Today's post is a Super Book Blast for The Perfect Score, a Contemporary Romance by Beth Albright. It is currently available from Tule Publishing Group. As a Book Blast, there is no guest post or interview, but I will have a blurb, excerpt and author bio, and will also post links to the other participating blogs. Beth will be awarding a $15 Target GC to on commenter via Rafflecopter.
Beth Albright is the author of the
award-winning, best-selling series The Sassy Belles. After knowing Beth for
just a few short seconds you are sure to learn she is from Alabama. No, its not
the lilt of magnolia you can still catch in her voice, or even the way she
lovingly describes her undying love for her famous alma mater's football
champions. She will tell you she loves Tuscaloosa, even after living quite
literally all over the country. Though Beth has had a remarkable career, from
New York City to Hollywood, and all points in between, she has never forgotten
where she came from...and what she loves. That's why when it came time to
write, Beth had no choice but to write about Tuscaloosa and The University of
Alabama, and all the quirky people she still calls family, though some do not
actually share her bloodline!
Beth Albright
has always been a storyteller. After spending nearly 15 years in talk radio, as
a talk show host, playing the part of a principal character on the soap opera,
DAYS OF OUR LIVES, owning her own acting school and children’s theater, and
raising a son who was a nationally ranked figure skater, Beth has decided to
return to her roots; storytelling. When she was in the sixth grade, her teacher
gave her the floor every Friday to tell her stories. See, Beth was a talker, a
future talk show host in the making, and she was telling stories so much that
her teacher couldn’t teach. The teacher told 12 year old Beth if she would
begin writing her stories down, she would be allowed time to share those
stories with the class.
And she’s
been writing, AND talking ever since. Beth has interviewed Bob Hope, Oprah
Winfrey, Betty White, Wolfgang Puck and George Burns live from the Chinese
Theatre, as well as numerous other celebrities, and authors. Then Beth became a
principal character on Days of Our Lives. But through all of the excitement of
talk shows and soap operas, Beth loved telling stories to her audience the
most. With a degree in Journalism from her beloved University of Alabama, She
always remains true to her roots, born and raised in Tuscaloosa, “My
grandfather was the play by play announcer for the Crimson Tide in the 50s!”
Beth will proudly tell you. She is a
down homespun girl, although she currently lives in San Francisco with her TV
producer husband and her brilliant son. But her heart is always in Alabama.
Blurb for The Perfect Score
Ginny Bloom Hunnicutt
is crawling back home to Cottonwood Cove Alabama-- her promising CNN
news-reporting career in shambles when an on-air flub cost her the job and cost
CNN a lawsuit. Putting ego aside, she takes a position at the Chatterbox – the
local weekly newspaper run by her mother, the town gossip. What’s a southern
belle to do in a crisis but run home to her mama?
But when a mysterious
hot high school football coach rolls into town, Ginny’s luck begins to change.
Seems he has more secrets than a shady politician and Ginny’s determined to dig
up the truth, and write the story that will get her career back on track.
Everyone knows in a small, southern town, nothing stays private.
But the more she
delves into his past, the more she begins to fall for the former college
football star.
The coach’s star
player has some secrets of his own and when Ginny uncovers it all, she must
decide if she should reveal everything or follow her heart and protect the
people she has grown to care for.
Author Beth Albright
weaves a saucy southern tale filled with intrigue, romance and laugh out-loud
comedy. From the bright lights of Friday night football to the darkened bedroom
of unexpected lovers, it’s a richly layered story with more twists and
turns—and mud, than an Alabama back road.
Excerpt from The Perfect Score
“I’ll have
another,” I said as I ordered my second dirty martini. The Sand Box was a dingy
little bar near the pier in Cottonwood Cove, Alabama.
Covered in
fishing ropes and other remnants of the life on the lake, the place was a dive
for the small-towns folk who lived here, and for the kids who were lake rats
during the summer. But summer had ended weeks ago, the kids back at school, and
we were well into September now. Late that night, the place was nearly empty.
I sat there
nursing my drink, drowning myself in what I had come to believe was the most
embarrassing moment of my career. The dim lights swung in old metal fixtures
from the ceiling of the Sand Box. A jukebox playing Hank Williams Jr. stood
missing some of its colored lights in the corner. A few old wooden tables were
scattered around with a couple of red vinyl booths shoved in the corner near
the pool table and dartboard.
I had come
home, tail tucked neatly between my legs, to lick my wounds. My name is
Virginia Bruce Hunnicutt. I go by Ginny. My sisters and I all have my mom’s
maiden name as our middle name. I kept it as my last name for my TV job. Ginny
Bruce, reporting. I was a reporter for CNN in Atlanta. Was being the key word
here. I had been fired two weeks prior because one of my sources was a fake. I
swear I checked the credentials but the story turned out to be full of
inaccuracies and CNN is now in a lawsuit. I may never work in the media again.
