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Monday, November 26, 2018

Lady Amber's PR Presents: Imperfect Love Story by Rachael Browned; #SaleBlitz, #NowAvailable, #OutNow, #OnSale, #99Pennies, #LimitedTime, #Giveaway


Title: Imperfect Love Story
Author: Rachael Brownell
Genre: Second Chance Romance
Hosted by: Lady Amber's PR


Blurb:

What if you were given a second chance at first love? Would you take it?

5… The number of years since I’ve been home.

4… The number of people who know my secret.

3… The number of times I attempted to move on.

2… The number of months I spent crying after I left.

1… The number of men I’ll love in my lifetime.

They say everyone has one true love, one person who was made just for them. A person they were meant to spend the rest of their life with.

For me, that person was Wyatt.

Our love was perfect. When we were together, nothing else mattered. Not college. Not our parents. Because our relationship wasn’t about anyone else.

We had big plans for our future together.

The thing about life… it doesn’t always go as planned.


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Five years.

More days than I want to add up.

When I left, I was instructed to stay away. Don’t look back, my mother said. Only good things lie ahead, and looking back would keep me from achieving everything I wanted out of life.

She was wrong.

The first year was the hardest. Everywhere I turned, I saw him. Everything reminded me of him, of the trip we took together. The time we shared together that summer. The one night that changed the rest of our lives.

Wyatt was my life, and then my parents ripped me from him.

All it took was one misstep and it was over for us. Once they found out about him, they made sure it was over between us. They didn’t care about the circumstances. In their eyes, he had destroyed my life, my future. They cared more about their reputation than how I felt. They always have and still do to this day.

Per my mother’s instructions, I’m to come home for her birthday celebration and then head back to Denver. No detours. No pit stops. No fooling around.

As if I could face him after all this time.

The secrets I’ve kept from him will come to light one day, but it won’t be this weekend. It can’t be. I’m not ready to confess all my sins. Five years may be a long time, but it still feels like too soon, yet too late to ask for forgiveness.

Some things are beyond forgiveness and this secret is guaranteed to be one of them.

It feels like a lifetime and yet there are moments when it feels like it was only yesterday I stared out of the passenger window of my father’s car, watching as my life was changing before my eyes.

I remember holding my stomach as we drove past Garrett’s, the realization that Wyatt would never know why I left. He would never know that we created a child together. He would never forgive me for keeping his child from him, for denying him the opportunity to be a father.

But I wasn’t denying him, my parents were. At least, that’s what I’ve tried to convince myself of. Every time I look into her eyes, I see him. I see the life we planned for us. And all that convincing fails me.

I should have been stronger.

I should have fought harder.

I’ve had the opportunity to try and make amends, but my fears have held me back.

For five years.






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Wednesday, August 23, 2017

#ReleaseBlitz: Dear Maggie by Rachael Brownell; #NowAvailable, #OutNow, #Live, #Review, #99Pennies, #LimitedTime


Dear Maggie
Love Advice series
by:  Rachael Brownell
Available on iBooks (until Sept 1) & Amazon
Rating:  4 Stars
Told in the first person.  Alternating persons.
#romcom  #newrelease  #romance  #indieauthor  #RachaelBrownell


Disclosure of Material Connection:  I received this book for review from the author.  I was not compensated nor was I required to write a positive review.  The opinions I have expressed are my own.  I am posting this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255:  "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising".

Lauren Norton has never been in love. When it comes to relationships, she’s far from the expert her new job demands she becomes. Smart and witty, Lauren takes control of the situation, signing up for a dating website to conduct a little research. She may have been thrust into her situation, but she’ll fake it until she makes it… or fail miserably should someone realize the real Maggie isn’t offering her usual wit and wisdom.

Kyle Long is still healing after his fiancée left him at the altar last spring. Headed further down the rabbit hole, his sister, Hope, steps in and takes control of his love life. Her first move? Ask Maggie, the local expert on everything love related. To get his sister off his back, Kyle promises to give Maggie's advice a chance, no matter what it is. 

NOW AVAILABLE for #99cents TODAY ONLY!


My Thoughts:

Lauren Norton was given a job that has her rethinking her choice.  Kyle Long wants to get past a personal disappointment.  He’s been hurt pretty badly and just needs the right incentive to put his heart out there again.  Lauren is the opposite.  She’s dipping but doesn’t like what she’s catching.  We get to see what the life of the opinionator may be like.  Puts a face, and life, to someone you really don’t think about what want to know what they think.

At times it felt like Lauren is talking to you asking for your opinion.  We get to see two people go after what they want and be happy about it.  This was an interesting read for me having grown up in the age of Dear Abby.  We’re always looking for people’s opinions and why not from a stranger.  Never wrote Abby but that doesn’t mean that I wasn’t tempted.  It does make you wonder however how many people ask for advice but than never follow through.  Many years ago I worked with a woman that would ask your opinion but then continue asking others until she got the answer she was looking for.  Almost like validation for what she thinks is the right answer.  Is that what people are looking for when writing for advice?


Ms. Brownell could have left us laughing at the ending but she goes one step further.  You will get a chance to see what some of the lives might be like for those that do write looking for advice.  It’s like putting a face to the person that you wonder how their life is before and after they write Dear Maggie.  Our author also shows that you don’t need a lot of sex scenes to enjoy what an author has taken the time to write for us.




*Each episode follows the advice given by Lauren to readers who submitted questions. Find out if they listen to her and how their stories turned out.

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Love Advice, Episodes 1 & 2: 





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Love Advice, Episodes 5 & 6: 






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