Tuesday, January 5, 2016

Life’s A Beach by Jamie K. Schmidt Excerpt, Interview & Giveaway


Life’s A Beach
Hawaii Heat Series
Book One
Jamie K. Schmidt

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Publisher: Random House, Loveswept

Date of Publication: 1/5/16

ISBN: 9781101886588
ASIN:  B00VZZ2PA2

Number of pages: 232
Word Count: 65,000-words

Book Description:

Amelia Parker has booked a two-week vacation to Maui to surprise her boyfriend on their second anniversary. She works as a concierge in a boutique hotel in Manhattan. Her boss demands she cancels her vacation because her back-up has quit, leaving him without coverage for a major convention. Amelia won’t be able to get her money back and her boss won’t reimburse her. When she stands firm about still going on the vacation she booked a year ago, she gets fired. Amelia goes back home to her boyfriend’s apartment that she shares with him. She catches him in bed with the barista of her favorite coffee shop.

Amelia is out of a job

Out of an apartment

Out of a relationship

And sh*t out of coffee

When Amelia arrives in Maui, newly single and unemployed, she’s shocked to discover the resort she booked is actually a ramshackle little beachside hotel. At least the scenery is easy on the eyes—as is the toned, laid-back snorkel instructor, “Dude.” After two weeks of sun, serenity, and mind-blowing sex, she even accepts a job as the hotel’s concierge. But what Amelia really wants is to relaunch the place completely. And that means convincing the absentee Wall Street billionaire owner, Samuel Kincaide, to take a chance on her.

Samuel has a plan, too: selling off every last reminder of his former life and chilling all day, every day as his slacker alter ego . . . Dude. He loves his romps in the ocean, and under the sheets, with the feisty Amelia. If she discovers his true identity, her boundless enthusiasm and innovative business plan will seriously diminish his hammock time. But when Amelia runs into real trouble on the island, he’ll put everything on the line to keep her safe. He just hopes that the woman who’s falling for Dude will feel the same about Samuel.

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Advance Praise for Life’s a Beach

“An unputdownable, laugh-out-loud read, Life’s a Beach is filled with humor and heart.”—New York Times bestselling author Cherry Adair

“I can’t remember the last book that made me smile this much. Jamie Schmidt is ridiculously talented—she does fun and flirty every bit as well as she does hot and sexy, with just right amount of emotional punch.”—USA Today bestselling author Lauren Layne


Excerpt:

This couldn’t be happening to her. When she’d seen the ad for the all-inclusive resort in Hawaii last year, it had been like a dream come true. Fishing around under her desk, Amelia pulled out the brochure. It was creased and wrinkled from her having looked at it a million times. The hotel was shaped like a horseshoe around a gigantic pool and tiki bar. The beach in the distance showed cerulean blue waves with just a hint of whitecaps. She wanted to be on that beach so much, her teeth ached.
“Can you have this dry-cleaned?” A guest shoved a large plastic bag over the counter, knocking over her pirate’s chest of wrapped candy.
“Sure,” Amelia said, taking the bag. Once she got the guest’s room number and laundry preferences, she tagged the bag and called in a pickup at one of the local laundries. Then she booked a few more theater and dinner reservations and gave out some walking maps of the city. By the time she got back to her brochure, it was around three in the afternoon.
“Nine a.m. island time,” she said, dialing the resort’s number.
It rang and rang. No one picked up. No one picked up an hour later, either. Finally, around five o’clock her time, a groggy voice drawled into the phone.
“Whatchu want?”


About the Author:

USA Today bestselling author, Jamie K. Schmidt, writes erotic contemporary love stories and paranormal romances.  Her Club Inferno series from Random House’s Loveswept line has hit both the Amazon and Barnes & Noble top one hundred lists.   She has two other series with Loveswept: Hawaii Heat, in which the first book Life’s A Beach will be out in January 2016, and The Sentinels of Babylon, about members of vigilante Motorcycle Club and their old ladies, which is scheduled for summer 2016. Her dragon paranormal romance series from Entangled Publishing, has been called “fun and quirky” and “endearing.” Partnered with New York Times bestselling author and former porn actress, Jenna Jameson, Jamie’s hardcover debut, SPICE, continues Jenna’s FATE trilogy.

An avid knitter and jewelry maker, Jamie is never bored.  She can often be found with a mug of tea on the computer flanked by her little dogs & fluffy white cat. 

You can follow her on twitter at @Jamiekswriter  and her author page on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/EmergingQueens/

When she's not writing or crafting, Jamie loves playing games, everything from board games to strategy card games, console and online MMORPGs.








Interview
Where are you from? Connecticut
Tell us your latest news?
When and why did you begin writing?  I always liked to create my own stories.  I have been writing since I was a little girl.
When did you first consider yourself a writer? When I wrote my first novel.
What inspired you to write your first book? It was a Star Trek fan fiction
Do you have a specific writing style? Sexy and Funny.
How did you come up with the title?  It’s a play on words for another saying that sounds like Life’s a Beach.
Is there a message in your novel that you want readers to grasp? Sometimes you have to lose it all to find it all.
How much of the book is realistic? All of it.
Are experiences based on someone you know, or events in your own life?  I took a trip to Maui with my family so that’s where a lot of the setting comes from.
What books have most influenced your life most?  The ones that you can open up and lose yourself for hours in.
If you had to choose, which writer would you consider a mentor? Stephen King and Anne Lamotte
What book are you reading now? Forged by Desire by Bec McMaster
Are there any new authors that have grasped your interest? Grace Draven and Lindsay Buroker
What are your current projects?  My new series, Sentinels of Babylon, is a motorcycle club romance.  The first book, Necessary Evil will be out in July of 2016 and the sequel to Life’s A Beach – Beach Happens will be published in Spetember.


What would you like my readers to know?  Writers love reviews. If you liked a book, please leave a review and tell someone who you think would like the book also about it. 


Tour giveaway

1 luau swag bag to a random person signed up on Jamie’s mailing list through her weebly website. 

Sign up is on the home page: http://jamiekschmidt.weebly.com/



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