning romance writer. When
    not writing she enjoys watching hockey and hanging out online. Cassandra’s books
    have won numerous “Best Book Of” awards and her novella Unexpected Top
    was nominated in the E-book Erotic Romance category of RT’s Reviewers’ Choice Awards.
    She thinks the best part of being a writer is how she writes
    about love and sex while most others struggle with daily commutes, micro-managing
    bosses and cranky co-workers. Her inspiration comes from everywhere, but she’d particularly
    like to thank the Buffalo Sabres, the hockey team near and dear to her heart.

    Previous Books

    For a list of Cassandra’s books, check out the list on her website,
    http://booksbycassandracarr.com/books.html

    Books Coming Soon

    Released 1/6/14: Bring On the Heat
    Released 1/18/14: Turnaround
    Releasing 2/11/14: Hiding in Plain Sight
    Releasing 2/25/14: Caught

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