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$25 #Giveaway Feisty by Julia Kent @jkentauthor @XpressoTours Ends 2.4

January 24, 2021 By Mary



Feisty
Julia Kent
(Do-Over Series, #3)
Publication date: January 28th 2020
Genres: Adult, Comedy, Romance

I’m not too proud to admit that finding Mr. Right involves swiping right. Right? Welcome to dating in avocado toastland.

Here I am, on my first blind date, ever, courtesy of a smartphone app and my two annoying best friends.

So what is Chris “Fletch” Fletcher doing, walking across the room, looking at his phone like he’s pattern matching a picture to find a real person he’s never met before?

Oh.

Oh, no.

The guy I drop-kicked in seventh grade cannot be my blind date. The guy who earned me this infernal nickname.

That’s right.

Feisty.
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More from New York Times bestselling author Julia Kent as Fiona “Feisty” Gaskill gets her chance at love – drop-kick included.

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Only 99¢ for a limited time!

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EXCERPT:

My lungs have decided that the world is too dangerous to make a move, utter a sound, do anything. I’m frozen, the pulse inside me growing stronger as time ticks away. My own shut-down system is the barrier to oxygen. The disconnect between what my body needs and what my tattered psyche can handle is causing my overload to leak out in a really obvious way.

“Fiona?” Josh says, shaking me gently, Michelle looking to him for certainty.

And then suddenly, Josh is out of my sight, replaced by two clear, calm, green eyes, light brown hair, and hands that feel like anchors.

“Feisty? Feis–Fiona?” Fletch corrects. The sudden pivot to using my proper name is jarring, given the fact that every atom in the world is buzzing inside my ears and nothing anyone does will help me to breathe.

I make a strange sound. I know it’s strange because his eyebrows turn down in the middle, his facial muscles pushing them low enough to show concern.

Concern for me.

“Breathe,” he says slowly as he puts one hand on my diaphragm, fingers warm and firm.

I make a sound to indicate that I am confused and the speech centers in my brain have shut down. Empathy floods me as I realize this is exactly what my student with severe apraxia, little Myles, must feel like when he loses his words under extreme stress. For years, I’ve said “use your words” to four-year-olds having anxiety fits.

Never again.

“Breathe, Fiona,” he murmurs, taking a deep breath to demonstrate, his belly expanding in a comical way, though I know his technique is strong. Hypnotic and commanding, his voice and body tell me what to do, guide me back from being lost in the woods to a cleared trail where I can find my footing, take a rest, and possibly feel safe again, knowing I can find my way home.

I inhale, the insides of my nostrils cold, the air hitting my nasal passages a welcome assault, diaphragm spasming and sputtering back to life.

“That’s my girl,” he whispers against the curl of my ear, his breath like coffee, his hard forearm muscles all I can see, the ripped cord of his strong lines drawing my gaze. “You just breathe. It’s over now. You did it. You saved them. It’s okay to breathe.” He inhales, then slowly exhales. “Let’s do this together now.”

Author Bio:

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Julia Kent writes romantic comedy with an edge. Since 2013, she has sold more than 2 million books, with 4 New York Times bestsellers and more than 19 appearances on the USA Today bestseller list. Her books have been translated into French and German, with more titles releasing in 2020 and beyond.

From billionaires to BBWs to new adult rock stars, Julia finds a sensual, goofy joy in every contemporary romance she writes. Unlike Shannon from Shopping for a Billionaire, she did not meet her husband after dropping her phone in a men’s room toilet (and he isn’t a billionaire she met in a romantic comedy).

She lives in New England with her husband and three children where she is the only person in the household with the gene required to change empty toilet paper rolls.

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Comments

  1. Angeal says

    January 24, 2021 at 2:08 pm

    Nice excerpt.

  2. Audrey Stewart says

    January 24, 2021 at 2:21 pm

    Julia Kent is one of my favorite authors. I read everything she writes. She also has the best covers. So young loking and brite.

  3. kim h says

    January 24, 2021 at 2:51 pm

    Nice cover.

  4. Deborah D says

    January 24, 2021 at 2:51 pm

    Such a cute couple on the cover.

  5. Joy Avery says

    January 24, 2021 at 3:02 pm

    Love the excerpt!

  6. shannon zeidan says

    January 24, 2021 at 3:20 pm

    This sounds like such an amazing book!

  7. Bonnie says

    January 24, 2021 at 3:50 pm

    Great excerpt! I’d love to read more.

  8. Leela says

    January 24, 2021 at 4:12 pm

    It looks like a good read.

  9. Tina R says

    January 24, 2021 at 6:28 pm

    This sounds like a fun read. Thanks for sharing the excerpt.

  10. molli taylor says

    January 24, 2021 at 7:13 pm

    this looks like a great read

  11. Barrie says

    January 25, 2021 at 1:00 am

    I love that this is about the heroine’s 7th grade boyfriend! It sounds like she might be a handful with the nickname he gave her.

  12. June S. says

    January 25, 2021 at 4:23 am

    Sounds like a great new book read.

  13. Marcy Meyer says

    January 25, 2021 at 4:31 am

    Sounds great. Cute cover!

  14. Ellen Stafford says

    January 25, 2021 at 4:55 am

    Love the bright cover! Sounds great!

  15. Dianne Casey says

    January 25, 2021 at 12:57 pm

    Sounds like a great read. Looking forward to reading the book.

  16. Glenda M says

    January 25, 2021 at 2:28 pm

    Sounds like fun! Plus only $0.99? That’s hard to beat!

  17. linda harrison says

    January 25, 2021 at 4:38 pm

    Love your books Julia! This one has been added to by TBR list

  18. Karen H says

    January 25, 2021 at 8:50 pm

    Love the cover. Thanks for the giveaway too.

  19. Peggy Nunn says

    January 27, 2021 at 4:49 am

    I like the cover, thank you for the review.

  20. Cali W. says

    January 27, 2021 at 2:45 pm

    Great excerpt and giveaway. 🙂

  21. Cindy Merrill says

    January 28, 2021 at 8:08 am

    Good plot, though a bit confusing- who did she save? drowning victims?

  22. Antoinette M says

    January 30, 2021 at 3:15 pm

    Love the cover. Sounds like a great read!

  23. Jamie Martin says

    January 31, 2021 at 3:27 am

    Any writer’s block tips?

  24. Veronica Lee says

    February 2, 2021 at 4:08 am

    Sounds like a fun read! Cute cover!

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