Book & Author Details:
Trophy Husband by Lauren Blakely
Publication date: May 20th 2013
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance (the author describes it as mid-20s Sex and the City vibe)
Publication date: May 20th 2013
Genre: Adult Contemporary Romance (the author describes it as mid-20s Sex and the City vibe)
Synopsis:
Sometimes
you can't help falling in love, even when you try to do the
opposite...Successful fashion blogger McKenna Bell has spent far too
long protecting herself after the way her ex-fiancé left her at the
altar for a college chick he met the night of his bachelor party. Loving
again, trusting again, well, that's just not in the cards. Especially
now that her ex is back in town with his new woman, demanding custody of
McKenna's favorite creature in the whole world--her dog. No effing way.
McKenna's had enough of him, and she decides to even the score by
finding her own hot young thing -- a Trophy Husband. Sure, she's only
twenty-seven, but doesn't that make it even more fun -- and infuriating
to her ex -- to pursue a younger man? When she declares her intentions
on her daily blog, her quest quickly skyrockets in popularity, and
that's when Chris enters the picture, and he’s got all the assets. He's
handsome, successful, and turns her inside out with a kiss to end all
kisses, the kind that makes you feel like a shooting star. But loving
again could mean losing again, and it's so much easier to focus on
getting even, isn't it? Unless, you just can't help falling in love.
Which means McKenna will have to come face to face with what she really
wants in life -- protecting her heart from hurt, or letting go of her
fears of a new beginning.
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AUTHOR BIO
Lauren
Blakely is an unabashed fan of clever jokes, toast, and good guys in
novels. Like the heroine in CAUGHT UP IN US, she thinks life should
be filled with movie kisses and coffee drinks. Lauren lives in
California with her husband and children, and spends her days writing
both true stories and make-believe ones.
Links:
Website: http://www.
Twitter: http://twitter.com/
Lauren Blakely Goodreads: http://www.
Excerpt 6:
I brush last
night’s solo ride from my mind when I see him. I have to. I can’t
let him see that he’s already done so many things to me. That he’s
unraveled me and I’ve come for him. I have to back this all up and
let him be my gaming tutor.
“So do you teach a lot of newbies how to play Guitar
Hero?”
“Not as much as a few yeas ago,” Chris says,
then hands me a black plastic guitar. The guitar is a cross between
a real guitar and the sort of miniature kid-size guitar someone might
give away in a grab bag at a party for musically-inclined ten-year-olds.
“What can I say? I’m a retro-loving gal.” I
point to my flirty little vintage blue dress with a cherry pattern on
it.
“That’s a totally hot dress, and if you keep
pointing to it, it’ll make it hard for me to concentrate on giving
you lessons.”
I hide a wild grin at the compliment, as I drop the
guitar strap over my head, slinging the plastic instrument across my
belly. It’s not mere fashion happenstance that I chose this dress.
It accentuates all my best assets, and I also love it, so I feel good
when I wear it. And with his comment, I’m left to wonder if he’s
entertained after-hours thoughts about me too. How far they went. If
he touched himself, if he pictured me doing things to him, if I made
him come too. My mind is awash in dirty thoughts that are dangerously
close to making me too turned on to function. So I shove away all the
delicious images of Chris undressed, naked, in his bed, lost in thoughts
of me.
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"My mind is awash in dirty thoughts that are dangerously close to making me too turned on to function." What more can I say? ~grin~
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