{"id":6117,"date":"2016-04-19T01:05:25","date_gmt":"2016-04-19T05:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=6117"},"modified":"2016-04-18T22:36:27","modified_gmt":"2016-04-19T02:36:27","slug":"character-interview-with-rodrigo-torbellino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=6117","title":{"rendered":"Character Interview with Rodrigo Torbellino"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/whirlwind-affair-e-reader-320pxhigh-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6118\" src=\"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/whirlwind-affair-e-reader-320pxhigh-2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pageflex Persona [document: PRS0000039_00005]\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/whirlwind-affair-e-reader-320pxhigh-2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/whirlwind-affair-e-reader-320pxhigh-2.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a>Where are you from?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m originally from Spain, but now I live in Minnesota.<\/p>\n<p>What is your job?<\/p>\n<p>I own Torbellino Enterprises. An international business that includes green energy like wind power.<\/p>\n<p>Who is your love interest?<\/p>\n<p>My father and grandfather both told me that I\u2019d know the woman I should marry as soon as I met her, but I hadn\u2019t believed them. But they were right for I knew I would love my Erika Bergstrom from the moment I met her.<\/p>\n<p>What is your favorite thing about Erika?<\/p>\n<p>Her love of family. She has many brothers and sisters and two grown daughters. Her love for them shows me how our lives will be and it makes me happy.<\/p>\n<p>What makes Erika sexy?<\/p>\n<p>The curves of her body. She worries that she\u2019s plus size, but I love every inch of her.<\/p>\n<p>If you could give your past self a piece of advice, what would it be?<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to go to the Erotically Bound Adult Emporium to shop for my secretary\u2019s bridal gift so I will meet Erika.<\/p>\n<p>Do you prefer one lover or multiple lovers?<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m a one-woman man and I want my woman to be faithful as well.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whirlwind Affair<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taken by storm&#8230; Surprised by the attentions of handsome, sexy Rodrigo Torbellino and seduced into a one-night stand, curvy Erika Bergstrom shares a night of pleasure and walks away to give herself some distance. When fate brings them together again, she&#8217;s pleased when he demands more. But does he want her or a business deal with her family? Their whirlwind affair raises the stakes. Will it be business or pleasure? <em>Previously published&#8230; <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Amazon<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/1M0oa97\"><u>http:\/\/amzn.to\/1M0oa97<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Barnes and Noble<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/whirlwind-affair-francesca-hawley\/1021797706?ean=2940152862928\"><u>http:\/\/www.barnesandnoble.com\/w\/whirlwind-affair-francesca-hawley\/1021797706?ean=2940152862928<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>iBooks<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/id1094598617\"><u>https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/book\/id1094598617<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Kobo<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-us\/ebook\/whirlwind-affair-4\"><u>https:\/\/store.kobobooks.com\/en-us\/ebook\/whirlwind-affair-4<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Whirlwind3-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6119\" src=\"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Whirlwind3-2-300x251.png\" alt=\"Whirlwind3 (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Whirlwind3-2-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Whirlwind3-2.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Whirlwind Affair<\/strong> \u00a9Francesca Hawley, 2016 <strong>Chapter One<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>His dark eyes caressed the curves of her buttocks like a warm hand. Erika Larson-Bergstrom shivered as she glanced at him out the corner of her eye. She licked her lips as his gaze captured hers and he smiled, unnerving her while at the same time arousing her until she ached with need.<\/p>\n<p>A part of her wondered if her mischievous twenty-two-year-old twin daughters had set this up. After all, <em>they<\/em> were the ones who\u2019d given her the $100 gift certificate for Erotically Bound, the upscale Minneapolis adult store she shopped in right now. But the man eyeing her was no twenty-two-year-old kid. He was all man and she wanted to explore every inch of him\u2026intimately.<\/p>\n<p>Erika looked down at the lingerie she fingered, trying to clear her lust-filled mind. Her biggest problem was that she\u2019d spent the last twelve years rearing her daughters as a single mom. She could count on one hand the number of men she\u2019d dated during that time. The number she\u2019d slept with was even less. She was just horny and needed to get laid, and he was the answer to a horny woman\u2019s prayer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMiss, could you assist me?\u201d His voice was warm and deep with the hint of an Antonio Banderas-style Spanish accent. She looked up into the warmest brown eyes she\u2019d ever seen. At least he\u2019d called her \u201cmiss\u201d and not \u201cma\u2019am\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAssist you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, I must buy a gift for a lady and I have no idea what she might want.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh.