One Woman Only by @DeeSKnight #blogtour

One Woman Only
The Good Man Series, Book 2
By Dee S. Knight
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About One Woman Only:

As one of a set of triplets, Jonah always feels the need to make his individuality known. So where his brother Daniel is serious and completely focused, Jonah shuns commitment. Where his genius brother Mark is hailed in the scientific world, Jonah hides beneath a car, tinkering. Thing is, being different isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. It takes a woman—the right woman—to make him see that a “good man” can always be a better man.

Release date, November 2019
Words:80,310
Publisher: Nomad Authors Publishing
Genre: Erotic romance, HOT

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Excerpt from One Woman Only:

“May I have this dance?”

Kelly turned at the sound of Jonah’s voice behind her. Dinner had ended. All three of the boys had given best man speeches and Eve had even given a very creditable matron of honor speech, considering she had only known Marilyn and Caleb a short time. Lots of toasts had been raised and finally the live band had struck up the music. Caleb led his bride onto the floor for a foxtrot—a dance more than half of the guests had no idea how to do, including her.

Facing Jonah she sighed inwardly at how scrumptious he looked. Sure, his face was pretty much displayed on his brothers’ heads, too, but there was something different about Jonah. His nose was just a little crooked from when Bobby Hendricks had broken it in ninth grade and his eyes held an especially bright sparkle when he smiled. Maybe… Well, she didn’t know what caused the difference between Jonah and his brothers. Whatever it was, she had never been fooled by the so-called identical nature of the identical triplets. She’d wanted to be his girl since elementary school. Thought she would be in high school. And then she’d forced every last thought of him from her mind from senior year on.

Until now.

“I don’t know how to foxtrot.”

He shrugged. “Who does except those over fifty?” He glanced at his folks, still alone on the dancefloor, although a few couples were wandering out to join them now. “We can pretend.”

She mentally compared standing on the sidelines alone now that Mama Rio left the party, or being held in Jonah’s arms. Smiling, Kelly held out her hands. “Just don’t step on my toes, Jonah Goodman, or there’ll be hell to pay.”

“Yes, ma’am.” Together they walked onto the dancefloor. He took her right hand in his left and placed his right hand on her waist. Fortunately for them, the music changed to a slow tempo. Kelly laid her head on Jonah’s shoulder, and he tugged her closer as they swayed to the music.

“This is nice,” he murmured.

“Yes it is,” she replied. So very nice. He smelled good. Beneath the light citrus fragrance of his aftershave was a slight whiff of pure man with maybe a twinge of motor oil or something so Jonah it brought tears to her eyes.

He rubbed a path up to her shoulder blades and gave a squeeze. “You fit me perfectly, Kelly.”

“I do?”

“You sure do. I think our hearts can feel each other beat.”

Kelly chuckled. “Smooth talker. Face to face like this our hearts are on opposite sides.”

“Hey! I’m trying to be romantic here.”

She sighed. “Keep on. It’s appreciated.”

“You smell…good.”

She felt his smile. Raising her head she gave him a mock glare. “Watch it with those pregnant pauses, buster.”

He used his hand to press her head back to his shoulder. “You do smell good, though. This isn’t the same perfume you wore in high school. That was—”

“Lilac,” they said at the same time. Once more she raised her head to look at him. “How did you remember that?”

“I remember much more than you might think.” He turned her and moved her closer to the door onto the patio. “Each spring when lilacs are in bloom memories come flooding back. Does that surprise you?”

“More like shocks me,” she said, grinning. And then she laid her head on his shoulder once more, finding she liked it more and more there in his arms. She stepped slightly closer and his arm tightened about her.

“Well, after a while I thought lilac seemed too girlish. I like the vintage scents, so in college I wore Wind Song. Then Shalimar was the scent Brad liked me to wear.” She felt Jonah stiffen when she mentioned her ex, and really she didn’t blame him. “But when I grew up enough finally to take charge of my own life, I started wearing Chanel No 5. A complex fragrance for what I hope is a complex woman.”

“It suits you. Complex and beautiful.” He kissed her temple. “Want to step outside for a minute?”

“Sure. It is a little warm in here.”

On the patio, they could hear the sounds of the people from the television networks packing up equipment, chatting and laughing. Stars shone brightly in the clear night sky. Wood smoke from someone’s fireplace wafted through the air and static electricity fairly crackled in the crispness of the autumn air.

“This is my favorite time of year,” Kelly said. “The heat of summer is gone and winter nights curled up with a hot drink and blazing fire are ahead.”

“Not me. I’m a summer boy all the way.”

