Hot Winter Kiss Book Tour: excerpt, review & giveaway
As we deal with cold temperatures, what better way to warm up than with a sexy and romantic read. We are one of the stops on the Hot Winter Kiss Blog Tour today. Our stop has an excerpt, review and giveaway.
This tour is presented by FMB Author Promotions.
Title: Hot Winter Kiss
Series: Irish Kisses #4
Author: JoAnne Kenrick
Genre: Holiday
Romance, May to December, Irish,
Publisher: Decadent Publishing
Format: Ebook
Length: 13K words
Purchase: Amazon
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Hot winter kisses to warm broken
hearts….
Sick of
tending to everyone else’s needs around the holidays, divorced barmaid and
granny Sandra ferries it from London Belfast Bell
Can she hack
it in the real world of romance, or are life’s complications and treacherous
snowstorms best left to the pages of a book?
Newly widowed
Ardan Draighean owns Ballygalley castle. Once run as a hotel with his late
wife, the stone building now serves as a home for him and his son. After
hearing about Madame Eve’s matchmaking skills, he contacts her in search of the
perfect match. Although much older than him—by fifteen years—Sandra is his
ideal woman. He be damned if he’ll let a good story get in the way of his happy
ever after with her.
Hot winter
kisses are all this couple needs to stay warm this Christmas, but will the heat
stay long after the magical season of mistletoe has finished?
An excerpt:
Slowing
the vehicle to a crawl, he prayed his mid-renovation Alfa Romeo would hold out.
He would have used the four by four, but his mother had borrowed it.
His
passenger leaned against the window with her mouth wide open, her breath heavy.
Damned woman slept, out like a log. How could he apologize for the terrible
first impression he must have given her? Stupid digital books and noisy bar. He
despised the bustle of the city, but he hadn’t meant to take his impatience out
on her. Amy often said he had low tolerance levels. Guess she’d been right.
Amy,
his wife, had died on Christmas Eve two years earlier. He kept her pink blanket
on the back seat where she always threw it no matter which car they used.
“Living out in the sticks,” she’d say, “means you have to be prepared for
anything. This blanket could be the difference between staying alive or
freezing to death if the car ever breaks down.” He didn’t have the heart to
throw the precious keepsake out or stash it in the attic.
Reaching
to the back—keeping his sight focused on the road ahead—he felt around for the
cover. His digits landed on something soft and he yanked it to the front and
brought it to his nose, searching for some semblance of comfort. The scent of
her still wedged in the thick softness. The faint, but distinct waft of her
favorite flowery perfume filled his nostrils, and his memory hurtled back to
when she insisted on knitting the thing. Her little side smile, the sparkle in
her violet eyes—as if it were yesterday.
His
heart lay heavy. A sigh escaped him and steamed up the window.
Sandra
shivered, and her knees knocked together. The poor lass was freezing. Instinct
made him want to cascade his treasured knit over her, but his mourning for his
dead fiancée made him pause. “Damn it, Amy wouldn’t want her ta catch her
death.” He placed the blanket on
her knees and lifted it around her shoulders. Without the harsh din of
Laverty’s and her crass tongue to bug him, she was stunning. Naturally pretty.
Shame about her foul cockney mouth.
About the Author:
JoAnne Kenrick
Born n bred Brit, JoAnne Kenrick grew up in a wee
sea-side town in North Wales and has enjoyed a
variety of vocations such as holistic healer, window dresser, and ghost tour
guide. Having lived in Wales England Scotland Australia Minnesota North Carolina
What can I say about Hot Winter Kiss by JoAnne Kenrick? I haven't laughed out loud so loudly in a long time. Sandra's scene in the bar as she waits for her ride is hilarious and I loved her voice. When Ardan walks in, the sparks didn't fly but the one-liners did. Their banter made them realistic and the snowy car scene cemented their attraction. For a novella, this story packed everything in: likable characters, romance both sweet and hot, loads of humor, and I didn't want it to end. Hot Winter Kiss shows love can happen at any time at any age with any one.
Rating: 3.5 liked it
Cover comment: Works for me!
Book source: I received a promotional copy in return for my honest opinion during a tour.
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There is a tour wide giveaway for 2 eBook copies of Sweet Irish or Shamrocked by JoAnne Kenrick, (winner's choice). Ends 02/19/2013.
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