We are excited to be participating in TLC Book Tours End of Summer Blog Tour!
Each tour stop will feature a guest post or excerpt from one of the authors below, plus a fun Rafflecopter giveaway. (*See giveaway rules at the end of the post)
Publisher; Harlequin
Date of publicaiton: May 2015
What won’t he do for a second chance?
Former model Kelly Hurley has finally put the ashes of the
past behind her. After a passionate but turbulent marriage to rock star Vaughan
Hurley that ended in heartbreak and divorce, Kelly rebuilt her life in
Portland, where she settled so their two young daughters could be close to
their father. Just not so close Kelly couldn’t truly make her own way without
interference from the man who shattered her heart. Now Kelly’s finally ready to
move on, and she’s planning to marry another man.
But not if Vaughan has anything to say about it.
Vaughan knows he was a fool all those years ago. A young,
selfish—and prideful—fool. Even as he buried himself in the fast, decadent
rock-star lifestyle, he could never drown out the memory of Kelly’s beauty and
love. Or the sweet, searing heat whenever they touched. For years, he’s had to
deal with the pain of seeing her only because of their daughters, but it was
never enough. Now Vaughan must prove that he’s the only man Kelly needs, before
he loses her for good. And there’s only one way to do it…
Excerpt:
“I hurt her. Made her
sad. Broke her heart. I did those things. But today when she got really angry
it was like a big giant buzzer sounded. She peeled all that calm back and
showed me stuff I’ve never seen from her. Until she walked away from me, fuming
like some gorgeous creature of vengeance, I thought she was totally done.”
Vaughan paced as the noises of a rock-and-roll concert
getting ready to start sounded all around them. Strange as it was, he found the
hum and chaos of it to be soothing.
“I made so many mistakes. I didn’t apologize right. Not
eight years ago and not today. She called me out and I deserved it.”
“You’re not that guy anymore, Vaughan,” Ezra said. “You were
a spoiled kid when you two got married. Still a spoiled kid when you got
divorced. You’re a man now. They’re your family. Don’t let fear keep you from
doing the right thing because Ross won’t.”
It had been Vaughan who hadn’t wanted to be married, not
Kelly. She’d served him the papers first, but
he’d been the one to toss a divorce at her to make her leave a subject
alone.
He’d thought—at the time—that she’d cool off and back down.
He meant to make it up to her once he’d gotten off tour. But he never got the
chance. He’d said it one too many times and much to his surprise, she’d taken
him at his word and filed for divorce.
Then pride had taken over. If she wanted to end their
marriage, fine. He’d still have a great life. He’d told himself that for years
as he’d driven the road from Hood River to Gresham where Kelly had offered to
settle so he could be close to the girls.
He’d told himself being single was better anyway. That his
life was too fucking fabulously full of women to bang for him to go tying
himself down forever.
And every time she opened her door he knew everything he
said had been a lie. But pride was a fucking killer and he’d let himself hide
behind it for way too long.
This engagement had tripped him up. For the past three
months it had rattled around in his head. Kelly being someone else’s wife.
Kelly sleeping next to another man. His kids waking up to another dad on Christmas
morning. And Ross didn’t like him. While he’d never done or said anything in
front of their daughters, Vaughan couldn’t help but wonder if and when that
might change.
“I’m scared I can’t do it. That I don’t have what she needs.
For me, there’s no one else. It’s just her. But she’s got a software engineer
with a big house in the burbs already. This guy wants to marry her and erase me
from her life. I can feel it. He wants to take my place.”
“I have to be honest and say I think you’re right. Ross hates
your guts. He hates the way you look at Kelly. Hates the way she looks at you.
Bummer. But if it’s you or him, make it you. This is love.”
