Love and Other Games - Book Tour & Giveaway

Love and Other Games

By: Ana Blaze, Melinda Dozier, Aria Kane & Kara Leigh Miller

Blurb

LOVE AND OTHER GAMES is a collection of four sexy new adult stories centered around athletes competing in the Winter Games by Ana Blaze, Melinda Dozier, Aria Kane, and Kara Leigh Miller.

Worth More Than Gold by Ana Blaze
Amy Pierce, the klutzy sister and manager of America’s Skating Sweetheart, is used to being invisible. But when a friend drags her to a party near the Olympic Village, Amy catches the eye of a sexy Norwegian ski jumper. It’s a magical night, but an awkward next morning has her running.

Everyone knows Erik Andresen’s best shot at an individual medal was back in 2010, before an injury pulled him from the competition. He’s there for his team, but a hot night and a remarkable final training session have him wondering if a gorgeous good-luck charm could give him another chance at the podium.

With a little bit of luck, these two might have a shot at something worth more than gold.

Trouble with Gold by Melinda Dozier
US snowboarder and notorious prankster, Ty (Trouble) Madsen is only getting a taste of his own medicine when his Olympic teammates shackle him to a fence wearing nothing but his boxers.

Reception and protocol volunteer, Nadia Hoffman, gets up close and personal with the sexy snowboarder to rescue him, but she's not the kind of girl who lets her hormones get in her way. A professional performance could help her land her dream job at Olympics Committee Headquarters, but her new assignment supervising the rambunctious US Snowboarding Team is making that difficult. Can she see behind the snowman in the community center bathroom and into the warm heart of the man everyone calls Trouble?

The Girl behind the Gold by Aria Kane
Greek aerial skier Lia Milonas’s parents are about to lose the family farm. Saving it means medaling and landing a huge sponsor. While her no-nonsense attitude has her well on her way to a medal, it hasn’t won her a place in fans' hearts.

“Come back with a story that will make readers cry, or don’t come back.” This is what Brandon James’ boss told him before he left New York to cover the Winter Games for Moment Magazine. With a wink and a smile, he can charm his way into any invite-only party, but that career-making story is nowhere to be found – until he meets Lia.

The two strike a deal that should get them both what they want - but neither would have guessed they’d also find what they need.

Ice Gold by Kara Leigh Miller
Colton Campbell thrives on the fast paced, adrenaline rushed lifestyle of being an Olympic hockey player.

Despite Brenna Jessup's abhorrence for the games and the athletes, she's hand-picked as the official photographer for the U.S. Olympic Hockey Team.

When a faux pas by Brenna almost costs Colton his career, she owes him. Too bad for her, Colton doesn't want apologies -- he wants retribution! And he knows just how to get it -- and her -- in the process.

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The Golden Girls: Collaboration in the Digital Age

Guest Post By Aria Kane

The story behind the idea that led to Love and Other Games is well documented (click! It includes the phrase “70,000 condoms wasn’t enough”), but I get a lot of questions on how it was to work with my three co-authors. Namely: How’d you keep track of everything? How were decisions made?

The first question’s easy to answer: Google Docs. Sure, we had literally thousands of emails back and forth about everything, but all important information went in a Google Docs folder we all had access to. There were documents for character sketches, timelines, publishers to submit to, query information, even setting & character inspiration photos! When it was time to revise, our manuscripts even went in that folder for critique from the other authors.

I have a feeling that when people ask the second question, what they’re really asking is: what did you do when you disagreed? And that’s a much harder question to answer. When you’re writing a book on your own, you get to make all the major decisions yourself (at least, at the start).  With a project like this, everything has to be run through your collaborators.

And the key to this is two distinct things: respect and communication.

If one of us felt uncomfortable with something or didn’t agree, we were not afraid to let the other ladies know.  I have a strong personality and strong opinions and that can sometimes be intimidating (especially in email), I know, but it was clear from the beginning that everyone had equal say in the major decisions.

 I chose these ladies to work on this project with me because I already respected them. In conversations, each person’s opinion was just as valuable as anyone else’s. Some decisions (like which publisher to go with) were harder than others and there are always compromises to be made, but in the end, I feel so honored to have worked on this project with these three wonderful Golden Girls. In fact, I enjoyed it so much, I’m doing it again (twice!) in 2014! So keep an eye out for more awesome collaborative projects from us (and extra guests) this year.

