We’ve a
lot going on today!
Liza
O’Connor is kicking off her blog tour by revealing her book cover
for the second book in her A Long Road to Love series
Oh
Stupid Heart
So she has
prizes to give away
But before
we reveal the cover,
Let’s
recap the first three days of Carrie’s prior week
(Worst
Week Ever)
Day 1) Carrie
Returns from Taiwan
Where just for the
record she was not having fun. When she lands at the airport, Trent
is waiting at the gate.
How did he get past
security? He bought a one way, first class, ticket to Peru, costing
$5,131.
LIFE LESSON:
Customs and Airlines security does not like it when you circumvent
their security by buying a ticket to someplace you have no intention
of going.
Day 2) Except for
nearly dying, it was a good day.
Carrie wakes up in a
strange room with an authentic Picasso on the wall and realizes Trent
has taken her to his Long Island Estate.
Trent offers her his
limo and driver, then comes along so they can talk. A traffic jam
causes Trent to order his driver, Sam, to take the local roads.
AND NEARLY GETS THEM
KILLED. Someone plants 3 bullets in the side of his limo where
Carrie sits.
Thankfully, the limo is
bullet proof.
Needing entertainment,
they head into NYC and watch Tall and Tiny’s Broadway show.
LIFE LESSON:
Laughter can be a positive life prolonging experience
Then Trent & Carrie
go to one of the most elite restaurants in the city, where she gets
treated like scum by Trent’s friend and restaurant owner.
LIFE LESSION:
It doesn’t matter what people you-don’t-know-and-don’t-want-to-know
think.
Finally Carrie get’s
home and invites Trent’s driver, Sam, to sleep in her basement.
Day 3: LITTLE THINGS
MATTER
In the morning Sam
cooks her breakfast, warns her off from Trent, and drives her to work
in NYC
Carrie and Trent go
hunting for better employees at a Placement Office.
Carrie’s purple chair
is stolen and sold to a vendor outside of their office.
Carrie intervenes when
Trent tells a worker to remain at his desk instead of running off to
take a test. Trent blows up at her for countermanding his authority
and yells at her to leave until hell freezes over.
Broken hearted that he
fired her, she wanders the streets elbowing people like a roller
derby skater. Sam finds and takes her to his bar, where he gives her
the most expensive shot of whiskey ever poured.
Trent breaks his nose
when his automatic sliding door fails to do its job.
Carrie and Trent
reconcile, and she agrees to stay with him until he’s well.
Sam is pissed because
he wants Carrie for himself.
LIFE LESSON:
Make sure you’re really in love, and not just jealous of what
someone else has.
That concludes the
recapping of Days 1-3.
Now let’s talk about
you getting a free copy of Worst Week Ever on Sept 5-7.
This is really
important if you haven’t actually read Worst Week Ever yet.
AND NOW
THE MOMENT YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FOR!
The Cover
Reveal for
OH STUPID
HEART
Oh Stupid Heart
Book Two
of: A Long Road To Love
Humorous
Contemporary Disaster Romance
By
Liza
O’Connor
Blurb:
Carrie
Hanson is in love with a different species: Trent, a pampered,
uber-rich socialite who’s also her boss. Everyone keeps telling her
it’s a train wreck looking to happen, but her heart wants what it
wants. So despite the billion and one reasons not to, Carrie commits
to this inter-species relationship. But while she's off being trained
for her new job responsibilities, a beautiful ex fiancée is working
hard to get Trent back and Carrie fired.
Excerpt:
Carrie
Hanson couldn’t believe it. Her four year sex-drought was about to
end. She shivered in anticipation until a sinking dread over came
her. Oh
God, what if I’ve forgotten what to do?
Trent
pulled back from their kiss and studied her, his brow furrowed. “Are
you cold?” He reached across her bed and tugged the edge of the
comforter over her, tucking the fabric beneath her body so she became
a human corndog.
She
wiggled out of captivity and scooted across the bed, closer to him.
“I’m fine. I’m just happy our horrible week is over and we can
start anew. This time not as boss and an employee, but best friends
who love each other.
Trent
pulled her to his chest and kissed her. She opened her mouth to his
and met his tongue with her own, determined to give as good as she
got. His soft groan inspired her to do more.
