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Welcome to the Takeover + Review Blitz for A Brewed Awakening by Pepper Basham, hosted by JustRead Publicity Tours!
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Excerpt
“I think that’s called ‘banter’ in modern terms, Granny.” Nate raised a brow in Daphne’s direction before sliding down in the chair. “Isn’t that a sure sign of budding romance, Jack?”
“If you watch those movies Daph made us suffer through growing up—absolutely.” Jack did nothing to hide his amusement as he joined Nate at the table. “It’s a classic setup.”
“Rom-com gold, I believe, is what Daphne called it,” Rosemary added from the kitchen doorway as she carried a pitcher of tea to the table, completely unapologetic. “They’re basically Meg Ryan and Hugh Grant but with caffeine and unresolved tension.”
“There is no setup and there is no courting,” Daphne snapped, brandishing a serving spoon like a weapon to point at each of them, except Granny D. Even in her ire, she wouldn’t go that far. “Right now, I’m just trying to muster up the ability to tolerate the man.”
“That sounds suspiciously like a”—Nate looked over at Rosemary, brow creased in thought—“what’s it called when stories have these little—”
“Trope is the word I believe you’re looking for, Pastor,” she finished, a mock serious frown pulling at her lips. “Enemies to lovers?” Rosemary made a dramatic “check” motion in the air. “Check.”
“Oh, right.” Jack snapped his fingers. “Opposites attract?”
“Definitely fish-out-of-water,” Rosemary added.
“I am surrounded by walking, talking Goodreads tags,” Daphne muttered. “This is not a rom-com. There are no tropes. And for the record, I am not Meg Ryan.”
“You kind of dress like her in You’ve Got Mail,” Rosemary offered, with a saccharine-sweet smile and a cheers of her tea.
Daphne stirred the potatoes with added gusto. What was wrong with the way Meg Ryan dressed in that movie? Adorable. Cute. Effortlessly classy.
“That’s exactly how it was betwixt me and my first husband,” Granny D interjected as she poured tea into Jack’s glass. “First time I met him, I told him he was about as useful as a screen door on a submarine. Three months later, we were married.”
Daphne breathed out a sigh. Thanks, Granny D.
“Well, that’s convenient.” Jack checked an imaginary watch. “You’ve always wanted a Christmas wedding, Daph.”
She shot him a death glare. “I hope both sides of your pillow are warm tonight.”
Nate’s laugh erupted while Jack clutched his chest in mock offense.
“The church is already decorated for Advent, so you’d save a fortune. Good stewardship, really,” Nate said.
Daphne rolled her eyes so hard she briefly saw next week.
And there was no wedding. Just the continued emotional sabotage of living with these people.
“Finn Dashwood has barely been here a week,” she ground out. “And other than being distressingly popular with the single women in town”—she jabbed the spoon into the potatoes— “and making sinfully good sticky toffee pudding, he is nearly insufferable.”
“That was what I said about my second husband,” Granny D added, pulling her apron over her head as a sign it was time to eat. “I did my level best to convince myself he was insufferable. Didn’t do a lick of good because he was also real good at kissing, so that ruined my plans.”
Daphne choked on her sweet tea. Her entire face caught fire. Kissing Finn Dashwood? With that smug grin! And irritating cologne! And intoxicating accent?!
No. Absolutely not. Never.
Nate and Jack howled.
“That’s taking the commandment to ‘love thy neighbor’ to a whole new level, Daph.” Nate sent her a wink. “I’m required by profession to appreciate it.”
She rolled her gaze to the ceiling and hoped her prayers had more power than the preacher’s, especially this preacher. Unlikely, but . . . one could hope.Also Available
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Tour Giveaway
(2) winners will receive a signed copy of A Brewed Awakening, and winners choice of a Literary Beverage Mug or a Storming Castles mug!
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