Best Man Indeed

Title: Best Man Indeed

Series: Shellington Series #2

Author: K.L. McLoughlin

Release: August 1, 2021

Genre: Steamy Contemporary Romance

Cover Design: GermanCreative

He’s all wrong for her!

Becca Zimmerman wakes up deliciously satisfied next to Detective Sean McGee. She’s an intrepid interior designer and businesswoman. She knows what she needs. It isn’t Sean. 1- He isn't Jewish, and 2- He's a cop. As maid of honor, watching her best friend Mandy get married fills her with a pang of loneliness. It’s just enough to tip her into the waiting arms of the sexy best man Sean McGee. Hooking up with him at the wedding is too much fun to consider a mistake but it can’t happen again. Acting as surrogate “besties” until the newlyweds return from their honeymoon seems harmless enough. Is it?

Sean McGee has both faith and patience. From the moment he laid eyes on Becca, he knew he’d need both. When Becca offers herself up as a “stand in” BFF, Sean sees his opening and offers to do the same for her. But breaking through her steadfast reservations is proving to be a greater challenge than he thought. Given half a chance he'll show Becca, that for her, he is the Best Man Indeed.

Will religion and culture keep love at bay, or will faith bring love home?

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Sunday morning in the semi-conscious state of just beginning to wake up, the only thing Becca Zimmerman knew was that she felt deliciously satisfied. She began to stretch, relishing in the luxurious feeling in her body. Her eyes flew wide open. She froze. She could hear Sean breathing next to her. Shit. She tried to clear her thoughts. Shit. Shit. Shit. Very carefully she eased out of the bed determined not to disturb her slumbering partner.

As she snuck her way to her closet to grab some clothes, she spotted the dress she’d worn as maid of honor for her best friend, Mandy, the night before lying in a crumpled heap next to the tuxedo pants Sean had worn as best man for his best friend, Justin. She rolled her eyes at herself. So cliché, but there was no denying she’d had a great time. The only problem was that Sean was all wrong for her and she needed to find a way to gracefully get herself out of this situation. They needed to get back to just two people whose best friends just got married. Graceful: not her strong suit and she knew it. Direct, forthright, blunt, these she excelled at. Tact was not exactly alien to her but, it wasn’t a well-used muscle.

In the master bathroom of her chic one-bedroom apartment, Becca threw on her favorite jeans and a t-shirt, ran a brush through her thick black hair and put it up in messy bun. She washed her face but decided against doing her make-up. Quietly, she flossed and brushed her teeth. As she finished her hushed toilette, thoughts raced around her head. Her chemistry with Sean hadn’t been a total surprise to her but the intensity of their night had. It wasn’t like her to act on impulse, but she was human. And Sean was hot. She’d met him more than a dozen times, over the last year, hanging out with Justin and Mandy before the wedding. His fundamental decency as a person showed in how he treated people, from his friends to wait staff. A very hot, decent guy. They’d actually met at Mandy’s office holiday party not quite a year ago. She’d always appreciated him on a purely aesthetic level. But he was off limits. There was no future there. The problem was how did she let him know that without hurting his ego? Men and their egos. Oy.

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Best Man Instead (Shellington #3) - releasing September 1, 2021

Best Man Forever (Shellington #4) - releasing October 1, 2021

I was raised outside of Ottawa, ON Canada and was lucky enough to have my horse in my backyard. The first thing I ever remember wanting to do was tell stories, but I was told that there was no money in it, so I moved on — to the incredibly lucrative career of elementary education. After taking a break from the work force while raising my boys, I returned (somehow) to work in securitized real estate: educating investors and keeping track of a lot of details.

I’ve lived in Massachusetts; Northern California; British Columbia, Canada; Southern California; and now Nevada. I love it here in Nevada and would really rather not move again for a long time. 2020 was an interesting year but what I’m most grateful for is that it allowed me to dive back into my passion for writing.

