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FRIEND FRIDAY – BREE LIVINGSTON

This week’s Friend Friday spotlight is on Bree Livingston’s The Best Friend’s Billionaire Brother.

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

She’s loved him forever.
He’s been too blind to notice.

When Gabby Fredericks returns home for the holidays, she’s not expecting her best friend’s brother and her ex-crush—Wyatt West—to meet her at the airport. It’s been five years, and she’s over him. Only, her heart hasn’t gotten the message. Wyatt is taller, more rugged, and even better looking than when she left home…and he’ll never be hers.

Wyatt West can’t believe how much Gabby has changed since he last saw her. He’s always considered her an extra little sister—and off limits—but now the feelings he’s having aren’t brotherly at all. Between his uncertain future in the rodeo and struggling with his growing feelings for Gabby, his plans for a restful holiday have vanished.

It’ll take more than a little mistletoe for these two hearts to come together.

 

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Bree Livingston lives in the West Texas Panhandle with her husband, children, and cats. She’d have a dog, but they took a vote and the cats won. Not in numbers, but attitude. They wouldn’t even debate. They just leveled their little beady eyes at her and that was all it took for her to nix getting a dog. Her hobbies include…nothing because she writes all the time.

She loves carbs, but the love ends there. No, that’s not true. The love usually winds up on her hips which is why she loves writing romance. The love in the pages of her books are sweet and clean, and they definitely don’t add pounds when you step on the scale. Unless of course, you’re actually holding a Kindle while you’re weighing. Put the Kindle down, and try again. Also, the cookie because that could be the problem too. She knows from experience.

Find Bree on her website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

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FRIEND FRIDAY – DIANNE J. WILSON

This week’s Friend Friday spotlight is on Dianne J. Wilson’s The Cake List.

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

Do Something Brave.

Do Something Selfless.

Do Something Kind.

Break a Never.

Stop an Always.

Figure out God.

“Some people write a bucket list, you know… things they want to do and tick off before they die. Honestly? Dying doesn’t seem half as scary as the big-O birthday that’s hunting me down. So I’ve made my own list. Things I want to do and tick off before I eat that birthday cake. So far, it’s not going too well.”

Fresh from a spectacular break-up and faced with a looming big-O birthday, Meg throws her cautious nature aside and signs up for dance classes. Little does she know that Ballroom will stretch more than just her muscles.

Between the charming dance instructor and his secrets, her grumpy neighbour and a fish that can’t swim straight, Meg’s list seems doomed from the start.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Dianne J. Wilson writes across genres including Humorous Women’s Fiction, Romantic Comedy, Romantic Suspense and YA Fantasy. Weaving Invisible into words, she explores spiritual truth woven through ordinary life with equal dashes of breathless adventure and tongue-in-cheek humor, all soaked in God’s Grace. She writes in stolen moments, usually in the back seat of her tiny car. Her home is in East London, a South African coastal town, where she lives with her hubby and three daughters who all take turns at being home. Her love-language is tea and taking long drives to listen to new songs with her girls. When she’s not stuck in her car writing, you can find her feeding all the hungry people in her house who gaze at her expectantly around mealtimes.

Find Dianne on her website, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

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FRIEND FRIDAY – ALANA OXFORD

Alana’s Oxford’s Blue Skies is this week’s Friend Friday feature.

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

Life isn’t always a walk in the park, but when Patrice takes her Pomeranians to the park after a rough day at the office, fate steps in. An unlikely hero comes to the rescue when one of her dogs gets loose. Short, pale, and kind of cute, Seth doesn’t have a lot of confidence with the ladies, but he hits it off with Patrice. But some things might be too good to be true. While Patrice wonders if Seth could possibly be “the one”, fate steps in again with a horrible twist. Will it be a deal breaker or just a storm before bright blue skies?

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Alana Oxford is a Michigan author of romcoms, sweet romance, and humorous women’s fiction. She wants her stories to bring sunshine and smiles to her readers. She enjoys improv comedy, moody music, everything book related, and has an ongoing love affair with the United Kingdom.

Find Alana on Facebook and Instagram.

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FRIEND FRIDAY – LARISSA REINHART

This week’s Friend Friday spotlight is on Larissa Reinhart’s book, 15 Minutes.

Find it on Amazon, Nook and Apple Books.

 

ABOUT THE BOOK:

Three Teen Choice Awards, One Emmy Nomination, and several Maxim covers later, Maizie Albright was an ex-teen star, stuck in reality show hell, and standing before a California judge.

She has one chance for a new life: return home to Black Pine, Georgia, and get a job that has nothing to do with show business.

So why not become a private detective–the person she played during the happiest days of her life?

Maybe because…

First: She’s got 10 days to get and keep the job.

Second: She has to convince the only private investigator in town to hire her.

Third: She lost the client’s wife on the first day. (And the woman may be dead…)

Fourth: She just might be falling in love with her new boss. And she just might have lost him his business.

But what has she got to lose, other than imprisonment, her dignity, and possibly, her life?

