Prima
Donna
By: Laura Drewry
Releasing September 23rd, 2014
Loveswept
Blurb:
In
USA Today bestselling author Laura Drewry’s witty, sizzling, and tender romance
for readers of Jill Shalvis and Susan Mallery, a woman who can’t slow down
discovers that the perfect guy is in hot pursuit.
Even
when her hair salon goes under and she’s on the brink of breaking, Regan Burke
keeps her “I’m just fine” attitude. She’s had a tough life, coping with a
difficult family and keeping her act together . . . barely. Right now, she just
needs a job, any job, so she can pay her mother’s medical bills. It’s the exact
wrong time for Carter Scott to come into her life—and to be so damn sexy, so
distracting, and so determined to get close.
Carter
isn’t looking for anything serious—his heart belongs to the kids who depend on
his pediatric practice—but something about Regan makes him reconsider. Maybe
it’s the scars she hides so well, the secrets she can’t share. Carter knows all
about that kind of pain, and he wants to help. But offering Regan a job in his
office only makes things worse, even if their chemistry is off the charts.
Lucky for them both, Carter isn’t about to let go of love without a fight.
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EXCERPT:
“Well, that’s good then.” Carter bobbed
his head in a slow nod as he sipped his beer.
“Why’s that good?” Katie slid her nacho
plate to the left a little as Ben tucked his phone away and took the chair
beside her.
Carter fixed his gaze on Regan as his
grin grew wider, sexier. “Because I’d hate to get my ass kicked by Linebacker
Leon when I kiss Red here at midnight.”
Katie choked on her chip, but Regan just
shook her head and laughed.
“What makes you think I’m going to let
you kiss me?”
He nipped the last mozzarella stick from
her plate, bit off a chunk, then chased it with a long swig of his beer.
“Because it’s New Year’s Eve, we’re both here alone, and going by the last guy
I saw you with, I’m bettin’ it’s been a while since you were good and kissed.”
“Carter!” Katie’s scolding might have
been more threatening if she hadn’t still been choking behind her napkin.
The thing was, Carter might be
obnoxious, and he might be cocky as hell, but he wasn’t wrong, and even as
Regan laughed, Maya’s voice echoed in her brain. If anyone deserves a little
distraction, it’s you.
After a while, she wiped her mouth on a
napkin and lifted her right shoulder. “Even if that were true—and I’m not
saying it is—what makes you think you’re the man for the job?”
“You shittin’ me?” The half smile was
back. “After what happened down at your shop?”
Katie’s hand froze halfway to her mouth,
letting a couple of olives tumble from the chip. “What happened?”
“She couldn’t keep her hands off me.”
“I what?” Regan choked. “I
cut your hair, Carter; it involves a little touching.”
“Not like that.” He winked at Katie and
grinned cheekily. “And you should’ve seen her over there getting some food a
minute ago. She tried to kill Maya just so we could be alone.”
“Oh my God,” Regan laughed. “In your
dreams maybe.”
“No maybe about
it.” He thumbed to the spot where they’d been standing when he touched her
hair. “And what about over there? You telling me you react like that every time
some guy talks to you?”
His grin was too cocky, too confident. Too right.
Damn it. Pulling her plate out of
Carter’s reach, Regan tried to give him a look of utter indifference, but her
mouth kept twitching against a smile. “I don’t know what you’re talking about.”
“Ohmygod.” Katie let her chip fall to
the table. “What happened?”
“Nothing.” Regan
tipped a warning look at Carter, who simply shrugged and stared straight back
at her.
“Me and you, Red.” He took another sip
of his beer, his dark eyes never leaving hers. “Midnight.”
*************
Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20945514-prima-donna?from_search=true
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Author Info:
Laura Drewry had been scribbling things for years before she
decided to seriously sit down and write. After spending eight years in the
Canadian north, Laura now lives back home in southwestern British Columbia with
her husband, three sons, a turtle named Sheldon, and an extremely energetic
German shepherd. She loves old tattered books, good movies, country music, and
the New York Yankees.
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Twitter: https://twitter.com/lauradrewry
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Thank you so much for being part of the PRIMA DONNA blog tour and for posting the excerpt! :)
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Laura
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