\u201d Erika forced a smile to her tight lips. \u201cSure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Well, that certainly burst her bubble. He had a woman he was shopping for. It figured. Of course it should have been a relief he wasn\u2019t buying undies for himself since he was shopping in the women\u2019s lingerie section, but she\u2019d been dreaming he might possibly be as attracted to her as she was to him. No such luck.<\/p>\n<p>He wanted a buddy to help him shop for another woman. Shit. <em>Buddy<\/em> seemed to be the only way men viewed her\u2014especially lately\u2014and it was almost always because she was a plus-size woman. Women with big butts liked sex too. Damn men, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo what\u2019s the gift for? Your anniversary? Her birthday?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnniversary? No.\u201d He laughed. She liked his laugh\u2026a lot. He threw himself into it. His head back and his hands running through his hair. Thick, black hair. Yum.<\/p>\n<p><em>Focus, Erika.<\/em> Do not notice the full, wide lips and straight, white teeth. The high cheekbones. She swallowed, her gaze skimming over him. The broad shoulders, narrow hips and tight ass. Forget how <em>hot<\/em> he is. But no matter how hard she tried, she couldn\u2019t ignore his appeal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m shopping for my administrative assistant.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYour\u2026?\u201d Oh geez. Sleeping with an employee. Could it get worse?<\/p>\n<p>He waved his hand as he read her expression. \u201cNo, she is getting married and this place has a bridal registry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<em>A bridal registry?<\/em> You\u2019ve got to be kidding.\u201d Erika raised her brows.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know. It sounds insane, and so I told her. But she assured me it was so.\u201d He pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to her. \u201cHere is a list of things the clerk printed for me that have not yet been purchased for her. My assistant is very organized and wants no duplicates.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Erika looked at the list he held and realized he was telling the truth. It consisted of lingerie, loungewear, dresses, shoes and, good grief, sex toys and movies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s\u2026um\u2026comprehensive.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes. I refuse to buy her some of these items. I am her friend, yes, but her employer first. Can you imagine if I showed up at the office bridal shower with,\u201d he took the list back, glaring at it while shaking his head in disbelief, \u201ca Rotating G-Spot Rabbit Vibrator?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt would certainly be the talk of the party,\u201d Erika agreed dryly.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FrancescaHawley200x300-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6120\" src=\"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/FrancescaHawley200x300-2.jpg\" alt=\"FrancescaHawley200x300 (2)\" width=\"200\" height=\"299\" \/><\/a>Author info:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>About the Author<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Francesca Hawley<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hi. I\u2019m Francesca Hawley and I\u2019m a fat chick. A woman with dangerous curves just like my heroines.<\/p>\n<p>Many people don\u2019t like the word, \u201cfat\u201d but I do because it\u2019s the truth and I\u2019ve learned to own it. I am a fat chick and I always will be. When I first began to read romance, the heroines were all thin. I kept wondering, where were the fat heroines? I wanted to read about a fat chick who loved herself\u2014or at least learned to love herself\u2014and a hot alpha hero who liked her jiggly bits just the way they were. Since I didn\u2019t find many big girls to read about, I decided to write about them, so Francesca Hawley \u2013 author of Romance with Dangerous Curves was born.<\/p>\n<p>In a Francesca Hawley romance, my readers will find authentic, sensual, fat heroines who love and are loved by their intense, passionate, and seductive Alpha heroes. I hope you enjoy their dangerous curves just as much as their hunky heroes do.<\/p>\n<p>Web site: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.francescahawley.com\/\"><u>http:\/\/www.francescahawley.com<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blog: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.francescasmindstream.blogspot.com\/\"><u>http:\/\/www.francescasmindstream.blogspot.com<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesca.hawley\"><u>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/francesca.hawley<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/francescahawley\"><u>https:\/\/twitter.com\/francescahawley<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Pinterest: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/francescahawley\"><u>http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/francescahawley<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Good Reads: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/FrancescaHawley\"><u>https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/FrancescaHawley<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Whirlwind4-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6121\" src=\"http:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Whirlwind4-2-300x251.png\" alt=\"Whirlwind4 (2)\" width=\"300\" height=\"251\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Whirlwind4-2-300x251.png 300w, https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Whirlwind4-2.png 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-share-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" data-via=\"katehillromance\">Tweet<\/a><script>\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where are you from? 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