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The Christmas Wedding Swap
by Allyson Charles
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GENRE: Small Town Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
SOMETIMES YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED…
Allison
Stuart has always been the odd-woman-out of her family. She wears her jeans a
little too tight, colors her hair a little too blonde, and instead of going
into medicine and law like her sisters, she runs a diner. She’s also the only
single sibling left. And while she won’t change her style, and her meatloaf is
to die for, thank you very much, she wouldn’t mind her share of wedded bliss.
So she makes an early New Year’s resolution: No more meaningless flings.
Drop-dead
sexy Luke Hamilton is everything Allison has sworn off. His only serious
relationship has been with his five-star restaurant, Le Cygne Noir, in Chicago.
When he’s threatened by a lawsuit, Luke decides to hide out in Pineville,
Michigan, until the statute of limitations runs out. The small town is filled
with Christmas charm, but he can’t imagine living there. Heating things up with
the hottie who owns the local diner would make his exile bearable—if he can
convince her to give up her ridiculous resolution…
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EXCERPT THREE:
“Is
this restaurant a step down for you?” Allison asked sweetly. She twirled the
tip of the cleaver in a circle. “Is my kitchen not up to your usual standards?”
Luke
appeared to have more balls than brains. He stood firm. “A kitchen can always
be improved. Yours is no exception.”
He
was giving her an ulcer. Allison’s stomach grumbled in complaint, and she knew
just how it felt. There were some things that just weren’t done, and
criticizing your boss’s kitchen was one of them. “Hasn’t anyone ever taught you
not to piss off a woman holding an eight-inch blade?”
“That’s
a solid piece of advice,” Delilah said in agreement.
Luke
threw his hands in the air. “Fine. I think you’re making a mistake, but it’s
your restaurant.”
“I’m
glad you remember that,” Allison said.
Luke’s
lips twitched, and he rocked back onto his heels. “I’d heard your nickname was
the Tyrant, but I couldn’t see it till now.”
Allison
spluttered.
“I
mean it as a compliment,” Luke said. “You don’t let anyone push you around.
There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that.”
Luke
traced a finger along the slick metal surface of the counter, his eyes hot, and
Allison felt it as though his finger danced along her spine. She could see in
his expression that he meant it. He did find her take-charge attitude a turn-on.
And damn if that didn’t make her go a little weak in the knees. Still, she
couldn’t let that claim go unchallenged.
“My
name is n—”
“No?”
Delilah jumped in.
Luke
chuckled.
Allison’s
jaw grew stiff. If she could incinerate people with the heat of her glare, her
restaurant would be down two cooks. They’d be nothing but little piles of dust.
“Not no. And not Tyrant. My employees love me.”
Peals
of laughter rang through the kitchen.
Allison
wagged the knife in the air. “Delilah, that advice about being nice to the
woman holding a knife? It goes for you, too.” Spinning, she hammered the
cleaver into her cutting board, the blade plunging a quarter inch into the
wood. She stepped back, and the cleaver stood upright, quivering in its new
slot. With a pointed look at her cooks, she stormed to her office.
The
hoots of amusement behind her back rather diminished the effect of her exit.
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AUTHOR BIO:
Allyson Charles lives
in Northern California. She’s the author of the "Pineville Romance"
series, small-town, contemporary romances published by Lyrical Press. A former
attorney, she happily ditched those suits and now works in her pajamas writing
about men’s briefs instead of legal briefs. When she’s not writing, she’s
probably engaged in one of her favorite hobbies: napping, eating, or martial
arts (That last one almost makes up for the first two, right?). One of
Allyson’s greatest disappointments is living in a state that doesn’t have any
Cracker Barrels in it.
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Congrats on the tour and thank you for the excerpt and giveaway.
ReplyDeleteGood morning James! Thanks for stopping by and good luck in the giveaway :)
DeleteAllyson ~ It is great to have you here! Congrats on your new book and good luck on the book tour! Also, I completely feel ya on the Cracker Barrel situation... We finally just got our first location in the state of Oregon over this past summer... We were beyond excited!! Unfortunately, either they went downhill or we got a bad chef, because we've been twice and the food was awful... So disappointing!!! Staff was friendly and store was super cute, spent like $50+ at the gift shop each time lol... We've been twice and we said we'd give it one more try... So we'll see... Fingers crossed lol...
ReplyDeleteAww, that hurts my heart that the Oregon Cracker Barrel isn't up to snuff. :) But seriously, thanks for hosting. I really appreciate it.
DeleteThanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteI was wondering what the author's favorite book and author is?
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