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

A Wall Street Journal bestselling author, Larissa writes the award-winning Cherry Tucker Mystery, Maizie Albright Star Detective, and Finley Goodhart Crime Caper series. She loves to tell funny stories about women, looking for love (and dead bodies) in all the wrong places. Larissa, her family, and Cairn Terrier, Biscuit, lived in Nagoya, Japan, but have returned to Peachtree City, Georgia. You can see them on HGTV’s House Hunters International “Living for the Weekend in Nagoya” episode. Larissa loves books, food, and traveling with her family. You can often see her adventures on Instagram (and her little dog, too). Visit Larissa’s website to join her VIP Readers email group and get the free prequel to The Cupid Caper plus other exclusive bonus content!

Find Larissa on her website, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter and Pinterest.

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FRIEND FRIDAY – RACHEL ANDERSEN

Today’s Friend Friday spotlight is on Rachel Andersen’s book Sweethearts Old.

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

Some things are better left in the past, and high school is one of them. But is your high school sweetheart the exception or the rule?

You are cordially invited to Thomas Jefferson High School in Denver, CO to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of your graduation…

Marissa Lambert is not the kind of woman to let her circumstances dictate her opportunities. From raising her three siblings after her parents’ car accident to adopting a boy from foster care as a single woman to starting her own accounting business so she can work from home, the only thing which continues to elude her is true love. So, why does her sister, Cassie, insist that her twentieth high school reunion is the key to recapturing her lost sense of joy and fulfillment?

Approaching the one-year anniversary after his wife’s death, Declan Pierce is content to let his mother-in-law keep the household running while he loses himself in work, television, and video gaming. That is, until he’s on his own for a day, and his kids seem to believe him utterly inept. No longer willing to let his in-laws dictate his parenting and home life, he awakens again just in time for his high school reunion where he reunites with the first woman he ever loved. True to his luck, after one of the nicest evenings he’s shared with anyone since his wife died, he makes a mistake that threatens it all.

Twenty years of broken dreams can change people, and no matter how drawn to one another Marissa and Declan may feel, they can’t help but wonder if history will repeat itself or if love is here to stay for the Sweethearts Old.

If you like stories of emotional growth and sweet romance, like those written by Robyn Carr and Debbie Macomber, check out this sweet second chance romance. A “spectacular new find” with vivid characters, relatable emotion, and a charming voice, Rachel A. Andersen’s books will have you coming back for more.

Inspired by the wedding rhyme, “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue,” the Lucky Sweethearts series follows four couples on their way to the altar. Though each book can be read as a standalone, readers may stumble on spoilers when books are read out of order due to recurring characters.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

One of Rachel Andersen’s favorite memories in college was when a music theory professor turned one of her exams back to her. With a twinkle in his eye, he said, “I can always tell that it’s your paper because you have a story written on the back.” She was just killing time after the ear training and aural skills portions of the test (where he played notes, and the students were to write down the interval or melody), but it hinted at a larger love. She loves stories. She loves reading them, she loves hearing them, she loves telling them, and she loves living them! Growing up as the oldest of nine children, she used stories to make mundane (and sometimes disgusting) tasks fly by like when she quoted Disney movies for her youngest siblings while she changed diapers or got them dressed. Though the youngest sibling is a senior in high school, the quotes she pulled out of thin air are used as family jokes that rock the house with laughter. Stories propelled her through difficult days in college. They sustained her through the stress of student teaching. They were her favorite time of day in elementary and early childhood classrooms. Her only hope is that these stories bring you as much joy and pleasure as they bring her!

Find Rachel on her Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest.

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FRIEND FRIDAY – K. LEAH

Today’s Friend Friday is spotlighting author K. Leah and her book A Half Made Whole.

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

Leighton

I’ve loved, and I’ve lost. For too long, I’ve held back from relationships, building walls around my heart tall and wide. My daughter is all I have left, and after years of struggling with overwhelming grief, I’ve decided it’s time to live. New town, new home, new job.

Then in walks Brexen. Tall, handsome, and as wounded on the inside as much as he is on the outside. Maybe more.

Brexen

I was living my dream until a freak accident on the job left me half the man I used to be. Finally over feeling helpless, I’ve decided it’s time to live. New town, new home, new therapist…who comes with a little girl that refuses to let me keep my walls up. But facing my fears of inadequacy means letting go and letting them in.

Torn between their pasts and their futures, can Leighton and Brexen finally break down their walls for good and realize that together they can be whole again?

A Half Made Whole is the first book in the Finding Home series. This is an inspirational story of healing and overcoming loss.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

K. Leah is a hopeless romantic and adores a good Hallmark movie. Growing up in the South, she likes her tea sweet and coffee strong. Family and faith are what matter most and she wears many hats, including being a wife, mom, and graphic designer. Other than being creative with designs or stories, she likes to spend her free time escaping reality into the pages of a sweet love story.

Find K. Leah on her website, Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter and Instagram.

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FRIEND FRIDAY – SUSAN WARNER

Today’s Friend Friday spotlight is on Susan Warner’s book Finding Ms. Wrong.

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

Matchmaking has ruined his reputation.

Life has complicated her dreams.

But maybe a fake romance will become the dreamiest match ever.

