{"id":5093,"date":"2017-12-14T02:24:39","date_gmt":"2017-12-14T07:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/?p=5093"},"modified":"2017-12-12T08:58:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-12T13:58:44","slug":"spotlight-on-coming-up-roses-see-what-you-missed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/spotlight-on-coming-up-roses-see-what-you-missed\/","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight on Coming Up Roses &#8211; See What You Missed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_image _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.90&#8243; src=&#8221;http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Pen-and-Kink.png&#8221; show_in_lightbox=&#8221;off&#8221; url_new_window=&#8221;off&#8221; use_overlay=&#8221;off&#8221; align=&#8221;center&#8221; always_center_on_mobile=&#8221;on&#8221; force_fullwidth=&#8221;off&#8221; show_bottom_space=&#8221;on&#8221; \/][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.91&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>We continue our month long look at\u00a0<em>Coming Up Roses <\/em>by Anna Kyle from the\u00a0<em>Rough Edges<\/em>\u00a0anthology\u00a0to give you a behind the scenes peek.<\/p>\n<p>As you&#8217;d expect from a paranormal romance writer, this story contains shifters, a second chance at love, and an ornery donkey.\u00a0To get to know a little be more about the story and Anna, here are some links to some past fun stuff we&#8217;ve posted.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;HR 30%&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.73&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; saved_tabs=&#8221;all&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; global_module=&#8221;3593&#8243;]<\/p>\n<hr width=\"30%\" \/>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.91&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5114\" src=\"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ComingUpRoses.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ComingUpRoses.png 800w, http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ComingUpRoses-150x150.png 150w, http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/ComingUpRoses-300x300.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.90&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#d4eacc&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/behind-coming-up-roses-interview-with-anna-kyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>INTERVIEW WITH ANNA KYLE ABOUT <em>COMING UP ROSES<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I love the complexity of shapeshifters being both predator and human. As a writer I get to explore how that affects their view of the world and, of course, their relationships.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.90&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#d4eacc&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/rough-edges-spotlight-favorite-rough-edges-story\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>WHAT WAS ANNA&#8217;S FAVOURITE\u00a0<em>ROUGH EDGES STORY?<\/em><\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I really enjoyed Jump Without Looking by TJ. I loved the horses, of course, and I loved the grittiness of both characters. The heroine has a tough exterior (a fantastic, f-bomb filled, and well-deserved rant was one of my fav scenes) covering a deep wound, yet she\u2019s willing to reveal her pain to the right cowboy.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.90&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.90&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-5095\" src=\"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AngryDonkey.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"898\" height=\"752\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AngryDonkey.jpg 940w, http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AngryDonkey-150x126.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/AngryDonkey-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 898px) 100vw, 898px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.90&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#d4eacc&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/rough-edges-spotlight-writing-cowboysgirls\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>WHY DOES ANNA LIKE WRITING COWBOYS\/GIRLS?<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I adore reading cowboy romances and getting to write my first one for Rough Edges was happy-dance time. There\u2019s something about a cowboy\u2019s honor and sweat and dust and abs and stubble and oh my YUM. Yeah, cowboys are just inherently sexy and that appeals to me on all kinds of levels. My character (rancher Finn) is determined to win his woman back, and it isn\u2019t long before Rose is wondering if she dares risk a second chance. Horses, cowboys, romance, love, and an angry donkey. Sigh. Perfect.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.90&#8243;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.90&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#d4eacc&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/rough-edges-spotlight-excerpts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>READ AN EXCERPT FROM\u00a0<em>COMING UP ROSES<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rose sat cross-legged in a corner of Tank\u2019s new stall. The donkey\u2019s eyes remained on Finn, who leaned on the opened half-door.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat\u2019s his problem, anyway?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just started attacking everyone around him but there was nothing wrong with him. Nothing medical, I mean. Your six hundred bucks covered all that testing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/rough-edges-spotlight-excerpts\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">More<\/a>&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_2&#8243;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;3.0.90&#8243; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#d4eacc&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/rough-edges-spotlight-favorite-summer-read\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>WHAT&#8217;S ANNA&#8217;S FAVOURITE SUMMER READ?<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My favorite summer read is a meaty, multi-book epic story. In different summers, I devoured Martin\u2019s A Song of Ice and Fire series, Hobbs\u2019 Fitz and the Fool series, and Larsson\u2019s Girl With the Dragon Tattoo series. This summer will be less\u2026hmm, gruesome and intense. Less beheadings, more love please. I want fun, funny, romance\/adventures so I plan on re-reading the Ilona Andrews Kate Daniels series and finishing up Wendy Sparrow\u2019s Servants of Fate series and Randi Perrin\u2019s Earthbound Angels series. 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As you&#8217;d expect from a paranormal romance writer, this story contains shifters, a second chance at love, and an ornery donkey.\u00a0To get to know a little be more about the story and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,135],"tags":[55,56,19,136],"class_list":["post-5093","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rough-edges","category-spotlight","tag-anna-kyle","tag-coming-up-roses","tag-rough-edges","tag-spotlight"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5093","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5093"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5093\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5214,"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5093\/revisions\/5214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.penandkinkpub.com\/home\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}