It was long past time to finally just admit that he was
thirty-four years old and in all his adult life there had been one woman he’d
loved and it was Kelly. He’d already found the right woman to settle down with
and, whether Ross liked it or not, Vaughan planned to do everything he could to
get Kelly to give him a second chance.
a Rafflecopter giveaway
End of Summer Blog Tour TOUR STOPS:
Monday, August 3rd: Reading Reality – Lauren Dane
guest post, “Hurley Family Summer Itinerary“
Tuesday, August 4th: Reading
Reality – review – Back to You
Wednesday, August 5th: The Sassy Bookster – Janice
Maynard guest post, “Sock it To Me Cake“
Friday, August 7th: The Bookish and the
Romantic – Sara Arden guest post, “Lemonade,” and review
– Finding Glory
Monday, August 10th: A Chick Who Reads –
Christie Ridgway guest post, “Summer Crushes“
Monday, August 10th: Romance Novels for the Beach –
review of Taking the Heat
Wednesday, August 12th: Urban Girl Reader – Victoria Dahl
guest post, “Summer Adventure“
Wednesday, August 12th: The Sassy Bookster – review – Taking
the Heat
Friday, August 14th: From the TBR Pile – Back
to You excerpt
Friday, August 14th: The Sassy Bookster – review – Back
to You
Monday, August 17th: Mignon Mykel {Reviews} –
Jill Sorenson guest post, “A Sexy End-of-Summer Bucket List” and mini
reviews of all 6 books
Tuesday, August 18th: The Sassy Bookster – review
– Second Chance With The Billionaire
Wednesday, August 19th: Snowdrop Dreams – Janice Maynard
guest post, “Summer Vacation“
Thursday, August 20th: The Sassy Bookster – review
– Finding Glory
Friday, August 21st: The Romance Dish – Sara Arden
guest post. “True Story of Summer Love“
Friday, August 21st: Read Love Blog – review – Back
to You
Monday, August 24th: Satisfaction for Insatiable
Readers – Christie Ridgway guest post, “Romantic Summer Dates“
Monday, August 24th: The Sassy Bookster – review – Can’t
Fight This Feeling
Tuesday, August 25th: Satisfaction for Insatiable
Readers – review – Can’t Fight This Feeling
Wednesday, August 26th: Read Love Blog – Victoria Dahl
guest post, “Summer Fling Cocktail Recipe“
Thursday, August 27th: A Chick Who Reads – reviews
of Finding Glory, Can’t Fight This Feeling, Taking the Heat
Friday, August 28th: Romance Novels for the Beach –
Jill Sorenson guest post, “Virtual Motorcycle Road Trip“
Friday, August 28th: The Sassy Bookster – review – Riding
Dirty
Sunday, August 30th: Satisfaction for Insatiable
Readers – review – Finding Glory
*NO PURCHASE NECESSARY TO ENTER. Purchase or acceptance of a product offer does not improve your chances of winning. Sweepstakes opens 8/3/2015 at 12:01 AM (EDT) and closes 9/1/2015 at 11:59 PM (EDT). Enter online athttps://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/82ae250c9/. Open to legal residents of the U.S. and Canada who have reached the age of majority or older. Void where prohibited by law. Void in Quebec. One (1) prize available to be won consisting of: one (1) print copy of each of Back to You by Lauren Dane, Finding Glory by Sara Arden, Taking the Heat by Vitoria Dahl,Can’t Fight This Feeling by Christie Ridgway, and Second Chance with the Billionaire by Janice Maynard; one (1) e-book copy of Riding Dirty by Jill Sorensen; one (1) Harlequin tote bag; and a Fifty dollar ($50.00 USD) VISA gift card (Total ARV: $92.00 USD). Odds of winning depend on number of eligible entries received. Full details and Official Rules available online at https://www.rafflecopter.com/rafl/display/82ae250c9/. Sponsor: Harlequin Enterprises Limited.
My favourite part of the end of summer is a local fair that my city has that closes on Labour Day.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite part of the end of summer is the promise of cooler weather.Also, back to school and back to routines. I like routine :)
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