Author Info and Links

Aria Kane is a recovering mechanical engineer and romance writer. As a military brat, she grew up all over the country, but now lives in sunny Florida with a 60 lb mutt who thinks he's a chihuahua.

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Kara Leigh Miller

Born and raised in the small town of Mexico, New York, Kara was an only child who was forced to find ways to entertain herself. Playing make believe with her Barbie dolls and stuffed animals was her first real taste of storytelling before she became old enough to develop a love affair with the written word.

In early 2010, Kara picked up her very first romance novel, and she was instantly hooked. She loves to write contemporary romance, new adult, and young adult romance. Currently she has several full-length novels in the works, a series of novellas, and a handful of short stories. Kara is an active member of the CNY Creative Writers Café and the CNY Romance Writers.

Today, Kara resides in New Haven, New York with her husband, five kids, and three cats. When she's not reading or writing, she's thinking about reading and writing. And when she's not doing that, she's spending time with her family and friends.

Recently, Kara has taken on the position of Managing Editor for the Surge Imprint at Anaiah Press, LLC -- a Christian fiction press. She's working exclusively in the young adult and new adult line. 

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Melinda Dozier lives in Guatemala, Central America, with her husband, three boys and German Shepherd.  She enjoys being the queen of her household and dreams of being pampered fully by her boys once they’re grown. 

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Ana Blaze

Ana lives just outside Washington DC with her very supportive husband and three rather demanding cats. She loves the ocean, Indian food, Ikea, and cooking. Ana admits to watching too much television and she swears that someday she’s going to learn how to play the guitar resting on the bookshelf in her office.

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The After Wife - Review & Giveaway

Review by Darcie Czajkowski

Hannah Bernal is in love. With her husband. Her daughter. Her friends. Her life.

So why did her husband have to go and die?

That is what Hannah thinks when her husband, John, pedals off one morning to the farmer’s market and never returns.  Hit by a car.  Gone in an instant.

Depression befalls Hannah.

No, that is not accurate.  Hannah is deeply, wholly, down-to-the-bone entrenched in grief.  She never deserved John.  Or at least that’s what she believes, particularly when she compares her average looks to John’s superhero, well, everything.

But her Grief Team will help her through it.  They always do. They never leave her side. They being: Jay – the over-the-top gay, Chloe – the all-natural, green-tea-drinking, grungy-dog-obsessing girlfriend, and Aimee – the Hollywood-wannabe-but-never-gonna-be girlfriend.

Hannah isn’t convinced that she can ever recover.  In her words, she’s a “good-enough mom” who was married to “Super dad.” And if that isn’t depressing enough, Hannah starts seeing – and talking to – dead people, which only creates a whole host of new issues.  Like unemployment.  Or what would be funemployment if John hadn’t forgotten to pay the bills and hadn’t left their financials in complete and total disarray.

Will she make it out alive, or will her communications with those from beyond pull her to the dark side?

The After Life tells the story of a grieving widow trying to survive in L.A. In the land of the happy, perfectly groomed and composed, Hannah feels out of place – to say the least. For anyone who has ever felt lost after the death of a loved one or felt out of place in a city where they are unlike everyone around them, this story teaches you to cling to those whom you care about and those who care about you. Savor the moments you have with your loved ones and, when the time comes, look back on the good times you shared with them.

Gigi Levangie Grazer’s talent lies wry humor, quick wit, and pithy one-liners.  She definitely knows the ins and outs of Hollywood and the insider story of how hard it is to become something in LaLa Land. So if you’re craving a laugh and a peek inside the glitz and glam of Los Angeles (or the façade of glitz and glam), be sure to check out Levangie Grazer’s latest smash hit.

About the Author:

Gigi Levangie Grazer is the author of three prior novels: Rescue Me (2000), Maneater (2003), and The Starter Wife (2006). The Starter Wife was adapted for an Emmy Award-winning USA Network miniseries starring Debra Messing, and later for a television series; Maneater was adapted for a Lifetime miniseries starring Sarah Chalke in May 2009. In addition, Gigi wrote the screenplay for Stepmom, starring Julia Roberts and Susan Sarandon. Gigi's articles have appeared in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and Glamour. She lives in L.A. with her two children and three miniature dachshunds.

