Title: Redneck Heaven
Author: Marchelle Wallace
Publisher: MW Publications
Length: 428 pg/150,390 words
Sub-Genre: Comedy, Contemporary
BLURB:
Meredith Colt has an epiphany on her way to her own wedding. The epiphany leaves her in the arms of sexy green-eyed stranger Marlon Bridges. Four weeks later, the lovely Miss Colt arrives at her deceased Grandfather's house in search of herself in Heaven, Pennsylvania (Redneck Capital of the World, according to her mother and sister) only to find her closest neighbor is none other than the sexy Redneck Marlon Bridges, owner of the Heavenly Timber and Logging Company.
The town has very strict views on Flatlanders and Meredith lives down to their expectations of how a Flatlander should act. Marlon is a card carrying member of the Rednecks-R-Us club.
Can these two strangers put their differences aside and discover that
true love hits you upside the head with a two by four when you least expect it?
EXCERPT:
“Excuse me; pardon me, oh hell, just move.” Gwenivere
Meredith Colt said as she desperately tried to navigate the narrow aisle,
without much luck, as people kept popping up in front of her.
Gwenivere was trying to get to the bathroom on the
rocking, rickety rackety train that she was currently riding on. She was
dressed in the most hideous white dress she had ever seen, which was also two
(okay 4) sizes too small. Well it was her wedding day so what did you expect.
The ginormously ugly dress had an old-fashioned bustle skirt that made her ass
look three times its normal size, which was in no way small to start with, so
the addition of yards of extra fabric was not helping. It also had a three-mile
long train, which she kept stepping on and getting twisted around her ankles,
so she was afraid she would fall over at any minute. Added to that, the bodice
with the spaghetti straps, which was causing her non- small breasts to smoosh
up and over the top and she was in hell. Well actually, Gwenivere was on an
excursion train, final destination…Happily ever after, forever and ever. (Yeah
right) The hideous dress with the excessive fabric kept getting caught on the
seats, the floor, and the men’s shoes.
Men? Where are the maid of honors and the sister and
frantic mother of the bride?
Just peachy, wrong train. “Where in the hell is the
bathroom?” Someone gave an indistinct wave in the general direction that she
was already headed, so she kept going forward, trying not to make eye contact
with anyone, since she was already sure that none of them belonged with her wedding
party anyway.
Gwenivere heard a distinct rip from the direction of
someone’s shoe as she tried pulling all that extra fabric out from behind her,
while trying very hard not to breathe so that things didn’t start popping out
the top of the ugly dress from hell. She made a frantic attempt to look normal,
but let’s face it; normal had been left at the train station.
Where had this gone wrong? Possibly, when she showed
up for a wedding she didn’t plan, didn’t remember agreeing to, and probably
didn’t want. Not to mention the butt ugly dress that she didn’t pay for or try
on before the wedding. How in the hell had she ended up here? She remembered
Mark talking about them getting married, and that he would take care of
everything, because she was so bogged down at work, because he had bogged her
down with so much of his workload that she had a hard time getting her own
done, Thank you very much. “No problem, I’ll handle everything,” he’d said.
When exactly had he asked her if she wanted to get married? When had she said
“yes I will marry you, please plan everything and don’t forget to make me look
as stupid as possible?”
Nice
time for an epiphany. God I’m dumb. And where in the hell did they hide the
bathroom on excursion trains, please God let there be a bathroom.
IMHO:
Redneck Heaven is an entertaining and believable contemporary romance. I
loved the antics of Meredith, she kept me reading just to see what she would do
next. And Marlon was the kind of hero I like, I just wanted to steal him away
and bring him home with me! The characters are real and could fit right in with
most of my friends, neighbors and family. The plot keeps moving and is engaging.
The book is a fast read. Rednecks and Flatlanders alike will find something to
like about this book, they can laugh at themselves and each other!
Review copy from author.
Review copy from author.
BUY LINKS:
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BARNES & NOBLE: Redneck Heaven
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ABOUT THE
AUTHOR:
I live in a very small town in Northern Pennsylvania. I am blessed with
one of everything... one husband, one son, one daughter, one dog, one cat, and
a pet bunny. I have always wanted to be an author and have been writing stories
in my head for years.
When not writing, I am a Bookkeeper and Tax Preparer.
I enjoy cooking, swimming, crocheting, flowers, wild birds, cute scarecrows
(not the scary kind), photography, and the Pittsburgh Steelers. In my spare
time, I volunteers at the local senior center, public library as well as
various church activities.
I am an avid reader, reading mostly romance, although
I am willing to try almost any book that is recommended. I like to be
entertained but not scared. My favorite authors are Jennifer Crusie and Janet
Chapman. My favorite books are Faking it, Agnes and the Hitman, Bet Me, the
Highlander series, The Man Must Marry, and the Magic Series by Patricia rice.
I love country music and listen to it every chance I
get. I can be found dancing to the beat everywhere I go. My favorite season is
Tax Season.
I am a 2010 and 2011 Participant and Winner of
NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month www.nanowrimo.org). Participating in
NaNoWriMo helped me take one of the stories from my head to the page. It was an
awesome experience and I recommend every budding author give it a try.
Redneck Heaven is the result of Participating in
NaNoWriMo 2010.
One lucky commenter will be randomly chosen to win a digital copy of Redneck Heaven. Good luck to all!!
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That excerpt still strikes me as hysterical even though I read it yesterday.
ReplyDeleteThat is neat that you are a published NaNoWriMo author. I participated in that too.
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This book sounds like a really fun read. Can't wait to get it. Thanks for the giveaway.
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