Today I have the honor of having Jean C. Joachim for my guest blogger. Jean is a very prolific and amazing romance author. She has a cool contest, too, so be sure and leave her a comment...Tabs
Good Morning Everyone,
First let me say a big "Thank You" to Tabitha Shay for having me for her guest today. Then how about a quick bio so we can get acquainted?
Author bio:
Jean Joachim is an
author, married, a mother of two boys and owner of a rescued pug named Homer.
She writes contemporary romance and has eleven contemporary romance books
published with one more scheduled to be release within the coming months. Jean
has been writing non-fiction for over twenty years and fiction for three. Her
review column, "Movie Choices for Kids" has been syndicated on
parenting newspapers websites for the past 12 years. A native New Yorker, she
still lives in New York City.
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BLURB:
Can a broken heart be
renovated like an old house? Kit’s life came to a halt when her husband slapped
her with a divorce. Finding herself without a job or a place to live, she’s
forced to take Tunney Nichols up on his offer of cheap rent for his parent’s
house. The catch: she must allow him to renovate while she’s living there. Out
of fear, Kit tells a lie she soon regrets as she is drawn to the sexy man
plastering and painting his way into her heart.
Can Sarah forget the
abuse from her late husband? Can she fix her heart and the hearts of her
children? With her two children in tow, Sarah relocates to be near
her sister, she meets Jim, a neighbor and English professor. A mutual interest
in writing, paves the way for a friendship that blossoms into romance. But is
Jim the right man for Sarah or does another man from her past still light her
fire?
Excerpt:
Don Rosen, the
co-owner of Bon Appetit with his wife, Sunny, was tending bar when Kit
arrived.
“Good evening. Looking
for a table?” he asked.
“Yes.”
“How many?”
“Just one,” she said,
cringing inside, unable to look him in the eye.
“We have a big group
here tonight, so we’re packed. How about sitting at the bar? We serve
dinner here, too. I
can seat you right away,” he said, motioning to one of two empty chairs. She
nodded at him, sat
down and pulled out a small pad and pen. Time to make a what-to-do-with
my-
life list.
“What are you
drinking?”
“A Cosmopolitan?”
“Coming right up.”
Kit sat with her pen
poised, but she couldn’t think of anything. How do you make a list for putting
your life back together? There were so many things she had to do. Kit
stared at the empty page, unable to organize the mess now called her life into
a neat to-do list. She felt paralyzed.
She took a sip of her
Cosmo and put the pen down on the bar.
“Writer’s block?”
She looked to her
left, directly into a pair of warm brown eyes looking at her with an
amused air. A man sat
in the previously empty seat. She didn’t even notice him sit down. Kit looked
at him but couldn’t find her voice. He was gorgeous with dark brown hair to
match his dark eyes, shoulders as wide as a city block. His face wore a wry
grin turning up one corner of his sensuous mouth. His white long sleeve shirt
open at the neck emphasized the darkness of his hair and eyes. A blue striped
tie, loosened to indicate the end of his work day, hung below the opened shirt
button.
CONTEST:
Unscramble
any of these character names from "The Renovated Heart' and be entered in
a giveaway of a free copy of the book. (Hint, 3 of the 4 names are in the
blurb.)
Rasha Groman
Rasha Groman
Neynut Shlinco
Links:
Barnes &
Noble http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-renovated-heart-jean-joachim/1112214883?ean=2940015017380
Secret Cravings
- http://store.secretcravingspublishing.com/index.php?main_page=book_info&cPath=13&products_id=373
Bookstand
- http://www.bookstrand.com/the-renovated-heart
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