Promotional Event: Welcome To Wardham by Zoe York {Excerpt + Teasers + Giveaway}

The first three books in the Wardham Series by NYT and USA Today bestselling author Zoe York, have been put together into one delicious bundle! I had the pleasure of reading WHAT ONCE WAS PERFECT (Book #1) and Really enjoyed it! I can't wait to finish the series! -Hootie

Title: Welcome to Wardham, The Wardham Series (Three book bundle)

Author: Zoe York

Age: Adult

Genre: Contemporary Romance

Blurb

Welcome to Wardham, a sleepy village ready to explode with new-found passion. This bundle contains the first three titles in The Wardham Series by Zoe York.

Between Then and Now

Their story didn’t start with a fairytale romance. Their marriage wasn’t chosen for love. But they still chose each other, time and again.

Romance is the last thing on Ian's mind. He's juggling the family farm and a second job, his kids are a crazy handful and every time he gets close to his wife, Carrie, she snaps at him. Their relationship has always had a sizzling physical connection, and he needs to find a way to leverage that into reconnecting on a deeper level before it’s too late.

What Once Was Perfect (Book #1)

She shuttered her heart and walked away. Now he has a second chance to get it right.

Kyle and Laney shared a perfect summer 12 years ago, and have never moved past their breakup. Now she’s back for the holidays and they have a chance to work out things out and move on with their lives. But moving on doesn’t make sense when you’ve finally reconnected with the only person you’ve ever truly loved.

Where Their Hearts Collide (Book #2)

The girl next door meets the cop of her dreams at exactly the wrong time.

Karen’s finally decided what she wants to do when she grows up. Too bad it’ll mean leaving behind her new neighbour, who’s stirred up a different kind of grown up feelings. But when he rebuffs her attempt to have a fling before she leaves Wardham, Karen knows it’s for the best. A clean break, no messy emotional entanglements. Too bad Paul’s right next door, and everywhere she goes. And he makes a pretty convincing case for getting entangled.

The Wardham Series continues: pick up When They Weren’t Looking (Book #3), available now, and look for Beyond Love and Hate, a Wardham novella coming in June 2014.

Cover Reveal & Excerpt: Where Hearts Collide (Wardham #2) by Zoe York

I am extremely excited to share with you the Cover Reveal scavenger hunt for Where Hearts Collide (Wardham #2) by Zoe York! I loved What Once Was Perfect and I'm looking forward to this next installment! Below you will find our cover piece and a special excerpt from the book! Thanks for stopping by! -Hootie

Day 3 

Contemporary romance author Zoe York is toying with us this week, releasing her latest Wardham Series cover a puzzle piece at a time, and fitting them all together at her site, www.zoeyork.com. Here is the piece she sent me, and below that, an exclusive excerpt from the book, which will be released in October:

Excerpt:

She narrowed her eyes and crossed her arms across her chest, plumping up her breasts. Not the right moment to get distracted. She was going to scold him, then brush it off, just like she had the first time they met. He could see it coming and had to restrain himself from grinning in broad delight. 

“You’re…”

“Yeah?”

“I don’t know. But I don’t feel bad about gossiping about you now.” She scowled, but the heat was already fading. 

“Good. Now tell me what has you out of sorts.”

“I’m not—” Except she was, and recognition that he had her number flashed across her face. “How did you know that I was out of sorts?”

“You stomped up the drive earlier, and you’ve had a distracted look on your face ever since.”

“I didn’t stomp.”

“It was cute.”

“Shut up.” She sighed and closed her eyes. “I was talking to my mom.”

He waited. It didn’t take long.

“I haven’t always worked at the grocery store. I mean, I have, really. I started bagging groceries when I was twelve, and before that I helped stock shelves on Sundays. But I took a break when I went to university.” The words poured out like maple syrup. Smooth and shiny, fast and sweet. She’d given this spiel before. “And when my parents decided to retire, I’d just moved home. So it made sense to take over managing the store.”

 “Your idea?”

“I don’t remember.” After pausing for a sip of beer, she shook her head. Her next words didn’t come out smoothly, or quickly. “It was their idea. It benefited them as much as me, but…”

“You think they did it for you.”

She managed to nod and shake her head at the same time, which made him laugh. 

“It was a good thing. Really. For all of us. They got to travel more freely, without selling the store, and I had a job at a time when I needed one. And when they came home for the summer, I could take as much time off as I wanted.”

“So what’s changed?”

“Nothing. And that’s the problem. A decade has flitted by in the blink of an eye, and I still don’t know what I want to do when I grow up. And I’m in my thirties, so I can’t pretend an awesome and interesting life is still going to happen.” She grimaced and looked down at her beer bottle. While they’d been talking, she’d worried the label with her thumbnail, and now she peeled the whole thing off. 

Paul felt his cock flex against the denim of his jeans. He had a flashback to high school, and a teasing game from the first drinking parties he attended. Sometimes a fully intact peeled label meant one was sexually frustrated. Other times it meant you would get lucky. It depended on which dominant teen queen was making up the rules that night. He’d never wanted the latter to be as true as he did in that moment, and never before had the former been more guaranteed.

Intrigued? Zoe has just released a novella to introduce The Wardham Series, which is free at some booksellers. Between Then and Now is currently available at:

KoboBooks | Smashwords | Amazon

About The Author:

For as long as I can remember, I have been a voracious romance reader. In early 2012, I got an idea for a novel. Then another, and another. My Google Drive account exploded with outlines and chunks of text and character bibles. Over Christmas, I started a holiday novella. By the end of January, it was clear I was going to wander past novella length, and the story wasn’t limited to the holiday season. And it wasn’t just one book, anymore – it was also an introduction to a small town, Wardham. Right now I’m hard at work on book no. 2 in the series. The first one, What Once Was Perfect, will be available July 1, 2013. I can’t wait to share Laney and Kyle with you! When I'm not writing, I’m a busy working mom of two young boys, wife to a very understanding soldier, and a sister/friend/neighbour as well.

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Sexy Summer Saturdays: What Once Was Perfect (Wardham #1) by Zoe York {Review + Giveaway}

Sexy Summer Saturday's is a weekly post we created to share our love of "Adult" books with our fellow readers. 

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**If you don't care for steamy books or you are under 18, you may not want to continue reading the review below.**

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Genre: Adult Contemporary/Erotic Romance

Author: Zoe York

Expected Publication Date: July 1st 2013

Series: Wardham #1

Heading home always stirs up mixed emotions for Laney Calhoun. Twelve years ago she left for graduate school, broken-hearted. She’s found professional success, but positive personal relationships have proved elusive. Running into her ex-boyfriend fans flames she thought long extinguished, and causes a renewed interest in love. Not with Kyle, of course. Never again. But as sparks fly and items of clothing disappear, she scrambles to keep her emotions in check. Kyle Nixon let Laney slip away once. Their chemistry together is undeniable, but steamy sex is not enough to convince her to let him back into her heart. Even if she did trust him again, her medical career is five hundred kilometers away from the hometown that he loves, and the life that he once chose over her. What Once Was Perfect is a short and sexy contemporary romance novel set in Wardham, Ontario, a fictitious small farming community on the shores of Lake Erie.