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Enjoy Your Stay - Cover Reveal & Giveaway

Book Title: Enjoy Your Stay (Sugartown #2)

Author: Carmen Jenner

Publisher: Independent

Genre: Contemporary New Adult

Release Date: March 3, 2014

Cover Designer: Frankie Rose 

Synopsis:

The last thing Holly Harris expected was to wind up nineteen, knocked-up, and all alone. When Coop left to pursue his dreams of becoming a rock god, he left a tiny piece of him behind.

Holly wishes he hadn’t.

Jackson wishes he hadn’t.

Jackson Rowe tried filling the void his family left by drinking, screwing around, and leaving a string of heartbroken women in his wake. Moving back to Sugartown should have been easy, but he hadn’t counted on the fact his sometimes attraction to Holly would still be alive and kicking—and he sure as hell hadn’t counted on her being pregnant with another man’s baby.

They drive one another crazy, and yet they can’t stay away.

When old flames resurface, and even older wounds are torn open, can two people so similar make it work? Or will their stubbornness only drive them further apart?

*Content Warning. Intended for a mature 18+ audience. Contains angst, a crap-tonne of profanity, short-tempered Australian wildlife, and some very pregnant sex.

About the Author:

Carmen Jenner is a thirty-something author, doctor, pilot and CIA agent.

She's also a compulsive, flagrant prevaricator who gets to make things up for a living.

While Sugartown may not technically exist, Carmen grew up in a small Australian town just like it, and just like her characters, she always longed for something more. They didn't have an Elijah Cade, though. If they did, you can be sure she would have never left.

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Destined For Love - Review & Giveaway

Destined for Love

The Bradens Series Book Two

By: Melissa Foster

Blurb

Rex Braden is wealthy, hard working, and fiercely loyal. Sweat at his brow, he works the family ranch by day, then kicks back at night with part time lovers who require nothing more than his physical presence a few times each week. But that was before. Before Jade Johnson, the daughter of the man his father has been feuding with for over forty years, moves back into town.

After ditching a horrific relationship—and her veterinary practice in the process—Jade Johnson returns to the safety of her small hometown and finally finds her footing. That is...until her horse is injured and Rex Braden comes to her rescue. The last thing she needs is a bull-headed, too-handsome-for-his-own-good Braden complicating her life.

Despite the angry family history, sparks fly between Rex and Jade, and attitudes follow. Fifteen years of stifled, forbidden love stirs a surge of passion too strong for either to deny—and the rebel in each of them rears its powerful head. Loyalties are tested, and relationships are strained. Rex and Jade are about to find out if true love really can conquer all.

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Review by Marlene Engel

Well before Rex was born, the Braden and Johnson families have had a long standing feud that has been coined the modern day Hatfield and McCoys.  But when Rex spies Jade Johnson in need of rescuing, he doesn’t hesitate to come to her aid.   Knowing that both of their fathers would not approve of their communicating they kept this encounter under their hats.  And, despite the cold interaction between the two, neither one could deny the desire they secretly feel towards the other. 

Since they were kids, they secretly pined for one other.  But knowing that their families would never approve, neither revealed those feelings.  But now that they’re adults, and Jade was back in Colorado, neither could control their feelings and desires towards each other.  However, they both knew that in order to spend time together, they had to keep their relationship a secret.  This was especially difficult for Rex who always praised himself on being a loyal son.  But as their feelings grew stronger, neither wanted to hide how they felt.  Both were prepared to stand up to their father’s, even if that meant that they had to leave the town they lived in to be with each other. 

Destined For Love is book five (of nine) in the Love In Bloom Series.  With each new book, I find myself falling more and more in love with the characters.  The emotions they have feel so real and authentic.  I feel like I’m right there with them witnessing everything they’re going through.  I absolutely loved this book and highly recommend it!  Don’t miss out on a great romance that will have you longing for a cowboy of your own!

