Tuesday, February 28, 2023

BOOK BLITZ: Love You Now by Julia Kent

 

Today, we have a Book Blitz to share celebrating the book birthday for New York Times and USA Today Bestselling Author Julia Kent's Love You Now, book 4 in the romantic comedy Love You, Maine series. To celebrate this new release, we have an exclusive excerpt, teasers, AND a blitz-wide giveaway to share! So... Be sure to check it out and grab your copy now! Start the series now!

Genre:
Adult
Contemporary
Romantic Comedy
Series:
Love You, Maine, #4
Publish Date:
February 28, 2023
Publisher:

Cover Designed by:
Najla Qamber

Synopsis:
Ana DaSilva is looking for a palate cleanser. A one night stand. A reboot.

Instead, she got fireworks, sparks, chemistry, and the perfect guy. No one wants to meet Mr. Right when he should just be Mr. Rebound, but Mr. Right is so, so right.

But then he went from Mr. Right to Mr. Never, because when she learns she’s pregnant three days after that wonderful night with Dennis, she realizes her sleazy drug dealing ex not only left her with the legal mess she knew about, he gave her a life-long present.

One that means ignoring Dennis’ texts and phone calls, no matter how much she wants to answer.

Dennis Luview wants to escape his pain. Coming back to his hometown of Luview, Maine – the cheesy tourist trap where every day was Valentine’s Day – means facing a past he left behind twenty-four years ago.

Yes, his family is loving, and sure, he has roots that go bone-deep in the small town community where people step up for each other.

But the naive eighteen-year-old who left to serve his country is now a retired Special Ops vet with a heavy entourage of ghosts and PTSD. No woman deserves all the baggage he’s lugging around.

Including Ana, who clearly wants nothing to do with him, no matter how intense their one haunting encounter really was.
It’s one thing to have ghosts, and quite another to be ghosted.

Which is why six months after that hot night, he’s stunned to find her in his hometown, at a bridal shower, her ripe, pregnant belly swelling under a gorgeous yellow sundress.

A public confrontation turns into a very private reunion, and as Dennis pursues Ana she opens up, but is he crazy to want her — and what turns out to be another man’s baby — to settle down and find stability and love?

Or is he deluding himself that he’s remotely worth the happiness an instant family could offer, after his terrible past?


      
   


*Excerpt*

Oh.


Oh.


Oh, my goodness.


“Brie,” she said, her knees going weak, her body starting to tremble like that teen boy’s hands. “It’s–help.”


“Help? What’s wrong? Is it the baby?”


Sharp as a tack, Lucinda left the boy hanging and turned to her. 


“Ana? What’s wrong? Do you need to sit? Is something wrong with the baby?”


Time changed.


Each second skipped like a stone on water, like a hummingbird’s wings, like there was all the time in the world yet every bit of it was gone.


She took a step backward. Then another, her belly going heavy, her heart completely confused in her chest, trying to decide whether to jump for joy… 


…or flee screaming.


The group of people was moving closer, step by step, each one more final than the last.


Each one clearer than the last.


The big man in the navy t-shirt, wearing sunglasses he was now slowly removing as he looked at her like an assassin peering through a rifle sight was, indeed, Dennis.


Her Dennis.


Dennis from their one night stand.


“ANA!” Brie said loudly. “What’s going on?”


At Brie’s words, Dennis’s sunglasses dropped to the ground, his legs faster than she ever imagined something so thick could be. He ran around his group, startling the lumberjack dude, making the fashionable woman wobble on her high heels.


“Hey!” the guy called out, but Dennis ran, coming to an abrupt halt, his eyes on her belly.


Her big, ripe belly, as round as the sun.


Then he looked at her eyes.


Her belly.


Her eyes.


Ana?” His face reflected her own yearning, her desperate wish, her desire, her– 


“Dennis, I can explain–”





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Love You, Maine series:
    
(covers link to Goodreads)


**About the Author**
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge. Since 2013, she has sold more than 2 million books, with 4 New York Times bestsellers and more than 21 appearances on the USA Today bestseller list. Her books have been translated into French, German, and Italian, with more titles releasing in the future.

From billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men's room toilet (and he isn't a billionaire she met in a romantic comedy).

She lives in New England with her husband and three children where she is the only person in the household with the gene required to change empty toilet paper rolls.

She loves to hear from her readers by email at julia@jkentauthor.com, on Twitter @jkentauthor, on Facebook at @jkentauthor, and on Instagram @jkentauthor. Visit her at http://jkentauthor.com

Stay connected with Julia Kent
       
 

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***The Giveaway***

Giveaway Open Internationally
~ends March 9, 2023
Note: Not Responsible for Lost & Damaged Prizes in Your Mail Box

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RELEASE DAY BLITZ: House of Fire and Blood by L.L. Hunter


Today, we have a Release Day Blitz to share celebrating the book birthday for Bestselling Author L.L. Hunter's House of Fire and Blood, the first book in the Palace of Bones series (a sequel series to the Midnight Ball series). So... Be sure to check it out and start the series now!

Genre:
Young Adult
Epic/Dark Fantasy
Series:
Palace of Bones, #1
Publish Date:
February 28, 2023
Publisher:
L.L. Hunter Books

Cover Designed by:

Synopsis:
Two babies, born with the blood of witches.
One of darkness. 
One of light. 

The magic of each yet to be awakened.
Separated at birth, neither knew of the other. Seventeen years have passed, with their strength increasing with every moon cycle. 
Sacred relics were forged to contain any magic too great to wield. 
One a dagger. 
One an amulet. 
During the time of the First War, these magical artifacts were stolen and hidden from the world.
 It is foretold that if the Cursed One were to wield both relics, it would bring about the end of days. 

Alliances forged.
Blood spilled.
Lives lost.
Gifted the artifacts, twin witches,  Imogen and Amelia, must harness the power within them to save those they love... and prevent the rise of Aed.
 
The author of the bestselling Nephilim Universe brings you a new adventure set in the same world as the Midnight Ball series. House of Fire and Blood is sure to hook you from page one!


      
   



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Palace of Bones series:
 
(covers link to Goodreads)

         


**About the Author**
L.L. Hunter is the author of over 20 published works, including The Legend of the Archangel Series and The Garden of Eden. She has studied everything from veterinary nursing, forensic science, and dramatic arts, but has always known her true calling was to be an author. She has been writing since her teens - everything from fan fiction, to song lyrics, to plays and musicals. When not working on her next paranormal romance, she can be found at home in Australia, reading somewhere comfortable with one or both of her “fur babies.” Follow her on Facebook, Twitter @llhunterbooks, and her blog - http://llhunter.blogspot.com.au.

Stay connected with L.L. Hunter
     
  



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