Marry
Me:
Julia Richardson is no fan of weddings. A
lifetime of watching her parents treat relationships like the flavor of the
month has taught her that love is for fools and faith is for naïve. She’s
always put her faith in her career. Then her life is thrown into a tailspin.
First, she loses her job. Then she gets a panicked call and learns her former
stepsister is having a crisis with her pregnancy. The crisis has Julia
returning to the small Southern town – and the family – she’s been avoiding for
years. Before she knows it, Julia’s been pressed into service running her
stepsister’s wedding planning business.
Julia doesn’t know a garter from a garden
hose, but now she must navigate couples along the bumpy path down the aisle -
despite wardrobe malfunctions, killer bees, and plenty of near disasters. In
the midst of it all, Julia makes the most unexpected discovery of all…Love,
with Seth Graham, the widowed local minister! Julia’s been running from love
and everything spiritual for most of her life. It’s not until she finds the
courage to stop running and learns to believe in the power of love, faith and
family that she finds her own “I Do” moment.
Kristin
Wallace:
Growing up Kristin devoured books like bags
of Dove Dark Chocolate. Her first Golden
Book led to Laura Ingalls Wilder, Nancy Drew, Encyclopedia Brown, C.S.
Lewis and the Sweet Valley High series. Later, she discovered romance
novels and fell in love all over again. It’s no surprise then that Kristin
would one day try her hand at writing them. She writes inspirational
romance and women’s fiction filled with love, laughter and a leap of faith.
When she’s not writing her next novel, Kristin works as an
advertising copywriter. Over the 15-year career in the ad industry, she
has worked on clients that have included the Miami Marlins, Discovery Networks,
Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, The Peabody Hotel and Sea World. She also enjoys
singing in the church choir and worship team and playing flute in a community
orchestra.
You can connect with Kristin online at:
Website: www.KristinWallaceAuthor.com
Facebook: http://facebook.com/KristinWallaceAuthor
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KWallaceAuthor
Amazon Author Page: http://www.amazon.com/Kristin-Wallace/e/B00G5KX80I
Excerpt:
(Lead
up to Julia and Seth’s first kiss)
Seth gave a frustrated groan.
“What now?” Julia asked.
“You are a dangerous lady.”
“Me?”
“God, she doesn’t even see it!”
he called out to the heavens.
“Are you praying?” she asked in
bemusement.
“For strength. You tempt me,
and it’s making me crazy.”
“Are you talking about the
other night in the kitchen?”
“It goes way beyond last
night,” he said, hands gripping the railing. “Did you know I had a wild crush
on you when you used to live here?”
Julia’s mouth dropped open.
“What?”
“I helped you build a fort.”
“You pounded nails so you could
be near me?” she asked, batting her eyelashes at him. “What a way to court a
girl.”
“It wasn’t like I could talk to
you,” Seth said, shuffling his feet. “Not without sounding like an idiot.”
“I didn’t think you even liked
me.”
A dry chuckle escaped from his
chest. “Like and lust are two different things. You were every teenage boy’s
fantasy. Everything about you fascinated me. The way you walked, the way you
tossed your hair, even the way you smelled. It drove me nuts for two years.”
“I was your fantasy?”
“The problem is now you’re
back, standing there looking like some kind of screen goddess, and you get me
like no one ever has,” he said, as if she hadn’t spoken.
Her skin started tingling. “You
think I’m beautiful?”
“You’re so much more than beautiful.”
Jumping
him right now would be bad… Right? “This is a little complicated.”
“You think?” he asked, drifting
closer. “You’re a guest in Grace’s house and living about a hundred feet away.
Plus, I am a minister, and it wouldn’t look good if I grabbed you right now and
kissed you senseless.”
“Not in the job description?”
“Definitely
not.”
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ReplyDeleteZana thanks so much for hosting! I didn't know you were in the UK, lol. Donna, so glad you enjoyed Marry Me. It's great that everyone is finally getting to meet the awesome characters I made up in my head!
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