Author Info

"Melissa Foster is a wonderful connector of readers and books, a friend of authors, and a tireless advocate for women. She is the real deal"-- Bestselling Author Jennie Shortridge

"What sets Melissa Foster apart are her compelling characters who you care about... desperately. This is psychological suspense at its most chilling. I dare you to read the first chapter and not be hooked."  International bestseller, M.J. Rose 

Melissa Foster is an award-winning, International bestselling author. Her books have been recommended by USA Today's book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder of the Women’s Nest, a social and support community for women, the World Literary Café. When she's not writing, Melissa helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs on Fostering Success. Melissa is also a community builder for the Alliance for Independent Authors. She has been published in Calgary’s Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners magazine. 

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Where Petals Fall - Review & Giveaway

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On the surface Junie Olson’s life looks idyllic, from her handsome husband and beautiful daughter to her successful business, the bakery she always dreamed of opening. But in the past few months her world has slowly unraveled.  Her precocious child is withdrawing, showing unexplainable signs of emotional regression, a condition that frays the bonds of Junie’s once impenetrable marriage.  When her father dies suddenly of a heart attack, Junie packs up her daughter and goes home to help her mother.  Her homecoming stirs up memories of the nightmare she thought she had put behind her, the disappearance of her childhood friend, Ellen.  Haunted by recurring memories of what happened on that fateful day, Junie must gather the courage to revisit her past and untangle the secrets surrounding her missing friend, and the trauma that has caused her little girl to climb back into herself. As the pieces come together on the event that shook her small town, and at the risk of losing everyone she loves, Junie will question everything she thought she could rely on and everyone she thought she knew.

WHERE PETALS FALL is a gripping and emotional novel with an undercurrent of suspense, featuring a determined mother whose world slowly comes apart around her.  Where Petals Fall will appeal to fans of Lisa Scottoline's Save Me or Jodi Picoult's Salem Falls, who love an emotional and gripping read. They will root for Junie as they follow her transition into an indomitable heroine who must reconcile what she discovers about her husband and family’s tragic past, and find a way to put the pieces of her family back together and carry on. 

Review by Marlene Engel

Junie, Brian, and their four year old daughter, Sarah, recently moved into a new house.  But since the move, Sarah has begun to regress … no longer talking and wetting the bed.   They have taken her to countless specialists and have yet to receive an actual diagnosis.  Stressed out over Sarah, and the fact that it’s put a wedge between her and her husband, Junie also learns of her father’s sudden passing.  Not wanting her mother to be alone Junie and Sarah make their way to Pennsylvania to be with her.

But being back in her childhood home brings back flashes of memories for Junie.  When she was seven, her best friend (and Brian’s sister), Ellen, went missing.  She was never found and there weren’t any leads to her disappearance.  So why was Junie all of a sudden seeing disturbing flashes from her past?  A past that she can’t even fully remember.  She remembers the day that Ellen went missing, but the details surrounding it and the days following it were blank. 

As Junie continues to have these flashes, she starts to question the people in her life that she has trusted the most.  She begins to ask herself if they had any involvement in Ellen’s disappearance and questions the safety of her daughter and herself.  Will the past come back to haunt everyone?  And are the people she loves really the people she thought they were?  Junie is determined to find out the answers.  Even if it threatens to tear apart her family!

Where Petals Fall is a women’s fiction, suspense novel.  I have to be honest in saying that it’s not the usual genre that I read, but I could not put this book down.  I started it in the morning and couldn’t go to bed until I finished it that night.  Yes, it was THAT good!  It had my emotions going in over drive.  From one page to the next, I had no clue what was going to happen next.  I was literally on the edge of my seat in anticipation.  The story was brilliantly written, the characters felt so real and it had more twists and turns than a theme park roller coaster!  The author, Melissa Foster, is a literary genius!  I highly recommend this book and can honestly say that it is one of the best books I’ve ever read!

