Wednesday, March 12, 2014

What a Girl Wants by Jennifer Snow Review, Giveaway and Guest Post

Sweet Contemporary Romance Tour & Giveaway: What A Girl Wants by Jennifer Snow 3/12/14 – 3/26/14

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Virtual Book Tour Dates: 3/12/14 – 3/26/14
Genres: Sweet, Contemporary, Romance

My Review:
Five Stars
I really enjoyed this story.  One I love small town romances and I loved these characters. Ethan and Bailey were a really cute couple.  I was so happy for Bailey but there were moments when Ethan was very frustrating!  Given he is heartbroken, but come on!  I always love the friends first story and this one was no exception!
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Friendship is overrated, if you ask her 
She’s always just been one of the guys…until she falls in love with one of the guys. Except Bailey Sheppard has carried a torch for firefighter Ethan Bishop since high school. And now that his long-term girlfriend has left him brokenhearted, she’s free to go after what she’s always wanted.
Not that Ethan sees Bailey as anything but a friend. A best friend maybe, but still not a woman he’d be interested in. Pining for his ex has made him blind to the possibility of happiness with anyone else…. But can Ethan resist a woman who knows what she wants?
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Ethan snatched the phone away before Jim could answer the text, which he knew he was aching to do, and slid it into his shirt pocket. He pulled the truck to the side of the highway behind an old, rusted red Volkswagen Jetta and jumped down onto the gravel. He positioned two traffic cones in the inside lane, forcing the oncoming traffic to take the outside lane, as Bailey’s tow truck pulled in front of the Jetta and she climbed out, clipboard in hand.
I’ll be here if you need me,” Jim called from inside the truck, reclining the seat and shutting his eyes.
You’re not even going to get out of the truck?”
It’s a simple backup call. I only came along to get out of clinic duty.”
Ethan shook his head as he closed the truck door. It amazed him how their work ethic differed so drastically. Jim was four years older, yet he’d never shown any interest in advancing his rank at the fire hall. Ethan had worked hard, proving himself to his senior coworkers and landing the position of captain by the time he was twenty-four.
He approached Bailey at the front of the vehicle where she spoke to a short, frazzled-looking bald man. “I’ll just need your driver’s license and your credit card…and I’ll have you hooked up and ready to go in just a few minutes. Feel free to sit in the truck to wait. The air-conditioning is on and it’s much cooler in there.”
The man disappeared inside the cab of the tow truck and Ethan waited until he was out of earshot before saying, “This car has to be at least thirty years old.” He leaned against the bumper to watch her work and the metal frame creaked in protest.
That thing looks about to fall off,” she warned as she put the tow dolly’s coupler in open position by lowering the locking lever all the way down and inserting the locking pin to secure it in place.
Good point, he thought as he stood. “So, before I forget, we’re holding Luke’s bachelor party at the fire hall tonight—poker, darts, beer, the baseball game.… If you’re not doing anything, stop by.” Bailey was a regular at their weekly poker games, much to the dismay of the other guys, whose wallets she emptied.
Stop by? To Luke’s bachelor party—the ultimate boys night?” She sounded incredulous as she inserted the electrical plug from the dolly into the switch on the back of the tow truck. That way the brake lights and turning signals on the dolly would work while en route to the shop.
Yeah, why not?” He knew Luke wouldn’t mind. Bailey had always been like a third, less-annoying sister to the groom to be, and she kept his ancient, rusted-out truck on the road.
I have Victoria’s bachelorette party tonight. A wine and cheese in the backyard of the Brookhollow Inn.” She crisscrossed the chains and connected them to the eyelets on the bumper of the car.
That sounds awful.”
You’re telling me.”
 Guest Post



                Growing up, I was very fortunate to be raised in a family where my brother and I were never told we couldn’t do something. From a very young age, my parents instilled in us that we could accomplish anything we set our mind and our heart to, therefore at sixteen, I decided I was going to be an author. I had always written short stories and poetry, so in high school I decided to try to write a novel and I did. It was a lovely sweet teenage romance and I thought it was the best piece of fiction ever written, so naturally, I submitted it to Harlequin Romance. But not only did I submit my novel, without a clue how to do so…I also pitched them a new series line. When I think back on it now, I marvel over my lack of fear and possibly common sense, but either way-off it went.

            I remember getting the rejection letter because it was summer time and I was sitting on my front step with a few friends when the mail courier arrived with the envelope. I was so excited I couldn’t breathe and when my friends asked what it was, I remember saying-“Harlequin wants to publish my book!” I was so naïve back thenJ  What was actually inside though was almost as good. The letter was a rejection, but a very positive, helpful one that said my writing showed promise, but they didn’t currently have a YA line and in order to write for the adult lines, I would need more life experience. It went on to provide some helpful writing resources, and they encouraged a future submission.
            Flash forward a couple of years-okay sixteen years, and here I am: loving my new home at Heartwarming. My submission to Senior Editor Victoria Curran happened through my agent at FinePrint Literary-Stephany Evans in February 2013. Within just a few weeks, I got ‘the call’. Of course I missed it, and the call I’d been waiting sixteen years for went to my voicemail! However, later I appreciated this because it meant I got to play it over and over and let everyone I knew listen to it (several times) and even play it for the lady at the bank. Then a few days later, I was fortunate enough to talk to Victoria and we discussed my submission-The Trouble With Mistletoe.
            After creating such a fun group of characters and a wonderful community in my fictional town of Brookhollow, New Jersey, we decided to turn the first book into a series, therefore book two-What A Girl Wants was written…with four more to be released before the end of 2015. I love writing this series and I’ve definitely found my home with Harlequin Heartwarming. I hope readers enjoy this series as much as I enjoy writing it.
Best,
Jennifer Snow
           
           


 

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Jennifer Snow is an Edmonton based author writing sweet contemporary romance fiction through Harlequin Heartwarming, The Wild Rose Press and Secret Cravings Publishing. She is a member of the Writers Guild of Alberta, the Romance Writers of America, the Canadian Author Association, and SheWrites.org. More information can be found on her website www.jennifersnowauthor.com
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Author Jennifer Snow is giving away an ebook copy of What A Girl Wants, The Trouble With Mistletoe, and Mistletoe Fever at each tour stop. She’s also giving away five print copies of What A Girl Wants – tour wide! Open internationally. To enter, simply leave a comment with a valid email address. Follow the tour and enter at each stop for more chances to win! Winners will be randomly selected by the author after the tour is over. Enter 3/12/14 – 3/26/14 .
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