Hi lovelies! It gives me great pleasure today to host Charlotte O’Shay and her new book, “A Model Engagement”! 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 $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble Gift Card!! Also, come back daily to interact with
Charlotte and to increase your chances of winning!
Thanks for stopping by! Wishing you lots of luck in this fabulous
giveaway!
A Model Engagement
by Charlotte O'Shay
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GENRE: Contemporary Romance
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BLURB:
Lacey
Reed jumps at the chance for independence with a career in the big city. But
her naivety and ambition blind her to the lure of a blackmailer. With her
savings gone, she has nowhere to turn when she literally runs into financier
Connor Devlin.
Though
dazzled by Lace y, Connor sees the desperation she tries to hide. His gut tells
him to help, and he hires her as his fake fiancée. Now Lacey has a job, and
Connor has put a bandage on a family crisis.
When
the blackmailer ups the ante, Lacey resolves to face him down—no matter what
the consequences. Does that mean Lacey will lose the only man who’s ever seen
who she truly is?
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EXCERPT ONE:
What
Part of No Don’t You Understand?
Lacey
Lee Reed was at the type of event, which for years had been, if not her life’s
blood, then at least her meal ticket. Anyone who knew her, or thought they did,
would say she was in her element—smack dab in the middle of a society party
with every A-lister in New York in attendance.
But
she couldn’t breathe.
The
combination of exotic perfumes and expensive colognes in the warm room hit her
harder than the kick of a mule. She swayed on her five-inch heels.
Focus,
Lacey. You will not have a panic attack in the middle of your best friend’s
wedding.
She
pasted on a smile as she scanned the sparkling sea of Prada, Gucci and Dior
visible over his head, scoping out her escape.
She
inhaled again, slower this time, then eased out a steady, candle-extinguishing
breath. Ridiculous to feel trapped. Another focused breath. She wasn’t alone.
Not by a long shot.
She
was in the middle of the most enormous ballroom the Pierre Hotel possessed at
one of the splashiest New York City weddings in decades. The VIP crowd was
nothing new, nothing she couldn’t handle.
It
was individual people that creeped her out.
The
old Lacey would have told this SOB staring straight into her cleavage where to
go. Politely and with every bit of the charm her mama taught her. But that was
the old Lacey. Current day Lacey’s head was spinning, just like it had that one
time when they were thirteen and she and Mandy snuck a cigarette out by Mandy’s
grandparents’ barn. That memory put a genuine smile on her lips.
Against
her every instinct she extended her hand.
“It
was a pleasure to meet you, Mr. Calloway.” The manners drummed into her through
generations of Reed grandmas meant she remembered his name, met his lascivious
eyes, and continued to smile even as she yanked her chilled hand from his
too-familiar grip.
Their
three-minute conversation had gone two and half minutes too long. Lacey had
learned, at long last, to trust her intuition, and she needed to be gone.
Now.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AUTHOR BIO:
NYC
girl Charlotte O'Shay was
born into a big family and married into another big family.
The
drama! The noise! The inspiration!
Negotiating
skills honed at the dinner table led her to a career in the law. After four
beautiful children joined the crowded family tree, Charlotte gladly traded her
legal career to write about happily ever afters set in and around NYC.
When
Charlotte isn't reading or writing steamy contemporaries featuring heroines in
crisis and swoony heroes, she's on the hunt for that perfect pair of
sunglasses. She loves to hear from readers.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CONNECT WITH CHARLOTTE:
Website:
Facebook:
Twitter:
Instagram:
Goodreads Author Page:
Goodreads Book Page:
Amazon Author Page:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
BOOK BUY LINKS:
Amazon Kindle:
Amazon Paperback:
Barnes and Noble:
Kobo:
Google Play:
The Wild Rose Press:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THE CITY OF DREAMS BOOK SERIES:
The City of Dreams series are all standalone
books linked by the wedding that takes place in The
Marriage Ultimatum.
Book 1: The Marriage Ultimatum – Sabrina and Vlad
Book 2: A Model Engagement – Lacey and Connor
Book 3: An Illicit Affair – Honey and Jake
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
GIVEAWAY INFO:
Charlotte will be awarding a $25 Amazon/BN GC to
a randomly drawn winner via Rafflecopter during the tour.
**This post contains affiliate links and if clicked and a
purchase made I may receive a small commission to help support this blog. This does not cost you anything, it just
helps pay for all those awesome giveaways on here.**
This contest is sponsored
by a third party. Fabulous and Brunette is a registered host of Goddess Fish
Promotions. Prizes are given away by the
sponsors and not Fabulous and Brunette. The featured author and Goddess Fish
Promotions are solely responsible for the giveaway prize.
Thank you for the excerpt and giveaway and congrats on the tour.
ReplyDeleteHi James! Thanks for stopping by and good luck in the giveaway :)
DeleteHi James. Thanks for stopping by. Good luck.
DeleteCharlotte ~ It is great to have you here! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! :)
ReplyDeleteThank you for hosting me Ally. Love your fabulous brunette blog. We fab brunettes have to stick together. 💙
DeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeletecongrats on the tour and thanks for the chance to win
ReplyDeleteHi Lisa. Happy October. Happy to see you again. Good luck. 💙
DeleteI'm happy to be a part of this tour, thank you for sharing!
ReplyDeleteHi Nikolina 💙 Good to see you here.
DeleteWhat a great excerpt, and congrats on the tour.
ReplyDeleteThank you Bridgett 😊😉 good luck 🍀
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the excerpt. Sounds really good.
ReplyDeleteThank you Marcy. Good luck!
DeleteI liked the excerpt, thank you.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad Rita. Thanks for stopping by. Good luck.
DeleteWhat literary character do you must relate to? Thanks for the giveaway. I hope that I win. Bernie W BWallace1980(at)hotmail(d0t)com
ReplyDeleteDavid Copperfield. Thank you for stopping by🍀good luck
DeleteLooks like a great book, congrats on the book publication!
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome Cindy! Good luck winning the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome. Good luck with the giveaway.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the excerpt I can't wait to read the rest of the book. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait to share Lacey and Connor's story with you! Good luck Madonna.
DeleteAre you a big reader as well as a writer?
ReplyDeleteOh yes. I read all the time. Good luck Cindy. 🍀
DeleteWhat is the most overrated book that you have ever read? Thanks for the giveaway. I hope that I win. Bernie W BWallace1980(at)hotmail(d0t)com
ReplyDelete