Wednesday, January 11, 2012

Book Spotlight and Giveaway


Welcome. Today I have with me author Rachel Brimble, who's giving away a FREE copy of her book, Paying the Piper.

BLURB:
Nightclub manager, Grace Butler is on a mission to buy the pub where her mother’s ashes are scattered – except the vendor wants to sell to anyone but her. And the vendor happens to be her father…with a secret Grace will do anything to uncover.
Social worker and all-round good guy, Jimmy Betts needs cash to buy a house for three special kids before their care home closes. In a desperate bid for cash, he agrees to a one-time ‘job’ for bad-man Karl Butler. But in a sudden turn of events, Jimmy finds himself employed by Karl’s beautiful, funny and incredibly sexy daughter, Grace.
Their lives are so different except for one unifying thread – they are both trying to escape the binds of their tyrannical fathers. But is the key to their liberty each other?

EXCERPT:
Grace’s mouth dropped open and stayed open.
He was huge. Huge and muscular, tall and strong. The saliva drained from her mouth, forcing her to snap her jaw shut so she could swallow. She felt her eyes expand in awed fascination as he stepped out from under the cover of chairs, crates and crap to stand in front of her. She met his gaze.
He held out a hand and nodded in the direction of the teenager who now stood behind him smiling like a demented clown. “Sorry about Billy. He can be a cheeky son of a gun sometimes. I’m Jimmy. Jimmy Betts.”
His voice was deep and rich. Warm and smooth. Grace blinked, licked dry lips and tentatively slid her palm against his. It was hot--in a nice way. Not in a clammy “I’ve-just-had-that-down-my-pants-hot,” more...open fire in a log cabin kind of hot.
She snatched her hand away, snapping her brain back into gear despite the fact her nipples now tingled. These two were trespassing. They had no right. “What are you--”
“Doing rummaging around in your rubbish?” The Adonis smiled.
She smiled back. She couldn’t help it--much to her irritation. His boyish grin kicked her in the stomach and sent her heart ricocheting to the back of her throat. His thick, black hair shone beneath the overhead lights, and even in the semi-darkness, his eyes glinted blue like cut Bristol glass.
“Exactly.” She nodded, not trusting herself to use full sentences. Her physical reaction to him was terrifying. Since when had Grace Butler wanted to grab a man’s face and mash it between her breasts?
He turned away and gripped his companion’s collar. “Billy and I come here from time to time to see if we can pick up a bargain or two. Say hello to Miss Butler, Billy.”
Her gaze shot from Billy back to Jimmy. “How do you know my name?”
He grinned. “What can I say? I read the occasional gossip magazine. You’re Grace Butler, daughter of the Great Karl Butler, and future heir to the infamous Butler Empire.”

11 comments:

Unknown said...

*NOTE* Please be sure you are leaving your email addy in your post, or letting me know where to find you, IE: Facebook, Goodreads, Blogger, etc, so we can contact you if you won.

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Comment away for Rachel...:)

sophie meyers said...

Wow Rachel your book sounds great! Can't wait to read more!

Rachel Brimble said...

Hi Kelly!

Thanks for hosting me today - hope to meet lots of your readers!

Hi Sophie - you are so kind, thank you! Don't forget your email address... :)

R x

Chrisbails said...

Loved the excerpt. Now would love to win so that way I can finish the book. Sounds like it is going to be a great read. Kelly you are a new author for me and would love to win and read this book. Thanks for the chance to win.
christinebails@yahoo.com

misskallie2000 said...

Hi Rachel, Paying The Piper sounds like a great book and I would love to read. You are a new author for me so I have added you to my new author list.

misskallie2000 at yahoo dot com

Rachel Brimble said...

Thanks for popping by, ladies! I loved writing this book - hope you enjoy Jimmy as much as I did! ;)

Don't forget to follow me on Twitter...

@rachelbrimble

R x

Robin in NC said...

Jimmy Betts sounds like somebody I wouldn't mind rummaging around my um..rubbish!! ;-) Sounds great! Thanks for sharing with us Rachel! Thank you too Kelly!
Robin in NC
RW620 AT aol DOT com

Alyson Reuben said...

Hi, Rachel. Love this excerpt! Jimmy is absolutely delicious. :)

Rachel Brimble said...

Hee, Hee! Glad you're picking up on Jimmy's vibe, Robin...he is definitely one of my favorite hero's :)

Hi Alyson! You've read Piper, haven't you?? Glad you loved Jimmy, he is delicious. I'd SO appreciate it if you rated Piper on Goodreads ;)

R x

Unknown said...

And the winner is Kallie. Grats, the author will email you soon.

Big thanks to Rachel for being here, and come back soon everyone. XO

Rachel Brimble said...

Thanks so much for hosting me, Kelly - I had a great time and felt so welcomed! I will contact you again with my next release :)

Congrats, Kallie - I am emailing your PDF right now. Enjoy!

Rachel x