HI! I’m Danielle Lee Zwissler and I’m a multi-published author in Romance and Fantasy. My new series, “Falling for You,” is available on Amazon in English as well as Spanish. The first book in the series is: The Boy Next Door. Check out my website for cool information on the series as well as added extras! www.shewritesromance.com

Let’s Get To Know Danielle Lee Zwissler

Q: What are the top five books that have influenced your career?

A: Flirting with Pete: Barbara Delinsky
Lady Love: Diana Palmer
Macgreggor Brides and Grooms: Linda Lael Miller
Sooner or Later: Debbie Macomber
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: JK Rowling

Q: What’s the funniest thing a reader has ever said/emailed to you?

A: One lady asked if I’d write a romance novel about her and the guy that she likes… It wasn’t her husband. Yikes!

Q: If you could go back in time before you published your first book, what advice would you give yourself about publishing?

A: Take your time, and don’t rush into anything.

Q: What fictional character would you punch if the face if you thought you could get away with it without going to jail?

A: A guy named Rick in Agatha Rae’s, The Belt.

Q: Pick a super-power and tell us what you’d do with it.

A: I’d teleport. I would love to travel to different places at any time, without cost or worry.

Q: What’s your favorite AND least favorite thing about being a writer/author?

A: Favorite: Writing the stories and coming up with awesome characters.
Least Favorite: Waiting…

About The Boy Next Door by Danielle Lee Zwissler

Blurb

When Keri Richards comes home from college to mourn her father’s death, Payton, her fun-loving, next door neighbor is there, as usual, ready to share his tree fort. It isn’t until she is back in school again that she realizes that there may be more to their friendship. Who knows…it may even be love!

Exclusive Excerpt

I looked up at the ladder and started to climb, the hell with thinking things through. This was just plain stupid.
“Keri?” Payton asked.
“Are you expecting someone else?” I asked, nearly falling off the ladder once I reached the top. Payton had his shirt off and he was scrambling to put it back on. I did a double take, and then looked around the fort, praying to God that I just hadn’t walked in on something.
“Is someone else here?” I asked, shocked. I tried to keep my eyes away from Payton’s chest, but it was kind of hard, like looking at the sun.
“No, who else would…I mean, no.”
“Oh,” I sighed, and then climbed up the two remaining rungs. I knew my face was red, but I couldn’t help it. “What were you doing with you—”
“My shirt off?” Payton interrupted. “I spilled some soda on it.”
“Oh, okay. So, are you going to put it back on?” I asked.
Payton’s face was red, too. “Well I was trying to when you came up the ladder, but I thought you were going to fall off.”
“I nearly did.”
“Does my body freak you out that much?” Payton teased.
“No, it’s nice…I mean, no that’s not…it’s fine. I was just worried that I walked in on you, you know?”
Payton was staring at me now, and I could feel my heart hammering at a fast tempo. It was hard to concentrate now. He still had his shirt off, and I had great breath and my pits didn’t stink. Love was in the air. I snorted.
“What was that?” Payton asked, laughing.
“Oh my God!” I cried, putting my hand up to my mouth and giggling. “I’m…I don’t know.”
“You’re acting so weird right now, you know that, right?”
“I know. I’m sorry,” I said, laughing even harder. I was so completely dumb it wasn’t funny. This wasn’t one of those romantic moments that you read about in romance novels, it certainly wasn’t like Twilight when Bella and Edward first kissed, or like The Fault in Our Stars when Hazel and Augustus Waters made out. I sighed, and then looked back at Payton. I snorted again. Payton’s mouth broke out into another irresistible grin and he started to laugh.
“Are you done now?” Payton asked, smiling at me.
I shook my head, still laughing. “I really am sorry.”
“What in the world is so funny?” Payton wondered.
He looked at me as if I had lost all my marbles. Funny, I never had a marble collection. I looked up, my ADD even more distracting tonight, and grinned. “I’m not telling you.”
“I bet I can make you tell me.”
My eyes widened. Payton and I hadn’t done this in a while, and it certainly would be weird if it happened tonight. “Oh, no you don’t.”
He came closer, and I moved to my right, and then to my left. He anticipated each move and was directly in front of me; his hands made their move to my knees. My knees were horribly ticklish. I immediately went down. I was laughing so hard now that I could hardly breathe. “No!”
“Oh, yes… you’re going to tell me what’s so funny,” he said once more, tickling the back of my legs. I kicked my legs out predictably, and he moved to the side, and then moved his hands up to my sides.
“I’m going to pee my pants if you don’t stop!” I cried.
“I don’t care.”
He tickled more and I moved to stop him. In that moment, his one arm moved toward my hands, capturing them in one slick move and eased them behind my head. My chest heaved up and down and I was still laughing until I saw him come closer toward me. His face was now above mine, and I was breathing pretty hard; so was Payton.
“Tell me,” he said, taunting me still.
I licked my lips, and then shook my head. “No.”
He grinned and moved his other hand slowly up my side towards my armpit and it stopped there.
“I could so easily get you right now.”
“Mhmm,” I answered, as I couldn’t stop looking at his lips.
“Tell me,” he said once more.
His head moved toward mine and our lips were a breath apart. His chest was now touching mine, and I could feel his heartbeat against me.
“I was wondering what it would be like to kiss you,” I said, and then looked into his eyes.
Payton grinned slowly. “Finally,” he said, and then he kissed me.

Favorite Quote

My favorite quote from The Boy Next Door is:

In my mind there were fireworks, and cheerleaders, and all kinds of weird shit like the midget on a tricycle from Happy Gilmore and the weird guy from The Water Boy chanting “You can do it!” Payton put everything into a kiss and it was like four alarm chili, it was bad for you, but you wanted to be all up in that shit because it was oh so good.

The Boy Next Door Danielle Lee Zwissler
06/28/2015
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Weekly Feature: The Boy Next Door by Danielle Lee Zwissler was first published on Fiction Vixen