All of Me
by Heatherly
Bell
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BLURB:
What would you do for a second chance with your first love?
Welcome to wine country and the small town of Starlight Hill,
California, where the wine flows freely and so does the gossip.
The town has never quite forgiven Ivey Lancaster for leaving their
favorite son, Dr. Jeff Garner, when she met a man on an online dating site. But
the real truth of her absence is something Ivey doesn't want anyone to know.
When a sudden change of plans forces Ivey to work with her hunky
ex, she must keep it professional or risk her heart all over again.
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EXCERPT:
Jeff sensed an opening and he
proceeded to drive the proverbial Mac truck through it. “The best thing you and
I can do is show everyone in town that we’re getting along. That we’re friends
again.”
“Yeah. We better get the word out.”
He nodded. “Having dinner with me
might help too.”
She whipped her head around so fast
he worried about whiplash for a minute. “You and me? Not for real. That can’t
happen. We’re not going there again.”
“Going where?” Yep, he was going to
do this. Watch her walk right into his trap.
“Making love. Getting back together.
Do I have spell it out for you?”
“Wow,” he said. “I’m flattered. But
I was talking about dinner. You and your one-track mind.”
Suddenly, absolute quiet from the
passenger seat. But as his luck would have it, not for long. “I caught you
staring at my boobs. Don’t try to lie to me now.”
“I’m a man, Ivey, and right now
you’re a wet-t-shirt-contest dream.”
“Don’t you dare stare at my boobs!”
He grinned. “Try and stop me.”
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She turned to him, the light in her
eyes that made him a goner. “We? Does that mean I’ve convinced you, Dr. Garner?”
He couldn’t help but grin.
“Congratulations. I think we should make our recommendation that the board hire
a staff of midwives and let them decide.”
She stared out the window. “I don’t
know.”
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In All of Me my heroine, Ivey
Lancaster, pretends to fall in love with a man over the Internet. Believe me,
she has her reasons. In real life, I have a confession to make: two members of my family are happily married
and met through the Internet.
I would
never do this myself, as I’ve apparently watched far too many episodes of
Dateline.
One of the
couples, who shall remain anonymous, met through an actual online dating site
like Match.com. I remember when these
sites became popular several years ago. I was an old married lady by then, so
the idea was a bit radical to me. I met my husband at a party, the
old-fashioned way.
When it
came time for this particular family member, a woman, to meet this Internet
guy, I confess that I tried to stop her.
“What if
he’s an ax murderer?” I asked, blocking the doorway.
“We’re
meeting in a public place.”
“Great. So
you’re meeting an ax murderer in a public place.”
“He’s not
an ax murderer! He seems very nice.”
“Are you
stupid or what? He’s not going to tell you he’s an ax murderer! No, he’s simply
going to follow you home with his ax.”
She pushed
me out of the way, determined to find either love or mayhem. “I promise you if
I see an ax on him at any time, I’ll leave.”
“Wait. Take
my mace with you.” I fished inside my
purse and handed her the likely-expired can of mace I’d been carrying around
for ten years.
“You have
mace? Why?”
“Don’t you
watch Dateline?”
But I’m
happy to report that several years, one baby, one house and house renovation
later, this couple is still together. He wasn’t an ax murderer, only a geeky
computer guy. It turns out there are a few nice guys out there, and not just in
romance novels.
But to be
fair, had I been single at the time of the online dating revolution, I’d
probably still be single today.
You can’t
be too careful.
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AUTHOR Bio and Links:
When
early onset stage fright dashed dreams of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame status, Heatherly
Bell tackled her first book in 2010, and now the people and voices that occupy
her head refuse to leave.
She
no longer sings unless you count randomly bursting into song to annoy her
children (and the dogs).
Heatherly
lives in northern California with her family, including two beagles, one who
can say ‘hello’ and the other who can feel a pea through several pillows.
AMAZON AUTHOR
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