A Model Engagement
by Charlotte O'Shay
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GENRE: Contemporary Romance
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BLURB:
Lacey Reed jumps at the chance for independence with a career in
the big city. But her naivety and ambition blind her to the lure of a blackmailer.
With her savings gone, she has nowhere to turn when she literally runs into
financier Connor Devlin.
Though dazzled by Lace y, Connor sees the desperation she tries to hide. His gut tells him to help, and he hires her as his fake fiancée. Now Lacey has a job, and Connor has put a bandage on a family crisis.
When the blackmailer ups the ante, Lacey resolves to face him down—no matter what the consequences. Does that mean Lacey will lose the only man who’s ever seen who she truly is?
Though dazzled by Lace y, Connor sees the desperation she tries to hide. His gut tells him to help, and he hires her as his fake fiancée. Now Lacey has a job, and Connor has put a bandage on a family crisis.
When the blackmailer ups the ante, Lacey resolves to face him down—no matter what the consequences. Does that mean Lacey will lose the only man who’s ever seen who she truly is?
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Excerpt:
What Part of No Don’t You Understand?
Lacey Lee Reed was at the type of
event, which for years had been, if not her life’s blood, then at least her
meal ticket. Anyone who knew her, or thought they did, would say she was in her
element—smack dab in the middle of a society party with every A-lister in New
York in attendance.
But she couldn’t breathe.
The combination of exotic perfumes and
expensive colognes in the warm room hit her harder than the kick of a mule. She
swayed on her five-inch heels.
Focus, Lacey. You will not have a panic
attack in the middle of your best friend’s wedding.
She pasted on a smile as she scanned
the sparkling sea of Prada, Gucci and Dior visible over his head, scoping out
her escape.
She inhaled again, slower this time,
then eased out a steady, candle-extinguishing breath. Ridiculous to feel
trapped. Another focused breath. She wasn’t alone. Not by a long shot.
She was in the middle of the most
enormous ballroom the Pierre Hotel possessed at one of the splashiest New York
City weddings in decades. The VIP crowd was nothing new, nothing she couldn’t
handle.
It was individual people that creeped
her out.
The old Lacey would have told this SOB
staring straight into her cleavage where to go. Politely and with every bit of
the charm her mama taught her. But that was the old Lacey. Current day Lacey’s
head was spinning, just like it had that one time when they were thirteen and
she and Mandy snuck a cigarette out by Mandy’s grandparents’ barn. That memory
put a genuine smile on her lips.
Against her every instinct she extended
her hand.
“It was a pleasure to meet you, Mr.
Calloway.” The manners drummed into her through generations of Reed grandmas
meant she remembered his name, met his lascivious eyes, and continued to smile
even as she yanked her chilled hand from his too-familiar grip.
Their three-minute conversation had
gone two and half minutes too long. Lacey had learned, at long last, to trust
her intuition, and she needed to be gone.
Now.
AUTHOR Bio and Links:
NYC
girl Charlotte O'Shay was born into a big family and married into another big
family.
The
drama! The noise! The inspiration!
Negotiating
skills honed at the dinner table led her to a career in the law. After four
beautiful children joined the crowded family tree, Charlotte gladly traded her
legal career to write about happily ever afters set in and around NYC.
When
Charlotte isn't reading or writing steamy contemporaries featuring heroines in
crisis and swoony heroes, she's on the hunt for that perfect pair of
sunglasses. She loves to hear from readers.
Find
her at:
Web:
charlotteoshayauthor.com
Twitter
(@charlotte_oshay)
Instagram
(charlotte_oshay_author)
Facebook
(Authorcharlotteoshay)
The
City of Dreams series are all standalone books linked by the wedding that takes
place in The Marriage Ultimatum.
Book 1,
The Marriage Ultimatum ~ Sabrina & Vlad
Book 2,
A Model Engagement ~ Lacey & Connor
Book 3,
An Illicit Affair ~ Honey & Jake
Buy links for A Model Engagement
The
Wild Rose Press:
Amazon:
Nook:
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GIVEAWAY INFORMATION and RAFFLECOPTER
CODE:
Charlotte O'Shay will be awarding a $25 Amazon or Barnes and Noble
GC to a randomly drawn winner via rafflecopter during the tour.
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