{{RELEASE BLITZ & REVIEW}} FORTUNE by Lauren K McKellar
Title: Fortune
Author: Lauren K. McKellar
Genre: Standalone Romantic Comedy
Release Date: November 16, 2017
Blurb
Grace Storey can’t wait to escape her small-town chaos and
head for the big city for three main reasons: Work. Better cell-phone service.
And the prospect of meeting her very own Prince Charming. After all, when the
guy you crushed on since high school turns out to be a psychopath, and the only
viable alternative is Creepy Keith, you need to take drastic measures to ensure
life as a crazy cat lady is not in your future.
What she doesn't need is a bad-boy musician with a penchant for getting under
her skin. Sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll are the last things on her mind.
Darcy Fortune has three things on his mind: Sex. Drugs. And
rock ’n’ roll (in that order). It’s how it has to be to keep the pain from his
past at bay. After all, when you’ve hurt someone you love, it’s easier to numb
the pain to keep on surviving. Easier to turn off your feelings than face the
cold, harsh truth.
What he doesn’t expect is the sassy journalist with so much soul in her eyes.
Could this woman be the one who breaks him?
Staying in control has never been as hard as this.
Fortune is a brand new standalone romantic comedy from Lauren K. McKellar.
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Excerpt
My
underwear is missing.
I know it
like I know how to make the perfect meringue mix in minutes. I know it like I
know that the grapes on the vineyard are just starting to grow, perfect little
plump circles of ripeness.
I sigh,
staring up at the washing line once more.
Yep.
The pair of
plain white cotton knickers are most certainly no longer there.
And it
could have been anyone. It could have been a magpie picking them off the line.
My sister, Eva, having a romp in the vines with her sexy fiancé, needing a pair
to walk home in after hers had been ripped off in a fit of passion. My
grandmother deciding they were inappropriate for public display.
But my gut
tells me different.
My gut
tells me that perhaps my ex-boyfriend is the one to blame for the
panty-napping, and that I’ll never see those comfortable tighty-whities again.
I run my
hands through my hair, staring up at the clear blue sky. Why can’t I just have
one morning where I feel in control? Where things in my life happen the way I
want instead of dictated by someone else?
“Grace!”
I look back
toward the homestead.
Eva stands
on the front porch, waving at me. “I’ve made you an appointment with my
therapist for next week.”
“Pardon?” I
frown. What is she talking about?
“My
therapist. She’s really good,” she replies. “After everything that happened
with the fire, I thought it might help.”
“I don’t
need a therapist,” I reply.
“You think
that now, but trust me, once you see her, you’ll love having someone to talk
to.” She pauses. “Oh! Speaking of, I also signed you up for a new phone
contract with Connor and me. We got a good package deal, lots of inclusions,
and …” She keeps talking, but I don’t listen. She’s organising my life. Doing
it again.
And I know
she wants nothing but the best for me, but I’m sick of not being in control.
I’m sick of being little Grace Storey, the younger sister who has to laugh off
her ex-boyfriend’s borderline stalkerish behaviour, the one who does as she’s
told all the damn time.
I’m sick of
it all.
And
sometimes in life, you need a sign. A sign that perhaps it’s time to shake
things up, to move forward. To go and find your fortune.
And as I
look up at the clothesline, the spot where my underwear should have been, it’s
never been clearer to me in my life. It’s time I leave this small country town
for the big city, and start a new life.
It’s time I
take control.
Lauren's Review
***ARC provided in exchange for an honest review - Lauren / Scandalous Book Blog***
I’ve loved all of Lauren K. Mckellar’s books that I’ve read so far so when this ARC hit my kindle i couldn’t wait to jump straight in.
Grace’s parent’s died when she was younger, being brought up by her grandparents and over bearing big sister in a small town, Grace feels like everything in her life is controlled by someone else and it’s time to take her life back into her own hands. Moving to Sydney hoping to find a new exciting life things couldn’t start off any worse. Arriving at her hotel in the pouring rain to find her room had been double booked she sets off to find somewhere else to stay, finding a room at another hotel only to find that the room is already occupied by another couple who are definitely not looking for a roommate! Standing in the doorway, Instantly Grace is drawn to the man who offers her his room for the night as quite obviously he wont be needing it, she settles down in his luxurious room for the night thinking she would never cross paths with him again.
Darcy’s an international selling rock star, selling out gigs with his band, he can get any woman he wants in his bed any time he wants, then why can’t he get that girl out of his head. He barely even spoke to her yet she’s imprinted on his brain. After escaping last nights conquest, he heads back to his other room only to find her in the bed, but this girls not falling for his charm, she’s not like anyone he’s met before. With the record label on his back to revive his image, he needs to clean up his act and in a moment of panic he offers grace a solution to his problems.
With Darcy and Grace embarking on a fake relationship, their instant chemistry and feeling start to get the better of them both. Can they keep it completely professional? With people throwing obstacles in their way, is it really worth all this heart ache? Can two people with two completely different lives find their happily ever after?
I have to say i completely fell in love with this book! Lauren K Mckellar has written a perfect romance in my opinion. Fortune has everything i love in a book. Darcy is a total alpha, fighting his own demons you can’t help but fall in love with him. Grace is on a journey to find out who she really is and wants to be. She ends up being a strong confident women, who not afraid to stand up for what she believes in, which i love! With a storyline that keeps you on your toes, their is nothing negative that i can say about this book. I completely loved it!
Author Bio
Lauren K. McKellar is a writer of contemporary romance reads that make you feel. This hybrid-published USA Today best-selling author loves writing books with stunning local settings, heart-throb heroes, and leading ladies who overcome great hardships in their lives.
In addition to writing, Lauren loves to read, and you can often find her up at all hours of the night with a glass of wine, some chocolate, and a good book. She lives by the beach in New South Wales, Australia, with her husband, infant son, and their two dogs. Most of the time, all four of them are well behaved.
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