I’m blessed to be married to the love of my life and with our dog O’Malley we endeavor to live our best lives. I love to cook; you’ll see pictures of food all over my Instagram. I love dogs, horses, hiking, and writing. Nothing is more fun than when my characters misbehave requiring me to re-plot the rest of the book.

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Dead Man's Hand

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Title: Dead Man's Hand

Series: A Good Run of Bad Luck #1

Author: Giulia Lagomarsino

Genre: Small Town Romance/Action Adventure

Release Date: August 2, 2021

A Good Run Of Bad Luck is a spinoff series of The Cortell Brothers and should be read in order.

I used to have it all, but then I was betrayed by my own uncle.

I should be dead, but my sister pulled me out of the wreckage of my life and gave me another chance.

No one can know who I really am.

So, I ran away, hiding out to live the rest of my miserable life in peace. But nightmares of my past transgressions make sure that never happens.

Until her.

When her car spun off the road, I should have left her to die. She wasn't my concern, but when I saw her desperate eyes pleading with me to save her, I couldn't turn my back.

With every day that passed, I found myself needing to be closer to her, to help her remember who she was.

But like everything else in my life, finding those answers could be dangerous.

She wasn't just a random stranger.

She wasn't innocent.

But now she's mine, and I won't let her walk away.

“Hey!”

My eyes flashed up to a man running down the mountain, slipping along the way as he tried to reach me.

“Help!” I shouted. “I’m stuck. I can’t get out!”

“Don’t move,” he commanded, his voice low and threatening. For just a moment, I wondered if he was here to kill me instead of save me. As he approached and looked around the car, I noticed his face was ruthless, evil. I swallowed hard around the lump in my throat. It didn’t matter who he was, as long as he got me out of here.

“Do you have anything to break the window?” he shouted.

Break the window? I searched around the car frantically, but everything was laying haphazardly after the tumble down the mountain. I had no clue if there was anything to help me.

“Do you have a window punch?” he asked, his eyes boring into mine.

“I…I…”

“It would be under the driver’s seat,” he said calmly. “I need you to check.”

Nodding, I brushed my hair out of my face, only to come away with a sticky hand. I stared down at the red that coated my hand, watching my fingers shake in terror.

“Lady, you need to get moving!”

I nodded, but before I could move, the car shifted backward, dropping down the mountain a good ten feet before hitting another tree. I screamed, grasping onto anything I could. When the car stopped moving again, I closed my eyes and fought the nausea swirling in my stomach.

The man was outside the car again, this time with a gun in his hand. My breath seized in my chest as I stared down the gun. Oh God, he really was going to kill me.

“Calm down,” he said, lowering his gun slightly. He looked through the window, and then back at the car. “I’m going to shoot out the window, but this car isn’t going to hold. Once the window’s broken, I need you to climb out right away. Okay?”

I nodded, but it all felt robotic. All I could focus on was that damn gun.

“Duck down, okay?”

I did as he asked, but inside, I was shaking. I heard the crack of the gun and my head jerked up as I heard more glass breaking. He was using the gun to break out the rest of the glass.

“Move!” he shouted, kicking me into high gear. I scrambled to the other side, but as I climbed across the seat, the car shifted again. I reached out my hand, barely grasping his as the car slid even further. “Give me your other hand,” he shouted. I thrust out my hand, but my body went airborne just as the car broke free from where the tree was holding it. My eyes connected with his just as I lost my grip on his hand.

I'm a stay at home mom that loves to read. Some of my favorite titles are Pride and Prejudice, Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, and Horatio Hornblower. I started writing when I was trying to come up with suggestions on ways I could help bring in some extra money. I came up with the idea that I could donate plasma because you could earn an extra $500/month. My husband responded with, "No. Find something else. Write a blog. Write a book." I didn't think I had anything to share on blog that a thousand other mothers hadn't already thought of. I decided to take his challenge seriously and sat down to write my first book, Jack. I was surprised at how much I enjoyed writing. From there, the stories continued to flow and I haven't been able to stop. I hope my readers enjoy my books as much as I enjoy writing them. Between reading, writing, and taking care of three small kids, my days are quite full.

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