by Camellia Hart
Genre: Adult Contemporary Fiction/Romance
Release Date: April 5th 2016
Summary from Goodreads:
Author Camellia Hart’s debut contemporary romance novel about a man and a woman whose lives are about to get sizzling hot…
After living through her share of disloyal relationships, Evangeline Avery will be damned if she lets another man cheat her. A beautiful and confident woman, Eva is the owner of an interior design firm at the brink of collapse. She swears to bring her company back to its past glory, even if it involves sweet talking the one man who caused this turmoil in the first place – Clive Stanton.
Notorious playboy Clive Stanton is a powerful businessman and a formidable enemy of many. He doesn’t do love, or at least not until he meets her again, fifteen years after he saw her last. Eva, his crush from teenage years, the one that got away, is back in his world and he is determined to do anything to make her his.
Will passion and lust bring them together or conflict and the unforgettable scars from their pasts forever tear them apart?
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Excerpt:
Chapter
1
Downtown
San Francisco
“You look
happy.”
Eva’s
gaze darted to the tabloid vendor standing by her side. Despite the
numerous times her best friend, Izzy, made her and
her other best friend, Ali, visit the
book stand outside of the subway station in the past
two months, this was the first time
the vendor had spoken to Eva. Maybe because she
hadn’t been his ideal customer—
tabloid obsession was Izzy’s thing.
“He’s one
lucky guy.” The vendor smiled.
Her eyes
widened. Was it that evident she’d been thinking about Daniel? She
wasn’t sure how to respond to his remark. And to her
relief, the vendor reverted his
attention back to Izzy.
Daniel
Neeson. The six foot two, blond, blue-eyed, investment banker she’d
recently met at a birthday party for a common
friend. Daniel seemed witty, charming and
confident. She liked confidence. It would be their
first date tonight. It would also be her
first date in more than a year, since saying goodbye
to her ex, Jake, the cheater.
Although
she’d looked forward to meeting Daniel again, emotional scars from
her past relationship still haunted her heart. Her
palms turned clammy, she’d never felt
this nervous about a date before.
She’d set
an alarm on her phone to leave from work on time; she’d laid out a little
black dress along with other accessories on her bed;
she’d also brushed up on her list of
things she liked to do so she’d have something to
talk about. Maybe she should rehearse
that list one more time? She ran through it
silently. And as she did, she realized the
general theme of the things she liked to do all
somehow concluded in loathing Jake.
One:
running, as in away from Jake.
Two:
hanging out with her friends, as in to forget Jake.
Three:
cooking, as in to poison Jake.
She
cringed. How did her thoughts get so morbid? Moreover, where had her
insecurities around dating stemmed from? Had Jake’s
betrayal been entirely to blame or
was it also because she could never forgive her
father for cheating on her mother?
“This one
just came in, and it’s selling out fast.” The vendor’s voice brought her
back to the present.
“And
that’s the one she wants, right Izzy?” Ali hurried Izzy with an impatient
glare.
“Yes,
this is the one I want,” Izzy said. Without letting her eyes wander off the
cover, she handed over a few bills and thanked the
vendor.
“I can’t
believe you get paid to read this junk,” Eva said as they walked into their
office building.
“I’m with
Eva on that. Is this weekly ritual of yours really necessary to be a good
fashion editor?”
“This
one’s not for work ladies, it’s for pleasure.” Izzy pointed to the magazine
cover.
“Holy
smokes…he’s hot!” Ali ogled at the picture of a drop dead gorgeous man,
sun bathing on a beach. In the nude.
Camellia Hart, a techie turned author of romance, lives in San Francisco with her husband, the love of her life. Other than writing her next romance novel, her hobbies include traveling, lazing on a beach with a good read, watching movies with happy endings while gorging on endless buckets of popcorn, red wine, and champagne truffles.
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thank you for the giveaway :)
ReplyDeleteThis sounds right up my alley! Can't wait to read it!
ReplyDeleteI'm with the author, I could eat Popcorn all day long too.
ReplyDeleteThank you for informing me about this book.
ReplyDeleteI'm betting on bring them together.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the excerpt, thank you.
ReplyDeleteI love the cover of this one.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading the excerpt! This book sounds like such a fun, exciting, interesting and intriguing read! Also, I love the book cover! Totally can't wait to read this book!
ReplyDeleteMy dearest friend's name is Eva. Wouldn't it be a hoot to gift her this book!
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