Hi
lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host L.E. Rico and her new book, “Blame
it on the Bet”! For other stops on her
Goddess Fish Promotions Book Tour, please click on the banner above or any of
the images in this post.
Be
sure to make it to the end of this post to enter to win a $20 Amazon or Barnes
and Noble Gift Card!! Also, come back
daily to interact with L.E. and to increase your chances of winning!
This
book is on sale during pre-order for ONLY $0.99!!! See below for more details.
Thanks
for stopping by! Wishing you lots of
luck in this fabulous giveaway!
Blame
it on the Bet
by
L.E. Rico
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Welcome
to Mayhem, Minnesota, where the cats wear sweaters, the local priest dispenses
dating advice, and you can find your fortune in the bottom of a pie pan.
When
her family’s pub is threatened with foreclosure, Hennessy O’Halloran, along
with her three sisters, is determined to raise enough money to keep it out of
the hands of the L.A. real-estate developer trying to raze it and replace it
with a—god forbid!—multiplex theater.
Bryan
Truitt always gets what he wants. And what he wants is the sweet corner
property on Mayhem’s Main Street where O’Halloran’s Pub sits. But his “quick
business” turns into more than he bargains for when he meets the feisty
Hennessy. Next thing he knows, he’s betting her he can outlast Mayhem’s
punishing winter in time to make the pub his—or he’ll gift it to her for free.
Hennessy
knows better than to flirt with the enemy. But suddenly Bryan’s not sure which
he wants more…the property or the woman who owns it.
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EXCERPT TWO:
Standing
there, looking bedraggled and exhausted, is Bryan Truitt. He’s holding his
iPhone up to the door, and I can just make out the tiny image of Peter
Gabriel’s album So on the screen. Bryan doesn’t say a word. He doesn’t knock.
He doesn’t ring. He just stands there, phone up, waiting for me to hear him and
open the door.
I
do.
“In
your eyes, I see the doorway to a thousand churches…” Peter Gabriel sings just
loud enough so as not to bother my neighbors.
“That’s
my favorite line,” he says. “The doorway to a thousand churches line…”
“Yeah,
that is a pretty amazing image,” I agree, playing along as he pretends this is
a perfectly natural situation.
“I
get it.”
“What?”
I ask, neither of us budging.
“I
get what he’s saying. Because I see that when I look into your eyes.”
I
stare at him, my breath suddenly caught in my throat.
“You…you
do?” I ask, sounding tentative.
He
nods.
“I
do. And that’s why I’m here.”
“It
is?”
Jeez,
could I be any lamer?
He
nods again.
“Can
I come in?”
I
step back and hold the door open so he can pass me.
I
realize I’m dressed in only a terrycloth robe with my hair swept up in a towel
turban. No clothes. No makeup. Not even a pair of slippers.
“Uh…
Let me go put something on—”
“No,”
he says sharply. The surprise must register on my face because he’s quick to
jump in again. “I don’t want to let you out of my sight. Not for a second. I
can’t.”
“Bryan…”
He
sets his phone down on the breakfast bar and wraps his big, strong hands around
my forearms.
“No,
Hennessy. I let you go once, and I won’t do it again. Not ever.”
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AUTHOR BIO:
L.E. Rico didn’t set out to be an
author. In fact she’s made a name for herself as a classical music radio
host—doing her best to make the music and the composers relevant by putting
them into a modern context. It was just a few years ago that she discovered a
passion for writing that blossomed into an entire novel. And then another. And
another. And, while she still spends plenty of time on the radio, telling the
stories of the great composers, she spends even more time composing her own
great stories.
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GIVEAWAY INFO:
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Lauren ~ It is great to have you here again! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeletecongrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteAlly! Thanks for hosting my latest, always a pleasure to have my books in front of your great readers. All best, Lauren
ReplyDeleteI liked the excerpt.
ReplyDeleteDo you have your next writing project already in mind?
ReplyDeleteWhat's your favorite genre of books to read?
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