Liam Butler has a false reputation as the Wild Billionaire—a different woman for every day. All thanks to his grandmother, who is continually mismatching him with women he can’t stand. But perhaps if he’s already taken, his gran will stop trying.

Now to find a woman who will not only agree to marry him—but promise to divorce him as well. Someone so repulsed by him, she could never really want him.

Everyone is waiting for Elissa Dane to fail. And she might do just that if catering orders don’t start coming in quicker, and more prominent. And then, just like that, Liam Butler walks back into her life with a crazy deal to offer her. As if he hadn’t crushed her heart years ago in college.

Does she have any other choice? Failure isn’t an option, and she was raised to be true to her word. But fake relationships can be complicated. When things start to feel a little too natural between them, and the fake feelings begin to feel…too real, will either be able to admit it?

Come join the catered event of the year as Liam Butler opens his new hotel. You’ll want to try some of the delicious catered food, and you may just fall in love as well!

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

The only thing that could rival Susan’s love of Sweets in the bakery are strong, independent women.

She writes about love in different phases of life and bold women who don’t believe in waiting for someday.

Her heroines believe in two ideas: every day is a gift, and true love is worth taking a chance on.

Visit Susan on her website or Facebook page.

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FRIEND FRIDAY – MACIE ST. JAMES

Today’s Friend Friday is spotlighting author Macie St. James and her book Forgiving the Billionaire.

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

They have it all…except the one thing that matters most.

Recently laid off from a top tech firm, Alyssa Kennedy is staying with her childhood best friend, Emily, and helping out at her coffee shop. When Emily’s brother, Jeremy, returns home from an extended business trip, Alyssa has to confront her long-buried feelings. Jeremy was her first crush but to him, she’d always been his little sister’s best friend. She’s never gotten over her hurt that he stood her up for her senior prom.

Jeremy Owens barely recognizes the beautiful woman standing in front of him. He’d always thought of her as his sister’s best friend, although he’d long suspected she had a crush on him. She’s grown into a woman since the last time he saw her, and suddenly his world has been turned upside down.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Macie St. James is a freelance content writer by day, romance author by night. Or maybe a mix of both at all times. When she’s not dreaming up her next story, she can be found indulging her Happy Planner habit and snuggling with her pet dog, a spaniel mix. She lives in Nashville with her husband.

Visit Macie’s website or Facebook page.

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FRIEND FRIDAY – DANA LECHEMINANT

Today’s Friend Friday spotlight is on Dana LeCheminant’s book In Front of Me.

 

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ABOUT THE BOOK:



When all your plans fail, can you find the courage to follow a new path?

Lissa Montgomery is on track to be Boston’s top financial analyst—or she would have been, if her misogynistic boss had ever given her a chance. Suddenly jobless, Lissa has little hope for her life going according to plan. But then she meets handsome and charming Brennon, a workaholic who is just as driven as she is. In order to spend more time with him when he’s not at the office, she agrees to look after his blind roommate, Steve, after he’s hit by a car.

Where Brennon is sweet and thoughtful and practically perfect, Steve is grumpy and abrasive and refuses to find a reason to be happy in his newly sightless life. Getting to know Brennon, though, means being stuck with his best friend too, even if he is a little rough around the edges.

But as Steve starts to open up and finally live again, Lissa realizes there’s a lot more to life than climbing the corporate ladder. And she has to wonder who is really blind, since Steve seems to be the only one who can see what is right in front of him.

In Front of Me is a sweet contemporary romance that functions as a standalone, with recurring characters from the rest of the Simple Love Story series.

 

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Dana LeCheminant has been telling stories since she was old enough to know what stories were. After spending most of her childhood reading everything she could get her hands on, she eventually realized she could write her own books, and since then she always has plots brewing and characters clamoring to be next to have their stories told. A lover of all things outdoors, she finds inspiration while hiking the remote Utah backcountry and cruising down rivers. Until her endless imagination runs dry, she will always have another story to tell.

Find Dana on her website, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.

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FRIEND FRIDAY – JENNY RABE

Today’s Friend Friday is spotlighting author Jenny Rabe and her book, Something New.

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

It was a fake engagement. Laura Lee never meant to fall in love…

After losing her job and her grandmother, Laura Lee can barely drag herself out of bed. She’s confused, lonely, and stuck in a rut.

When Aiden is hired as the handyman next door, Laura Lee finds purpose again in more ways than one.The first day on the job, Aiden finds a clue about his birth mother. Needing a reason to stick around after hours, he turns to his new neighbor for information—a meeting that leads to a beneficial friendship which spins out of control as the words, “We’re engaged,” slip out of his mouth in an effort to stay close to his source.

Laura Lee is too head-over-heels to correct him, and makes it her mission to convince him his slip of the tongue is really true love.

Will their growing feelings be enough to keep them together, or is their friendship destined to end when his search does?

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

After going on over 150 first dates, Jenny has a wealth of dating experience. She lives with her husband and three kids near the mountains, drawing inspiration from the constant ups and downs of relationships. When she’s not writing clean, swoony romances, she’s following some other dream to make a difference in the world.

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