Welcome author Tara Lain to the blog as she visits on the Love You So Sweetly (Love You So #4) blog tour! The author not only shares some background on the latest in the popular series, she also hosts a giveaway for a $10 Amazon gift card!
Take it away, Tara!
Big City, Small Town, and Sweet Tea
I’m so excited to be here to introduce you to my new book, LOVE YOU SO SWEETLY. This book, of course, involves my favorite trope, opposites attract, but it also turns on another fun theme -- big city/small town. This theme gave me a chance to revisit my roots in the southeast.
Back in Love You So Madly (book 2 in this series but they all honestly stand alone), I briefly introduced a character named Remy Merced. He’s the youngest son of a very wealthy woman who owns one of America’s biggest retail chains. We meet him in that book as the guy who is responsible for diversifying his family company into technology, and we know that, unlike the rest of the family that hails from Arkansas, Remy was pretty much raised in Orange County, California.
We don’t see much of Remy in Love You So Madly, but his mom does make one tantalizing comment about him being the one person in the family most likely to be gay. That was too much of an invitation to pass up. I had to give Remy his own book. So after totally leaving the Merced family in book 3, Love You So Special, I came back in book 4 to let Remy come out of his closet.
I figured a guy who was raised to SoCal and involved with technology might have grown pretty far away from his Arkansas roots, so I couldn’t resist making his love interest a sweet, slightly nerdy, small-town Arkansas boy who’s much the opposite of everything that Remy thinks he values. Harper’s brilliant in business and he’s left his life in Arkansas because of a hurt inflicted by the town he was so devoted to. Still, they can’t take the small town out of the boy, and Harper’s life sucks Remy in.
It was great fun spending time in my familiar surroundings of upscale Orange County and then driving across the country to my imaginary rural Arkansas town. I hope you’ll check out LOVE YOU SO SWEETLY to discover how these guys resolve their romance that is long-distance in more ways than miles.
The youngest son of one of America’s richest families, Remy Merced is so busy trying to save his family company from collapse, he’s never taken time to figure out if he’s gay, much less if he’s happy. Then his meddling mama hires him an assistant who’s everything Remy thinks he doesn’t want. Cute Harper Treadwell, from rural Arkansas, is a brilliant business prodigy… and openly gay. His wit and charm could confirm Remy’s suspicions about his own sexuality almost instantly—if they weren’t both already partnered.
When Remy’s girlfriend and Harper’s boyfriend get a little too friendly, Remy finds that the path to happiness requires a long drive in an old Prius, a growing appreciation for small towns, and a whole lot of sweet tea. But before they can forge a future—they have to let go of the past.
Intro Line: Reading his future in a glass of sweet tea.
Book Links:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45891332-love-you-so-sweetly
Kindles: https://amzn.to/2HEwNHu
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/love-you-so-sweetly
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-you-so-sweetly-tara-lain/1131798101?ean=9781644055687
iTunes: https://books.apple.com/us/book/love-you-so-sweetly/id1463653860?mt=11&app=itunes
GooglePlay: https://play.google.com/store/books/details/Tara_Lain_Love_You_So_Sweetly?id=s-CaDwAAQBAJ
Dreamspinner Press: https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/love-you-so-sweetly-by-tara-lain-10756-b
Excerpt LOVE YOU SO SWEETLY -- Dasher
But he and Felicity hadn’t had sex in weeks. Shouldn’t he have a set of horns that would put Dasher, Dancer, and Prancer to shame? Hell, he was in his twenties. Even if he was sleepwalking, shouldn’t he be ready to stick his cock in anything female that passed within five feet of him? Wasn’t that the way most guys felt? Shit, these questions haunted the back of his brain all the time while the front worried about the business. And it wasn’t like he didn’t know why it worried him.
He sipped coffee and glanced at John Jack, who was smiling at his wife with open lust. It’d be nice to have somebody he trusted to tell him straight if he was undersexed or asexual, or…. He sighed softly. But he and John Jack didn’t have that kind of relationship. John Jack was seven years older and was more a product of Arkansas than California. He put a lot of store in “being a man,” and Remy was scared of what John Jack would say if Remy tried to get personal. Remy worked all the time, so everyone he knew was associated with the company, and since Remy was the boss, who the hell was he going to tell his troubles to?
His mama’s voice came from the direction of the kitchen, telling Nigel she’d like some more ice cream.
Felicity turned to Remy and leaned in. “I’m going to make my excuses. I’m too tired.” She put a hand on his arm. “Sorry, dear.” She kissed his cheek, rose, said a fast goodbye to Trudy and John Jack, and was gone before Mama even made it into the room.
Remy had a pretty good idea he shouldn’t be smiling.
Series Information
Link above image to Amazon: https://amzn.to/2M0bb7O
Book 1:
Kindle: https://amzn.to/2Ekn197
Audible: https://amzn.to/2LZWDFr
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/love-you-so-hard
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-you-so-hard-tara-lain/1128265129?ean=2940159114952
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/love-you-so-hard/id1357837139?mt=11
Dreamspinner Press: https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/love-you-so-madly-by-tara-lain-9634-b
Book 2:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/39674254-love-you-so-madly
Kindle: https://amzn.to/2s1SCrU
Audible: https://amzn.to/2LklXYm
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/love-you-so-madly
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-you-so-madly-tara-lain/1128729869?ean=2940161525616
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/love-you-so-madly/id1383081348?mt=11
Dreamspinner Press: https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/love-you-so-madly-by-tara-lain-9634-b
Book 3:
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41073532-love-you-so-special
Kindles: https://amzn.to/34risrU
Audible: https://amzn.to/2ZDY1YV
Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/us/en/ebook/love-you-so-special
B&N: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/love-you-so-special-tara-lain/1129437342?ean=9781640809611
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/love-you-so-special/id1416432464?mt=11
Dreamspinner Press: https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/love-you-so-special-by-tara-lain-9894-b
Author’s Bio:
Author Links:
Website: http://taralain.com/
Blog: http://www.taralain.com/blog
Twitter: https://twitter.com/taralain
FB Author Page: https://www.facebook.com/taralain
Bookbub: https://www.bookbub.com/authors/tara-lain
Amazon Author Page: https://amzn.to/2ICPcCZ
Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4541791.Tara_Lain
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/taralain/
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Giveaway:
Win a $10 Amazon gift card
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Thank you so much for having me and the guys on the blog! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteSounds interesting, congrats on the new release
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