Amie will be awarding print copies of her three Barefoot novels from Turquoise Morning Press: Blue Bottle Beach, Will Work for Love, and The Gull Motel to one randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour (US ONLY).
The Gull Motel
by Amie Denman
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Savvy Thorpe
needs a vacation. Finally finished with college, she heads to her favorite
shabby motel on Florida’s Gulf Coast where her aunt and uncle always save her
room twenty-four. She quickly finds out, though, that The Gull Motel is not
just her home away from home. It’s hers to manage while her aunt and uncle take
an extended trip.
Skip McComber,
The Gull’s former maintenance man, has been working on Savvy’s nuts and bolts
for years. Now the new owner of the bar next door, his mission is to renovate a
pirate bar while being a walking temptation for the girl he can’t get off his
mind.
For Savvy,
keeping her cool running a motel in Florida heat is one thing, but navigating
the steamy waters of a former fling takes a whole other kind of savvy. In
addition to the motel and the man next door, Savvy stumbles on a plot to
swindle land from the residents of Barefoot Key. Devalued properties tumble
like dominoes until Savvy musters her colorful crew from The Gull Motel to make
the pillagers walk the plank.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
EXCERPT
I
watched a fishing charter leave a wharf several properties farther down the
beach. I could see at least half a dozen people and lots of long fishing poles
sticking up all over the boat like a case of bed hair. An idea swirled through
my head like the sand between my toes.
“Fishing
charter,” a voice said behind me.
I
jumped. “You shouldn’t sneak up on people like that.”
“Hard
to make noise in sand,” Skip said.
“You
should try. I might have had a heart attack or something and then you’d have my
blood on your hands.”
Skip
picked up a long lock of hair brushing my shoulder and twisted it in his
fingers. He leaned forward just a little and glanced down my shirt. “You look
perfectly healthy to me.”
I
stepped back, hoping to restore my heart rate to something close to healthy.
“One
of these days we should talk about last spring,” he said. “Maybe over some
tequila.”
I
narrowed my eyes at him. “I thought you would have called me if you wanted to
talk. You’ve had plenty of time since April.”
Skip
put his hands in the pockets of his cargo shorts and rocked back on bare heels
in the sand. He was shirtless as usual. And he wasn’t taking my bait.
“Saw
you staring at the fishing charter boat,” he said.
“I
was thinking about something.”
“Thinking
of teaming up with a local charter and offering package deals? Could be a great
add-on to rooms at The Gull.”
My
heart rate steam-trained up the scale again. That was exactly the idea I’d been
formulating, and I didn’t appreciate him acting like it was his. The danger of
years of slightly-lusty friendship is that you can know a person too well. And
they’ve got your thoughts on speed-dial.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
Amie Denman lives in a small town in her native Ohio with her
husband and sons. Her two cats and large yellow labrador are kind enough to
share a sunny office where she lets her imagination run wild. Reading books was
her favorite escape as a child, and growing up four houses away from the
community library encouraged her addiction. When she's not reading or writing, she
enjoys walking and running outside. The helpless victim of a lifetime of
curiosity, she's been known to chase fire trucks on her bicycle just to see
what's going on. Amie believes that everything is fun: especially roller
coasters, wedding cake, and falling in love.
Amie is the author of five contemporary romance novels:
The Gull Motel
Blue Bottle Beach
Her Lucky Catch
Her Lucky Prize
Will Work for Love
He’s on Her Trail
Please visit her at www.amiedenman.com
On Facebook https://www.facebook.com/amie.denman.1
On Twitter @amiedenman
BUY LINKS:
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Barnes & Noble: http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/the-gull-motel-amie-denman/1119630757?ean=2940149442652
Turquoise Morning Press: http://www.turquoisemorningpressbookstore.com/products/the-gull-motel-by-amie-denman
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Thanks for hosting!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to the Angels blog. I hope you have a great tour. Allana Angel
ReplyDeleteSounds like a fun series! Hope your tour goes well!
ReplyDelete-Amber Angel
Interesting type of book
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