Monday, September 23, 2013

Weak at the Knees (New Adult Contemporary Romance)




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“We got so busy living life that we forgot to live our dreams.”

Danni Lewis has been playing it safe for twenty-six years, but her sheltered existence is making her feel old ahead of time. When a sudden death plunges her into a spiral of grief, she throws caution to the wind and runs away to France in search of a new beginning. 

The moment ski instructor Olivier du Pape enters her shattered world she falls hard, in more ways than one.

Their mutual desire is as powerful and seductive as the mountains around them. His dark gypsy looks and piercing blue eyes are irresistible. 

Only she must resist, because he has a wife – and she’d made a pact to never get involved with a married man.

But how do you choose between keeping your word and being true to your soul? 

Weak at the Knees is Jo’s debut novel in the new adult, contemporary romance genre – a story about love, loss and relationships, set between London and the heart of the French Alps.






EXCERPT TWO


              I leaned over, intending to air brush his cheeks with 

mine, but it didn’t quite happen that way. A stronger, more 

powerful force than my conscience, a force more powerful than 

morality, changed my path of navigation at the last second, 

making my lips meet his, melt deliciously into his, over and 

over and over again, sending shivers of pleasure through every 

limb in my body. My skin tingled, my head spun, I felt light-

headed even though I was sitting down. 

         That’s all we did for over an hour. Kiss and kiss and kiss, 

tasting each other, pressing our bodies close and steaming up 

the car. I didn’t want it to ever stop. I never realized that 

kissing could be so sensual and powerful and overwhelming. If 

Olivier and I were to never progress beyond kissing, then it 

would be enough, as long as I could keep on doing it forever. 

Finally, when he had to go, he hugged me tight and told me 

he’d wanted to kiss me since the first time we met, when I lay 

crashed in a snowy heap at his feet. 






AUTHOR INFORMATION:




When Jo was ten years old she wrote a short story about losing a loved one. Her mother and big sister were so moved by the tale that it made them cry. Having reduced them to tears she vowed that the next time she wrote a story it would make them smile instead. Happily she succeeded and with this success grew an addiction for wanting to reach out and touch people with words. Jo lives in London with her husband and three children where she works as a TV and print journalist. She tells life stories and can often be found travelling the globe researching the next big holiday hotspots for readers to enjoy. Since becoming a mother anything even remotely sad makes her cry. She’s a sucker for a good romance and tear-jerker movies are the worst. She’s that woman in the cinema, struggling to muffle audible wails as everyone else turns round to stare. 

P.S Jo’s pretty certain one of her daughters has inherited this gene.           







12 comments:

  1. Also, remember the author is giving away a $50 Amazon/BN GC and more. To enter, please use this RAFFLECOPTER link

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  2. Thank you so much for hosting me today ladies! And yes, please don't forget to enter the competition. As well as the gift card we've got an awesome giveaway associated with the book tour - one lucky winner will receive a fabulous bottle of the French red wine chateauneuf-du-Pape, a famous wine from the Rhône region of southeastern France. In due course I will also be posting a book wine list on my website too.

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    1. This book wine list...Is it a list of wines mentioned in the book, or are they wines you drank while writing the book, or something else?

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  3. Very sensual and intriguing!

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  4. Thanks for sharing the great excerpt and the giveaway. Sounds like a great book. evamillien at gmail dot com

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  5. Well, doesn't this book sound great?! Thank you for sharing an excerpt!

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  6. That is such a great excerpt thank you.

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  7. That is such a great excerpt thank you.

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  8. Thanks for the excerpt and the chance to win!
    Sounds like a great read!
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  9. I like alot. Great excerpt! Put on my TRL Thanks for giveaway

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