About the Author:

Melissa Foster is a New York Times & USA Today bestselling and award-winning author. She writes contmporary romance, new adult, contemporary women's fiction, suspense, and historical fiction with emotionally compelling characters that stay with you long after you turn the last page. Her books have been recommended by USA Today's book blog, Hagerstown Magazine, The Patriot, and several other print venues. She is the founder of the Women’s Nest, a social and support community for women, and the World Literary Café. When she's not writing, Melissa helps authors navigate the publishing industry through her author training programs on  Fostering Success. Melissa has been published in Calgary’s Child Magazine, the Huffington Post, and Women Business Owners magazine. 

Melissa hosts an annual Aspiring Authors contest for children and has painted and donated several murals to The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington, DC. Melissa lives in Maryland with her family.

Visit Melissa on The Women's Nest, Fostering Success, or World Lit Cafe. Melissa enjoys discussing her books with book clubs and reader groups, and welcomes an invitation to your event.

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The Hole in the Middle - Excerpt & Interview & Giveaway

Excerpt

I show up at Sara’s house around eight, and book club is in full swing. I’ve come straight from the office, and my prescription is still in my purse. I’d say that I haven’t had time to fill it, but even I know that for once, lack of time isn’t the issue.

I ring the bell. Zoe answers and steps out onto the porch with me for a moment. “I was hoping it was you,” she says. “I’m not ready to tell anyone else about what’s going on with Richard, OK?” She gestures toward the house, where the rest of the book club is waiting.

“Of course,” I say. And in any event, I feel a little fuzzy on the details of Zoe’s marital crisis. Lunch feels as though it happened a week and not six hours ago.

 “How are you feeling?” I ask.

She shrugs. “It helped to see you at lunch,” she says. “But I think this is one of those situations where it’s going to keep feeling worse until something big changes. I’m just not ready to think about what the something big is.” I give her a hug, and we go in. “Look everyone,” she calls. “It’s a special guest appearance by Sophie!” She drags me into the living room, where the rest of the book club bursts into enthusiastic applause.

“I haven’t read the book,” I say.

“Don’t be silly,” says Laura. “No one ever reads the book.”

“I do,” says Sara pointedly. “And it would be great if we could make a tiny effort to talk about it once in a while, even for five minutes. Hi, Soph.” She pauses. “What did you do to your arm?”

“I sprained my wrist,” I say. “It’s nothing.”

“What was the book again?” asks Laura.

Sara raises an eyebrow. “Are you really interested, or are you just trying to humor me?”

Laura laughs. “Was it good?”

“Not especially,” says Sara. “We can stop talking about it now. What’s Megan going on about?”

Like Sara, Megan is one of my old friends from the student newspaper, and I’ve caught her in mid-rant. Nora is leaning back slightly to avoid Megan’s violent gesticulations, which are, as usual, aimed at hapless, absent Bob: “And then he looks into the stroller and says, ‘I’m starting to get to the point where I remember that he’s around. Do you know what I mean?’ And I think, ‘What kind of fucking question is that? It’s kind of hard for me to forget that our baby is around when he’s hanging off my tit 24/7, but I guess you don’t have that problem, do you Bob?’ Honestly! I just looked at him and said ‘I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about.’”

Megan takes a breath, looks around, and realizes that she is the main attraction. “Hi, Sophie,” she says. “Good to see you.”

I wave. “Still married?”

Megan snorts. “Barely,” she says, but she smiles a little before turning back to Nora to continue itemizing Bob’s shortcomings as a husband and father.

“What can I get you to drink?” asks Zoe. “Prosecco?” I nod, and she disappears into the kitchen. I sit down next to Sara.

“How have you been?” she asks.

“Bad day to ask,” I say. “I’d say I’ve been stressed to the point of hysteria, while at the same time struggling to find enough meaning in my work to justify my level of anxiety. I mean, shouldn’t you have to care about a job to get this worked up about it?”

 “Of course not!” Zoe reappears with my glass and plops down on the sofa with us. “Do you remember the I Love Lucy episode where Lucy and Ethel are working on an assembly line at a chocolate factory? No? You know the scene in Pretty Woman where Richard Gere takes Julia Roberts up to the penthouse for the first time, and they have a fight, and then they make up, and then they stay up late watching TV?”

“Oh, yeah,” says Sara. “Right before she gives him the blow job.”

“Exactly. That moment where you think, am I really supposed to be rooting for these two to get together in the end?”

