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Virtual Book Blast Tour for The Reason is You by Sharla Lovelace

By Barb Drozdowich 16 Comments

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Today we are welcoming Sharla Lovelace to the blog. She is touring her book, The Reason Is You with Goddesfish Promotions and is here to share some information as well as giveaway a custom tote bag with book swag, a themed recipe card and $20 Amazon GC to one randomly drawn commenter during the tour.

To find more places to leave comments and increase your chances of winning, click HERE.

I hope you enjoy what you learn about this book today. Please find some buy links at the bottom of the post to pick up a copy.

THE REASON IS YOU

by Sharla Lovelace

 

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Anything but normal…

Dani Shane just wants her daughter to have what she never did—a normal life. But “normal” leaves the equation when sixteen-year old Riley is found talking to Dani’s only friend, Alex—who has been dead for forty years.

In the small river town of Bethany, Dani never fit in. Being different pushed her to the fringes of society, and even leaving town for two decades didn’t stop the talk. Now that she’s back, so is Alex. Mischievous and sexy and still hot enough to melt her shoes. Between his popping in at inopportune moments and her having to hide her daughter’s new talent, Dani fears that her plans for staying under the radar may be short-lived.

As Dani scrambles to get solid footing under her family, secrets buried for forty years begin to unearth themselves. She and Alex have always been connected, but he is hiding something. The computer is making her hear things. Weird memories that she doesn’t recognize keep popping up in her mind. Then there’s that little thing she hasn’t told her daughter yet—that some of the people she sees aren’t breathing.

 

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EXCERPT:

 

Starting over sucks, but at forty it sucks the life out of you. This thought squeezed my brain on the six-hour drive to Bethany from Dallas. I second-guessed my decision for the ninety-ninth time, eyeing every exit ramp as a potential escape hatch. As we got closer to the dark clouds looming above my hometown, in a Ford Escort with no air-conditioning and my sixteen-year-old daughter hanging her naked legs out the window to dry her pretty little coral toes, I felt the options slipping. One by one.

 

Not that I wasn’t grateful to have a destination. My dad loves me, and he’s never judged. But this time was no visit. It was the real deal, with bath towels and Tupperware and everything that would fit in a U-Haul trailer. My head started to bang out a rhythm just thinking about it, but I knew it was the smart thing to do. I’d tried everything after losing my job, and despite the number of times I pushed reality aside, it kept waving at me.

 

I had Riley to think about. I had to keep a roof over her head, and I couldn’t afford to be choosy on what roof that was. We would be okay. I glanced over at her, eyes closed, jamming to whatever her iPod was pumping into her head, and I prayed she would be okay. That she wouldn’t be tainted by association with me.

 

“So, when do we get to Podunk?” she said after we drove through Restin, the nearest big town.  Not big like high-rises.  Big like it has a Walmart.

 

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SharlaLovelaceclose[1]AUTHOR Bio:

 

Sharla Lovelace is the National Bestselling Author of THE REASON IS YOU, BEFORE AND EVER SINCE, and the e-novella  JUST ONE DAY.  Being a Texas girl through and through, she’s proud to say she lives in Southeast Texas with her family, an old lady dog, and an aviary full of cockatiels.

 

Sharla is available by Skype for book club meetings and chats, and loves connecting with her readers! See her website www.sharlalovelace.com for book discussion questions, events, and to sign up for her monthly newsletter.

Sharla can be found: 

www.SharlaLovelace.com

http://www.twitter.com/sharlalovelace

http://www.facebook.com/sharlalovelace

 

THE REASON IS YOU   (available in trade paperback online and in stores)

Mass Market version (978-0425254868) with new cover available May 7th, and for preorder now!

Tagline: “Sometimes falling into the past is the way forward.”

 

PURCHASE LINKS:

Preorder new mass mkt on Amazon!

Preorder new mass mkt at B&N!

Trade size and ebook versions also available anywhere books are sold.

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About Barb Drozdowich

Social Media and Wordpress Consultant Barb Drozdowich has taught at University, trained technical personnel in the banking industry and, most recently, used her expertise to help dozens of authors develop the social media platform needed to succeed in today’s fast evolving publishing world. She owns Bakerview Consulting and is the only reviewer on this blog.

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  1. Barb Drozdowich (@sugarbeatbc)

    May 7, 2013 at 1:20 am

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  2. Moms Who Blog (@momswhoblog)

    May 7, 2013 at 2:48 am

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  3. hearditfromamom (@hearditfromamom)

    May 7, 2013 at 3:25 am

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  4. Sharla Lovelace

    May 7, 2013 at 5:46 am

    Thank you so much for hosting me, and I’ll pop by again later. Today is the release day for THE REASON IS YOU, so it’s actually available now! xoxo

    Reply
    • Barb Drozdowich

      May 7, 2013 at 7:32 am

      Hi Sharla!
      Thanks for dropping by! Congrats on your release!

      Reply
  5. Goddess Fish Promotions

    May 7, 2013 at 7:07 am

    Thank you for hosting

    Reply
  6. Rita Wray

    May 7, 2013 at 8:31 am

    Love the excerpt, thank you.

    Kit3247(at)aol(dot)com

    Reply
  7. bn100

    May 7, 2013 at 1:04 pm

    The story sounds interesting

    bn100candg at hotmail dot com

    Reply
  8. martha lawson

    May 7, 2013 at 7:08 pm

    Well, I’m intriqued!!!

    mlawson17 at hotmail dot com

    Reply
  9. Mary Preston

    May 9, 2013 at 2:01 am

    I think that THE REASON IS YOU is going to be quite a surprising read. I like that.

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

    Reply
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    May 9, 2013 at 7:36 pm

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