About Face
Love in the Suburbs #1
by D.E. Haggerty
Genre: Romantic Comedy
My grandma is trying to hook me up.
To be painfully specific, my seventy-five-year-old grandmother thinks a little hanky-panky would cheer
me up. Direct quote. Since I’m currently living with her, I can’t escape the endless line of grandchildren of
friends who keep ‘dropping by’ for dinner. Literally, I can’t escape. I can barely manage the trek to the
dining room at this point.
While Grandma’s determined to find me a husband, I’m determined to learn how to walk again so I can
walk away from her matchmaking skills. Spoiler alert: She has no matchmaking skills.
But then I get a brilliant idea. I can fake date my physical therapist. Only he wants a real date. Gulp. A
real date with me? Is he for real? I’m no longer the stylish girl with the glamorous job. Now, I’m a woman
with a shattered leg and a scarred face.
If I’m going to learn to live with my new reality and give love a chance, my attitude needs to do an about-
face. Easier said than done.
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At Arm's Length
Love in the Suburbs #2
Jackson Schmidt is the biggest jerkity jerk ever. They should totally erect a statue to commemorate his
jerkityness, jerkdom— Uggh! There are literally not enough words for ‘jerk’ to depict the man.
Unfortunately, Jackson is also the most gorgeous specimen of manhood I’ve ever laid eyes on. One look
at him and I want to jump and climb him like a tree. But whenever he opens his mouth, his status as the
biggest bastard on the planet is immediately reinstated. It’s impossible for the man to say anything
remotely nice – at least not to me. To my best friend, though? To her, he’s Mr. Perfect Gentleman. Did I
mention he’s carrying a torch for my engaged best friend?
My libido does not give one flying hoot Jackson is a dick who has a crush on my bestie. Nope. Not at all.
No matter how much of a schmuck the man is – and trust me he takes schmuck to the next level – I
continue to pant after him like a nerdy freshman crushing on the prom king. If I want to keep my sanity,
I’m going to have to keep Jackson at arm’s length.
Sanity is totally overrated.
Hands Off
Love in the Suburbs #3
I am done with men. D – O – N – E. DONE!
I don’t care how much billionaire Roman Cadwell pushes (and, oh boy, does the sexy man push ALL my
buttons), I am not dating him. Especially not when he’s wearing a golden band around his ring finger. I
do not get involved with married men. Call it my line in the sand. If a man can’t be faithful, I want not one
single thing to do with him.
But what if Roman isn’t really married? What then? No, no, no. I will not fall into Lying McLiarson’s
trap.
Only every time the man touches me, my body forgets I’m a good girl and wants to give in. Hands off, Mr.
Lying Pants, before I forget I’m a good girl.
Although – no one said I had to be a good girl forever.
Author’s Note: This romantic comedy contains absolutely, positively NO cheating. None. But it does have
a whole bunch of witty dialogue and a super sweet happily ever after. And maybe more drama than the
author originally intended. What can she say? The characters have minds of their own.
Hands Off is book 3 of the Love in the Suburbs series but can be read as a standalone.
I grew up reading everything I could get my grubby hands on, from my mom's Harlequin romances, to
Nancy Drew, to Little Women. When I wasn't flipping pages in a library book, I was penning horrendous
poems, writing songs no one should ever sing, or drafting stories which have thankfully been destroyed.
College and a stint in the U.S. Army came along, robbing me of free time to write and read, although on
the odd occasion I did manage to sneak a book into my rucksack between rolled up socks, MRIs, t-shirts,
and cold weather gear. After surviving the army experience, I went back to school and got my law
degree. I jumped ship and joined the hubby in the Netherlands before the graduation ceremony could
even begin. A few years into my legal career, I was exhausted, fed up, and just plain done. I quit my job
and sat down to write a manuscript, which I promptly hid in the attic before returning to the law. But
practicing law really wasn’t my thing, so I quit (again!) and went off to Germany to start a B&B.
Turns out running a B&B wasn’t my thing either. I polished off that manuscript languishing in the
attic before following the husband to Istanbul where I decided to give the whole writer-thing a go. But ten
years was too many to stay away from my adopted home. I packed up again and moved to The Hague
where, in between tennis matches and failing to save the world, I’m currently working on my next book. I
hope I’ll always be working on my next book.
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Why love in the suburbs?
Guest Post
D.E. Haggerty
My latest romantic comedy series,
Love in the Suburbs, is set in the suburbs – as the name kind of
gives away. Readers often wonder why I chose the suburbs for a
romantic series. After all, the suburbs is not your run-of-the-mill
location for a romance. No, romances are usually set in cosmopolitan
areas or rural areas (think sexy cowboys) with not much in between.
I can’t blame other romance
authors for avoiding the suburbs. The suburbs don’t sound very
exciting, and they are most certainly not exotic. Which is exactly
why my series is set in the suburbs. Those poor suburbs get a bad rap
for being boring with a capital B. And yet the majority of the
population lives in the suburbs. Furthermore, the suburbs are growing
more rapidly than rural or urban areas. Doesn’t the majority of the
population deserve some romance?
But wanting to give the suburbs a
little romance is not the only reason my series is set in them. The
flight of two of the main characters from the big city to the suburbs
form an important story arc in the series. In the first novel, About
Face, Frankie flees to the suburbs to stay with her grandparents
after a horrible accident has left her unable to navigate the stairs
in her apartment. And in Hands Off, Bailey flees the city
after a relationship goes bad in the worst way.
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