And CNN was my dream job.
My name is
now as muddy as the Alabama red dirt, which is exactly where I ran home to:
Cottonwood Cove, Alabama. It’s the safest place to be. And even though I had
become quite the big city girl, the one I had always dreamed of being, somehow,
the safety of being home in Cottonwood Cove had its perks. Like being in this
dive bar in the middle of the week late at night, with only one other soul in
here besides me. Oh, God—and he was making his way over to me just as I was
finishing my second round.
“What’s your
poison?” he asked in his deep sexy baritone. He was beautiful. Rugged and
sculpted with dark wavy hair and gorgeous lips; he was about six foot three and
deliciously well built. His dark blue eyes undressed me as he moved closer to
me—or maybe that was just me thinking I’d be more comfortable with my clothes
off with this gorgeous man. He was dressed in a navy Polo button-down and
perfect fitting blue jeans. His large muscular thighs and broad defined shoulders
were evident even under his clothes. One dimple accentuated the right side his
cute, boyish face. He smiled at me like he was fixin’ to eat me up, and oh, I
was feeling like dessert as he slid in next to me at the bar. He looked like an athlete. Or a god. Come
to think of it, in Alabama, those are one in the same. Regardless, he was
heaven to look at, or maybe I was seeing him through double martini glasses.
Probably the latter since I only weighed about 125 pounds and I knew better
than to have more than two drinks. Ever.
“I’m having
dirty martinis,” I answered. “You?”
“I’ll have
the same,” he said to the bartender.
Participating Blogs
May 27:
1: JM Stewart--Contemporary Romance Author
2: Margay Leah Justice
3: Nickie's Views and Interviews
4:Lockdown - A Bunch of Brilliant Projects - rescheduled
5: Erotic Author Nancy Adams
6: Romance Novel Giveaways
7: Musings and Ramblings
8: Booklover Sue
9: Long and Short Reviews
10: It's Raining Books
11: Sexy Adventures Passionate Tales
May 28:
1: Tina Donahue Presents
2: Jersey Girl Book Reviews
3: Carpe_Diem
4: Harlie's Books
5: Ye Olde Inkwell
6: Deal Sharing Aunt
7: The Talent Cave Reviews
8: LibriAmoriMiei
9: Hope. Dreams. Life... Love
10: My Written Romance
11: Lockdown - A Bunch of Brilliant Projects - Zombies Inside - Samie Sands - Samie Sands Tumblr
May 29:
1: My Odd Little World
2: 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, and Sissy, Too!
3: Off the Shelf Book Reviews
4: Kinky Vanilla Romance
5: The Pen and Muse Book Reviews
6: Bunny's Review
7: Mommasez...
8: My Devotional Thoughts
9: Welcome to My World of Dreams
10: Dena Garson - Real... Hot... Romance
May 30:
1: Beyond My Writing Space
2: Christine Elaine Black
3: Rage, Sex and Teddy Bears
4: You Gotta Read Reviews
5: In Shadows
6: BookSkater
7: Book Freak
8: London's Scribbles
9: Wicked Readings By Tawania
10: Ebook Escapes
11: Two Ends of the Pen
12: Books and Other Spells
1: JM Stewart--Contemporary Romance Author
2: Margay Leah Justice
3: Nickie's Views and Interviews
4:
5: Erotic Author Nancy Adams
6: Romance Novel Giveaways
7: Musings and Ramblings
8: Booklover Sue
9: Long and Short Reviews
10: It's Raining Books
11: Sexy Adventures Passionate Tales
May 28:
1: Tina Donahue Presents
2: Jersey Girl Book Reviews
3: Carpe_Diem
4: Harlie's Books
5: Ye Olde Inkwell
6: Deal Sharing Aunt
7: The Talent Cave Reviews
8: LibriAmoriMiei
9: Hope. Dreams. Life... Love
10: My Written Romance
11: Lockdown - A Bunch of Brilliant Projects - Zombies Inside - Samie Sands - Samie Sands Tumblr
May 29:
1: My Odd Little World
2: 3 Partners in Shopping, Nana, Mommy, and Sissy, Too!
3: Off the Shelf Book Reviews
4: Kinky Vanilla Romance
5: The Pen and Muse Book Reviews
6: Bunny's Review
7: Mommasez...
8: My Devotional Thoughts
9: Welcome to My World of Dreams
10: Dena Garson - Real... Hot... Romance
May 30:
1: Beyond My Writing Space
2: Christine Elaine Black
3: Rage, Sex and Teddy Bears
4: You Gotta Read Reviews
5: In Shadows
6: BookSkater
7: Book Freak
8: London's Scribbles
9: Wicked Readings By Tawania
10: Ebook Escapes
11: Two Ends of the Pen
12: Books and Other Spells
