Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Super Book Blast:The Christmas Dare by Joan Chandler Giveaway


The Christmas Dare

by Joan Chandler 

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BLURB:


Self-professed Christmas addict Gia Dixon, and by-the-book Ethan Castle have been best friends all their lives. When tragedy strikes Ethan’s family, Gia’s the rock he depends on to pull him through the darkest days. Then, a shared, long-forgotten memory leads to an unexpected yet tender kiss.  Can a simple Christmas dare help them find true love?
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EXCERPT:

Funny how times had changed, Gia thought to herself. How was it possible to have gone all these years and not have thought of him romantically? Yet now all she wanted to do was steal a minute alone to kiss him again. Or more.

She saw headlights coming down the road and opened the door, preparing to walk out to meet him.

“No, ma’am,” she heard Ethan call out. He was already getting out of his Jeep and motioned for her to turn around and go back inside.

She was unsure what to make of it, but did as he asked. Then she heard the doorbell ring.  Slowly she opened the door, and saw his smiling face. She backed up a step to allow him to walk inside.

“We may be taking things slow, but I’m still going to do it the right way. When I ask you out on a date, I’ll park and come to your door. If this were seven years ago and you were living at home, your dad would have kicked my ass if he ever caught me letting you just walk out to the curb to get in my car.”

Gia could easily recall the many times her father had complained about that when other boys had done it to her.

“How right you are. My mistake.” She laughed. “From now on I’ll expect to be courted properly according to the Henry Dixon Dating Manual.”

“Besides, stealing a quick moment alone behind closed doors gives me the opportunity to do this.” He pulled her into his embrace to softly kiss her.

When their lips parted, she commented, “I don’t think Daddy had that in mind when he made up that particular rule. But you score extra points for showing initiative.”

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AUTHOR Bio and Links:

Joan Chandler is a Florida native who has lived in the Deep South all of her life. She is married with two children who are her pride and joy. She lives a double life of sorts, holding down a nine-to-five job during the day, and writing steamy romance at night—often with her black cat curled up in her arms as she types.

When she’s not spending her spare time working on her next novel, she loves to go camping, sharing girls’ night out with her friends, walking her two dogs, and watching football.


Twitter account:   @joanchandler1

Find me on facebook:  Joan Chandler

Previously published works are Perfectly Imperfect, and No Regrets.  Both are available at:




GIVEAWAY:

Joan will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes & Noble gift card, winner's choice, to a randomly drawn commenter during the tour, and a $10 gift card to Bath & Body Works to a randomly drawn host.

The more you comment, the better your chances of winning. The tour dates can be found here:



6 comments:

  1. I appreciate the chance to be a featured guest on your blogsite today. I have already discovered some books that I will be adding to my own wishlist while I was here! Have a wonderful day.

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  2. So...is it stalking following you to all these blogs? I hope not because I'm having such a fun time discovering so many new blogs and some new authors too! :-)

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    1. No - I love it! You can stalk me even more at The Romance Studio's "Christmas Party" blog party that is running from today through the weekend. I have put up a couple of other excerpts you may not have seen yet. Enjoy! And there will be a lot of other authors there too. And I have added a lot of blogs to my own list that I'm following as a result of the book tour. There are so many great ones out there, just like this one!

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  3. Nice excerpt.

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  4. Good excerpt - I like that Ethan remembers what her dad would have liked and not liked about a guy coming to her door

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