“Totally.” Megan and Nora have finished with Bob and rejoin the group. “But they aren’t watching the chocolate factory episode,” Megan says. “They’re watching the wine-making one, where Lucy runs around in a giant barrel and throws grapes at everyone.”

Zoe rolls her eyes. “The point I’m making,” she says, with the deliberate enunciation of a woman who has had too much Prosecco, “is that the chocolate factory is a perfect example of a job that is both stressful and meaningless. The chocolate starts coming faster and faster and they can’t wrap it quickly enough, and by the end they are stuffing the chocolates down their shirts and in their mouths and looking completely panic-stricken, but to no real end.”

“And this relates to Sophie’s job how?” asks Laura.

Zoe waves her hand vaguely. “Email, voicemail, staff meetings – the whole tedious routine is a modern-day, white-collar version of the conveyor belt.”

“Well, that’s a pretty bleak assessment,” I say.

“Only if you plan to be stuck beside the conveyor belt for the rest of your life,” says Zoe. “But since you don’t actually work in a chocolate factory, you have a few options. And if you would admit that you are having a midlife crisis, you could start looking at ways to change it up.”

“I’m not having a midlife crisis,” I say.

Laura laughs. “Everyone’s having a midlife crisis, Sophie,” she says. “You might as well join the club.”

Interview with the Author:

When did you know you wanted to become an author?

I’ve wanted to be a writer for as long as I can remember, but I didn’t have a story that I needed to tell and life filled up with other pursuits and priorities.  Then, just before my 38^th birthday, a character (Lil Parker) started to take shape.  I couldn’t get her and her fox stole out of my head, and the story evolved from there.

Where did you come up with the premise for this book? 

I wanted to try to write a book for working moms in their 40s.  I loved I Don’t Know How She Does It, but I wanted to find a book that spoke to women in my own generation (Generation X) who were juggling the demands of work and family.  I couldn’t find that book, so I decided to write it.

Describe your book in three words.

Smart, funny, real.

What can your readers expect next from you?

I’d love to know the answer to that question!  I’m just starting to think about my next book project.  In the meantime, readers might enjoy smaller doses of my writing on Twitter (@katemhilton) and on my blog (www.katehilton.com).

Author Bio:

Kate Hilton has worked in law, higher education, public relations, fundraising and publishing.  She has an English degree from McGill University and a law degree from the University of Toronto.  She holds down a day job, volunteers for community organizations, raises two boys, cooks, collects art, reads voraciously and likes her husband.  In her free time, she writes. On good days, she thinks she might have it all.  On bad days, she wants a nap.

The Hole in the Middle is Kate’s first book.  Kate is represented by Beverley Slopen of the Beverley Slopen Literary Agency in Toronto.

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Take A Look At Me Now - Review

Review by K.T Sullivan

Nell Sullivan loses her job and her boyfriend on the same day. Determined to change her life, she takes her severance check and leaves London. She’ll stay with her cousin, Lizzie, in San Francisco and plot out a new life direction. The sights and sounds are so different and enticing to Nell. She joins Lizzie, as a volunteer, teaching children how to bake. This sparks her love of cooking and plants an idea of opening an American style diner in London. She interns at a legendary diner and learns so much. And meets Max who makes her forget the bad memories from home. When it’s time to return to London, Nell is torn between her new life and love and her true roots. On the day she’s scheduled to leave, Max’s secret life is revealed and her ex offers an olive branch. Nell hurries back to reignite her London life, but old wounds never heal. Who is her true love and will her dream restaurant rise from the ashes?

                       

Nell is a fun character on the brink of change, but faced with a few handsome and one delicious fork in the road. Dickinson weaves her through many choices, making a solid decision hard without consequences. This is a believable set of circumstances for the reader. The secondary players are memorable and add much to the book. The author uses San Francisco as a beautiful background in the story. It’s easy to see why Nell is so charmed with the city. A recommended read.

Miranda is a Sunday Times Bestselling author of four books, has been shortlisted twice for RNA awards (for Novel of the Year in 2010 with Fairytale of New York and again in 2012 for Contemporary Novel of the Year for It Started With a Kiss), has been published in seven languages and been a bestseller in four countries, and has sold over half a million books.

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