She
unbuttoned the waistband of his suit pants and slipped her hand
beneath his boxers, determined to move matters along and end her
drought forever. He broke their kiss and his hands captured hers.
He
didn’t want her?
She
turned away, mortified with shame…and confused. Why the hell had he
kissed so provocatively if he didn’t want to make love to her? She
tucked her head, so he wouldn’t read all the emotions bouncing
about her confused head right now, but he forced her chin upward, his
dark eyes somber and concerned.
“Carrie,
I have screwed up every relationship I’ve ever been in. I think
part of the problem is I gravitated to glamour girls with no brain
and no personality, but I would have realized that if I had just
taken a moment to talk to them first.”
This
was the stupidest excuse she’d ever heard. “We’ve known each
other for two years, in which time I’ve certainly established I’m
not a glamour girl.”
He
chuckled and nodded.
Her
eyes narrowed and a low growl emitted from her chest. “You don’t
have to be so quick to agree.”
“But
you aren’t. You’re not an image of beauty, you’re the real
thing. While I have no complaints about your small, but perfect body,
silky long brown hair, and gorgeous green eyes, your real beauty
comes from inside. When you smile I feel like I’m standing before
an angel of joy.”
Now
she saw where his thoughts headed. He didn’t want to make love to
an angel. She recalled Elvis Presley did something this crazy. He
refused to touch his wife after she bore him a child because he
couldn’t make love to a mother.
She
pulled her hand from his and gripped his shirt as she stared sternly
into his eyes. “Do not go Elvis Presley on me. I am not an angel.
I’m a small, catastrophe-prone woman who wants to make love to
you.”
A Long
Road to Love
Book
Two
Oh Stupid
Heart
Coming
Mid-September
Book
One
Worst Week
Ever
Liza
O’Connor
Author
Bio:
Liza
lives in Denville, NJ with her dog Jess. They hike in fabulous woods
every day. Having an adventurous nature, she learned to fly small
cessnas in NJ, hang-glide in New Zealand, kayak in Pennsylvania, ski
in New York, scuba dive with great white sharks in Australia, dig up
dinosaur bones in Montana, sky dive in Indiana, and raft a class four
river in Tasmania. She’s an avid gardener, amateur photographer,
and dabbler in watercolors and graphic arts. Yet through her entire
life, her first love has and always will be writing novels. She loves
to create interesting characters, set them loose, and scribe what
happens.
FOR
MORE INFORMATION ABOUT
LIZA
O'CONNOR &
SAVING
CASEY:
Other
Books by Liza O’Connor
Coming
Soon:
Oh
Stupid Heart
Coming
To Reason
Ghost
Lover
Thanks for having me today Nikki. I hope your readers will follow me about because there's lots of fun and prizes to be had. In case they do the link to my tour is
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What a fun story! I can't imagine not heading to bed after a week like that!
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Yes, bed does sound like the appropriate response to me as well.
DeleteI feel sorry for Carrie. Tweeted.
ReplyDeleteWell, you lay down with fleas....
DeleteBut Carrie is certain her flea is turning into a really good human.
This story sounds so exciting and fun. I've tweeted.
ReplyDeleteIt is, it is! You'll have lots of fun.
DeleteWahoo! Congratulations on having another book out, Liza!! Best wishes!
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Thanks Sheri. This book was supposed to come out early next year, but my fans demanded it to be moved up, so I've done so. Nearly died doing so but who wouldn't die to fulfill a fan's request?
DeleteGreat post, Liza! This sounds like a great series! I feel sorry for Carrie too. Is the Elvis Presley thing true? I had no idea! If so, I feel sorry for Priscilla as well! I tweeted!
ReplyDeleteYes, Elvis refused to make love to Priscilla after she had their one and only child. He considered mothers sacred. I watched a documentary on their marriage. Very disturbing.
DeleteAwesome Giveaway Thank You for Sharing
ReplyDeleteThanks Anna. Don't forget to grab a free copy of the first book Worst Week Ever on Sept 5-7
Deleteok I made it! Yippee-can't wait to read book two, Liza! congratulations on your release!
ReplyDeleteThank you for dropping by and all the congrats. I can't wait for you to read book 2 either.
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