Desiree h o lt Welcome Desiree Holt Uncaged: Can you tell readers more about Finding Redemption and about this series?
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nown to the world as the oldest author of erotic romance, Desiree Holt proves every day that she is more than the sum of her years. She is a winner of the EPIC E-Book Award, an Authors After Dark Author of the Year and winner of the Holt Medallion. She has been featured on CBS Sunday Morning and in The Village Voice, The Daily Beast, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The London Daily Mail and numerous other national and international publications. She enjoys football and reading and her three cats, who are her constant writing companions.
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The series deals with 5 men who are part of Guardian Security, a complex security agency that handles everything from training to covert ops. Ethan Caine, the hero of Finding Redemption, had left the agency to take a black ops assignment from the government. The op went sideways, people were killed and Ethan blamed himself. He retreated from life, hiding in his old farmhouse on acres of property and shunning all social contact. But when Lisa Taylor Malory’s son was kidnaped and even after the ransom was [aid was not returned. Her brother Josh turns to his old friend Ethan Caine. For Ethan this is a chance for redemption, a chance to wipe away he stain on his soul. When he learns the boy is alive and being held in an estate in Mexico’s Quintana Roo jungle, Lisa insists on accompanying him on the rescue mission. They are at odds from the first moment, but as the mission progresses, during the long, hot days and nights, antagonism turns to intense attraction. But they must put it aside to rescue the boy, an event in which Lisa is badly injured and Ethan cannot forgive himself. Back home in Tampa, Florida, he once again goes into hiding, but Lisa is hounded by the media. Can Lisa’s brother, Ethan’s friend, convince him that he is really a hero, that it is okay for he and Lisa to accept that they love each other and that she needs him, Right now? Uncaged: How much do you edit out of your books?
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Very little. I edit as I go along so have a fairly clean manuscript to turn into my editor. We have been together for a long time, she knows my style, and everything she suggests only makes the book better. I have rewritten scenes based on her recommendations, because she is always right on target.
