This week it is my pleasure to blog about
Justine Lewis’s third romance book, “The Reluctant
Lover”. Justine has written romances about a secret prince, a love affair on a movie set, and now comes her story about one of TV’s most successful women,
Katherine Bright, and her globe-trotting, tall, dark and totally kissable
admirer.
“The Reluctant
Lover” will be published by Penguin on 15 March 2016.
Here’s the Blurb
Katherine Bright is one of Australia's most
acclaimed television journalists. She's interviewed presidents and brought down
corrupt governments but her ratings are plummeting and rumour has it her show
is about to be axed. Katherine has given up a lot for her career, so when the
network offers her a chance to keep the show running, she'll take it – no
matter what she has to do.
Foreign correspondent Liam Kennedy has recently
returned to Australia and when Katherine meets him at an awards night, he seems
a perfect distraction from her troubles. Liam is the whole cliché: tall, dark
and totally kissable. Except for one thing. He's younger than Katherine. Much
younger. And when Katherine realises she needs Liam to save her show she finds
herself in an impossible situation.
Can one of TV's most successful women stay true
to herself and her ambitions and defy convention to be with the man she loves?
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“The Reluctant Lover” is
available for pre-order now at the Kindle price of $2.85 US and $3.99Aus.
Here's the links to book retailers,
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Justine kindly provided an excerpt of the story.
His arm was still around her shoulder as he led
her to the back door of the ballroom. She didn’t feel threatened exactly, but
supported by his touch. She let herself be led – and protected, in a way she
hadn’t been in a long, long time.
‘Where are we going?’
‘Getting out of
here.’
‘Do you have a
car?’
‘Not exactly,’ he
said, taking her out through the fire doors and into a corridor leading to a
small flight of stairs which he started to ascend.
‘Then what?’
Katherine stopped just outside the doors and refused to walk up the stairs.
Liam strode back down the steps and grabbed her hand. He tugged. His hand was
large and warm and though her first thought was to shake it away and stand her
ground, she didn’t. It felt . . . nice. She liked the way his hand wrapped
around hers, she liked the warm feelings she suddenly had in her stomach. But
it was a silly thought; she needed to get home. Katherine followed Liam up the
stairs and into a small private foyer. She wasn’t sure where they were exactly
but figured it was somewhere on the first floor of the hotel. He pressed a
button to call a lift.
‘I don’t
understand. Can you help me get a cab?’
‘Probably not.
That’s why you’re coming with me.’
‘Where to?’
‘My room.’
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About “The Reluctant Lover” from Justine
The heroine in my new book, “The Reluctant Lover”,
is about to turn forty. I started to write this book when I was thirty-nine and
six months old. I’m not sure if it occurred to me at the time, but writing this
novel in the lead up to the big Four-Zero probably saved me thousands in
counselling fees. My heroine, Katherine, is conflicted about her big birthday –
she’s a television journalist who has kept her birthdate a secret. But the
ratings on her show are declining and while she believes that age shouldn’t
matter, she also knows all too well how women in the public eye are judged by
the way they look. And to make Katherine’s fortieth even more eventful, I gave
her a new, younger colleague to challenge all of her assumptions. I hope you
enjoy Katherine and Liam’s story.
About Justine Lewis
Justine Lewis is the author of fun, contemporary
romantic fiction. She has spent her professional life writing legal advice –
which some may say is similar to creative writing - but the lack of sexy heroes
and happy endings led her to try writing romance. She has placed in the finals
of Romance Writers of Australia writing contests, winning the Emerald Short
Award in 2014. She loves Earl Grey tea, talking about which of Jane Austen's
novels is her favourite, and searching for the perfect frock. She will read
anything, but loves romance most of all.
Connect with Justine
Twitter: @justineromance
If you’re interested in reading more romances
from Justine, here are the covers for her two other books.
Are you enjoying the change of season?
Have a good week.
Ashlyn
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