“A hothead you mean?” she teased.

“Oh, I’m hot all right.” He waggled his brows at her. Kelly laughed.

“I do seem to remember that about you.”

“You used to be pretty hot yourself. Still are.” He leaned in. His eyes flicked down to her lips. Kelly sucked in a breath. She should stop him, she really should.

About the Author:

A few years ago, Dee S. Knight began writing, making getting up in the morning fun. During the day, her characters killed people, fell in love, became drunk with power, or sober with responsibility. And they had sex, lots of sex. Writing was so much fun Dee decided to keep at it. That’s how she spends her days. Her nights? Well, she’s lucky that her dream man, childhood sweetheart, and long-time hubby are all the same guy, and nights are their secret. For romance ranging from sweet to historical, contemporary to paranormal and more join Dee on Nomad Authors. Contact Dee at dsknight@deesknight.com.

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The Only Woman in the Room: Book #review Club

The Only Woman in the Room: A Novel
by Marie Benedict
Audio Book Narrated by Suzanne Toren

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I bought this audio book from Audible. It is based on the early life of film star Hedy Lamarr, but apparently loosely based, if the reviews at Amazon are correct.

Hedy Lamarr is something of a legend among screen stars, though most people don’t know much about her life. Coming to Hollywood in the late 1930s, she quickly realized that being known as a Jew would do her career no good, so she never talked much about her early life.

Born in Vienna to non-practicing Jews, Hedwig Kiesler was drawn to music and theater. When she was 17 or 18, she was cast in a scandalous movie called Ecstasy about a young woman married to an older man who has an affair, including nude scenes and simulated sex. The decision would come back to haunt her later.

The book starts with her appearance on the Vienna stage as their beloved Empress Elizabeth in the play Sissi. In the audience is her super fan, an older, successful man named Friedrich “Fritz” Mandl. He woos and wins her hand despite her and her parents concerns about his roguish reputation and scandalous occupation (arms merchant). Over time young Hedy realizes that Fritz is controlling and at times abusive. She is trapped in an untenable marriage.

Fritz does a lot of entertaining, sometimes social and sometimes business. During the business dinners, Hedy is “the only woman in the room” and the men spoke freely about their weapons projects and the difficulties they were facing. All of them think Hedy is just a pretty face, but she has a formidable intelligence. During the day, she reads the scientific and technical books in Fritz’s personal library, so she understands what they are talking about. When the political situation demands that Fritz embrace the Nazis, Hedy starts plotting her escape. She knows what Hitler is doing to Germany’s Jews.

Hedy Lamarr Publicity Photo for The Heavenly Body 1944

Hedy Lamarr publicity photo for the film The Heavenly Body, 1944, courtesy of Wikimedia.

She escapes in 1838 and goes to London where she finds a lawyer and files for divorce. She brought one set of jewelry, so she sells one piece to buy a ticket to the US on the SS Normandy. In London, she meets Louis B. Mayer and his wife, and he offers her a contract. The Hollywood years are less riveting thatn Hedy’s marriage to Fritz.

In Benedict’s book, Hedy is consumed by guilt for escaping from the Nazis without telling anyone what she knows and trying to warn Europe’s Jews to get out while they can. If they can.

After war breaks out, she starts thinking about the torpedo guidance problems the Germans are having. She has a vague idea of how to improve the guidance, but needs help. Then she meets avant-guarde composer George Antheil. In Paris, she had heard his Ballet Mecanique, which features countless player pianos. They start working together to come up with a way for the torpedoes to be guided by constantly changing radio signals. This was the beginning of spread spectrum technologies, which are used today in wi-fi and Bluetooth.

Wikipedia explains it best:

In 1941, Antheil and the actress Hedy Lamarr developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes that used a code (stored on a punched paper tape) to synchronise random frequencies, referred to as frequency hopping, with a receiver and transmitter. This technique is now known as spread spectrum and is widely used in telecommunications. This work led to their being inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 2014.

The book ends shortly after the US Navy turns down Hedy and Geroge’s invention, presumably because she was a woman.

In the author’s note afterward, we learn that the Navy classified the patent Top Secret, and used it in the 1950s in sonobuoys.

I enjoyed the book, though the early part was more interesting, at least until the section about her and George developing their guidance system. That was interesting.

Hedy Lamarr is quite an enigma. She was beautiful and smart, a tough negotiator, and apparently a talented actress, yet her career was relatively short lived, flaming out in the 1960s. She went into seclusion in the 1970s and died in 2000.

Recommended for fans of historical fiction.

Happy Holidays to all!

Linda

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