The Tantalizing Tale of a Bitter Sweetheart
Jessica Ashley Dafoe
Author Bio
Jessica Ashley Dafoe resides in Toronto where she is an educator by day and a literary enthusiast and writer by night. She attained her BA in English Literature at The University of Ottawa and her B Ed at Brock and Queen’s University.
Writing has been a hobby and a craft of Jessica’s from the time she was a child. She has shared her love for writing with students and has enjoyed teaching English Literature at the grade 11 and 12 level. During this time she ensured to include creative writing opportunities for students in order to allow them more freedom with their writing.
Jessica has written numerous blogs over the past 8 years, one of which was inspiration for The Tantalizing Tale. Currently Jessica writes a weekly blog about her adventures while writing and publishing her debut novel. Jessica intends to continue this blog as she also intends to write the sequel to the humorous romp. Chapters 1 and 2 are complete already!
When Jessica is not writing or educating she enjoys getting out and taking part in all that the fabulous city of Toronto has to offer with friends and family. Fine cuisine, paddle boarding and skiing are three of her most favorite things.
For more information about Jessica Ashley Dafoe follow her on Twitter at Jessica Ashley@City_Rhapsody and visit her blog at www.jessicaashleybittersweetheart.blogspot.ca
Description
Successful, lucky in love, taking the world by storm?…..not quite. Portia Delaney is down on her luck, disgruntled in a dead end, mind- numbing career with little prospects and is not even close to finding a stimulating romance to take her mind off her lack-luster situation. Her defeatist attitude and unmistakable idiosyncrasies don’t help much either.
But with rock bottom comes a choice, lie down and enjoy the cold and barren ground beneath, or climb that ladder of success to the top. Portia finally sets out to do just that. With a fantastic group of friends and a bit of fateful circumstance on her side, she begins her trek up and out of the despair filled trenches. But Portia soon finds out that with success, often comes hardships and unwelcome competition.
An adventurous and humorous, lighthearted read that will have any young woman rooting for Portia and her lively crew of friends. Peppered with elements of the romantic genre, yet centered around the unmistakable tenacity of the independent woman and her drive to succeed, this tantalizing tale will both delight and inspire. The world of fashion infiltrates the initially boring life of Portia Delaney and creates a fanciful feast for the senses.
Portia’s new-found inspiration takes her to new heights and even to The City of Light where her destiny and true calling is finally made obvious. This realization does not come without hilarious hiccups along the way that will have readers joyfully engaged. The feisty and dynamic group of friends who weave a ‘lively dance’ around Portia make for cast of pure entertainment.
The tale is intended for women of all ages yet is most suitable for the ambitious young woman who enjoys aspects of romantic fiction and the world of high fashion. Each character serves a defined purpose in bringing these elements of romance and glitz to life, toying with the imagination of the reader and taking her on a flashy and fashion forward journey.
A novel best enjoyed with a glass of wine on a beautiful autumn day. A wonderful escape from the rush of the work week. Submerge into the chatty narration of the somewhat peculiar yet driven and identifiable Portia Delaney. She’ll be more of a close friend by the novel’s end, Enjoy this delightful and whimsical page turner.
Book excerpt
“Portia! Portia! Get up already! You’re about a zillion minutes late for your first day. Come on, you lazy imp!” Oh, I hate being torn out of a lovely slumber when I’m in the middle of the most wonderful dream, and woken up by the horrendous bellowing of my meddling, unbearable roommate, Minnie. the dream was perfection, and waking to a reality that can only be described as the opposite of perfection, is highly undesirable, yet this similar feeling each morning as I come to, has been my lot in life.I slowly open one eye to see a familiar, thin, curly haired red-head glaring at me from my bedroom doorway. I quickly shut it and feign being back in a deep sleep. Why, oh why, can’t I wake up to a dark haired, charming and handsome man as opposed to this?
“I saw that, Portia Delaney!” she sounds frustrated. “Not only are you late, but you’re making me late too, because I’m doing my duty as your friend and roommate to be sure that you don’t screw this one up! Now get on with it! Up, up, up!” At this point, she has found her way to the bottom of my bed and is now dragging me by my perfectly pedicured feet, because you never know when you may end up on a date with a gentleman who is won over by a well-cared over six months).
“Okay! Okay! You maniac! I’m up and I can be ready in five minutes at, so get your skinny rear out of my room and let me get myself together. Thank you, and please be on your way now.” I quickly jump to my feet aer Minnie unhands them, and sternly guide her out into the hall, slamming the door behind her.“Have a lovely day!” I manage to say in a sharp and clearly irritated voice.
Minnie is a workaholic, freakishly organized, highly paid executive at an ad agency. Why she still wants or needs a roommate is beyond me. I suppose it’s because work is her life and any ounce of energy she has, she wants to be poured into her career, not her home life or even love life for that maer. Minnie is the power-hungry career-oriented woman who honestly, no word of a lie, could not give a damn whether she ever marries or has a family of her own. Sometimes I wish I had that mindset, because I, Portia Delaney, am ever hopelessly focused on finding that one soul mate.
Now what? Dressed, yes I must choose an outt for the first day at yet another mind-numbing, low paying office job at yet another medical office. I really want to be styling the rich and famous, and designing clothes intended to be strutted down the runways of Paris and Milan, not stuck in a dead end job that has me working for pompous and self-absorbed doctors, who get to drive o in their luxury cars and head home to their glamorous trophy wives, not to mention who give absolutely no notice of the front desk help.
Why didn’t I listen to my heart instead of my nagging parents?
Author Website
http://jessicaashleybittersweetheart.blogspot.ca/
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