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Monday, January 9, 2017
1 Week Till Straight On Toward Paradise
The launch of Straight On Toward Paradise is only 7 DAYS AWAY! I’m thrilled to bring you Chef Emma Bertram’s story. Emma had been estranged from her father ever since he broke up their family when she was 15. Then her father and stepmother are killed. She's forced to return to her childhood home of Shellwater Key where she learns the shocking news that will change her life even more...
Here's a sneak peek.
“Why
don’t you tell me what’s so important that it can’t wait until later?” Emma asked.
“Because
later you might escape again,” Reece said dryly. “Judging by your past
behavior, I wouldn’t be surprised if you took flight in the dead of night.”
She
wouldn’t run like an escaped convict. Most likely. Her mother did have a room at
the inn after all.
“I
already told you I’m not going anywhere,” Emma said, fighting to hide any
reaction. Fighting not to care that Reece Casings seemed to hate her. “At least
not tonight.”
He
glared down at her. “If I have my way, you won’t be going anywhere.”
“What
does that mean?” Emma asked. “Are you going to lock me up or something? I’m not
a prisoner, you know. My father and I didn’t get along, but that’s not a crime,
and really it’s none of your business.”
“Everything
having to do with you is now my business, Miss Bertram,” he said. “As executor
of his estate, everything left behind after your father’s death is my business.
Including your sisters.”
“Are
you their guardian or something now?” Emma asked in confusion. “I thought
Mona’s mother would have been named. Where is she, by the way? Why isn’t she
here?”
He
froze for a moment. “You don’t know?”
“Know
what?”
“Mona’s
mother had a severe stroke about a month ago,” he said. “It was quite
debilitating. She’s in a rehab facility right now, and it will be some time
before they know how much function she might regain. She’ll probably never be
able to live on her own again.”
“No,
my father didn’t tell me.” Calls to her father had happened sporadically,
especially once she’d started working on the Queen’s Ransom. Her sisters must have been devastated. Mona’s
mother was practically the only relative they had. Her father had been an only
child, and his parents had died when Emma was a little girl…
“Wait…”
Emma said, a new kind of tension gripping her. “If she can’t take the girls,
who will?”
Reece
Casings simply looked down at her, his expression pointed, as if he were
waiting for her to connect the dots.
When
she did, a whole new level of panic swept over her. “No…” She shook her head.
He couldn’t be saying… She couldn’t.
“Emma,
there’s no one else,” he said, his tone gentler now, as if he didn’t want to
spook her.
Chance to win!!!
If you buy Straight On Toward Paradise by January 24th you can enter
for a chance to WIN a Kindle Fire! Once the book downloads, just click on the
link inside to enter. You can share the giveaway for multiple chances to win.
PRE-ORDER TODAY!
As
a bonus I’m offering Left Turn At Paradise (Book 1) for only 99 cents so if you
missed it, now is your chance to get caught up on all the action that came
before!
AMAZON / BARNES & NOBLE / ITUNES / KOBO
Friday, December 30, 2016
New Year... #NewRelease...And a #Giveaway of a #KindleFire
I’m starting off
2017 with a bang. On January 16th,
the next installment in the Shellwater
Key Tales will officially launch. I’m very excited to present Book 2 in the
series, Straight On Toward Paradise. Unlike the Christmas novella, this
story will center once more on The Paradise Dinner Theatre, with chef Emma
Bertram’s tale.
As a bonus, I’m offering a chance for you to WIN A KINDLE FIRE if you buy the ebook by January 24th! Once
the book has downloaded, just click on the link inside to enter! You can also share the giveaway for extra chances to win!
Blurb:
Reece stared down at her, and the heat
behind those dark eyes could have powered an entire kitchen. She shivered as
his gaze dipped to her lips.
“This
is insane,” he muttered.
“I
know, and you hate me.”
“I
don’t—” His eyes closed, head shaking as if in denial. Another beat went by,
and then he opened his eyes. The wry expression returned. “You’re going to
drive me crazy, Miss Bertram.”
“Just
returning the favor, Mr. Casings.”
“Reece…”
he said, the raspy word a command.
Emma
didn’t take commands well, but when he gave the orders… “Reece.”
His
chest rose and fell again. They stared at each other, the heady pulse in the
room vibrant and alive.
Now what, Counselor?
Chef Emma Bertram doesn’t believe in
the fantasy of happily ever after. As a teenager, she witnessed the destruction
of her parents’ marriage when her father left for another woman. Lingering
bitterness and a demanding career have kept her apart from her father’s new
family for years. Then he and stepmother are suddenly killed. Returning to her
childhood home of Shellwater Key, Florida, Emma suddenly finds herself with
custody of her two half-sisters. Left with no choice but to stay in Shellwater
Key, Emma accepts a job offer from her best friend Layla McCarthy as Head Chef
at the old Paradise Dinner Theatre.
Renovating the dilapidated kitchen just
might kill her and nothing has prepared her to become an instant mother. But
it’s not her new job or her sisters that threaten Emma’s peace of mind. No,
that honor belongs to her father’s law partner, Reece Casings. The buttoned-up,
so-wrong-for-her, but oh-so-sexy lawyer makes Emma’s blood boil. Or is it heart
race? How can she be attracted to a man who is so wrong for her in every way? A
man who clearly blames Emma for the
fractured relationship with her father and who loves to point out everything
she’s doing wrong?
Except she cannot deny that Reece
touches something in her that no man has before. Then an explosive secret boils
to the surface that reveals Reece’s real connection to her family. Can Emma get
past the truth? And can she ever learn to forgive her father – and herself – in
order to serve up a delicious happily ever after?
Pre-order Buy Links:
NOTE: If you missed Book 1 (Left Turn At Paradise) in the Shellwater Key Tales, it's on sale now for only 99cents! For buy links on all the major sites, visit my website: Kristin Wallace Author
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